Decatur Democrat, Volume 38, Number 18, Decatur, Adams County, 20 July 1894 — Page 10

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Rotice of Meeting of Gravel Road Viewers. Notice is hereby given that at the June 1894, term nt the board of commissioner* of Adams county, Indiana. Martin Laughlin, L. W Lewton and Geo. H. Martz. were appointed viewersand John W. Tyndall, engineer to view the location of a proposed gravel road on the following route to:wit: Commencing at a point about thirteen (la) rods west of the northwest quarter of section ■ two (2) in township twenty-five (2a) north, range fourteen (14) east in Adams county in the State of Indiana, at the east end of the gravel road now on the township line, roan running east and west between the townships K of Monroe and Wabash, and running from ’ thence east on the township public highway, running east and west between the townships of Monroe, Wabash, Blue Creek and Jefferson townships in said county and state aforesaid to the state line road on the state line running north and south 'between the states ot Ohio and Indiana and there to terminate: and that the same be graveled to such depth and width as in your judgement may seem best. Said viewers and engineer shall meet at the bank of Berne in Berne. Ind , on Tuesday, July 17,1894. and then proceed to examine and view said road as in their opinion public convenience and utility require. In witness whereof. 1 have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the Commissioners court at Decatur, this 19th diiy ot ' . Auditor Adams County. : Notice to ’Teachers. ~ Notice is hereby given that there> will be a public examination of teachers at the ofliee ol the County Superintendent, in Decatur, Indiana, on the last Saturday of each month Applicants for license must “present the proper trustee’s certificate or other Os good tnoral character:” and. to be ful,must pass a good examination in orthography, reading, writing, arithmetic, gcog rapUy, English grammar, physiology, histor* of the United States, science of education and also answer a list of questions based on some standard work in literature, For Marca and April, W, the list w>U be based on ‘lm American Commonwealth”—D. O. Heath—edition. For the six months beginning with the May examination, Shaksepeare s Julius Csesar will be the basis for questions on Hterarv work. Examinations for primary license will be held on the hist Saturdays of March, April and May, respectively. ■Examinations will begin promptly at B:3J a tn. No license will granted to applicants under seventeen years of age. J. F. Snow. Co. Supt. sueriff’s Sale* The State of Indiana. Adams County, ss: In the Adams Circuit Court, ol Adams Coun tv. Indiana. The Decatur National i Bank, acorpm-atipn, I VS. ■ }■ No. 46821. . Cornelius T. Dorwin, I Maggie J. Dor vin, eta I; By virtue ot an order of sate to me directed by the Clerk of the. Adams Circuit Court of ’ said County and spite. J have leviecbup n n the real estate hereinafter mentioned aiid will expose for sale at public auction at the eas door of the Court House in the city of Decatur Adams County, Indiana, between the hours of 10 o’clock a. m. and 4 o’clock p. m., on Monday, July 30, 1894, The rents and nrofits for a term not exceeding seven years, of the following described real estate, situated in Adams County, Indiana, to-wit: , , . In-lot number three hundred and fortyeight (318:. In ihc<.’iry of Decatur, Adams county. Indiana, except thcr. Irani that part of said in-lot now owned .by Elizabeth McGonaglc, and the hi-irs at law of Joseph J-te-Gonagle, deceased: also the undivided one half part of the north twenty-two feet, of iriiot number sixty-seven (67). in the City of Decatur. Adams county. Indiana. Andon failure to realize therefrom the full amount, of judgment, interest thereon <Oid costs. I will at th A same tiintf and in the same manner aforesaid, offer for .sale the fee simple of the above described premises. Taken as the property of Cornelius T Dorwin, to satisfy said order of safe this sth day Os July, 1894. SAMI7ET, Doak. Sheriff. 16-3 Bv Daniel N. Erwin. Deputy. NOTICE. To whom it/may concern: Notice is hereby given that at the next term , of the commissioners court in September. 1894. the same being' the regular meeting o< the Commissioners of Adams county, state of Indiana, commencing the Ist Monday in September, .18!M. The city of Decatur in -ate county and state, will present a petition by her duly authorized attorney, Jas F. Matin, pursuant to a resolution adopted by the common council of said citi on the lOi li day of July, 1894. authorizing the presentation of the same, for the annexation to, and incorporation within the limits of said city, the tollowing contiguous territory situate in the said county and state, to-wit: Tue Oast hull' of trie east half of section four (4), township twemy-seven (27) north, range fourteen (14) cast, except that part of the said tract now a part of the said city, known as the Lvneh addition, the Myers addition and the Emma Maun addition. Also the southeast quarter of the south-east quarter of section thirty-three (33) township twenty-eight t2B) north, range fourteen (14) east; and also the northeast quarter of the southwest quarter of section thirty-lour (34i said last named township and range, except theretro.tn that part out of the southeast corner thereof already within the corporate limits of said city; and also the southeast quarter of the northwest quarter and Hie west fraction of ihe south iriltof the northeast quarter west of the St. Marys river, of section thirty-four (34), ail in Adams county, Indiana. All property owners hereby affected are notified that any and all objections to the proposed Incorporation of contiguous tc-rti. wry to said city must be made, and will lx.heard at the time herein before mentioned. By order of the Common Council of the city of Decatur, Indiana. W. H. Reep, Mayor of said citv. Attest: L. C. DeVoss, Clerk of said city. 17-2 . ..,... .

