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2 will ever stand as a stain on the escutcheon of the country.” “Mr. Schwab,” asked a reporter, "are you satisfied with the work of your counsel in your behalf I" ''Yes, and no. I believe that had the proper method been pursued we would have had separate trials, and no seven juries ever impaneled would have found us ail guilty of the crimes alleged.” TWO ANARCHISTS ARRESTED. They Try to Kill a Policeman—Two Bombs Pound Chicago, Nov. 11. —At 2:30 o’clock this afternoon two Anarchists, giving their names as Charles Ixiberstein and Gustave Haines, were arrested on the front platform of a Randolph street car, where they were talking in a very loud and threatening man ner of what they were going to do to-night “to get even for the death of their friends and the friends of labonng men.” The pas sengers in the car became frightened and many of them got out before the car crossed the bridge. At the corner of Canal street Officer Henry'Smith was signalled by the car conductor and jumped upon the car in order to arrest the men. Loberstein caught the officer by the throat and made ail effort to get possession of his revolver. An exciting struggle ensued, in which many citizens joined. The two men were at length overpowered an 1 taken to the Desplaines street station. Both wore erai>e on their hats. Officer Smith was wounded in the Haymarket riots last spring. Aboat 2 o’clock two bombs reported as heavily charged, were found in an omnibus, which runs between the Union depot* and Lincoln park. The bombs were of gns pipe, each ten inches long. They were taken to the Desplaines street station. BLACK’S BOLD BLUFF. The Sheriff Warned, Under Penalty, Not to Hang Spies. Chicago, Nov. 11.—Attorneys Black and Solomon sent the following notice to the Sheriff - last nigh): To Canute R. Mateo n, Sheriff of the County: Sir—You are hereby notified that the pre tended order, writ, or mandate from the Clerk of the Supreme Court of Illinois, Northern Grand Division, directing tiie execution by hanging of August Spies. Nov. 11, is inoperative, illegal and void, ana that it is issued and based upon an illegal, irregular ami void so-called judgment. You are further notified that if you shall at tempt to cany said pretended order, mandate or so-called judgment., into execution of Spies as din-eted by said pretended order, mandate, or so-called judgment, you will be field legally responsible for murder and civilly responsible for causing the death of said Spies without due warrant or law. Hereof take due notiee. \V. I>. Slack, M. Solomon, Attorneys for August Spies. A STORY OF THE CRIME. Sketches of the Men who Played the Leading Roles. Chicago, Nov. 11. —A more striking pro cession of civic events may never again la? witnessed than the one having its latest out come to-day. The supposed absurdly theatrical demon strations with red banners and black that took place in the streets of Chicago not two winters ago, followed soon afterward by the picturesque, yet ominous, Sunday gather erings of tatterdemalions, foreigners and demagogues oil the broad common at the lake front, are now recalled as the quick forerunners of secret cellar-drillings by hundreds of ignorant, fanatical ritlemen in the purlieus throughout the city. Then came the cool, deliliernte dynamite exjier iinents by carefully-selected masked rep resentatives in the woods skirting the suburbs. Later on, secluded in the quiet of down-town back rooms, DARK CONCLAVES of wild-ideaed but brainy, unscrupulous lenders, eagerly discussed as their long coveted opportunity the just-beginning de velopment of the workingman’s concerted movement for a uniform eight-hour day. How the gigantic, peaceful strikes were turned into riots, how the entire world was startled by the blood-chilling bomb massa cre in the Haymarket; then the majestic State trial, the amazing bravado of the one American defendant, tne horribly grotesque marriage of another one of the prisoners— every detail of these strange occurrences and the extraordinary train succeeding, now presents itself again as if the whole had passed hut yesterday. The key-note of it all is found in the platform of THE MYSTERIOUS I. A. A. International Arbeiter (Workingmen’s) As sociation—of which organization August Spies and his seven co-defendants were leading members and upholders. In the International platform it is urged that “the pres it system under which property is owned bv individuals should be destroyed, and that all capital which has lieen pro duced by labor should be trans formed into common property by force.” Eighty “groups” of this dangerous association existed in the United States, chiefly at the great industrial centres, Chi cago ulone being the ill-starred possessor of seven. Only a portion of the members were armed, yet the number of this class in Chicago exceeded 3.00), every man of whom attended regular military drill, hud hisowu rifle and revolver, and could obtain DYNAMITE AND BOMBS for the asking. The unarmed members of the groups were constantly in contact with their armed brethren and in (warty sym pathy with their purposes and their princi ples. It was this compact, well-uisciplined I. A. A. that had lor it organs three now noted newsjiapers —the Arbriter Zeitung, the Alarm ami the Anarchist. Excepting handsome, youthful Louis Lingg, who, though taking a conspicuous part, was a mere acting agent, each of THE EIGHT HAYMARKET DEFENDANTS was directly connected with one of these papers. August Spies, a keen, cynical Hessian, with the subtle intellectual vigor of an lago, was editor-in-chief of the Arbeiter. The jaunty, dare-devil little Texan, Ahwrt It. Parsons, brother of a Confederate General, presided over the Alarm. At the head of the Anarchist George Engel, fuioiher Hessian, but of a coarse, brutal type, out- Heroded the most blood-thirsty utterances of his compeers, while bain Fielden, the Englishman, sullen looking, shaggy and forbidding but as an agitator simply volcanic, and Oscar Noetic, the polished, attractive German-Ainerican or ganizer, were more especially concerned in other than journalistic branches of the propaganda, they were, nevertheless, among the directors respectively of the Alarm and the Arbriter Zeitung. The gaunt Bavarian Michael Schwab was Spies’ assistant editor, and "his fellow-countryman. Adolph Fischer, he of the poisoned dagger, was the .4 rbeitcr's head foreman. Not one of these men—however they might split hairs, could candidly deny that •fie was instrumental to a greater or less degree in helping on the catastrophe at the Hay market. Of the legal guilt of each