Decatur Democrat, Volume 37, Number 43, Decatur, Adams County, 12 January 1894 — Page 6

©he democrat DECATUR, IND. K. MUOTBUBW, - • - fmmn. JiEWS ]N BRIEF GUSTS BLOWN IN FROM ALL PARTS OF THE WORLD. Bent Furtive Fire Mt the World'* Fair— Minister Willi* Kllll Negotiating for the Surrender of the Ilan-Hun GovernmentGen. William* of the Uondnrafi Army Slain. FIRE AT THE FAIR. The Peristyle finecuintm to the Flames— Then the Art I’alaee and Grand Music Hull Fell. Chicago special: Before the gaze of avast throng the beautiful Peristyle of the World's Columbian Exposition met a glorious end. and the magnificent column sank to ashes in a funeral pyre. Withit went the Casino and Music Hall Hanking the Peristyle at either end before the destruction of the grand water entrance to the fair had been completed, the great manufacturers’ building, containing $2,000,000 worth ‘ of exhibits, packed and ready for shipment, was on lire in a dozen places, while bravq tiremen with heroic energy

were risking'life and limb to stay the destruction. Fifty thousand people watched the desperate tight and cheered the efforts of the men who on the roof, 250 feet or more from the ground, were struggling to beat back the flames. It was a grand contest and was waged for hours without an apparent gain on either side. The blaze played in the woodwork of the roof, gradually eating through and dropping burning brands amidst the costly exhibits on the floor below There other detachments of firemen were stationed to extinguish the brands as they fell, and inside the building fire engines were playing streams to soak the floors and make them less combustible. Among the exhibitors a semi-panic deigned and frantic foreigners were using every effort to remove goods to places of safety. Two firemen were killed and several injured. DOLE DECLINES

To Surrender the Hawaiian Government. Victoria (B. C.) special: The following is a summary of the situation at Honolulu on January 1, 1894, when the Warimoo, just arrived here, left that port: Minister Willis, in reply to a commnnh'atipn from President Dole, demanded of the Provisional Government that it surrender to the Queen, who promised amnesty to all. President Dole “replied, refusing to consider this demand. A week of terrible fear ensued after the arrival of the revenue cutter Corwin. Minister Willis held the menace of using force with the Provisional Government and the citizens got in readiness to rush to arras, though it was generally believed the minister was bluffing. All fears were ended by receipt of the United Press dispatch peri steamer Arawa on December 27. All is quiet at Honolulu. The Provisional Government has a force of men under arms and the palace strongly fortified. Minister Willis received a bulky batch of dispatches. He immediately entered upon renewed intercourse with Lilioukalani. Houses are being searched for concealed arms. On the 16th the alarm was revived by the British Minister receiving permission from the Government to land marines from H. M. S. Champion for protection of British interests. Capt. Hooke stated that; he expected the Queen to be restored by the American forces and would land fifty marines; r ' A Mother's Veng-atic& *■ At San Francisco, Harry Poole, a collector of rents for his grandfather's estate, has been paying considerable attention to a Trivoli chorus girl known as “Truly” Shattuck. He received a note from the gill's mother -requesting his immediate presence. Upon arrival the mother insisted upon his marrying her daughter immediately. During the discussion which followed the mother shot and killed Poole. She is in jail and he is in the • morgue. • St. Paul Passenger Train in a Wreck. Missouri Valley (Iowa)- special: The St. Paul passenger train on the Northwestern road was wrecked just as it turned on the “Y.” The ladies’ coach and the sleeper were thrown down a steep embankment and badly wrecked. Mrs. F. M.„Fenster of this, city was killed. None of the other passengers or trainmen were seriously hurt. The cause of the wreck was an imperfect switch lock. L Killed by a Sentinel.

The New York Herald’s Managua, Nicaragua, special says: Gen.—Will; iams, who was taken prisoner when the town of Cholutea, in Honduras, was captured on January 3, by Bonilla’s troops, tried to escape the other day , and was killed by a sentinel. Gen. Ortis has sent a body of troops to capture Ampalla, a port of entry of Honduras, on the Pacific coast. 'J Pawnshop Looted at Chicago. Three men entered the pawnshop of Stanley Greenburg, at 55 West Randolph street, Chicago; at 8:30 the other morning, and bound and gaggea Greenburg’s nephew, who was in charge of the store. They then robbed the safe and’ show, cases and, it is claimed by Greenburg, secured about SIO,OOO worth of pluhder. Gives to Koine’s j’oor. WSflim Potter, the retiring United States Minister, has given I,(AM) lire to the poor of Rome. Fatal Duel. At Spring Hill, Ky., W. K. Fowler and P. C. Yousen, rivals for the same lady’s hand, met. Fow.er shot Yousen fatally, but before Yousen died he stabbed Fowler $o seriously that he cannot recover. i. Will Vote January 20. The Lower House of Congress has '■’’adopted a special order fixing the 29th for a vote on the Wilson bill by a vote of 175 to 1. Cat in Twain by a Grip. Chicago special: A man who was not identified, but who is supposed to have been a peddler. met a frightful death while ho was attempting to board a Milwaukee avenue grip train. _His body wa> fevered-compiotoiyabdve the waist before tho gripman could •top the train. _ T . None of the trainmen apparently saw him fall. Re must have be)>n stunnod, for hb made no outcry. He fell with hie head inside the rail and was rolled some distance. When t he wheels passed over him that side of the car was raised off tho track. The conductor knew •omething was wrong and signaled the

