Decatur Democrat, Volume 37, Number 46, Decatur, Adams County, 2 February 1894 — Page 6

Qmwxat DfCCJKTUR, IND. |L ELACXBURN, . . . Pmuiuui ON THE IRISH COAST A BRITISH BARQUE GOES TO PIECES, Thirty Bailor* Go Down wlth|thc 111-r2 t 0 Ship—Bobber* Loot thel American Legation at Home-Terrible Tragedy at Tiffin, Ohio—Bath, Me., Swept by Fire. A SHIPWRECK, The British Barque Port Tarrock, Lost on the Irish Coant. London special: Nearly thirty lives have been lost by the wrecking- of the British bark, Port Yarrock, Captain Forbes, from Santa Rosalia, July 4, for Antwerp, which some days ago putinto Brandon Bay, County Kerry, Ireland, in a disabled condition and which during a gale dragged her anchor and went ashore. A very heavy sea was running in the bay and when the bark struck,the surf made a clean break over her. It was impossible, owini to .the position of the stranded vessel, for any assistance to reach her and in a short time she began to break up. First her three masts went by the board and the wreckage floating along side caused the hull to keel over at a sharp angle, thus affording a better mark for the sea that was growing stronger and stronger. Boon butts and seams on the weather side began to open and in a short time the vessel began to break up. Some of those onboardthe Barque attempted to reach shore by means of planks or spars, but they were swept off and dis* appeared almost as soon as they left the vessel. Not a person on the Barque was saved. LEGATION LOOTED. Italian Robbers Ransaclt the American Officials' Quarters. Rome special: Minister Potter’s quarters, and those of the American Consul General were visited by burglars who forced an entrance into the American legation, No. 13, Via Nazionale, by breaking the locks. The thieves broke open the safe and the desks and then set fire to all the papers in the office. A number of archives were completely destroyed apd others partially burned. Minister Potter stated that no valuable documents were destroyed. The Minister informed Baron Blanc, Minister of Foreign Affairs, as soon as he himself learned of it. and the police were immediately set to work on the case, but as yet they have found nothing that would lead to the identification of the robbers. The motives of the thieves, and there is considerable doubt of their being ordinary burglars, in so thoroughly wrecking the offices and destroying the papers, especially the archives, is inexplicable. Shot Ills Sweetheart. At Tiffin, Ohio, Fred J. Sharp shot and fatally wounded Miss Kittle Klees and then turned the revolver to his own head and blew out his brains. Sharp was 34 years old, and was employed as brakeman, fireman, and engineer by the Wheeling and Lake Erie Railway company for years. Miss Klees is a sister offM'rs. Frank ‘.Blum of Tiffin, and is a very estimable young lady. Her mother resides at Shelby, Ohio. For nearly eight years she has been receiving the attentions of Sharp and they were engaged to be married, but she objected to his waywardness and broke with him a week ago. Swept by Fire. A large portion of the business section of Bath, Me., was laid in ruins by fire. The waterworks system proved useless, there having been a big break in the main pipe, and without water the fire department was powerless to check the spread of the flames. As a result the Sagadahoe ~ house, two national banks, a savings bank and a dozen stores were destroyed. The total loss is estimated at between $500.00(1 and $750,000, on which there is insurance of one-half. Twelve Thousand Lives Lost. San Francisco special: Additional advices by the steamer Belgic, from China, announce the complete annihilation by earthquake of the town of Kuchan, Persia. Twelve thousand persons were killed in the awful disaster. Ten thousand corpses have been recovered to date. The once important and beautiful city of 20,000 people is now a scene of death, desolation, and terror. Fifty , thousand cattle were also destroyed at the same time. To Succeed Satolli* A special to the Chicago Herald from St. Louis says: “A St. Louis priest, with a charge near the center of the city, has received a letter from a friend at Rome confirming the information that Archbishop Satolli is to be relieved of his duties as apostolic delegate and to be appointed Archbishop of Bologne. at the next Consistory and adding that Archbishop Ireland is to succeed Archbishop Satolli as apostolic delegate. _____ The Elevator Trap. Julia Friedman, 16 years old, was literally scalped by a passenger elevator at Toledo. She was watching the elevator ascend, and her head was jammed between the top oi the car and the door. Her recovery