Decatur Democrat, Volume 36, Number 40, Decatur, Adams County, 23 December 1892 — Page 6

®he democrat DECATUII, IND. n blackbitrn, . . - IS!) 2 DECEMBER. IM9 Su MoTu Fe Th JFr Sa ®••® 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 ® 9 ® ® ® ® ®__ NEWS IN A NUTSHELL PEOPLE, PLACES AND THINGS OF THE WORLD. Four Mon Killed and Three Injured by a Falling Wall A Million Dollar Fire atSU Louls-A »175.000 Diamond Bobbery— Mr. Blhlne'a Condition. THE WALLS FELL And Burled Seven Men at Albany, N. Y. A special from Albany, N. Y., dated the 20th Inst, says: Human life to-night proved to be the cost ot extinguishing the conflagration in the Port Orange mill, which broke out at noon to-day. Shortly after 6 p. m. the men of Steamer Company No. 4, who were working inside of the ruins, were ordered home by the Chief. As they proceeded to get out the east wall, whfch was standing sixty feet high, toppled over without a moment’s warning, the upper half falling inward and the outer and lower half outward. Seven men were buried under eight feet of debris. Willing hands were soon at work to extricate the unfortunate men. James Shattuck, jr., Bernard Barner, Fred Barner, and John Whitnell were the first rescued. Os these only Bernard Barner was completely burled and but for the quick work at rescue would have perished. Whitnell and Bernard Barner were seriously injured, and were taken to the hospital in the ambulance. The physicians said Bernard Barner would likely die, but thought Whitnell would pull through all rignt. Shattnck and Fred Barner were not badly hurt. The firemen continued working on the ruins and in a few minutes came upon tbo dead bodies of Fireman Charles E. Marshall, foreman of steamer No. 4, John Bridgeford, and Frederick Amthor. A Million Dollar Fire. A very destructive fire broke out in the four-story building occupied by the Udell Woodenware Company, facing on Fourth street, between Vine and St Charles, St Louis. Four alarms were given in rapid succession. The building occupied half a block and the flames soon spread across the street to the upholstei department of the Scarrett Furniture company, which was gutted. From there the fire spread west to the building which is being remodeled for the Crane Furniture Company and then spread across to the . warehouse of the same company, then to the four-story building adjoining, which is occupied by the Tyler Desk Company and the United States and Pacific express companies. Seventy-five thousand dollars worth of silver bullion was carried out ot this building. The Mr. Blaine’s Condition. ‘ A Washington special, dated the 20tb Inst, says: ‘‘Mr. Blaine maintained, last evening, the hold he secured yesterday morning when his condition showed a slight improvement,” was the reply of Mr. Blaine’s physician, when asked how flts distfpguisftad patient was. “Mr. Bthinfi if Situ id full possession of his faculties,” continued the doctor, “and while very weak he is nevertheless as cheerful after the trying ordeal of Sunday as could be expected. It is impossible to state how long Mr. Blaine is likely to survive. I do not think Mr. Blaine is in any danger of dying to-night. Further than this I do not care to state.” Shortage 850,000. It is now stated on good authority that the shortage in the Louisville and Nashville freight office at Cincinnati will be at least $50,000. Agent McCourt was relieved a few days ago and Cashier Shotwell’s successor has been appointed. The company has attached all the real estate and ether property of McCourt, placing its claim at §30,000, but it is not stated in the suit that this fe the whole claim. The surety company, which is on the bonds of McCourt and Shotwell, for §30,000, will probably bring criminal charges against them. JKcv. Georg© JL. Rogers Dead. Rev. George L. Rogers, aged 99 years, the oldest minister in the country, died at Louisville, Ky., from the result of an injury received a week previous. He had been a resident of Louisville for three-quarters of a century. He servod in the Mexican war, and was the oldest pensioner in the country, Cardinals for England and Ireland. London special: The Most Rev. Michael Logue, Archbishop of Armagh and Primate of all Ireland, and the Most Rev. William Vaughan, Archbishop of Westminister, have received letters notifying them tbev will bo made Cardinals at the coming papal consistory. Dr. Hamilton's Opinion Asked. The New York Board of Trade and Transportation has requested Dr. John B. Hamilton, of the Marino hospital, to prepare an opinion as to the advisability of congressional action looking toward the establishment of rational quarantine on the seaboard. Car Famine. There is another car famine in the West At Kansas City it is the worst that ever was known, every road centering there being affected. A Rich Haul. * London special: Burglars made a rich haul of jewels from Leigh Court, near Bristol, the seat of Sir Cecil Miles, Baronet Lady Miles had left jewels to the amount of £36,000 in a safe in her bed-room unlocked. While the family weredining, robbers entered the mansion unobserved, obtained access to the - bed room and ransacked the safe. They took only the jewels. The police 'have not succeeded iu getting on the track of the piaurauders.