gripnian to gton. Before the train was stopped three trailers passed over his txxfv. When found the two portions of the man's body were some feet a,>art. BAD BLUNDER. Two oncer* and Twenty-Six Mon Nlnughtrred. Liverpool special: A dispatch from Sierra .Leone, northwest coast of Africa, says: (’apt. Lendy and Sergt. Lislon of the British army, together with twenty-six men of a West_ India regiment, have been killed at Warina, in the interior, by French troops. (.’apt Lendy has charge of the newly organized frontier police and it is surmised that the French mistook him and his men for the natives against whom they wore then operating. According' to all accounts the French opened fire upon the British troops without provocation or warning. How they could have made such a mistake it is very difficult to conceive, as the West India regiment wear bright scarlet uniforms, carry British arms, and observe all the regulations of army discipline. The attack took place in the district whose possession is still a matter of dispute between France and Englund. Some time ago Capt. Lendy was supposed to be hemmed in by natives near Koranko and a detachment of the West Indian Regiment was sent to his aid. Then a larger force from the same regiment was dis]>atched after the first. It is not known whether both forces were with him at the time I of the French attack. ('apt. Lendy left Liverpool in November, 1892. NOT ENVOI RAGING. The iron Trade Review Does Not See a Brilliant Future. The Iron Trade Review says: The close of 1893 recorded the lowest prices for iron and steel in the history of the trade. There has been a disposition to think the coming of 1894 would arrest the downward tendency, but evidences are to the contrary. It is known that on ores, offers have been made for the coming year lower than were touched in 1893 on standard grades; in pig iron, the opening of the year brings a report of an otter by a northern furnace, using Lake < Superior ores, to sell for deliveries i running into the spring at a figure not f touched by December transact ions. The study of costs is the most seri- ; ous business brokers have on hand to- ; day. and. while every buyer may be | satisfied that what is raw material to him has touched a level that leaves the maker without profit, he knows I that with greater reductions the mar- i ket may be still further depressed, and that with foreign competition added to : that at home, the tendency must be i further downward.

TO BLO ' V lF The lowa .State Capitol, Law-Makers Included. Des Moines (lowa'i special: George Redenour, a private detective of this city tells a thrilling story of a plot he claims to have unearthed to blow up the State Capitol and other public beddings in Des Moines with dynamite. Redenour has been a private detective for sometime, and has recently done a number of good jobs. He gave the police information which led to the arrest of William McKenna, alias Frank Doty, and Charles Robson, for safe-blowing and postoffice robbery. He says he has overheard the conversation'qf the plotters, two of whom, at least, are froni Chicago, and he thinks they are Anardhists. He says they are manufacturing dynamite bombs and are preparing to blow up tne Federal Building and Court House. The latter building, he says, is to be blown up to liberate Robson and Doty. The blowing up of the Capitol is to be done, he says, while the Legislature is in session. Face War. Black Rock, Ark., is considerably excited over a notice found posted on one of the leading stores the other morning warning all colored persons •jjlSayethe town inside of ten days, and also warning white property owners- to have the colored people vacate or they would have their property burned. Some of the consider it a hoax, while others think there is an organized conspiracy to drive the colored pc-o]>le from the town. There are In-tween 300 and 500 of these in the town, and some of the mill-owners have 4 been employing them instead of white labor in operating their mills. Several barns have been burned in portions of the county, and it looks as if a vigilance, committee would have to get to work.

