Crawfordsville Review, Crawfordsville, Montgomery County, 23 October 1897 — Page 3

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iiUBE THOUSAND ABYSSINIANS OVKBWHKLMEU BY SOMALIS.

Terrible Story of Bloodshed—Out of an Army of 3,000 Only Sixty-Nine Escaped,

London cable: J. Bennett Stanford,

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has just returned from talcing part an expedition to Somallland, brings

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of the annihilation, at the end of lune. of an Abyssinian army of 3,000 men

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of which number only sixty,-

nine me" escaped. Mr. Stanford, to a representative of the

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Press, to-day said:

W'hilo In the Interior we came across powerful Somali chief who had just returned from the fight. He told me that

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Abyssinian force had been raiding own the Webbs Shebeyli river, nearly as fur as the forCy-fifth parallel. The Somalis then overwhelmed them with large num­

allowing sixty men to go back with the news of the defeat. Ras Mackonnen was killed during the battle. ••The altair occurred about 100 hiiles from where we were. The whole neighborhood is still greatly excited, and the possession of so many Italian rifles by the Somali is evidence that the ktory ot the Abyssinian defeat is true. ••The latest news from Harrar was that an Abyssinian army was being dispatched against the Somalis, who are eagerly anticipating another fight."

LEG It A I'll IC BREVITIES,

olo Oleson, an Iowa miner worth $30,000. was fatally beaten in his hovel. .Methodist preachers of Philadelphia denounced foot-bull as brutal and debasing.

Allio Dejei'iiette, a thirteen-year-old ljov, was dragged to death by a runaway horse at Hardinsburg.

Kate Bishop is accused by a coroner's jury of drowning her six weeks old baby at Lebanon Junction, Ky. She Is in jail.

A naval rendezvous Is to be established in San Francisco for the purpose of facilitating the shipping of sailors to war ves•sels.

Nine deserters prisoners escaped from tho Glynn county, Georgia, jail. They are being hunted by citizens and bloodhounds.

A judge of the Kansas Court of Appeals rerfdercd a decision which practically rnders the eight-hour law In Kansas a dead-letter. "Dutch" Webber, notorious bank and postofflce robber, jias been arrested In Detroit. He is wanted in Chicago for a postoffice robbery.

Tramps robbed the contribution boxes in St. Michael's Catholic church, Monroe, Mich., and destroyed the costly vestments and chalices.

John Washam, of Warren county, Kentucky, waded Into a pond after a duck, and was stricken with cramps or heart disease and drowned.

An autopsy on the remains of Harry Wilder Hamlin, nephew of Colonei Hamlin, of Buffalo, who died suddenly in Peoria, 111., showed that death was due to excessive cigarette smoking.

John Vance killed James Thompson and seriously injured Thompson's wife, in Logan county, West Virginia, Wednesday, the result of an old feud. Vance is a son-in-law of the notorious "Devil Anse" Hatfield.

J. Ogberne, a prominent farmer living •near GIrard, Kas., was fatally injured by •he premature discharge of giaht powder while blasting out a well. His son, age fourteen, died from Injuries received in the same explosion.

Attorney General McKenna has sustained the New York customs officials in their contention that diamonds imported into this country from another country not contiguous to Canada, must pay a discriminating duty of 10 per cent.

James Bennett, of San Francisco, who attempted to murder his divorced wife und afterwards tried to cut his throat, has escaped from the San Francisco Receiving Hospital, making his exit through the window during the temporary absence of his guard.

Judge Bryant, of ttie Federal Court of Galveston, Tex., has appointed R. B. Haer, of Houston, receiver of the Galveston city railway, and lie has filed bond and taken charge. The receiver was appointed on complaint of the Guarantee Trust Company, of New York.

By the death of his father in Scotland. George Burns, until recently a fireman on the revenuo cutter Grant, receiving a salary of $28 per month, became one of the four heirs to an estate valued at $1.000,000. He is now at Seattle, Wash., but will return home and secure his portion of the estate.

The mystery surrounding the murder of Mrs. Emma Zane and her daughter, Mrs. Sarah M. Shaw, at their home in Catnden, N. J., remains unsolved. The police do not think the murder was committed by professional burglars, and are inclined to the theory that the women were killed by a relative.

