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The committee on foreign relatione favorably reported all the diplomatic nominations of yesterday, but in the case of Mr. Halstead the report was not unani mous. On a motion to confirm his nomi nation, the nays were in the majority. Senators Teller, Plumb, Ingalls, Farwell and Cullom voted with the Democrats. Mr. Sherman moved to reconsider the vote, and on that motion a long debate ensued, in the course of which the ground of objection to Mr: Halstead was disclosed. When the senate refused to enter upon an investigation of the election of Senator Payne, of Ohio, Mr. Halstead, whose paper, the Cincinnati Commercial-Gazette, had strongly urged the investigation, made uncomplimentary allusions to the Republicans who voted against the investigation. The feeling against him on the part of the senators who fell under his displeasure at that time is very bitter, and one of them is reported to have said to President Harrison this morning, that Mr. Halstead could not be confirmed that the senators whom he had criticised would not vote for him. The motion to re-consider was pending when the senate adjourned. The vote on confirmation was taken before there Were any speeches made.,. ~.

CLARKSON'J POLICY.

Why He Make* Change* In Fourth Class Postofflces. A. ^WASHINGTON, March 28.^-General

pointed, except in rare instances, where the "exigencies of the service demanded, and when Postmaster General Hatton resigned there were more than three thousand resignations on file in hie office. The commissions of the thousand appointees of my predecessors were, of course, withheld and these vacancies, with others, are now being filled as rapid! as possible.

THE

Weekly Established in 1823.

MR. DALSTEAD'S NOMINATION.

In a Vote in the Senate on Confirmation the Nays Are in the Majority.

THE FINAL VOTE TO BE TAKEN TO-DAY.

Mr. 4rS

Joim C. New Pulls Through I—New Railway Mail Su'm• perin tandems.

WASHINGTON, March 28.—The executive session of the senate lasted between two and three hours this afternoon, and was confined largely to a discussionof the nomination of Marat Hajajopd. to be minister to Germany. Before that came up the nominations of- John C. New to be consul general to Iiondon, and of Lewis Wolfly to be governor of Arizona, which were panding, were confirmed. A final attempt of the opposition to defeat Mr. New's confirmation was based upon the assertion that his paper, the Indianapolis Journal, had published articles reflecting upon the private character "of President Cleve- ... land. This charge was warmly denied ]K" by Senator Voorhees, of Indiana, and the nomination was confirmed.

Clarksotty titte ffratia6ei^atTjgojtpaater, geniSraT. wWqtteetioned to-day oonoern-*j»

I 'nf certain newspaper criticisms directed against his policy in the appointment of fourth class postmasters. In answer, he said, that practically all of the changes thus far have been made for other than political reasons. A large number of the appointments made during the last administration were nptoriously bad. A considerable number had been foun^ to be delinquent in their ,c accounts, other changes had been made in order to secure better locations for the offices, and in many i'i oases appointments had been made with a view to the removal of the offices from the vicinity of saloons. In every case of removal there has been good and sufficent cause therefor. "Perhaps," he ••'v added, "it is not generally known that my predecessor within the month or six •_! weeks prior to the 4th of March, made over a thousand appointments of fourth class postmasters for the purpose, evidently, of forcing them upon this administration. This course had never been i: pursued,to my knowledge,by any previous administration. During the last several weeks of President Arthur's term, not a single fourth-class postmaster was ap-

Railway Mall Superintendents. WASHINGTON, March 28.—The post

master general to-day, upon the recommendation of General Superintendent Bell, appointed the following named superintendents of railway mail service: Tenth division, headquarters at St. Paul, Norman Perkins, vice Walter A. Butler, resigned Seventh division, headquarters at St. Louis, J. P. Lindsay, vice D. M. Thomas, resigned Eleventh division, headquarters at Fort Worth, Tex., J. S. Weaver, vice George W. Hunter, resigned. Mr. Perkins has been in the postal service for about seventeen years and has risen by successive promotions to be chief olerk at St. Paul. Mr. Lindsay has been in the service about the same length ot time and has also risen by promotion to be ohief clerk at Kansas City. Mr. Weaver is also an old and efficient employee of the railway postal service and is now a clerk on the Sedalia & Dennison line. These appointments, like those announced two days ago, are made solely on account of long, faithful and distinctively efficient service.