Mountaineers Attack a Town. Hot Springs (N. G) special: This place is in a state of excitement similar to that experienced by residents during the war. The other night a score of mountaineers came into town, got drunk and wanted to fight. The police force and citizens gave them one. Over 100 shots were fired. Bgn Stanton, a wealthy farmer, was fatally shot, and his son John had a horse killed. One of the officers was slightly cut. Next afternoon fifty armed men started to attack the town, but were persuaded to remain away until night The narrow-gauge railroad company at the springs paid off toair aim There is much drunkenness

and a conflict is expected at any time. The citizens and officers have asked for r outside aid and are getting IL 0 BUSINESS GOOD Export, of Gold ami Silver Quite Hoary. New York special: R. G. Dun <t Co.’s weekly review of trade says: The shlp- , ment of §3,060,000 In gold to Europe has _ caused some nominal apprehension In speculative markets. It is true that the gold is demanded by Austria under such circumstances that an exceptional premium is paid for it, but neither Austria or any other country could draw gold from the United States at present, unless there were heavy sales of American securities by France. The exports of breadstuffs, cotton, provisions, cattle and petroleum for November amounted to §72,669,392, Indicating aggregate exports i of about §75,000,006 per month and au excess of merchandise exports over Imports not less than §20,000,000. At the same time silver has been going abroad in large amounts. It is clear that unless securities had been moved this way In unusual amount, gold could not be taken abroad in the settlement of international exchanges. But the conditions of domestic trade are decidedly healthy and the approaching close of the year will find a larger volume of business, both foreign and domestic, than has ever been known before. Trade at ill the leading cities is good and tho output and volume greater than usual VOID. Indiana Supreme Court Paktie. on tho Apportionment Acte. The Indiana Supreme Court has banded down an opinion in the suit to test the constitutionality of the Legislative Apportionment acts of 1885 and 1891, reversing the decision of the lower Court. and<Mi§pgh holding the acts unconstitutional, refusing to apply the remedy asked for in the complaint The opinion of a majority of the Court decides that the Counts have power to adjudge an apportionment act void if it violates the provisions of the constitution. This conclusion disposes of the point jnado by the counsel for the elective officers and tho State, that the courts have no jurisdiction on the subject It also decided in the majority of opinion that the courts have a right to decide upon the constitutionality of the acts of 1879 and 1891. but that tho question of the validity of the act of 1885 is nett in the case. It is further decided that the legislators elected under the act of 1891 are officers do facto, and their acts, so far as concerns the public, valid. The court reverses the judgement of the lower court because the act of 1879, being unconstitutional. Powell, the relator, had no right to a writ of mandamus to compel its enforcement

A NEW PHASE Os the Strike of the Kock Island Telegraph Operators. Denver special: The strike of the Rock Island telegraph operators is assuming a new phase, which may be more successful than the efforts made by the Order of Railway Telegraphers. There is advice from Chicago directed to the Order of Commercial Telegraphers all along the line that they take a hand in aiding the Rock Island boys. The Order of Railway Telegraphers claim that the way in which the Rock Island business is being handled is over the Western Union wires. The. consequence is that orders sent by the Western Union operators to Rock Island operators are plentifully interlarded with matter unfit for publication. This state of affairs has come to the knowledge of Superintendent Dickey, of the Western Union, and he is somewhat afraid that this feeling will complicate matters. A bulletin posted in the local office confirms this. The bulletin warns all Western Union operators against the Order of Railroad Trainmen, characterizing the order as a lot of incompetent and blacklisted men who are trying to use the men now at work in order that the schemers may fall into soft jobs.

——— i THE M’DONALI) WILE CONTEST. Plaintiff Charge Forgery and Undoe Influence. IndTanapolis Special: In answer to a number of interrogatories addressed to the children and grandchildren of the late Senator McDonald who are suing to set aside his will. Malcomb McDonald has made a formal reply in which he says that the signature to the will which Mrs.McDonald holds is not that of his father and that the will does not contain the provisions which the Senator said his will did. Miss Jessie McDonald, a grand daughter living at Washington, makes this statement in answer to interrogatories: “The influence of the defendant. Josephine McDonald, over my grandfather was masterly and controlling. The will of his wife seemed to predominate in everything and it could be felt rather than described. His subordination to her will was almost abject and made his relatives and friends feel uncomfortable. I was forced to notice the difference in his conduct when she was present and when she was absent The word and will of his wife seemed to be supreme in everything.” FIFTY LIVES LOST. Terrible Explosion In an English Colliery. London special: A fearful explosion occurred at the Bamfnrlong colliery, Wigan, and not less than fifty lives have been lost The men went to their work .as usual and after the colliery had teen inspected in the usual way. They had not been at work long when a