Indianapolis Journal, Indianapolis, Marion County, 10 August 1889 — Page 2

THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL, SATURDAY, AUGUST 10. 1889.

on hand. The first invoice for the United Stat- was certified June 13. lb-VS and the last March 4. IZX The total exports for the season were 77.410,311 pound s-Jl.bn.Stf pounds less than the, previou Reason. Of this America took but S-.fttt.tfh: the year before it bought 4,70J,3tf pounds. Of the a i . . tiiA IlnitMl Stntx

S.4-J7.661 pounds wcroOolougand Pouchong,

AJ.UUi nuutiua vur" " "P. 35,585 pounds Scented orange reKoe, n, i:aj pounds Flowery Pekoe. Xli nhrlnic Sea ControTeny. f peclAl to tli ImUanapoUa journal. Washington, Aug. 0. Nothing farther has yet been received from the commander of the Hash, or from any one else who knows anything about the subject of the escape of the Black Diamond to Victoria. The 7hole subject is flat and dead here for the present, and it is not thought in the departments that anything more will come of the aflair until the return of Secretary Maine and the President, and if President Harrison should return before Mr. Blaine it is not likely that he will act in the absence of his Secretary of State; and in fact the current opinion around the State Department to-day is that nothing whatever will be done until Sir JulUn Pauncefoto again makes his appearance in Washington, when it is expected that he will come armed with the information and authority which will enable him to enter into some definite arrangement with the United States for a permanent and feasible settlement of the whole Behring sea controversy. Bimetallism li rowing in Faror. Washington, Aug. 0. The State Department is in receipt of a report by Consul Frank II. Mason, of Marseilles, upon "The Outlook for Bimetallism in Europe," in which he says: "One of the clearly defined tendencies of public opinion in Europe notably so in France, Germany and Englandis seen in the steadily growing sentiment in favor of restoring the bimetallic standard of currency. In the strong and numerous petitions which have been read before the German Reichstag; in the recent resolutions of Mr. Chaplin in the British Ilonse of Commons, as well as the frank declaration of Lord Salisbury in favor of an earnest participation "by Great Britain in the forthcoming conference at Paris, and in the outspoken attitude of such serious and influential French journals as Le Moniteuxdes Interets Matcrieles and Le Moniteur des Syndicates Acricols may be recognized the outward manifestation of this aew faith and purpose." An Adventurer Career. Washington, Aug. 9. C. M. Seibert, eecetary of the United States legation at Santiago, Chili, has communicated to the State Department, under date of June 28, the fact of the death of Thomas BryaD Guning. he having perished of cold on the mountains, May 27, while en route from Mendosa. Mr. Seibert says that he received a letter from one J. W. Clark, dated Belleville Station, Argentine Republic, June 20, in which Clark wrote that ho had come to Buenos Ayres from Europe with Guning in July last; that they became very intimate: that Guning told hiin that he had married an adopted daughter of United States Senator Leland Stanford, and that Gunings father was a prominent surgeon in New York State. Mr. Seibert adds that Gnning visited Chili live years ago, and became quite intimate with a number of families there. Indiana Pensions. Pensions have been granted to the following-named Indianians: Original Invalid Daniel J. Lapp, Marlon M. McCoy, George Bingwalt, Mitchell Theriac, Frederick Felling, Harrison Long. Edward Gregory, Thomas A. Kirk, Hiram F. Justice. Austin V. Hint. Charles 31. Ward, John H. Biddle. Increase James Werts, Isaac Crumb. Wm. V. Bwain, Henry II. Boa wick, John M. Trammel, Beverly A. Heme, Pierre Merin, Johnilanes, Jonn B. Young, Martin V. Yerick. Elias II. Mills, Wm. J. Witter, James K. Batlinghouse. Wm. II. Bolander, Wm. A. Myers, Charles M. Moore, W, Cochran. Reissue Filas Link. Original Widows, etc. Emaline, widow of Alex. Ilolcomb; Mary A., widow of Samuel liichey. Smuggling In Florida. Fperial to th Indianapolis Journal. Washington, Aug. 9. Surgeon-general Hamilton has received a letter from Sewall C. Cobb, ex-Mayor of Pensacola, Fla., in which he states that a great deal of smuggling is carried on on the coast of that State, and makes some suggestions for the suppression of the nefarious business. General Notes. Special to the Indianapolis Journal; Washington, Aug. 9. These Indiana postmasters were appointed to-day: At Chandler, Warrick county, S. Lawrence, vice Chas. Kelsev, resigned; at Harlem, Delaware county, I. C. lludd, vice J. Parks, removed; at Lapas. Marshall county, A. Shaffer, vice W. L. Johnson, removed. Secretary Noble, accompanied br Mrs. Noble andhis private secretary. Mr. Morton Pope, left Washington this afternoon for Kichtield Springs, N. Y.. where he will spend a short vacation. Ho expects to return to Washington about Sept. 1. During his absence First Assistant Secretary Chandler will act as Secretary. The Superintendent of Census. R. P. Porter, has appointed a committee, consisting of Dr. J. S. Billings, Prof. Henry Ganett aud William C. Hunt, to consider and report upon the relative merits of the several systems of tabulating the eleventh census returns. Mr. W. F. Wharton, acting Secretary of State, says his trip to Bos on isf on private bnsiness altogether. Assistant Secretary Busscy lenses Washington to-night for New York, Chicago and the West on oilicial business. He expects to bo absent from Washington about six weeks. A eneeial meeting of the naval advisory board has been ordered for the 23d inst. This is the board appointed to suggest to Secretary Tracy the outlines of a plan for the completion of the navy. Judge Advocate-general Kemy. IT. S. N., awarded the contract for equipping