An order was issued by the postmaster general' placing the railway mail service under the supervision of First Assistant Postmaster General Clarkson. This is in accordance with the understanding reached when Mr. Clarkson went into the poetoffice department. The service was under the. oversight of the first assistant until Mr. Vilas became postmaster general, when he put it under the second assistant. It wss believed that the efi Mency of the service would be increase*, vy putting it baok where it was -before.Hnd this has been done. "i

Yesterday'a Appointment*. WASHINGTON, March 28—The president sent the following nominations to

he at to a Cassiua M. Barnes, ot Arkansas, to b® receiver of public moneys at Guthrie, I.T.

John I. Dille, of Indiana, to DO register of the land office at Guthrie, I. T. Chas. E. Monteith. of Idaho, to be agent for the Indians of the Nez Perces asenoy in Idaho.

Postmasters—Orlando B. Happy at

May field, Ky. William Jenney at Mt. Clemens, Mich. [Mr. Dtlle, who was appointed register of th» land office at (iothrle, I. T., Is a reddest of Hunt lDgton, Ind.. and baa been prominent In local politics. Daring the last campaign be KM secretary of tbe Republican state central committee]

Will Mr. Lincoln Dtcllac?

CHICAGO, March 28.—The Hon. Robt.T. Lincoln was in receipt of telegrams from all parts of the country to-day, congrat ulating him on his nomination to the court of St. Jamee. He says he has not yet made up his mind as to whether or not be will accept the nomination. A friend of Mr. Lincoln is of the opinion tnat he will decline it, for the reasons, chiefly, that his wife is a confirmed invalid.

Illinois legislature on Mr. Lincoln, SPRINGFIELD, 111., March 28.—The

state senate to-day by a rising vote passed a joint resolution endorsing the action of President Harrison inlnominating the Hon. Robert T. Lincoln to be minister of England, and directing-that an engrossed copy of the resolution be forwarded to the Hon. James G. Blaine, secretary of state. The resolution was then sent to the house, which also passed it by arising vote, several Democratic members declining to vote.

Foreign Comment on Appointments. LONDON, March 28.—The St. Jamee

Gazette, commenting on the appointment of Mr. Robert T. Lincoln, as American minister to England, says: "It is certain that Mr. Lincoln will be popular."

DUBLIN, March 28.—The Freeman's Journal says: The appointment-of Mr. Patrick Egan, as American. minister to Chili, will keenly delight Irishmen. It is a comment on the policy toward Ireland pursued by England, where Mr. Egan is a hunted outlaw.

LONDON, March 28.—A dispatch announcing that President Harrison had nominated Robert T. Lincoln as American minister to England, was read at a dinner given last evening by Earl Cowper. Viscount Cranborne, son of Lord Salisbury, was a guest, and, upoa hearing the news, he immediately hurried to Arlington street and imparted the information to his father. The prime minister said that the nomination was a pleasant surprise for him.

Washington Notes.

Horace IfcKay, of Indianapolis, is one of the recent arrivals. The Hon. J. N. Huston, of Connersville, Ind., arrived la Washington Wednesday.

Secretary Wlndom has received the resignation of Judge McCue as assistant treasurer at New York, but has not yet acted upon it.

E. F. Branch, of Martinsville, Ind., Is an applicant for the position of deputy commissioner of Internal revenue, to succeed Eb Henderson.

There are indications to-day of a very positive nature that the president will nominate Judge Chandler, of Independence, Kan., to be first assistant secretary or the interior. it said at the Interior department that the Sresident's proclamation issued yesterday will iron open to homestead entry on April 22ad about one million eight hundred thousand acres.

W. Fisher, of North Carolina, the present assistant chlefclerk of the pension

bureau, has

chief olsgfc.

W. F. Brock, rc-

cHTef clerk under Commissioner lJuSleJ? Among the chanees In fourth-class postoffices are: Thomas A. Edmondson, Camargo, III, vice W. H. Fulton, removed Harvey Boone, Hume, III., vice C. A. Minor, removed Lldle 8. Pierce, Ridge Farm, vice Joseph Baum, removed.

Mr. Huston, of Indiana, and Mr. Parsons, of Ohio, the leading candidates for the United States treasurershlp and the comptroller of the currency, respectively, are In Washington, and gossip says 'their Dominations will be sent to the senate in a few days.

The crowd at the White house to-day was greater than ever, and the president did not have a minute to himself from the time he entered his office, about half-past nine o'clock, up to 130 o'clock, when he escaped from the eager throng on the plea that Mrs. Harrison and lunch were waiting for him.

Secretary Wlndom has received a large number of applications for appointment in the steamboat Inspection service, many ot which come from persons who seem altogether Ignorant of the qualifications necessary for such service. He has prepared a letter specifying the necessary legal qualifications for the different classes of appointments. Supervising inspectors are required to be persons of long experience as masters, pilots or engineers of steam vessels, or persons eminent In the designing and construction of the same.