Fifty men employed in the car-repairlnG department of the Southern Pacific Company, of Oakland, Cal., have been laid of! "because of a car shortage which is attributed to the yellow fever quarantine on the southern division having tied up a large •number of cars.

Emil L. Boas. New York agent of the Hamburg-American line, received a cablegram'

stating that the twin screw express steamer Augusta Victoria had arrived at Plymouth, beating her own record eastward by over an hour. The time of her passage was six days, fifteen hours and "thirty-two minutes.

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Mrs. I.ouls M. Hadley, cousin of Congressman Dlngley, wife of W. E. Hadley. •of San Diego, who was the defendant In the recent sensational broach of promise suit at Auburn. Me., has arrived at San Francisco and joined her husband. She married Hadley while she was engaged to Arthur Melcher, a wealthy merchant of Auburn, who sued her for $25,000 damtiges and secured a verdict for $1,789. Slir refuses to say whether she will pay tho judgment or appeal to a higher court.

Helen Gould, daughter of Jay Gould, Isreported to be engaged to Alonzo Potter. «ldest son of Bishop Potter.

A NOTED EDITOR DEAD. ...

Charlei A, Dana of the New York Sun Faileg Away at His Long Island Home.

New York special: Charles A. Dana, editor of the New York Sun, died at his home, in Glencove, Long Island, at 1:20 o'clock this afternoon. Mr. Dana's death had been expected for several hours and his family and physicians were at his bedside when the end came. His condition had been such for several months that the members of his family had kept themselves In constant readiness to go to his bedside at any moment. On Saturday morning he had a relapse, and It was apparent that recovery was impossible. Several times however, he rallied, but toward night began to sink. During the night there were feeble rallies, but they, did not last long. This morning It was seen that the end was but a few hours oft, and his attendants remained almost constantly at his bedside. The end came quietly

Charles Anderson Dana was born in Hinsdale, Cheshire county, New Hampshire, Aug. S, 1819, and he was, therefore, seventy-eight years old on his last birthday. Mr. Dana's career as a Journalist dates from 1847, when he became associated with Horace Greeley and the New York Tribune. In 1863 he was Assistant Secretary of War under Stanton. In 1867 he established the Chicago Republican. Up to this point in Mr. Dana's career hq had always been to some extent subordinate to the will of others, and this subordination was precisely what he most oi all disliked, but on January 27, 1868, h« became the largest shareholder and edi-tor-in-chief of the New York Sun, and from that moment his personality, free tu act as he chose, was evident in every linn of his newspaper, and if a Louis could say with boastful arrogance, "I am France," Mr. Dana could with perfect truth have paraphrased the remark and proclaimed: "I am the Sun."

HELD HER ON A STOVE.

Attempt by a Negress to Rob and Hum a White Woman.

Mayfield, Ky., special. A fever of intense excitement was created here this morning over the brutal act of a negro woman in an attempt to burn to death a white woman named Mrs. Brentz McKelvy. The negro woman entered the Me* Kelvy homestead and demanded of Mrs. McKelvy her jewelry and money. On her refusal to give up hei1 valuables the ne gress threw Mrs. McKelvy across a redhot stove and held her there until she re-, ceived probably fatal burns. The negresa then escaped.

A KISSING MATCH.

The Girl Held Out but tlie Young Mbu Had to Quit.

Berlin cable: The Munchener Nabrichten records the experience of a young German who undertook to establish a kissing record. He gained his sweetheart's consent, the terms being that he should take 10.000 kisses from her lips in ten hours, with a brief interval for refreshments every half hour.

Umpires were appointed and the attempt to make the record began. The young man scored 2,000 kisses in the first hour, and 1,000 In the second. He had reached 750 in the third round when hia lips were paralyzed and he became unconscious.

DYNAMITER CONVICTED.