is very doubtful. Editor Collins Dead. F. S. Collins, owner and publisher of the Daily Democrat of Seymour, Ind., died of consumption, aged 31. He was a 32d degree Mason, Past Chancellor of the Knights of Pythias, and a Mystic Shriner. Fate of Two Hunters. Ben W. Hughey and Alonzo Carndall, both of Mount Carmel, 111., capsized a skiff in the Ohio River, three miles below Shawneetown, and were drowned. The bodies have not been found. One Good Result. At Chicago one thousand saloons have gone out«of business during the last three months owing to the financial depression. Honduras Army Invading Nicaragua. \Vashington special: A cable message received at the State Department reported that active hostilities were in progress between Nicaragua and Honduras and after a conference between Secretary Gresham and Secretary Herbert the latter sent a telegram to acting Rear Admiral Stanton, ordering him to proceed from Port Au Prince, Hayti, with the ‘‘Kearsarge” to protect lives and property of American citizens at or in the neighborhood of Bluefields, Nicaragua, and report conditions of affairs.” Subsequent movements aro left to Admiral Stanton’s discretion. The mes- & sage telling of the trouble was from

the United States Consul at Cape ' Gracious A'Dlp, Nicaragua, and said ' that Honduras was invading Nicaragua at that point. Bluefields is an important terminal ixiint on the Nicaragua Canal, and the intention of 6elr&im,, v Herbert in sending the Kearsarge there was loo , k after the canal property; FOR WITCHCRAFT A Family I* Expelled from the Methodl»t Church. For belief in the power of witches, contrary to the teachings of the Methodist Church, Norman Bicam and Howard Hughes and his wife wore L-jed and expelled f“5777 Hart’s church, tour miles so«‘’ u 0 ( Salem, Ohio. The accused charged JacobCulp, a brother-in-law, with possessing an evil eye and practicing witchcraft,.thereby causing the death of old Mrs. Loop and his first wife, bringing sickness upon Mrs. Hughes and another woman and killing and bewitching cows. A hoodoo doctor from Alliance located Culp as the witch and said a 100 t from his evil eye meant death. The accused refused to appear for trial and the case proceeded without them. The jury pronounced all guilty and formal sentence of expulsion was passed upon them. Their attorney gave notice of appeal to the quarterly conference. Sadie Loop, a sister of the trio, was expelled from the church a year ago on the same charge. Culp bears a good reputation and is one of the pillars of the church. SHOT THROUGH A WINDOW. Vnknown Assassin Kills a Blind Woman. Petulma (Cal.) special: Frank Meagher, who lives on Willow Ranch, near hear, was mortally wounded and his wife killed by an unknown assassin. Meagher was sitting with his back to the window reading when the assassin fired a shot through the window, wotinding Meagher in the back of the head. Mrs. Meagher, who was blind, evidently groped her way into another room and opened a door leading to the front porch. As she did so the murderer poked a gun against her temple, blowing the top of her head off. Then he dragged Mrs. Meagher’s body into the room and laid it beside that of her husband, who was uneonscio,.o. Meagher was discovered hext day in a semi-conscious condition, and he is not yet able to tell the story of the crime. There is no clew to the perpetrato r. Emperor iVHliam Embraces Bismarck* Berlin special: Prince Bismarck, with his son, Count Herbert, and several friends, left Friedrichsruhe at 9:30 o’clock a. m. and arrived in Berlin at 2 o'clock p. m. Monday. The great ex-Chancellor was welcomed at the station by Prince Henry of Prussia, the Emperor’s brother; the Governor of Berlin, and a large suite of officers. They entered carriages and were driven to the Castle. When the party arrived at the Castle Prince Bismarck and Prince Henry descended from the state coach and entered. The Emperor's reception of the old statesman was of the warmest and most cordial nature. His Majesty embraced the Prince with the utmost heartiness, and a kiss pressed on the old man's cheek sealed the reconciliation between the Emperor and the greatest of his subjects. Prince Bismarck's gravity of demeanor during his reception by His Majesty was much commented upon. All Quiet in Brazil. Buenos Ayres special: Dispatches received here from Rio de Janeiro say that insurgents are running short of provisions, and that this is one of the reasons which has led Admiral Da Gama to enter into negotiations with Admiral Benham in command of the United States fleet at Rio de Janeiro looking to a satisfactory settlement of the disputes between the