terrible explosion shook the earth for a great distance and a cloud of smoke shot up through the shaft into the air. A multitude of people rushed toward the mine and the greatest excitement prevailed. It was soon ascertained that a large number had perished and the wailing and weeping of women and children made an indescribable scene. Steps were immediately taken to ascertain the full extent of the disaster and a crowd of volunteers promptly offered to explore the pit. It is believed that the explosion was caused by} accumulated coal gas which had escaped the notice of the officials charged with the inspection of the mine. RESIDENTS IN TERIiOK. Expect an Invasion of Santa Anna by Fe<lerals. A special cable dispatch to the New York Herald from Valparaiso says its correspondent at Santa Anna telegraphs that the residents there are in terror expecting an Invasion of the province by federals. Barricades have been erected to assist in the defense. The Herald’s correpondent in Monlevedio wires that frequent skirmis -es between federal and republican forces have occurred in Rio Grande Do Sul. It is believed that a serious battle is imminent Both sides are accused of cruelties. The United States squadron, consisting of the war ships Baltimore, San Francisco, Charleston, and Yorktown, under command of Admiral Gherardy is expected to reach Valparaiso soon. Talmage’a Church Seized by the Sheriff Dr. Talmage’s congregation was thrown into consternation the othei night, when in the midstor their pastor’s conversational discourse three deputy sheriffs cauaed an . Interruptiou by presenting themselves on the vestry anti

tailing posiessfon of the tabernacle under a writ of ekicutlon. The writ which was issued by Judge Barttlott, directed the Sheriff to seize such property at would satisfy a judgment of §1.104.88; obtained against the church by Adolph R. Kong, a painter, for an unpaid bill. A watchman was loft In the church and remlaned there over night, the trustees promising io satisfy the judgment and the salary of tho watchman. • Wo«trm Homes. It Is stated at tho General Land office that during the last few months there has been an almost unprecedented call from tho Western and Northwestern States for Information as to the location of unoccupied government lands and as to what stops are necessary to secure them under tho settlement laws. Tho fact Is regarded by the officials as indlcatlve of a growing desire among unemployed men to secure homes for them, selves In the far West, and it is con. fidently expected that within the next very few years at most nearlv all of the desirable holdings in tho States and Territories will have been filed upon as permanent homes. Father McGlynn. Rome special: Tho statement by Archbishoo Corrigan, published in a Now York paper in September last. In regard to a settlement of differences between the church and Rev. Father McGlynn, has received full confirmation at the Vatican. Tho news ot the reconciliation has produced the happiest impression at the vatioan, where Father McGlynn has always been a favorite in spite of his difference with bis religious superiors. It can bo stated, on the highest authority, that the Pope has given special power to Monsignor Satolll, His Holiness’ able agent in America, to settle the case. Beaten by Bandits* Laredo (Tex.) special: The other night a band of Garza revolutionists, numbering 140 men, crossed from the Texas side of the river, three miles above here. They were headed bv Eutrigo Roman, the right hand man of Caterina Garza. Two companies of Mexican cavalry met the bandits and were routed with several killed. The bandits burned the barracks and drove the soldiers into - the woods. Reinforcements have gone ' from Nuevi Laredo, and the United States government has ordered two com- j panics to pursue the revolutionists on this side. Gatza was not in the party. Frightful Death. Emanuel Brunswick, a wealthy manu- 1 facturer of San Francisco, was killed at ' the corner of Madison and State streets, ' Chicago, while trying to board a State I street cable train. He was whirled under tho front of the grip car and the guard struck him in the left side, crushing several ribs. One of his ribs was driven through his heart Mr. Brims-. wick was unconscious when picked up | and died an hour later. Mr. Brunswick was the proprietor of the BrunswiclFßil- 1 lard and Pool Table Company, 205-211 Battery street, San Francisco. Death or Senator Gibson.! After a lingering but apparently paint less illness. Senator R. L. Gibson of Louisiana, died at Hot Springs, Ark. b At the time of his death he was surrounded by the members of his family and several close friends who wept bitterly when it was seen that the noble hearted man was dead. Senator Gibson passed away as though he had merely . gone to sleep. It was no struggle* no | suffering. He had been confined to his bed since the 12th of November, since which time his death has been expected daily. Blinded Her Baby. At Rogers City, Mich, in a frenzy of I insanity Mrs. Henry Baxter destroyed the sight of her year-old babe by thrust-1 ing a knife Into each eye. For several weeks the mother has shown signs of in-. sanity, but she was not regarded as dan- ■ gerous. Early the other morning she arose, and securing a penknife, went to . her babe’s crib. Forcing open the baby’s eyelids, she thrust the point of the kr.ife square into the pupils of the eyes. When ' discovered by her husband she was trying to choke the infant to death. Mrs. Blaine's Denial. Washington special: The following card has been Issued from Mr. Blaine’s residence: 17 Madison Place, ) Washington, D. C., Dec. 16, "M. f I “Mrs. Blaine, in reply to the many letters of anxious inquiry sent her on this subject, asks me to