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Deaths Caueod by Saowslidos In Colorado.

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MEN HAVE LOST THEIR LIVES.

The ColctCHt Wentlier or lli« Winter In Varioun l*artt) ol* tlie Northwest urt Degree* Ilelmv Zcru la

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SNOW CARIHKS DKATII.

DENVER, Col., Feb. 2.—The storm that has been prevalent throughout the country reached Colorado Wednesday morning. Reports from many points in the state show that the storm is general and that snowslides in the mountains nrc numerous, resulting' iu several fatalities. The known dead are: John Bradley, Aspen, miner H. W. Shively, Aspen, miner "Hill," an unknown man ut Carbondale.

Near Carbondalo, Col., Charles Smith and a young man known as Hill started to cross a gulch when a snowslide caught and carried them 200 feet, Smith with much trouble extricated I himself but Kill was covered so deeply that he was .suffocated, and his body lias not yet been recovered. I

At Aspen. Col., I. \V. Shively and John l'.rudlcv. two miners working on the Little Mill mine, were caught in ati avalanche and killed. .Shively leaves a wife and family of seven children. Frank Haw, a milkman, started from Aspen for Tourtelott l'ark, which «is situated on the top of a mountain near Aspen. Ho should have reached liis destination long before this, but tele-' graph messages between Aspen and there have failed to locate him, and it is feared that lie and his team were I caught in a slide and destroyed. I

At Maroney's sawmill, about 10 miles from Aspen, eight men and twenty-five mules are snowed in and as it is known that they have but little provisions a' rescuing party started from Aspen to relieve theui. It is known that several slides have occurred between Aspen and Maroney's mill and it is feared that1 the rescuers are caught between them.

Near Akron a farmer started a fire for the purpose of clearing his land, but the flames escaped his control and set the grass on Arc. A farmer named Holdon, living in Adams county, is'eb., I was just over the line wiicu he met the fire. He was driving a te:im of horses' when he met the flames, and was, together with his animals, dangerously burned.

Wont ill rivet VciirR.

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last twenty-four hours the weather in Minnesota has been the severest in five years. It was :i0 degrees below zero in St. l'aul at 7 o'clock Wednesday morning and '24 below at o'clock p. m. The temperature in most •••v sections of Minnesota was considerably lower than here. At

Woodstock it was 2u degrees below zero, at Cookston .1st below, at Grand Rapids 40 below and at Fergus Fulls 44 below. Trains are in all cases many hours late and one or two have been abandoned altogether. The regular passenger train on the Fargo Southwestern is stuck in a drift south of Fargo.

Renmrknble Fall In Temperature. KANSAS CUT, Mo., Feb. 2.—The bliz-

lard which swooped down from the north Tuesday eveuinir continued just

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Kreslri Oysters,

Cranberries, Celery, New Figs,

Fresh Cooking and Eating Applec,

Dates, Raisins. Prunes, Apricots, Nectarines.

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twenty-four hours. At fl o'clock Wednesduy evening it was practically over. A remarkable feature of the storm was the extraordinary fall in the temperature which it occasioned. At this place the mercury dropped from 49 degrees above zero to degrees below, a fall of degrees.

At Dodge City, Kan., the fall was 8? degrees during the same period. At Wichita it was 02 and at Concordia 04.

Twenty Below at Iturliiigton. BUKLIXOTON. Ia.. Feb. 2.—A cold

wave struck this vicinity Wednesday. At 10 p. ni. it was 20 below zero and growing colder. A small-sized blizzard raged all day, the snow drifting so badly as to blockade street ear trallic and seriously delay all trains. -Stock in transit is suffering badly.

Iowa's CoMt»si January'.

DES MOINKS, la., Feb. 2.—The month of January was the coldest ever known in this state, and Wednesday was as cold as any reported. At Keokuk there was ten inches of snow which has drifted badly. Koports at Dubuque show the worst (lav for trains of the winter. At Boone the thermometer stood ut 16 degrees below all day. iu Illinois.

