Indianapolis Journal, Indianapolis, Marion County, 8 March 1887 — Page 1

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INDIAN AFOLI roUMNAJL r ESTABLISHED 18123. INDIANAPOLIS, .TUESDAY MOKNING, MAUCH 8, 1887. PRICE FI YE CENTS-

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FINE TAILOR-MADE SPR Sliouhl be examined by every gentleman in the city. A full line of nobby Scotch Cheviots, many of them line J throughout Tvith fcilk; elegant Serges. Worsteds, Corkscrews and Kerseys. They are equal in every respect to the finest made-to-order garments at nearly double the price. KL'FUS HATCH'S PURCHASE. It Caose3 No Uneasiness in Texas, Where the Claim Is Regarded as Totally Invalid. Galveston, Tex., March 7. It was heralded forth from Kansas City, a few days ago, that the Interstate Land Company, an organization with headquarters in that city, and of which Rufus Hatch, of New York, is a member, had completed the purchase of the Arkansas land grant, comprising 79,000,000 of acres, situated in the WvStjrn confines of the Panhandle of Texas, New Mexico. Colorado, and embracing a portion of No-man's Land and all of the famous Maxwell grant The publication of the great purchase caused no uneasiness whatever in official circles in Texas. In fact, the denouement of this Beale claim has been expected for years. The land office attaches no importance whatever toBeale's alleged claim. Several rears ago the parties then holding the alleged Beale grant proposed to the United States to swap the claim for the government's interest in what is known as No man's Land, a strip of territory lying between Kansas and Texas. The mutter wa3 referred to a congressional committee, which wrote to Texas for the papers or their copies. The land commissioner forwarded them, and sos after the committee reported unfavorably on the proposed trade. Afterwarl Mr. Farwell, of the Chicago syndicate, went to Europe to secure the co operation of English capitalists in bnilding the Capitol at Austin. He was met in England by the claimants of the land, and for awhila he was in a box. He telegraphed to Texas for the records, and the whole was cabled to him across the ocean. He then ucceedd in making his trade. It is said here jhat, instead of there being a grant by the Mexican government, there never was anything as a foundation for the claim, except a contract between the Mexican government and Beale and his partners, by which the two latter were to receive four and a half leagues of land for every lundred families introduced into the country. The contract lapsed years and years before Beale and his partners died because of their failure to comply with its provisions. Up in the Fanhandle the claim has been heard of and laughed at for years. The Maxwell grant is owned by Hollanders, and this company informed them that it never intended to disturb them. Farwell, after he got his English trades made, informed the claimants that if they iqaatted on what is called the Capitol land?, he would have them arrested and placed in jail. Jle denounced the whole thing as a scheme te milk his syndicate, and that be would Hand it. sot STRIKES AND STRIKERS. The Blockade on the Piltaburs Division of the II. & O. Growing Serious. " Fittsburo, March 7. Only one freight train was moved on the Pittsburg division of the Baltimore & Ohio railroad this morning. It was a local freight, and it was reported that the crew had orders to leave it at Connellsville. The strike is spreading, and matters are becoming complicated. The freight firemen joined the strikers this morning, and the passenger firemen expect to be ordered out to-night An effort was made to induce some of them to quit work this morning;, but it was deemed best not to act hastily. If they conclude to come out the firemen on the mail trains will be allowed to remain, as the strikers do not care to interfere with the United States mails. The company is receiving freight for shipment this evening. The officials clnim they will send out a train, but the strikers assert they will not be able to get a crew. Everything is quiet, and no breach of the peace is anticipated. A Connellsville special says the efforts of Su perintendent Patton to bring about a settlement herein vain. He returned to the city this afternoon, very much out of spirits. Not a wheel has moved $ince Saturday noon except passen ger trains. Evervthing is very auiet. and all the meetings of the strikers have been orderly, A large number are on the streets to-day, and the strike is the sola tonic of conversation. The watchmen and section men asked for an advance, r.nd may come out unless it is granted. The shop men here fmd At. Glenwood have a nura ber of grievances, and it is said they will strike w morrow. The N. Y., P. & O. IJrakemen. Youngstown, O., March 7. The situation between the officers end striking brakemen on the New York, Fennsylvania & Ohio railroad is Practically unchanged. The brakemen held meeting this morning and decided to accept no compromise, insisting upon the third brakeman lor all freight and yard crews. They resolved nnanimously to use all efforts to protect tho property of the company and retain public sentiment on their fide. The excitement was increased this morning by the conductors and brakemen in the employ of tho Pennsylvania Company striking, and no freight is being move ! In cr out of the yards. They ask that conductors shall receive 20 cents per hour and brakemen 10 J cents per hour; that ten hours shall constitute a iay'g work, and pay at the same rate for all overtime. The advance asked by tho brakemen 5 2J cents per hour, and by the conductors 4 cents per hour. Tho demand for an advance as made two months ago, and the men, receiv'"igno anawer, decided to cease work this mornbig. The men nre quiet and orderly, and manlfK a determination to secure the advance or J'ot return to work. The brakemen on tho Pittsburg. Cleveland S: ioledo road here have asked that this third brakeman be put on, and if it is rot conceded they MAert that thev will strike on Thursday of thU week. Industrial establishments aro badly ciii-pled for Hock, and a general khut-dowu in Imperative this week unless traffic is resumed. The Milwaukee Printer. MiWVArszE, Wi., March 7. The presamcn ttbo joined the printers' ctrike on Friday last ro-

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WHEN INDICATIONS. TUESDAY Fair -weather, followed light rains; warmer southerly winds.

