Decatur Democrat, Volume 40, Number 6, Decatur, Adams County, 24 April 1896 — Page 3

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Ranids & Indiana Railroad Took effect April 6. 1896. |JK GOING NORTH. i JBrATIONS. j No. 1 j No. 3 | No. 5 i No. 7 jOnHumio. .Ive, ! » 05am « »pmi ■vinchester....' 134 .. 12 00.. 12 20am! Portland ) 5 17.. 1242 pm 12.51 .... iw .. ~3a .. , ~ 10 .. .. ■ \... 4 00.. 3 14.. 920.. V Home City /K,-. 4 16.. 326 .945.. ■ Wolcottville...i k 421 i 951 .. ■ i Valentine 1 4 33 100 t... ■ LaG range *42 .. 3 48 • Ki Lima ■• 4. 4 :>4 . • 10 -4 .. Sm-Tt18.., 506.. 4 06.. 10 40.. Vmkibbl.y 56.. 4 52.. 11 32.. Kalamazpo.an 6 20.. 515 .. 1200 . “ ..ive 6 41.. 520.. I2lopm Gr.Rapids..arr 8 25.. 7 loam 2 00.. “ “ ..Ive 5 25pm 7 35.. 2 10.. D„ G.H.&M.cr ’>4o 750 /. 2 25.. Howard City... 645 HOU.. 3 31. Illg Rapids .... 727 9 42.. 4 12.. Reed City 82J 10 20 .. 450 .. Cadll.ac arr 925 11 20.. 550 .. •• ....Ive 1125.. 6 10.. Traverse City. . 129 pm 7 55.. Kalkaska 115 .. 735 .. Petoskey 3Go .. 920 .. MackiuacCitv 4 20.. 10 35... GOING SOUTH. STATIONS. No. 2 j No. 6 No. 4 No. 8 Mackinac City. 900 pm 8 20am Daily. ......... Petoskey 10 30 .. 945 Kalkaska 1235 am 11 40 Traverse City 1110.. Cadillac ....arr 215 .. 115 pm “ .... Ive 235 .. 135 740 am « Reed City 3 50.. 245 8 50.. Big Rapids 4 18.. 315 920 Howard City.. 5 15.. 400 10 15 .. D..G.H.4M.cr 0 30.. 500 1120.. Gr. Rapids .at r 6 45.. 515 11 35.. •• “ ..ho 725 am 700 200pm Kalamazoo.arr 9 20.. 850 3 45. •• .. Ive 925 .. 855 . 350 .. Vicksburg 949 .. 922 415 . Sturgis 10 40 .. 10 12 566 .. Lima 10 54.. 10 24 5 17.. LaGrange ....1107.. 10 36 529 .. Valentine 11 18.. 10 44 53< .. Wolcottville... 11 30 .. 10 54.. No. 4 5 46. Rome City 1136.. 10 59.. ex cp’t 5 51.. Kendallville... 1150 .. 1116.. Sund’y 6 09.. Ft. Wayne..arr 1255 .. 1220 715 .. " “ ..Ive 115 pm 1230 am 545 am Decatur 159 .. 116 .. 630 Portland 3 00.. 2 15am 730 Winchester.... 3 44.. 2 58.. 809 Richmond 445 .. 400 .. 915 pm Cincinnati 7 25.. 715 .. 1201 Trains 2 and 4 run daily Grand Rapids and Cincinnati. C. L. LOCKWOOD, Gen. Pass. Agent JEFF. BRYSON Agent, Decatur Ind - r - Erie Lines. Schedule In eflect Feb., 9, 1896 Trains Leave Decatur as Follows. TRAINS WEST. N 0.5, Vestibule Limited, daily tor I j2;23 p. M Chicago ' No. 3, Pacific Express, daily fort 1;54 A M Chicago ' No. 1. Express, daily except Sun-1 12,:10 P. M day for Chicago ■ ■■■ I No. 31. Local, dally, except Sun-1 10 . ;t6 A M day ' THAI NS EAST. No. 8, Vestibule Limited, daily for I 8:08 p M New York and Boston I No. 2, Express, daily except Sun-1 3;00 p M day for New York I No. 12. Express, daily for New I I;36A# m. York..., I No. 30. Local, daily except Sun-. '■ t 10:35 Through coaches and sleeping cars to New York and Boston. Trains 1 at d 2 stop at al stations on the O. & E. division. Train No. 12 carries through sleeping cars to Columbus, Clrclevill, Chillicathe Waverly Portsmouth, Irontor. and Kenova, via Colum bus Hoiking Valley A Toledo and Norfolk A Western Lines. . , J. W. DeLong. Agent. W. G. Mac Edwards T P A. Huntington. CLOVER LEAF TIME. WESTBOUND. No- 3., ....... ■ .•■•5:00 a.m. No. 1 ..1:30 p. m. No. 5..... 1.8:38 p. m. No. 23, local freight. 9:40 a. in. EASTBOUND. No. 2- 12: 15 P> m ’ N0.fi...-. ’ a. irtr No. 4..., ~..7:08 p. tn. No. 22. local freight 1:30 pi. tn. No. 3 makes direct connection with the, L E & W at Kokomo for Indianapolis getting into the city at 10-30 a. tn. No. I leaving here at 1:30 g. m. is direct to Indianapolis, arriving at 6:30 p. m. Going by No. 1 you can return home at 7:8 p. tn. This is |ii.V llivbw. a o mu».C vb vilfc toLiVvV '■. ■ '

