Decatur Democrat, Volume 37, Number 39, Decatur, Adams County, 15 December 1893 — Page 6

She Jkmoixnt DECATUR, IND. BLACKBURN, ■ • ■ PtTBLIUHXXL 1893 DECEMBER. 1893 Su Mo Tu Wei Th Fr Sa •9•• • 1 2 3456 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 1 31 • ® ® ® ® ® FROM EVERY CORNER OF THE WORLD THIS FRESH NEWS WAS GLEANED. Brntal Train Robbers Rohl Ip a Train Down in Texas—The Hawaiian Provisional Government Will Not Tolerate Restoration -Prominent Attorney Assaulted. ANOTHER HOLD-UP. Train Robbers Do Bad Work in Texas. The cannon ball train, No. 2. on tho Texas Pacific railroad, was robbed by six men at Duvall. Texas. The express safe was looted of its contents and tho passengers robbed of their money and other valuables. It is not known what the express company s loss is. The train was stopped by the turning of a switch by the robbers and the engineer, not obeying orders with the alacrity required, was shot in the shoulder. f About fifty shots were fired into the engine, baggage, and express cars and the mail ear was also riddled but not robbed. The engineer and fireman were ordered to open the express car and this was done as soon as the engineer was recognized. The baggagemaster and express messenger were stationed alongside the car and forced to hold up their hands nearly an hour by two of the bandits who stood guard over them. One of the shots entered and broke Fireman Gorrigan's right arm, but he was compelled to hold up the stump until he fell to the ground exhausted. The robbers were very profane and brutal to the men and women in the coaches and struck some of them with pistols because they had so little money;. The sleepers were not entered. It is believed the robbers got only a few hundred dollars all told. The gang's identity is unknown. Will Resist Restoration. The steamer China, which left San Francisco November 21, and Honolulu, probably about November 28, has just arrived at Yokahamo, Japan. Officers and passengers stated that when the steamer left the island, the provisional government was still in power and aintaining a very determined att.tude. Much exaitement prevails and the action of the United States Government is awaited with the greatest anxiety. Members of the Provisional Government are resolute in their declarations against the restoration and openly expressed the intention of resisting <o the utmost any attempt that President Cleveland might make to reinstate the Queen. Hello's Ships Make Things Lively About Rio Harbor. The Navy Department has received the following dispatch from Commander Pickings at Rio “The Brazilian Government has requested consuls to warn vessels to move from the present anchorages and has drawn a line inside of which it is dangerous to venture. This prevents the discharge of cargoes at wharves.” This is interperted to mean that the anchorage and the wharves have come within the line of ire of the forts and Mello s ships and it is not safe to come within that line. World’s Fair Not Profitable to the Railroad. The annual report of the Evansville and Terre Haute Railroad Company for the year ending June 30, shows net earnings of $359,412, a decrease of $117,502; surplus, $59,072; decrease, •237,592. The President’s report states that the expectations of World's Fair traliic were not realized and large amounts were expended to enable the company to handle the heavy traffic looked for but which did not materialize. Piomlnent Attorney Assaulted. An unknown assailant made a rnurderous attack upon Attorney Thomas Kissane it Ironwood, Mich., and he is not expected to live. Mr. Kissane represents the Water Works Company, owned principally by New Yorkers, and has recently been engaged in a rather stormy litigation. The attack is believed to have been made on account of this legal contest. Cochran Sentenced. Philadelphia special: Henry S. Cochran, the ex-chief weigher of the Philadelphia mint who was recently convicted of stealing -:1 ’>5,000 worth of gold bullion from the institution, has been sentenced to seven years and six months’imprisonment in the Eastern Penitentiary. Burned to Death. Lee lionford of Jeffersonville, Ind.. 27 years old, was seized with a lit and fell into a grate fire, being burned to death. Real * Burglar to Death. Dr. Roger Seffans, jr. of Lubeck. Pa..< caught a burglar in his house and beat him to death with a revolver. Need a Million Dollars. < A million dollars for charity in Chicago this winter is tho demand made by the peop.e who are most intimately acquainted with the suffering and destitution of the city's unemployed. • To Book Out Fraudulent Pensioners. Commander in Chief Adams, of the G. A. IL, has issued an official cir<-ula> asking all comrades to report any person known to be in receipt of a pension to which he is not entitled. Mexican Revolutionists. Deming (N. M.) special: A report was brought in recent y that a body of Mexican troops, consisting of two oliicei's and thirty sodiers, marching overland from the City of Chihuahua to Ascension, were attacked by rebels. The Captain was killed and twenty-five soldiers deserted to the rebels. Reports of skirmishes are frequently circulated but the Government makes every effort to suppress jnlormation to that the out,ide world may not realize the extent of the unreal of the people. The present aim of the rebels is to secure possession of the State of Chihuahua Organized