CHICAGO. Feb. 2.—Dispatches from various points of Illinois show universal cold. At Fairbnrv tnere is twelve inches of snow, the most ill eight years. At Galesburg all trains are late and seventy-six breaks in wires from the sleet is reported. At l'ekin there was a drop of SO degrees, and the snow drifted badly. In twelve hours there was a change of KS degrees at Lewistown, while 18 inches of snow fell in fivo hours. Heavy snows and increased cold were reported from Peoria, Galena and Decatur.

Coldest for Tell VenrA oil the Count.

PoiU'LA\D, Ore., Feb. 2.—Oregon and Washington are just now experiencing the coldest weather in ten years. The thorm.ometer registered from 5 to 20 degrees below zero east tof the Cascade mountains early Wednesday morning. while west of the mountains it was hovering about the zero mark. Snow began falling again Wednesday morning and at 0 p. m. was still at it, from 1 to 2 feet having fallen, causing much trouble to all railroad lines. In eastern Oregon and Washington stock on ranges is suffering intensely.

liig Deal ID Klevutorfl.

JOI.IKT, 111., Feb. 2.—A deal has boon consumatcd whereby the Nash, Wright & Co.'s elevators in uiid around LaSnlle and Grundy counties pass into the hands of Knapp & Oriswold. The elevators are located in Ottawa, South Ottawa, Buffalo Rock, Utica, Grand Ridge, Wedron and Serena. Mr. Knapp lives at XI inooka and Mr. tiriswold ai Henry. Both are veterans iu the elevator bus-uess.

A K.'nlili'iice IliiriHMl.

WABASH, Ind., Feb. 2.—At 'A o'clock Wednesday morning lire broke out in the large, two-storv residence belonging to the Leonard llyinaii estate and occupied by Dr. W. E. Billiard. The llamcs spread rapidly and the building and most of the contents were destroyed. .Loss, £2,000 insurance, Sl,800.

Died from Heart Disease.

MUNCIE, Ind., Feb. 2.—James Grundy, ox-vice president of the District Amalgamated ^association of Iron and Steel \Vorkers, iB dead, aged 00 years. He died of heart disease.

VOL. VII—NO. 116. ORAWFORDSVILLE,INDIANA, THURSDAY FEBRUARY 2.1893.

BARBARISM.

A Torm Too Mild to Bo Applied to & Mo'o'a Action.

AWFUL FATE OF A TEXAN MURDERER.

Infuriated .Men Torture Mini with UedUol Jroim Tor Fifty MlnuteH, Salurnt. I1U IJcifly u'llli Kerosene and

Kuril IIlut to Death.

A STORY HAM) TO UKI.IEVK. PAKIS, Tex., Feb. 2.— Henry Smith, the negro WHO killed 4-ycar-oid Myrtle Vance, lias expiated in part liis awful crime by death at the stake, liver since the perpetration of his awful crimo this city and the entire surrounding country lias been in a wild frenzy of excitement.

When the news came that Smith had been captured and that he would be brought here ujion the 12 o'clock train the people came by train, in wagons, on horse and afoot to see the meting out of punishment.* Whisky shops were closed until the mobs were dispersed schools were dismissed by a proclamation from the mayor, and everything wTas done in a business-like manner. Oflicers saw the futility of any effort to quell the crowd, so the law was laid aside and the citizens took into their own hands the beast and burned liim at the stake. So horrible was tlie crime that the punishment, so severe, seemed to the people to be inlinitesimallv small ill comparison. i!Is rline.

The history of the crime is this: Thursday last Henry Smith, a big and burly negro, picked up little Myrtle Vance, aged VA years, near her father's, Policeman Henry Vance's residence, and giving her candy to allay her fears carried her through the central portion of the city to Gibbon's pasture just within the corporate limits. Then he murdered her, covered the body with leaves and brush, and ran away.

The cause of the crime was that when Henry Vance was a deputy policeman iu course of duty he was called to arrest Smith for being drunk and disorderly. The negro was unruly and Vance was forced to use his club. The negro swore vengeance and several times assaulted Vance. The father is almost prostrated with grief and the mother now lies at death's door, but she has lived to see the slayer of her innocent babe suffer the most horrible death that could be conceived. :,'JTlie ltrute'g Capture.

