Decatur Democrat, Volume 35, Number 46, Decatur, Adams County, 5 February 1892 — Page 6

' — — ©he Ik’mocrixt DKCATfIi, IND. », BLACKBURN. . * - • PuFLißßua. A STEAMSHIP WRECKED. HUNDREDS BROUGHT FACE TO FACE WITH DEATH. Brekrniun Crushed to Death--Wounded Tramp* — Lt,•!><#) for Lilt, — burtalnort. the Strikers—Fatally Burned—Special Prayer Against ba Grippe. THE EIUIiK WRECK. Hundreds Brought Faoo to Face With Death. London spoclal: The steamship Eider, of the North German Lloyd Steamship Company, Capt. Ilenecke., which left New York for Bremen, Jan. 23, went ashore on the Atherfield rocks, nine , miles west of Ventoz, Isle of Wight. A scene of terror followed; the passengers rushed on deck in their night clothes or partly dressed and wore with difficulty calmed by the ship’s officers, who assured them that there was no danger. Women and children cried piteously and the male passengers were much alarmed, but were prevailed upon to return to their cabins and make the necessary preparations to abandon the ship should such a course bo found nec- , essary. In the meantime Capt Henecke had ordered the crew to boat quarters and saw that the small craft were got ready for launching in the most prompt manner possible. A hasty examination of the damage done to the steamer and of the position in which she rested showed she was tn a * situation of great peril. The latest report is that the vessel is sinking and that all efforts of the life boats to reach her arc unavailing. Leaped Cor Life. A fire occurred in a rear four-story tenement house at No. 67 Hester street, New York, which was occupied by eight families of Russian Hebrews, numbering in all forty persons. The fire originated through the accidental up-setting of a kerosene lamp in the apartment of Solomon Sallnskl,. on the second floor, and spead with amazing rapidity through the rickety old tenement. The escape es the inmates by the stairway was cut off, and panic stricken, they fled to the roof and to the fire escapes. Eight of them were so badly frightened that they leaped to the courtyard below. All sustained serious injuries and two of the injured will die. The other tenants remained on the roof and the fire escapes from which places they were subsequentip rescued by the firemen when they arrived on the scene. I- . ■ Wounded Tramps. Celina (O.) special: Excitement still continues over the capture of the fast freight by tramps, and the subsequent capture of seven of the criminals. After the capture it was found that four of the tramps had been wounded by pistol balls fired at them by the officers, though none seriously. While the officers were conveying the men to the jail cries from a number of business and other men were made to “hang them.” This excited them and they begged of .the officers to protect them. The woods in which the tramps who escaped took refuge is being patrolled by bodies of armed men. and, as the county is highly wrought up over the outrage, the least resistance to the posse will mean death to the tramps. Sustain the Strikers. The board of arbitration which was chosen to settle the differences that caused the street car tie-up at Indianapolis has rendered a decision conceded to be a victory for the strikers. The board finds that the company could withdraw the pass badges, but that it could not do so under the contract of employment without providing other compensation tor extra labor required of the men. The unqualified recall of these badges precipitated the strike. The matter of extra compensation is still open for mutual arrangement between President.Frenzcl and the Brotherhood. Keel procity. Official notice has been received at the State Department from the British Minister that the tariff changes agreed upon in the reciprocity arrangement for the British West Indian colonies have already been voted by Jamaica, Barbados, and Trinidad, and that from Feb. 1 the reciprocity arrangement will be in full force in these colonies. A few days’ delay only is anticipated in putting the arrangement in operation also in the leeward and windward islands. Frightful Death of a School Girl. A terrible tragedy is reported from Rerne junction, about a mile from Berne, Mich. A little girl, 12 “years of age, was warming hetself in the district school when her dress caught fire. She ran outside and, it being a very windy day, she was soon enveloped by flames. In the sight of all her playmates her clothing was burned from her body and the hair . singed from her head. She was so severely burned that she lived but a short time. Special Prayer Against Grip. London special: Mr. Gladestone's friends are urging him to remain abroad until the influenza epidemic in England will have abated. He will probably remain on the continent another fortnight, in wl'iich’Cdse Sir William Vernon Harcourt will lead the opposition on the reopening of Parliament. The Archbishop of Canterbury has issued a special prayer against influenza. . Governor Boyd is the Man. The Supreme Court of the United States lias decided the Boyd-Thayer gubernatorial case in favor of ll’oyd. For Egan’s HecalL In the House Representative Arbold of Missouri presented for reference a resolution requesting the President to recall.the Minister of the United States to Chili, Mr. Patrick Egan, to the end that amicable relations between, the two -countries might be had and maintained. Crushed to Death. Daniel Sehrantz was crushed to death between two cars in the, Pennsylvania yards at Fort Wayne, Ind. Look Well to Your Silver. A special from Lima, Ohio, says: Northern Ohio is being flooded with counterfeit money of twenty-five cents and one dollar denominations. The discovery whs made the other day. Banks throughout the State communicated with one another, and to their amazement found that thiirc is scarcely an institution between Cleveland. Toledo and other points which has not been made victims of the rascals. The are dated 1877 and are pronounced by -,OXDorfiß AStha-heat ever put out. They are exact counterfeits of the real article in weight, size and design,-and the banks have boon made east victims. The Gov-

ernment has detailed Its best men on the ' case and they are now putting forth their ’ efforts to locate the mint which It Is thought is located south of Toledo In the oil district. The detectives say the gang is working toward the West. DESPERATE BUMS Take Full Po**n*«lon or a Train and Run It ’ Celina (Ohio) spoclal: R. F. Brownlie, station agent of the Lake Erie and Western railroad at this place, received ’ a message from Conductor Reed, of a through freight at Fort Recovery, that a gang of tramps had possession of his train. From Coldwater ho sent another i message that one of his ‘brakemen had t been badly beaten by them and that i officers must meet the train. Marshal Woods, accompanied by Constables Heffner and Solomon and posse of men met the train at the Mackinaw crossing. When the train slowed up three tramps were seen on the engine. i while ten mone were scattered from the engine to the caboose. They had full

