Show telegraphic NEWS CHICAGO oct 3 A dispatch was received here this afternoon stating that the schooner city of green bay was ashore at south haven mich sad and had bad gone to p pieces feces leces all hands bands being lost but one the captains body has been recovered the se schooner booner was commanded by captain P W costello and owned by mr reeve of kenosha and mr head of chicago she can cari ieda led a crew of seven men I 1 ST LOUIS oct 8 3 four wei e killed and two serio seriously uly u ly wounded by an explosion in george P plants floar mill this morning mornin at mrs airs thomas S rivers elvers wife of the foreman was blown from the boiler room across the alley into a room sixty feet from where she was standing she was killed as was her husband who was buried under the debris fritz kuhlman was also buried in the ruins lind and was taken out dead henry tenas was instantly killed by steam and the force of the explosion en kineer eer benjamin anja in meyers was seriously injured r minnie innie a child of five v years ears had ad both legs broken and is so in injured re that t at recovery is not probable bl A flagman a anon on the iron iran mountain railroad on duty two blocks from the scene of the e explosion ap I 1 OS ion was waa knocked down dewi and badly bruised A coal heaver unloading coal near the boiler house was buried beneath the debris he was taken out half an hour after the catastrophe badly bruised and cut about the head and had bad three ribs broken the residence of H C meyer was completely demolished and his bis livery stable was wrecked A mud drum weighing 1000 pounds crushed through the roof to the cellar of john barbas house houie every house bouse in the neighborhood was more or less damaged the rae e engineer n gincer can ascribe no cause tor the d disaster washington oct 3 G L godfrey A B williams and arthur L thomas constituting the majority of the utah commission have filed with the secretary of the merior interior the annual report on the affairs of that territory A memorandum at the close of the document states that commissioners carlton and mcclarnand ernand dissenting from many of the views expressed therein do not sign the report THE population of bf the territory is estimated at a gain of nearly sirce since 1880 the valuation of property assessed in ia the several counties of the territory is given as the prosperity of the past seven years says the report has been equal to that of an any y lormer former period in the history of the territory on april of the present year the total mormon population of aar utah tah idaho arizona wyoming and new mexico vind and the states of nevada and colorado was the tithing for 1880 was fi the strength of the non mormon element is estimated at this element now own of the assessed property of the territory nearly one third exclusive of railroad property the different RELIGIOUS denominations I 1 have bave now in utah 62 churches these churches have established and control 87 schools with an aggregate of pupils and teachers since ince the passage of the edmunds law in 1882 persons have beer been indicted for unlawful cohabitation and of these were convicted the number convicted of polygamy was 14 many of the persons indicted have tried to escape arrest on the enforcement of the law the report says the officers of the federal courts in utah are entitled to special commendation the national laws relating to BIGAMY AND ACT POLYGAMY bave been in effective operation for about three years the mormon lead ers and their obedient followers tol lowers have made so BO concessions to its supremacy and the issue is squarely maintained between assumed revelations and the laws of the land the report then cites the already published results of the election elect ioa ioia under the registry law on the first of august last and of the convention in june and the subsequent election participated in dy by the mormons cormons only in which a constitution was adopted with a view to application to congress for admission sion as a state the commis commission kou refa t a i t fw gards aels this as an effort to f free ree the mormon church from the the FIRM ATTITUDE of the government and the ener energetic getic course of the federal officers eave have thrown around it and opposes its consummation during the past year the names of sixty seven men have been reported to the commission as having entered into polygamy the commission renews its ie recommendations commendations of last year except such as were enacted into laws jaws at ane last session ot congress the commission dom mission also recommends that authority be conferred upon tb the governor of the territory to appoint the following county officials selectmen clerks assessors recorders and ciup of district schools IN conclusion the commission submits that in it its s opinion the results nave fol owed from the of the ed munds act have been wry to the territory it las has provided a lair fair honest and orderly system of elections and it is universally conceded coa ceded by mor mons and non mormons cormons that there has been no charge nor even a rumor ot of fraud in connection with the registration of votes and the conduct of elections sirce the commission first corn com fenced its work SAN HAN FRANCISCO oct 3 by a ruling of judge sawyer of the U