NOTICE. The Hon. Board of County Commissioners of Adams county. Indiana, will meet at the Court House on the Bth day of August. 1894, to sell the construction of abutments for a bridge over the Wabash river in Hartford township, and one in Preble township and two in Washington township. Bids will be received by the Auditor up to z o'clock p. m„ of said ray. Said plans and specifications can be seen at the County Surveyor’s office. 16- W. H. H. France, Auditor. NOTICE. The Board of Review of Adams county Indiana, win iheet in regular session in the commissioner's room in the Court house on Monday the 9th day of July 1894, to transact such business as may come before said board. W. H. H. France Auditor. Notice of Improvement. Notice is hereby riven to the propertyowners on the west side of Fifth street, that a brick sidewalk five feet wide be constructed on and along the west side of Fifth street commencing at the southeast corner of the in-tot oecupfed by the Third Ward school building; thence to run south along said west side of said street to Marshall street, except, however, the street and alley crossings which shall be constructed by the city without contract. and out of planks. Such walk shall be constructed out of good hard burned brick and be laid in sand to the depth of four inches, ami upon a grade to be tiere> fterTurn shed by the City Civ.il Engineer. You, atkl.each of are therefore, hereby notified. that thejaid Council, on tbo 7th day of Angusi. 1894. at 7 octo k p tn. at the .Council Chamber, in the C-fiy of Decatur, will hear and ieterntioe any anti all ohj<-ctlr ns yo.t may have to the proposed improvements, or to the manner of constructing the same. By order of the Common Council this 10th lay ot'July, 1894. 17- L. C. Devoss, City Clerkz Notice to Contractors. Notice is fierebv given that the Common Council of the City of Decatur, will receive lids for the furnishing o’ m-ino ial and doing ill work necessary in the making vs a brick sidewalk from the so'itliea*' ci.ruer of in-lot oeupied by the Ttfiidw aid school building on Marshall street, except the ,-treet and alley crossings. All bid* n ust be <:n silo wi'h thirty Clerk before 7:31 p. m i.t the Council Chamber at the meeting to he held on Tuesday, August ‘2B, 1894, - For the purpose of sc -eptingor rejecting bids, mil must be accompanied with a good and sufficient bond in the sum of one hnn lred lollars, conditioned tint th" bidder will enter nto bond and contract for the completion ot •aid work should th'-contract be award* d him. specifications and profile of said work will be found on tile with ihennd»rsiirped. 17- Jchn W. Tvndall, City Engineer. Notice to Jon-Residents. The State of Indiana. Adams county, ss. in the Adams circuit court, August term, 1894. EinelincValentine, 1 VS;' | Jonathan Ray, Jr., I Sarah Ray, his wife, j All theunknownheirs }• No. 4715. jt Jonathan Ray, de- | Complaint to quiet ceased, I title. ?11 the unknownheirs I of Sara h Ray, de- | ceased. J It appearing from affidavit, fl led in the above ontitieu cause, that Jonathan Bay. Jr., Sarah Ray, his wife, all the unknown heirs of Jonathan Ray. Jr., deceased, and all thouuknown heirs of Sarah Hay, deceased, of the above named defendants are non-residents of the state of Indiana. Notice is therefore hereby given the said Jonathan Ray, Jr . Sarah Bay, his wife, allthi unknown heirs of Jonathan Ray, Jr. deceased, and all the unknown heirs of Sarah Ray. deceased’ that they be and appear before the Hon. Judge of the Adams circuit court on the 12th dav of September. 