control and had been running the train wide open. As soot) as they saw the ' crowd with tho officers thev began dropping off and taking to the woods. Six of them wore captured and are now in ' jail. Tho balance got away. Pho train crew tried to put them off at Fort Recovery. but they resisted and the crew was worsted, one of the brakemen being horribly beaten. He was taken to Lima for treatment On leaving Fort Recovery they took complete possession, and swore they would run the train to suit themselves, which thev did. Conductor Reed will return to appear against them, and as it is felony in this State to interfere with a train, the bums will no doubt get to learn a trade. HERE IS WAR! Garza at the ’Head of 5,000 Men. A dispatch from Del Rio, Toxas, states that Garza is now on the Mexican side of the river near there, and that he is at the head of an hrmy of from 4,500 to s,ooodrilled, armed and mounted Mexican revolutionists. Bands of from twenty-five to one hundred men are joining him daily. It is further stated in the dispatch that Garza moans fight and that the most desperate war Mexico has ever known will be opened about February 10, by an attack on the town of Los Vegas, located just across the river from Del Rio. Garza has anotherband in the Santa. Rosa Mountain country of from 1,800 to 2,000 men, well armed and mounted, under command of Gen. Francisco Salos. It is a well-known fact among all the Mexicans who try to find out anything about the trouble that Garza will have at least two-thirds ot tho Mexican popuulace on his side when the proper time comes to show up. An Artful Dodger.' San Antonio (Tex.) special: Gen. Stanley has no faith in the capture of Garza iu the present campaign by the State Rangers, based on alleged knowledge of the revolutionists’ whereabouts. Garza is evidently dodging about in the brushy wilds of the Long Rio Grande border, never eating or sleeping twice in the same place. , Gen. Stanley done not look for another outbreak by Garza on the lower Rio Grande, but thinks it probable that he may again appear with a force higher up the river. In anticipation of this movement orders were issued yesterday to the troops at Fort Clark, to proceed at once to Camp Eagle Pass and patrol the river front half way down to Laredo from that point Meantime the troops at Forts Ringgold, Mclntosh and Brown will be maintained in the field and should the necessity arise reinforcements will be had from the posts.lix the Indian Territory. „■ Destructive Fire at Laporte, Ind. One of the most disastrous fires that has visited LaPorte, Ind., in years occurred recently, and resulted in destroying the main building of the LaPiffte Wheel Factory owned by the Miles & Scott Company. The origin of the lire is unknown, and it was beyond control when discovered by the night watchman. By the hardest kind of work the blacksmith and machine shops were saved, also the electric welding machihe, which is the largest in this country, excepting the one in use at the Brooklyn Navy Y’ard. The loss is §51,000. with an insurance of §28,400. The burned portion will be rebuilt. , Ex-Senator McDonald’s Will. The youngest son of the late exSenator McDonald and some of the grandchildren have employed lawyers and within a few days will file suit at Indianapolis to set aside the exSenator’s will. The plaintiffs will charge l that undue influence was exerted upon McDonald during his later years by Mrs. McDonald, and while under this influence he, made nis will leaving her the bulk of the property. “It is slmplv an attempt at blackmail,” said Mrs. McDonald. “Although the son who will bring • the suit has his second wife, he did not think his father should marry a second time without consulting him.” * Strawboard Up. An agreement has been signed by all the strawboard mills in Indiana by which prices for 1892 will be 30 per cent, higher than they were last year and consumers will be compelled to pay §4O per ton for strawboard instead of §3O as heretofore. This will advance the price of all materials par ked in pasteboard boxes. The agreement was brought about by the American Strawboard Company, otherwise known as the straw trust, which has hitherto been at war with the smaller concerns. Grand Rapids Furniture at the Fair. The, furniture manufacturdrsin Grand Rapids, Mich., hone to secure half an acre of space for their World’s Fair exhibit and will ask for it in a lump. The exhibit will be made under the auspices of the Furniture Association, and the, display’ will have the name of Grand Rapids in big letters and conspicuous places all over the half acre. Each firm exhibiting will defray its own legitimate expenses but all will contribute, to a general fund for decorative and advertising purposes. Poisoned the Tea. Mrs. Blackwell of Wolfetown, Renfrew County, poisoned the tea prepared for a meal, with the intention of taking the lives of the members of Her family. Hes husband detected the fact that there was something wrong with the tea, and accused his wife of having placed poison in it. She, denied the ptaccusation, and, to prove that ttie beverage ■ was aH rigtrt, dranka cupful of the tea. , She was taken ill in a short, time and died before a doctor, who was summoned, reached her side. Oil in Michigan. Great excitement prevails at, Ithaca, Mich., over indications of. an immense oil field around near there. For some time indications ot crude oil have been found on die surface and in dry wells. Owen Perry drilled a well on his farm, and it is (lup to his success that others ■ are of their own. Oil experts, who Jiave examined the indication and Perry's well,- say that’ if wells are put down they wlh prove paying invest- * meats. • . <’ut !He Wrong carcam. 1 George Keummerle, a member at 1 Ivuimnierle toothers’ firm, butchers of ’ pliiiviHe, 111., committed suicide by

Cutting hla throat from ear to ear with a large butcher knife, while cutting steak at his block In his shop, in the presence of several customers uiM one of his brothers. He was 34 years of age and unmarried. • It Is believed ho became suddenly insane. Rhop* Burned. Tha machine shops of tbnQueen and Crescent road at Meridan, Mieh., wore destroyed by fire. By hard work on tho part of tho employes and the lire department, the round ho«s6 and offices wore saved. Nearly 200 men will bo thrown out of wqr.t, until the shops are robitllk 1 ho firo is supposed to have bapn started by tho careless handling of a torch -by a workman, Tho loss is estimated at §75,000, fully insured. Arabian* Asphyxiated. Two Arabian peddlers of a party of five, Abdallah Malouf and his nopheiy, Callem Malouf, were asphyxiated by gas in rtio Marquette House, Ottawa, 111. A woman and daughter, who belonged to the party, escaped, having occupied another room. On making the ghastly discovery tho woman became frantic and apparently has lost her reason. They are only six months from Arabia. , Workman Badly Mangled. Henry Willis, employed at the iron foundry of Marley, Craig & Co.. Dayton, Ohio. while in the act oiling a shaft, had his left arm caugnt in a cog and the next instant ho was drawn into the rattling machine, and would have boon horribly mangled but for the presence of mind of a workman, who threw a lever and stopped the machine. His arm was frightfully mangled.