S circuit court to day the case against william kissane which achieved such wide notoriety owing to to tte career of kissane at the east e a st was practically ruled out ot of court under the statute of limitations tat ions JUDGE SAWYER sustained the demurrer demerer de interposed by kissane to the suit commenced bv the chemical national bank of ne new vv yon which in effect dismisses this t fruit or any others that may be commenced against etim he is known in california as willian N K rogers the progress of this venture of the bank has been closely watched judgment was asked for and interest at 7 per cent from august 36 1864 amounting to the officers of the bank claiming to have lost that sum through a swindle conducted uy by kissane Ki lyman 1 cole and andrew tinley the wanderings of in nicaragua and this state wre were set forth and the barik bank asked that OVA rogers be restrained from setting up the statute of limitations to prevent the progress of the suit judge sawyer in rendering his decision reviewed eved the circumstances of the case and iu in a few words announced griat the bill I 1 WAS DISMISSED and the demurrer sustained the complaint p int be e deemed eeme insufficient and stale n ni reasonable cause existing for granting the restraining order he said that after being discharged kissane was al ai all times lian liable leto to suit until the operation of the statute of limitations the hank bank neglected to commence camence co an action the plea of the plaintiffs to the effect that the statutes should not apply because kissanis Kis whereabouts W were unknown was disregarded alre judge e sawyer said that even if kissane did dis disguise mise himself and assume an alias it aid did not debar him irom from having the full benefit of the statute minneapolis oct 3 8 la an response to mayor ames address of welcome orue richard griffiths general worthy foreman was introduced in n place of powderly he was followed by A A carleton of the general executive board CARLETON SPOKE particularly of the growth of the aider and said it if would appear when the reports were all iu in that it was not going to pieces but was in reality stronger than ever he declared that so ion long as many were deprived of the rightful share of the products of thir toil the order would have work to do ralph beaumont of new york oue of the best talkers in the order W was as the next speaker he Ile paid said Itis it is said sald that this organization will go down it if this is so if it does go down another organization grander and stronger will be reared in its ts place the work of this order has not been accomplished there are men in this organization who will come before the country as leaders yet TWENTY FIVE YEARS hence men wha are in the order to today day will be a power in the land they will tower in the ranks with men like blaine and aad their power will be felt the work of this organization has just begun there are principles in it that are bound to stand the people of america cannot afford to let the organization go down richard trevally Tr evelly concluded the morning session with a short speech pledging the he order to the support of Ai american a principles and american institutions the convention then so gd journea until evening when general master workman powderly is expected to deliver an address on the world as knighthood would make it GENERAL MASTER workman powderly general secretary Litch litchman than and most of the other delayed de delegates lekates of the general assembly arrived this afternoon the great hall ball capable of seating sealing people was crowded at vie the opening of the evening exercises mr was received with unbounded enthusiasm he was announced to on the world as would make it he said in the be beginning annid In niD that he would not tell them anything of the kind the world as knighthood a t would make it would take up more than I 1 could give to it here tonight men say the knights can NEVER ATTAIN what is aimed at in their declaration of principles then they go to church and pray for better things than the knights ever dreamed of men who pray pay that this earth be made as the kingdom of heaven beave ii would deaoy us a place in legislative halls the knights t of labor respect the laws and letend to take a baud in making laws law our organization is not a partisan bation but bat in the true sense of the word it is a political organization men hen who study with us as will be ablerto vote intelligently if not there is cometh something ing wrong w with ith his head I 1 have been taken to tk on a few thin thins things s it has been charged that I 1 did not FAVOR immigration it is a mistake I 1 arn am of foreign birth myself I 1 babeno baveno have no objection to foreign immigration I 1 favor it several laud lauca grant companies however have immigration agents they bring in all manner of foreigners if one of these poor creatures raises his bis hand not against tile the law for he knos none DOLIC but against what he sees just before him he is called an anarchist and is punished while the men woo who loaded these poor creatures on this country go 0 acot free thunderous applause 1 I 1 hate anarchists and aria anarchy reby how can the child reared in ID poverty squalor ignorance and vice grow up to respect the institutions of his