About 5 o'clock Friday morning Smith went to the house of his wife and forced licr to cook him some breakfast. After eating he left and was not seen again until his capture. At 2 o'clock- Friday a mass meeting was called at the courthouse and captains were appointed to search for the child. She was found mangled bevoiYe recognition and covered with leaves and brush. As soon as the. crime -was learned the whole town turned out iu the chase. The railroads put up bulletins offering free transportation to those who would join in the search. Smith was tracked to his old home in Hempstead county, Ark., and Tuesday captured at Clow, about 20 miles north of Hope. Upon being questioned he denied everything, but later on confessed the crime.

A Mob MeetH Him.

Wednesday morning lie was brought through Texarkana, where S,000 people awaited the train anxious to see a man who should reecive the fate of Ed Coy. Speeches were made by prominent Paris citizens, who asked that the prisoner bo not molested by Texarkana people, but that they be allowed to deliver him up to tho outraged and indignant citizens of Paris. On the road tho people crowded upon platforms and steps of the coaches anxious to see the lynching and the negro. Arriving here at 12 o'clock the train was met by a mass of humanity 10.000 strong.

ISctfprftfl to Tic Sllot.

The negro for a longtime after starting on tho journey to Paris did not realize his plight. At last when he was told he must die by slow torture lie begged for protection. What protection could lie get with thousands of people from Hope to Paris demanding his life? He was willing to be shot and wanted Marshal Shanklin, of Paris, to shoot him. lie pleaded and writhed in bodily and mental pain in anticipation.

Tho Torture.

Scarcely had the train reached Paris than this torture commenced. His clothes were torn of piecemeal and scattered in the crowd, people catching the shreds and putting them away as mementoes. The child's father, her brother and two uncles then gathered about the negro as he lay fastened to the torture platform and thrust the hot irons into his quivering fiesh.

Micereri When lie Groaned.

Every groan from the fiend, every contortion of his body, was cheered by the thickly-packed crowd of 10,000 people. After burning the feet and legs the hot irons were rolled up and down Smith's stomach, back and arms. Then tho eyes were burned out and irons were thrust down his throat. The men of the Vanco family having wrecked vengeance, the crowd piled all kinds of combustible stuff around the scaffold, poured oil on it and'set it afire. The negro rolled and wriggled and tossed out of the mass, only to bo pushed back by the people nearest him. He tossed out again aud was roped and pulled back. Hundreds of people turned away, but the vast crowd still looked calmly on.

Rejoicing at the Kvunt.

People were here from every part of this section. They came from Dallas, Fort Worth, Sherman, Denison, Bonham, Texarkana, Fort Smith, and a party came from Hempstead county. Ark., where lie was captured. Every train that came in was loaded to its utmost capacity, and then were deinnnds at many points for special iruins te bring people here, to see tho pnnislint of a lieud for an unpsu'.-ilVlfii

THE DAILY JOURNAL.

crime, aud when the news of the btiraing went over the country like wildfire at every country town anvils boomed forth the announcement.

Gov. Hogg May Take'Acllon. NEW ORI.EA.NS, Feb. 2.—The Times-

Democrat's Austin special says: Gov. Hogg telegraphed the officials at Lamar to protect the negro, Henry Smith, from mob violence, and after hearing of Smith's fate wired them to take the names of the parties principally concerned in the affair for prosocution.

PANAMA INVESTIGATION.

Col. Dick Thompson Denies That Money Was Used Corruptly In Congress. TERKB HAUTE, Ind., Feb. 2.—Col.