Hlr Bark Broken. Joseph Hammond, a young farmer who lives near Mcndolin, Mercer County, Ohio, while cutting down a tree in tho woods near Fort Recovery, met with a very serious and probably fatal accident. . While sawing at the tree a large," dead limb broke off and before he escaped it struck him on the back, breaking it From his present condition it is thought that he will die. Killed in Com . While attending a murder trial at Manchester. Clay County, Ky., a general fight occurred between the two factions. When the smoke cleared away, Marcus Hock, a brother of lhe County Judge, was dead, and Joo Hacker was mortally woundi'ii. A courier just in from there says that both sides are arming and more serious trouble is expected. Burglar. Bald an lowa Town. Burglars raided four business houses, including the postoffice at Searsborough, lowa. Considerable merchandise, jewelry, stamps etc., but no money was secured. The thieves took a mule from a barn and dragged a small safe belonging to A. M. IjOuz, to the outer edge of towu and burst it open but got nothing of value. There is no clue to the burglars. Charged with a Hellion. Odense. At New Lisbon, Ohio, Charles Ketcham, a well-known young farmer was committed to jail upon tip? charge of assault with intent to rape two little girls, May and Minnie Mercer, aged 11 and 13 years, whom he followed into a farm building and threatened with a loaded gun. Their screams brought assistance and they were rescued. t . Indiana Democrat*. The Indiana Democratic State Central Committee has changed the date of the State convention from April 14 to April 21, out of deference to the first day, which is the day before Good Friday. • The fact that the convention fell on the anniversary of President Lincoln’s assassination, too, had something to do with the change. ■ Dr. Graves Oat on Ball. The Supreme Court of Colorado has granted a writ of "habeas corpus in the case of Dr. Graves, who will now be released on bail. Owing to the crowded couditimi of the docket it may be two or three years before the case will be reached. ® Fell Down a Coat Shaft. 7 David Laddbetter, a coal miner, aged 35 years, fell a distance of pinety-five feet down a eoal shaft at Roodhouse, 111., and was instantly killed. He leases a wife and one child. 1 Kalamazoo I'roduee* a Freak. A Holland woman of unpronounceable name gave birth to a monstrosity at Kalamazoo, Mich. It is a healthy child, but in place of the right arm i# a foot and in the place of the left leg is an arm. The child is doing well. Burned to Death, By the burning of a house at Greenville, Ga., Tandy Young and his two children, aged 3 and 6 years, were burned to death. Mrs. Young escaped. V Musgrave At Terre Haute, Ind., Bob Musgrave, the insurance swindler, has been convicted and sentenced to ten years in the ♦Penitentiary and to pay a fine of 8500. Indiana Republican.. The Indiana Republican State Central Committee has called their State convention to meet at Fort Wayne, Tuesday, June 28. Liberal New York. The New York Legislature has passed a bill appropriating §300,000 for the World’s Fair. THE MARKETS, CHICAGO. Cattle—Common to Prime.... 43.55 @5,75 Hogs -Shipping Grades 3.50 & 4.75 Sheet—Fair to ( hoice 3.00. @ 5.50 Wheat—No. 2 Bedß6 @ .87 Cobs-No. 239 @ .40 Oats-No. 2 29 @ .30 Rye-No. 280 @ .81 Butter— Choice Creamery .30 @ .32 Cheese-FuII Cnam, flatsl2 @ .13 Eggs—Fresh" .23 @ .24 Potatoes—Car-loads, per bti... .30 @ .40 INDIANAPOLIS. Cattle—Shipping 3.25 @ 5.00 Hogs—Choice Light 3.53 @ 4.75 Sheep—Common to Prime 3.00 @. 5.25 Wheat-No. 2 Bed 901$@ .91)4 Cobn—No. 1 Whiter4o)4@ .41)4 Oats—No. 2 White Bj)4@ .34)4 ST. LOUIS. Cattlej. 3.50 @ 4.50 Roos 3.50 @4.75 Wheat—No. 2 Bedßl & .91 Cohn-*No. 237 @ .38 Oats—No. 2....■29 @ .31 ; Rye-No. 2 82 & .84 CINCINNATI. CattlK'..... 3.50 @4.75 Hogs 3.00 @4.75 ~ SHEEP... 8.00 @ 6.25 Whet—No. 2 Bed.." .93)40 -94J4 ■ Cohn—No.'2 40)40 .41)4 Oils— No. 2 Mixed 38 @®,»4 . DETROIT. Cattle 3.00 @ 4.75 H0g5.....'. 3.00 @4.25 sheep 3.00 @ 5.02 Wheav-No. 2 Red 92 0 .93 CohN—No*'2. Yellow .38!$@ .39)4 Oats-No. 2 W bite 83) 2 0 .84)4 TOLEDO. Wheat—Now j 92 -,® ,93' Cohn No. 2 Ye110w..;....,...... .39 @ .40 Oats—No. 2 White .29 <g .31 “Bye» .84 0 .85 - • BUFFALO. ' Beef n ATTLE. 4.00 @5.75 ! Live H 053.75 @4.75 WjiEAT—No l Hard. 1.00 @1,02 C.bn—No. 2.;........... :43 @ 74# MILWAUKEE. Wheat—No. 2 Spring..... .85 @ .87 I Cobn—No. 3 37 @ ,38 Oats—No. 2 White.A .31 @ .32 ' Bye-No. 1 80 @ M 1 Baulky—No. 2... 55 @ .67 > Pobk—Mess... 11.75 12.25 NEW YOBK. OattKe 3-60 6.25 Hogs. 3.00 @4.75 - SHEEP *•«) @ IM-4) Wheat-Nq. 2 8ed.... 1.03 @1.05 • Ct nN—No.'2...; . .50 @ .52 . Oath—Mixed Western.....B> @ .37 Butteb-Creamtof;..... .ifejS .32 r Pork —Me 55............. 9.757 @10.75

WAR CHILI'S REPLY BUMMITTBD TO CONGRESS. An Apologetic Spirit on ChUl’x Fart—Matta's OflVnslvo Noto la Disavowed—AU Dlflereixi's Between the Two Countries Will He Adjusted on a Satlalaetory Bmla' T Uncle Sam's Demand Granted, j To tho formal demands of the United States, Chill has sent an answer which seems entirely satisfactory, and there Is now every reason to believe that the dispute with this nation will boltonieably settled. The correspondence, consisting of a note from the Chilian Minister to our Secretary of State and Mr. Blaine's reply thereto, has been submitted to Congress by the President. Following is the text: MR. MON IT TO MIL HLAINB, ?; Lkoation or Cun t. I have had the honor' to receive vonr note of yesterday, ns an Incloauro to which you are willing to transmit tome the instruction sent to Mr. Eagan on the dav previous. In the numerous conference* with which you have been pleased to favor me I have informed you that, immediately after the occurrence of tho event* of Oct. 16, at Valparaiso, which my Government mo*k sincerely deplored, the judicial authorities iuviUwthe investigation necessary to throw light upon the fact* and to detect and puntih the guilty parties. From the antecedent* which the Government of 1 hili was able to collect at the very outset it appeared that the disorder of October 10 began by a quarrel among drunken sailors, which assumed considerable proportion* owing to Ihe condition of the locality in which it originated.