nothing need be said further than its cer tainty was put to tests seldom if ever par alleled. During tho long months preceding tho bomb-throwing the defendants one and all were incessantly active in AGITATfNG AND ORGANIZING in “demonstrations’’ and “exjieriinouts.” Their speeches and articles fairly bristled with impassioned appeals for the laboring people to provide themselves wtth firearms and dynamite. Specific instructions were given how to handle and use the explosive, and how to make bombs and howto procure weapons. All this was stated by the conspirators to be making ready for the coming “soqial revolution.” What was meant by “social revolution” was not left to be vaguely inferred, nor was the time when it wasto be inaugurated a dim uncer tainty of the future. The “revolution” was frequently defined in speech and writing as a sudden, bloody, forcible upheaval of the right of private ownership of properly. then the bringing about of a state of so ciety in which all property should be held in common. Incredible as it may seem, the avowed purpose was. TO DELUGE THE CITY IN BLOOD of the property-owning classes, first destroy ing the police and militia, who were derided as their special champions. The period of confusion developing from the mammoth strikes of May 1. 1380, was definitely an nounced months before as the time when tho fearful bolt should fall. Pitiless as was this programme, and difficult as a belief is that it ever was contemplated by men, the facts as stated were abundantly proven in court. The diabolism was fully shared in by women. Especially so was this the case iu the FANTASTIC PUBLIC DEMONSTRATIONS, like the red-flag procession of ragamuffins with torches that attempted at night to en ter the magnificent new Board of Trade when the dedication festivities of the insti tution had for the time being transformed the huge building into a scene of social bril liance without a local precedent. The re pulsive, blaspheming intruders of both sexes were sternly forced hack at the muzzles of three dozen police revolvers. In aff'aini like this tne dusky wife of Parsons, and other no loss desperate women seemed in their proper element. Of the many other queer outbreaks preced ing the Haymarket tragedy, the most startling at tlie time, perhaps, was the pa rade Thanksgiving day, when, in ridicule of thvsident Cleveland’s proclamation, nearly a thousand uncouth men and women of the slums, headed by banners of black and red, traversed the choice residence avenues wildly yelling and scoffing at the well-dressed peo ple who crowded to the windows, anxious to learn the cause of tumult. The city authorities affected for some reason to ignore all ebullitions of tho mob. Asa result of this OFFICIAL INDIFFERENCE, when the time came at last for the eight hour labor disturbance and the simulta neous inauguration of the secretly cherished “revolution,” the Anarchists were a power indeed, and the police wei e ignorant of danger. It is true that the Chicago papers contained timely intimations of the plots, but owing to the peculiar attitude of the high municipal authorities, the articles were treareil as rank sensationalism. Just one day before the time set for the strikes, Louis Liligg, the bomb-maker, "lip ped into his lodgings a heavy, suspicious looking box, 3 feet in length. The box con tained a largo invoice of dynamite. Its delivery at Liligg s lodgings was the first immediate preparation for THE BLOODY RESULT of five days later. For many weeks pre vious Lingg had been purchasing and ex perimenting with dynamite as the i>nid agent of one of the seven International “groups,” but subsequent events showed be yond any reasonable doubt that this par ticular explosive made the bomb that was heal'd round the world. The bomb was, with fifty others, manufactured by Lingg under the auspices of the International Associa tion, which furnished the money, and of which the celebrated defendants were not members simply but leaders. Next day. May 1, the eight-hour strikes tiegan in earnest, and by nightfall when the first intelligent estimates were obtainable, 30,000 men walked the streets idle. Prompt ly in the morning, Sunday, when the churches throughout the city wore resound ing with the swelling hosaiinas, the stuffy little Bohemian Hall on Emma street was crowded with members of THE LEHR AND WEHR VERKIN. an inner circle of the omnipresent Inter national. Detailed plans ior the near-at hnnd conflict with the police were submit ted by Editor Engel and listened to by Spies’ lieutenant, Fischer. These plans were the oues followed almost to the letter at the Haymarket, hut the decision to do so was not reached at this meeting. Instead it was determined to take action at another gath ering of tlie Lehr and H’eiir, in a larger hall and more central location, to be assem bled within twenty-four hours. This was to be in Greif’s Hall, Monday night. Mav 3. The Arbeiter Zeitung, of which Spies and Schwab were the editors und managers, called together the armed men who were to engage in this SPECIFIC COMPACT TO MURDER. The Sunday evenin'" edition, published a few hours after the Bohemian Hall meet ing, contained this cabalistic legend; “Y —Koiinne Mon tag Abend.” (Y —Come Monday Night). This was the summons to the armed sections to meet, as they did, Monday night at Greif’s. The call was published again Monday afternoon, indi cating the importance of the matters to conie before the meeting. The Sunday issue of the Arbeiter had a significant arti cle urging "quick and immediate action,” adding: “/?>/ Monday or Tuesday the con flict must have reached its highest inten sity, else success wilt then be doubtful .” Almost before the ink on this could dry, Spies was at the Sunday afternoon meeting of the Central Labor Union arranging to have himself dispatched to McCormick’s factory the following day to address the thousands of strikers out along the old Black road. From tho top of a freight car, on the pra.ris near McCormick's, next afternoon— Monday—Spies belched into the ears of 12,000 excited strikers, mostly foreigners, tlie hottest harangue ever uttered by him in public. He spoke in the German lan guage, of which ne is more master even than of English. The effect of his words was like magic. “ON TO M’CORMICK’S!” was the cry. The maddened horde, urged forward by Spies, Lingg and other daring Anarchists present, rushed at the great factory like so many wild beasts. They bad caught up bowlders and clubs on the way, and in an instant the thousand win dows of the factory were being shivered in countless fragments. Then it was that patrol wagons, loaded with