by "TWINKLE, TWI1LE!" We recognize our relationship with the Ethiopian and the Hottentot. We are reluetar.t to admit any kinship between -as and the stars. But science has pointed out to us the fact that the strain of consanguinity which binds the sun to tho father and the sister to the brother differs in decree alone from that which joins all of these to Bctelguesse, Proeyon and the myriads of suns whose blended light man has termed the Milky Way. Twinkle, twinkle, little star. How I wonder what you are! Not so much wonder about it now. Quite as much that you should wear that old winter underclothing, when we have such complete lines in medium-weight Merino, All-Wool and heavy Balbriggan, which i3 exactly what you need this weather. 7 THE WHEN turned to the several offices to-day. The back of the Typographical Union is practically broken, and the old men are beginning to 6eek their former places. The proprietors of the newspapers and job offices have signed a compact not to recognize the union in any manner in the future. It was decided to-night by the job printers who walked out a week ago, to declare the strike off and return to work. The proprietors decided to receive their employes again, but not as union men. They pledged themselves never to recognize the union again. The newspaper printers took no action. The proprietors will refuse to receive them back, as they are rapidly filling the places of the strikers and havs pledged themselves to stand by the new men. DAILY WEATHKK BULLETIN. Indications. Washington, March, 8, 1a. M. For Indiana and Illinois Fair weather, followed by light rains; warmer, southerly winds. For West Virginia Fair weather, becoming warmer; variable winds, shifting to southerly. For Wisconsin and Michigan Fir weather, followed by local rains; warmer, variable winds, shifting to southerly. For Ohio Fair weather, becoming warmer; winds generally southerly. Local Observations. Indianapolis, March 7. Time. Bar. Ther. 44 01 Hum. Wind. Weather Ral: 6 a. 2 P. 9 p. M... M... M... 30.01 30.07 95 40 GO N'east North Fair. Clear. 30.22 47 N'east Clear. Maximum ture, 42. temperature, 62; minimum tempera General Observations. War Department, WASHINGTON. March 7, 10 P. . m. S Observations taken at the same moment of time at .11 stations. W p o B a 35 Wj 00 g J s . ttl 3 tr a i 3 o B STATIONS. Fort Smith, Ark. Little Rock. Ark. Galveston. Tex. . 30.06 OO'S'east Clear. Indianapolis. Ind. -.130.23 47. N'east Hear. Oswego, JNT. X ou.ii 34! West Fair. Clear. Clear. Fair. Clear. Clear. Toledo. O 30.2; 42,Nwest Encauaba. Mich.... 30.28 21 N'east: 2liNwest 39,Seast 34'Nwest 25 Nwest 28; Calm 29 Calm Marquette. Mich.. . . 30.30 Chicago. Ill 30.21 Milwaukee, Wis . . . . 