Richard \V. Thompson, ex-secretary of the navy and president of the American branch of tho Panama Canal company, has made public a statement regarding the l-anama canal scandal and the charge of Charles de L'esseps that money was used to bribe American congressmen. Said lie: "I can truthfully any that 1 never spoUe a sinrclc word outside of the comnnnee-room to any congressman on the subjcct of tho Panama canal. 1 know nothing of the bribery of any congressman. bi« or little, and know of no occasion or rcuflon why any congressman. Rhould have been bribed. Tho only occuslon for any bribery, if there was such a tiling as bribery, was when tins Onipo resolution was up in. the early part of 1881. Of course if that passed that was the end of the canal, for the resolution declared it lo he the duty of the Untied Stales to resist llie pro. lK)«ed construction of the canal under the auspices of a foreign power. That was the only occasion for bribery thai I can see, and ii is certain that there was no bribery at that time, nor at any other time, so far us 1 am aware. "The evidence of Charles Di* T.esHepst as I have read It, said that l!!.(X»,0U0 francs had been placed to the credit of the American committee and that it had spent lliis money BO well that the French committee considered ihey could have safely intrusted a much larger sum lo the American committee. do not see that any unfavorable construction can be placed jpon that: iu fact, it looks lo me as being compllmeuiary in its nature. Now, 1 have lo say this, that 1 solemnly asseverate Willi all the vigor and strength that I possess Ihnt no trust was ever more faithfully and liouestly executed by any set of men than the trust reposed in the men who oomposed this American committee. 1 do not know of a single cent that was misappropriated or used corruptly, and I Kupixse the books of the committee and the expenditures made by th« banks in New York will show how every cent was paid."

Col. Thompson will go to Washington noxt Monday to appear before the Panama investigating committee.

DISASTERS IN JAPAN.

Whirlwinds and Fires Domolisji Houses and Cause the Loss or Many I.Ives. SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 2. —The steamer

China arrived from Hong-Kong and Yokohama, bringing the following advices:

The Loochoo islands were visited by a severe whirl wind, which demolished forty-eight houses and killed several people.

Cold in Japan is intense. In some parts springs and streams are frozen solid. At Ilorsoiri two houses were crushed by snow and seven persons killed. At Osase two houses were destroyed, five lives were lost and eight persons are missing. The condemned United States steamer Palos was recently put up at auction at Nagasaki, but only half of the reserve price of 57,000 was offered and she was withdrawn.

A Chinese woman was bound to a cross and sliced to death in Canton for patricide the latter part of December.

About 500 houses have been destroyed by fire at Shibushi, Japan, and many lives lost. Two hundred houses were burned at Miyaiuoteho.

French troops recently came upon a band of pirates on the island of Hanoi and killed seven.

BLOW AT BOOK AGENTS.

Mrs. Bliilne snya the Hlogmphir.s of Her llusbniMl Arc Not Authorized. "WASHINGTON, Feb. 2.—The following

statement is published by request: "No. 17. A l!SON PliATK. WASHINGTON, Feb. 1.—The public advertisements of many biographies of James U. lSlaine, pretending to be 'authentic and authoritative/ compel me lo state that no triefrruphy or lift? anil works of Mr. lilafne is authorized or approved by myself or by any member of Mr. Maine's family that no manuscript by Mr. Blame or any private letter or paper of Mr. JMoine's oi anv material for biography has been given out to anyone. If in the future any 'authentic' or 'authorized' b.ography snould be prepared by competent authors it will bo authenticated and authorized by myllAKUlF.T S. BLAJNK."

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Wruck CUIIMUI by a ltrokcn Kail. QLJINCV, 111., Feb, 2.—The caboose of

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it Kansas City railway was derailed by 11 broken rail near Cireen City, Mo.. Tuesday night and toppled over an embankment 18 feet high. The. caboose was crushed to splinters at the bottom of tho embankment and C. K. Soule, J. E. Doisey. John Soderstroin, A. Smith. George Miller, (i. Downey and Dr. Roberts were badly injured.

Tlie rnbltc Debt.

WASHINGTON. Feb. 2.—The debt statement for January will show adecrease in cash in the treasury during the month of about S:i,000,000, making the net cash about 520,000,000, against {20.000,000 on the first day of January, 181)3. This decrease is accounted for largely by the fact that 87,250,000 was paid during tlie month on the interest account.