the Washington navy-yard with an electric light plant to the Brush Electric-light Company of Cleveland, at its bid of S13,t75. Thomas B. llendy. of Kushville, Ind.. has lfn appoint el a cadet at West Point from the Sixth district. (.'apt. K. ..Nicholson, of Indianapolis, who was a member of Lew Wallace's regiment, arrived hereto-day to take a position ii; the Treasury Department, Captain Nicholson is a brother-in-law of Captain Meredith, chief of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing. W. H. Hart, who was recently appointed Third Auditor of the Treasury, lias notified General Williams, tho incumbent, that ho will be in Washington next week, aud it is probable that he will take charge of the oflice about the loth. Carlos E. Dexter, of Michigan, a postoflice inspector, has rebigued. Admiral Hlieiarai informs the State- Department that the Legitimo government, at llayti. has handed over $7,rO0 as compensation for tho seizure aud detention of the steamer Ozania. Kev. E. 11. swem, who was born and raised in CJreensburg. Ind.. and who held pastorates in Lawrenceburg; and New Albany, has just completed his fifth year in the pulpit of the Second Baptist Church of this city. The church was organized in 1S10, and since that time rone of the pastors have occupied tho pulpit for as long a term as Mr. Sweni. The church has over four hundred members at present, and has l?en extensively improved. Mr. fcwem has had his salary raised three times since his connection with tho church, and has been allowed to go abroad twice. The church is entirely free from debt, and the congregation is rapidly increasing. Tammany's Grand Sachem Resigns. New York, Aug. P. Sheriff James Flack to-day sent to Chairmau Cochrane md Secretary Oilroy, of the Tammany Society, his resignation as (J rand bachera of that organization, giving his reason as tho unpleasant notoriety given by the press to the Flack case in court. llurke Arraigned. Chicago. Aug. v. Shortly after 2 o'clock this afternoon Martin Burke, the Cronin suspect, was arraigned before Judge Baker on two indictments for murder. He pleaded not guilty to each and was led back to the jail. A fadki or gray beard may be colored a 'beautiful and natural brown or black, at ill, by using Buckingham's Dye for the .WJUakera.

INDIANA AND ILLINOISNEWS

John Grayson, of Jeflersonville, Makes Another Effort to Murder His Wife, Pioneer Picnics Child Earned to Death Clond-Burst at Lafayette The Great Fat Woman Dead Miscellaneous Notes. INDIANA. John Grayson Determined to Exterminate His FamUy. Special to tlie TnAlanapoUa Journal. Jeffersonville, Aug. Q.--John Grayson, who attempted to murder his wife and son Wednesday night, returned at 10 o'clock last night, and had he not been discovered before gaining entrance to the house, might have murdered his wife and other members of the family. His attempt Wednesday night made Mrs. Grayson apprehensive, and, fearing he might return last night, she no ti tied the police to keep in easy distance of the residence. At 10 o'clock last night Gray sou was discovered lurking in the back yard, carrying a revolver in nis hand. Upon being discovered he ran down an alley, and as he emerged into Locust street was pursued by oilicer Kleespier, who had been attracted by the cries of Mrs. Grayson. The wouldbe murderer tired one shot at tho oilicer, and as he ran threw his revolver into the yard of F. P. Willey. He was overtaken a half block further down by the policeman and surrendered. Graj'son was evidently bent on murder, and it is believed that he would have killed one or more members of his family had he gained entrance to the house. White River United Brethren Conference. Special to tho Indianapolis Journal. Greenfield, Aug. 8. This body met near Willow Branch station on the O., I. &. W. railroad, in Hancock county, yesterday, Bishop Kophart, of Toledo, la., presiding. A section of this conference met last week in Wayne cor.nty, claiming to be the true and original United Brethren in Christ, and to bo the real White River Conference. This schism is the result of division of sentiment of long standing on the question of secret societies. Tho general conference of 1841 adopted a constitution which, among other infirmities, declared, "There shall be no connection with secret combinations." The clause in process of time was construed to mean Masons, Odd-fellows, Sons of Temperance, Good Templars, trades-unions. Grand Army, Grangers, etc. It was held that persons connected with any of these could not be Christians, and must not be received or retained in ths church. The opposition to this constitutional provision, and the laws enacted under it from time to time, at first comparatively few, increased in number and inilueuce until in 1S85the General Conference, by a vote of 78 to 42, submitted to the people an amended constitution, containing several amendments, the chief ones being the introduction of lay delegates to the General Conference and the relegation of the secret-society question to the General Conference, to make such laws as it pleases, or none if it chooses. This constitution was submitted to the membership, and they voted 131? for to 1 against, and the General Conference, last May, voted to accept, tho decision as a finality, 110 for to 20 aguinst. Of these fifteen seceded and organized another conference, and claimed to be thereat church. The church contains '204,000 members. Tho Whitewater Conference contains about seven thousand members. The present conference has about thirty of the old ministers in attendance, who adhere to tho new constitution. This, with five young men who were received into the ministry (a more than ordinary group, both for learning and ability), aud about thirty lay delegates (for the first time in the history of tho conference), makes a conference of seventy members, which, with a number of