3U. Duluth, Minn 30.22 Clear. St. Paul, Minn 30.24 LaCrosse, Wis 130.29 Fair. Clear. Clear. Davenport, la .iU z t 37iN'east 35'Seast 41 N'east Des Moines, la 30.23 Keokuk. Ia 30.25 Cairo, 111 30.14 .... Clear. . . . . Clear. Clear. .... Clear. .... Clear. .... Clear. . ... Clear. .... Fair. . Fair. .02'Cloudy. ....jCloudy. .02.81eet. ....Cloudy. . jFair. .Clear. Cloudy. Cloudy. . Fair. Clear. Clear. Clear. . Clear. Clear. Cloudy 58!North 40 N'east Spr'ngiiei'-l, 111 " St. Louis. Mo 30.18 55N'east 50S'east 54S'east Mn 130.13 Leavenworth, Kan. oU. IZ Omaha. Neb HO. 15 42:.S'east 28 East Yankton, Dak 30.08 30.22 Morehead, Minn 1 7N'east Bismarck, Dak 130.09 17jS'east 15IS'ea9t Fort Buford, Dak 29.84 Ft.Assiniboine.M.T. Fort Custer. M. T.. Dead wood. Dak North Platte, Neb.. Denver, Col W. Las Animas, Col. Dodge City, Kan. . . . Fort'Elliott.Tex.-.. Fort Sill, Ind. T.... Fort Davis, Tex KIPaso. Tox 29.71 20 32 45 42 Swest 29.80 S east S west 29 30.00 29.80 29.87 29.05 Cast 50 Swet 50 54 South S'east 30.03 30.07 30.03 30.01 29.95 52 54 61 East Calm Calm Calm C3 Salt Lake City. U.T. 52 1 West Shocking Case of Suicide. Chicago. March 7. A horrible suicide was enacted at the water-works on East Chicago avenue, yesterday forenoon. A youne man n.bont twentv-eicht years of age and dressed like a laborer in good circumstances, entered the building containing the engines and walked lpisnrelv about, looking at the machinery. Passinc to the south end of the room, he leaned over the guard rail, and for some moments watched the huee walking beam on the engine as it rose and fell. He glanced hurriedly about V.im. and while no one whs near except a smai boy, he deliberately took off bis hat, and throw ing it on the floor, crept under tne euara-ran and stood for a moment as though baiting in his purpose. He looked overhead, and, as he saw the great beam of the engine descending, he clasped his hands together and threw himself into the "crank pit" beneath the head of the heavy crank shaft His body was literally ground to pieces, yet no sound was heard to escape bis lips. The face was disfigured beyond recognition "and hardly a hone in the body was left unbroken. There was nothing on the body by which it could be identified. There was a laundry mark of the initials "C. IV on the shirt, and pinned to bis vest was a badge showing that be was a member of the Scandinavian Workmen's Association. The body was taken to the rnoreue. This is the third suicide that bas occurred at the water-works. The Price of Nails. Pittsburo. March 7. The Western Nail Association will meet at Chicago on Wednesday, and will probably advance he card rate from $2.70, the present rate, to $2 80 or $2.85. The spring trade has opened briskly, and the price is expected to go above S3 before the snmraerends. If the card is advanced to or above $2.75, nailers' wages will advance two cents. The riasiern iau awki . . .. . , West, that it is five cents below the West Butines EmbarraHiuentn. Boston. March 7. -Randall, Gile & Shalhes, boot, and Fhoe dealers, have assigned. Liabilities, $$0,000; assets unknown. The failure a attributed to losses in tho Southern trade. IIlij?ax N. S.. March 7. The suspension is announced of B. A. Smith, wholesale and retail dealer in dry goods. Liabilities, MWOj the assets exceed that amount

delphia on Thursday, ana win prooaoiy auvance the card rate from 2 IQ to $2 50. The present v-,n ram $2.40. is eouivalent to $2 Co in the

T1TE DISORDER IN BULGARIA.