Army officers in active service are joining the naval officers in the criticism upon the New York centennial committee. They hold that it Is not courteous to Adjutant General Schofleld, who will command the military forces, to place at the head of the deuionstraUon, in a position where there must necessarily be concert of action between them, not an army officer who is upon the retired list, but one who comes from theww branch of the military. Also, they complain at on the committee, of which this officer Is chh man, there are several reputable naval officers, and a grandson of Admiral Farragut It Is hinted that Uttla active assistance for the demonstration can be expected from Secrtary Tracy under the circumstances.

The Lydecker court martial opened to-day with Robert Condon on the witness stand. He was not a stonemason, but had been employed to work in the tunnel. The work was hurried on by order of his employer which accounted for Its bad quality in many cases. Thos. Davis, a stonemason, told how nice little bulk heads were built to conceal bad work and how a guide always gave warning of the approach of Lieutenant Townsend or Colonel Kirltn. If Major Lydecker had visited the tunnel dally, the men could not have done half as bad work as they did. Emery, the sub-contractor, gave orders to do bad work and quarreled with the subInspectors upon the subject. He had told witness that

If he persisted In doing good work, he would break up the company and had another man instruct witness how to do bad work.

THE MINSHALL GAS.

No Chang* lit the Flow—To Tost Other Localities. Special to the Express.

RosfiDALE, Ind., March 28.—Your reporter interviewed Mr. W. Evans, superintendent of the coal company, regarding the gas well at Minshall thisjevening. He says the gas is about the same pressure as when first struck. The gas is burning five or six feet above the surface. As yet it i\not known what kind ot gas it is but th company are in hopes it will prove to be Aiel gas in sufficient quantity to supply the surrounding cities. They will continue their drilling in the neighborhood and if Btruck at other pointe will drill and case for gas.

A Bombardment at Haytl.

NEW YORK, March 28.—The brig Solario, which arrived this morning from Hayti, reports: "We left Port-Au-Prince on March 10. On that date the city was very exoited over the news that at that moment Legitimes gunboats were bombarding

Gonaivee. Three of the gun

boats, the Selize, the Dessalinee and the Touseaint Loverture, were said to be doing terrible damage. The bombarding had been going on for some time and it was thought that the town would be entirely deetroyed."

Cowboys Kill a Constable.

TRINIDAD, Colo., March 28.—Word was received that Constable Montague was killed at Elmore by three oowboys, whom he attempted to arrest for disturbing the quiet of the town. Sheriff Burns at once organized a posse, and started after the murderers, who had akipped out.

BUSINESS KNEW SCHEME.

An Encouraging Outlook For a Public Spirited Assoeiation.

A GOOD MEETING HELD LA.S1 NIGHT.

Tbe Proposed Plan of Reorganization—Some of the Men Interested.

The present organization of the business men's association ends March 31st. A large number of members attended the meeting last night. The leading subject was the organization for the coming year, beginning Aptil lit. A committee, ooQfi^stlagaf J.M Williams,, H. Hulman, W. Kidder, B. G. Hudnut and A. Herz, appointed to consider plana of organization, presented the following report: 1. We recommend that no change be made In the present plan of organization, and that every effqi be made to continue the association. 2. It seems to your committee that In addition to the monies collected by way of annual dues from members, the association should be provided with something In the way of a guarantee fund, upon which cash could be quickly realized In case It should be needed to lnduoe the location In or near the diy of some manufacturing enterprise that would be of value to our business interests here. We therefore recommend that a committee be appointed to solicit signers to an agreement containing lnfsubstance the following provisions:

We, the undersigned, hereby agree, one with the other, and each with the Tcjrre Haute business men's assoclaUon, that we will pay to said association the amount set opposite our names respectively, as soon as It is decided by the board of directors of said association that It is desirable to make a donation to induce the removal to and location In or near the city of Terre Haute of some manufacturing enterprise that in the opinion of said board would be of value to the business Interests of said city.

Should the sum needed et any one time be less than the aggregate of the amounts hereto subscribed, then each subscriber will pay his due proportion of such. sum.

AH moneys collected by the terms hereof shall be used solely for the purposes above set forth, and this agreement shall be of no force or effect until the aggregate of the. subscriptions hereto amount to at least $5,000.

JOHN G. WILLIAMS, H. HULMAN,

-r B. (R. HUDNUT,

?, WLLLARD KLDDIB, A. HKHZ. Committee.