visiting ministers, forms a conference of unusual interest. Prof. S. B.Erwin.of Union City, preached last night with unusual earnestness and power to a large and appreciative audience. The Coming Reunion of Wllder's Brigade. Lafayette Courier. A few days ago Col. C. G. Thomson wrote a letter to General Wilder, stating that he would not be lonely if he cared for all tho boys that were going to attend the Chattanooga reunion, and received the following reply: My Dear Comrade Your favor came to-day. I sincerely hope you can be with us at the reunion at Chattanooga. You, who so faithfully stood by the flag In that desperato struggle, should be with us at our only reunion on that bloody Hold, where your regiment gave assurance of success wherever they faced tho foe. There will be a larce attendance of our old brigade, at least f00, and I hare arranged to care for even more than that number. Come alon and you will find that time has not chilled my lovo and confidence for our old comrades, nor my admiration for their patriotism and courage. I kDow them better than any one else can, and I am ready to divide ray last crumb -with thein while I live. I am faithfully your friend, J. T. Wilder. Johnson Citv, Tenn., Aug. G, 1889. Old Settlers' Picnics. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Grekxcastle, Aug. 9. Yesterday was old settlers' day in this vicinity. At Quincy, Owen county, there was the usual gathering, which was distinguished for good behavior and the entire absence of tho gambling fraternity. Excursion trains were run from this city and Bloomington. Gen. M. D. Manson and Henry C. Duncan, late candidate for Congress in this district, were the principal speakers. The day at Knssellvillo was passed in an equally pleasant manner, though uneventful 60 far as special features are concerned. Mrs. Campbell, of Kockvillo, was one of tho speakers. The celebrations at both points indicated a marked improvement over those of former years in the inhibition of the lawless and disreputable practices which, while they brounht money to the managers, wero rapidly bringing these annual gatherings into general disrepute. Death of Dr. John M. Clark. Special, to the Imllanayolia Journal. Colfax, Aug. 9. Dr. John M. Clark, ono of the oldest settlers of Clinton count', died at his residence in Colfax, this morning, of Bright's disease. Dr. Clark came to Clinton county in lbsc, and settled in Jefferson, where for years he practiced medicine and amassed a comfortable fortune. In 18?2 ho removed to Colfax, where he laid out the present town site, and through his enterprise the town took quite a boom. Tho deceased lived to the age of eighty years, and leaves a largo family of grown children, among whom arc Col. John G. Clark, of Frankfort, .and W. D. Clark, the present sherilVof this county. The deceased was a prominent member of the Presbyterian Church. The funeral will take place on Monday next. Mormon Missionary Threatened, Special to the IudlanapoUs Journal. Columhus. Aug. 9. A Mormon missionary is engaged in attempting to secure converts to the polygamy faith in the rural districts of Lawrence county. A citizen of thit couuty was here to-day and stated that the man was meeting with considerable success by preaching among the more ignorant of the country people. The more intelligent classes, however, threaten dire punishment to the Mormon unless he leaves at once. They even threaten to give him a doso of "White Cap" medicine. Did Not Assist In the Murder, fpeclal to tho IudiauapoUs Journal. Madison, Aug. 9. John Lucht, charged with being accessory to themurderof Richard Cisco, had an extended preliminary examination to-day and was honorably acquitted, no criminating evidence appearing against him. The time for the examination of George Schlick, the principal accused, has not yet been fixed. Deluge at Lafayette. Epeeial to ths InttUnanoUs Journal. Lafayette, Aug. 9. The heaviest rainstorm for years fell here to-night, flooding streets, filling cellars, washing out gutters, submerging the 6treet-car tracks and stopsing the electric cars. In thoower Dart oX

the city, houses were so badly flooded as to compel the inmates to leave them. On Ferry street so great was the volume of water that men wero out in a skiff, riding. It will cost the city a large sum to repair the damage to streets. Kailroad tracks were covered with mud, and trains delayed Death of rrodlgious Fat Woman. Special to tbe Imll&naroUs Journal Lafayette. Aug. 9. Mrs. Laura Wolford, claiming to be the largest colored woman in the country, died here this evening. She was on exhibition in a museum for several days, but on Thursday was removed to the Catholic hospital, a dray being used as a conveyance. Mrs. Wolf ord was aged thirirnn rpara nrl weii?hfed. lieforft her ill-

n less, 904 pounds. She measured nine feet 1 around the waist, and niiy-iour inches around the thigh. The intention is to bury her here Saturday. Child IJurned to Death. Special to the Indianapolis JournaL Kokomo, Aug. 0 A two-year-old son of Kobert and Mrs. Etherington, residing near this city, was burned to death Thursday evening. Tho mother, after lighting a fire in the kitchen stove, went out in tho garden, and during her absence the little one went to tho stove, when its clothing ignited. After suffering great agony for ten hours, death came to its relief. It was their only child, a great pet in the neighborhood and the idol of its parents. A New Pension Examiner. Special to ths Indianapolis Journal Salem, Aug. 9. Commissioner Tanner has made a second change in the board of pension examiners for this place, and Dr. K. W. Martin, of Salem, is the second new man appointed. The board is composed entirely of Kepnblicans now, Dr. J. S. McPheeters, of liardinsburg, of the old board, being retained. Dr. II. C. llobbs and Dr. K. W. Martin are the new members, Drowned In