1894, the same being the 27th juridical day of the next regular term thereof, to beholden at the court house in the city of Decatur, commqacing on Montav, the 13thday of August, A. D. 1.894, and plead by answ- r or demur to said complaint. ■or the same will be heard and determined in their absence. Willies*, my name, and the seal of said court aeretoaflixed. this I'Jthday of July, A. D, 1894 John H. Lenhart, Clerk. By E Burt Lenhart, Deputy. Schurger, Smith & Reed, Att'ys. 18-3 Notice to Property Ovvuers. Notice i“ hereby given to the property-own-ers ,on hot h sides of Monroe street, commehc-, ing at its junction with Mann street and terminating at a point where the west corpora'ion line of said city extendirg north of said Monroe sircet Intersects the said street, Yon. and each of you, are therefore hereby notified that the said council, on Tuesday, Angnst 14.1894, at 7:3oo’clockp. m. at tbeCountil Chamber, in the City of Decatur, will hear any and all objections you may have to the purpose 1 improvements, or to the manner of constructing the same: By order Off the Common Council, this 17th dav of July. 1894 18- L. C. BeVoss, City’ Clerk. Notice of Property Owners. Notice is hereby given to the property-own-ers on the west side of Winchester street, that a brick walk six feet wide be constructe I on rhe west side of Winchester street, as follows; Comtneucing at the no-theast corner of in-lot No. 517. and running thence south a ong the west side of said street to tjiat pa rt of said in lot No 517, owned by Jerry R. Coffee and there to terminate. Tne said in-lot being owned by Allen J. Showers. You, and each of you, are therefore hereby notified that the said cowncil on Tuesday, Angnst 14. 1894, at 7:30 p. in. at the Council Chamber, in the Citv ol Decatur, will hear and determine any an 1 all objections yen may have to the proposed Improvements, or to flip ■rimner of constructing the same. By order of the Common Council this 17th dav of July, 1894. 18-2 L. C. DeVoss, City Clerk. •f

AN ORDINANCE Rogulatimr the sale'of Intoxicating, distilled and t'ermented liquors within the Hinlta of the City of Decatur. Indiana, lilting a penalty aivi deolnrinir an envi-gency. Be it ordained by the Common Council or the Cltv of Decatur. Indiana. Sec. 1 That from amt after the passage of this ordinance am! publication thereof as prov ded in section three hereof, it shall lie tinlawful for anv person or persons keeping a saloon or building or other place within the llmltaof thet’ity of Deeatwr, Indiana, where Intoxicating, distilled or fermented liquors aro sold, to permit any person or persons, mot the proprietor er servant regularly employed therein, to lie or congregate in the saloon, bulldlngor other place aforesaid, after eleven o’clock p, M. of each dav, or before five o’clock A. M.of each day. or upon any legal, national or state holiday, but shall require all peisons to vacate the saloon, building- or other place aforesaid, and remain away curing said hours and day. . ... Sfc. 2. Anv person or persons violating the provisions of Section one il) hereof, shall upon conviction bn fined in any sum not exC<*>< Ing one hundred dollnra. , , Sec. 3. This ordinance shall he in full force and effect from and after its passage and second consecuti vp publication in the Decatur I'kmocuat. a weekly newspaper, printed and published in said city. Adopted and approved in open session of Council, July 77. 1894. ~ „ w H Reep, Mayor. Lewis C. DeVoss, City Clerk. 