state that there is not- the slightest truth in tbo report that Mr. Blaine lias entered the Roman Catholic Church, and that nothing could be further from his thought or intention. I "Ij; should be needless to state that Father Ducey has never been at the hon so. James G. Blaine, Jb.” ; Whitecaps in Ohio. Ten whitecaps paid the home of Chirs Miller, near Canton, Ohio, a visit at an early hour the other morning. A death may result from their treatment One of the number called Miller to tho door and in a moment he was bound and taken a short distance from home, where for an hour he was tossed in a blanket and clubbed. Ho is now in a precarious condition. Miller has been a hard drinker and while In his cups, It is said, brutally beat his wjfe, a frail woman. Still On. The dispute between the striking operators and the Rock Island Railway Com:; panv appears to be as far from settlement as ever, neither side being inclined to yield. THE MARKETS. CHICAGO. CATTLE—Common to Prime <3.25 © 6.00 Hoes—Shipping Grades 3.50 © 6.50 Sheep—Fair to Choice 3.00 ©6.25 Wheat—No. 2Spring 72 © .73 COBN—No. 2 42 © .43 Oath—No. .1’054© .8114 BYE—No. 2 46 @ .48 Butter—Choice Creamery...... .28 © .20 Eggh—Fresh 23>„© .2414 Potatoes—New, per bu 66 © .75 • INDIANAPOLIS. 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< MANY PLANS PROPOSED * _— ? FIVE SUBMITTED TO THI BRUS--1 SELS CONFERENCE. 1t B«monetlaatlon of Silver with a Variable * Ratio to Gold Proposed—Allard Suggests . Notos Repayable According to Market Prlaas—Unguaranteed Certificate*. Juggling with Silver. , Ths Monetary Conference Committee, j at Brussels, reported on various schemes I *hi< h have be< n introduced to advance 1 its object. The first plan, that of Tietgen of Denmark, consisted In the creation of an inte nat onal silver currency based on the variable mercantile value 1 of metal in International intercourse, , 1 but with unlimited paying power for the respective countlies coining it. Sir ‘ I William Houldsworth’s plan proposed ’ the creation of an interna ional silver r currency in tho form ot certificates of deposits as a lor al tender In the states ! which would issue them, but not redeemable in gold. The adoption of these , certifl ates "ould meet tho objections raised against bimetallism on the ground of tho in onvenionoe which recoinage would cause in case of var.a- --' tlon in value ot the metal gauged by a ' gold standard. In order to attain th s 1 end Sir William Houldsworih proposed ' a preliminary lormation of a bimelallio | ' union, or, it this could not be brought about, at least free silver coinage in ■ one sulflcien'ly strong country. ' I Os the third plnn it was considered | ' that M. Allard, ot Belgium, who had | drawn it up on tho lii.es of the Windom 1 bill, with an international character added, wished to create an intei national j silver note not possessing the character of legal tender, but repayable to the bearer in weight of silver variable ae- : 1 cording to the fluctuat ons of the mar- . ket, but always representing the noml- I nal value expressed in gold. The states issuing such notes would have to bear In common any possib e loss resulting from repayments In case of a depreciation in silver. 1 The fourth plan, which M. de Fovllle, the French delegate, desired to encourage, was the practice of depositing silver bullion in mints and banks 0! issue, with certificates of deposit and commerb dal warrants negotiable wiihout a le- ' gal rate or a guarantee of value on the part of government. Raffaelovltch, of j Russia, proposed to give the certificates an international character by establishing a system of enabling the I bearers thereof to obtain, on delivery of I their receipts, an equal quan ily of sil- ' ver at all institutions which adhered to the plan and having a stock of silver at disposal. Representatives ot the silver-produc-ing countries objected to this proposal as lying outside the program of the conference. the duty of which was to study the means of exten iing the monetary employment of f-ilver. The fifth plan, introduced by Sainctellet’e, of Belgium, and supported by Mr. Montefiore, propos< d to create receipts of deposits ot gold and silver, bearing such conditions that a certain quantity ot gold should be always accompanied by a certain quantity of silver, the proportion ot which should be determined periodically by an international commission, which twin de--1 posits would be effected in order to be represented by certificates, thte market price of silver to be taken into account In fixing th se proportions, that an international character might be given to the certificates. | The r»p rt proceeds to reproduce the arguments for and against these plans and asked whether the marriage of the two metals would not be an artificial one, and whether the conventional system would meet those requirem nts of commerce, which derireJ, above ail things, the simplest possible solution of the’problem. On the other hand, it is j urged that variations in the price of silver would be lessened, if not altogether stopped, by'the coexistence of the two , metals In deposits represented by certificates and the relative fixity of value of the twin deposits. READING COAL COMBINE. 