police, the horses covered with loam, dashed through the crowd from behind. It is admit ted by Spies that he ordered the mob, many of whom were flour ishing revolvers, to resist the attempt of the police to quell Ihe riot. Of course the victors were tlie police, but that to Spies, according to his own accounts, was not of mam concern. The blood of workingmen had been drawn, and when he satisfied him self that such a result wns produced, the Anarchist leader coolly withdrew, though the battle was at its height . •Taking a street car direct to the Arbeiter Zeitung office, Spies, after a hurried consul tation with Schwab, Neebe and others, de cided to call the Haymarket mass meeting, and then wrote tiie infamous “revenge circular.” Twenty-five hundred copies were issued as quickly as printers could work, and everytmng was now ripe for the murder compact meeting t hat night in Greif’s base ment, the same that had Been called by tho Arbeiter Zeitung that day and the dav before. In this connection the exact word ing of the circular, especially the latter por tion. foreshadowing the slaughter of the morrow, the fatal May 4, possesses peculiar interest. Spies wrote: REVENGE! REVENGE! WORKMEN. TO ARMS! Men of labor, this afternoon the bloodhounds of your oppressors murdered six of your broth ers at McCormick's. Why did they murder them? Because they dared to lie dissatisfied with the lot to which your oppressors hare as signed to them. They demanded bread and they gave them lead for an answer mindful of the foot that thus people are most effectively silenced. You have for many, many years en dured every humiliation without protest; have drudged from early in the morning till late at uigut: have suffered all sorts of pri\ ai ions, have even sacrificed your children. You have done everything to fill the coffers of your masters everything for them: anti now, when you ap proach them end implore them to make your burden a little lighter, as a reward for your sac rifices they send their bloodhounds—the police —at you in order to cure you, with bullets, of yuiir dissati tlaet ion. Slaves, we ask and con-’ jure you. by all that L soered and dear to you, 1 a veuve the atrocious murder winch bus been THE MORNING NEWS: SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 1887. committed on your brothers to day, and which will likely be committed upon you to-morrow. Laboring men, Hercules, you have arrived at 'the crossway, Which way will you decide': For slavery and hunger or for freedom and bread? If you decide for the latter, then do not delay a moment; then, people, to arms! This must be your motto. Think of the heroes whose blood has fertilized the road to progress, liberty and humanity, and strive to become worthy of them. Your Brothkrs. Neebe and other notables of the I. A. A. took horses, and in person scat tered the cir cular broadcast, not failing to leave copies with the rank and file of the International “armed sections” gathering in Greif’s Hall, 54 West Lake street. That the circular gat e tlie impulse to l he action of the armed sections at this Monday night meeting, and inspired the adoption of THE PLAN OF BOMB-THROWING agreed upon, Is apparent from the fact that its contents were first fully discussed. Then tiie complete detailed plan of the particular method of inaugurating the wholesale mur der for which they originally organized was formally considered and adopted, the time for the slaughter being left for the Arbeiter Zeitung to designate by publishing tho signal word “ruhe” (peace). This latter feature was the work of Adolph Fischer, who had come to the meeting straight from the Arbeiter Zeitung , where he had been assisting Spies and Schwab. That Fischer was carrying out the plans of his superiors appears more clearly from the circumstance that it was he who MANOSUVRED THE “ARMED SECTIONS” out of their idea of holding the Hay market meeting in the morning instead of at night, as Spies and the other leaders had decided. A darker picture is not to bo found in his tory than this spectacle of four-score mur derous conspirators in the wretched saloon, basement, remorselessly plotting tho mas sacre that occurred not a hundred yards distant, before another midnight passed. Rudolph Schnaubelt, tho thrower of the Haymarket bomb, was among tho eighty or more assassins who composed this horrible meeting. Though adjournment did not come till long after 11 it, was not 7 o’clock next morning, Tuesday, when Louis Lingg, a member of this identical “armed section,” opened the chest of dyna mite that had lain untouched ill his lodgings since four days before. Under his expert directions, six of the men who attended the murder meeting of the previous night, quickly set to work then and there filling globular shells with dynamite. Early as was the hour, Fischer was also at work getting out the handbills calling the Haymarket mass meeting. The hand hill’s last words were: "Workingmen, arm yourselves and appear in full force!” Wiiat Spies, Schwab and the other leaders were doing that day may be purtly inferred from tho BURNING APPEALS FOR RESISTANCE, and calls “To Arms!” thatuppeared in their newspaper oi-gans that evening. “Ruhe,” penned by Spies’ own hand, stared out of the Arbeiter Zeitung. Alter the papers were off and their editors had swallowed a hasty supper, it is known that Spies, Par sons, Schwab, Fielden, Fischer, and other ruling spirits, mostly members of the self same “armed sections” that held the Greif’s Hall conclave. Went into close session at the Internalional headquarters in the Arbeiter Zeitung building, where reports by messen ger and telephone were received as the moments sped. Lingg’s crew of botnh-makers were still assiduously at work. For some reason lie himself was unable to remain with them all the time, and the evening found him cursing their slow progress. It was some time after 7:30 p. in. —the hour mentioned for the Haymarket meeting to begin— when Lingg' put into a little trunk what bombs were ready—some fifty or sixty— and started with his burden for the ap pointed rendezvous, an Anarchist’s saloon near by, known as Neff’s Hall, 58 Clybourn avenue. He was met on the way by a mes senger who had come to hurry him along. The trunk was left open in a passage way of the saloon, and without more auo men began dropping in quietly, alone or in couples, POCKETING A BOMB OR TWO each and vanishing into the darkness. This celerity muy have somewhat mollified Lingg, but his delay was not the only stumbling-block of the reds. Twenty-five thousand people, the An archist leaders estimated, would be gathered together in the