A Full Jail. Fifty-two prisoners are now waiting behind the iron barred gratings of Cook Cdunty, at Chicago jail, charged with murder. Besides this large number of men who are to be tried for their lives, over 500 other prisoners charged with almost every crime on the calendar are in the jail awaiting trial. At no time has the County Jail been so completely crowded with prisoners as within the last few months. Not a cell is empty. Few contain less than two prisoners. In many instances three and even four persons are crowded within the narrow walls of a single cell. The women’s. quarters are as full as the men’s. But since the release of Anastasia l Biechke a few months ago. no woman under the charge of murder. After Mello. Officers in command of the ships belonging to theGovernmen of President Peixoto of Brazil, have received instructions to immediately embark provisions. coal, and other supplies, and proceed with all possible haste to Pernambuco, where they will join the Nictheroy and American, and prepare for a combined movement against Admiral Mello and Admiral Da Gama. It is also stated that agents in Europe of President Peixoto have been instructed to do their utmost to raise the money necessary to complete and provision two war vessels of Brazil which are now at Toulon, in order that they may as soon as possible reinforce the fleet in the Brazilian waters.

I:town Into a Well. The boiler of Haney Brothers’ sawmill, near New Ohio, -exploded. seriously injuring Ira Haney, engineer, and slightly injuring other hands about the mill. The boiler was thrown end over end about forty feet and the engine and machinery were scattered in every direction. The engineer was badly and hurled quite a distan-c, landing in a well containing several feet of water, from which ho was rescued in an unconscious condition. It is thought he will _rec<k-er. The boiler was old and has long been considered unsafe. Burned the Baby. Mrs. Max Gerard of Decatur, Ind., left her two children and the baby in a room by themselves while she went away on an errand. The baby was ■sleep&i its carriage. During the absence of Mrs. Gerard the children got iMisssession of a box of matches and lighted the inflammable material

; around the baby buggy. When Mr* I Gerard returned she found the little onti literally roasted and the carriage still burning. She is almost crazed with grief. A Mnrdrrer Eacapr*. Toledo special, ('hief of Polica Haitz has returned from IndianapolU with Mrs. George Kohler, on conn plaint of whom the police arrested George Kohler, her husband, for the murder of Mrs. Gottlieb Stahl nine years ago. The woman was taken before the Prosecuting Attorney for examination. It turns out that she was not, as first stated, divorced from Kohler, and is still his lawful wife. In thia I relationship she cannot give evidence against the prisoner, who will be released. The iMiliee firmly Ixdievo that Kohler Is the num who murdered Mrs. Stahl. Determined to FightJacksonville (Fla.) special: So certain are members of the Duval Athletic Club that the Corbett-Mitchell fight will- be pulled off in this city, that another gang of mon has been put to i work on the arena which is now over half completed. Soon, officials say, they will issue a statement in which ; their plans will be disclosed. These plans are said to be so perfected that there will be no way'by which the fight can be prevented. Mormon* lu I'arl*. The Paris correspondent of the London Globe says that the arrival of a | prominent Mormon elder in that city is the chief gossip of the boulevards. The correspondent adds that the Mormor came to make converts, which Utah sorely wants, and that he intends to confine his labors to the quarters in Paris inhabited by the working classes before going to the well-explored Mormon hunting-grounds of Sweden. Nor-way.-Denmark, Germany, and Switzerl- - ' New Gold Field. Denver special: Another gold camp has come forth seeking public recognition. Unconfirmed reports have been received of this new field during the past two months and the first strike of note was made last week. The new strike is on Crooked ('reek, near Buena Vista. The lucky prospectors are 11. E. Woodward and Lewis Weinberg, who found free gold in white quartz in their claim, named the Nellie Blye.reported to assay twelve ounces to the ton. Fire in Albany. The Albany, N. Y., theater, a structure five stories high and covering an area of half a block, was completely destroyed bv fire. (Save three walls and a mass of debris, nothing remains of the structure. The firemen could do little but devote their efforts to saving surrounding property and were successful in confining the flames to the theater building. The total loss in this building is estimated at about $125,000. and the in urance at $86,000.

Attempt to Wreck a Train. An attempt was made to wreck a passenger train on the Wabash road at a point west of Logansport, Ind., by placing a tie on the track. It so happened that an extra freight train came running along a few minutes ahead of the passenger and the obstacle was sighted in time to prevent material damage. A similar attempt to wreck the same train was made a few weeks ago by placing a heavy bowlder on the track at the same spot. 'Tls True. San Francisco special: * Capt. Munger of tne Corwin, has just been interviewed. To an Examiner reporter he said that the Associated' Press Auckland dispatch, which stated that Minister Willis had made a formal demand for the surrender of the Provisional Government, was true. Beyond that Munger would say no more. Railroad Men Free. ilt Wooster, Ohio. Prosecuting Attorney Metz has nollied the indictments against Conductor Conklin and Engineer Bradley for manslaughter in causing the Shreve wreck, in which eleven people Were killed and cremated over a year ago. This was done because the jury failed to convict Conklin last g? ■sue President's Pardon. The President has commuted the sentence of death to that of life imprisonment in the cases of George Hardy and Edward Norris, two colored boys convicted of the murder of Peter H. Young, an elderly merchant, in Washington. Big Strike I*robable. Youpgstown (Ohio) special: It is reported here that all the miners in the Mahoning Valley will strike This action will be taken as the result of a 10 per cent, reduction in wages. Gold Found at Hlwood. Elwood, Ind., has been stirred from “center to circumference” by the discovery of a rich deposit of gold in the very heart of the city by workmen, who were digging a vault. Cut IBs Arm Qff. John Crowly, an operator at the American Tin-plate factory nt Elwood, Ind., had his right arm cut off by the huge shears used to turn the st-e'bl sheets. :