1 Continuation of the Investigation by the House Committee. The House committee appointed to Investigate the Reading Railroad anthracite coal combination resumed Thursday morning in the Commerce 1 Committee room the inquiry it conduct- ; ed into this subject during the recess in I New York, Philadelphia and elsewhere. William H. Joyce, general freight agent of the Pennsylvania hailroai, was examined. He offered in evidence a letter dated April 18 last, addressed by him to E. R. Holden, chairman of the anthra--1 cite rate committee, New York, calling I attention to the fact that durinr the J last year the Lehigh Velley Railroad I Company, through its coal .company, I ha i made with individual operators contracts for the purchase of their <oal upon a percentage of tho prices realized at tide-water. The Leading Compary, the Utter added, had m>de similar agreements with a number of miners and shippers, and it was therefore necessary.rtor the Pennsylvania Railway to do likewise if it were to secure the product of collieries that had heretofore shipped over its lines. These contracts gave shippers for their coal 60 per cent, of the prices obtained at tide-water. The letter stated that the Pennsylvania Company would therefore reduce its price lor carrying coal to tide-water. Wit--1 ness sa d that the price over their road was determined by the law of supply and domaud. DARES TO SEEK LIBERTY. The Colorado Cannibal Anxious to Breathe Free Air, Alfred Parker, the man-eater, the man who killed an 1 devoured his companions and who took del ght in telling the horrible story, has applied for a release from the penitentiary at Canyon City, Colo. Parker without doubt is the most fiendish and ghoulish man who ever escaped the hangman’s noose. His record is a gruesome one. In his time it is known that he has killed and eaten five i mon. 1 In January, 1874, Al Parker in company with five others left'Dry Creek, 1 San Juan County, for the Lob Pinos Agency, and In ’March of the same year he appeared at his destlnat cn, wildeyed, haggard and alone. Ho told conflicting stories about his companiop-*, finally stating that they had disd on the ' trip. Parker left Bingham, U Uh, in the fall of 1873. Winter found his party of , twenty-one snowed up at Dr/ Creek i with Chief Ourar, the famous UncomI pahgre Ute. After camping with the I Indian a few weeks he proposed that a few of them push on to the agency. i In company with Swan, Miller, Bell. ! Noon and Humphrey they bundled up blankets, cooking utensils and a gun, ’ and with a horse started over the range in the coldest p<t of the winter, 1 ood was scarce, and soon the horse was turned loose to die. Three day h later , the provisions gave put and the par y 1 became desperate. It was bitterly cold and the snow fell fast. The men took i turns breaking the trail, those follbwing carrying the camp utensils. Starv- < Ing, the men . hewed their moccasins, and cut up their blankots to serve as shoes. When the mat hes gave out fire was carried in a coffee pot by Swan, whu wns o d and feeble. Sometimes the men fpund frozen rosebuds and leaves and ate 1 them TSYenously, Swan gave out when I near the top of the Con tinental dlrlde,

I end then tho devilish work began. Several stories are told, but tho one most generally believed Is that each agreid to climb the mountain and Jouk for signs of the agency, leaving Swan In camp in a clump of trees. When they left, Parker returned and struck the old 1 man a blow on tho head with a hktehet 1 and killed the others as they < amo in. Bell, it seems, was bent on murder, and had about made up hio mind that some one had to die to eave the others. Ho returned to < amp and Parker assaulted him. A fight took place and Bell sue umbed. All that winter Parker, ghoulisn-1 ke, remained with the dead an I subsisted on tho choice I cuts from their bodies. | The talo is a fearful one. He was arrested at the agency, but escaped and was not again captured until laß3, in Cheyenne. In 18s6 he was sentenced on five counts to o'ght years oaoh, each sentence to commence when tho other expired. He is an ex-Unlon soldier. NO PRIZES WERE GIVEN. Victim* ol Bogus Lottery Ticket* tn TIMs Country iinil Canada. According to the statements of Chicago detectives who have been engaged : for over four months in hunting the niunufnciurers’' df counterioit lottery , tickets, a s upendous scheme for defrauding lottery tiekot pur. hasers has ■ been disco*eted. In every oily, town and village in Canada, Michigan, Indiana, Illinois and the Northwest tho members of a gang have operated their i clever swindle lor about a year and I have come out of the game heavy winners. In all of these places persons live who think themsehes borOunder a 1 constellation 01 lucky stars and several comets, and at every change of the . moou they have ma o Investments in lottery tickets. It was twaccommodato ; those persons that the men who are ! claimed to convtitute an unlawful gang I have been working. But the tickets ' they sold were lor drawings that never toon place. The end of the business came when a plant lor the manufacture of lottery t.o .ets was discovered at 281 and 283 Clark street, and Jacob B. Stanger, the proprietor, was arrested and charged with forgery. The arrest is the outcome ol the wore of tour months by the dote tives, who took ut> the . ase after W. T. Henderson, of Baltimore, attorney for the Louisinn Lottery company, had done some work in the hope of detecting the defrauders. It is believed by oliiers of the louidana con panv the first issue of counter: eit tickets was made a year ago, and since then and up to the issue of Ai g Ist last the northern tier of States, the West, and Canada have been flooded with these tickets. The ma ket having been kept well supplied, the r sale at $1 each has netted the counterfeiters a neat sum. The men interested in this scheme have not coni ned their talents to the Louisiana company, but have issued tickets, it is claimed, on a number of companies that do not exist. The detectives confiscated at tho Stanger shop a fine lithographic press, about 16,000 Mantanza tickets, December issue; 40,000 V era Cruz tickets of December and January issue, several large sheets of Louisiana tickets without the numbers and twenty engraving stones and