The German Consul Mates a Demand for Release of a Number of the Rebels, Two of "Whom nave Already Been Shot A Paris Paper Charges that the Political Prisoners Have Been Whipped. Bismarck's Septenate Bill Again Under Consideration in the Reichstag. ; English House of Commons to Tote on the Clotnre To-Day Sensational Charges of the "Times" Against Irish Leaders. 4 THE BULGARIAN REVOLT. Demands of the German Consul Barbarous Cruelty to Political Prisoners. London. March Baron Tbielmann, the German consul-gene.-el at Sofia, on behalf of Russia, has demanded the release of 6ix rebels, two of whom have already been shot "M. Flesch, the French consul-general, has complained that Karaveloff and Tsanoff were maltreated by the government The government denies the charge on the admission of the rebels themselves. The Porte has advised the Bulgarian government to deal leniently with the rebels. The German consul at Rustchuk, whose pro tection was sought by Captain Bollman, one of the leaders in the recent revolt, and who claims to be & Russian Subject, has been requested by the Bulgarian authorities to surrender the refugee, and has refused on the ground that his gov ernment has not instructed him to do so. The German consul has also informed the au thorities that he is instructed to demand that the persons of Colonel Filoff, Major Panof and Lieutenant Kessimoff be consigned to his charge as Russian subjects. Panof has already been shot: Filoff and Kessimoff. owing to their wounds, have not vet been tried. The German consul sent Captain Bollman to Giureeva. The Paris Temps asserts that the political prisoners arreBted at Sofia for participation in the recent revolt were whipped with knouts during the'entire night following their arrest; that Karaveloff is now dying from the effects, and that five officers have already died from the ef fects of the punishment The Temps says: "The Bulgarian Regents hope to succeed, by the exercise of such cruelty, in terrifying those medi tating revolution, and thus to prevent new up risings. The Regents trust that Russia will not interfere, and intend soon to proclaim the abeo lute independence of Bulgaria." The Moscow Gazette glorifies the memory of the executed Bulgarian rebels, and says: "They were massacred for protesting like men against the unhannv and ignominious state of their country; against its oppressors and betrayers. Their honorable death will bring forth events and set history in motion." The Gazette expresses indignation at the powers which "secretly approved" the execution of the rebels, and concludes: "We shall not forget these men were victims to their devotion to Russia." GERMAN POLITICS. The Emperor Talks of the Septenate and the Attitude of the Pope. Bkrlin, March 7. Emperor William yesterday received Herr Wedollpiesdorff, the President of the Reichstag. In the conversation which took place the Emperor said that he was reluctantly compelled to dissolve the late Reichstag. Despite his explanation to the Reichstag of the superiority of uermany a neighbors over her in military matters, the opposition majority refused to sanction the military bill to the nec essary extent, and the reasonable hope that the septenate term would have been adopted after the example given by France proved fal lacious. It was more gratifying to cher ish the hope that a large majority in the new Reichstag would accept the bill at the out set. Referring to the attitude of the Pope during the elections, he said he had already been convinced of the pacific disposition of his Holine? 3, and that it was on this account that Germany had asked him to act as arbitrator in the dispute with Spain about the Caroline islands. In con elusion, the Emperor expressed the hope that al the ecclesiastical trouoies uetween rrussia and the Vatican would soon be peacefully and com nletelv settled. In the Reichstag, to-day, the septenate bill for mallv passed its first reading. Prince Bismarck was present. The bill will be taken up for sec ond readies to morrow, and debate will ensue. Herr Windthorst, the leader of the Clerical party, will then declare bis intentions in relation to the septenate term. The other party lerders have announced that they will vote as they did when the bill was defeated in the late Reichstag. George Bronsart Von Schellendorf, Minister of War, - introduced the septenate bill in the Reichstag. In a speech presenting the measure he said: "Let us forget what has passed. There is no doubt about acceptance of the bill, but the greater majority it receives the more significant will be its success. Therefore, we ask your votes for the bill in as strong force as possible. This will bo the finest fruit the session will ripen." Bennigsen said: "My friends, I absolutely favor the bill. The elections decided the matter, which has a . national character, especially in view of the state of foreisn politics. At such a moment it is necessary to sink all political differences and abandon mere party tactics. Let us drop the question whether greater danger threatens us from the east or from the west One thing is certain. The Emperor's unalterable love of peace is inspiring a peaceful German policy, and the steadfast endeavor of the government is to maintain peace on the continent The Reichstag has no direct influence upon foreign affairs. It can, however, strengthen the government by promptly granting everything necessary for the defensive strength of the empire." Dr. Windthorst said he believed the bill should be rapidly passed, and he would not provoke a discussion in committee. He reserved for the Center party until the entire results of the reballot were known, the right of defining its position. Richter. the new German Liberal leader, said be maintained the stand taken by him before the dissolution of the last Reichstag. He would reintroduce his former motions, and, if rejected, would vote against the septenate. WARM POLITICS IX ENGL AND. The Cloture To Re Voted On To-Day Srnsagational Charges of the London "Times." London, March 7. A Conservative whip has been issued, summoning members of the House of Commons to be in readiness to support the government at the finish of tbedebv.e on cloture to-morrow. Tho Parncllitoa and Uaiic&ls are concerting

arrangements to have reliefs ready for a continuous sitting.