PEARL BRYAN CASE Famous Murder Tria Is Moving Rapidly Alcig. INDIANA WITNESSES EXAMINED, i I Murdered Girl'* Slutiir Made a Model WltlieM — Lay Fl|pi|e In the Bloody Dre** an A edible Shudder of the Audience—Dr. GjllUpto Given Damaging Evidence* •Newport, Ky., April 23, —The trial i of Scott Jackson charged with niurder- ' ing Pearl Bryan moved in a gallop yes- : tertlay. Six witnessed were examined i in the forenoon anti four in the afternoon. The purpose of the examinations in "the forenoon was to establish the identity of the headless body found near Ft. Thomas as that of Pearl Bryan’s i and t<> prove that she was murdered at j i t very spot whet* she was found, i Th t indentity of the body was strikingly proven by the abundant evidence that the bloody cheek dress was Pearl Bryan’s, also the shoes, the hat and the bloodstained underwear. Expert testimony of Coroner Tingley, Surge ms Carothers and J. O. Jenkins was introduced to prove by the condition of the hotly as they found it at the scene, of the murder and at the post mortem that the killing was done just where the body was fount! anti that the health of the victim wits perfect. Witnesses From Indiana. The first witne ; placed on the stand 1 yesterday was- Mrs. Stanley, a sister of I flic murdered • il, who* matte, a model witness. She id :U -lied the clothing of ; her sister, fingcuin: the bloody, muddy ' garment and bear ng up bravely under the most of her testimony. The defense i would not cross-examine her. Joseph ' Pearcy, a young Greencastle druggist, was placed on the stand for a lew minutes. He said he sold Pearl Bryan a pocketbook Jan 23. He identified the one found in Scott Jackson's effects after his arrest, as. the one he sold Pearl Bryan in Green asile two weeks before. A handkerchief ftftiml in Jackson’s effects was also introduced, ami the cost I mark and two Uots were identified by I Isaiah Vennilli n, a Greencastle merchant, as a m irk used in his store. Pearl Bryan friquently traded there. Lieutenant Akinson of Ft. Thomas, was one of the irst men to arrive at tin l scene of the murder. He described the surroundings again. The blood on the bushes, he said, was 20 inches above the ground, and directly above where a body apfx'ared to have lain. The defense objected to a question as to whether the blood seemed to have been spurted there, and was sustained. Dr. Robert Carothers, who performed the autopsy, said the girl was alive when her head was cut off. ' This was shown by the absence of coagulated blood in her veins. Lay Figure Causes a Shudder. When the lay figure with the blotxly dress of the murdered girl on it was brought into court in the morning a contagious shudder, which was all but audible passed from the jury across the courtroom, well it was that the figure was removed It was too violently suggestive of a headless girl. The dress, liowever, was allowe,d to remain on a table in companionship with other bloodstained garments and belongings of Pearl Bryan, the victim. In the afternoon the defense began to cross-examine witnesses. It then became apparent that the defense by its failure to crossexamine in the forenoon virtually admitted that the dead body in question was that of Pearl Bryan. Cross-exam-ination in the afternoon indicated two lines of defense, one. that the body was killed by some thug several hours before it was beheaded where it was found, also that al] confessions of Jackson were made under durance, were not voluntary and will be incompetent as evidence. The attack was made fiercely against Jackson during the afternoon. Dr. R. J. Gillespie of Greencastle testified that about Jan. 1 Jackson admitted to him that he was illicitly intimate with Pearl Bryan ami she was in trouble. He asked Gillespie's advice and was told to marry Pearl. He then positively refused. Mayor Caldwell Wtis on the stand to testify to confessions made by Jackson already reported. Jackson s Writing Identified. . Dr. Gillespie then was required to identify seven-different letters as written by Jackson which he did and to each of which the defense objected and was as often overruled. Some of these letters are to Dr. Gillespie. What their contents are will be unknown until they are used in evidence. The new points in Mayor Caldwell’s testimony were that Jackson when arrested was first brought pri uitely before him and was shown the telegraphic order to arrest him for the murder of Pearl Bryau. Jackson exclaimed: “Oh, my God, what wdl my poor mother do?” He then walked the floor and asked, “what shall ! do?” “Tell the whole truth,” said the mayor. _ The mayor said he told both Walling and Jackson that they were not compelled to answer any questions. Flood Destroys Bridges. Port Arthur, Ont., April 23.