Haymarket. This was not an extravagant expectation, when 12,000 had been so easily massed near Mc- Cormick’s. But fear of further riot ing kept pretty much everybody at home except about 2,000 men, nearly all of them unmistakably An archists. Undoubtedly the smallness of the crowd made the Anarchist leaders puuse. “The social revolution” backed by a mob of workmen, 25,000 strong, had changed to a prospective fight between Anarchists alone on one side and the police in force on the other. It was evident to the most casual spectator in the Haymarket that a hitch existed somewhere, and apparently the meeting’s managers were all completely at sea. The great dim-lighted square was a deci - dedly uncanny scene, with its scattered groups of gesticulating, trampisli-looking occupants lining the sidewalks and pouring in and out of the rickety surrounding sa loons. The Arbeiter Zeitung conference of leaders had been a prolonged one, and when at last Spies, Parsons. Fielden and the rest reached the Haymarket Square they seemed RENT ON A WAITING GAME, ft will probably never be known whether the evident hesitancy was caused by the de lay of Lnigg’sconfederate-, a proposed aban donment of the outbreak, or the hope that the police would attuck and attempt to dis perse the dangerous-looking crowd before the speaking should liegin, thus relieving tho leaders from appearing to incite riot Finally, an hour and a half late, Spies, Parsons and Fielden addressed the crowd, in the order named, nsing a wagon for their rostrum. The first two, m comparison with their usual harangues, were tame as a pair of doves. Gradually the crowd thinned out. No police interfered, an l the chance the “reds” had waited months for was nearly gone. The meeting would be a laughing-stock to the public, the leaders would lie discredited bv even their own ilk, and THE RUHE-SIGNAL would mean not the “social revolution” beg in, but the Internatiouul Association collapsed. Fielden was worthy the occasion. He had been in the background cm the wagon with Schnaubelt, the bomb-thrower, Sides and other directing minds, who saw plainly that something must lie done, and quickly. Therefore, when his turn came, Fielden stepped boldly to the front, discarding all pretense of mildness. He electrified the i-abble at once. The crowd swayed excited ly backward and forward in the narrow shadowy confines of Desplaines street, into which they had come from the open square, and pressed eagerly closer to the flickering gaslamp that lighted the speaker's shaggily bearded and powerful form. When he tragically urged the wrought-up mob, standing in plain view of a police station, to “throttle and kill the law, the disguised officers in the crowd saw the necessity of PROMPT ACTION, and word was passed to their commander. Uapt. Bonficld, following the plain direc tions of the State law covering exactly such cases, gave orders to liuve the meeting dispersed. Seven companies of police, 173 men. led by himself and Uapt, Ward, marched in platoon, extending from curb to curb, the short distance on Desplaines street from the station to the speaker's wagon. As the police approached. Fielden shouted to the crowd: “Here come the blood-hounds. You do your duty, and I’ll do mine.” Uapt. Ward, in a loud voice, called out: “In the name of the people of tlie State of Illinois, 1 command you to peaceably disperse.” Fielden, stepping down from the wagon, gave the “ruhe” ex claination: “We are peaceable.” Instantly the bomb was thrown, tho first in free America. A sputturing spark in the air, on the ground a blinding burst—that was all. Blackness was everywhere. The pygmy | cracking of the pistol-shots out from the mob-jammed sidewalks, a few tall forms in the street rapidly closing together, the flash and smoke of volley after volley from them and the rear platoons, then the din became hideous with the groaning of mangled men. and the yells of rage and fear in the wild scramble for escape. THE SEQUEL has stretched out to to-day. Foremost it in cludes the death of seven bomb-slain police, and the slow recovery of sixty officers wounded. The immediate arrest of ali the chief malefactors, barring Parsons alone, was followed by their prompt arraignment for murder June 21, before Judge Joseph E. Gary, who proved himself as able as he is worthy. The escape of Schnaubelt, the actual thrower of the bomb who was set free before his importance had been sus spected, was a blunder only equaled by the mistake on the opposite side when Par sons made his sensational voluntary sur render. THE FIRST DAY IN COURT. Two months precisely was the length of tho trial, engrossing from day to day the at tention of the civilized world. Whatever legal talent could do was exhausted by tho defense under the directien of Uapt. Black, while State’s Attorney Grinnell directed the prosecution with a skill reaching every point. Death sentences for all but Neebe, and the penitentiary for him; tho tour of American cities by European Socialists, Liebknecht, the German parliamentarian, and Aveling. tlie English scientist, in an at tempt to give prestige to the condemned and gain sympathy for them; the effort to make sentimentalism have an effect through the ostentatious love-making of Spies and Miss Van Zandt and their subsequent proxy marriage—all these followed each other in rapid succession. Next came the introduc tion of the Anarchists’ cause as an issue in Chicago polietics, resulting in the crush iiig DEFEAT OF THE RED FLAG advocates. Abraham Lincoln’s ex-partner, Leonard Swett, presenting the defendants’ case to the Supreme Court of Illinois created anew sensation, but his efforts were no more effective than subsequent ones for the “reds” by Gen. Butler, Roger Pryor and J. Randolph Tucker before the highest court of the nation. George Francis Train and his queer exploits were in singular contrast with the grave legal pro ceedings and the bitter struggles iu the trades unions-. The splits caused by friends of the con demned in two of the greatest brotlierhixxls in the world—Knights of Latior and Turn ers—have had far-reaching effects, but the attention of people at large has lieen much more strongly arrested by the events of the past few days. Beginning with Parsons’ extraordinary demand for liberty complete or death, and Spies’ equally surprising ap peal for a little lease of life, everything seems to have combined, if possible, to make this period exceed in world-wide interest the (lays of tiie Haymarket massacre. NEW YORK ON GUARD. Police Held Ready to Put Down any Anarchist Uprising. New York, Nov. 11. —The police force of the city was on active duty