Government and the Insurgents. It is believed here that there will be be no further fighting at Rio de Janeiro and that the American Admiral now has the key to the situation, and that he will be successful in arranging matters in a manner satisfactory to both sides, A Terrible Story. Tiffin (Ohio) special: Section men on the Baltimore and Ohio were coming westand stopped temporarily at an unusea coal shed about three miles east of Republic. The shed contained two tramps. One of them, upon seeing the section men, said: “I am a woman, help me to escape, please.” It developed that the inrl was Mattia Meeks, aged 16, of Ridge Farm, Hl., who had been abducted five weeks ago by her companion. When dressed in her proper attire she proved to be a very handsome girl. She tells a terrible story of abuse at the hands other captor. She was returned to her home and the villainous abductor is in jail. Terrible Outrage. A terrible outrage, resulting in tho death of two men and the serious, if not fatal, injury of six others, occurred just as the Missouri, Kansas and Texas train was leaving San Marcos, Texas. A dynamite cartridge, which had been placed in the smoking car stove by some unknown person, exploded, the stove and half the car being shattered to pieces. Ed. Binding, traveling agent of the City Brewery of San Antonio and J. G. Hcidelheimer.aprominent merchant of Austin, Texas, wero instantly killed. All the other passengers in the ear, six in number, were injured, but their names have not been secured. Brutal Marder. San Antonio (Texas; special: Details have reached here of a brutal murder at Encinnal. south of here. A Mexican named Valdena fell in love with a pretty Mexican girl named Miss Josefa Trevino. She rejected him and later he called her to her door. shot her three times, twice after she fell dying and then in an attempt to commit suicide blew his face off. He is in jail, but will die. Pension tor a Centenarian. Andrew Franklin, a veteran of the war 0f.1812, who lives in Coffey County, Kan., and is 102 years Old, will be given a pension of SSO a month if the favorable report of the House Pension Committee on his case is approved by Congress. The committee has also recommended a pension for Hannah Lyons of Marblehead, Mass., a daughter of John Russell, a revolutionary veteran. Brooklyn Tabernacle. The Trustees of the Brqp dyn Tabernacle are trying to devise away of clearing the church of its debts. The 10-cents admission plan has been abandoned and it has been decided to issue an appeal to the public for aid. Six of the trustees feel confident that Dr. Talmage can be induced to remain at the 'labernaele if the debts arc cleared. > Killed for Him Money. R. C. Goodale, farmer, 72 years of age, residing alone in a little house 1 near Afton, lowd, has been found ; butchered in his house. By the failure of a bank at Longley, he lost S4OO and has since kept considerable sums in his house. There were ten wounds on 1 Goodale's head and neck, any one of

i which would causo death. Tho old man had apparently been knocked , senseless at first and the subsequent b ows and stabs were given to insure his death. Considerable money secreted in the house was overlooked by the robbers. Emperor William's Birthday. Berlin special: Tho 35th birthday at Emperor William was celebrated throughout' Germany in a most elaborate and eothuslliflHP manner, and with _ „<■ vairard for tho Emperor whicn has never before been manifested. The people of Germany in addition to celebrating the Emperor’s birthday, have been celebrating the 25th anniversary of his entering into the Russian army, and, above all. have been celebrating tho reconciliation which has taken place between the Emperor and I’rince Bismarck. Bad Freight Wreck. Miamisburg (Ohio) special: A Big Four freight train, west bound, in charge of Conductor O. J. Ryan and Engineer Manuel Wolf, was wrecked at the Smith street crossing, entailing a property loss of over SIO,OOO. Luckily, no lives were lost. Eighteen loaded box cars wore derailed, and several were completely demolished. The exact cause of tho wreck is not known, but is supposed to have been caused by a broken frog. It required several hours to clear up the wreck. Eight Drowned. The schooner Florence of Holland, Mich., capsized above New Orleans, La., in the Mississippi, and eight persons on hoard were drowned. The party was on a pleasure trip to Florida, and left Holland in September. The reported dead are: George Henry Brooks, aired about 65 years: George Brooks, aged 19; Eddie Brooks, aged 17: Bertie Brooks, aged 11; John Howard and Mrs. John Howard, aged about 65 years, and James