THE MARKETS. CHICAGO. Cattle-Common to Prime.... |3 50 6 00 Hogs—Hhipplns Grades 4 00 @ 5 50 Sheep—Fair to Choke 2 25 <g> 4 OO Wheat—No. 2 Red 61'4@ c>i Cobs—No. 2 35 @ *5 Oats—No. 2 20 so Rye—No. 2 45 0 46 Butteb—Choice Creamery..... 26 @ 27 Eggs—Fresh 21 @ 22 Potatoes—Per bu to & W INDIANAPOLIS. Cattle—Shipping .... 300 05 M Hous—Choice Li.lit 300 0 5 50 Sheep—Common to Prime;.... 200 (9 350 Wheat—No. 2 Red ..... 56 @ W Cobn-No. 2 White 35)40 »«)4 Oats—No. 2 W hite 31 & 32 ST. LOUIS. <• Cattle .t. . 300 & 500 Hogs 8 00 0 5 so Wheat—No. 2 Red as @ so Cobs’—No. 2 32 <9 33 Oats—No. 2. , 28 0 29 ■POBK—Mess 18 00 <313 75 “ CINCINNATI. Cattle 300 & 5 oo Hogs , 300 0 5 50 Sheep .... b......... 200 @ 4 oo Wheat—Noi 2 Red. 58)4® 5954 Cobn—No. 2 36)4® 37)4 Oats-No. 2 Mixed »1 & 82 Bye—No. 2 52 & 64 DETROIT. Cattle 3 oo @4 75 Hogs...: 3 00 @5 75 Sheep..... 2 00 @ 4 oo Wheat—No. 2 Red 61140 62)4 Cobh-No. 2 Yellow 38 & 89 Oats—No. 2 White 28 0 80 TOLEDO. Wheat—No. 2 Red 61 0 62 Cobn—No, s Yellow 36)40 37)4 Oats—No. 2 White @ 29)4. Rye—No. 2 so @ 52 BUFFALO. Beef Cattle—Good to Prime. 2 50 @ 5 25 Hogs—Mixed Packers. . 4 00 @ 6 00 Wheat-No. 1 Hard ’2)4@ 73)4 No. 2 Red 63 @ 65 MILWAUKEE. Wheat—No. 2 Spring 60 0 61 Oats—No. 3 White 29 @. 31 Rye—No. 1 47 @ 48 Ba KLEY—No. 2 50 @ 51 POBX- Me»» J . 12 50 @l3 00 NEW YORK. „ Cattle 3 oo @ 5 so Hogs 8 75 0 6 so Sheep 200 0 4 oo Wheat—No. 2 Red ~. 68 0 69 Cobb-No. 2 43 0 u Oats—White Western 86 ® 41 Butteb—Choice 20 0 26 Po«K-MeM i... 18 W_9U M

OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. CALIFORNIA'S EXPOSITION IS NOW ON VIEW,, Indication* Arc That the Show Will Dr a Financial and Artlatlo Surer**—Brief Description of the Building*- Patterned After the "White City." Midwinter Fair Begin*. The California Midwinter Fair is now open to the public. Hero, In this Western metropolis, writes a correspondent, at the extreme edge of the Western hemisphere, with the placid waters of the great Pacific in view, the hand of man has created a city neither so beautiful, so wonderful, nor so extensive as the now quickly fading White City by 1-ako Michigan, but one that is truly grand and of which the people of California and the other Pacific States may justly be proud. It was only in the latter part of last May, when the end of the Chicago Fair was in view, that some Californians in Chicago conceived the idea of having a fair in San Francisco. Shortly afterward it was decided to go ahead in the matter and Golden Gate Park was selected as the location for the fair, conceded by all to be one of tho prettiest spots on the face of the globe. Aug. 24, in thq presence of 80.000 people, the enterprise was Inaugurated by turning the first shovelful of dirt, immediately, after which the work of grading’ commenced, followed in a few weeks by the inauguration of work on the main structures. Patternii At:er Chisago. The Manufactures and Liberal Arts Building is the largest on the grounds. This building is Moorish in design, with all the picturesque effects to which that style of architecture readily lends itself. The Mechanical Arts Building is the second largest structure, and is nearly pure Indian in design and highly artistic in its rich, Oriental style. By far the most striking architectural feature of the exposition is the Horticultural and Agricultural Building. It is in Spanish mission style and is a low-roof design, so much in favor on the coast. This