J. W. Oliver Found Guilty of Attempting to Kill Col. A. J. Smith.

Leavenworth, Kas., special: Joseph W. Oliver, the aged veteran, was found guilty In the Federal Court to-night of the attempted murder of Col. A. J. Smith, late governor of the Federal Soldiers' Home near this city. The governor's home was wrecked by an explosion of dynamite on June 30 last, and the governor and his family had a narrow escape. Oliver, the veteran convicted to-day of the outrage, had previously threatened the governor. The Federal statutes provide a penalty of only three years' imprisonment for Oliver's offense.

A Horrible Execution.

London cable: The Vienna correspondent of the Daily Mail, describing the execution of Dolezal, the murderer of two old women, says: "It was a horrifj'ing spectacle. The murderer displayed the most pitiable nervous agony. Instead of being dropped, •is is customary In England, he was hoisted by the nock several feet and then drawn down by cords attached to his arms and legs. The struggles of the miserable wretch lasted three minutes."

A Check for ai85.383.30.

The American Sugar Refining Company on Saturday paid into the New York custom house a check for $1S5,383.30 upon an entry of sugar amounting to 11,000,000 pounds. The check is the largest in amount ever received at the custom house in settlement of a single entry. Larger checks, however, have been received upon a number ot entries. The largest of all was that of A. T. Stewart & Co., years ago, for $1,000,000.

Salisbury Want* to Quit.

The London Dally Chronicle announces that Premier Salisbury desires to quit office because his health Is unequal to the strain of public life. A reconstruction of the British Cabinet Is expected at an early date.

Great Strike In London.

London cable: The secretary of the Federate Trades, comprising thirty im­

portant industries, announces that the executive committee has definitely decided to call out all its members in sympathy with the struggle of the engineers against their employers, on Friday next, when it is estimated that a total of 400,000 men will be out of work on account of the ijreat labor dispute.

The discovery of a number of cases of yellow fever at Galveston, Tex., caused •i panic.

LINCOLN TERRITORY

HOW IX IS PROPOSED TO DIVIDE ALASKA AND ITS ISLANDS.

A New City to bo Founded With a View of Making It a Capital.

San Francisco special: A letter from Unalaska, dated Sept. 30, says: "Should the proposed territory of Lincoln be erected by division of Alaska it will have as its southeastern boundary Mt. St. Ellas. From tl at point the eastern boundary Will run directly to the Arctic ocean, which will form the northern boundary. The western boundary will likely run down the coast line below St. Michael's to the top of the divide between the Yukon and continue to Kokym river. The boundry on the south will follow the sixty-second parallel east to Copper river, where it will cut down to St. Ellas. Should the division occur and the boundary lines mentioned prevail, Alaska proper would then include the Aleutian islands, the coaling stations of Dutch Harbor and Unalaska, and the rest of the Alaskan peninsula, the Island of Unga and Its quarts mines, Kodlak island, Kanal peninsula and the placer mines of Cook Inlet, Prince William sound and Copper river, the towns of Wrangel. Sitka, Juneau, Dyea, Skaguay and the passes on the overland route to the Yukon. Within the new territory would be the rich placers of the Yukon as far east as the boundary line. It would also Include the numerous settlements and trading posts from St. Michael's to Circle aggregating a population at present of over 3,000 white and 8,000 natives.

In view of the reports of the expected founding of a new city In Alaska, to be known as Weare, on the Yukon river, between the boundary line of British Columbia and St. Michael's with the design of making it the capital of the proposed new territory, it may be possible that the Interior Department may find It necessary to locate the new land office there instead of at Circle City, where It was originally contemplated. Reports have reached hero that. Circle City, until lately virtually the only settlement on the Yukon river, has been practically abandoned.

TAX RIOTING IN ROME.

Many Perbont Hurt, Including Several Policemen.

Rome cable: A large procession el tradesmen, headed by tho pro-syndic of Rome and the president of the Chamber of Commerce, marched to the office of the Minister of the Interior Monday afternoon to protest against and confer with tho government regarding the Increased taxation. Premier Rudinl, who is also Minister of the Interior, received a committee representing the tradesmen, and promised that ail possible would be done to promote friendly relations and greater equity between the tax collectors and tax payers.