Howard, their son. aged about 35 years. Fatal Accident. A Burlington, Cedar Rapids and Northern train was wrecked three miles south of Pottsville, lowa, by a broken rail. The engine and four cars left the track and wero overturned. Engineer Wencil Scheffronik was eaught under the engine tank and crushed to death. Fireman Cronin jumped and escaped with slight injuries. The dead man has been in the employ of the company for ten years. The financial loss is small. Wife Murderer Shot. A mannamed Hawkins, inthevillag of Robinson, Mich., ten miles from Grand Rapids, shot his wife, fatally wounding her. A constable and twe citizens went to arrest Hawkins, and as they approached the house he opened fire on them with a shotgun, but his shot failed to take, effect. The constable returned tne fire, filling Hawkins with buckshot, and it is expected he will die. Indiana Fee and Salary Bill. The anxiously expected decision of the constitutionality of the Indiana fee and salary law passed by the Legislature of 1891, which places all county officers on salaries, was handed down by the Supreme Court recently, the law, in sc far as it relates to Sheriffs, being sustained. Strangled-to Death. - Pedro Duhalde, an old ranchmar I living near Las Cruces, found dead under his bed (With hit hands and feet bound and pyi,dence of having been strangled. Wants the Meetinc In London. Manager Fleming of the Lofldof National Sporting Club, says lie is'iff communication with Corbett and Jackson and was doing his best to bring about a meeting in London. ' ■ f ' r Coal Shaft Burned. Coal shaft No. 4, belonging to the Crawford Coal Company, at Brazil Ind., was destroyed by fire, and the large engine and other valuable ma chinery were ruined. Woman Killed by the Cars. Mrs. Martha Pello, aged 40, was killed by a train at Grand Rapids, Mich. Her leg is missing, and is supposed to have been caught on the pilot. Fatal Excitement. Mrs. Emanuel Hodge fell dead a1 Elwood, Ind., through excitement over the burning of a neighbor’s residence and the narrow escape of the family. Congressman Resigns. Representative Sibley (dem. Pa.) hai sent his resignation to the Governoi of Pennsylvania as a member of Congress to take effect February 17th. Child Murderer Convicted. At Columbus, Ohio, Oliver Johnson, the 14-year-old boy murderer of Stanley Hott, aged 5, was found guilty o! manslaughter. Church Burned. St. Pauls Episcopal Church, the largest and wealthiest church in Louis ville, Ky., burned. Loss, $100,000; insured. $54,060. _____ Aged Attorney Stricken. Gen. G. B. Smythe, the oldest lawyer of Newark, Ohio, sustained a stroke o! paralysis affecting his left side. THE MARKETS. CHICAGO. Cattle—Common to Prime.... $3 50 © 5 75 Hogs—Shipping Grades 4 00 © 5 75 SHEEP—Fair to Choice 2 25 & 3 75 Wheat—No. 2 Red 59 Ig 00 Cohn—No. 2 35 © so Oats-No. 2 30 © 31 Rye—No. 2 43 © 45 Butter—Choice Creamery 2416© 25 y Eggs—Freeh 17 © 18 Potatoes—Per bn 50 © 60 INDIANAPOLIS. 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■■■mnmnHawiMMMmHaamiavaMMMnnaMaß f CORBETT WAS SWIFT, it c.. 6 >• MITCHELL IS KNOCKED OUT IN y THREE ROUNDS. 1 y The Britisher G*t* Jim Mad by Calling J Him Nainas, and Then Has to Submit to l’ an VnnjWlfffi Thrashing — BoQ; Man r An-uted, ■ IPB Now Gov. Mitcholl’s Piny. 8 James J. Corbett, the champlOfl btf--8 gilist of the world, defeated Charleg 1 Mitchell, the boxs ing champion of 1 / ' England, in three 5 rounds at Jackson7/1 ville, B’la., ThursFA >4'ilr <!kv> In the presonce of 2,500 per- ’ son9 ' Th® fight a S took place under I • 7 the auspices of tho j Duval Athletic r '/11// Club, and was for a *' '' purse of $20,000 a oov. MiTTBRi.r together with a 1 side stake of SIO,OOO. Immediately .. after the battle tho contestants wero t arrested for engaging in a prize fight, a And it will not 1" the fault of Goverj nor Mitchell, cf Florida, if the pugilists do not spend some time in confinement as the outcome of the encounter. Readers have been informed of the vain attempts of Gov. Mitchell to pre1’ vent the contest: of the duplicity of L’ th 3 Duval Athletic Club, and of tho e presence in Jacksonville of the militia ( The granting of «n injunction to the Duval Athletic Club on Wednesday “ restraining Sheriff Broward from in2 torfering with ihoir property spiked ; Gov. Mitchell's hist gun. and although a motion to dissolve the injunction was I formally entered in Judge Call’s court it came to naught, and the State au- ’ thorities were powerless. Before entering the ring, when the men came to the center to shake hands,

1 ©| 1 »Mlgg |f [ ' 1 — - ,1 th • 1 • ■ -- — THE ARENA AT JACKSONVILLE WHERE THE EIGHT TOOK PLACE.