-and that the police performed their duty by re-establishing tranquility and placing the persons who seemed to have been concerned in the disorder at the disposal of the court. The Government ot t hill has no date, authorizi i g it to thin* that the quarrel was due to any dislike of the uniform ot the United States, or that the police failed to perform their duty. On the contrary it i* a well demonstrated fact that sailors got intoxicated when they go ashore after having been aboard of their vessel for a long time. This is also quite natural. The intoxication of sesmen and disorders to which it gives rise, although they may assume serious proportions and occasion very lamentable offenses, as was unfortunately the'ease at Valparaiso on the It th of October, can not constitute an insult to the nation In whoso service arc the men who have taken part in tho disorder, although they certainly do not justify the offenses committed dertp ; tho dis- . order. The Government of Chili conld not, however, form a final opinion concerning the nature of the recurrence in question or as to whether the police bait or had not improperly participated therein, or had failed to perform its duty, until the termination of the judicial inquiry, which had been Initiated without delay and which was pushed forward as speedily as was compatible with the provisions of tho law, with the obligation of collecting all the elements of proof tliat it was possible to collect in order to throw full light upon the matter, and with the necessity of punishing tho perpetrators of the outrage which had born committed and which had been in port suffered by pereons in the service of a friendly nation. It was tho desire *nd the duty ot tho government of Chili to discover the truth in order to niako its future proceedings conform thereto, and in order that the United States Government might bo satisfied that nothing was neglected in order to fill justice. You were pleased, with your high sense of rectitude, to remark th it this proceeding of the Government ot Chili was correct, and that, although you desired that tho judicial investigation might be brought to a elose with as little delay as possible yon 1 nderetood that it was necessary that the ordinary legal proceedings (which were not as rapid in Chili as in the United States) should be hehl. I have taken occasion at sundry times to inform you of what the Chilian authorities were doing to bring the investigation to a close. In ths criminal trial held at Valparaiso, not only have landsmen beeu heard, but also the seamen of the Baltimore; both have been confronted ; with each other, the reports of physicians and experts have been called for, the opinion of tho surgeon of the cruiser has -likewise been Invoked, and, in a word, nothing has been neglected that could tend to bring the whole truth to light. The seamSn of the Baltmiore mad . their statement with the assistance of an interpreter designated by themselves who was officer of the cruiser, so that oath taken by the witnesses, their confrontation with each other, the reports of experts concerning the cause and nature of the wonnds, and the hearing granted to both Chilians and Americans, so that all might present their complaints and charges, and be heard in their own justification, give incontestable authority to the trial held at Valparaiso. In the course of our conferences, we sometimes considered tha ease in which the United States and that of Chili should fail to agree when the investigation should be terminated, and the two governments should have formed their final opinion, and wo agreed that arbitration was the best means ot settling the difficulty, and, advancing farther in thii conciliatory spirit, we even formally agreed that the differences that might arise should be submitted to arbitration. This agreement to accept arbitration has been the basis of several of our conferences, especially that of tho 18th instant, and no antecedent or • sot interierlug therewith has coiffe to my knowledge. On the contrary, I took occasion to inform you on the Ist of January that my Government authorized me to conclude'an agreement looking to arbitration, and my Government subsequently approved the agreem nt concluded by me with yon, of which I also informed you. As the criminal trial initiated at Valparaiso has not come to an end, my Governirent has not yet been able to reply to the demands of the united States. The various documents and antecedents to which I have called your attention in my foregoing communications were designed to inlonn the United States Government of the progress of the judicial investigation and of the facts thereby elicited; they do not, however, constitute a reply, which can only be given when the facts are definitely brought to light by the sentence which must be pronounced by the courts. The testimony which the Government of the United htates has caused to bo taken in California from the crew of the Baltimore cannot take the place of the trial which is being held at Valparaiso, where the offenses were committed. The testimony may be useful for this disciplinary or administrative purpose in the United States, but It can not.serve as the basis of a judicial sentence, either in Chill or in the United States. The copy which I have to-day the honor to send yon of the statement made by one of the seamen of the Baltimore at Valparaiso, , shows that that seaman made no charge against the police. The charges which he makes here, and the absence of the accused Sartiea in contradiction ot bls first statement, avo no value either in law or in yonr enlightened opinion. It is to be observed, moreover, that the statement made by this seaman at Valparaiso is attested by the Judge, by the signature of the seaman himself and by that of the interpreter, who was an officer of the Baltimore, appointed for the express purpose of inspiring the deponent* with confidents. As to yonr instructions to Mr. Egan that the undersigned has not communicated to the United States Government the note that was addressed to him by Mr. Matt* oh the 11th ot December last: ihe first time that the honorable Secretary of State *aw fit to call my attention to tho aforesaid note of Mr. Matta, I told him that that note contained