In the.meanwhile a large crowd of people had collected around the Ministry, angry shouts were heard and some of those present tore up paving stones and otherwise assumed a threatening attitude. This caused the police to make an attempt to disperse the crowd, and in the conflict which followed six policemen were injured and one rioter killed.

The mob raised revolutionary cries while the fighting was in progress, revolvers were freely used, and many perlons In the crowd were Injured and twenty of the leaders of the disturbance were arrested. The condition of three of the wounded policemen is serious.

FROM COOK'S INLET.

City of Topeka Arrives at Port Townsend With 8!!00,OOO In Gold Dust.

Port Townsend. "Vyash., special: As an evidence that gold is found elsewhere than at Klondike, the steamer City of Topeka this evening from Alaska brought town an aggregate of $200,000 in gold dust from Cook's Inlet, the result of this summer's work. This amount is distributed among eighty-five men who are coming out to spend the winter in a place where climatic conditions are more favorable than the country they have Just left. On the 2?d of September 116 men left Cook's Inlet on the steamer Perry for Sitka, where they took tho City of Topeka for Puget Sound. Thirty-one of the party stopped at Juneau, where they will spend tho winter. No rich strikes are reported »t Cook's Inlet, but the average Is $5 in dust every day they worked. On rare occasions a man would pan out $10 per day, and often as low as $3.

REMARKABLE ACCIDENT.

Two Men Caught While Crossing a Rallload.

Philadelphia special: William Goforth end Frank Gasklll are survivors of a most remarkable accident. They were engaged in hauling logs, using the usual two wheels, front and rear, connected by a pole 25 feet In length. One sat on each end. While crossing the railroad Saturday afternoon, a flying express train, racing at a mile-a-mlnute gait, plowed through the pole with a crash. From his perch on tho forward part of the wagon, Ooforth brought his frightened horses to a standstill. He pinched himself to see if he was really alive and walked back to pick up the mangled remains of his companion. From his perch on the rear Gasklll dismounted and discovered that he was not hurt, and went forward to find what was left of his partner. The two men met on the rails.

Stopped by Bandits.

Bandits Wednesday night held up a Chicago & Alton express train at a point less than six miles from Kansas City. The robbery is the third occurring on that railroad within a year, all within fifteen miles of that city. The bandits secured considerable cash from trainmen but failed to open tho express safes becauso their dynamito would not explode. The passengers were badly scared but were not molested.

Prince Hohenlohe and tht Kaiser are rcry much "at outs."

COUNTY TREASURER'S TERMS.

Law of 1897 Held to be Unconstitutional at Noblesvllle.

Noblcsvilie, Tnd., special: Special Judge Theodore P. Davis decided the case' of Treasurer-elect Gibb3 vs. Scott this morning for the plaintiff. The suit was brought by Glbbs for possession of the county treasurer's office. Judgo Davis held the act of '97, changing the term of office of county treasurers, to be unconstitutional. Under the old law, Scott's term expired September 8, 1897. The new law extended his term of office until January 1, 1898, and he refused to vacate in September. Judge Davis held the act of '97 to be in direct contradiction to Section 2, Article 6, of the constitution, which is as follows: "The treasurer shall continue In office two years, and no person shall be eligible to the office of treasurer more than four years In any period of six years."

The act which Judge Davis says is unconstitutional is on page 288 of the acts of 1897, and is as follows: "That the term of the county treasurer shall begin on the first day of January next following the term of the present Incumbent."

One of the cases upon which the decision was based Is 111 Ind., 369, where the court held the defendant, having served the full term of two years, and his successor having been duly elected and qualified, he is estopped.from denying that his term of office has expired.

Scott has signified his intention of appealing to the Supreme Court,

IS A VICIOUS PRACTICE.

Colorado Court of Appeals Attacks Government by Injunction.