18-2 Appointment of Ataisirator Notice is herebv iriven ’hat the undersigned I ha» been appointed administrator of the estate of Margaret J Hollman, late of State of Kansas. U<|> A., deceased. The estate is probably solvent ,' Clahk J I.vtz, Administrator. Peterson & Lutz, Atty's J >1 ly 8,1894 1 03 Notice to Non-R"sidents. The State of Indiana. Adams county, ss. In the Adams Circuit Court, August term, 1894 George Wheeler, I vs. - No. 4719. Emma Wheeler I it appearing from affidavit, filed in the above emit ed cau*e that Emma Wheeler, tne above named defendant is a non-resident of the State of Indiana. Notice is therefore herebv given the sai l Emma Wheeler, that she be and appear before the Hon .lodge of the Adams Circuit Court, on V.’th davof September. 1894, theeame being the 27th juridical dayof the next regular term thereof, to be holden at the Court House tn the City ot Decatur, commencing on Monday, the 13th day of August. A. I-. 1894, and plead by answer or demur to said -complaint, or the same will be heard an 1 determinedin her absence. W ,tnes=. my name, and the seal of said court hereto affixed, this 19th day of July. A. D. IHI4. John H. Lenhart. Clerk By E. Burt Lenhart, Deputy. C. M. France, Atty. 18-3 GOOD FOR THE G. A. R. *= .Temberß of the George W. Stough Foot Pass Patriotic Resolutions and Proclaim Their Fidelity to President and Governor. Tuesday evening, July 10th, the members of George W. Stough Post, No. 181, met and passed resolutions touching the crisis in which the country was then involved. We uave heard nothing but words of praise from all classes of men fur the sensible and patriotic resolutions of the Grand Army boys vh ch read as follows: Resolved, That in this crisis w« • guore all partisan questions and lunounce that m our opinion the safest and best rule of action is to lorcibly suppress all anarchy and awiessuess, and discuss the matter afterward. Resolved, That we deem it our .■ugliest duty to approve and support the president’s recent orders for the enforcement ot the laws of the United States, the suppression A insurrection, and the rebuke by aim given to that treasonable statesrights demagogue, Altgeld, who, as governor, now disgraces ' the great ,tate of Illinois. Resolved, That we cordially approve the prompt measures adopted oy Gov, Mali hews for the preservation of peace and order in our own state of Indiana. Resolved, That we oppose and denounce all anarchy and lawlessness, in every form and advocate the cause of law and order and the right of every man to labor for the >upport of himself and family, and that he shall not attempt to prevent others from doing likewise. Resolved, That if the emergency requires it, we are again ready to • take tip arms against rebellion in he north or south or in any state or - territory where our flag and sur i country need defenders. Resolved, That the vicious, an ■ archistic foreign population in our i midst should be more thoroughly, i controlled and their future ituuii- - gratiori prevented. i Resolved, That these resolutions j be spread upon our minutes, a copy t be sent to our Department Headquarters, one to the president, one to the governor and a copy presented to the press for publication. SORELY AFFLICTED. Henry Weber, of Root township, last ' Friday was kicked by a horse, break- - ing two ribs so that the ends projected r 'inwarflly, and may cause death; and if 1 not, will cause him to loose the sitm- ■ mer’s work. To add to his present r condition, he has a family of small , children to care for,-his wifg dying last winter; then this spring mother, who was making ber home with him died and now be is near deaths door. i The western part of town is not the • dead place it seems to be, judging by > the lively way in which Baker the sec- , lion boss on the G. R. &1. and John ’ Laughery, of Monroe township settled their differences yesterday morning. ’ The talk was loud and different kinds ’ of instruments brandished (in the ■ air) but not much blood up to date. Born—to Samuel Butler and wife, last Saturday, a boy.