Mr. Balfour. Chief Secretary for Ireland, has caused the circulation of a renort amonathe Conservatives to the effect that he is ready to introduce an Irish crimes bill on Monday if Sir Michael Hicks-Beach fails to do so. Mr. John Brieht refuses to assist in the nego tiations of the Unionist-Radicals with the Giadstonians, and has protested against severing con nection with the Hartington Unionists. He continues opposed to any scheme for an Irish legislature. The Liberals have annointed a committee to watch the expenditures of the Admiralty and War Offices, and to trace any misuse of supplies. ine Parnellites propose to call the attention of the House to articles in the London Times charcing Mr. Parnell, Mr. Sexton, Mr. Arthur O Connor and others with cuiltv knowledee of and complicity in a series of murders in Ireland. ine limes betran the rpHpr of articles entitled "Parnellism and Crime" with an outsDoken de nunciation of the Learuo leaders as having intimate, notorious and continuous relations with avowed murderers. One passage is as follows: "The National- League movement ia based upon a scheme of assassination, carefully calculated and coolly applied.. Murderers provide their funds; murderers share their inmost counsels: murderers have gone forth from League offices and set their moody work afoot." This violence of language pervades the whole attack, which is designed to assist tne passage of a crimes bill. united Ireland nuhliahes the namea of the six jurors who voted for the acquittal of Mr. Dillon and bia associates in the conspiracy trial. In view of this fact. Major Saundorson (Conserva tive), member for North Armagh, will ask Parliament that the government afford snecial prolection to the six jurors who voted ''guilty." GENERAL FOREIGN NEWS. Paralysis Feared for the Kaiser Why Blsmarck Wants Obedient Legislator. London Truth. - A friend writes to me from Berlin: "I have uet seen the old Emperor. He looks, when he walkc, as if he did not feel the ground under him, but is otherwise the picture of health. The fresh face, with the snowy hair and whis kers, is like the Alps in the sunset, in which rxse color is set round with dazzling white. Bismarck is frightened at the uncertainty of his step, which is a warning of paralysis. Hence his anxiety to secure a docile Reichstag, which will not play too much into the hand of the com ing Empress Victoria against the Chancellor.'! .f , German Patience Has Limits. Berlin, March 7. The Kolnische Zeitung warns Russia that even German patience toward neighbors bas limits, and says: "If Russia compels Germany to take account of a Franco Russian agreement, let her beware lest she may herself have to consider a hostile Germany." The Kreuz Zeitung. says: "Letters from St. Petersburg state that the general hatred of Germany and the popularity of Franee is becoming a sort of vio'.ent epidemic in Russia." Cable Notes. Colonel Reed, English manager of the lead mines in Corsica, has been murdered by miners. Qdeen Victoria will lay the foundation of the Imperial Institute some time during the coming summer. Mr. Lewis, United States consul to Morocco, has arrived at Gibraltar, where he isawaitin? an American war-ship to convey him to Tangier. In consequence of the panic caused by the re cent earthquakes hotel keepers at Nice are selling out at a great sacrifice. Many of the inhabitants are still camping out The Marquis of Lonsdale has been sued by QjfjfJia.Danka for breach of contract in falling to carry out his engagement with her as a mem ber of the Violet Cameron operatic troupe. lhe Paris Figaro says tbat. on the plea of ill health, Moneignor Rampolla del Tindaro, of Madrid, has declined the papal secretaryship maae vacant oy tne death of cardinal Jacobim, A rEXUIllOUS THIEF. Death of a Receiver of Stolen Goods Who Had Accumulated a Comfortable Fortune. Special to the IsdianaBolis Journal. xm EWBiTKVFORT, Mass., March 7. Lewis Pike, a well-known Newburyport mechanic, whose income, judging from outward appearance?, was barely sufficient to "keep the wolf .from the door," died on Saturday afternoon, leaving handsome property, lie refused to allow his boarding-house mistress to call in a physician, and his last injunction was that no funeral services should be held over his body. After his death a box containing nearly $1,500 in silver coin and a dozen bank books which represented the full amount allowed by law, and other val uables amounting to fully $20,000 were found witnin reacn ot ms nana, in ms room were found packed clothing of every description and a large variety of articles, evidently stolen property, as he had been known for several years to have been a "fence," or receiver of stolen prop erty. In the midst of this rubbish, on a single cot bedstead, lay the body of Pike, in a filth y condition. Pike was born in South Boston in 1821, and came here twenty years ago to work at his trade as a mason. In March, 1S83, he was convicted of receiving stolen propertv and fined $35 and costs. He drew a check for the amount, and it was then learned that he bad several thousand dollars on deposit. It is supposed that his nearest relatives are four cousins Rev. Dr. Pike and Francis Lord, of this city, and two