Denver special: Judge Wilson, of the Court of Appeals, with Judges Thompson and Blssell concurring, handed down an opinion In which he makes a vigorous attack on "government by injunction." In the case of H. Schradskie vs. the Appel Clothing Company, wherein the plaintiff was given a perpetual Injunction by the lower court restraining the defendant from advertising a certain stock of goods as bankrupt stock, the court of appeals reverses the decree and remands the cause to the trial court with Instructions to dissolve and dismiss the bill. "We can not approve a practice," said Judge Wilson, "nor subscribe to a doctrine which permits the exercise by tho courts of the extraordinary power of Injunctive relief for every wrong or infringement upon the rights of another. Such a course of proceedure, If carried to its ultimate natural conclusion, would tend to entirety subvert the fundamental principles upon which our system of laws Is founded.":

KISSED HER PET DOG.

The Result was That She Died From Hydrophobla.

The New York Herald's cable from Paris says: What appears to be a remarkable case Is reported here. A young girl of the name of Mile. Santaslero died of hydrophobia, claimed to have been caused by the contact of her lips with the tongue of a pet dog. She had a small terrier, which one day refused food and drink from its mistress, snapped at her, but did not bite her. The veterinary sent for recognized hydrophobia and the dog was killed. A fortnight later Mile. Santaslero was affected by the same symptoms that preceded the death of her pet, and her last moments were terrible. She refused to kiss her friends, lest she might communicate the disease to them. She said of the dog: "He never bit me. It was in kissing him that I caught the disease. Do not kiss me." Dr. Chaillon, of the Pasteur Institute, unhesitatingly expressed the opinion that the disease was communicated in tho manner supposed by the poor girl. The slightest contact of the tongue of a mad dog with the mucous membrane is sufficient to cause hydrophobia. Tho moral of this story ia that persons having pet dogs should be extremely cautious in allowing them to approach their face under any circumstances, as the touch of a tainted tongue or lips may be the precursor of an awful death.

MURDERED FOURTEEN WIVES.

The Awful Confession of Gustavo Muller, of Rotterdam,

Rotterdam cable: A man named Gustavo Muller has surrendered to the city police, confessing the murder of his wife and child. As proof of the truth of his confession ho produced from his pocket four human ears. The police, on search* lng his house, found the two bodies.

Muller subsequently confessed that he had also killed his parents, mutilating their bodies in the same fashion, and then made the astonishing statement that he had similarly disposed of fourteen wives, whom he had married In various parts of the world.

PUNISHING THE NATIVES.

British Troops In India Destroy Villages and Slaughter Insurgents

Simla cable: A dispatch from Mamund announces that the Jlrga tribesmen have surrendered their Martini breech-loading rifles and have solemnly sworn to maintain peace and drive out Umra Khan's followers. The troops forming the Mamund punitive expedition have destroyed twenty-six fortified villages and have killed ipany of the insurgent natives.

Bow a Robber was Shot.

St. Louis special: Patrolman Goetz arrested two men on the river front last evening, who had packages of tobacco under the arms and ran at the sight of tho officer. The officer caught one on the railroad track, and a fight ensued, raising such a cloud of dust that they did not see an engine backing down on them. The engine knocked them both down, causing the officer's revolver to be discharged. The bullet made a terrible wound in the robber's spine, and he was taken to the hopltal in a dying condition.

TALE THAT IS TOLD

CLOSE OF A LONG AND EVENTFUL LEGAL CAREKli,

Justice Stephen J. Field of the Supreme Court Will Retire From the Bench December 1—Letter From the President.

It was announced at the United Statet Supreme Court Thursday that Justice Stephen J. Field, of California, had notified President McKlnley of his intention to retire as a member of the court, and had informed his colleagues of this fact The members of the court, after adjourn, ment at 4 o'clock, will call in a bodj on the retiring justice to pay him theil respects. It is expected that his successoi will be nominated by the President immediately after the convening of Congress, in December, and that AttorneyGeneral McKenna, also of California, will be named for the office.

Justice Field, it is learned, notified th« President last April of his Intention to retire, but t*e President did not acknowledge receipt of his letter until October 9.