Mitchell applied a coarse epithet to ! the Californian and the latter refused 1 to shake his hand. As a result the ' champion lost complete control of him-' i self in the second round and would i have fought foully. It took the united ■ efforts of his seconds and the referee to prevent him falling upon Mitchell ' a PSA Ji r. .*>. \ > U f % I wI K V \ K/ . \ I . COBBETT IN UIS TIOHTING CLOTHES. when he was down on one knee and once or twice he did actually strike Mitchell lightly when in that position. Jack Dempsey had to slap him in the face half a dozen times to awaken him to the situation and nobodv following a strict interpretation of the rules could have complained had Referee Kelly awarded the battle to Mitchell. But Mitchell had nobody at his back who seined capable of comprehending the gravity of the situation, and the battle w’ent on despite the fact that the seconds of Corbett were continually breaking into the ring to control him. Mitchell scorned like a child in comparison with Corbett, but he gave the champion a good battle, ana in the opinion of several good judges had a slight advantage in the first round. He was many pounds lighter than his opponent, and lacked the height and reach of the man from California, who has climbed to the topmost round of the pugilistic ladder and finds himself In the position of Alexander, with no new worlds to conquer. In the second and third rounds Corbett shewed his CHARLKT MITCHEM. IN THE BING. ___ ‘ superiority and beat the plucky En--1 glishman into insensibility. After the victory Joe Vendig approached Corbett and suggested that ft would be a graceful thing for him to patch up his quarrel with Mitchell. Corbett hung back for a moment and then concluding that the victor could afford to be generous approached his i late antagonist and said: “There smy

hand, Mitchell, and I’ll treasure up no • animosity toward yon." Mitchell took the proffered hand •nd wrung it warmly. “I admit, CorI bett,” said he. “that I’vq said some pretty hard things about you, but I've often been misquoted. I give you every credit for winning, and will say that you aro the only man that ever : whipped mo fairly and squarely. , I , want to apologize for what I said to you o ; V Wn/ < f VvC/x otriosßS or the duval clur In the ring, and hereafter I shall bet on vou against all comers.” T'here was a scattering among those prominently connected with the fight when it became known that the warrants were issued, and each outgoing train carried fugitives Os Interim tlonnl Interest. All things considered, the battle between James J. Corbett and Charles Mitchell is tho most important event in the annals of the prize ring. It marks the turning point in fistic athletics. Corbett belongs to the new scientific boxers, representing perhaps the most advanced line of pugilists. Mitchell, while not strictly identified with the old line, received his earliest impressions and much of his earlier training from the

! old bare-knuekle boxers, and was reared !in that fistic atmosphere which was ! largely responsible for the longevity of ! the rules of the London prize ring and | for the tardiness with which those of ' the Marquis of Queensberry crept into public favor on either side of the Atlantic. The fact that the champions of England and America consented to an encounter under the latter rules anff under the restrictions imposed by the articles of agreement is proof in itself that the new school of pugilism has already crowded the old into the rear. There had been no great event in the prize ring since the defeat pf John L. Sullivan by Corbett in September, 1892, and the class and the records, as well as the standing and titles, of the two men gave the contest from the very day that it was first suggested an unusual degree of international importance in sporting circles. Both are young, as years are reckoned nowadays, but they had both been fighting as an occupation almost since they were boys. Mitchell is five years older than Corbett, but he fought his first pitched battle when he was only sixteen years of age, while Corbett was eighteen, and had, perhaps, a longer training than the Englishman prior to “coming out” as a fighter. HANGED FOR MURDER. George H. I’alnter Dies on the Scaffold In Chicago. George H. Painter was hanged in Chicago Friday morning at 8 o’clock for the muraer of Alice Martin. Painter's attorneys made a desperate effort to save his life, and the condemned man was twice reprieved by Gov. Altgeld on the strength of alleged new evidence of his innocence. The Governor, however, finally decided that this evidence was not of sufficient OEORGB H. FAINTEB. weight to warrant executive interfer- , ence and the sentence and the law was carried out. A horrible accident attended the execution. When the drop fell the rope broke with a snap and the doomed man sank to the floor with the black cap saturated with blood. Horrorstricken, the attendants rushed forward to where Painter lay gasping. Hurriedly picking him up, they carried him to a chair. The physician made an examination, and found that he had fainted,, and that life was not ■extinct. Immediate preparations for a rehanging 'began and a new rope was put up. It was but the work of a moment to put the new rope in place, and ■ when the trap fell the last time, death ’ speedily ensued. The crime lor which Painter suffered the extreme penalty of the law was the murder of Alice Martin, at 86 Green street, on the night of May 7, 1891. The couple lived as man and wife. The murder, which was most brutal in its nature, is shrouded in mystery, which the latest developments In the case have only served to deepen. Only this much is known: At about midnight Painter was seen to enter the house. A short time later he ran down the stairs exclaiming, “My God, some one has killed my Alice!" He rushed in search of the police, who arrived a few minutes later, and going to the room, found Alice Martin dead ■ with the imprint of a strong hand • on her throat. Her head was crushed by blows which had evidently been • dealt with a chair found lying broken t on the floor. The walls and rooms i were spattered with blood. Painter . was arrested and from that time until I bls death he strenuously denied his L guilt. The evidence upon which he i was convicted was purely circumstanI tial /■ ■*> • -■•' '< V ** •’■l. .• k.:..’,gs • *.. t shitf•AtX ' 2'. Z Lt■ ■.