several numbering mach.nes. The plant is valued at $5,000. The Vera Cruz tickets were sold largely in the northwestern part of Chicago, the Mantanza tickets over bars in Uie country towns of Michigan, Indiana, Illinois, and lowa, while the Louisiana tickets went into Canada, Michigan, Illinois, and the Northwest COUNT NEW SENATORS. Democratic Claims to Nebraska, Kansas, and North Dakota Vigorously Disputed. The Republican Senatorial caucus met in Washington and further discussed the programme to be followed by the party in regard to the prospective senatorial contests in several of tho Western States. A resolution offered by Senator Hawley (Conn.) was adopted authorizing the chairn an (Senator Sherman) to appoint a committee of five Senators to take into considerat on the wisdom and propriety of senatorial interference in these contests. The consensus of opinion expressed wak that while the Senators did not desire nor intend to interfere with the Stales in carrying out tho will of the people, it was the duty of the Republican Senators to r. sent strv nuousiy the assertions of the Demo rats, who are now, as they charge, frying to pervert public sentiment. It was shown to the satisfaction of the caucus, so a dispatch says, that tho Democratic “steering committee" had no ground upon which to stand when it gave out the authorized interview in New York, and in corroborat on of this some figures were produced. In Nebraska it was eaid by the speakers that the Demo rats had but four members in the entire Legislature, and in 1 ansas but seventeen? in North Dakota the Republicans had a clear majority of nine In both branches, and in Wyoming five. In California a£® Montana the vote is close, wiFh' holding the balance xrt power. One of the active members j>f the caucus said it was not the intention of the Republicans to appoint any so-called “steering committee," for tho reason that tho only purpose of such a committee would he to exercise an improper influence upon the Legislatures in the States in question. MR. HEFFER IS ALARMED. He Sees Danger In the Proposed Change In the Interstate Commerce Law. The Populists in Congress have taken alarm at certain measures aimed at the Interstate Commerce Act and are fearful that determined effort Is to be made to destroy that most beneficent piece of legislation, as they regard it. Sena or Peffer (Kansas) is the Lrst to see the workings ot tne plan. He said that he wished to call attention to some significant facts in connection w.th the pending Cullom bill to amend the act. This bill, he said, was marked “introduced by request,” and he Intimated that it was done at the request of the railway people. It was Introduced Tuesday and not printed until Wednesday morning; yet a meeting of the committee was held to hear tho railway people almost before the bill was 0.1 the press. 1 ooking at the bill itself; Senator TeTer said it was framed to achieve the very thing that the imerstate act was intended to prevent, which pooling. Under Its terms the people would surrender the control they now had over the roads, and the latter would once mote be authorized to make and n alntaln any rates they choose to fix. Then the amendment to section 10 of the act would reuove tho penalty clause so that there would be practically no punishment for violation,of the very essence of the act. Altogether, Senator Peffer regards the bill as a most dangerous n easuro, ana announces his purpose to fight it at all points. , Information has been received from Conshatta, O. T., of the death of Gen. Henry Gray, one of the lew surviving members of the Confederate Congress and Brigadier Qoneral of the tonfed- . erate army. A neoro woman is under arrest at Edgefield, S. C., tor mu dering her two* year-old babe and then serv.ng 11 cooked to her frlenMa at a quilting party a Hlbp at P U prob<tbl<>

JUST GLANCE OVER THIS AND ASCERTAIN ALL THE LATE INDIANA NEWS. A Catalogna or th* W**k'« Important OoournmOo* Throughout th* atat*— Fit**, AoolUaute. Criui**, bulolde*, Kto. Minor Stat* Item*. Thomas Whitbhkad, a glass blower of Marlon, committed suicide by taking poison. 1 Grave robbers stole the corpse ot Miss Emins West, an 18-year-old girl who died recently at Brazil. The Jay County Oil Works, near Portland, produced 140,000 barrels of oil during tho month of November. A baby was born to a family pear Wabash, last week, having no eyes nor eye sockets. It lived but a few hours. At Lebanon, Glenn, a 4-year/old ton of V. V. Wadsworth, was scaildod to death by tho upsetting of a boiler of hot water. Mrs. Minerva Wrioht has filed suit against the. Richmond street railway for §5.C00 damages for Injuries received in an accident. Louts Wilhelm, an old resldtmt of Elkhait. was found dead in bed bv bls * wife. He had been ill, but his death was unexpected. Col J. H. Jordan of Martinsville, has been appointed ald-de-cnmp to the commander’s rflaff of the national organization, G. A. R. While waiting for his dinner at a restaurant in Lafayette, David Ilgenfritz. a farmer of Tippecanoe County, died suddenly of heart disease. The little son of a colored woman named Moore, near Evansville, was terribly burned by bis clothes catching Arc from a stove. Ho died from his injuries The Hetningray Glass Company at Muncie is doubling the capacity of its factory, with tho addition of a new continuous tank, which will bo used in' tbo new factory being built. This Is one of the firms burned out last summer. The Western Improvement Company has commenced tho drilling of tbo sixth gas well at Yorktown. Tho new flouring mills at that place are rapidly building. while tho new glass factory is arranging to commence operations in a few days The proposed contest for the championship of Indiana between the