Banker Mother's Varieties of Crime. LINCOLN, Neb.. Feb. 2.—Tlie federal

grand jury adjourned Wednesday after indicting C. W. Mosher, president of the wrecked Capital national bank. The indictment contains thirty-three counts, covering almost every variety of criminal manipulation of tlie bank's books. Mosher is still in the custody of the deputy United States marshal.

Tliorttloii in Named.

LINCOLN, Neb., Feb. 2.—On the thir-ty-seventh ballot Wednesday night John M. Thurston was made the republican caucus nominee for United States senator. This insures him sixtytwo votes iu the legislature, five less than is necessary to elect,

ISoy Accidentally Killed.

BLOOAJINGTON, 111., Feb. a.—Beauford Kilgorc, 32 years old, and his cousin, Parke Putney, aged 15, were playing with an old revolver when it was accidentally discharged, the ball entering Kilgore's eye aud killizsghim instantly.

Hawaiian Commissic nors Explain the Object of Their Visit.

UNCLE SAM'S PROTECTION SOUGHT.

Annexation and a Form of «ovpriimrut Similar to TIIAI Whicli TNCLHND (1VCH to Her Colonies- At. faint at Washington.

EN ITOFTK TO THE CAPITA I.. OMAHA, Neb., Feb. 2.—

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sioners of the provisional government of Hawaii passed through Omnhn Wednesday evening on their w«y to Washington lo present the claims of the islands for admission to the United States in some form or other. They will leave Chicago at 10 o'clock today on tho Pennsylvania limited for Washington, where they will present their claims to the secretary of state. The commissioners have a sealed letter from John L. Stevens, the American minister to Hawaii, to Secretary of State Foster. The letter is supposed to contain the credentials of the gentlemen from the provisional government of Hawaii to the secretary of state. In case the secretary of state refuses to acknowledge the credentials of the provisional government the commissioners are somewhat np the stump to know just wjiat action they will take, but will not hesitate to use every expedient to have their claims promptly considered. An appeal will be made to the president to have him send a message to congress on the subject.

What Tlicy Want.

Mr. Thurston said:

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the question. Our admission under the laws trovcrning territories would De equally unsatisfactory to the United States and ihe representatives of the provisional government. Our position is a peculiar one. Popular government is out of the question, and still popular government in some modified form is the only thing that will satisfy our people. W* want the protection of the United States unci some form of povnrnraent that will be satisfactory and profitable to both countries. The territorial form of government would not be liberal enough for the government of the islands, and a government like that of one of the states of the union would not be practicable. The most of us are agreed that we would get the best results from a government similar to thut which Kngland gives her colonies."

Favor* Annexation.

INDIANA POMP, Ind.. Feb. 2.—In the lower house of the legislature Representative Kaugher introduced a resolution instructing the Indiana dulegation to favor the iiiuicxnlion of Hawaii or at least to urge the 1'nitod States to assume a protectorate. The resolution was referred to a committee.

Onlet at Washington.

WASHINGTON. Feb. 2. —No developments which might be called actually new may be expected in the Hawaiian affair until the arrival here of the commissioners representing the provisional government at Honolulu. Every day. however, makes it more evident that there will be practical unanimity in congress either for the immediate annexation of the islands, in case that step proves advisable and in case it can be accomplished before March 4. or for the immediate establishment of a protectorate with a view to annexation in the future.

AVIU Hark till' rrrslrii'iit.

The policy of President Harrison for an immediate protectorate is promised substantial support by both parties in congress. Not sincc the controversy with Cliill, when democrats with few exceptions vied with the republicans in upholding the hands of President Harrison, has, there been such practical unanimity of opinion in both senate and house.

KIIKIUKI He Aggressive.