White River. Epeclal to the Iudianapolls Journal. Martinsville, Aug. 9. Berry Thompson, aged twenty-five years, while fishing in White river, just above this city, this afternoon, with James Walker and Al Reed, attempted to wade across the stream and was drowned. The current was quite swift and he was steadly borne down stream into deep water. His body has not yet been recovered. Crazed by Hard Study. Special to tlie Indianapolis Journal Marion, Ang. 9. At 2 o'clock this afternoon the body of Charles Thrift was taken out of the Mississinewa river, a mile above Jonesboro. Thrift lived at Fairmount, and disappeared from his home last night. His mind had been unbalanced by hard study, and his drowning was doubtless a case of suicide. He was twenty years old. Killed by a Falling Door. Special to tlie Indianapolis Journal. Corydox, Aug. 9. A barn door fell npon a small child of Alice Brown, near this place, yesterday, killing it almost instantly. About the same hour a derrick fell upon her brother, a Red fifteen years, fracturing his skull, and it is thought that he will die. Determined to End Ills Lire. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Fort Wayne. Aug. 9. Alex. Kintz, a stone-mason, seventy years old, attempted suicide to-day by jumping into St. Mary's river. He was pulled out by the police. This is his third attempt at suicide within a short time, and it is believed ho is insane. Struck by a Train. Special to the Indianapolis JonrnaL LaPorte, Aug. 9. J. C. Stabler, a young man of Blissfield, Mich., was instantly killed near Otis, this county, this morning, being struck by the Lako Shore limited express while he. was confused over the passing of two trains on the double track. It Was Curtis Baldwin. Fpeclal to the IiullauapoHs Journal. Fora Wayxe, Aug.9.-The right name of the man killed hero last evening by the Fittsburg limited is Curtis Baldwin, and his home is at lied key, Ind., notPeunsylvania. as first renorted. ' Minor Notes. John McFarlan was fatally cut by his cousin. Lew Massey, in a drunken quarrel Thursday night at Fraukton. It is claimed that there are more beneficiary orders in Jeflersonville than any place ot its size in tho country. The Diamond Plate-glass Company, of Kokomo, has opened a monster gas well near that city. Experts say the well is the largest in the State. The preliminary survey of tho proposed natural-gas pipe-line from Greenfield to Shelbyville and Columbus is now being made, but it will be some time beforo it is completed. The largest fish ever caught in Indiana waters was captured in White river, just soutU of Columbus. The monster was a shovel-head cat and weighed 104 pounds. It was landed by Arty Monroe and ick Herod with a trot line. It brought $11 in the market. William Kagan was arrested, at New Albany, just as he had been granted a marriage license, and was locked up in jail to await his examination on a charge of stealing a gun from J. L. Ilobaliaz. The marriage was to have been solemnized Thursday evening. The ladies of the Methodist Kpiscopal Church will spread a fnll dinner at tho old settlers' meeting, at Mooresville, Aug. 13. There will be an ample supply for all who come. There will be a check-room in connection with tho dinner. Dinner, 25 cents; check, 5 cents. In the competitive examination of candidates for the vacant West Point cadet. ship, held at Lawrenceburg, Robert T. McElroy, of Madison, won tho honors. There were three contestants R. T. McElroy, of Madison; F. L. Wells, of Chelsea, Jeflerson county, and L. L. Fleming, o Lawrenceburg. Albert Clark, a young mau of eighteen, was arrested, yesterday, at Kokomo, charged with attempting an outrage on Minnie Gallingher, aged fourteen. Both parties resido in the suburbs and aro well connected. Clark made no defense and was bound over to court, aud in default of bail fvent to jail. Ed Chapman swore out a warrant at Greensbtirg for Lizzie Critzer, charging her with attempt to commit mnrder by administering to Martha Critzer and himself arsenic. It will be remembered that several weeks ago Chapman aud his aunt, Mrs. Martha Critzer, took violently sick, the result, as they believe, of arsenical poisoning which was supposed to have been contained in biscuits made bv Lizzie Critzer, Martha Critzer's daughter-iu-law. Cashier Ong. of tho Fi rst National Bank of Columbus, has received a letter, postmarked Windsor, Canada, containing a marked copy of the extradition law passed by the Dominion government recently, with a memorandum attached: "This act is not retroactive," eigned "Schreiber." The document was troin Will Schreiber. tho trusted clerk of tho First National Bank, who lied to Canada last Thanksgiving day with $70,000 of the bank's funds, and has since remained there. ILLINOIS. The Warsaw Epidemic Looked Into Caused by JJad Water. Springfield, Aug. 9. Dr. Starkweather, actiug secretary of the State Board of Health, returned yesterday from Warsaw, where he has been investigating the reported epidemic of dysentery. "1 find the dysentery there,' lie said, "not as serious as reported. The cause is partly duo to the contamination of the water supply, resulting from the heavy raiu-fall. During Jnue and July they had 16.07 inches of rainfall, in the same period last year there was only -.14 inches. The number of deaths this year is thirty-eight. Of that number nineteen have died from dysentery. The epidemic broke out July 15. Four physicians of Warsaw gave mo figures for the last three weeks, snowing 220 cases treated. Three-fourths of these patients are under twenty years of nge aud half of tbem are tinder five years of ago. My recommenda tion was that there should be a thorough disinfection and a house-to-house sanitary survey. it feuitatned the Milwaukee Boycott. BDeclal to the incilanapolla JournaL Moxticello, Aug. 9. The G. A." R. reunion at Covington closed to-day. CoL A.