instructions addressed to me by Mr. Matta, and that as I had not been directed to communicate it officially to the Department of State, there was no reason why the honorable Secretary should take cognizance Os it. I further reminded you that it was a doctrine established by the American Government, that documents exchanged between the President and 1 ongress, or between the Departmant of State and the diplomatic repres®tatlvo of the United States in foreign counCTles, could not form a subject of discussion for foreign governments. I also took the liberty to remind you of the Illustrious Webster and the representative of Austria in 18-50. The Austrian Govern, ment complained at that time because it considered the instructions sent to a representative of the United States unjust or disrespectful to Austria, the said instructions having been published in a message of the Presid nt, who sent it to the Senate. "This department,” said Mr. Webster, “has on a former occasion informed the minister < of foreign powers that a communication from the President to either House of Congress is rogarilcd' as a domestic communication, of which ordinarily no foreign state has .cognizance, and in more canes thogreat impropriety ot making such communication snbjoct of c rr'‘spondenoo and diplomatic dis- ■ cusston has been fully shown.” The circumstance* ot publicity does not change the character of a communication, in the opinion of Mr. Web*ter,*becausesuchis the common and usual mode of proceeding.” In the communications the President and the Senate It was, t4brofore, on the nature of the note and no other reason that I passed by abstention from communicating to you the Instruotlona which Mr. Matta had Bent me on the 11th of December, .and 1., had tho honor so to inform you. I added, however, that it was far from being the purpose of my Government to act in a manner at all offensive to the President ot the United States or any member of his Cabinet, and that Mr. Matta’s note, ir rightly interacted, admitted of no such construction. I afterward had the honor to Inform you that I had received instructions from to toform that of the United States that* a. < onsideratlon of the, views expres.ed by Messrs. Buchanan and Webster In 1819 and 1860, that tho messages sent by the President to Congress are domestic communications which can not servo as a bisiS ior the interpretatlqp of foreign powers or their representatives, my Gove nment bad no objection to striking out of tho note of December 11 such words as might be considered disagreeoble by the United States On instMt commander of lhe to the Securntary of the Navy, it was couched in terms that were offensive to the GOVetomAit it ijhili, and in , view of wbut we had W concerning the note of •It -oWi* Jv;

December 11, I doemed it my duty to call yens , attention to that telegram. The lofty spirit ot jns io* which oharaoterlz** you did not permit you to hesitate to tell me that the wording ot the said telegram was improper and objectionable. The declaration on your part, which was as impartial as it was just, terminated tho incident. 1 ■ Bines the early JiMt Os the month of October, when I had the honor to bo Invited to unofficial conferences with the representative* ot th* Department of Blate (a* tho oreduutlal* which 1 accredited me a* Minister of Chill had not yet arrived), it has been relocated to me on variou* occasion* by ths United States Government that it the representative of the United State* wa* not a persona grata to th* Government ut Chill, Il was *uttiolsnt for the Government of Chill so to *tato, aud that tha said representative would ho succeeded by another. It 1* a rule based upon the nature of diplomatic > relation*, aud deslgued to make them frank and cordial, that the representative of a nation must be a person* grata to the government to which he is accredited. In tile conference with which you were pleased to favor mo ou the Uuth instant, I had lhe honor to state that the repre sontativ* of tho United State* at Santiago was not a. person* grata to tho government ot Chill, willed would be very glad to receive another representative from the United State*. You were jdeasod to acknowledge that tha Government ot Chili had a right to a*k that a change •hould be made. Afterwards, having your notice, 1 addressed to you, iu writfug, the same communication which 1 had made to you verbally. 1 nave deemed it my duty to state, in this note, tho foregoing facts, which show Xho friendly nud cordial purpose of our conroreuoe, in wbioh you took a most important part, with sentiments, etc., Pedro Monnt, Hon. James G, Blafhe, etc., etc, MB. BLSINB TO MU. MONTY. Department ot Htate, Washington. I have tho honor to acknowledge your favor dated tho 23d Instant, but not received by mo until Monday, the <sth, I beg to comment on two or three of its recital*. I think from zeal for your country you have made some mistake* which I shall proceed to correct. You arc right in saying that 1 considered the proceedings of the Government of 1 hili in making the judicial investigation ot tho unhappy affair at Valparaiso entirely praiseworthy. But you will remember that as early as the 25th of November I oomplatued of the length of the judici.l proceedings, and from time to time renewed Ute complaint, saying to you very lately that tho court had elrendy been eighty days in session considering a matter which in the United States would have bean wholly disposed of in two or three weeks. You replied thi>t the Spanish law was slow in its processes out oxkct in its conclusions ; and with your statements I bad to be content, though impatietrt for a final judgment, Yonr oiler of arbitration was never unconditional and exact. Had it been I would have insisted oh your reducing it to writing, tor it would have been my duty to lay it before the President for consideration. But I was unable to report a mere verbal exchange of views between us a* an agreement to arbitrate. You did say to me several times that in that dis.aut future when the Cuiltan court should render its ju gment (if thp United States should not bo satisfied with it) the two countries could arbitrate tho matter; and even then you always maintained that Chili would not