to-day, or in re serve in thestation houses. The Anarchists are permitted to meet in their own saloons or halls, but no street gatherings are al lowed. It was rumored this morning that a parade, or public demonstration, was in tended for to-day. Any such attempt would ha' e been promptly squelched. The story of lawyer August P. Wagener, and his dispatch to Gov. Oglesby in relation to the man who threw the bomb at the Hay market riot and who had been found in New York, is looked upon by the police as a trick to stave off the execution and adver tise the law yer at the same time. Inspector Byrnes has sifted the story told Supt. Mur ray by Wagener, and reports to-day that it is untrue. On the face of it, it is the at tempt of a convicted felon to get square with his “pal,” whose testimony sent him to prison. Supt. Murray summoned the command ers of the Eastside precincts to headquarters this afternoon and ordered them to keep a close watch upon all places of meeting of Anarchists or Socialists and to instantly inform him of any contemplated movement on their part. This order is a general one and not limited to any specific time. NORTH ADAMS SOCIALISTS. The Citizens Compel Them to Take Down a Flag at HaJ Mast. North Adams, Mass., Nov. 11.—Among the Germans employed iu the Gingham Mills of Adams are many Socialists. Last night they paraded the streets to the num ber of 250, carrying red flags and making much noise. They dispersed, however, without offering violence to any one. This morning the American flag was hung at half mast from the roof of Hermann Hall, a German resort on Spring street. A number of American. Irish and French citizens threat ened to demolish the building unless the flag was removed, and the Chairman of Selectmen notified the proprietor to take down the nag or he would not be responsible for the consequence, the flag was at once removed, and all has been quiet since. HANGED IN EFFIGY. New Haven, Conn., Nov. 11.—A well known citizen, who is an Anarchist, was hanged in effigy to-night. There was con siderable excitement. A MEETING AT NEWARK. Newark, N. J., Nov. 11.—At a meeting of Anarchists to-night, the speakers were Paul Gratukan, of Milwaukee, and John Bustian and wife, of Newark. Gratakan claimed that the capitalist press had mur dered four men in Chicago to-day by its re ports. lla urged the people to organize and avenge tlie bloody work of to-day. Compared to the Irish. London. Nov. 11. —The Morning Post in its comments on the Chicago executions finds a parallel between tlie deeds of the Chicago Anarchists and the attempts made in Ireland and in London to rule by mob law. It says “yesterday's execution is a lesson by which English Radicals may profit.” The Times, while admitting that juries, Judges, nnd the Governor of Illinois showed commendable firmness, says that if cannot altogether praise the celerity or certainty of punishment iu America. “A feature that will specially strike Englishmen is the sternness of Americans in repressing offense . against law and order. It may sug gest to Mr. Gladstone and his friends whether there is anything so essentially in compatible with liberty of subjects in methods in many respects milder, which arc objects of their vehement denunciation.” Guarding a Consul. Milan, Nov. 11. —A special guard of po lice has been stationed at the United States Consulate here, owing to threats made by Anarchists, who posted placards and distributed handbills vowing vengeance If the death sentences against the Chicago Anarchists were carried out. Richmond and Danville. Alexandria, Va., Nov. 11.—The Gazette this evening says it is reported on pretty good authority and is certainly an ticipated that another change in the man agement of tlie Richmond and Danville railroad system, including tne Virginia Midland, will take place either in Decern ber or early next year, when the directory, will be reorganized, and Maj. Sully, the present iucnmbent, will be succeeded as President by Mr. Logan. Storekeepers and Gaugers. Washington, Nov. 11.—The Acting Sec retary of the Treasury ro-dav appointed Frank P. Cash, to be storekeeper ami gauger in Davie county, N. C.; and George T. Tucker, to lie storekeeper and gauger, at Advance, N. C. UMAR AND SPARKS OUT. THE SECRETARY SAYS ONE OR THE OTHER MUST GO. Differences of Opinion Over the Ad justment of the Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis and Omaha Railroad Lead to the Tilt—A Spirited Letter from the Former. Washington, Nov. 11. —Secretary Lamar, late this afternoon sent a letter to Commissioner Sparks, sharply replying to a communication from him relative to the adjustment of the Chicago, St. Paul, Min neapolis and Omaha railway land grants, and informing him in conclusion that either he, or the Secretary must forthwith retire from the Department. Secretary Umar says: I have neither the disposition to enter upon a polemic discussion with a subordinate, nor to engage with him at his insistance in a gladiato rial combat; especially so in a matter m which be has received my carefully matured instruc tions. In no other way can the functions of a great public department be successfully exe cuted than for the chief to commana and the subordinate to obey. REVIEWING THE POINTS Secretary Lamar then reviews carefully and in detail the points of Commissioner Sparks’ letter to which he takes exception, and says: You conclude your paper with another elabo rate criticism of my desoision upon the branch line of the Omaha road. You claim a gross error on my part in allowing indemnity for preservation, putting your argument upon the proviso to the grant ing act under consideration by me. It seems, however, to have escaped your atten tion that it was neither my purpose nor my duty in communicating to you my constructions of this grant to assume the task of convincing you of the correctness of these instructions by elaborate citation of all decided cases appli cable to the subject. I had conceived it to be my duty as the head of this department, and having strictly in view my oath of office to direct you as to what duties I required you to perform. X had also conceived it to be equally your duty under the same obligations to obey my instruc tions or withdraw yourself from the duty of so doing In the only way recognized under the laws and usages of public life in civilized coun tries. especially so when I was myself but acting in direct conformity to the recent act of Con gress which imposes u)Km uie the exclusive duty of causing the grants to be adjusted. AGREED ON ONE POINT. In conclusion the Secretary says: However we may differ in our construction of the