—About 120 feet of the bridge across Kamiuistiqqia river at Stanley has been carried away by the floods. The Slate river valley bridge, over Kaininistiquia river, is badly damaged, but is still passable. The Port Arthur, Duluth & Western railway bridge is down. Traffic will be delayed four or five dtiy#. Burly Closing Not. Popular. Peru. Ind., April 23.—The early closing movement, inaugurated by the prominent. merchants of this city but a nunjth ago, is now a thing of the past. Some of the merchants considered the movement unpopular and unprofitable, ami they reopened their stores. The others reluctantly followed. Weathtft-i Indiana—lncreasing cloudiness, with probably showers tonight., Illinois — ■’■'icrnasinf chindiuoss amt. • ■ *

■ i—■— •«»- - - , 1,,, , —- Notice to High Nehool Teacher** Superintendents, principals and teachers of all Commissioned and noncommissioned high schools of Adams county, Indiana, take notice: That in June, July and August, IS’iG, the Department of Public Instruction will furnish county superintendents with lists for the examination ot high school teachers, covering the branches provided for in the course of study of ihe school in which the applicant expects to For the township graded schools and non-commissioned high scbupls, in addition to the, common school subjects will be: I. Physical geography. Outline of general history. 3 Ray’s higher arithrnitic. 4 Civil go>ernkeeping. For the city high school of Decatur: 1. Algebra. 2. Civics. 3. Latin, 4 , Rhetoric. 6. Physical geography. (>. j General History. 7. Physics. H Geometry. 9. Chemistry. 10 English ami American literature. High school licenses will be issued for six, twelve, twenty-four and thirtysix months on the standard of grades made by applicants for common school licenses. Teachers holding state Certificates and diplomas from the state normal school are exempt from examination on the high school subjects. No teacher is eligible to contract to do high school work unti he or she holds a valid high school license, (Sec. 4125, 4-501, R. S.) also order of state superintendent. (hit of regard for the old soldiers and their friends, the May examination of ; -tepeliersTVLff-be-held Friday. May 2ffttF. Respectfully. (iSs(l’> 3w3m J. F Snow,Co.Supt. Sand. Sand. Sand. When you want sand call on Ashley Mann and Mont Evans. They will ' supply you with the best, at their yard 1 near the water works. Always plenty on hand. Iwl3 Wanted—Several trustworthy gentle men or ladies to travel in Indiana for established, reliable house Salary S7BU and expenses. Steady position. Enclose reference and self-addressed stamped envelope. The Dominion Co.. Third Floor, Omaha Building, Chicago, Illinois. 50w24 ’Rail lor St. Louis and tlic Convention June Itilh. The National republican convention will be held at St. Louis, Mo.. June Hi, ISLH>. ’Tis none too early to “fix fences” both as ■ to candidate and route. To those located 1 east of St. Louis, particularly in Illinois, 1 Indiana and Ohio, we say Clqver Leaf Route. Correspondence invited, Address, C, C. Jenkins, Toledo Ohio. r . I Read Tills Notice. J Notice is hereby given that I infend ' to take contracts for plastering and . patching in the year 1896. I have lost . all my means of support through sickness, and take this method of notifying > the public of my intention. Before letting you work call and get my figures ■ on the same. Mam prepared to do all ' kinds of work, such as building chim--1 neys, cisterns and cement sidewalks, and will do all work in first-class shape and as cheap as anyone else. All work warranted to give satisfaction. 