AGM TO DISAGREE. | Tariff Bill Reported Back After Failure of the Conference. \ NEXT STEPS TO BE TAKEN. Two Mints Ordered to Resuino the Coinage of Silver Dollars—CongressjUurryIng Along With Its Other Work—Representative Conn About to Reconsider. Capital Uappenlngs. Washington, July 19. — Chairman Wilson of the house tariff conferrees today made a brief verbal report of disagreement between the Democratic representatives of the two branches, and ■ immediately Mr. Catchings, from the committee on rules, presented a special rule allowing two hours for debate, at l the end of which time a vote will be taken on again sending the bill to conference. There is some objection to this rule, but it is probably insufficient to overthrow it. Mr. Reed advised a full debate, yet he has no objection to limiting it to two hours. Mr. Wilson and Mr. Reed will each control one hour. It is expected that Mr. Wilson will make the main statement of the difficulties which now confront the bill, although his strength may not permit him to make a long speech. No purpose has been developed as yet to move special instructions to the committee, as it is said an insistance on the house bill is all the instructions necessary. When the bill is again sent to the conference there will be no change in the personnel of the house conferrees. Agreements were possible on most of the questions, but the schedules of disagreement which brought about the total disagreement were those covering sugar, meats, iron ore and coal. The differences on manufactured metals resulted mainly from that on iron ore, so the difference was in fact practically narrowed down to iron ore, sugar and coal. MAKING SILVER DOLLARS. San Francisco and New Orleans Mints Ordered to Begin Coinage. Washington, July 19.—Mr. Preston, director of the mint, by direction of the secretary of the treasury, has issued orders that mint authorities in San Francisco and New Orleans begin at once the coinage of silver dollars and during the present month to coin up to the ordinary capacities of the mints. The silver to be first coined will be blanks and ingots, of which there is sufficient to coin about $1,500,000 at these two mints and at Philadelphia. As soon as this supply is exhausted work will probably begin on the silver bars, of which there is a year’s supply at San Francisco and New Orleans and probably a year’s supply at Philadelphia. So far as can be learned, it is not the purpose of the government to extend the coinage of the seigniorage beyond a-few millions, but it is stated that after coining what gold may be necessary and recoining the abraded fractional silver each of the three mints will probably be worked at their normal capacity on silver dollars for the next several months at least, and presumably’ to the end of the present calendar year. Whether treasury notes will be retired as fast as received for silver, so far as known, has not been determined. GRESHAM’S DIPLOMACY. It ..Becomes a Subject of Discussion on the Corean Affair. .Washington; July 19.—The assertion that. Secretary Gresham has taken a hand in the Corean difficulty by advising Japan that “the United States views with regret the levying of an unjust war by Japan upon a weak and defenseless nation like Corea” has been the occasion As a great deal of talk here and elsewhere, where it is criticised as lacking the qualities of diplomacy. The correctness of the statement, however, is questioned in some quarters. The’Secretary refuses to affirm or deny the rumor. CONN’S MINO CHANGED. Said Now That He Will Accept the Congressional Nomination. Washington, July 19.—1 t is now announced that Congressman Conn of the Thirteenth Indiana district, who on two occasions has declined to make the race again, once since being renominated, will be prevailed upon by the committee of notification to reconsider. 1 The committee is now here, And it is believed that Mr. Conn will be .prevailed upon, to make the race on his own terms. , Will Change the Printers. Washington, July 19.—Public Printer Benedict says:- “1 was put,in this office by a Democratic administratian as a Democrat, and I mean to appoint Democrats to office. The party expects me to do it. and I mean to do it.” This is interpreted to mean that there will be a wholesale dismissal of Republican employes very soon. Appointment of Relatives. , Washington, July 19.—Martin V. B. Spencer, the Indiana pension agent, may under a recent law passed by congress . appoint one or more of his relatives to specified positons id his office. It will be recalled that Secretary Smith re- , cently. vetoed the appointment of Mr. Spencer’s Sister to a clerkship in the office. BASEBALL. Western League. -Pitchers. rhe Indianapolis.. Pepper 6 12 3 Detroit Pears 2 3 ti i ' ' National Leagne. Pitchers. R h e i Boston Nichols 6 13 3 Philadelphia .Weyhing 5 9 0 ■Chicago...Terry 8 12 3 Louisville Wadsworth 4 0 4 St. Louis Hawley 3 5 4 PittsburgHumbert 2 7 0 ClevelandYoung’.. 9 14 2 Cincinnati..».Chamberlain 4 8 3 New York.... Meek in 5 8 2 Washington... Mercer 4 7 2 Baltimore.....Hawke. 6 10 3 Brooklyn.-• Underwood 2 4 0j