mobs are in progress in Chihuahua, t Sonora. Sinolia and Guerrero. Tho revolution undoubtedly is of serious consequence. _____ FROM HONOLULU. L Another Steamer the Inland. In a I Peaceful State. San Francisco special: The schooner • Transit has arrived, winging the following letter from the United Press correspondent: After the steamer Almeda sailed Minister Willis stated that nothing cofinite would be done hero until he had received a reply to dispatches sent to Washington. In an interview with a Star reporter'Minister Willis said: “Any trouble precipitated on either side would be stopped at once by the United States iorces.” President Dole called upon Minister Willis on the 17th to inquire how far the United States authority would be carried in case of an emergency. The provisional government seems to be fully satisfied with Willis’ reply. It is reliably stated that, President Dole informed Minister Willis that the provisional government would require no aid from the L nited States unless called for. and that any breach of peace that might occur would be speedily dealt with by the Hawaiian Government, and that they would aid him in keeping the peace. It is understood that Minister Willis replied that he would stand back of the present Government until tho present difficulty was settled, and that he did not expect trouble unless it was precipitated by irresponsible persons on one side or the other. Interviews with m’embers of the provisional Government show that they are fully determined to brook no interference until the United States Government is officially heard from. Troops are kept fully armed and ready for action at a moment's notice. Prominent Americans assert that the restoration of t he Queen shall not take place. There are about fifteen hundred rifles, with a full supply of ammunition in the hands of private citizens which the Queen's forces could not secure in case of restoration. It is taken as a fact that the provisional government and resident Americans i would surely resist either a compromise or restoration. Minister Willis stated that he was confident that legislation favorable to the Hawaiian Islands would soon be enacted in the United States. ______ A BOMB Exploded In the French Chamber of Deputies. A bomb was exploded in the French Chamber of Deputies at Paris. The Chamber was in session and the galleries were crowded with people. Suddenly. from the right gallery a bomb was thrown in the midst of the Deputies, causing a loud explosion and a scene of the greatest confusion. The police immeuiatelv closed all the doors of the Chamber of Deputies and refused to allow anybody to pass in or to pass out until an investigation was concluded. When quiet was somewhat restored it was discovered that nobody was killed outright, and M. Dupuy rang the bell of the President of the Chamber calling the Deputies to resume their seats. About one-third of the number of Deputies present at the time of the explosion obeyed the summons of the President of the Chamber and when they were seated M. Dupuy arose, and said, as calmly as if nothing had happened: “Such attempts saould not disconcert the Chamber. I invite you to continue your discussions with calmness. When the order of the day has been dealt with the proper officials will do their duty.” [Loud and prolonged cheers.] In the midst of indescribable emotion the discussion of the verification of the Deputies was resumed. During this time the wounded persons had been assisted to the refreshment rooms, where they were attended to by a number of physicians, who were hastily summoned to the spot by the police immediately after the bomb exploded. About eighty persons are known to have been carried or led out of the Chamber mangled and bleeding, many of whom will die. The police have under arrest five or six persons who are believed to have been in the conspiracy, one of whom it is almost certain was the bomb thrower. WE MUST ACT. Positive Orders Sent Minister Willis by Special Messenger. A prominent Senator is authority for the statement that the revenue cutter Corwin carries orders to Minister W’llis at Honolu u to see that the Queen is ■ restored to the throne without delay. It is evident that the State Department received by the last steamer, the Alameda. the' news that Minister Willis had determined to defer the carrying out of his instructions until he had heard further from his government, i It is a fair presumption that the I revenue cutter Corwin carries to I him the further instructions for which I he asks. The paragraph in the Presi- 1 dents message referring to Hawaii j was written after the additional in- : structions to Minister Willis had , been dispatched. This paragraph j may be taken to reflect the spirit j of tne instructions. By refer* > ring to this it will be clearly i seen that whatever doubts or apore- [ hensions Minister Willis may have expressed of the accuracy or good foundation of the Blount report, President Cleveland has not lost any of his absolute faith in the accuracy of the Blount investigation and the justice of his conclusions. It is highly probable, therefore, that the new instructions are a repetition of the old. Swallowed Her Teeth. Miss Helen Burns of Milwaukee, had an upper set of false teeth on a rubber plate. Upon retiring