It is fully expcctcd that Great Hritain—as soon as the Hawaiian commissioners have formally made their proposition. and as soon as President Harrison has sent to congress or to the senate his message recommending annexation or a protectorate— will make a protest. That will probably bo followed by diplomatic correspondence which may grow very spirited, and which may lead to serious controversy, for the administration will not be turned aside by any threats which the Uritish foreign ofiice may make. The arrogant tone of sgme of the leading London newspapers is believed here to be inspired by the foreign ofiice and to be designed to prejudice public opinion in Knglaud to the support of an aggressive policy against the I'nitcd States. It is believed that the attitude of (treat Britain will be influenced in no small degree by the movement for the annexatiou of Canada. osler Will Dvlaj- llix Uoin-.

The principal development is the announcement that Secretary of State foster had given up his trip to Paris next week, whither he was going as agent of the l.'nitcd States to atteud the meeting of the Hehring sea arbitrators. In view of the necessities of tho situation suddenly presenting themselves it bus been deemed expedient that he should-remairi in the department until the close of his term of office. He will, however, meet the arbitrators at the date of their adjourned meeting, which has been fixed for March 23. The arbitrators will meet, as announced, in Paris on the 2Sd ir.st., and by an arrangement between the two governments will adjourn for a month without transacting any business.

No Jiidlcallouii of \V,r.

There are no indications of any material increase to be made in the numI ber of United States naval vessels in I Hawaiian waters. So developments that will lead to bloodshed in

Honolulu or elsewhere in the islands have come to light, and it I is the belief in naval circles that I the force of marines and sailors on the

Boston is sufficient to protect American interests aud maintain order. One vessel may bo sent to support the Boston, and information obtained I at the department leads to the belief that no others will fol-

low unless the situation becomes alarming, and this does not seetn I probable view of the present state of affairs. 'Ihe government, will not be caught, napping, however, and vessets will be prepared for sea and kep', in readiness.

PATENT OFFICE REPORT.

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Ivlliblt Hi the \Viirlr« I'll I Will \mpri*r Model*. WASHINGTON. Feb. *J. —Tlie com mis-

sioner of patents has .submitted his annual report to congress. Regarding the patent otlice exhibit at. the World's Columbian exposition, the report says that it will comprise upward of 2,."t)0 models, nearly all of them working machines, arranged in chronological order, beginning with ihe first crude implements and e.ndinw with the latest improvement.

The uet receipts of the ofiice during the last calendar year were SI,280.831 SX, and the expenditures -fl, 110.7IW.24, making the receipts over expenditures r»SI. The amount to the credit of the otlice. in the treasury January 1. 18U2. was. S4.004,:ilT.HT, and adding to this the ear's receipts and deducting expenses for the same period there was a balance January |, IS'.): of t4.17fl,H10.2ll. There were 2U427 patents issued locitizensof the Uuilcd States during the year and 2,u.'il to foreigners.

VILLAGES DESTROYED.

Another R»rth)ii!llct l«r:iHtiit.4 th« Island nf y.unte -Many IVoiih* Killed. ATIIUXH, Feb. 2.—The island of 7,ante

was shaken by another oarth|iiake at'J o'clock Wednesday morning. A hundred houses are reported to have been wrecked in the city of Xante. Thousands are leaving the city to sleep in the lields Many have been killed and injured. other parts of the island the shocks have not been so severe. Several villages have been entirely destroyed, many of their inhabitants have been killed and the rest are sleeping in the fields. An enormous tidal wave swept up from the harbor, smashing small craft against the sea wall and sending the water 2 feet deep along the street on the harbor front. The shock at 2 o'clock was felt at Cephalonia. and several shocks have been felt since.

ANIMALS SOUGHT SHELTER.

Immense IIIMMI ol MonntHln R:LK Itrlven Out of 1 lie

11111m.