Laporte City and Ames Union Band of Michigan City for a purse of §2,000 is off, the latter band refusing to accept the former's challenge for §I,OOO a side. The challenge was the result of an unsatisfactory decision in a contest at the recent Valparaiso musical festival. The Board of Prison Directors at Jeffersonville, consisting of Messrs. McDonald, Slater, and Parks, held the quadrennial election of warden of the prison, and unanimously re-elected CapL J. B. Patton to that position, as was expected. This is the warden’s third term. Dr. Runcie was re-elected prison physician, and Rev. Co) lop, chaplain. ' ' Maj. W. M. Anderson, a prominent citizen of Rising Sun, aged about sixty-' five years, while sitting in a chair, apparently in good health, fell to the floor and expired before relief could be summoned. He was a member of the firm of Anderson & McHenry, who owned the omnibus line between Rising Sun and Aurora, and was noted for his vocal talent Parties representing a construction company of Chicago were In Kokomo recently, after an overland tour of the gas belt Their purpose Is to build a railroad through the gas territory, the terminal points being Redkey, Jay County, and Kokomo, a distance of fiftyfive miles. A company is formed, they say, to push the project to a speedy consummation. At Huntington. Mrs. James Webb, an octogenarian who had been confined to her bed for a long time, arose as her husband, also au invalid, went to his dinner. Seizing a razor she cut her throat, the deep gash, however, not severing the juglar vein. On account of her age her life is despaired of. She was supposed to have been temporarily insane. Work on the now prison wall at Jeffersonville has been suspended. About 1,132 feet has been constructed, together with three towers. Six hundred and fortythree feet has been finished 'to the height of seventeen and one-half feet and housed In for the winter. There remains to be constructed 553 feet of wail and two towers. Tbo entire wall when completed will measure 2,328 feet. The Secretary of the State Board of Charities has completed his annual financial report It shows that tbo cost of maintaining the charities of tho Stato for tho past year has been 8980,050.17. It is arcduction of §280,000 from that of last year, the erection of buileings not having entered into it The coat of food has been less, tho reform schools havd cost more and prisons less than previously. A distressing accident occurred at the Big Four water-tank, at Duck Creek, four miles west of New Castle, in which Walter S. Prcssel, fireman qf a through freight train, lost his life. Pressel, who was making his first run, had gone on to the tender to fill tho tank with water, and after filling started back to the cab. In some way losing his balance, befell nnder the train, and his body was severed by tho wheels passing over it. Mrs. Rebecca Wilson, colored, aged 52, was instantly killed by the southwestern express on the Big Four Railroad at Muncie. Mrs. Wilson and another colored woman, named Evans, attempted to cross the track in front of the train. Mrs. Evans escaped, but the Wilson woman was struck by the engine and Instantly killed, her neck and both legs being broken. Her divorced busband and two married children reside in Grant County, and she has » son residing at Logansport. Tho train was late at the time of the accident, and was entering the city at Increvsed speed. Tho alarm of the engineer’s whistle was unheeded. John Budd killed a large American eagle on his farm, twelve miles from Jasper. Tho bird was killed on what Is known as tho "Gray Island,” a track of 200 acres in White River. The eagle measured eight feet and ten inches from tip to tip. , . Mrs. Amelia Powell, wife of Henry L. Powell, of Newcastle, was found dead in the waterworks race at Logansport She has been ill on account of overwork nursing her aged parents, and had gone to Logansport for rest. Some time In tho night she escaped from tho home of her sister, Mrs. A. R. Shroyer, with, the above result. An association has been formed In Peru with a capital stock of 821,000. for tho manufacture of grain drills. Home capital’ is Invested entirely. The company is officered as follows: G. W. Blue President. George C. Miller Vice-President, G. G. Manning secretary and treasurer. The firm will be known as the Spring Grain-drill Manufacturing Company. M. M. M. Slattery, chief electrician of the Fort Wayne Electric Company, hit residence In that city of hemorrhage of the lungs. He had been an invalid for over a year, but this resalt was nqt expected. Ho way ths Inventor of several valuable electrical appllances, and was widely known among

.I'-* ' s ■.‘.eM HALF A MILLION IN ASHES. ■? Big WholMAle House In Brooklyn Totally Deatroysd by Fir*. The flve-etory brick building at the corner of Flushing avenue and Ryereon street, Brooklyn, own d and occupied by Wm. 0. A. Jurgens, wholesale grocer, was destroyed by tiro, with several of the adjoining buildings on either side. The lose will probably foot up to neasM | $500,000. The Jurgens building was ' heavily stocked with flour and ho'lday goods. The fire spread to the buildings on either side of the big store, amid special alarm brought more engines. It 1 was feared ( that the entire block wwuld go, as tho high wind was carrying large brands for halt a block. The three- ' story building at 244 Flushing avenue owned and occupied as a saloon un< dwelling by Henry Beotnior, and th< building next to it, owned and occupied by George Tietjon, also a liquor dealer, wore both almost totally destroyed. Thll firemen worked hard, but against great odds, owing to the high wind and in tense heat. There aro a number of ton ement houses on tho Hall street side o tho block, and three