£ Ji ’ ~ AGRICULTURE BUILDING.

structure contains the greatest display of the products of the soil of California ever put together, and that is synonymous with saying that is such a display of agricultural and horticultural material as the United States have never seen placed on exhibition. It is typical and almost exclusively Californian and will afford visitors an opportunity of judging of the vastness and variety of California's resources, such as no amount of travel and observation could give. The Fine Arts Building is intended for a permanent structure, constructed of brick and iron. The Administration Building like its namesake at the Columbian Exposition, which faced the grand basin, is directly in the rear of the allegorical fountain. In this the OifiWiß HI M i ii» O ili JjJjOw jj[ lll iiu APMINISTBATION BrILDING. sculptor has tried to tell the whole history of the state and much can be plainly read from its design. The familiar statue of California, crowned with a wreath of poppies, stands on a pedestal whose rugged character suggests the mountain regions. The principal central figure is the eagle, emblematic of the state’s loyalty to the nation. Tne central figure of the grand court is the electrical tower. On the ground floor is a pavilion for the use of the public and flanking the open space there are four Moorish pavilions, containing four stories and decorated in Oriental colors. The base of the tower occupies a space of fifty feet square, while the first gallery, eighty feet from the ground, has a seating capacity of 200. There are three other galleries of large seating capacity, the topmost one being within six feet Os the pinnacle. The concessional features of the Midwinter Exposition are -both numerous and interesting. There is a modest counterpart of the great Ferris wheOl ■Of the World’s Fair in the Firth wheel,

ft » h a R ~ , JeIISE WMmjl KW, TINE ABTS BUILDING. which is 125 feet in height. There are Chipese, Japanese, Hawaiian, Esquimaux, Canadian and German villages, an ostrich farm, a Colorado gold mine, a scenic railway, a Santa Barbara aquarium containing a dozen sea lions, a reproduction of Cairo street, ~s Turkish theater, a Moorish mirror maze, a reproduction of the celebrated Prater of Vienna, a tcmalehouse, a reproduction *of Anne Hathaway’s cottage, and last, but by no means least, a ’49 mining camp. This camp occupies a space 450 feet long and 250 feet wide. In the center of the camp is a street 450 feet long, lined on each side with old-time (hanties which do service aenowspaper

offices, saloons, hotels, theaters, and gambling houses, as in the days of yore, representing a typical mining town. Mackay’s, Perkins’, and Jones’ cabins arc set up just as they were when tho millionaire miners deserted them. The camp promises to be one of the most interesting spoti on the Exposition grounds, as it is the intention to faithfully represent the days of '49 by mock duels, trials, lynchings, and other episodes of thorn stirring tim 'S. VOTE TO TAX INCOMES. The Democratic Majority Decide* to Levy a Tax of a Per Cent. The advocates of the individual income tax proposition were triumphant at a recent mooting of the Democratic Ways and Means Committee, says a Washington dispatch. Tho .eleven members wore present when the final mooting was hold at tho Treasury Department. Comparatively little time was wasted in discussion. The ground —— "" -—■■■" I I» MANUrACTVHBS BUILDING. had all been argued and fought over time and time again, and at this meeting the issue was joined on two propositions, ono to levy a tax of 2 per cent, against individual incomes over $4,(109 and against the incomes from corporations (that is, the difference between tho gross income and the operating expenses, or, in other words, the net income); and, second, a proposition offered as a substitute by Mr. Cockran (N. Y.) to tax the incomes t rom corporations 1 per cent, and inheritances 5 per cent., to place a tax of 10 cents on whisky and to restore sugar to the dutiable list at 4 a cent a pound. The vote on Mr. Cockran's substitute proposition, which was taken first, resulted in its defeat—7 to 4—as follows: Yeas—Wilson, Cockran, Stevens and Montgomery. Nays—McMillin. Turner, Whiting, Bryan, Bynutn, Tarsney and Breckinridge. The original proposition was then