voluntarily, propose arbitration, but would do so when requested by some friendly power to take that course. On the occasion of the interview you mentioned Spain as a "nation likely to intervene with hill most effectively. Yonr mention of arbitration was always as a method to be adopted in tho future it wo were not content, as I have said,with the judgment of tho court. You remarked that to adopt it before the world would be discrediting the judgment of the court in advance. You always looked to the future for the proposal aud acceptance of arbitration. You say iu your note: “1 took occasion to inform you on ths Ist of January that my Government authorized mo to conclude an agreement looking ;to arbitration, and my Government subsequently approved the agreement concluded by me.” And yet you do not pretend that a word was ever written of the agreement which you say was between us. It is impossible that I ever sought to bind the government of tho United states in that way. It would have been in the highest degree Imprudent for me to do so. iu regard to the Matta note, which was the subject of contention between us, you sum it up by the following declaration: “I added, however, that it was far from being the purpose of my government to act iu a manner at all offen-ive to. the President of the United States or to any member of his Cabinet, and that Mr. Matta s note, if rightly interpreted, admitted of no such construction. I afterward had the honor to inform you that I had received instructions from ny government to inform that of the United States that, considering the views expressed by Messrs. Buchanan and Webster in 1849 and IBS ', that the messages sent by tho President to Congress are domestic communications, which cannot serve as a basis for tho interpretation of foreign powers or their representatives, my Government had no objection in striking out of tho note of Deo. U such words as might be considered disagreeable by the United States Government. ” By your own statement you evidently attempted to justify the Matta note. I certainly could not accept your language, and never did accept language of that kind as an apology suffleent for the case. The Matta note was highly discourteous to tho President and Secretary ot the Navy, imputing to them untruths and insincerity. Such language does not admit of conditional or contingent apology which you offered. It could be apologized for only by a frank withdrawal. You always contended that it was a communication between officers of yonr own Government-aud that it was not proper for this Government to take any cognizance of it. You quoted the well-known doctrine of the Hulsemann case in regard to the message of a Presdent to Congress not being subject to criticism in a foreign country. You did not see the groat difference involved by tho act of your Government in sending the Matta circular to all the legations of Chili and requesting its several Ministers to publish it, so that Chill was not only responsible for the discourteous language, but for Its publication, throughout the civilized woild. That you did not comply with Chili’s request to publish it there was the strongest proof ot your • own disapproval of tho nte. In regard to Mr. Egafl* you complained many times and very bitterly to me. Especially was he deserving ot censure, you thought, for not communicating to his Government the brutal murder of some young men who were slain by order of Balmaceda, when the next day 1 showed you the dispatch of Mr. Egan, speaking of the incident in proper terms. You acknowledge that you were mistaken, and thought you would be satisfied, but you again spoke disparagingly of Egan, aud I sold, somewhat vehemently: “ Why do you hi* recall instead of constantly disparaging him,’’ intending thereby not to favor his recall but to put a stop to the frequent mention of Mr. Egan’s name. In referring to tha question you remark: •You were pleased that the Government of Chili badn right.to ask that a change should be made.” Undoubtedly! she has that right, provided she assigns a reason. You are too well skilled in diplomatic usage to be reminded that when a nation is forced to declare that a Minister is a persona non grata sbe is expected to assign a reason therefor. We have twice had occasion to ask Great, Britain to recall her Ministers, and in each case we have given toe reason why the Minister had ceased to be useful. It is hardly necessary to observe that conditions which we complied with ourselves would likewise bo exacted of Chili. 1 have thus frankly endeavored to correct some misapprehensions of yours in order that the record of the Btate Department of the United States shall be kept exact, and in all its proceedings shall be proved consistent. Accept, sir. the renewed assurances of my highest conaldei ation. (Signed) James G. Blaine. To Senor Don Pedro Montt, etc., etc. Coffee as a Disinfectant. It has been demonstrated that coffee has disinfectant properties and is very effective in killing fever germs. Dr. Luderitz, who has paid close attention to the subject, did not use strong effusions, but found that a certain harmless micrococcus germ died in a 10 per dint, coffee solution in from three to five days. The bacillus of typhoid fpver perished in from two to three days under coffee influence, and the cholera bacillus in from three to four hours. The gerrn of anthrax or splenic fever died in from two to three hours, but the spores of young forms of the latter germs perished in from two to four weeks only..—Good Housekeeping. Morbid Desire to Inhale Gasoline. A Baltimore boy of 10 years has acquired a morbid desire to inhale gasoline, and was found the other day by his mother unconscious, with a can of gasoline oh the floor by his side. In order to inhale the ether he removes the stopper from the can and inserts his nose in the hole, remaining in this position until he becomes unconscious. It is the first case of the kind known to physicians in Baltimore. Suffocation. Paris firemen are now nopvided with cylindersof oxygen under pressure, to be used for the prompt relief of persons suffocated during fires. J'he : oxyge,n is added to the regular supply ; of medicines which is always at hand ' ' n of accidents.