statutes or of decided cases, and whatever variance may exist in our conceptions of our public duties, 1 ara constrained to say to you that there is obviously one point upon which we are in thorough accord. Upon this point you have succeeded in the communication before me in riveting on my mind a profound conviction. The practical ef fect of your present course, is that you cannot execute my orders, and follow my instructions and co-operate in my administration without surrendering opinions which should be con scientiously entertained with reference to vitally important interests. Under these circumstances it is due to orderly aud decorous adminisiration of the government, to important public interests and the common cause confided in part to our hands by the President, and to the personal regard that we should both entertain for him, that he shall lie allowed to choose a Secretary of the Interior who will confirm his administration to your opinions or to appoint a Commissioner of Public Lands who will administer his bureau in harmony of spirit and concert of action with the chief of the Department, and without putting him to the necessity of more decisive action on his part. The alternative I shall sub mit to the President , at the -arne time that this paper shall be banded to you. The President has asked for the resigna tion of Commissioner Sparks in consequence of Secretary Lamar's letter. It will of course be forthcoming. Air. Sparks would not see newspaper men to-night, pleading the fact that he “felt sick” as an excuse. CANADA’S FISHERIES. The Negotiations to Begin at Washing ton About Nov. 20. Washington, Nov. 11. —Joseph Chamber lain and Sir Charles Tupper will be here next week, as will President Angell and William L. Putnam. The fisheries negotia tions will begin about Nov, 20. It looks now as though the negotiations wonld take a broader range. Sir Charles Tupper may be expected to come prepared with some proposition respecting the appeal for a com mercial reciprocity treaty made by the provincial Premier of Canada, or at all events with exact information as to the real desires of the Canadians upon this point. It will be evident to the negotiators on both sides that any set tlement which is confined merely to the fisheries question must be tentative and temporary. Asa matter of fact the nego tiations seem not unlikely now to result if a general treaty of commercial reciprocity which would finally settle all questions pending between this country and Great Britain respecting Canada. DUN & CO.'S REVIEW. The Boom in the Prices of Crops -Trade Far From Bad. New York, Nov. 11.— Dun & Co.’s re view of business and trade for the week says: The election and Anarchists have diverted attention somewhat during the week, but an advance has been started by the Government. Crop reports made public Thursday, and specu lative operations since have been remarka' ./ large. The cotton estimate of 6,300.1X10 bales, though less unfavorable than some previous re ports, caused an excited rise of 18-16 c. for the week, sales in three days reaching 768,000 bales. The advance in material supported the advance in many makes oi cotton goiius. The estimate for corn of 50.000,000 bushels below that of last month caused excitement in the grain and provision markets and corn rose lc. for the week, oats r }uc., wheat and pork and lard were excited and advanced, Hogs rose 10c. aud beef 80c. [>er 100 pounds. Trade accounts from all sections are favorable as to tbe volume of business, to which testimony is borne by an increase of HU. per cent, in clearings outside of New York, by complaint in many directions of a scarcity of rolling stock and by a general increase of about ia per cent, in railroad earning over last year. Iron is a shade stronger intone, in spite of the enormous production, which was 142,831 tons, weekly. Nov. 1, against 140,651, Oct. 1, and about 120,000 tons a year ago. A side of steel rafts, netting $8) 60, is re ported, but a consultation of makers is thought iikeiy to restore steadiness, and the demand for bar isalittle lietter. Foreign trade for two weeks past has shown a decline of 11 per cent, in the exports from New York, and an increase of 5 per cent, in the imports here. The exports of cotton in October were 387.000,000 pounds, worth $36,071,448, or 30 per cent, over last year, but the breadstuff's movement has been declining. The Treasury, by adding $1,900,000 to its bank deposits, has avoided any increase in its cash, and this re source is expected to be employed to prevent stringeuey until Congress assembles. Cotton Brokers Assign. New York, Nov. 11.—Mann & Brown, cotton brokers, have made an assignment to Abraham B. DeFreoe, the amount of preferences stated lieing $(i,000. Herman Baum, of Camden, S. C., is a first preferred creditor for an amount not to exceed one third of the ostate. Virginia’s Election. Winchester, Va., Nov. 11.—Warren county (official) gives Harrison, Dem., for the Senate, 450 majority over Best, Rep., who received 47 votes. Moore, for the House of Delegates, with no opposition, re ceived '.Hit votes. Harrison’s official ma jority in the district is 1,142. Houses Demolished by a Train. Philadelphia, Nov. 11.—a freight train on the Baltimore and Ohio railroad ran off the track near Wellsburg Wednesday after noon and wont through two frame houses, completely demolishing them. All the in mates, five in number, were injured, three fatally. A Cotton Shed Burned. Memphis, Nov. 11.—Brooks, Leely & Co.’s cotton shed burned to-dav. The loss on the cotton is estimated at sas,ood. WILSON IN VERY BAD ODOR. An Attempt to Kill an Editor At tributed to His Friends. Paris, Nov. 11.—It is expected that Presi dent Grevy will resign when the Chamber of Deputies asks for the prosecution of M. Wilson. If he does resign it is likely he will be succeeded by either M. Ferry or M. DeFreycinet. An attempt was made yesterday to murder the editor of the Seicle. The attempt is attributed to friends of M. Wilson. The man who at tacked the editor was arrested. M. W ilson was examined to-day by the Judge of Instruction in reference to his alleged connection with the traffic in Legion of Honor decorations. The court in wh ch the Caffarel trial has Iteen proceeding has ordered the provisional release of Gen. Caffarel, Mme. Limouzin and M. Lorentz, pending the result of the government’s in quiry into the allegations against M. Wilson. M, Wilson has officially left the Palace of the Rlysees.the residence of President Grevy. The Journal des Uebats states that Premier Rouvier, on visiting President Grevy, found him much affected over what he termed the folly of the Chamber of Deputies. The President declared that nothing so far brought forward involved M. Wilson. M. Wilson has acknowledged having sub stituted altered copies for letters originally written by him. M. Gregnon, Prefect of Police, disclaims all responsibility for the substitution of M. Wilson’s antedated letters, and declines to resign. PresidentyGrew, in an interview with a number of members of the Chamber of Deputies to-day, said he believed M. Wil son was innocent and would canfouud his enemies. He declared that, should his guilt be proven, he would resign the presidency instantly. ENGLAND’S CABINET. A High-Handed Policy on All Public Questions to be the Rule. London, Nov. 11.