submitted and carried by a vote of 6 to 5, as follows: Yeas—McMillin, Turner. Whltinu, Bryan, Bynutn and Tar-ney. ’• Nays—Wilson, Cockyan, Stevens, Montgomery and Breckinridge. It was also decided, in connection with the latter proposition, to increase the whisky tax 10 cents a gallon—that is. from 90 cents to sl—to be levied against whisky in as well as out of bond. Upon the representation that this increase would work undue hardship to the owners of whisky in bond it was decided to extend the coaded period from three to eight years. The tax on playing cards, at one time fixed at 6 cents a pack, was reduced to 2 cents, and the contemplated tax on perfumes and cosmetics was discarded. No increase was made in the tax on cigars, but the increase on cigarettes—sl per I,ooo— was allowed to stand. The committee estimates that the tax on the incomes from corporations and individuals (corporations being treated as individuals) will raise $30,000,000 revenue—sl2,€oo,o<M) from corporations and $18,000,000 from individuals. The increase in the whisky tax, it is estimated, will give an additional revenue of $10,000,000 per annum. The proposed tax on inheritances, which was to be levied in case the proposition for an individual income tax failed, was not deemed nece. sary. IN A PITCHED BATTLE. Two Hundred Men and Hoys Fight Out a Bitter, Long-Standing Feud. The other night 200 men and boys engaged in a pitched battle at Dayton, a small town southwest of Webster City, lowa. For some time past a feud has' existed between the two towns of Dayton and Frazier, and a large party of miners from the latter town visited Dayton for the purpose of demolishing it. During the battle City Marshal Larson was shot through the stomach, the bullet passing thio igh his body. John Gustafson was literally cut'to pieces, and among a half dozen others injured more or less was Frank Doud, United State i Marshal under President Harrison for Dakota. The miners, the dispatch says, went to a dance at Dayton, where a New Year’s dar.ee was in progress. Entering, they scared the ladies present, and it was but a moment until they had cleared the room. Shortly after this they went to a restaurant owned by a man named Tudker. The men who were at the dance had armed themselves, and the City Marshal •was at the restaurant trying to quiet the miners and induce them to leave town. Some one fired a shot, and it entered tho City Marshals body. The riot was on then In earnest. Knives, ipistols, and clubs were used. An armed patrol of dbtiit twenty men was stationed at differerit parts of the city ■by the Mayor, and late the 'following afternoon they, in company with the Sheriff from Fort Dodge and a posse from the same place, arrested eight of 1 the ringleaders.

Wm Swelledhy «0,801,0014. The • public-debt statement shows the net' increase of the debt, less cash in the treasury, during the 1 mohth of ' December’ to have been $0,861,662. The interest-bearing debt increased S9O, the debt on which' Interest''has ceased since maturity decreased $25,850 and the debt bearing no intereht increased $2,062,361. The reduction in the cash balance'during the 'mohth was $4,824,061. *-THe 'ihteresd-bearing debt is $585,030,310, the'dbbt on which interest has ceased since maturity is $1,913,530 and the debt bearing no interest is $376,653,077. a total debt of $963,605,917. The certificates and treasury notes offset by an equal amount of cash in the treasury arabunt to $604,317,424, an increase during the month of $5,088,122. The gold reserve fc $80,891,000 and the net cash balance $9,483,955, a total available balance of $90,375,555, a decrease during the month of $4,824,001. The total cash in the treasury on the day tho statement was issued was $737,014,701. , The tot; 1 , amount of national bank notes outstanding Dec. 21, 1893, was $208,442,027, an increase in circulation since Dec. 31, 1892, of $34,141,215 and a decrease in circulation since Nov. 30 of $408,761. The circulation outstanding asrainst be nd» Doc. 31 was $185,087,705:

HOOSIER HAPPENINGS NEWS OF THE WEEK CONCISELY CONDENSED. What Our Neighbor* are Doing- Matter* of General and Local Interest—Marriage* and Death*—Accident* and Crimea— Personal Pointer* About Indlanlan*. A Convene Enoch Arden. A case which in many respects resembles thatof Enoch Arden developed at Converse. A day or so ago Mrs. Noah Long, who with her children moved to Converse, a year or more ago, received a letter from her husband's sister, stating that Mr. Long, who mysteriously disappeared while he and his family were living in Carroll County, four years since, was alive and well in Arizona. Long married his wife, who was a Miss Rotta Eltzroth, in 1883, in Carroll County, and they lived together happily, three children being born to them, until February, 1890. Then Long took two horses to Frankfort, Ind., sold them for $250 and disappeared suddsnly and completely. His .father sup]K)sing he had gone West made many trips beyond the Mississippi in search ol him, but not a trace of him was found and last year Mrs. Long, in (despair moved to Converse. Alleging abandonment, she sued tor divorce and got a decree, which, however, in accordance with the Indiana statute forbade her marriage Within two years, the husband being a non-resident. Mrs. Long, howevdr, met and became infatuated with a butter-maker named A. R. Anderson and being anxious to wed him, they wont to Michigan and were married and now reside in that State. The information just received that Mr. Long is alive, reasonably happy and meditating a visit to his old home, caused a sensation at Converse where the family is known.