of those oaugh fire. All of the families wore remoiMM to places of safety, some of them being sheltered at tho Flushing avenue station. Tho buildings burned until daylight, when there w.is nothing lelt bul the smoldering ruins. Mr. Jurgnns says ' the loss will be about $150,0U0 on Ih< buildings and $2 0,1)00 on the stock fully covered by insurance. It is believed by the police that the fire was incendiary, and Thomas McCann, whe was found in the building shortly aftei the fire started, has been arrested on suspicion. • COMPERS IS RE-ELECTED. ■* ■ ” Final Se'llon of the Federation of Labor Convention at Philadelphia. The Federation of Labor Convention at Philadelphia adjourned after reelecting President Gompers, See etarj Christopher Evans and Treasurer obi Lennon. P. J. McGuirowas re-eleotec First Vice President For Second Vio< President William A. Carney, of Pittqburg, who tcok au active part in ih'( Homestead troubles, was elected by 1 large majority. Chicago secured th< conventiin for 1891. Pres dent Compere’ salary was increased from to SI,BOO per annum. The salary of thi Secretary was increased from $1,200 U slj 00. ■ Resolutions were adopted calling or all the local unions affiliated with th< Federation to join the Central Labq bodies holding Federation charters, con demnlng the Rock Island manajemen for its hostile attitude toward the tele graph operat rs; condemning tho Baroi Hirsch fund and its recipients; deman<| ing restriction of immigration; con demnlng the system compelling waiter! to shave off their mustaches, and favor ing tho eight-hour system. A resolu tion was unanimoasly adopted askini clemency for tho imprisoned Chicago anarchists, *Neebe and Schwab. Thi Socialistic scheme was condemned by 1 vote of 128 to 57. Resolutions In favo of woman suffrage and the exclusion fl Chinese and. Japanese wore aim adopted, WORLD’S FAIR CATALOGUE! No NecßSslly for Precipitating: Trouble wit! Organised Labor. I A Chicago correspondent says thal the pending controversy between thi managers of tho World’s Fair and otj ganized labor is unfortunate and ad parently unnecessary. It grows out ol awarding the contract to print the Ex] position catalogues to a non-unloi printing establishment It was a verj large and desirable job, aud seems tl have been awarded to the higtl! est bidder. As drawn up, Lu] not yet signed, the eon trad provides that the printer o| the catalogues shall pay the Exposition $109,000 in cash before May 1; shal deposit a certified check for SIO,OOO an] bond for $150,' 00 that the work will M done; shall pay 10 per cent, of all rd ceipts to the J: xpositlon until <he sale] shall reach $151’,000, after which th] Expodtion is to receive 20 per cent o] the gross receipts. The price offere] for the job seems enorm jus, and th] large printing houses of Chicago seed to have so regarded it, as none of thed bld. The fact that the su o s ‘ssful bidl dec is a non-union establishment rais.-l a suspicion that it is run on a cheai plan and expeats to make its profit bfl paying starvation wages and piobabll doing inferior work. ■ ] TO RELIEVE THE TREASURY] ■ r- I Owen Scott’s Bill for Increasing the Ta| on Whisky. ] According to a Washington dlspatcM Representative Owen Scott, of 1.1 no.s] is collecting tacts and figures, and wilj immediately after the holidays, requol tho Ways and Means Committee to ac] cord him a hearing on his bill lnereas n| the internal revenue tax on whiskJ Thus far the committee lias given n| indication of its attitude toward thi| measure, but it has attracted so muc] attention throughout the country tha| Mr. Scott expects considerable co-operj ation in pressing it upon. the atter.tio| of all those desiring a speedy means <1 increasing tho Federal revenues. Thi bill increases the tax on distilled spir tl from 90 cents io $1.25 a gallon. In re] gaid to his bill, Mr. Scott says that th| evident desire of tho country is to IM luxuries and so far as possible letiiecesl saries go free. Tne present tax whisky produces about $ 0,060,000 an] nually. The increase proposed in tha bill gives almost 40 percent, more rev J nue, or a total of about $125,'8i0,00j from < istilled .spirits alone. This Wil partially supply the loss of revenue bl the sugar schedule of the McKinley a<J WHERE IS DAVIS’ BOND? !] Iron Hall Circles Worried Over It» Dll appearance and Substitution of Another*l Iron Hall circles are exercised ov J what appears to be the mysterious dltl appearance of the bond of SupretJ Cashier Davis, of Indianapolis, whica was executed some months before tM suit for receivership was filled. Loctl capitalists became his security an] Davis deposited $30,600 to intlemniirl them against loss. The money proveM to be Iron Hall funds, and tor this reffl son was unsatisfactory. Some of tiH gentlemen were iu favor ot uocipt nl the money anyhow, and, this led to I disagreement, hut those who favord jl finally went on the bond. VV hen the rd ceiver began to look up the matter !■ was surprised to find that tho bond hfS dlsapneared and another, it is substituted for it. The latter wiiaWdi to be worthless, \\ hen these gK L Wons confronted tho receiver he M" I to attach all personal property belopM ing to Davis, and evtry dollar thatt&l latter was worth is now tied up. 1 Chteawo Club Sold. I The business of base-ball in CMbau] has passed out of the hands of -(A. (B Spalding and his asso -ia'e owners U the Chicago ball club. 'This ahnounod ment will be regarded as thunderfiol a clear sky In every city in Americl but the negotiations by which the del has been carried through have be fl pending for several weeks. The col trol of the business has been purchase by a new company called the ChlqNfl Base-ball Club. The corporation has> capital stock of slvu,otro. 7.T