' INDIANA INCIDENTS. SOBER OR STARTLING, FAITHFULLY RECORDED. An Intrrr.tlua Sammary of the More Im. portent DoUg* of Our Nelghbora-Wed. ding* nod D«aUi«-Crbaea, Cs»ualtle« and General New* Note*, Condenaed State Now*. Ex-Judge Frank Emerson, 80, died at Brownstown, after a long illness. Geo. T. Ogden, one of the oldest and best known citizens of Kokomo, is dead. A fink flow of the highest grade of lubricating oil was struck in a well at Royal Center. Mrs, Elizabeth Wahl, wife of a prominent farmer near Evansville, dropped dead in the stable. There aro 45(1 pupils in the Home for tho Feeble-mined at Fort Wayno, thd largest number in the Home’s history. The large slack stave factory at Rothorsville, owned by Wilson Hyatt, was partly destroyed "by fire. Loss, $2,600. William Bryant, a coal miner, was run over by a switch engine at Evansville, and instantly killed. His body was horribly mutilated. James Leaford, living five miles north of French Creek, met with an accident that is thought to be fatal. While cutting logs a large limb foil, striking him on the head, fracturing his skull and also breaking his leg. The libel suit for $5,000 damages against the South Bend Tribune brought by O. D. Myers, a barber, was decided in favor of the defendant. The Tribune published a statement that Charles Garwood had been poisoned in Myers’ shop by the use of a lotion. Henry a. Miller, while employed in the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern shops at Elkhart, recently, had an arm so badly injured by the flying pieces of a broken planer that it was necessary to amputate the member. Ho has brought suit against the railway company for SIO,OOO damages. AT Muncie, a Walnut street electric ear struck Mrs. William Patterson, wife of tho Western Union telegraph office. She was in feeble health, and is believed to be fatally injured. She was knocked several feet and was picked up unconscious. She was going home from church, and two other women with her had a narrow escape. Senator John Yargan died at hie homo in Richmond, at the advanced age ot 92 years. Mr. Yargan served in the last State Senate, and was probably the oldest legislator in the country. He was born in Tennessee, and came to Wayno County, Indiana, in 1813. Ho served many terms in the State Legislature in the early days of the State, and was the author in Indiana of the law which gave the women the right to own property and to make a will. Mr. Yargan’s illness was brief. Judge Koons, of the' Delaware Circuit Court, lias decided that the Barrett law, enabling street improvements to be made with a series of ten years in which to pay the assessments if over SSO, is constitutional. The question was tried on complaint of the Heekin Land Syndicate of Cincinnati, the syndicate alleging that the class legislation part dl the law made it unconstitutional. By the decision Muncie will get a large sum of money due from this spurce. In tfib Jackson Circuit Court, William’ Greer was fined SSO and given a six months’; sentence in the County Jail for discharging a double-barreled shotgun into a party of friends with whdm he was hunting, and who desired to return home, while Greer -insisted on remaining in the woods. As the party was driving away Greer fired, wounding Willian} Wilson, Trim Wilson, Jake Loertz, ana John Firman. The shooting was over a year ago, and the case has been put off from time to time. Francis Murphy, the temperance evangelist, closed a two weeks’ series of temperance meetings at Dunkirk, and the outcome is nearly one thousand more signers to the Murphy pledge. Fully two-thirds of the large number of glass workers there have taken the pledge, and the visit of the Murphys to Dunkirk will long be remembered. A Murphy society has been organized and over SIOO subscribed to its support. Mr. Murphy was ably assisted by hie son William, who is also a very forcible speaker. At times for several months obstructions have been placed upon the Indianapolis .and Vincennes Railway tracks just west of Martinsville. On Dec. 20 a tie laid across the rails wrecked an engine. On Jan. 16 a large stone was found on the track about the same place. Obstructions have several times been seen on the tracks and removed by farmers resid-* ing near. The Pennslyyania Railway detective has bcei! working on the case for several weeks, and the other day he had Henry Murphy placed in jail to answer to the charge. Several young farmers aro