—A prolonged Cabinet counsel was held to-day. The Cabinet de cided to take immediate advantage of the court’s decision on the appeal of Lord Mayor Sullivan, aud to undertake wholesale prose cution of papers that publish reports of suppressed branches of the league. The policy of Mr. Mathews, Home Secretary, in forbidding meetings in Trafalgar Square was ratified, and the question of prosecuting the Pall Mall Gazette for articles calculated to lead to violence was referred to the Crown Council. The temper of the Cabinet for high-handed action is consonant with the feeling of the Conservatives and dissidents, and is encouraged by the reports of the party agents that tbe country will approve. It is reported that Mr. Dillon will soon be prosecuted for violation of the crimes act. The municipal authorities of Dublin have adopted a resolution protesting against the treatment of Mr. O'Brien in Tullamore jail. It is reported that Mr. Coy, Member of Parliament, against whom a warrant was issued for attending proclaimed meetings of the national league in county Clare, Ire land, has fled to America to avoid arrest. MORE HOPE AT SAN REMO. The Swelling of the Crown Prince’s Larnyx Subsiding. Berlin, Nov. 11. —Advices from San Remo are more cheerful. The swelling of the larnyx in the Crown Prince’s throat is subsiding and it is expected that Dr. Mac kenzie will be able to remove particles of tissue Sunday, which he will send Dr. Virchow. There are no symptoms of a recurrence of the growth which was formerly removed. If Dr. Virchow’s verdict is correct a por tion of the new growth should prove favor able. The doctors are hopeful that the trouble may be permanently eradicated. A dispatch to the Motional Zeitung says Dr. Schrater adheres to the opinion that the swelling is of a cancerous nature and that he is about to leave San Remo. Emperor William is gaining strength. 4,000 MEN DROWNED. Terrible Loss of Life in the Flooded Districts of China. Shanghai. Nov. 11. —Floods in Hannin are increasing. Hundreds of thousands of inhabitants of that province are destitute. In one place 5,000 men who were repairing embankments were overwhelmed by the flood and 4,000 of them were drowned. Another terrible inundation has occurred at Sze-Chen. Germany’s Stock Exchange. Rerun, Nov. 11. — The tune of the Bourse was better to-day but there was no quota ble advance in prices Tiie Reiehs bank has issued orders to all branches to cease making advances on Russian securities. On the Frankfurt Bourse Russian securities declined 2 per cent. Fire in a Cotton Cargo. London, Nov. 11.— The British steamer City of Newcastle, Capt. Townsend, which left Charleston Oct. 25 for Havre, has put into Queenstown with fire in her cargo. Jews Expelled from Tiflis. St. Petersburg, Nov 11.— Six thousand Jews have been expelled from Titiis in a short time. The work of expulsion will be extended over the whole Caucasus. CHAELESTON’3 TICKET. George D. Bryan th > Candidate for the Mayoralty. Charleston, S. C., Nov. 11.—Tbe Democratic City Convention finished a harmonious session to-night. George D. Bryan was unanimously nominated for Mayor, with the following Aldermen: First ward, J. F. Reddey and Andrew Simonds; Second, J. A. Smith and S. Webb; Third, F. ICressel, Jr., and Thomas Roddy; Fourth, F. J. McGary and I. F. Lilenthal; Fifth, S. J. Pregnal and D. J Toupey; Sixth, A. F. C. Cramer and D. O’Neill; Seventh, J. Feehan and H. Schachte; Eighth, R. C. Barkley and William Roach; Niuth, A. Johnson and A. J. Riley; Tenth, S. P. Collins and J M. Smith; Eleventh, C. L. Meyer and W. K. Darby; Twelfth, C. S. Gadsden and H. T. Cade. Of these, nine are incumbents. As to nationality, there are three Irishmen, five Germans and eleven natives. The aldormanio ticket is not enthusiastically re ceived. IVY CITY RACES. The Second Day of the Second Extra Meeting Very Disagreeable. Washington, Nov. 11.—This was the second day of the second extra race meet ing at Ivy City, yesterday’s events being postponed on account of rain. The weather to-day was extremely disagreeable, with an overcast sky and a cold northwest wind blowing. The attendance was small, the track very heavy and the fields small. The events were as follows: First Race—Six furlongs. King Idle won with Mary S. second and Vixfolk third. Time l:21K- Second Race—Mile ami a sixteenth Valiant won. with Pasha second and Pericles third. Time 1:52. Third Rack— Milo. Bess won, with Frank Ward second and Royal Arch third. Time 1 MSldj. Forith Race—Seven furlongs, Young Duke won. with Joe Lee second and King Crab third Time i Fifth Race— One mile and a leap over six hurdles. Join ilenry won. with Willie Palmer second aid Wellington third. Time Teeth that loosen through ill-health May be rendered more secure, Flaccid gums and fetid breath Soon grow healthy, sweet and pure. BOZODONT brings this about. As tbe world tong since found out. GEN. JACKSON INCENSED. HE REPLIES TO EX-SENATOR THUR MAN IN KIND. The Ohioan and Hla Ilk Likened to a Swarm of Venomous Insects Trying to Sting the South—The Savannahian Defends Southern Veneration for the Lost Cause. Atlanta, Ga. , Nov. 11.