This report was accepted by the association and the committee released. It will come before the association for final action at its annual meeting. Meesra. J. B. Duncan and A. Herz, who had circulated tbe list for new and renewed memberships, presented their report. The following is tbe sgreement, with tbe names signed within the first twentyfour hours:

We, the undersigned, subscribe the number of shares set opposite our names, at |S0 per share, payable in quarterly Installments, for the continuance and support of the business men's association from April 1st, 1889 to April 1st, 1890. (Each name represents one shai^|g^^ H. Hulman, '-i^Plxle»4Cj., B. &. Hudnut. C. Ford, Bement, Rea A Co., i'roeb Bros., Moore ft Langen. B. G. Cox, & Co John G. Williams,

RtddwTHan*l riltoW J. W. Crutt, J. R. Dnncan, W. B. McKeen, Townley Stove Co., Jos. Strong ft Co., E Havens, Hoberg. Root* Co., George E. Brokaw, Espenhaln ft Albrecht, D. Demlng, F. Carpenter, I. Fechheimer. \P D. W. Minshall, W. L. Kidder, Orman ft Tressel, P. J. Kaufman, George M. /lien, Cliff ft Co.

John H. Berry, F. Putnan, w. W. Cllver. Uewhlnney ft Harrison, -Robert Geddes, C. If. Warn*n, Joseph H. Brlggs, Myers Bros., A. K. Foster, J. B. Harris, Johns. Beach, S C. Barker, E. H. Bindley, W. C. Ball ft Co., Wlllard Kidder, Albert Kussner,

To thie long list will be added the names of many old members and others who have not yet had an opportunity of signing. The above roll represents the most spontaneous support of the business men's association it has yet received, and is indicative of the spirit of progress which is now manifested in this city. The officers, whose terms expire March 31st, are Robert Geddes, president B. G. Hudaut, vice president J. R. Duncan, treasurer H. Hulman, John G. Williams, Willard Kidder, and A. Herz, directors, and C. C. Oaky, secretary pro tem.

The finances of the association will show a balance from the past year and a good prospect for sufficient to advertise the city liberally and thoroughly in the coming year, if subscriptions continue to come in so freely. The association adjourned until April 1st.

All Mankind Interested.

The SUNDAY EXPRESS will have something of interest to all mankind.

Sandford Notes.

Special to the Express. SANDFOBD, Ind., March 28.—Mr. Glenn C. Brown, of this place, and Miss Mary A. Pessent, of Edgar .county, 111., were married at the residence of the bride's parents last Sunday evening at 7 o'clock. Mr. Brown is the I. 4 St. L. agentwt Loxa, 111., and they will make that place their future residence.

The school at this place, which has been so excellently taught by Mr. Emory Seldomridge ani and Miss Era Cheeter, of Terre Haute, closed yesterday with an exoellent entertainment. The patrons of the school rewarded each with a handsome present, and requested that they teach next winter's school.

Horsnmen Kngaged In Blander Salts. CHICAGO, March 27.—Pour 925,000

slander suits were begun this morning in tbe United States court againat Edward Corrigan, the race horse man. The plaintiffs are Henry P. Towneley, Jamee T. Winterr Archibald R. Wileon and Mary J. Wilson. The suits grew out of alleged slanderous words uttered by Corriganat a meeting of the directors of the Chicago fair and trotting breeders' association held yesterday. The directors held a meeting February 20, last, at which it was voted to lease the track to Townsley, Winters and Wilson for four years at a rental of 950,000 for the term. The meeting yesterday was called to approve the securities on the lease. It is alleged that Corrigan desired to secure the lease himself, and that in antagonizing the leasing of the track to the complainants, gave utterance to the slanderous language complained of.

A New B'Nat B'rlth Orphan's Home. ATLANTA, Ga., March 23.—To-day was

a great day for tbe Hebrews of tbe South. The ccoasion is the dedication ot anew Hebrew orphan's home, built by District No. 5 ot the order ot B'nai B'rith. The building is a magnificent structure erected on a commanding height just south of the city. It is an ideal building for its purpoee and is capable of aceommodating 190 children.

TERRE HAUTE, IND., FRIDAY MORNING. MARCH 29,1889.

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Tko IadiaaapolM dayIKDIAJTAPOUM. Friday was ad of the sale, it to-day. The di offer of Kitty Trahbykowned this city. She at 9125. 8. D. with Hambletoni was put up by S He hss a record

CM Oaf Tssjsr Horsey. 28.—llthoogh to bethalaat day ded to ekes out begunvith the (sire, Abdallafa rank 8$pfield, ot counted

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Paett, of ~^_l "I 2:50 and- aovea in J. G. Hooker, Pt.