46tf Ashley Mann. Notice of Trustees. I will be at my office on Tuesday of each week. George W. Brown, Trustee of Kirkland township. w 29 6m 1 will be at my office Tuesday of each week. L. W. Lewton, 2wtf Trustee Root township. 1 will be at my office on Tuesday of each week. J. D. Nidlinger. Its Trustee Union Tp. The office days of the trustee of Washington township will be Tuesdays and Saturdays in the Surveyor's office, and Wednesdays at home. John Steele, 22tt Trustee of Washington Tp. Cheaper Than Ever At Hughes’Granite & Marble Works. Fifteen per cent, of a discount for the year 1996. All work warranted to be new and flrst-clrss. Lettering done in German and English. You are invited to stop and get prices. L. C. & Wm. Hughes. 47tf (Successors to W. S. Hughss.) ---.Jar, - For Sale, one new Breyman Tile Machine, nearly new. Very cheap. ftltf Adams County Bank Go to Ed Johnson’s and get a quart of sweet corn for five cents. Vegetable plants such as cabbage, tomatoes, sweet potatoes, etc. While there he will show you the freshest and best garden seeds on the market. His are all home grown. Seed potatoes, the genuine early rose, the bell rose. He has the famous Banner potato, which he guarantees to ex*cell ad others in yield and quality. Last year he raised oyer a bushel from one-potato. Iwti For Sale -A good A fatm of 80 acres well improved, good bouse, good barn, and thoroughly underdrained. Good orchard, close to school, church and the postoffice; two good wells of water ’ C.iti or address this office. 3ltf • - ' 'A ■ ' • * '■

RAILROAD PROJECT' Line to Extend From Whiting Around Chicago. ATTORNEY GENERAL WILL MOVE. . ■■ I He Will Enilenvor tn Stop Racing nt For*ylhe al tin- Expiration of the Fifteen Day-* Bedford Building* Burned. Aftei a “Peeping Toni”—lndiana News Notes. Hammoxd, Ind , April 22.— All the preliminary arrangements have been made and negotiations arO pending, asa result of which tin-Chicago, Hammond and Western Railroad company, incorporate:! at Springfield with a capital ; stock of $1,500,000, will undertake a- - projee: to build ami operate a belt line around the city of Chicago. Just how long :lie arrangements have been in progress is not known, but it is ascertained from reliable sources that they have reached a point which makes it certain that the work will be carried out. The line will be extended from Whiting, Ind., to the extreme northern limits of Chicago via Hammond and Blue Island, thereby creating a better method of transfer immediately outside of Chicago between all the railroads now entering' and leaving the city. KETCHAM READY TO .MOVE. Will Vroi’eetl W’lieu Racing Begins on Slieflield or Roby. Indianapolis, April 22. — Attorney General Ketcham says that the state will be ready- to move ugaiimt the Roi'.v racing people as soon us there has been racing on the Forsythe trad; 15 days and an effort is amide to b 'gin running on the Sheffield track or on, Roby track. Attorney t.'eiid’al Ketcham will have tin assistajiec of ait attorney at Hummonc and one at Lafayette. Th state's representatives are not concealing the fact that the case they have before them is more perplexing than the one they tried ami won last year. Tl.e question of ousting the racetrack people, or preventing more than 15 days of racing in 45, will hinge upon the juxtaposition of the three tracks. It is conceded by the state that it tiie tracks under consideration were widely scattered there would be no question of the right of the owners to race con-, tinuaily .by moving from onp track to another. Tl.e state is now gathering information as to the relative location of the tracks. If the governor and the attorney general have been correctly informed they are all in the same neighborhood. Tile state will maintain that where thro - tracks have been constructed on the same 160 or 80 acres of laud there is a violation of the Selleis' act. She Won’t Patch His Pants. Logansport. Jud., April, 22.