Minor*StHtr Item a. The number of children of school age in Shelby County is 9,077. Farmer Winthaus was kicked to death by his horse near Moore's Hill. The Anderson Flint-Glass Bottle Works Company has reorganized with SIOO,OOO capital. Knox County farmers arc beginning to give a good deal of attention to the cultivation of plum trees. Charles Crabb, a crippled chicken huckster, was assaulted and robbed near Dublin. The highwaymen got S4O. John Hamilton, one of Muncie’s oldest citizens, was stricken with paralysis and is not expected to live. At tho close of 1893 there were 48J boys in the Indfhna Reform School. All except eleven of the number are able to write letters. Luther Morris of Fairmount, has been sued at Marion for s2,ooodamages for operating a saloon and the court is asked to abate the nuisance. Miss Maggie Hauser, aged 50, of Hope, Bartholomew County, daughter of the late Martin Houser, died suddenly of heart disease. She weighed 203 pounds. Mrs. Augusta Schmidt, who killed her tenant. Oscar Walton, in October, was refused bail in a haber.i corpus proceeding at Kokomo. She will be tried January 29. William Murphy, a Paragon store-keeper, discovered burglars in his store, and opened fire on ‘them. One was wounded and they were tracked by the blood into the country. Eugene F. Brady of Lafayette, the Deputy United States Marshal who was so badly shot last September while in pursuit of the Dalton gang in Indian Territory, has so far recovered as to be able to get around. IT has just come to light that Senator Calvin S. Brice’s recent visit to the gas belt cities was for tho purpose of closing a deal whereby about 15,900 acres of gas lands in Madison, Delaware, Jay, and Blackford Counties will be drained to furnish gas for the Lima (Ohio) gaa field, where the supply is failing. It has been determined to lay a sixteen-inch main direct from these fields to the Ohio cities where gas is now being used, and the work will begin in a very short time, Thousands of acres of gas territory have been leased from the farmers during the past season, because they were in need of money. There will be almost seventy-five miles of pipe line, and tho cost will reach $1,060,G00,’.it is said. Patents have been issued to Indiana inventors as follows: James V. Ashcraft, Dunkirk, pilera; Frederick Berner, Jr., Indianapolis, assignor of three-fourths to M. B. Christ, wood embossing machine; William T. Eastes, Muncie, medical case; William K. Fraley,Lebanon, hoof trimmer: Charles M. Kiler, assignor of one-half to S. Urmston, Indianaimlis, station indicator; Charles N. Leonard, Indianapolis, continuous table for physicians: George Philion, Mishawaka, truck; William H. Spence, Fairmount, blackboard eraser; John R. Staudt, Indianapolis, flour bolt; James W. Underwood, Sheridan, gas heating apparatus; Samuel D. Van Pelt, Anderson, slate-dressing machine; John L. Wagner, Terra Haute, box car door.

The death of Mrs. Peter McPherson at Muncie is making no end of superstitious gossip there. A few evenings ago Mrs. McPherson was at a social ' gathering and some one late in the •eveningdiscovered just thirteen people present. Another thoughtless person stated that disaster and death would follow some memberofthe party before the new year passed, “As the Lord would never again permit those same persons to again ‘meet alone.” Mrs. McPherson, being a susceptible woman, was much affected-and'at'once announced that she felt ill and was conveyed home. She was closely watched, but grew worse 'until death relieved her sufferings. .Just before her spirit passed away she opened'her ' eyes and said: “The Lord’s will be 1 done,” 1 then flfuietly passed a“way. Timothy O’Connor, Linden farmer, ■Was accidentally shot and killed by his brother while coon hunting. Wm. Cleary’ entered a gas regular tor at Muncie, to make some repairs. The gas exploded and he was seriously injured. The fire spread to the Port Glass Works, but was extin--guished with-small loss. Harry Hoover, Ira Eads, Charlie ' fihoeniker arid Lao Bavie; prisoners Un the Fowler Jail, escaped by sawing out a window and lowering themselves to the ground with blankets. The Sheriff capture. Omer Isgrigg, young man living near Thorntown, had his right arm torn off at t le elbow, while feeding a corn husker. Fire at Fortville destroyed the fourstory business block of Joseph Bims & Sons, general merchants, and the saloon of Charles Shaffer; and wrecked a residence of Luna Hudson. Loss, SIO,OOO, partially insured. The fire was caused bv gas iet. A 14-YEAR-OLD boy named Armstrong went into the stable of JohnHogffman, near Prescott, Shelby County,to feed a stallion, when the animal rushed on him and tore through one cheek with his teeth and otherwise injured him. Prompt assistance saved the boy’s life.