the other night she forgot to take them out. On , awakening she found that in some manner the teeth had fallen into her throat. She was awakened by the pain caused by their passage down her throat After they had been swallowed they caused no more pain, and so far she has been in no way inconvenienced by their presence in her stomach. Working the Farmers. Bogus telegram swindlers are working the farmers in the vicinity of Fort Wayne. They call at a farm-house, ' rush in, and deliver a telegram, then demand the cost of sending the nr ssage, 50 cents, and from $1 to M for delivering it in the country. The scheme is a rank swindle, but is worked successfully. j A Dangerous Bag. f A bag of coffee received by John . O’Donahue & Sous, New Yors, » from Mexico, was found on being opened j to contain a big lump of dynamite with a fuse and four percussion c .ps atj tached to it. The evident intention 0 was to blow up the steamship by which s the shipment, was made. 3 The ItMcals Rode Oft. 1 Thieves burglarized Foreman’s gen- . eral store, at St. Paris, Ohio, blew a open the safe and carried off goods ,f and money amounting to 8500. The d rascals appropriated the use of a hand-

~ car and made their escape ov-r tho j Ohio Southern extension. Jill . - - — Twenty-Six Drowned. Highland Light (Mash.) special: When daylight came on Thursday ffiorning it was seen, that the Bristol ’ ship Jason, which wont ashore tho night before, had broken in two amidr ship. Her main mid mizzen masts are • gone. Only one of her crew has been • i raved, and he was washed from the j rigging and brought ashore by the tre1 mendous sea. 'The crew numbered f j twenty-seven, of whom twenty-six were ’ drowned. t Stats of Trade. R. G. Dun's Review of Trade says: ■ i Trade of all kinds is waiting. There ) i is no visible improvement and on the | whole indieat'.ons/tro a little less satis- • | factory than a week ago. Reports ■ i from all cities show a hesitating trade I almost everywhere, with a decided disi position to'wait until Congress has i acted uixm the tariff question. Tho i uncertainty is likely to last some i weeks. Saloon Blown Up. The Tennaire frame block at Ossian, Ind., which had been leased by a . Bluffton man for a saloon, was blown up by dynamite. Tho noise of the ex- ; pios 'on was deafening and the building was loft a total wreck. The roof was ,: blown off and the front went out in the ■ 1 street in splinters. Tho people of Os- : sian are opposed to saloons and it is difficult to find out who did the job. Ferrin Wheel Goes to New York. Chicago special: The management of the Ferris wheel has decided to remove the revolving wonder to New York and maintain it there as a permanent establishment. Negotiations aro pending fora site, but it is not known which of the several available loca i tions will be chosen. The work of takI ing down tho wheel preparatory to 1 suipment is being pushed. ('heated the Ijtke Shore Road. Cleve’and special: The Lake Shore clerks who have been suspected of is- | suing forged passes, it is claimed, have 5 confessed their guilt. They also imi plicate John Warner, a former employe of the road. Many people are accused of traveling on the fraudulent passes. ______ Threaten Bloodshed. The order of the Southern Pacific Railroad that no tramps will be allowed to ride on freight trains may result in bloodshed. There are 145 tramps camped at Lordsburg. Ari., who threaten to derail passenger trains if the order is enforced. Blown to Atoms. By an explosion of dynamite in the new tunnel now building at Armonk, N. Y., to divert the Bryan River waters into Kensico reservoir, one man was blown into fragments and another disemboweled. At least five others sustained serious injuries. A Big Haul. The Plano National Bank at Plano, Collin County, Texas, eighteen miles north of Dallas, on the Houston and Texas Central Railroad, war .raided by safe-blowers, and almost a clean sweep made of the funds, over $20,000 being taken. A Conductor Killed. Extra Conductor James G. Hurless while acting as flagman, fell from the engine of passenger train No. 8, on tne Fort Wayne road, one mile east of Bucyrus, Ohio, and was killed. His home was at Fort Wayne. Ind. Five Seamen Drowned. London special: The bark Emma foundered in the English Channel off Rye, Sussex. One of her crew was drowned. The schooner Starlight has been wrecked off Barrow. Four of her crew were drowned. The Sugar Bounty. Claims for sugar bounty on this year’s crop are being made at the Treasury. Commissioner Miller estimates that it will require $11,000,000 to pay this season's bounty. So far $400,000 has been paid. Beaten to Death, Bob Greenwood, a negro, was beaten to death by a mob in Cross County, Arkansas, because his family offended the wife of a white neighbor named Wilson. Wilson is under arrest. Big Jail Delivery. Seventeen prisoners broke from the Hamilton County Jail at Ch attanooga, Tenn. Among them was Budd i Wooten, under sentence of death for the murder of Marion Ross. Big Fire in St. Louis. Fire at St. Louis, in the Famous outfiting store at St. Louis, owned by May Bros., formerly of Denver, Col., caused a loss by fire and ,water of $150,003. I Fully insured. Drowned in OIL Claude Raymond, an employe at an ! oil well at Center Point, W. Va.. while j pumping oil on top of a large tank ; fell in and was drowned in the oil. i Iron Hall Funds. Atlndianapoliis, Judge Winters has < issued an order looking to a 10 per i cent, distribution of Iron Hal) funds on ; and after the 30th inst. THE MARKETS. CHICAGO. Cattle—Common to Pi line... $3 ro & e co Hogs-Shipping Grades 4 0) <p- 6 75 SHEEP—Fair to i h >ice 2 25 0 4 25 Wheat—No. 2 Rt<l 63 0 64 Cobn—No. 2 36 0 Si Oais—No. 2 31 <9 32 Bye—No. 2 47 0 4J Hutter—Choice Creamery 26 (<i 27 Eggs—Fresh 23 <9 26 Potatoes—Per bn 66 @ 66 Indianapolis. Cattle—Shipping 3 oo 0 6 Ml HOGS—CI olce Light 3>o 06 75 Sheep—Co mon to Prime..... 