—Burrough Shielfls, a well known farmer living mar 1 ogansport, has sued for a divorce, say ug that his wife refuses to cook for him or patch his trousers. He also alleges timt his bet ter half hides the skillets so that he cannot cook for himself anil amuses herself by throwing stovewood through the windows and breaking t’ a furniture. They have been married 17 years. Bedford Buildings Burned. Bedford, Ind., April 22. —The building on the southwest corner of the public square, known as the Helen Lewis corner, caught fire yesterday. It was occupied by two butcher shops and a barber shop, and immediately adjoining was a bakery and a restaurant and’ a sample house for a clothing firm. A.l of the buildings burned, with nearly all of tlie contents. The loss exceeds $2,000. Attacked by a Dog. Veedersburg, Ind., April 22.—The 6-year-old sou of John Adkins ot Westpoint. was attacked by a dog, the animal seizing him by biting him on the mouth and tearing off a large piece, both from the upper and lower lip. A physician sewed on the pieces, ar I that possibly the bey is not seriously maimed. “Aller a “Peeping Tom.” Arcadia. Ind., April 22.—For several weeks a “Pepping Tom” has been annoying the women of Arcadia and i fund has been contributed by citizen ~ rope purchased and a detective employed. it the scoundrel is caught, there will be serious work ahead. Farmer Kicked by a Horse. Frankfort, Iml.. April 22. —John Crum, residing east of thb city, was kicked by a horse yesterday while attempting to clip the animal. It ; s thought that he can not recover. He is a prosperous and well respected farmer. INDIANA NEWS NOTES. Mrs. Maria Shane of Greensburg, aged 91 years, is dead. A new Christian church has been dedicated at Eagle Creek. Ebehezer Wamburg’, a farmer near Shelburn, committed suicide by hanging. The Western league baseball season opens today, Detroit playing the Indiauauolis club. Professor. Henry C. Dixon of Greensburg has been chosen president of the Mt. Pleasant academy,- Mt. Pleasant, Pa. Notwithstanding the prevailing hard times the Vigo county treasurer vestenlay collected $32,856 taxes, S7 I (MX) <i inore than ever paid in in one day. Ilansoni Sturgeon. 25 year,* old. son of Alexander Sturgeon, nehr Nashville, was found dead by the roadside. He had been atliicted .witli epilepsy for a 'number of years., ■ ' 4 Gilbert L. Elliott, ticket agent for the I Michigan Central railroad at South Bend, is dead of Bright's disease. He was born at Murat, India, and came to this country ai out 40 yea s ago. ■ t fifteen guests al the feast followi hat the jiiarria.g<‘ of Robert Merchant and Miss ,L -sie Adwill, near Brookston-, were prosliited bye 'ting pressed chicken, which Lid bean prepared fhuulay before, and for , u time there was feltA that several would ti e. Mr. Merchant, the bridegroom, and | ] E, Street, among those acutely i. — ..wj.-.., ■_ ,H ' ! !«■*•*(« -S- ' n n ' Q 0

, OHIO'S STORM. Parttolllar* of tli« ruction of Monday** Ctyclone* Fremont, ()., April 22.—Fu1l pnrticulars of Monday’s cyclone have just been secured after a cureful tour of the erii tire district, traversed by the storm. The fine farm residence apd all the 1 buildings on the farm of George if. Waggoner were razed to the grouinj. i | Here it was, while shearing sheep in the ! barn, that John Lowe met his deat.i. George Waggoner mid his 16-year-old son were pinioned between the timbers and only liberated after htU'il work. Their injuries xVhile serious arc nut fatal. In the house were Waggon, i - wife and two daughters. They wi re thrown several rods and badly injured. Amos Hettrick was struck by a flying timber and his left leg crushed. Tim sawmill owtlfil by Daniel Henzci is a complete wreck. I Mrs. Jbsenh L. Greene who xvas badly ; injured will die. During the wind *t on IT Mrs. William Sherf mid child)' u were driving in a buggy. The outfit was wrecked and they were huried against a tree and severely injured. The steamer Colonel Bartlett was com- j ing up the river and when struck by rLe gale nearly and shipped a large amount of water.