X. Campbell was elected commander for the ensuing year. (ien. Jamen S. Martin, department .commander of Illinois, was present, and in his speech ho was very severe on the railroads for their refusal to grant the rates asked to the National Encampment at Milwaukee, The veterans sustained General Martin and will not attend the encampment. Cm at Champaign. Special to the IndhLnapoUs Journal. CHAMPAIGN'. Aug. 9. Ex-Postmaster Isaac Fielding, in boring on his grounds in Central Park, of this city, to-day struck a valuable vein'of natural gas at a depth of 135 feet. The drill had pnssed through red clay and came to black sand. The gas burns brilliantly. It is a most valuable find, as the big lake of water which has prevented the success of all former efforts was not touched in this boring.. liiief Mention. George Ricker, aged four, was killed by a runaway team near Virginia. The locked-out miners at Spring Valley chased a Chinese immigrant out of town. Willard Bell, of Secor, Woodford county, was fatally injured yesterday by a falling derrick. J. T. Dunn, a boatman, and George Whito were drowned at Lako Blulf, whilo out sailing in a small boat. Constable Marsland arrested Wm. Sandbach, at Pana, for highway robbery, committed near Assumption on the 2Sth of July. While feeding a thrashing machine. West Eiupy, a young farmer, of Utica, was shockingly mangled. His recovery is doubtful. At Clinton, a nine-year-old son of Samuel Hall, while attempting to climb a wagon heavily loaded with oats, fell under tho wheel and was instantly killed. , Joseph Brierton, the oldest citizen of Dixon, died on Wednesday, at the age of niuety-four. lie had lived in Dixon fiftytwo years, and he leaves an estate valued at $150,000. Flux has for several weeks been almost epidemic in the neighborhood of Lick Creek. Entire families have been prostrated at one time, and many deaths have occurred, especially among children. Cyrus Stephens, a prominent 'citizen, aged about sixty years, died suddenly at his home near Carmi, from embolism of the heart. His tronble was aggravated by a kick lately received from a vicious horse. At Pittsfield. John Goings knocked down his neighbor, William Lowe, because tho latter complained to him of his having left open a gate on Lowe's land and set free hia cattle, whereupon Lowe arose and cut Goings's throat. Goings will probably die. Lowe is in jail. k White Caps, last winter, ran James Gordon out of the Owl creek neighborhood, near Anna, beating him almost to death, llccently he returned there, and was notified to leave. Refusing, ho was visited by masked men Sunday night, but tired upon them and drove them away. Near Iron postoflice. Thomas Sallyons. while passing Jos. MichelFs residence, and being intoxicated, commenced throwing stones at Mitchell's dwelling. Mitchell retaliated by throwing a brickbat at Sallyons. which struck him over the right eye, crushing the skull, from which, the brains oozed. Sallyons died. LABOR AND STRIKES.

A Ilowllne Mob of Hungarian Cokers Flay Havoc Didn't Knnv th Ktrllra Warn fWi M SpoTTDALE, Pa., Aug. 9. -The Hungarians at Norwood refused to go to work this morning, because they did not understand that tho strike was settled. Hearing that the Alice and Bessemer works were running, they formed a howling mob of about five hundred and started ofif or those plant?. The men at the Alice mines were warned in time and fled. Upon reaching the tipple, the mob tore boards off and started coal wagons down the slope to wreck them and block the entrance so that no coal could be hoisted. They then went to Bessemer, and on the way met John 31. Daglon, who was riding in a buggy. He tried to persuade them to stop and return to work, but the infuriated mob overturned his buggy and cut and beat him so badly that his life is despaired of. The Huns reached Bessemer and went to the house of an old man, who was beaten and the windows of his house broken. A man named Love was also caught at the pit and treated in the same manner. They next made a descent upon the store, and after breaking the windows and doors in, carried off all the bread and bologna they could find on tho premises. By tnis time Secretary Watchoru appeared in company with James Keegan, another of the leaders. Watchorn addressed them, and finally succeeded in making them understand that the strike was over and in their favor. The Huns then returned to their homes. Tho operators and other interested persons say that but for the opportuue arrival of Mr. Watchorn the mob would not have left a vestige of the company's property standing and much blood would have been shed. The Joliet Conference Adjourns. Joliet, 111., Aug. 9. Alter a lengthy session the coal operators, and miners' conference with tho board of arbitrators came to an end at a late hour last night without any results looking toward a settlement of the northern Illinois coal miners strike. The miners agreed to meet the operators half