in New Hampshire. The deceased never married. An Insurance War Imminent. Chicago, March 7. The Underwriters' Association of Chicago, through its president, sent a telegram to the Metropolitan Underwriters' Association, of New York, to-day requesting the canceling of blanket policies on Chicago property. The Chicago underwriters claim that the syndicate of eight Incurance companies in New York which control absolutely all the insurance of the railroad companies having offices in New York not content with that gigantic monopoly, .are reaching out in various cities for the insurance on property owned not by the railroad companies, but by individual railway officials. The New Yoru companies issue a blanket mortgage at extremely low rates on the entire property of a railroad, and the Chicago underwriters allege that a new programme of embracing in the blanket mortgage the private property of offi cials has just been inaugurated on a large scale. Specification is made of the Adams Express building here, owned by John B. Carson, of the Louisville & New Albany road. The telegram demanding the cancellation of such policies is said by the agents here to perhaps mark the beginning of a war for supremacy between the New York syndicate and the Chicago Association of Underwriters. Constable Shot Dead. Des Moines, Ia., March 7. Constable E. S. Logan was shot dead to-night in the drug house of Ilurlbut, Hess & Co. The slayer was Joseph Row, an employe of the firm. He has been arrested. Logan was questioning Row about some su.-pected infraction of the prohibition liquor law. Row evaded the inquiries, angering the constable, who pulled a revolver and fired past Row's face. Row immediately shot the constable dead. Another account says Logan did not fire, and that he was attempting to arrest Row for an open infraction of the law, when Row shot him in cold blood. Logan is said to have been a quiet, gentlemanly ofiker, not inclined to exceed bis authority. He leaves a widow and family. Stop coughing at once by the immediate use of Dr, Ball a Cough Srup; 2j cents a bottlo.

MB. BEECHER SLOWLY DYING.

The Evidences of Cominir Dissolution In crease with Each rassing Hour. raise, Temperature and Respiration Show Considerable Irregularity, Indicating Constant, Steady Failure of lleart Power. Condition of the Patient Worse than at Any Time Since Friday Morning. Sfembers of the Family Grouped About the Dying Man's Bedside Fearfully Waiting the Close of a Great and Useful Life. LATEST FROM TIIE SICK-ROOM. The Family Grouped About the Bedside WaitIns: the Closing Scene. Brooklyn, March 7. The following was issned by Dr. Searle at the time indicated: "8 p. m. This day in the history of Mr. Beecher's sickness has been marked by frequent fluctua tions within narrow limits. The rate of neither pulse, temperament nor respiration has long been constant The pulse has, on the whole, in creased in rapidity, once risine to 114, and now marking 110. The rate of respiration is now 40. The temperature ha3 varied between 101 and its present point 99 J. In general, it may be said that his condition is worse than at any previous time. The character of the pulse has changed, and is now dicrotic, tumultuous: indi cating failure of heart power. The respirations have increased in frequency, and are more impeded by greater Accumulations of mucus trtchea than yesterday; though not to so great a degree as on Saturday forenoon. The temperature, taken every two hours, has not been the same on any two successive occasions. It is impossible to conclude with any approach to certainty whether death will come by asphyxia from failure of the respiratory centers, or from paralysis of the heart, or both; or, as before stated, from recurrence of hemorrhage. It is, therefore, obviously impossible to indicate the probable line of termination of the disease. It is. however, the opinion of the physician that the limit will not be reached to-night It is nnnecf ssary to add that Mr. Beecher is entirely unconscious, and suffers no pain. Doubtless, his condition is that of one in a troubled dream. W. S. Seart.e, M. D." At 10 o'clock the following was issued: ''Mr. Beecher is slowly failing, but we do not think ho will die to-night "W. S. Searle, M. D."At 10 o'clock the house was closed for the night MiDNiGnT. A toeseage just received from Brooklyn says that a very decided change for the worse has taken place in the condition of Mr. Beecher, and that the members of bis family are now gathered about his bedside. . 1 . A. M. Mr. Beecher is sinking slowly but visibly. The members of the family are around his bedside, fearing that the-end is near, though it is possib'e he may survive foreeveral hours. 