; BY POST AND WIRES l »’ ' “'' ' l "' r "" '' ; COMES THIS BATCH OF INDIANA NEWS. ' A Catatogne of the Week’* Important , Occurrence* Throughout the State — Fire*. Accident*. Grime*. Suicide!*. Ntc. Minor Stale Item*. i Lek Wkir, an Alr-llne brakeman, fell dead with heart dlieaao at Huntlngl burg. Mary Dennison of Evansville, has hrought suit agamt Henry Ellsllnger , for 80,000 to keep bis promise to marry. From every city, town, and vlllaßo In ' tho State comes the information Uio la r grippe is prevailing to an alarming ex--1 tent. > It is claimed that White Caps, near ■ Madison, are pr'oparln|‘tor another raid ' on several families that are furnishing food for gossips. ' Jeff Ralston of Brazil, was fatally j Injured In the Nickel Plato nuno, belong* i. Ing to tho Watson Coal Company, by tho falling of a heavy block of coal. Herman Radke, a bachelor, 54 years of ago, was found dead, hanging from a ladder In the rear room of his residence > In La Porto. Ho was a gardener. ' North Vernon is now in tho midst of the greatest tcuipcranco revival over known In the history of that city. William J. Murphy Is conducting tho nicct- ’ Ings. The bodv of Granville Cavwood, an ‘ old farmer, was found in White River, • near Washington. Foul play Is suspected and an investigation Is lu progress. At a meeting of the many newspaper men of Anderson, steps wore |*ken toward forming the Anderson Press Club. It will consist of about thirty-live active and fifty honorary members. Luther Mather of Greenhill, Warren County, shot, at his wife with a revolver. The bullet missed Bor, and then placing tho weapon to bis own head Mather com uiittod suicide, Thev had quarrelled over their child. The Trustees of Montgomery County have decided to give §75 Jn prizes to pupils of the county schools, to bo contested for at a declamatory contest in April. It will be divided equally between boys and girls. Franklin Ckisty of Brazil, was divorced from his wife seven years ago. Each was subsequently remarried, but later both wore divorced again, and have nbw made up their old quarrel, being married again the other night. A farmer at Yorktown got stuck with a load ot straw on a railroad crossing as tho through passenger train was approaching. The driver jumped down and unhooked his team while a crowd of men yanked the wagon off the track just in time. At John Roll’s cabin in Great Hollow, near Madison, a row occurred during a dance, in which Jim Wells, after having his head cut open with a blow from a brass-ribbed banjo, slashed his uncle, ot the same name, twenty-six times and his brother eleven times with a long knltc. At tho annual meeting of the bituminous coal operators of tho State, J. Smith Talley of Terre Haute, was re-elected President; George C. Richards of Su 1 livan County, Vice President, and W. E. Eppert of Torre Haute, Secretary and Treasurer. The old Executive Board was re-elected. Fox & Robbins, attorneys for Sadie E. Black, whose father, mother and sister were killed in the Panhandle accident at Harvey's Crossing last September, has instituted a suit at demanding §IO,OOO damages for the injuries she received at the same time. It is said tho administrator of her father’s estate will also institute a damage suit. Rf.v. Allen Lewis, pastor of the First M. E. Church of Valparaiso, has caused consternation among the members of his flock by inaugurating a vigorous campaign against card-playing and dancing. ot tho congregation are urged to pledge themselves to henceforth refrain from amusements ot this character. Rev; Lewis presides over a congregation representing the elite of the city, and the pastor’s vigorous denunciation has clearly defined his position. Mr. Lewis was -formerly pastor of the M. E. Church at Brazil. Alexander Freeman, one ot the bestknown farmers in Wabash County, is afflicted with a peculiar malady. For over a week blood has been slowly oozing from his lips, eyes, and one cheek, and from all parts of his body. The blood accumulates beneath the epidermis, until the skin Is as purple as a plum, and then it oozes out. This has been kept up constantly, until Mr. Freeman is now completely prostrated. A number of physicians have been called, but they are powerloss to stop thb flow, and in all probability the man will die. ’ A very serious accident occurred near . West Fork, Crawford County, in which five persons received severe injuries. A party of hunters, with a large pack of , hounds, dashed across the road in pursuit of a fox just as two sleighing parties came along. The horses attached to the sleighs became frightened and overturned them; throwing out the occu- ' pants. Mary Allston and Agnes McFoy each had a leg broken; Mamie Gark had two fingers broken, her nose crushed and a bad cut on the forehead; Thomas Gammon had three ribs broken, and Frank Fellows broke his right, arm. A fatal accident occurred near South Bend, resulting in the death of Albert Kimble, a young plasterer. Kimble left home to see a sick friend. He cut across the fields, and at the railroad track his progress was blockaded bv a moving freight train, on the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern railroad. He stood on one track waiting and did not notice the late fast mail approaching running fifty miles an hour. The train struck him with terrific force, throwing him high in the air. He alighted near the track. His head was frightfully crushed, his shoulders mashed, and his left arm and leg fractured. His neck ' was broken. , Gegokge Himes, Aaron Hatfield, and ! George Medlem pleaded gnllty to steal- : Ing wheat from farmers at Goshen, and i were sentenced to the Penitentiary for ; one year. i .The News is the name of a cleanlyprinted and attractive-looking new weekly paper just started at Marlon. It will bo issued on Sunday, and will be Hpn-polltfcal and non-seetarlan. Theodore Cox, a well-known char--1 acter of Marion, fell in front of a moving ! freight car on a Clover Leaf switch, and • was fatally injured. He was intoxicated, i and was trying to avoid the car when the L mishap occurred. i The press dispatches sent out from Pittsburgh stating that all the factories affiliated with the Western Flint Glass 1 Association would at once shut down for ' an indefinite period because of an over--1 production of stock’and the mabtifty to ■ make satisfactory freight rates is denied by Messrs. Boldt and Hemingray, presidents of Muncie's two flint-glass houses, which are quoted in the list of thirtyr seven factories given by the correspondent. ' Mr. Boldt’s factory has been L closed for a few days because of inability to get stock, but will start to work again ? soon, apfi he, wit-li Mr. Heiningray. says f *.ho report I" the work of some one misI informed. They also say that 3,500 men will net be thrown out of cjnplqymonL •