r M’KINLEY SWORN IN. Inangnrnted Governor of Ohio for th* ■eooud Time. William McKinley haa been once aualn inaugurated as Governor of Ohio. Among those who stood near him while the oath was being administered, bv the Chief Justice was one who. sixteen years ago this month, participated In the inauguration of George B. ™oSlellan oa chief executive of New ertoy. . k? Despite hia personal desire for *■ “ quiet inauguration, tho ceremony Columbus was attended by considerable '-■■Ci*’"* Ik I Um ■ A 1 MF t > '• JLI,, v r a • 1 At fti //Ik WM. M’KlltLCr. eclat. Governor McKinley was escorted to the Statehouse by tho joint House and Senate committee, roachlng the building a few minutes before 12. The structure was filled to overflowing and the Statehouse ground was packed. Tho ceremonies wore very simple. Prayer was offered by Rev. T. E. Taylor, and the oath of office was administered by Chief Justice Joseph P. Bradbury. Governor McKinley then delivered his inaugural address. HORNBLOWER IS OUT. Majority of the Senate Committee Again** Confirm At lon. William B. HorQblower, President Cleveland's nominee for the vacancy on the United States Supreme bench, received a knockout blow Monday. At the meeting of tho Senate Judiciary Committee Senator Hill was instructed to make an unfavorable report from a majority of the committee on the nomination. Mr. Hill, ace. rding to a Washington correspondent, has been gunning for Mr. Cleveland’s man for months, TO WILLIAM B nOBNBLOWB*. and now apparently the game is In his hands. While the report does not make confirmation absolutely impossible, it is thought Hornblower’s fate is settled. The fight on Hornblower has beet wicked. While that gentleman is s capable lawyer, his attitude toward corporations and the apprehension that he might overturn important decisions affecting railroads caused him to be subjected to the sharpest sort of criticism. * CONbITION OF TRADE.

R. G. Dun * Co.’« Review Shows No Changes* R. G. Dun & Co.’s weekly review of trade says: ? The cloud of uncertainty does not lift as yet. Strong confidence is expressed In nearly all markets that trade must Improve with the new year, but It Is yet too early to expect Important cllaugo, if really on the way. In the mala the conditions continue unchanged. Bui, the proposal of an income tax is not calculated to Inspire confidence, nor does itenopurnge hope that uncertainty about revenue laws will be speedily terminated. The condition of the Treasury oxcltes less Interest with the gold reserve lower than ever and the entire available reserve reduced to $90,000,000 than smaller losses caused when the free gold exceeded $190,000,000. Yet the deficit of $37.0(14,329 in the first half of the current year, the decrease of 830.744.958 in customs receipts for six months, and $10,054,191 In the Internal revenue point to a largo deficit for the year and a greater reduction of Treasury balances than can be safely pc mltted. At the point of danger is the largo volume of paper circulation, with a narrow gold reserve, the proposal to Issue fifty millions moro paper by means of coining silver bullion held is not reassuring. and the Chamber of Commerce has earnestly urged an issue of short-time bonds, as recommended by the Secretary of the Treasury. Money from the Interior still floods this market, commercial inactivity still causes the amount of Idle funds to swell beyond all precedent, and rates are so low that speculation might be dangorouslv stimulated if a feeling of hopefulness prevailed. Thus it may bo fortunate that diminished earnings repress ardor in stock sieculatfon, and heavy supplies tn sight deter speculation in products. The disbursement of $95,000,000 at New York. $27.0*00,000 in Boston and Pittsburg for January intereit and dividends, has produced nothing like ths usual demand for -securities, though after several days of ‘excessive selling the stock market rose an average of a*dollar a share. Cut rates !n---‘croasn railway better returns in money, and the dividends*’ paid reflect past rather khan present conditions Mow the World W»n Thieves raided sevetahcars of men•chandise at Hammorfi, find., securing ■property worth S7OO. t OURAY, Col., o!th»ns passed resolu'tions indorsing Gov. Waite’s extra session of the Legislature. The Michigan Mutual Live Stock , Insumneo Company went into a recelv<«r*s’ hands. Robert Heiser, 4 years old. played with matches in a barn at Hamilton, Ohio, and was burned to death. t Joseph Sheehan, a traveling salesman, hanged himself at Arcadia, Kan. No cause is known for the act James M. Dowling, accused of embezzling $25,000 while cashier of the New Orleans mint, was acquitted. Troops of the Brazilian government have abandoned Santa toward which the insurgents are marching. President Greenhut says the rumor that the Whisky Trust would lobby for an Increase in the tax is ab- - surd. Alfred Lewis, of Fowler, Ohio, convicted of killing his wife, was sentenced to fiftejn years in the peniten* tiary. ’ v ■ ' ... . ■, -■ . . ■