3 a. m. No reports of Mr. Beecherg condition have baen received since the statement made at midnight Everything seems to be quiet at his house. NEARTXG THE END. " . Brooklyn, March 8, 4:30 a. m. Since 3 o'clock Mr. Beecher has failed quite rapidly. His pulse is 120, temperature uniform at about 100, and respiration between 50 and CO to the minute. There is much rattling of mucus in tho throat, and the end appears to be approaching. . W. S. Searlr, M. D. The Day lit and About the House. New Yokk, March 7. It was a weary night tbat the members of the Beecher household passed last night. One by one thev would silently move in and out of the death chamber, taking their turns at the dreary vigil. Dr. Searle was at the post of duty without intermission until nearly 6 o'clock, when he retired to his home to snatch a few hours' rest Mrs. Beecher had kept watch over the sick man most of the night, fearing he might pass awav m her absence. She did, however, take a few hours' rest on her couch in the room adjoining that where the sufferer lay, but she left word to be called the instant the slightest change in her husband's condition was noted. Colonel Beecher, who lived in the house with his family, was also ready at a moment's notice to go to his father's bedside, should the last come, but the dread summons did not reach him. He remained beside the bed for a ievr hours, while his mother took a little repose, but the brave wife did not remain long away from her husband's side. She bore her affliction herocially, and as the day broke she was again in the sick chamber. The other members of the family in the house were W. C. Beecher and wife, Mr. and Mrs. Scoville and two sons, and Miss Daisy Beecher. Major Pond, Mr. Beecher's lecturing tour manager, who lives close by, was ready to come across to the bouse, also, at a moment's notice. He is the one of the few not of the eminent di fine's relatives who was admitted into the house. The Major has traveled many hundreds of thousands of miles with Mr. Beecher, and for many years had been one of tho sufferer's most intimate friends. At G o'clock, when Dr. Searle went home, this bulletin was issued: Mr. Beecher bas been gradually failins; during the riight. His death is not, however, anticipated at pre3cr.t. - W. S. Searlb. All day Sunday, and until midnight, the officer on duty at the door of the house was kept busy answering the questions of friends or strangers. For hours the people stood in tho cold, damp weather, looking at the house, and it was not until the lights in the windows were lowered that the crowd was fairly dispersed. Even as late a3 1 o'clock persons climbed up the stairs and tried to read the last bulletins. Most of the flowers sent to the honse came from the members of the congregation. Major Tond was in the house most of the day. He told the circumstances connected with Mr. Beecher's daily occupations, just previous to the attack, with considerable feeling. Ho said that Mr. Beecher, only on Tuesday last, told him how gtrocg he felt, and how glad he was tbat ho would be able to complete his book in time for the publishers, and what, pleasure be found in writing the work. Major Pond also told of Mr. Beecher's visit to England, a quarterof a century ago. In the coming September it was intended to give af grand celebration in honor of Mr. Beecher's fiftieth year in the ministry, and the first half century of his married life; also, the fortieth year of his ministry at the Brooklyn Church. Mr. Beecher s condition has not appreciably changed during tho day and evening. Jits lifo

is slowly ebbing out, while his Borrowing family stand at his bedside unable to check the flow. He is not conscious of their grief, for he has been iu a state of coma all day. Friends pass in and out of the silent house over which hangs the shadow of death, but the once great mind knows nothing of the sympathy that is everywhere felt for him in his last hours on earth. He lies propped up in bed, while his wife and children

flit in and out of the room, never leaving him for more than a minute at a time. As they look at the sad ravages, made by his short illness, in his face, tears blind their eyes, and for the time being they cannot see the well-beloved features. Nobody who knew Mr. Beecher before the apoplectic fit seized him would recognize him now, so great has been the change since Saturday ; morning. He has suffered terrible pain, which bas left its mark upon his face and distorted his whole body." This, to the family, is a great affliction, for the dying man had always expressed the wish that be might die suddenly and be buried with the same general appearance as in life. 3 On the street in front of the house crowds gathered to-day and anxiously watched the drawn curtains in Mr. Beecher's chamber, as if they could tell them what , was passing within. They scanned the bulletins eagerly, and closely questioned the policemen on duty in the vesti bule. They gathered on the sidewalk across th street and on the four corners, talking of the man they loved so well. Ladies predominated in the crowd, and many of them stood for hours on the other side of Hicks street, not mindful of the damp pavement. Thousands of other ladies passed the house in carriages and on foot, and all either stopped to read the bulletins or ask a few questions. Tears were in the eyes of many of them, and they all gave a sigh of relief when they heard that the end was not yet. ; Chief Usher Whitney, who has been connected , with Plymouth Church for nearly thirty years, went in and remained a long time. Dr. Jacobs, chairman of tho Jewish Ministers' Association, came down the steps shortly afterward, having spent about an hour in the house. ''I called to offer my