WAS NOTJNANIMOUS. 1 Debs Indorsed For Governor by a Majority of Three. SUBJECT HOTLY DISCUSSED. Resolution Up For Reconsideration by the Slate Federation of Labor—Fee and Salary Law to Figure In the Next Campaign — Whitecap Outrage In Brown County—lndiana Affairs In General. July 19.—At yesterday’s session of the Indiana Federation of Labor unions the resolution indorsing Debs and inviting him to become the candi■date of the unions for governor of Indiana was brought up again. After a hot discussion the resolution was carried by three majority, many not voting. CAMPAIGN ISSUES. County Officers to Fight For a New Fee and Salary Law. Indianapolis, July 19.—The fee and salary law, it is state!, is to become au issue in the approaching campaign, the county officers having decided to make a • fight for its amendment or repeal by the next legislature, and to accomplish this they will necessarily look out for the material to be elected. Two cases on the constitutionality of the law are now pending in the supreme court on lower court decisions declaring it void, bnt already* the court has held the law to be valid as it relates to sheriffs. It is not thought that the pending cases: will be reached before the next election. WHITECAP OUTRAGE. Brown County Regulators Engaged In Dastard ly Doings. Columbus, July 19.—" Perry Bloomfield’s family, conprising himself, wife, father and three men nametl Stephens and their wives, were terribly whipped by whitecaps in Brown county after being taken from their home. The youngest of the Stephens brothers attempted to escape, but was shot through the heel and easily captured by the whitecappers and unmercifully whipped. A number of others were warned to leavq the county within a certain time. Quarreled About ths Strike. Washington. Ind., July 19.—Charles McDowell, a railroad fireman, was found in the street yesterday cut about his face and neck in a horrible manner. Reed Taylor, an ice factory employe, has been arrested and says he did the cutting in self-defense; that McDowell had attacked him with a coupling pin. Both are badly hurt and 'McDowell may die. They quarreled about the strike. Vulcanizer Lets Go. Indianapolis, July 19.—A vulcanizer exploded in the office of Dentist Helms’ Washington street office yesterday, creating great commotion among woqien working in the building. No one was hurt, bnt the office showed evidence of a shaking up. Prospective Dread Ruined. Greensburg, July -19.—A Big Four spark ignited and burned 500 shocks of wheat on the farm of Nathan Hunter. Part of the crop was saved. Corn Prospects Not Bad. Moores Hill, July 19.—Corn ip this part of the state has not yet suffered materially on account of drought. Contrary.reports are untrue. STATIC NOTES. ~ A new organ for the Populists is to be started in Elwood. - Sunday liquor law continues to be enforced in Richmond. John Smith’s sawmill burned in Shelby county. Loss, <3,000. Use of electricity for lighting is causing an increased insurance rate. John Gregory seriously stabbed Aquilla White during a fight at a festival in Cum back. Merritt Alexander fell from a tree and was impaled on a pole in Connersville. Cannot recover. Connersville Examiner thinks Governor Matthews could win as the Democratic candidate for president in 1896. It is claimed that Rush county farmers are now engaged in thrashing the greatest wheat crop in the history of the county. Tenth district Democrats nominated Valentine Zimmerman for congress. Republicans have named Landis and Johnston. While Montz Creesey, near Advance, was examining the water guage of his steam thrasher, the .glass exploded and the boiling water and steam struck him squarely in the face. He was frightfully scalded. While Edward fflo|by of the Clover Leaf shops, Frankfort, was lifting a heavy piece of irotehis left arm suddenly dropped to his side,ahd he supposed that the elbow was dislocated. Examination showed that the heavy strain had burst the forearm muscles. * LIKE A PILE DRIVER. Huge Rock Falls From the Roof of a Mine, Crushing an Aged Workman. Alliance, 0.. July 19. —Thomas Kane, aged 80 years, a coal miner employed at the Huston Coal company’s mines at Palmyra, entered the mine to perforin his day’s labor yesterday. Not appearing for his noonday meal a search was instituted, which resulted in finding the old man’s crushed and mangled remains pinioned underneath a huge rock which had fallen from the roof of the mine. He was unmarried. Government Purchase of Rallrods. Washington, July 19.—A bill for the purchase of all railway and telegraph lines by the government has been introduced by Representative Wilson of Washington, at the .request of its author, Dr. F. S. Lewis of Port Angeles, Was Agreement on Navy Appropriation. Washington, July 19.—An agreement i has been reached on the naval appropriation bill by the senate and house ! conferrees, and it was reported back to I the senate and finally agreed to. j ——-