SlUMCY, Col., Feb. 2.—A herd ol about, 1,000 mountain elk was driven by the terrific snowstorms last week from the continental divide down into the timbered mesa near Steamboat Springs in scarch of food, and broke into the cattle corrals, driving away the cattle and eating the haystacks. The ranchmen, after killing such ac tlicy could for food, drove tho herd to a place where two companies own hay which they hud stacked for the use of Colorado sportsmen. The elk crowd up to the log corrals about the hay, eager to be fed, and act more like domestic cattle than wild animals. They arc given Hbout six tons of hay per day to keep them from starving until thesnoiv melts sufficiently for them to find their own provender on the mountain sides.

rnlhire of I.lttln Jtock llnnk

l-nii.K KOCK, Ark., Feb. 2.—Tho board of directors of the First national bank, the oldest financial institution in Arkansas, in a meeting held Wednesday night decided not to open the doors again. The capital slock of the bank was £."00.000, surplus 8100,000. Whether depositors will be paid in full or not is not known.

Jn !ongr«'*».

WASHINGTON, Feb. 2. —In the senate Wednesday the fortification mid the army appropriation bills were passed and the District of Columbia appropriation bill was taken up and went over without action. The sundry civil bill was discussed in the house but no action was taken.

THE .MARKETS.

«rain,

i'rovaloiiH, Kim CiiK'A'Ji), Feb, 1.

Fi.omi—Firm Spring wheat patents, H00-3& ill) ltye, Winter wheat patents, M.OOftH.HO straights, 93.'J5&3..,0.

WHKAT-Ruled weaker. C.'ash, No. 74May, •7l.43l,78i4c: July. 77?f$!78c. COHN— Dull but steady. No. 2 and No. 2 YiMlow. 441iV?L44i4C: No. 3, 40l4fii40i3c, aud No 8 Yellow, 404(gji0^c: February 3-\ic under May May aud July, 4?^Q48c.

OATS Easier. Trading fair. So. 2 cash, 31{ 814c May. 84Samples in good supply and stronger. No. 8. 3l&H2c: No. 3 White, 35c and steady. No.

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No. 2 White,

KYE—Was steady, but dull. Cash No. 2. 53c May delivery, 57lig)58c.' Sample lots, 55&5flc.

HAULET—-Ruled dull. Low grades HC-II well at:38Q40c medium salable, yet slow, at 4'^nOc, and good to choice, fair salo at 5fr&A5r.

Muss PORK—In good demand aud prices lower. Quotations ranged at flH.fiOSJ&.fi-S for old cash tl9 r0 for regular cash for Febuary, and

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OILS—Wiseonsin Prime WhUe, 7U' Water "White, 7?#o Michigan Prime White, 8',io Water White, Pe Indiana Prime White, 8Vc: Water White, i'c Headlight, 175 test, 8i/|C Gasoline, 87 deg's. l-c 74 deg », 8c Naphtha, 63 deg's, 64c.

LJQUOKH Distilled spirits steady on th® hauls of *-17 per gul. for finished goods.

NEW VOUK Few. 1.

WHEAT—NO. 2 red, artv.inc.ed, fairly active, firm. Muy,815ic. Con.N—No. 2 steady, dull. May, No. 2, 6«"IAWIC.

OATS—No. 2, dull steady. February, SBI^c March, 80c: western, 37®46c. PROVISIONS—Beef, dull. Arm. Extra mesi, 99.0U®0.50. Pork quiet, steady. New raees, 921.00 old mess, 9i«MOsago.

PRICE2 CENTS

Highest of all in Leavening Power.—Latest U. S. Gov't Report

ABSOLUTELY PURE

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Information of Especial to Incliauians.

Interest

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INDIANAPOLIS. Ind., IW. \l. A rosolution introduced in the house Wednesday urines vepresenlntIves in congress to use t'.ieir Lest efforts looking town rd the establishment of American supremacy in Hawaii either ly means of protectorate, or by iinnexation at as early a day as possible and upon such terms and conditions as will secure lo its people permanent peaee and prosperity. The ways and means committee voted to report against the bill appropriating £50,000 to help entertain the i. A. U. encampment next .September, the democratic members voting against tlie bill and the republicans for it. 'Ihe house passed a bill making the railroad receiving a shipment responsible for it all the way through, and tlie senate spent the dav discusstng a bill to license druggists, upon which no aetion was taken,

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W'AHASIL hid., Feb. 'J. Franklin Abbott, a prominent resident of North Manchester, this county, lias tiled suit for &!U,UUU damages against Henry IJIery, a well-to-do farmer, for alienating the affections of his wife. Mr. ami Mrs. Abbott have been married since lfc7f». and Abbott claims to have come into possession of evidence showing that improper relations have existed between Mis. Abbott mid Ulerv for four years. He asserts that at this lime his wife is awav from home, having told hiin that she was goiug to visit, although she has not appeared at ihe place where sue said r1ie was going, and the plaiutiff believes she is now with 13lory.