condolence to the family," he said; "I would like to haveeen Mr. Beecher, but that was impossible. The family tells me that it ii not the Mr. Beecher of old who is there. He i dead, and all that is left is a breathing piece of machinery." . Among the other callers were Congressman S. V. White, ex-Mayor Loew, C. II. Vorningen and Rev. Dr. Lyman. None of them saw Mr. Beecher. - Col W. C Beecher came out at 11 o'clock, and dropped a number of letters in the box on the corner." To the reporters he said:' "My father is slowly dying. There is no hope of his recovery, and we are ail trying to bear it as bravely as we can. My mother has regained her self-control since she learned that the end was inevitable. She is now trying to cheer up and help us to bear our grief. My brother Herbert telegraphed from Fort Seattle, W. T., this morning, and asked us about father. He wanted to know if he ought to start for home at once. I telegraphed him not to come, as he could not get here in time. He could not bo of any use if he did come, nod I would rather have ,bim remember father as he was than to see him now. He is terribly changed," and Colonel Beecher walked slowly off, brushing away a tear. , : The astonishing vitality of he sick man is & cause of wonder to all, and is the subject of general conversation. How he can live so long through what would have killed most men ia .' puzzling. Ilia life hangs by a slender thread, and yet it will not snap. At 11 o'clock Mr. Augustus Stowe passed into the house, and when he came out be saidi " "There is only one chance in a million for bim to live, and I cannot understand how be has survived so long. Mrs. Beecher told me that she thought her husband recognized her this morning by squeezing her hand. She was not certain, however, and he did not open his eyes or move his head or bodv." As he finished talking, Mrs. S. V. White, accompanied by Miss Daisy Beecher, daughter of H. B. Beecher, drove up in a carriage and entered, the bouse. Rev. Dr. Fulton paused in front of the house long enough to read the bulletin and then went r.way. The Rev. Samuel Scoville, Mr. Beerher's pon-in law, came out and said that he did not think Mr. Beecher would live through the day and night The Rev. J. K. Funk, Miss May Talmasja and Mrs. Tasker Howard called and remained in the house several hcjirs. The Rev. S. B. Halliday also called, and told the reporters that he would hold services in Plymouth Church lecture-room this evening. About 12:15 a peculiar-looking individual, with long, black hair, wearing a black slouch hat and black clothes, shambled slowly, with a gait peculiarly his own, up the step3 of the house, and asked to see Colonel Beechor. He looked more like a decayed Episcopal clergyman than anything else. He informed the policeman at the door that he was a German mind reader, a.jd camo to offer his services to the family. The policeman consulted Colonel Beecher, and was instructed to admit the man. He was accordingly admitted, and had a twenty-minutes' conversation with Colonel Beecher and Dr. Searle. When Dr. Searle left the house at 1 o'clock be said: ' 'The man said that he had' come for the purpose of curing Mr. Beecher. and appeared confident that he could do so. He said tbat ht understood that Mr. Beecher had b-en given up by the doctor?, bnt that he wanted to see bim, and then he could tell whether he cr-uld effect a cure. We told him that we had offers of services from prominent physicians all over the country, but that it had been drei Jed that Mr. Beecher's case was in the hands of perfectly competent physicians. I did not learn the man's i ' mo, bnt he was undoubtedly a crank." U 1:55 Gen. Horatio V. Kin g and Moses . ich, of Peekskill, called at the house and in- . ired after Mr. Beecher. At 1:45 Dr. Searle said to the reporters thr.t there was no change in the condition of Mr. Beecher, and his pulse was 110. The writing desk that Mr. Beecher bought when last in New York with Mis. Beecher was moved out of the house to-da', placed cn a track and taken back from whence it came. At a little before 3 o'clock the Rev. Mr. Halliday entered the house, where he remained bnt a few minutes. When he came out his eyes were streaming with tears, and he said that Mr. Beecher was growing perceptibly weaker. , - Mrs. Colonel Beecher was seen by the reporters, and was asked if it was true, as stated, that telegrams of condolence have been received from President Cleveland and some, also, from England. She said: "A great many telegrams havo been received from clergymen all over the country and from friends of the family, but none have come from Mr. Cleveland or from abroad. We have not thought, as yet, what ultimate disposition will be made of the telegrams and letters. It ia impossible for us to think of outsida matter. The family has been much touched by the feeling of sympathy which has been mani fested for it in its affliction ever Btnsa Mr. Beecher's illness began." A telegram was received from Mrs. Harriet Beecher Stowe, who is in Florida, stating that she was ill and was not ablo to come. Tele-, crams have, been received from Thomas K. lioccbcr, who is on his way froa Eimixa, end

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