200 93 00 Wheat—No. 2l ed t ti & st Cobn—No 2 White at 0 Oats—No. 2 White 31 0 31 q ST. LOUIS. Cattle./?. aoo a 6 60 Hogs soo & 6 ro Wheat—No. 2 Bed eo 0 61 COBN—No. 2 33 (4 34 Oath—No. 2. 27 0 28 Byb—No. 2. 46 0 48 CINCINNATI. CATTLS 3 00 ® 6 00 Hogs.... 3no 0 6 75 Sheep 200 0 8 75 W eat-No. 2 Red 6a @ COBN—No. 2 3-J 0 40 Oats—No. 2 Mixed 31 0 32 Byb—No. 2. 63 0 56 • DETBOIT. Cattle... 300 0 4 75 Hogs 300 0 « up Shexp 200 9 4 00 WhKA —No 2 Red 62 0 63 Coen—No. 2 Yellow 38 0 1054 Oats—No. 2 White 32 0 83 TOLEDO. Wheat—No. 2 Red 63 0 M C’ocs—No. 2 Yellow as 0 36 Oats—No. 2 White 2 0 31 Rye—No. 2...... 49 0 ci BUFFALO. Wheat—No. 1 Hard 72 & 73 <’OBM-No. 2 YeLow 42 M 43 O un—No. 2 White 34 0 86 I Rye-No. 2 u 0 66 MILWAUKEE. Wheat—No. 2 Spring 67 0 M COBN—No. 3 34 0 Jis I OA IS—No. 2 White 30 0 SOU i J;VS-Nu. 1 46 0 461* Barley—No. 2 49 0 M Pobk—New Mesa 14 00 014 60 n NEW YOJJK. Catt1e............... 3 00 9 6 60 . 8 76 «* 660 nHItP 225 A 4 go r Wmiat—No. 2 Red..... <0 70 > . CoiiM—No; 2 45 (A 44 Oats—White Weeteni 37 41 5 BuT'trb—Choice *22 A m . ZilloJiW-J

’ CONGRESS IS OPENED. : fifty-third session promises [ TO BE LIVELY. > w . I Tariff, Silver, and Hawaii Among the 1 Topic* to Come Up—Gal'.erlM Crowded 1 by Society People - Incident* In the Sen* ate and Boom. » Scene, on the Flrat Day. Waabington Ootwapondence:

rHE 53d Congress is now in regular session assembled. Tho stars and stripes float over 1 each end -of the capitol—which signifies that both ht uses are doing * business at the old stand. The aasembling of the great yfejoint body s)>eak2_.uig, commonplace. interest which — attaches to such an If event was loss be- ; cause the extra session had taken the

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edge off the appetite ofpurioeity. Nevertheless there was plenty to interest tho stranger. He who is pi esent for the first time at an opening of Congress sees below him tho men who make the wheels of the nation go round, ue it wore. He feels that he is at the fountain head of things. He realizes that he is in the midst of big a airs and he is pleased. He has, of course, read et Congress. Tc b.» in its pre eneo, to see it work, tc appreciate that hero are born measures which grow into laws and dominate the nation, begets a now sensation. He can't help leeling impressed. It Is for that reason every one of the several thousand in the galleries pays close attention to all that is done, for that reason that the thousands in the corridors stand there, the patient ones hoping that in some way they may get in. the impatient struggling, pu hing and elbowing, but with no better result The crowds in the galleries on opening day are always of a higher order than at any other time. Noone is admitted except by ticket; and tickets are obtainable from members only, unless some recipient sees fit to give bis pasteboard away. There are always many women in the galleries. And most of them wear their best attire. The Senate is deemed, and is, the more exclusive body. And the very nobbiest of tho nobs go there, and sot form s sake are bored as they watch the slow coaches, while all the time could they but disguise themselves they would much rather be in the House. But lots of nubs, w. men as well as men, select the House and go there early. They will, at least many of them, come often during this first session of Congress. Much for ConirreßX to Do. Though this session is regular there are many reasons for believing that it will be extraordinary as well. There are bills of great importance to pass, bills which will give birth not to pure debate alone but to ill-feeling, anger in some instances, probably, and repartee swiftly developing into blunt contra,diction. Some of lhe debates will mrnLh a good edi cation in statesmanship before the session is over. The tariff question will be discussed from A to Z, and buck again. A great many have already prepared speeches on it. The rest will either prepare them or speak on the spuref the, moment. “And I wish the majority would be impaled on the spur,” said a correspondent who has listened to the tariff debate for 10l these many years. Then there is the silver question. One might think that the people had had enough of silver talk and be forgiven for the thought. But not so rother Bland. He believes that prosperity will never cume till the country has free silver. He will seek to obtain the sanctu nos Congress for free coinage at every opportunity. Then there is the Hawaiian incident, which will serve for discussion. Republicans view it gree lily, and t ey are licking their chops in anticipation of the feast. Hjw they will hold the Democratic party, and the administration in particular, up to scorn! How they will tear Secretary Gresham’s letter to Cle\ eland' How