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Tayne, for handsome bl and of great el

Flora Belle* 5 yean old

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motion brought buJ922iX Pent Kahn, of Terre Haute, aop her, and G. W. Carrico, of the Mils plaoe, purchased her. Paris Belle fatlswed Flora, and waa oneot the baw^^f the day. Four yean old, perfdf^ood aad trot a mile i^A~^ aMQinutee without traininL child can or any place perfect safety those are some v-^her good qualtiee. Sold by W. B. LogSn, of Paris, 111., and will be taken back to the same place by A. B. Houston, who bought her for 1180. The finest horse sold during the forenoon was Mistletoe, a magnificent chestnut filly, 2 years old. Mr. Church had raised her with great care and ahe waa recognized inetantly as a prize. Bidding, however, oontinued somewhat liitlesa, as it has been during the entire sale, and the auctioneer bad much difficulty in getting a fair price for her.

Turf Notes.

Friends of Susie S., 2:18, by Hylas, think she will be able to capture the crown from Maud S, 2:06H. It Is claimed that she cann trot a half In one minute.

Dan McCarthy, of California, has got together a string of over a hundred trotters and pacers which he is going to bring to sell at auction when he brings his thoroughbreds East.

There Is no truth In tbe report that Pan coast Is dying. The stallion Is now In better condition than at any time slnee he was struck by lightning last June. Hals being jogged dally at the Farkvllle farm.

Blue Bull, 226X, did not appear on the turf last year, although he was entered at tbe Detroit meeting. He Is now all right again, and will make the season, at Oakwood Park farm, near Bockvllle Center, L. I.

Rody Patterson characterizes the report that Bessemer was to be converted Into a trotter as nonsense. He believes that the son ot Voltaire Is good enough ss a pacer. Patterson will have Harrison and the 4-year-old pacer Baron In his string thlsseason.

Chicago Tribune: Th9 prices paid for trotting -stock at the Rasemeade stock sale at the American Institute a couple of weeks ago promise to De completely eclipsed at ihe sale of Senator Stanford's Palo Alto stock during tue second May.

week of

One hundred head of. choicely bred^yOung stock kre to be shipped here, forty being the get of the famous stallion Electioneer, the most successful trotting sire of the decade. The prices paid fur the lot will show how the breeding craze has ext-nded, and also whether breeders are already "loaded" up-with stock, as has been claimed by some.

Since the 1st of January Orrln Hlckox has sold his ArthucUn gelding Arab for |S,000. Joseph Cairn Simpson sold his stallion Antsvolo for $18.000. B. C. Holly disposed ot Wanderer tor $20,000. C. Sea mans sold BeUBoy for an even ISO,000. and S. J. Rose sold Stamboal tor the same amount. That makes a grand total of tS46,0 0 which has gone to purchase California horseflesh since 1889 was ushered in, net to mention the number of minor solas that have taken -place. Hsgain's stable of Palo Alters MUPBMTamount will

For several yes'riTc. 6. Raster, whose bead-

white Lip, by General Sherman. Other shipments followed. tbe most prominent during the past year being Colonel Wood, 221!4. The big bay gelding

now in Dan McPhees' stable. Tbe bay

mare Beauty Bright, 2:21%, by John Bright, and Harry Thorndale, 2:39te, have also been sent across the ocean, where they will soon be Joined by De Barry, 2d9Vk purchased for parties In New Brunswick, and the 6-year-old brown horse Lancelot. by Governor Sprague, out of Loita, by Belmont.

THE NEW SCHOOL.

The Spring Term to Begin In tlte New •Fourteenth District Building.

The school furniture of the Fourteenth school district was moved into the new school house at "Sixteenth and Elm streets yesterday and the oolored pupils of that district will begin the spring term of school in the new house next Monday. The new building cost 94,000, is a storyand a-half building, has two rooms ready to be occupied now and two that can be occupied when the increBee in attendance shall demand it. There are now forty-five pupils in the district. The school is located where land is cheap, and, it is said, that several oolored families who live near there are encouraging other colored families to move to that neighborhood, so that the school will be convenient and the surroundings will be most pleasant to pupile and residents. The three school districts for colored children, the Tenth, Twelfth and Fourteenth, have an attendance of 226 pupils with five teachers. They now have two new houses, the one in the Fourteenth district and the one at Second and Crawford streets opened last September. They have good teachers, good accommodations and the pupils are making commendable progress. The Fourteenth district school has been occupying rented property at 114 north Fourteenth"^ vfe until the furniture waa moveif