-board were two government inspectors, besides the : crew, and they had a narrow escape ; from drowning. Part of the gale struck the Blue banks !' just as a botanizing class were starting home in a covered carriage. The c - Huge was wrecked and the studen.s thrown in all directions. It is believed, that some of these injured cannot sur ; Vive. ANTAGONIZE REV. BROWN. Allegation That He Is Unfit For the Mi nint cry. Oakland, Cal., April 2L—Rev. Ot-Ott Brown, D. D., pastor of the First Congregational chui'ch, San rrancisco, is again fighting for his ministerial existence. The Bay conference of Congregational ministers, angered at Brown'- refusal to accept tlie slight censure im- i posed by the..council which tried hi.n j upon charges of immorality and unmin- ! isterial conduct, has preferred new charges against him and reopened the old complaint. The new allegations state that tlie pastor is untruthful and unfit for the mhnstt ry. Juryman Killed* Philadelphia, April 22. — Lin C. Biles, who was foreman of the jury that tried H. H. Holmes for the murder of B. F. Pitzel, was killed by electricity ( yesterday mid his son received injury ; that will probably result fatally. They ■ were endeavoring to remove a telephone I wire which liad become crossed with :“i ■ electric'ligilt. wire on the roof of their , house when they received the deadly i shock. Cuban Reforms Discussed* Madrid, April 22.—The rumors of the granting of reforms for Cuba by the' Spanish government are "much discussed by all sections of the political world, here. Tlie supporters of the government declare that the ministery has not changed its line of conduct, but that it will submit its proposals to the chambers. Weather. 4. ' ■ Indiana—Fair. Illinois—l air; preceded by local showers in extreme southern portion. MR. COBB UNSEATED Five Republicans Voted With Democrats to Recommit. PENSION BILL COMES UP TODAY. Debate Will Probably Run Until Friday. Unsuccessful Attempt to (ret the Bank* ruptcy Hill Up Next Week-Indian Appropriation and Sectarian School Question In the Senate. Washington. April 22. —The house yesterday unseated James E. 'Cobb ' (Dem,.) representing the Fifth Alabama district and voted 121-45 to seat Albert T. Goodwin (Pop.), but the,, point of Mo quorum being made the house adjourned with the.final vote still penning.- Five Republicans voted with tlie Democrats to recommit the case with instructions to the committee to permit the contestant to offer iu rebuttal. Mr. Cobb had 508 majority on tlie face of the returns, but the majority found extensive frauds in the three black counties of the district, which reduced Mr. Cobb’s vote and gave the contestant 2,360 majority. The minority Claimed that no opposition was given to submit evidenoedu rebuttal and that fraud was presumed, not proved. Mr. Cobb has been a member of the Fiftieth, Fifty-first, Fifty-second and Fiftythird congresses. He was unseated by the Fifty-first house. An effort was made to fix Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday of next week for debate on the bankruptcy bill, but it was unsuccessful. Mr. Pickler’s general pension bill comes up today ami the debate will probably fun until Friday. SENATE PROCEEDINGS. Indian Appropriation and Sectarian School Question Discussed. Washington, April 22.—The senate spent the day on the Indian appropriation bill, biit did not complete it. The sectarian school question was taken up late in the day, and brought out animated debate, Senators Gallinger. Thurston and Teller opposing, and Senators Gray and Pettigrew supporting the amendment offered by Mr. Cockrell extending for two years the time for (lie entire abandoment of sectarian Indian „ schools. Final action on the question was not reached. Most of the dity wits , given to the contest against legal claims 1 . ih connection with the western Chore- 1 , fceo settlement, and the claims were I nnall'f agtood to. i "y '■ A "A.'