way, and to accept 75 cents at Streator, 85 cents at LaSalle, and DO cents at Braidwood. This concession the operators refused to accede to, insisting upon10 per cent, reduction. Before the- meeting broke up the operators agreed to meet again in this city next Monday. The miners held a secret meeting, and agreed to return hero Monday. OBITUARY. Judge William F. Bullock. Louisville, Aug. 9. Judge Wrm. F. Bullock died at his son's home near Shelbyville, Ky., this afternoon of general debility. He was eighty-two years old. Judge Bullock was horn, near Lexington. and educated at Transylvania University. He began life as a lawyer at Lexington, was soon elected to tho State Legislature, and continued in that body many years. He was oie of the founders of public schools in Kentucky, having presented the first bill for their establishment. He also drew up in 1S5S the bill for the establishment of the first school for the blind south of the Ohio and secured tho establishment here of tho printing-house for the blind. Ho was president of the board of control of this institution from that time till his death. He recently secured the establishment of a blind school for colored children. Losses by Fire. Evansville, Ind., Aug. 9. Elevator B, at Mt. Vernon, Ind., owned by W. C. Fuhrcr &, Co., burned last night. The lire caught in the tower, supposed from a hot-bex or spontaneous combustion. Loss about $15,000. About 40.000 bnshels of wheat burned. Entire loss fully insured. Toledo, Aug. 9. A special from St. Mary's Auglaize connty, a town of 2,000 people, savs: Fire last night destroyed a livery stable, four business houses and a resilience. Loss, $15,000; insurance half that amount. Chicago, Ang. 9.- The book-bindery establishment of John Anderson V Co.. on North Peoria street, was damaged by fire this morning to the extent of 25,000. Ashland, Wis., Aug. 9. Last night tho new round-house of the Wisconsin Central railrond was p.irtly burned. Four engines were destroyed. Loss about 40,000. Zanesville, O., .Aug. 9. The steamer Van Meter was burned at Lowell, on the Muskingum river, this morning. Loss about $4,000; insured for $2,500. Cleveland, Aug. 9,Fire at Edison, O., last night, destroyed several business blocks. Loss, $25,000. A G. A. Ii. Post at Ft, Sumter. Charleston, S. C, Ang. 9. The Major Robert Anderson Post, of Charleston, was mustered into the Grand Army of tho Kepublic, at Fort Sumter, this atternoon. Blondln's Latest. Paris, Aug. 9. Blondin, tho tight-rope performer, has accented a wager of 1.000 to walk on a cible stretched from the Kifi'el tower to the dome of the main exposition building iu less than live minutes. -

TERRIFIC EXPLOSION.

Two Men Killed and Many Others InjuredCaused by Compressed Air. PlTTsnunG, Pa., Aug. 9. There was a terrific explosion of a natural-gas main on tho South Side shortly after 6 o'clock this evening, which resulted in the killing of two men instantly, f atally injuring two more and seriously injuring 6omo fifteen others. The accident was rather a peculiar one. ,The workmen, were testing the main beforo turning on the natural gas, by means of compressed air. They ran the pressure up to 75 ponnds per square iuch. when the dead cap on the end of the pipe blew out, scattering debris in every direction. Several hundred workmen employed in tho iron-mills near by were just returning home and a number of them nad stopped along the trench to watch the experiment. They were struck by the debris and Hying missiles as though a bomb had exploded. The pipe was braced with heavy timbers. which wero hurled to the crowd with terrifio force. The workmen and spectators were thrown down by the force of the explosion, and one of the killed was hurled against a brick house and his neck broken. The dead were conveyed to their homes, and the injured who were able to walk taken to a hospital. The killed are John Miller, single, aged twenty-three years, and John O Conner, single, about twentylive years of age. Those seriously injured were: John Greiner, married, terribly cut and bruised, injured internally, will die; Henry Keich, a boy, skull fractured and injured internally, will die; John Braney, millwright, internally injured and head cut; William Green, badly cut and bruised, thought to have received internal injuries; James Hendriek.of St. Louis, Mo.f both legs broken. Severance Munsich, Thomas Welch, Martin Garvey, John Schwalter, Patrick Ryan, Frank Doyle, James Duffy and William Jones were struck by dying debris and cut and bruised, but none of them wero seriously hurt. BUSINESS DIFFICULTIES. Well-Known Boston Wool Merchant Makes an Assignment. Boston, Ang. 9. Geo. W. II oil is, of the Hollis Dressed Beef and Wool Company, made an assignment "for the benefit of his creditors to Judge Asa French and N. E. Hollis. His embarrassment is caused by the failure of Brown, Steeso & Clark. It is stated at the office of the Hollis Dressed Beef and Wool Company that