Alt Torn I p.

LAFAYKTTK, Ind.. Feb. 2.— The grand jury is still engaged in ati effort to ferret out the perpetrators of the assault upon George P. Kndolph, an ex-Catho-lic priest, at the opera house last Thursday evening. At least -0i) witnesses will be examined and it is doubtful if the jury will complete its work this week. Never in the history of Lafayette has there been as much excitement as prevails here now, as a result of the occurrence of h'.a Thursday night. Criticisms are flying in every direction. Splits are threatened, politically, religiously and commercially

pi ising hi :i Workhousr.

INDIANAPOLIS. Ind., Feb, A weil-' planned uprising at the Jndiannpou* workhouse broke out at noon Wednesday, and came near liberating the 7f» inmates of that institution. The guards were taken hv surprise. The prisoners caught np their knives and fork's and began to slush and stab right ami left in their mad rush to get at the otlicers. The outer guards rushed with clubs, and it was uot until the leaders of the rebels were lying unconscious on the. floor that the other prisoners were beaten back.

Stoppctl a Brutal Fight.

Munch?, Ind., Feb. \i. —Tuesday night at the Walnut Street opera house oUlcers stopped a brutal prize light between Dan lSailift', champion mid-dle-weight of Ohio and Indiana, and Tom Robinson, the is.v pound colored pugilist of Springfield. O. Thompson was to give Hailiff if HailiiT stood four rounds. At the call of time the men went at each other like lions and fought all over the stage. Hlood was bespattering the stage when Marshal Miller aud four policemen arrested and jailed the principals.

To lln Selected by Dnllot.

(JnKKNsitinio. Ind., Feb. 2.—The .seven candidates for the local post ntllce 'agreed on Wednesday to submit their ciiuscs lo tlie people, and an election will be held on February 2S for the purpose of determining who is ivho.

Only democratic patrons of the otlice will Vie permitted to vote. The action is taken

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the part of the candidates

at the request of Congressman Hotmail.

Indiana 1'rKnon .South

Ciinr.

•IKL'TKHSONVII.I.B, Ind.., Feb. 2.—Aside from examining convicts as to the punishment inflicted upon them for infraction of the rules of the Indiana prison south no developments of a sensational nature were adduced in the prison cases Wednesday. The prosecution, [however, is attempting to make a bitter light

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for May.

LIVE POPLTHY—Per pound Chickens, 10c Turkeys. 8®lie Ducks, 10@Hc Oeesa, 8G.50far.i00 per dozen.

HUTTBK—Creamery, 18Q'J8c Dairy. VOftL'Oc: Packing Stock, 16^ 18c.

Warden I'alien and bis

management.

Itlnivii from llie House by ANDKHSON, Ind., Feb. 3. Another disastrous gas explosion occurred here at 12:0.r o'clock Wednesday morning. The residence of Ulysses S. Urunson was blown up, and lie and liis family badly injured by the llauics and the shock of tlie explosion which was caused by a leaky service pipe, whicli tilled the house with gas.

Smallpox nt Columbus.

CoMJHM'H,

Ind., Feb. 2.--Two wall-

defined cases of varioloid

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the family

of Elinor lledfitt, just east of Franklin, has caused a smallpox scare here. The city board of health has ordered all school children not heretofore vaccinated within seven years to be ruvaccinated. ______

Dynaiulto Kxplonlun.

RICHMOND, Ind., Feb. 2.—A dynamite explosion here Wednesday injured John Snyder so that he will die. Ii. C. Smith was seriously hurt