they will rip up the back any reference the President may make to it! And then the war of words. For the Democrats will talk back. Mc tlnc of the Senate. The assembling of the Senate was tame. That is not surprising. It is invariably tume. The galleries were filled, of course. They are always filled on the first day. This is flue partly to the p e ence of the familiei of the Senators, but mostly to the overflow from the House. Tnere is very little to attract the Wa-hingt mian to the Senate, save when some prominent Senator is to speak or some vote on an impo tant question is to be taken. The Senators tile in, or rather come in, on the first day just as they do on every other day. s Scene* in the Howie. The chief in'erest centered in the House on opening day. The scene in the Senate is very respectable; but the srene in the House is breezier. There is more life in the House. The blood pul es fa ter. The members are more apt ,to do things: and inc dents are more likely to happen. The galleries were pax lied long before a corpjral e g ard of memle s appeared on the 1 o r. All but the press gallery. That didn’t fill till a few moments before ti e c’ock told that the hour of 12 o'cock had come. Then that gal'ery a'so was fulL In it were correspondents repre.-enting almost every newspaper of importance n the country, several representing Canadian papers and a few papers across the At antic. As the ouyish chanlain rose to offer prayer a stillness fell upon tho Hou e, and from the rooms back of the press galleries came the tick, tick, tick of t >e telegraph send ing the stoeies of the scenes within the hall throughout the length and breadth of the land. The chaplain’s prayer over, the hubbub of conversation ro-e from the a; ena and was aug- ’ mented by the comment in the galleries. At 1:'15 p. m. Executive Clerk Piuden appeared in the House and delivered the President’s message, which the clerk was directed" by the Speaker to read. Routine BnsineM. Tbo Torrey bankruptcy bill wm up in tho liouau Friday, and Mr. Bland moved to Btrlkeoui tho enacting clause. . Advocates i t the measure protected that It unfair to reject the bill before the Bonne had bad a chance to perfect 11 by amendment, but the moi ion vas carried by a vote of 142 io 111. The Hdmf-aion of Utah a* a ftste Is heln.'considered. The He"ate did nothing of Importance Both houses adjourned until Monday. Iluvr the World Wags. The Wuerpel Switch and Signal Company a signed at St Louis, owing dOB.OOO. Pauline Cushman, the female spy of the rebellion, committed suicide at San Francisco. •

ASSASSIN IS ON TRIAL. CM. I'randergxat. C»rt.r Harrixui'i Mayer, Begun. Patrick Eugene Prendergast was placed on trial for his life lie fore Jud/e Brentuno in the Chicago Criminal Court Wednb day for the murder of Mayor Harrison on the evening of Oct. 28. The anticipated public interest in the case wus not manifested to the extent of any great effort to fill the courtroom. Several people attempted to secure admission to the room and a few succeeded, but the number of applicants was doubtle<s limited by the fact that the trial had be.m ones postponed and the ann< uncement that no one who had no actual bu iness in the case would be allowed to on er. That rule was enforced r gidly by a strong body of polieeme i and bailiffs who guaid d the lower corridor, and the stairways. Tho crowds that were present when the anarchists and the Cronin murderers were tried and sentenced in fffl. MbsS raiNDsadAST on tiual the same dingy old court-room were therefore lacking and the silence was almost complete. Prendergast was ready for trill, and Jailer Morris brought him to the bar cf justice. A more unhappy and inconsequentiallooking wretch cannot bo imagined than the prisoner when he was marched into court by the big jailer. It was apparent that he feigned c mpdstre, but the attempt tai ed miserably. Glancing fir,t at the Judge on the be ch he cast his eyes around the crow ded room until he met the gaze of his attorneys, when he slightly hung his head and assumed a dogged manner. “The People vs. Prendergast” was the announcement made by Judge Brentano at 10:30 o'clock. The attorneys announced their readiness to proceed, and examination of veniremen proceeded at once. ESTIMATES BY MR. CARLISLE. The Secretary of the Treasury Figures Ont the Appropriations Deal red. The b ok of estimates for appropriations for the fiscal year 1894 and 1895 has been sent tj Congress. The amount estima'ed neoes“ary to carry on the governm nt for the fiscal year is $411,8,9,041, as against estimates for 1893-4 Os •421,812,215 and appropriations for 1894 of •43z.456,5M. The estimates for 1895 are made up as follows: Executive $203,230 Legislative.-. 7,903,':9' State department 1,863/ Treaan y department. 120,4M.l War department 66,277,4'., Navy department 28,888.774 Interior department 189.2 '9,220 Post office de part m en t 8,397,866 Department of agriculture 2,2 -5,843 Department of labor. 