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The St.- mil Hotel Suicide. ST. LOUIS, March 28.—The body

of the man who registered at the Hotel Parle as S. M. Waite, of Florida, and took poison to climax a spree, was identified to day as that of Samuel M. Woolsey, a married man, whose home, where his wife and two adult daughters live, was at 2139 Caroline etree% this city. He was a member ot Dr. Adam's Church, and stood high in religious circlsa. He was 51 years old, and waa born in ETansville* Ind. He was at one time addicted to the use of morphine. He took morphine then whenever he drank beer. This was the first spree he had been on in two years. His domestic relations were pleasant, and his financial condition fair. The anknown dark-haired woman with whom Woolsey stopped at the hotel and spent the night drinking, kept her identity from the detectives and the coroner.

To Old And Young

The SDHDAY EXPRESS will contain a proposition that ahould not be overlooked by any one, old or young.

A Wife Murderer View* the Faaeral. CUMBERLASDi Md., March 28.—The

funeral of Leah Eva Garlitz, who waa murdered by her husband on Tuesday night, took place this afternoon, amid intense excitement. As the procession passed the jail, the murderer at his*speeial request, viewed tbe cortege with indifference. There is now little danger of en attempt to lynch Garlits who has confessed his guilt.

CRAVES GIVEN TWO YEARS.

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The Verdict in The Peculiar Cu« L.'/. From Loekport, This County.

SOME MYSTERIOUS FEATURES IN THE STORY.

The Defendant's Sweetheart Stands by Her Lover Tbipighout The Ordeal,

The jury in the eaee of Alexander Graves, charged with stealing about 9400 from the safe of hia employer, Ferguson, the levator man at Loekport yesterday returned a verdict ot guilty with punishment at two yean in. the i^-^fcotteifr-trae" maiis for anew trial and the imprsasion about the oourt is that it will he granted*

The story ot the case has been~lold from day to day in a disjointed way as the evidence appeared, but it is such a peculiar one that it will bear narration again. Graver, who returned from the penitentiary last July, after serving two years for lafoeny in thin oounty, weut to work for Ferguson in September and boarded at hia employer's house. A week before Christmas he aaked his employer for the hand of his daughter Hattie, a pretty girl of 18 years, and assured the father that he had about four hundred dollars with which to start in life in Terre Haute. Ferguson teetified that his suspicion that Graves was the one who had been taking money from the safe since October, in all about four hundred doHare, was tnen confirmed. One night, soon afterward, he found a key in Graves' pocket which unlocked one door of the safe. Groves' defense was that Ferguson "set up this key job" to break off the match. Graves was arrested and released oh bail. It was brought out in evidence that Gravee was rather^free with money about election times, and he tried to account for this by saying it was given to bim to bet and retaliated on Ferguson by asking why the latter took no eteps to appre-. hend the thief during October, November and December? When released on bail Graves returned to his stepmother's in the neighborhood. Oue Sunday he told a Mr. Sheets that he and his sweetheart were carrying on a clandestine correspondence, using a spot under the barn as a poetoffice. Mr. Sheets informed Mr. Ferguson of the fact the same day. The next morning Sheets took a letter from the poetoffice and showed it to

John

Woodruff, the two men thinking they were aiding tbe law by procuring evidence against Gravee. They put distinguishing marks on the letter and gave it to Ferguson. Tbe letter in substance tells Hattie to get ready to go away and be married, adding: "I have 9300 left of ME UIUUPJ I TWK from your father." ia a very shrew3 felIotf,'J=*~ auu not onelwhe would .likely write such a confession. Mr. Ferguson produced a letter in the trial which Sheets and Woodruff testified was not the same they marked. The murks were miseing, and according to their recollection the phraseology was changed, although the purport of the letter was tbe same. Miss Ferguson, who appeared as a strong witness for the defense, testified that her father told her on Sunday that he had learned of the correspondence and that the same day she sent word to Graves not to use the poetoffice.

Yet

the confession

letter was found the next day I Graves cannot write. His brother-in-law was his amanuensis, and he testified that he did not write the confession letter. No good citizen around Loekport oomes forward to admit that he did. The handwriting is unlike that in the other love letters written by tbe broth-er-in-law, and is suggestive of a disguised hand.

The questions in the mindB of those who have heard the testimony are: Did Graves steal the money? Did he diotate the confession letter? If the confession letter was a forgery, were there two of them?

The Suicide Record.

DKNVKR, March 28.—Chas. T. Blair, foreman of the Chicago lumber company, suicided to-day by morphine. His former residence wss Columbus, Ohio. The supposed reason for the act was despondency, caused by some unknown difficulty.