Mr. I loll is' s embarrassment will not aflect the company. The assignment causes considerable surprise, Mr. Hollis being considered quito well-to-do. The assignees state that this action has been taken because Mr. Hollis has consigned a large amount of wool to Brown. Steese & Clark, on which he has received no advances, and he does not know how much stock he has to realize on in order to meet the njtes on which he is liable. Brown's Myiterious Absence. Boston, Aug. 9. The wife of G. P. Brown, of Brown, Steeso & Clark, wooldealers, lately failed, is in an almost insane condition, resulting from suspense caused by continued absence of her husband, who has not been heard of since last Tuesday. The brother of the missing man expresses the opinion that the business affairs of the firm have driven him crazy. The friends of Mr. Brown say he has either committed suicide, or has absconded to Europe or Canada, or else is wandering about the country in a demented condition. Boston, Aug. 9. M. F. Dickinson, jr., counsel for Brown. Steese , &. Clark, said, to-night,, that a petition in insolvency would be filed Saturday. He has ascertained that the firm is on the notes of the Kiverside company, certainly, for $S00,000. Money Hard to Get in Boston. Boston, Aug. 9. The New England Terra Cotta Lumber Company, of No. 101 Milk street, has made an assignment. The company has on hand large orders, but it has found difficulty in collecting money. The works of the company at Kevere are valued at over 50,000. Commodore Davidson's Executor Assigns. St. Paul, Aug. 9. -CoL J. Ham Davidson, an executor of the estate of the late Commodore Davidson, of this city, assigned last night. His liabilities are said to amount to $100,000. and the assets, consisting largely of St. Paul real estate, will realize over that amount. Another Kiverside Attachment. Providence, R. I., Aug. 9. The Massachusetts Loan and Trust Company placed an attachment for 300,000 on the Riverside mill to-day. This makes $312,000 of attachments on the property here. Nothing is known of the whereabouts of Brown, tho treasurer. Jewelry Jobber Assigns. Chicago, Aug. 9. Max Young, jobber in watches and jewelry, assigned to-day. The liabilities are placed at 25,000 and assets at 17,000. Failed for 830,000. Lancaster, Pa., Aug. 9. Asterial Brotherg, the largest dealers in millinery goods in this county, failed to-day for 50,000. New Glass Trust. Pittsburg, Aug. 9. One of the most gigantic combinations the industrial world of this country has ever seen is being perfected. It is the incorporation of the tabic glassware manufacturers of Pennsylvania, Ohio and West Virginia into an immense trust. The headquarters will be in Pittsburg, and the tahle glass-works of these States will be under one management and control. i Itobbed the Village. Mankato, Minn., Aug. 9. Henry Kuzel left 2s'uemesta Lake July 27. and it has transpired since that he took 1,900 of tho village's money with him. He was treas urerof tho village, and had just received $1,500 from saloon licenses. Hit wife's sister left a few days before he did, and it is thought they met somewhere, and have gone to the old country. A Chinaman Hanged. Portland, Ore., Ang. 9. Chee Gong, a Chinaman, was hanged here at 10:52 a. m. for the murder of Lee Gick. a fellow-countryman, two years ago. Ho faced death without flinching, and mado a long speech Erotesting his innocence and declaring that is conviction was the result ofaChineso conspiracy. Embezzlement by a Newspaper Man. Philadelphia, Aug. 9. Dr. W. H. Bradley, manager of tho Weekly Press of this city, has beon placed under arrest on a charge of embezzlement preferred bv the Press company. He is under 4,000 bail. Dropped Dead. Minneapolis, Aug. 9. Benjamin L. McLean, of Kansas City, dropped dead in the dining-room of the Hotel St. Louis, Minnetonka, this afternoon, while eating his dinner. Death was caused by apoplexy. Severe Storm in Kansas. Hiawatha, Kan.. Aug. 9. Tho heaviest rain that ever fell in this section fell last night. The tracks of the railroads were washed away and trains delayed badly. Tho damage to crops is very severe. Policeman Killed. Chicago. Aug. 9. Police officer Frver. of Desplaines-street station, was shot and killed at an early hour this morning in a street fight, at the corner of Harrison and Clinton streets. Obliged to Tell the Truth, r&lladelpnla Prss. One of Henry George's first utterances since his retnrn from Europe is the significant remark that "the average conditiou of the working people in this country is better than in any other part of the world." The tariff emashers must not jump on Mr. George for talking so. Ho is a free-trader himself, but that doesn't prevent him from telling the truth about what he saw abroad. Outrageous. Washington Post. If it be not a violation of military etiquette we should like to ask Colonel Victoria whether 6he intends to wear tho regulation stripe down the sides of 'em.