The following letter was given out thlt afternoon: "Supreme Court of the United States, "Washington, D. C., October 12, 1897. "Dear Mr. Chief Justice and BrethrenNear the close of last term, feeling thai the duties of my office had become to* arduous for my strength, I transmitted my resignation to the President, to tak effect on the 1st day of December next, and this he has accepted, with kindly ex. pressions of regard, as will be seen fron a copy of his letter, which is as follows:

"'Executive Mansion,

'Washington, D. C., Oct. 19, 1897. 'Hon. Stephen J. Field, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, Washington, D. C.: 'My Dear Sir—In April last. Chlel Justice Fuller, accompanied by Mr. Jus. tlce Brewer, handed me your resignatlor as associate justice of the Suprem« Court of t\z United States, to take eftec' December 1, 1897. 'In hereby accepting'your resignation, I wish to express my deep regret that yo« feel compelled, by advancing years, t( sever your active connection with th« court of which you have so long been a distinguished member. "Entering upon your great office in May, 1863, you will, on the 1st of next December, have served uppn this bench for a period of thirty-four years and seven months, a term longer than thai of any member of the court since iti creation, and throughout a period of special importance in the history of th country, occupied with as grave public questions as have ever confronted thai tribunal for decision. "I congratulate you, therefore, most heartily, upon a service of such exceptional duration, fidelity and distinction. "Nor can I overlook the fact that yon received your commission from Abraham Lincoln, and, graciously spared by a kind Providence, have survived all the members of the court of his appointment. "Upon your retirement both the bencb and the country will sustain a great loss, but the high character and great ability of your work will live and be long remembered, not only by your colleagues, but by your grateful fellow-countrymen. "With personal esteem and sincere best wishes for your contentment and happiness during the period of rest which you have so well earned, I am, dear sir, vers truly yours, 'WILLIAM McKINLEY.' "My Judicial career covers many yearj of service. Having been elected a member of the Supreme Court of California, assumed that office October 13, 1857, holding it for five years, eleven months and five days, the latter part of the time being the Chief Justice. On the 10th of March, 3863, I was commissioned by President Lincoln, a Justice of the Supreme Courl of the United States, taking the oath ol office on tho 20th day of the following May. When my resignation takes eftecl my period of service on this bench will have exceeded that of any of my predecessors, while my entiro judicial life will have embraced more than forty years. "I may be pardoned for saying that during all this period, long in comparison with the brevity of human life, though In the retrospect it has gone with tha swiftness of a tale that Is told, I hava not shunned to declare In every case coming before me for decision the conclusion which my deliberate convictions compelled me to arrive at, by the consclentions exercise of such a-, ities and requirements as I possessed. "STEPHEN J. FIELD."

Mr. Chanter's Troubles.

John Armstrong Chanler, the divorced husband of Amelia Rives, and a greatgrandson of John Jacob Astor, is reported to be insane in the Bloomlngdale asylum. Mr. Chanler left New York suddenly last spring, and it was said by his frlenus that he had gone to Europe. The fact haa leaked out that he is in Bloomlngdale under treatment. It is denied by hla friends that Mr. Chanler is Insane ov that his mind is affected in the least, ^.e was taken to Bloomlngdale, these. friends assert, to gain a much needed rest and treatment for nervous disorders. The affection of his nerves and a general physical breakdown was due, they say, to overwork.

Death of Edward Langtry.

London cable: Edward Langtry, the husband of Lilly Langtry, the actress, died last night In the Asylum for the Inlane at Chester, to which he was recently committed by a magistrate, having been found wandering In a helpless condition In that vicinity. It is supposed that Mr. Langtry was suffering from concussion of the brain due to falling down the gangway of the steamer on which he traveled from Dublin to Holyhead.

Theodore P. Haughey must serve out his sentence, a pardon being denied by President McKlnley.

IRATE IRISHMEN.

THE! GREAT MASS OF IRISH PEOPLE DECLARED TO BE ENS- .. MIES OF ENGLAND.

Three Cheers Given In a Convention of thai Irish League at Dublin for the India Insurrectionists.

Dublin cable: Tho first general national oonventlon of the Irish Independent League, organized by John Redmond, M. P., the Parnelllte leader, opened this afternoon In the ancient concert rooms here.- Eight hundred enthusiastic delegates participated in cheering every point In the speeches which met their approval, and in Jeering the names of Dillon, Healy and Davltt, as well as hissing the nam* of Mr. Gladstone, when Mr. Redmond characterized him as "the Englishman who betrayed Ireland." Every referenc* to the struggle of 1798 was greeted uproariously, particularly Mr. Redmond's reading of the oath taken by the revolutionists. All the speeches paid tribute t» the patriotism of the late Charles Stewart Parnell and warm cheers greeted the entrance of the Redmonds, John Parnell and Patrick O'Brien Into the hall.