161,870 Department of justice.. <,273.346 The sum of 143,090 is asked for to pay the salaries of an examining force of thirty clerks in tie civilservice commission. The work of the examining branch has been more than doubled by- the extension of the classified service. For the investigation of pension cases $500,000 is asked, as aga nst $-00,000 appropriated for the present fiscal year. In the pension appropriations the principal changes are a reduction of $5,000,000 for pension payments, an increase of 81,000,0 0 for fees and expenses cf examining surgeons, and an increase of SIOO,OOO for clerk hire at pension agencies. For rive-s and harbors a total of $12,510,000 i < estim del for, an increase of more than $5,030,000 over the approP'iations for the current year. Os this amount $7,50, >,OOO is to be expended upon such worl s as may be directed by Cong ess. Some items in the li-t are: Galveston, Texas, $500,000; St. Mary's River at the falb, Michigan. $300,0 K); improving Hay Lake channel, Mi 'higan, $150.00 q improving Mississippi River from mouth of Ohio River to Minneapolis. $1,02.',000. For the Rock Is and iHI.) arsenal, $11.",706 is asked; for Benicia arsenal, California, $23,500; for arsenal at Indianapolis, Ind., for gun and mertar batteries, $1,893,126; for sites for fortification and re ’.-coast defenses, $500,000; for toriiedoes for harbor defense, slOl,550, and for armament of fortifications, $4,370,437. as again 4 an appropriatiep of $1,638,405 for the present! fiscal year; a total of $7,438,413 is asked for fortiflcati ns and other works of defense, an increase of $5,000,000 over the present fiscal year. Under thePostoffice Department $16,250,000 Is a ked for compensation to postmasters, an Increase of $1,65 >,0(0; for free delivery, $12,327,685, an increase of over $1,000,000: railway postal car service, $26,109,000, an increase of $ 1,400,000. It is estimated that there will be a pos’al deficiency of $5,971,7: 6 for the year, for which an appropriation is asked. Anote accompanying the statement of anyropriations made for the present year to pay the bounty on sugar says: "The Becri tarv of the Tret ury having recommended the repeal of the sugar-bonnty law, no estimate is submitted for the fiscal year 1896. In case the law is not repealed $11,(X)0,000 will be required for the purpose." No estimate is submitted for the support of the Bureau of American Republics. Notea of Current Events. The New York Board of Education will try to put an end to cigarette smoking. TflE next meeting of the Afro-Arne”-lean Congress will be held at Atlanta, Ga. The cutter Thomas Corwin at San Francisco has been ordered on a fast trip of 2,500 miles, presumably to Har wait Claiming that John C. Austin wai not drowned at New York insurant e companies will fight payment of his policies. Oscar Ray was fatally chopped with an ax by his wife while asleep at bls home in Indianapolis. At Ashland, Kv., Allen Bowman was fata ly and Will Copley, Hanley Copley, asd Har y levins seriously hurt by a sawmill boiler explosion. At Ashland, Ky.. James R. Di’ls, a Chesapeake and Chlotra n despat her, was taken suddnly insane while on du y, and serious results were narrowly averted. The Western Union Telegranh has brought suit to enjoin the State Audlior of Kentucky from collecting taxes on its franchise, the value of which is ptaoAdatß992.ooC

• ■ ’ '• 'I ’Pi INDIANA INCIDENTS. , SOBER OR STARTLING, FAITHFULLY RECORDED. An InUraxtmx Summary of the More Im. portant Dotaffx of Onr Nelghlxira-Wed. dhigaHiul Death*—Crimea, Caxualtlea and General Newx Note*. Coi.drtiwd State News. ' Goshen will increase her night police force. « ' Chris Wissler’s lino horse and buggy were stolen out of hU barn near Dublin. William Folsom, postmaster of Bowling Green, tho old county beat of Olay County, is dead. It is rumored that a party of Chisago and eastern capitalists are going to build a tin plate factory at Summitville. A Fort Wayne man, to amuse himself, puns lad os’< resses and clouks is they pass him on the street by squirting paint on them. Silas Moore hus been sentenced to one year in the Penitentiary for stealing a pair of pants from the store of H. Ifrokhage, at Vincennes. Edward Brady, a barber of Porter, has sued a Chicago paper for SIO,<KO for falsely publishing his name as the referee ol a prize fight. William Sharp of Herbert, Grant County, a deaf mute, was killed by the north bound passenger train on the Big Four Railroad near Jonesboro. The greatest suffering among the poor and unemployed of Richmond is reported. Between 100 and 20J families are said to be daily fed by charity. The Nelson Glass Works at Muncie, employing about 125 hands, has resumed operations, .zlll of Muncie's glass factories are now in operation. The large feed and saw mill and grain elevator of Temple & Sons, at Vermont, Delaware County, burned. Loss, SIO,OOO, on which there was a small insurance. Charles Adsit, aged 13 years, was killed in a runaway in Warren. He was thrown out of tne wagon and the wheels pas ed over his body, injuring him so badly that he died in a short time. George C. McConnell, aged 40 years, a member of the firm of McConnell & Parrish, which owned alnd operated the Shelbyville Chair Factory, died of consumption. He leaves a widow. Grip has broken out among the 850 inmates of the Prison North at Michigan City. Seventy-five eases have already occurred. Many guards are ill and have had to bo replaced by outsiders. At Lexington. Ella Amos, a 10-year-old girl, was burned to death. Her dress caught fire from a grate. Every vestige of clothing was burned fro.n the unfortunate girl and her flesh was literally baked. There have been 25 men arrested at Bloomfield charged