implicated. Perry Morrison is said to have made a confession. A large part of Maumee Township, Allen County, bordering on the Ohio State line, is in a wilderness, but is of excellent farming land and easily and profitably cultivated when once cleared. Several sections of this land belong to the estate of the late Hon. Joseph K. Edgerton, and the other day a big deal was closed whereby a colony of progressive Ornish farmers purchased 1.200 acres of this land for $15,600, being sl3 an acre. The colony is composed of eighteen families from Allen and Adams Counties, Indiana; Allen, Fulton, and Putnam Counties, Ohio, and Tazewell County, Illinois. They will commence to fell timber and will clear a lame part of their purchase money from that source. They expect to have half of their land cleared ready for use next spring. Warden French of the State Prison North, wants the State Board of Charities to frame a bill and recommend its passage by the next Legislature, providing for classifying the convicts in the Indiana prisons into three grades, the system at present used in Onio and •other States. It has beeh stated in the papers that, Mr. French proposed doing this, but he writes to Secretary Bicknell, of the State Board, that the construction of the prison makes it impossible jnst now to successfully carry out such a system, which, however, he regards as an admirable thing and one that should be adopted inrthis State. Patents have been issued to Indiana inventors as follows: George A. Foster and C. E. Hoffman. New Albany,dental plugger; John C. Groseclose, Bargersville, fence: Elijah Hays, Warsaw, nut 'lock, vehicle brake and car coupling; Charles M. KileT, assignor of one-half to S. E. Urmston, Indianapolis, fence post; Henry F. Kuhlmann, assignor to E. Kuhlmann and J. R. Barth, Indianaaolis, split pulley; Daniel A, Marmon, assignor to the Nordyke & Marmon Company, Indianapolis, return air purifier; Jas. T. Mathews, Shelbyville, wrench; Arthur J. F. Mill, Aurora, radial drill: Cyrus P. Heist, Lebanon, support for fence post; MiltonS. Smith, Rolling Prairie, rail fence.

■ 1 ■ 1 AMENDMENTS AFOOT. I HOUSE STRUGGLING WITH THE WILSON BILL. ‘ 71 Fug»r, Coal and Iron Ara Bono* of Conten-tion-Income Tax Will Cana* a Sharp Battle-Fentlon* E.tlmate I* Conaldar•bljr Lowered. Oatline ot Work. ' Washington correspondence: > /'■ '7 •* i nriHE House stiil I I struggles with tho /Py JL Wilson bill and a 7 multitude of proposed amendments. The sugar men aro li kWv' ' ou d in their objec* 1 cn > by Messrs. | Boatner and Price. lUIHII Their real reliance, *CluUll however, is upon tlin 8oll “ bl o ®* of fllJ liHi fl are opposed to ..1 an inc uno tax, and t- CL**‘E) ! p7~ who prefer a revenue duty on sugar •lliiyijf ffa- the safer altor•RßlMlSi’ qilJ l native. If the sovIllHllir Tli 1 enty or eighty members who are against the income tax will vote solidly for tho sugar duty, it will require only thirty or forty Southern and Western members to make a majority on the Democratic side. It would be a happy solution of the problem of providing revenue, in the opinion of tho Eastern members of the committee, and would practically knock tho income tax in the head. The Republicans can turn the scale heavily in either direction, and the Eastern Democrats fear that they will tarn it against the sugar duty. Some of the Southern members, moreover, who might be willing to vote for the sugar duty under certain conditions, aro seeing “tho nigger in the woodpile” as clearly as their Eastern friends and may vote against the sugar duty to save the income tax. Another class of members, including some from the East, believe that it, is better to let tho bill go through the House , with sugar free of duty and to' leave to the Senate the task of putting on the duty and striking out the income tax. They reason that tho Senate is certain to take this action, and that if the withdrawal of free sugar proves, unpopular with tho masses the Sen- 1 ators can bear the burden much more easily than members of the House, who 1 have to deal directly with the people and many of whom live in close dis-' tricts. The fight for a duty on coal and iron ore is baing hotly waged and a big rail-, road lobby is urging in the strongest terms that the duty be restored. Thei persistent labor of the lobby with in-, dividual members in favor of the duty is having some'effect upon doubtful members, but the committee in this' case will have the advantage