country I 1 say stop the agent 1 of the steamship company take home the agent of the land company stop importing FOREIGN let only those come to our tree america who come of their own free will to make their homes here Is that s saying abing aying anything against foreigners foreign erb ociea of no no no this is why I 1 am fal called a crank on the imail grat ion questions question I 1 am also called a brank on ane temperance ques ion I 1 may be a crank on this question but I 1 am not ashamed to say I 1 would far rather see a mau man a sober one than a drunkard there are those who have threatened d to leave the order bt causa of my tion thonon on this question to all such I 1 say go I 1 will trust the faith of this nation with sober men aud and women and ana I 1 will never take back one oae word ol 01 what I 1 have said on the temperance question SO 90 HELP NIB ME GOD mr air powderly Paw derly spoke bri briefly fly in eulogy of thomas armsttong armstred Arms Arm stroD tiong who died in pittsburg Pitts burl 1 a lew few da das 8 ago and closed by urging every koligat to leave the hall determined to do his whole duty let every man and woman read and lay to heart the declaration of apri principles it of the order let them do adis J and when their worn work is over tuey ca can D lay down as did that dead workman armstrong conscious that their work had been well done Powder powderly Pow deily jy said hs his condition was not what he would like to have it to discuss so large a subject as aa lie be was called callea upon to do lie ile was tired out and compelled to be brief the topic of Pr president eident streetor Sire etor of the national farmers alliance was wab the people their governor HE HB BEGAN by showing that in illinois farming was now beinar carried on lit at a los lohsand lossa sand cd the population of the rural districts was decreasing while the cities were growing chicago today to day had millionaires by the hundreds and sa so have all large cites cit es he asked how these gri great eat cities have grown up said these wealthy been killing the goose which laid the golden egg he wanted to see one grand organization of the industrial interests of the country and when we do complete our organization welded together by the common ties of humanity you will hear something drop we demand in the name of odthe the people who produce the wealth of america that our families shall not work themselves to death for the BENEFIT OF A FEW gentlemen of the present age have established an aristocracy instead of a government for the people eople but we propose to take it aril and make it a government for the common people mr streetor did not think it possible to abolish the existing evils through the agency of the K of L and farmers alliance in a dew party princetown PRINCE TOWA TOWN mass mas oct 4 six flitting vessels from grand banks arrived here yesterday they report the gale on sept 3 as exceptionally were aud th the e loss of life heavy after it t was over empty dories were aej e seen seea one of the returned vessels lost three men another lost loft five DETROIT october 4 the propeller california sank at 2 this morning off gros cap lake michigan and sixteen lives were lost the california left chicago on saturday night aud and was wan struer by yesterdays gale in lake michigan her hold bold soon filled extinguishing the tires fires and at about one when off st helena she broke up and in a few minutes went down seven beven of the ere crew vv reached point les barbes in a lifeboat in an almost lifeless condition ATHENS october 4 A shock of earthquake was felt gho tit greece at I 1 this moiling mw ning toe tau lit tur bauce bance was strongest oil oa the northern and southern sout aire of uke thy gulf of corinth NEW YORK oct A 4 the quarantine authorities report today to day lour four additional deaths among the cholera patients on swinburn Swin buru islene making a total of 14 deaths are 10 others sick with the disease J 4 NEW YORK oct 4 A washington bayst the general laud land office is in receipt of information that th the british syndicate which is said to ha have ve purchased a large tract of land in iowa from the mcgregor western railway company I 1 i mercilessly evicting settlers the title to the land being melugin in dispute in the state courts the settler writes women over 60 years of age aee sick in a bed had been taken by six men and carried out into the driving storm delicate women have had bad their hands bands tied with cords till the flesh was bruised and then from their homes home children have been born at the bight of a baud band of evictors evic tors strong men nave have been run down by RUFFIANS ON HORSEBACK and then handcuffed and dragged from little possessions I 1 might go on and multiply instances where the sheriff with a wi waif it ot of ejectment in one hand and a british contract in the other gave ave baebe poor people their choice between these two evils affidavits ot of the cruelty cruelly practiced are being collected says this ibis for use at washington next winter and will bf be read in noth houses of congress they gre are expected to create a sensation when people of the east are brought fully to realize what native ameri american c an pioneers pio are suffering at the 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