with be ng an organized gang that have been system atically robbing freight cars at Worthington. It is said that one of the men has confessed and told where all the ' plunder can be found. Mr. Dan Reibold of Terre Haute, and his grown daughter narrowly escaped being asphyxiated. They were both discovered unconscious in the cellar where they had gone to look for a gas leak. Mrs. Riebold pulled them out into the air. Robert Reynolds, a colored employe in the American Wire Nail Mill, was terribly scalded at Anderson. He was struck by a crane and knocked into a vat of boiling sulphuric acid, from which he was rescued a moment later. His recovery is doubtful. At Vincennes a 3-yaar old child of James D. W Ilianas, grandson of the late Gov. Williams, w.is burned to death in the yard of her parents. The child was playing around an open fire built for the purpose of heating water, whether clothing caught. While inspecting an empty cask in the fermenting cellar at the Schmidt brewery, Indianapolis, George Lang, aged 45, was seriously injured. The cellar was dark and he lighted a match, which was followed by a terrific explosion of gas. It is thought that internal injuries may result seriously. At Goshen, Oscar Swanson, one of the off-bearers at Lesh, Sanders <fc Egbert Co.'s saw-mills, lost his life in a horrible and sickening way. While at work he slipped and fe.l onto one of the immense band saws, and in a second his head was completely severed fro n his body and left hanging to it by a thin strip of skin. While Clara Wilhoyte. tho 5-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Wilhoyte, who reside nour Jeiiersonville. was standing before the grate her dross ciught tire, and she wus-terribly burned before the flames could be extinguished. She lingered in terribly agony a tow hours, when she expired. This is the third case of the kind in that eounty the last month. It is stated on reliable authority that a scheme is on foot to pipe Indhlrfh natural gas across the State line eon neeting with the piplines that supply Dayton, Springfield, Lima, Piqua and other Ohio cities, with a view of sup plying those cities. Tho parties nave already secured a large block of leases in Jav County. If th sis done it will be a factoF in shortening the life of the Indiana field. Wabash College has secured a prize in the shape of a petrified stump that was at the World’s Fair. It is from the Bad Lands of North Dakota, is ten feet long and six feetin itsshortest diameter. The stump is hollow and every line, knot and grain of the wood is perfectly rej roduced. It arrived recently on a flat car and will be placed in the museum. The doors will have to be widened in order to get the stump into the building. A SCHEME came to light at Elwood, the other day by which Dick Goodman, the burglar, who wqs .ho', was to escape. A con n containing a "dummy” was to be buried and the word was to be given out that it was the remains of Goodman. He was iqthe meantime to be taken to parts unknown. HenrY Bruner and wife of Green- • cas le, whose death o curre l from gr.p and old age within half hour of each other, were buried in one grave. They ! had been married sixty-two years, i Mr. Bruner, aged 81, died first, and his i wife, aged B.’’, expired almost immediately on being told that he was dead. Sadie Lister, daughter of an old i veteran at Elwood, some time ago made appl cation for a pension find back pay due herfather. The voucher allowing ' $1,560 arrived at Elwood the other day, ’ a few ho rs after she had died. The suit of Mrs. Wesner, widow ol the late O'. S. Wesner of Lebanon, i wherein Mrs. Wesner sooks to recover , damages in the sum of SIO,OOO from J. i C. Brown for the killing of her hus- ' band at Danville last spring.' has been taken on change of venue to the Ham- ■ iltoi Circuit Court for trial. The . hearing is set for Jan. 8. Brown was . ac uitted of the charge of murder, and > the pending suit promise eotde sensational features "

HANGED FOR MURDER. Harvey Fate and Frank Stlere Die on the Gallowe at Danville. Harvey Pate and Frank fitters were executed at Danville, 111., for the murder of Henry Helmick. The drop fell without incident. The case wa> rendered interesting by the decision of the Governor upon the application for a reprieve. In denying tho application the Governor said that he considered hanging an unnecessary cruelty, that he did not believe that It was of any benefit to the State and that it aid not deter others from committing murder. Inasmuch, however, as capital punishment was a part of the laws •of the State ho did not think it would ■/I "wfe TRANK STI«nS. nARVKY PATB. be right for him to commute the sentence of tho triul court to life Imprisonment unless strong teas ns wore adduced, and no such reasons were apparent. The wanton inurdor of Henry J. Helmick, a wealthy farmer pf | Hot Town: ship, by Harvey Pate, Frank Stiers, Charle-i Smoot, and F.line McJunkins, upon tho high road, while he wa< driving home from church with his wife on tho evening of Aug. 25, caused intense excitement in an otherwise quiet neighborho id. The four highwaymen stopped the farmer about 9 o’clock in the evening and demanded hia money. Helmick refused to surrender his cash. The next instant Harvey Pate, the leader of the quartet, shot tho farmer. Stiers almost at the same moment fired