’ THE SENATE AND HOUSE. TORK OF OUR NATIONAL LAWMAKERS. Prooetulln#* ot the Renato aud Hou«e of HepreaentaUve* — Important Measure* Dl*<iu*ne<l and Acted Upon—Girt of Bu*li>e*>. Tho National Rolon*. The proceeding* In tho Senitio tho 2flth wore dull and till Interesting. Mr. Morrill, from tho Finance Committee, reported back with a nubHtltuto, the joint resolution to provide for uh International bimetallic agroouiont. Placed ou the calondur. The House bill for tho completion of the allotment of lands to the Cheyenne and Arapahoe Indians was passed and now goes to the President. The House bill to amend the act granting right of way to the Hutchinson • und Houthcrn Railway Company through tho Indian Territory was taken from the table and passed. The Senate bill appropriating »160,000 for a , public building nt Leadville, Col., was taken front the calendar und passed. The Ln Abra bill was taken up end discussed until adjournment* Tho Houne ha!* entered upon the consideration of tho rules, end the time was wholly passed iu dobiito, without action. • Tho farmers and the lawyers mot fuco to fuco In tho House of Representatives on tho 27th. and tho result of tho legislative skirmish was u decisive victory for the agriculturists. This contest for jfrerogutlvo was revived by tho Introduction of a bill by Mr. Hatch, of Missouri, to amend the jiresent oloomnrgarlno law. The members from agricultural district* generally rallied around Mr. Hutch, and the bill was finally referred to tho Agricultural Committee by a vote of 128 years to 18 nays Debate was resumed upon the report of tho Committee on Rules. In tho Fenato no decisive action was taken. Discussion was largely upon the- Moxtcrui award (the'La Abja) measure. In the House, tho 28th, debate on th* report of the Committee on Rules was resumed, only to bo Interrupted by the delivery of President Harrison’s supplementary message on Chilian affairs. This message announced that Chill’s latest communication proposed entirely satisfactory action by that country, that only a few minor details remained yet to be arranged, that there was no longer a reasonable fusibility of war, and Hint our future relations with the South American republic hade fair to bo not only peaceful but cordial. After several hours spent In debate upon the above-mentioned report, tho rules were read by paragraphs for amendment. On • motion of Mr. Catchings, an amendment was adopted Increasing from sixteen to seventeen the membership of the Commltteo on Interstate und Foreign Commerce. Mr. Hemphill, of Foulh Carolina, offered an amendment giving to tho Committee on the District of Columbia jurisdiction oret the appropriations for tho support of the district. Pending action. Mr. Cockram of New York, announced tho death of Representative F. B. Splnola of New York, and the Hou«e. as a mark of respect to tho memory of the deceased. adjourned. In the Senate, the event of the day was the receipt of the President's message. Tho feeling of satisfaction was expresse 1 In words by Mr. Sherman, who. In moving the reference of the message und accompanying documents to the Committee on Foreign Relations, said that he supposed that every member of tho Senate heartily joined in congratulation at the hopeful and honorable settlement (honorable to both sides) of the unpleasant incident Charged by a Buffalo. Every farmer’s boy hus seen two angry rams rush at each other, with heads almost down to thq ground. It is thus that a mad African buffalo charges upon the object of his rage, be it man or lion. Such a charge is described by Mr. Herbert Ward, in Scribner’s Magazine. While his comrade, Mr. E. J. Glave, was stalking a large herd of buffaloes, he fired at a bull, but only wounded it in the shoulder. The herd stampeded, but the wounded bull trotted into a neighboring patch of scrub, whence, as Glare approached, he rushed into the open, and for an instant stood there dazed. Recovering himself, the infuriated animal extended his neck, stuck back his ears, stamped with his foot, sniffed the air, and with an ominous tyiteh of his tail, charged straight for the man, who .stood awaiting him, fifty yards off. Glave sa\V from the pace of the charging buffalo that his life depended upon t<he ofle shot He waited, therefore, until the brute, with head close to the ground, and bellowing ■ with rage, was within a few feet. Then he fired, and shot it through the heart. So sudden was the shock and so great the impulse, that the brute turned a somersault, and Glave had only time to jump aside to avoid being crushed. While stalking the herd, Glave had given a native his helmet to carry. When the man sjiw the infuriated buffalo about to charge, he climbed up a high tree. So scared was he that even after the buffalo had been killed he could not be persuaded to come down with the helmet, and another native had to go up and get it. The exposure of the hunter’s head to the sun gave him a severe fever, and that flight he was so delirious as to require several men to control him. Strang* and Curious. There are 300,000 blind people in Europe. Maine has only nineteen cities within her borders. Blotting paper Is made of cotton rags boiled In soda. Thebe arc said to bo sixteen men to one woman in Buenos Ayres. Electric headlights of 2,500 candle power are in use on tho Indiana railroads. A Birmingham, Eng., man called White collected 510,000 pennies during his lifetime. Careful measurement has developed the fact that the pouch of a pelican will hold six gallons. In twelve years tho city of Paris has expended $270,000 dn statues and $85,000 on ornamental fountains. The curious custom of placing dolls on graves prevails among lot holders In the Baltimore cemeteries. A ciieck for over $25,000,000, paid for the Kimberly diamond mines, is said to bo the Largest check over drawn. Margaret Fuller’s pincushion is exhibited and regarded reverently at the woman suffragists' fair In Boston. A proud father is Robert Warren, of Allegheny, Pa. He has a two-year-old eon who smokes three cigars a day. Experiments in London show that the atmosphere is the. purest about '•> thirty or forty feet above the street. Hammerfebt, the most northern village In Europe, now -has electric lights to dispel the gloom of tho polar nights. Speaker Crisp is a very close reader of the daily newspapera. He invdrlably reads them the first thliiginthe morning. The foreign diplomats at Washington indulge in tennis next to horseback, but not a single foreigner goes in for baseball. One ot the oddest things on the tapis was the sale of five hundred miles of carpet at auction in New York City recently, ' . ... The St. Andre de Poirier mine of Franco Is the deepest tn the world. It is now worked four thousand feet below the surface.