The climax of the convention was reached during a speech delivered bjr William Redmond, who said that when the DiUonltes rejected Parnell they "alienated the United States, thus killing the goose which laid the golden egg."

Continuing, Mr. Redmond said h« would never walk into any room to ba controlled by Dillon and Healy, though he was for unity, saying: "With all the royal processions through our streets, it is time for Irishmen to say something. The great mass of the Irish people are to-day and will be until liberty is given them the enemies of England. England is a bully, a pirate and a savage. Whether in India or Africa, th» bloody flag of the British empire has been advanced by plundering and destroying poor people. Our sympathy goes out to these poor people. God bless them and give them success in their efforts. Thre« cheers for the men In India who are flghtr ing England."

The delegates thereupon climbed upon their seats and shouted: "Down with Britain!"

The meeting had up to that point been of a somewhat mild description, but much denunciation of England and talk of 179J followed, Mr. Kelly of Manchester, for instance, saying that Ireland would have her jubilee In 1898, "over the attempt ot honest men to do honest work for Ireland."

There was also much denunciation ot Great Britain's proposal to give Ireland a Catholic University. The participation of the priests In politics was condemned and the Healyltes were denounced aa "the enemies of Parnell.'"

There was, however, no discord whatever, tho resolutions were all adopted with enthusiasm and the reading of a telegram from tho Irish Independent League of New York was heartily cheered.

"Condensed Dispatches.

Combine between Henry George and the Citizens' Union further complicates the political status in New York.

Ex-Congressman J. B. White, of' Fort Wayne died, the result of an operation for an obstruction of the bowels.

Dr. Thomas Evans, the wealthy American dentist at Paris, will endow educational Institutions in different cities ot this country.

The Iowa Supreme Court has decided that certificates in fraternal Insurance orders, like the Ancient Order of United Workmen, can not be assigned.

J, ti. Downs, who has been prominent in the political and social affairs of Cleveland, O., killed himself In Central Park, New York, by shooting. In tetters found in his pocket he asked that his body be cremated.

Frank A. Novak, who was brought back from the Klondike to answer to the charge of murdering Edward Murray, at Walford, la., says Murray died from drinking from a bottle containing whisky and morphine, which Novak had put in his store as a trap for burglars.

•THE R1ARKKTS.

INDIANAPOLIS.

WHEAT, No. 2 red $

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CORN, No. 2 yellow .27^' HiVY, No. 1 timothy 7.00 7.25 CATTLE—Shippers 3.50 4.6D-"

Stockers 2.75 3.50 Heifers 2.50 4.15 Cows 1.25 & 3.60 Bulls 3.20 0 3.40 TlOGS 3.ha 4.0S POULTRY Hens ..og

Springs .06^4 Cocks .03V4 Young Turkeys .10 Toms •.06 Toms ,og Old Hen Turkeys «OT'4, /-Pucks .08 "'f

Geese 9 .19 BUTTER, Choice Country..

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EGGS .14 FEATHERS—Geese, per lb. .30 Duck .it 1" WOOL—Unwashed: Medium .1#

Tubwashed js.vP BEESWAX J* I HONEY 13 O .H HIDES 0Vi M'A

CHICAGO.

WHEAT .95% OATS .18% CORN .26% PORK, per barrel 7.65 7:70 LARD, per 100 lbs 4.25

At the meeting of the new board of dt« rectors of the Western Union Telegraph Company, Thomas F. Clark, formerly assistant to the president, waa elected aa acting vice president to succeed John Van Home, who on Wednesday resigned thai office, which he had held for sixteen years. Mr. Van Home has been connected with the Western Union Telegraph Company almost forty years.

AH the Democratic candidates tor the Ohio Legislature from Cleveland signed pledge to vote for no one for United States Senator who is either a millionaire ort a monopllat.