his revolver and-tho farmar fell dead upon the shc ulder of his tho oughly frightened wife. Smoot and McJunkins, whose attempt to hold Helmick's hoises hal failed, viewed the awful work of their companions with a sear which later caused Smoot to make a confession implicating his com; anions. The arrest and trial of the young desperadoes quickly followed. Pate and Stiers were sentenced to death and the others sent to prism for life. AFTER BOND COMPANIES. Poatoffice Authorities Determine to Stop Lottery Games. Uncle Sam has issued orders against a batch of fifty bond and inve t nent concerns by which they may be f >rced out of existence. They at e to be proceeded against for violating the antilottery law. Postoffice Inspector Stuart, of Chicago, has received orders not to allow the delivery of re ’ietered letters or m >ney orders at any postoffice in his district to the following concerns: Equitable Investment Comnany and Perpetual Maturity Bond Company, Council BlnSa, Iowa; iowa Guarantee Investment Company, Keokuk; Reserve Fund I vestment Company, Creston, Iowa: United States investment Comp ny. Bankers' Investment Company, Capital Consol Company, and Columbia Bond Investment Company, Minneapolis; North American Bond Investment Company, St. Paul; Guarantee Inve-tnient Comnany, Milwaukee; State of Washington Bond Company, Chicago; Pbcepix Loan and Investment Company. Colorado Guarantee and Loan Company, Guarantee investment Company, Investment Bond Company. and Workmen's Investment and Bond Company. Denver; Wadem Investment Company, Pneblo, Col.; Pad fie Coast Bond and Investment Company, Oregon. Utah; Utah Savings Investment Company, Mount Pleasant; Utah Guarantee Investment Company, Seattle; Guarantee Bond and Investment Company, Covington, Ky.; Colombia Investment and Bond Company, Newport, Ky.; American Guarantee Savings and Investment Company, Fort Valley, Ga.; National Confederation Guarantee Company, Nashville, Tenn.; Phoenix Savings and Investment Company, WaoO, Tex.: American Bond Investment Company. Equitable Investment Company. Missouri Loan and Inve-tment Company, and Nebraska Savings and Investment company, Omaha, Neb.; National Guarantee Investment Company, Lincoln. Neb.; National Savings and Investment Company, Tekonsha, Mich.; Columbia Investment Company, Saginaw, Mich.; St. Lonis Mutual Bond Investment Company and Guarantee Investment Company, St. Ronis, Mo.; Pettis County Investment Company, Sedalia, Mo.; Missouri State Loan and Investment Company, Fayette, Mo.; Provident Bond and Investment Company and Franco-German Electric Company, Cincinnati, Ohio; California Land and Water Company. Dayton, Ohio; ‘Union Investment Company and Louisiana Lottery Company, Kansas City, Mo.: Guarantee inve-tment Comnany. Hull, 111.; American Certificate Cotiipany. New York City and Utica, N. Y.; Provident Bond and Investment Company, Phiia* delphia and Washl gton, D. C. THEY LEFT NO CLEWS. South Bend Bank Bobbers Were Very Smooth. No clew has yet been discovered to the South Bend, Ind., bank robbers says a dispatch. Tho directors have offered sl.i 00 reward and 25 pas cent, of all moneys recovered for their capture. Four thousand dollars of the plunder is in gold, $5,0C0 in legal tender and S7OO in notes of the 1 anx. The rest is in currency of small de..ominations. The South Bend National Bank, one of the la gest banks in Northern Indiana, was robbed of $15,900 in bioad daylight while hundreds of people were on the street. The robbers succeeded in getting away with their booty without leaving the slightest clow. Cashier Myron Campbell remained at the bank, which is in the heart of the city, until all employes wero gone. He then, as he suppo.ed, lucked the middle d >or of the vault and left everything in the usual shafie at tho noon recess. At 12:50 he returned by the street door. He passed down the corridor alongside the cashiers’, collectors', and olher de ks, and turned to enter tho door opening back of him when his foot struck a chisel. Ten minutes later Assistant Ca-hier John M. Brown arrived. Campbell showed him the chisi 1 An investigation was immediately instituted, and the men found a rear window open, the back door unlocked, and the uoor between the directors' room and the counting room mutilated. A rush was then made for the vault. The door was as Campbell left it. A glance showed that money had been taken) but they could not tell how much. The police were at once notified. Ca hier Campbell has been with the South Bend National Bank for the past sixteen years. He has been cashier of the concern since 1890. Mr. Campbell is also treasurer of the North Indiana and Southern M'ch'gan Agcio ilturul Association, of the I’.irst Methodist Church and of tho new paper box manufactory of South Bend. He isalsotrea urer of tho Young .Me i’s Christian Association. It has been Cjishi r Cam' bell’s custom to 1 ok the doors of his bank at noon and go home to eit. His three bookkeepers, cne of whom is a woman, always oiue at the same hour. Newsy Paragraph*. Delegates attended the Topeka, Kan., convention in the interest of a great north and south line. Another who’esalo reduction in f eight rates to the Idast has been announced by the Erie Railway. B. F. Colburn, a 70-y ar-old trapper, was found dead at Columbia, 8! D., with an iron rod run through his head. ■ •