GRANT A WAR CLAIM First to Come Before the Present House of Representatives. CAUSES CONSIDERABLE DEBATE. Mr. A lh*fi aml Mr. (iv.ir Have a Lively Tilt Iu the svnale» In Which the Farmer AreiiM«*(l the Latter of I alsehoodL Mr. Hill on tlie Bond Bill House Night >es«.ioii. WashingtciN","April is.—The net result of five hour's work on the private calendar in the house yesterday w'as the passage of four.pension bills, o;ie to pension; the widow of Rear Admiral Foote at ss(l pep month; the rejection of a bill to retire a hospital steward as a second lieutenant of cavalry and tho passage of -a war claim of less thau $690, The latter was the first war claim brongii't before the house for consideration and Naturally provoked a general debate on the policy of paying .war claims. It drew from , Mr. Mahon (Rep., Pa.), chairman of ' the war claims committee, Mr. McCall (Rep., Tenn.) and Mr. Evans (Rep., Ky. j eloquent pleas for the payment of : the findings of the court of claims. Mr. Mahon argued that these claims should be paid or the court abolished. Barring the cotton claims, he asserted that S2O-, 000.000 would pay them, while Mr. Ray (Rep., NA’.) thought $600,000/000 would - not meet them. Politics of course was injected into : the debate before it was finished, and' LtUermwas a lively seGto betw“ utl : Dockery (Dem., Mo.) and Mr. Gr> sven r (Hep.. (>.) Mr. Dockery eulogized Speaker Crisp and Mr. Sayers, the chairman of the appropriations committee in th.' last congress, and paid a high tribute to Spi i.ker Reed. “I want to say. here ( in his :••• spnee,” said he, "that 1 iionor I the pt' s< nt speaker, Thomas B. Reed. ” i [Applause!- “He has stood like a lion j in of members on both sides of the political aisle who have been pressing bills carrying large .-unis.’’ Mr. Grosvenor ridiculed Mr. Dockery for “attempting to vindicate tlie history and career of the Democratic party. He said the real question at issue now was not the honesty of these; claims, but of tile ability for the government to pay them-at this time. •■You are” said he. addressing the Democratic side, "paralyzed by your I own utter inefficiency,. The great i feature of the administration of Grover i Cleveland—the (inly feature that will save him fro.n future contumely is that i when the bill to repeal the great re- ■ venue producing industry—propagating I tariff law was presented to him. iie said “my name shall never disgrace its pages.” “You,’’ he continued, ’“are attempting to place in contrast an administration that paid $250,000.(MIO of the public debt that one that. borrcAved $2.60,000,000 and now treiiibles each day le t the telegraph) brings the news that the gold so borrowed is drifting across the water.” <[ Applause]. At 5 o’clock the house took a recess ,? until 8 o'clock, the evening session to be devoted to private pension bills. IJouse Nig-ht Session. Washington, April 18.—The question of granting to officers’ widows larger pensions tluyi private soldiers was discussed in the house last night for two hours in connection with a bill to pension the widow of Brigadier General Ferdinand Vandervere of Ohio at the rate of $75 per month. The bill was finally favorably acted' upon with an amendment making the rate SSO per month. EXCITING EPISODE. Mr. Allen Accuses Mr. dear of Uttering a Falsehood In the Senate. Washington, April 18. —The debate on the bond resolution pi-oceeded yesterday, Mr. Hill continuing in opposition his speech which is not yet completed. Mr. Hoar supported the proposed bond investigation. The debate is proving attractive to the public, the galleries being crowded throughout the day. ■ -An exciting episode occurred late in the (lay concerning I’aciiic railroad affairs. Mr. Gear, chairman of the Pacific railroad commit tee, presented a bill proposing an adjustment of the railroad This lead Mr. Allen (Neb.) to criticise tlie Committee for alleged partiality to Collis P. Huntington and ins lobby. A bitter personal altert'Htion between Mr. Gear and Mr. Allen followed, during which Mr. Allep delated that Mr. Gear had uttered a falsehood concerning General Weaver of lowa. Mr. Hoar called Mr. Allen to order and demanded that his words be taken down Mr. Allen was obliged to take his seat, but a motion by Mr. Faulkner was allowed to proceed in order. luternal Revenue Receipts. \\ ashington, April 18. —The receipts from internal revenue for the month of March aggregated $11,297,704, an increase of $1,835.047 over last year. For the nine mouths of the fiscal year the aggregate receipts have been $110,179,075, as compared with $109,175,157 for the same period of last year. Train Robbers Identified. Litchfield, Ills., April 18 —The engineer and fireman of the'Frisco railroad positively identified the man shot here a week ago, together with the two other men under arrest, as being the persons who successfully held tip the ’Frisco train near Lebanon, Mo., and . took several, hundred dollars. Requisition papers will b 6 asked for. Forsyth* Racing. Forsythe, Ind., April 18.—There was another big crowd with good betting at tlie races yesterday. The speed of the. new course was shown when Jennie June'beat Hi Henry live furlongs iu ’ Two favorites won. The Duee spread eiigled his tield in 1:01L. Magnet I dodged Jehiiie- June ami Hi Henry. Weather. 4 «• - Indiana and Illinois — Local rains; ' T ’ .x 1 . D -a. / .. * .. D • . ’ " . • • - ■