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Absolutely Pure. mP powfler never varlss. A marvel of wrrtty, k ni?a n( oteaoraeness. More eoonormctl tlt ue orOLn&ry kinds. nil oaanot be wold In com petition wita the multitude of low-test. short-weight lnm or ? ?9&S Powders, sold only la cans. ROYAL BAKING POWDER, CO.. 100 Wall Trwt. N. Y. A SNAKE COILED AROUND IIEK HECK. Thrilling Adventure of Sirs. Stetson and Her Plucky Daughter Critical Condition. Newcastle, Pa., Special. Mrs. Stetson and daughter, of Union township, were -berrying" in the vicinity of Harbor bridge when they had a lively encounter with a snake. Airs. Stetson was making her way through a thicket of small trees end bushes, herdaughter following at a distance of fifteen or twenty yards. Suddenly a long snake of greenish brown color swung from a small tree at Mrs. Stetson's side, and quick as a Hash becan coiling itself around her neck and shoulders. Almost paralyzed with fright, the woman, stood ruoted to tho ground for almost a minute. Then recovering her senses, she screamed loudly for help. Miss Stetson rushed forward to ascertain the cause of the outcry. She was horrified upon reaching the spot to seo her mother iu the coils of a reptile. The poor woman had succeeded in getting her hands around its slimy body about six inches from the head. Her hold was a firm one, but it required all her strength to keep the snake from getting its head close enough to do injury with its fanes, which it kept thrusting at her face. All this time it kept tightening its grip around her neck, and soon her face began to assume a purplish hue, while her tongue, swollen to twice its natural size, hung from her mouth, and hef eyes bulged almost from their sockets. Miss Stetson is a cool and nervy young lady, and. grasping a stick, she 6truck the snake a telling blow on the head. This caused it to loosen its coil, but not beforo the woman had fainted. Her daughter then attempted to pull tho serpent away, but found her mother's ringers deeply imbedded in its flesh, and all efforts to get them loose failed. The yodng woman then proceeded to carry and to drag by turus her now unconscious parent to a stream of water about fifty yards from the place. A liberal application of the cool liquid brought Mrs. Stetson back to consciousness. She still grasped the snake in her hands, and it required no small effort, accompanied. by pain, lor her to straighten her linger sufficiently to allow tho snake to drop front her grasp. She was then assisted to a farm-house half a mile distant, where she was kindly cared for, after which she was conveyed to her homo in a carriage. The shock was too much for her. and Mrs. Stetson is now lying at her home in a critical condition. A Palpable Hit. Philadelphia North American. Postmaster-general Wanamaker, in his recent letter to Dr. Green, or' tho Western Union Telegraph Company, makes a palpable hit when he inquires whether in the company's estimate of tho cost of its service there is not included tho rentals of leased lines bought up to stamp out competition. We expect that the company's president will find it convenient to ipnoro that question. Of course, estimates of cost in which such elements aro iucluded are misleading and fallacious, and equally, of course, tho fixed charges of the company are included iu making an estimate of its cost of tho service. The company is under the necessity of paying dividends on a capital so enormously watered that probably three-fourths of it represents no substantial value, but merely stands for fo many rival lines absorbed. This necessity does not enter into the particlular controversy under consideration; but at the same time it is a fact of which tho people will not lose sight, and in view of it tho company must not look for sympathy frrm those npon whem it levies the heavy- tolls out of whose proceeds its profits are distributed. The general feeling will be: Serve them right. A Loss Along the Whole Line. Delphi JournaL No law passed by the recent Legislatures has shown that body up in a more unenviable light than the school-book law, bv which the whole educational system of tne State is revolutionized. Uy this new law Carroll county's school patrons will have to shell out at least $5,000 for books alone, to say nothing of other expenses incident to putting tho now series into effect. It will cost the people of tho State at lea&t three-quarters of a million dollars to put this new series in the schools. Tho loss in the books, made worthless by tho adoption of the new series, is about as great. Thus the loss is one million and a half. Are tho people of Indiana, the school patrons, ablo to stand this outrage? And what is gained by tho change! Absolutely nothing. It is a loss ail along the line. rIhe new series U out of date.p Tho books are inferior in every way in quality of paper, in binding, printing and engraving. It has been a grievous burden for thousands of p-ople to purchase occasional books for their children. What will bo the weight of this burden now that they are compelled to buv a complete series of books? The eftect will bo to take scores of children in Indiana out of tho publio schools. A Pointer for th Citizens Ktreet-Rail way. Utica (N. Y.) Herald. President Whitney, of the Boston Streetrailway Company, in asking tho Ptookholders for authority and the means to ch:ingo its motive power from horse to electricity, represents that tests have proved: First, that the cost of operating the electric lines is less than one-half that of running the horse-cars: second, that the electric cars will run at a speed of from twelve to fifteen miles an hour, according to the number of stops made, which rate is one-eighth faster than the averago speed (twelve miles an hour) attained by the New York elevated trains; third, it is estimated that the chango will increase tho earnings of tho Boston coiupauy from o0 to 40 per cent., while it will be made at a small cost much of tho same track will be used, and the alterations on the cars will not exceed $100 each; fourth, one central plant will operate the entire system. The compauy's system has a length of ar0 miles, and the expenditure contemplated amounts to i.50tuM. Tho example of Boston is attracting attention in other cities, and movements iu tho same direction aro noticeable in several of them. Advice to th Kneiuy. Baltimore American. Democratic papers had better store up some of their ammunition until it isneeded. It is useless to attack the administration in tlie dog days; it only excites coinmis.;ratiou. If they think tltir ammunition w on't keep, let them bottle up their hatred. It will ferment and be all the btrongemhen cool weather comes. Lucy I'vuont'i Throat. Washington Test. 'The distressing information comes ton that Mrs. Lucy Parsons, the Anarchist, is suffering from a sore throat. We advise Mrs. Parsons to look out. Sore throat runs in her family. It was a throat trouble that took her lato lamented husband off. The Adjective "Was I'unecctsary. 3Illwauke ScntincL There is talk of electing Mr. Grady, of the Atlanta Constitution, to Congress, but a (ieorgia journal objects to him because he once bpoke of Mr. Mills, of Texas, as a "glittering ass." The adjective was certainly without justification.