PITTSBURG, March 28,—John Maider, a wealthy retired butcher of Allegheny City, left his home last night, telling his Wife that he was going for a walk. His body was found in the Allegheny river, with his throat cut from ear to ear. After cutting his throat he jumped into the water. No reason ia known for tbe act.

The Oklahoma Boom.

DENVER, Colo., Maroh 28.—Great interest in Colorado on the opening ot Oklahoma lands is evinced by the throng which crowded the office of the company from the time it was opened. All day the office was besieged by anxious people waiting their turn to enroll themselves upon the company's books and learn every possible detail of the country.

The Ball Teams Sail for Homo. LONDON, March 28.—The Chicago

and All-America base ball clu^s sailed on the White Star line steamer Adriatio from Queenetown for New York to-day. A crowd gathered to see them off and gave them an ovation. The members of the clube are elated over their reception in Great Britain and Ireland. It is certain that base bsll will become one of the features of British sport.

The Swindler In Priestly Garb. TORONTO, Ont., March 28.—George

Powell alias G. Barnett Young, who, attired in prieetly garb, was arrested here Tuesday, charged with swindling jewelers ia Ottawa and Toronto eut of watches and diamonds, and who conteased many other such crimes, was today sent by a police magietrate to the Kingston penitentiary for five years.

In Spite of Mr. Bismarck.

BIBLCI, March 28.—Sir Edward B. Malet, the British ambassador, entertained the emperor and empress at dinner this evening. Thirty-aix guests were pieeent

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A Wall Stmt Sul— Fiu— Auelh— la Mala giiiet Msss. There waaV fight in William SchaaTa aalooo, on Wall etieet, yesterday afternoon that interested so many parties, and concerning which there were ao many different etoriea that the truth ie not generally known. One story was that August Wagner aad "Judge" Keafe oomiheaoed the fighting, and were separated by T. W. Harper, and, as usual, the peacemaker was not wefcoaiety received. Another version ia that Harper thought Keefe was another person, and addressed snch remarks to Keefle as involved them in a fight, whan' Wagner volunteered to assiat Harper, aad John Cleary acted aa peacemaker, to forcing the man apart. The only tive fact waa that waa a fight. Wagner arrested end released. KseT at polioe headquarters and wi that there was no oortplaint against him.

There was a lively scramble by angry pugilists in Fasig'S saloon about aix o'clock yeeterdsy evening,but the parties were aeparated before there wss much blood shed. Aa aoen x^| were aeparated, It ia said, both began to cry. Their names were kept quiet and did not appear on police recorda and there was no arrests.

A Special Thanksgiving Service. NEW YORK, Maroh 28.—The follow

ing telegram sent to-day explaina itself: NEW YORK, March, 38. To The Hon. Benjamin Harrison, President of the United States, Wathington, D. C.:

Tbe committee on the celebration of tbe Inauguration of George Washington, as president of tbe United Slates, respectfully ask tbat yon Issue a proclamation calling upon clergymen to bold a special service of thanksgiving In tbe churches throughout the country at 9 o'clock, on the morning of April 90, the same hour In wblcb services of prayer were beld in tbe churches of this city oh the morning of Washington's Inauguration, one hundred years ago. Tbe clergymen of New York, through a special committee, have Issued an address to the clergymen of tbe United States, suggesting tbat a religious serv Ice be held, similar to the services on April SO' 1789. Our committee would respectfully ask you' Inasmuch as the day Is a national holiday, to suggest in your proclamation that the day be made memorable throughout the United States by tbe decoration of buildings, tbe display of fireworks and tbe meetings of patriotic citizens.

HAMILTON FISH, President

HUGH J.^RANT, Chairman.

Suspected Thieves Turned Over to Indians. ST. PAUL, March 28.—A special to

the Pioneer-Prees from Spring View, Neb., say Mrs. Gannon, the wife of a settler living near the Dskota line, was in this town yesterday asking help in rescuing her husband from the Dakota Indians. Gannon and a number of other men were captured by a vigilance committee a couple of weeks ago on suspicion of being cattle thieves. The committee finally released them on their promise to leave the country at once. Yesterday three of them, Gannon and two men named Babcock and Reus, were found at their home and taken across the Dakota line by masked men, who delivered them to a band of Sioux. The

''V'*- -The Operators and Miners.

At the monthly meeting of the block coal operatore at Brazil yesterday, a committee of miners appointed at the meeting a few days ago preeented their grievance against the Watson mine which was paying less than the scale. The miners suspected that the Watson reduction was made as a feeler by the operators but the latter ineisted that it was not and before the meeting adjourned Watson agreed to pay the full scale until the end of the year, the first of May.