—Gen. Henry R. Jackson several days ago wrote a letter to ex-Senator Thurman, of Ohio, in regard to the attack of the latter upon him. He de nies that be ever was an office-seeker; denies the charge concerning the Mexican mission again explains his Macon speech, contending that there was nothing wrong in it, and concludes as follow’s: Simply because of my having made a speech of such a character, upon such an occasion to an audience of veteran soldiers, called together for no political purpose whatever, you and a swarm of insects which have been buzzing about my name, delighted, perhaps, in the thought that tieywere inflicting upon me the venom of their sting, have held me up to the world as a meanly vindictive enemy of the Democratic party, prepared to harm it to the full extent of ray malignant power, is it pos sible that we of the South are thus to be wel comed back into the Union even by the Demo cratic party of the North? Are we to stand in perpetual terror of opening our mouths anywhere, or upon any occa sion to say one word in commendation of our past, or in honor of our dead, or in vindi cation of what we know to be the truth of his toi-y, lest we may say something to injure the Democratic party? Is it not sufficient that we have Iteen stripped of our property and of many thing far dearer to us thau property can ever be? Must we consent to sink into an abyss of silence our good name? Must wo keep our peace unless wo be prepared to kiss the han l that smites us and to place ourselves in the rank of truckling hypocrites? Must our children grow up around us hearing at the home fireside the story of the past and realizing that their fathers dare not repent it in the lace of the world? Will this be the school in which to train them for a manful discharge of the grand duties imposed by American civilization upon American citizens from the time they begin to perceive and to think for themselves, thus to bo crushed to dust by the cruel consciousness that, however pure and patriotic in fact their sires may have been, in the opinion of the world, they were guilty of an enormous historic crime, the shadow of which must rest forever Lika a black cloud of ignominy upon the pride, hope and manhood of their posterity ? Rather than this I would indeed secede, not simply from the Union of my fathers, but from my own native State, so dear to my heart, and seek, if need be, a home in the depths of barbarism. Nay, rather than this. I would long for that barbaric conscience which would enable me, with one movement of a devoted aim, to sweep every drop of my blood in descending generations from the face of the earth. A YOUTH ON A SPREE. He Winds Up by Taking Morphine but Didn’t Want to Die. Augusta, Ga., Nov. IL—Walter Nolan, son of Judge Nolan, of Henry county, regis tered at the Augusta Hotel Thursday. During the day he became intoxicated, aud in the afternoon was arrested. After spend ing the night in jail he appeared at the Augusta Hotel to-day and lounged about the office. About 10 o’clock he went into the bar, asked for a tumbler of water and re tired to a i orner, where, as subse quently learned, he mixed and swal lowed three grains of morphine. After this he walked to the clerk’s counter and handed him the pack age, pointing to the label. There was a stir and a physician was imme iiately sum moned, but before he arrived Nolan had begun to vomit, and this saved, or at least prolonged, his life. He was taken in a comatose state to the city hospital, where mrdical aid is in attendance. He may die, but the chances at this wTiting are in his favor. He is handsome, well dressed and evidently educated. NINE MEN IN A FIGHT. Three Badly Slashed With a Knife and Another Knocked on the Head. Columbus, Ga., Nov-. 11. —Last night in Eutaw, a suburb northeast of this city, nine men engaged in a terrible fight. They were under the influence of liquor, and the fight occurred over some trivial affair. George Thomas and Walter Bartlett, both from Harris county, and another man named William Waliaoe, of Lee county, Alabama, were badly cut It is thought Bartlett is fatally wounded. Lum Plupps was severely hurt by a blow on the head. All of the men were at tie Centennial wagon yard, where they were stoppin James Stewart, of this city, was to-day arrested by tbe officers, charged with the cutting. He will have a preliminary hearing Monday. Daniel Collius has constructed and launched a very small steamboat to ply the Chattahoochee. She was christened the “Ruby,” and will be inspected Monday, when the trial trip will be made. FLORIDA’S RA LROAD3. The Commias’on Still Hearing Art U ments .grains; Lower Rates. Tallahassee, Fla., Nov. 11.—To-day Col. John A. Henderson appeared before the Railroad Commission and argued fer an advance in freight and passenger rates on tlie Florida Railway and Navigation Com pany’s railroad, giving as a basis for this request that with present rates the road is not paying running xpenses, and should the standard rates of the commission be enforced great loss would ensue to the road and necessitate a reduction in the train service now rendered .with a view’ of advancing the interests of Florida. The points made by Col. Hen derson were strong und forcibly presented. Statistics were filed giving the earnings and expenses of the tom I in detail, and tin se are anything but encouraging to investors in Florida railroads. The rates now in force do not pay the expenses of the roads, and a reduction would necessarily entail greater losses, while the public would not be bene fited because the reduction would accrue to the advantage of foreign roads and terminal grants. The freight rates. Col. Henderson insisted, are now reasonable and just, and the public profits by the present tram service. H. H. Bishop again contended that the rates on fruits and vegetables are too b’gh and asked the enforcement of the standard rates. In the afternoon Capt. W. D. Chipley presented the case of the Pensacola and Atlantic railroad, and made a strong appeal for a continuance of the present pas senger rates and considerable advance of standard freight rates. He showed that the Pensacola and Atlantic road is now run at a loss of many thousand dollars annually, and a reduction of rates would necessitate the withdrawal from Florida of the excellent facilities the Louisville and Nashville has afforded Florida traffic, when no return is now had for expenditures pre viously made. Mr. .Simmons asked an advance in rates for the Pensacola and Perdido road, in West Florida. Hon. C. P. Atrnore also appeared in tbs interest of the Pensacola and Atlantic road. The commission is hard at work on the questions presented. Burglary at Blackshear. Blackshear, Ga., Nov. 11.—A burglar entered the residence of Joseph A. Har|>er last night and stole iroin his pants pocket a I hsu t sls. He was discovered bv Mi* Pauline Harper, daughter of Mr. Harper, in her room. She immediately gave the alarm, but the thief made good hi* escape. Five New Gases at Tampa. Tampa, Fla., Nov. 11.—Five new; case* of fever arc reported to-day, four white®' 1 ® one colored, There have been no deaths. Dr. Killmer continues to improve. No news has been received from Manatee to-day. Ad ock of seagulls were seen recently on the Schuylkill river, near Hamburg, Pa. , 0 “ e the birds was shot, it Is supposed that me dense fogs and storms on the Atlantic coas 100 miles from Hamburg, drove them inland-