of th radical free-trade vote, besides tl conservative Eastern vote, which I as, been steadily with them. A recent dispatch says many advocates of the income tax have abandoned all expectation of its adoption by the House. Routine Proceeding*. The amendments to the iron schedule Wednesday were overwhelmingly defeated m the House, and iron ore remains upon the tree list The remainder, of the afternoon was spent In the discussion of amendments looking to the free admission of machinery used In the manufacture of cotton good* Just before the House adjourned the advocates and opponents of the Income tax on the Democratic side were arrayed against each other, bnt nothing definite was done. The Hawaiian question came before the Senate again and after an hour's discussion went over. The result of the debate was to show thatthere Is dlvfslod both in the Democratic and Republican ranks as to the wtadom of adopting the resolution reported by the Foreign Relations Committee. The bill repealing the Federal election laws came up ns unfinished business. Senator Lodge took the floor in opposition to the bill When the Senator concluded his remarks the Senate went into execu-, tlve session. At 3:15 the doors were reopened and Senator Coke, of Texas, called up the bill authorizing the Gulf. Beaumont & Kansas City Railroad Company to bridge the Neehes and Sabine Rivers in Louisiana and Texas was passed, several minor amendments being first adopted. The bill extending the time for the construction of the bridge across the Calumet River. Illinois' the Senate bill authorizing the issue ,of a patent to the Presbyterinn Board of Home Missions for certain lands on the Omaha Indian reservation for school purpose*, and tho House bill to authorize the Secretary ot the Interior to reserve from sale certain land in the abandoned Fort Cummings military reservation were passed. The nearest approach to anything of Interest in tbe House Thursday was the repeated attempts of members ot the New York delegation to filibuster against the possible introduction of an income tax amendment to the tariff bill, The • amendment was not offered and it seems there was no intention of offering it, so their efforts were wasted. There were a great many amendments to the tariff bill offered, but only one of importance, that taking crude opium off the free list and imposing a duty of 11 per pound. This like all the other amendments approved by the Ways and Means Committee, was adopted. At 4:40 the House took a recess in order to permit the bolding of a Democratic caucus to consider the income tax bill The Senate did nothing of importance. The only amendment to the tariff bill > adopted by the House Friday was one in- . creasing the duty on cut stones unset to 30 per cent, nd valorem, and taking rough or uncut stones from free list and placing them on tho dutiable list nt 15 per cent ad valorem. An attempt to pl nee tin plate on the free list was unsuccessful The ses ion of the Seuate was devoted to a discussion of Senator Call’*'public land resolution nnd a genernl colloquy over the Federnl election bill* A strong appeal whs made by Senator Call in favorof the homesteader* of Florida, who, he alleged, were being deprived of their rights by land-grant railroads without authority of Jaw. He succeeded tn having bls resolution referred to the Judiciary Committee for a careful inqulrv into the legal rights of the question. The Senate adjourned until Monday. Note*, of Current Event*. The Knights of Labor and the Amor- J? lean Federatipn of Labor are engaged in an effort to amalgate. Jas. B. Kirtley, a real estate dealeT, JI of Kansas City, Mo., was run over by train, and died soon after. . 4 Kansas’ Attorney General decided; 1 against chartering an organization sor 1 the arming of laboring men. Two little girls were burned to, death at Des Moines, lowa. Mrs- Hobson, the mother, left them alone in the 7 ’ house. Mrs. Louisa A. Stutton, a pioneer resident of Kansas City, Kan., was burned to death in her homo. Sedition in Sicily is apparently unchecked. The orders to disarm the islanders are generally ignored. The old firm of Whittier, Fuller A Co,, San Francisco, has been dissolved, the Whittier interest succeeding, Two miners were crushed in a snow slide at Mullan, Idaho. The towa itself narrowly escaped destruction. J. D. Slatford, of Chicago, was awarded custody ot his children at St Johns, N. 8., but his wife kidnaped them. '