PERJURY. Charge That Senators Were Guilty of II In Sugar Investigations. New York, July 19.—The Herald’s, i Washington dispatch says: It was today that, despite the denials of speculation and the sworn statements of senators who had been called before the sugar investigating committee, it could be proved that in three instances at least speculation had been engaged in, and that the three senators referred to bad > been guilty of perjury. An interesting story is going the rounds—a story so startling in its details that it is almost past belief. I was told of a man here in Washington who has in his possession the orignal broker’s contract whereon’one of the senators —a ’ prominent one at that —contracted to buy sugar when it was down to 88, just before its phenomenal rise. It was said that interested persons “short” on sugar, and who had been squeezed in the process of manipulating the market or because they did not have the “inside tip,” had lost an immense amount of money and had determined to break the sugar schedule at all hazzards. The most interesting part of the story is the way in which they intended to set this schedule aside, and I am told that it is by no other process than by the arrest of a certain senator on a charge of per- : juryEXPRESS ROBBERIES. The Sume Desperadoes Do Two Jobs In One Night. St. Louis, July J 9.—C. P. Simpson, general manager of the Wells-Fargo Express company in St. Louis, reports that at 7:55 last night a gang of seven desperadoes, headed by Bill Crooke, over-' powered the agent of the Fargo express at Red Forks, I. T., and secured a small amount of money and a number of packages, the contents of which are not known. The gang then boarded the southbound passenger train on the Monett branch of the Frisco road, which was stopped at Red Forks. Express Messenger Chapman of the Fargo company was overpowered and his car ransacked for valuables, but as far as known they secured nothing. Messenger Chapman was knocked senseless by a blow on the head from a Winchester in the hands of one of the gang. It is not thought that he is seriously hurt. A posse was raised by the sheriff and started in pursuit. — < TEN THOUSAND DEATHS. r Mortality Report From Plague lirfectod Cities of China. Washington, July 19. —Reports have been received at the marine hospital bureau from the consuls at Hong Kong and Canton regarding the prevalence of the plague in those x cities. Consul Seymour writes from Canton that the deaths from May 1 to June 9 in Hong Kong were mere than 1,000, including two or three foreigners, while Consul 'Hunt of Hong Kong gives them at 951 tor three weeks ending June 9. The deaths in Canton during the prevalence of the pfagne since the last of February are re- . ported at 10,000, and all victims Were natives. Congress. Washington, July 19. —Indian appropriations and a discussion of allowances to sectarian schools, passage of the navy appropriation under coqffefence agreement and appointment of conferrees on agricultural appropriations occupied the senate. The house disposed of a few unimportant matters, considered business reported from the military committee and had a brief turn on the system of quorum counting between Mr. Reed and Speaker Crisp. BRAINED HIS WIFE. A Hatchet Used and Left. Sticking In the Wound. Kissimmee, Fla., July 19. —Will London met his wife on the main street of the town yesterday and brained her with a hatchet. The woman’s head was split in twain and the hatchet left in the wound. London fled, pursued by several people who witnessed the murder. He was arrested and lodged in jail. London had accused his wife of Elks Dispute Argued. Buffalo. July 19.—The motion to dissolve the injunction obtained by the faction of the Order of Elks which met - in convention in Jamestown a month ago, restraining the grand lodge from meeting anywhere else than in New York state and restraining the faction which met at Atlantic City from interfering with the books or moneys of the order, was argued before Justice Ward in the supreme court yesterday. Decision will not be rendered for a couple of days. BRIEFS BY WIRE. Wisconsin sends reports of serious forest fires. Minnesota Prohibitionists nominated H. g. Hilleboe for governor. Earthquake shocks reported from Wisconsin, Utah, Kentucky, Missouri and Tennessee. In the former state the earth was split open for several hundred feet. To Define the Power of Courts. Washington, July 19. —A resolution resulting from the part taken by United States courts in the recent strike has been* introduced by Representative Pence (Pop.) of Colorado. It is to direct the committee on judiciary to “report to the house a bill definitely fixing the power of federal courts and judges thereof in the matter of punishment of persons charged with contempt of said court, and giving such persons the right of trial by jury." Lillian Remains In New York. New York. July 18.—Lillian Russell . did not start for London today, as was ■•, her intention. Service was secured on h°r in the injunction suit to prevent her singing in the Savoy theater, a service which she triefjl to avoid until otherwise advised by her attorneys.