6. A. B. Encampment Railroad Fare. MILWAUKEE, March 28.—At a confer

ence between a special committee appointed by the G. A. R. enoampment association and officers of the Chicago A Northwesterfi and Chicago, MUwauuee & St. Paul railway this morning, the difficulty in regard to transportation rates between Chicago and Milwaukee during tbe coming encampment was satisfactorily adjusted." The railways abandoned their determination to exact a fare and one-third and will make one fare for the round trip.

The Cameron Wedding.

HARRISBURG, Pa., March 28.—Miss Margareta Brua Cameron, daughter of United States Senator J. Dona'd Cameron, and John William Clark, of Newark, N. J., were married at- noon to-day. The wedding took place at the reeidence of Senator Cameron, corner of Front and State streets, who gave his daughter away and was witnessed by a few outside the members of the Cameron and Clark families and near relatives. The presents were numerous and costly.

Conference of Coal Stagnates. NEW YORK, March 28.—The repre

sentatives of the coal companies interested in the western anthricite business held a meeting at the Fifth avenue hotel this morning. The general sentiment seemed to be that the time waa fully a week too soon to make any definite action in regard to an advance in prices. Further action was deferred until April 4th, to which date the meeting adjourned.

Ashton, Ill's, Big Fire Loss.

DIXON, 111., March 28.—A fire vhiuh originated in a defective flue in the poetoffice at Ashton this morning burned twenty-one business houses'and several dwellings with their contents. The loes is fully 960,000 and the insurance ia light.

The Talued Policy Bill.

SPRINGFIELD, 111., March 28.—The house passed the valued policy insurance bill.

Trade and Labor Notes.

Tbe JeffersonvlUe car works are now employing 1,600 men. J. D. Thurston, manufacturer of boots and shoes, at Montreal, has suspended payment, iabilities, between forty and fifty thousand dollars.

Tbe newspapers of Porto Principe and Sanlti Splrltus, the principal eattie-bfieding sections of Cuba, urge tbe cattle men to devise some plan by which the surplus of their herds may be exported and especially to the United States, where, It Is said, they would find remunerative markets. It Is said that a batches from Havanna Intends to start a shop at Key West where. In addition to selling Cuban meat*, he will deal In all the articles sola In tbe principal markets ot Havanna. According to a late statement In tbe Porto Principe ick

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Sanlti Splrltus papers tbe number of blade cattle la those districts amounis to S12.6T6 bead horses, 83.172 mules. 878 hogs. 83.841. and sbeep, 2.189, making a grand total of 483,720 bead of all sorts.

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NEWS ROOND ABOUT Jg|

Viffo County to Reeeita $100,000 «f School Funds Dodor th« New Law.

THIS WILL BE LOANED OUT •T 6 PER CENT.

First Come First Ssrved-^Tlkt Mad Doq Scare Revived.

Auditor Armstrong waa at Indiaaap(die, on Wedneeday, to aeoertaia tbe amount ot money that would aoorue to thie oountv from the school funds,.aaa result of the recent law passed bf th* legislature authorizing tbe distribatiM ot the toad to the counties in proportion to the number ot aobeol children in each oounty. He waa aurpriesd to find that the amount for Vigo oounty will be about one hundred thousand dollars. The amount of school fund money in lis oounty now is about one hundrsd fourteen thousand dollars. Allot this money ie loaned, and in for about ten thousand dollars, auditor said that there are constant applications for the money. As the money comes into the office he notifiee the applicants in the order they appear on hia memorandum, and they are thus accommodated with loans. The additional 9100,000 will be apportioned to thia oounty and will be loaned at the rate provided by the new law, 6 per cent, interact. Mr. Armstrong said that those who wished to borrow this money would do well to apply early, becauee a part of it is spoken for and it will be loaned in a short time after being received.

THE MAD DOG SCARE

The Number of Unmuzzled Dogs Inoreasing.

The number of unmuzzled dogs on the streets is increasing daily. There are fewer dogs shot aed none have shown signs of hydrophobia while muzzled. As eoon as the muzzles begin to be neglected the dogs show signs of madness. A dog that appeared to be mad, and waa pronounced so by a jury of spectators, was killed at Seventh and Main streets yesterday morning, and another was killed at Fourth and Ohio streets on a charge of loitering. This record is very different from the death record when the proclamation was issued, yet there are as many unmuzzled canines now as then. Some dog owners are growing bold and say that they will not keep their dogs muzzled. Six dogs were killed on Wednesday, but the majority of dogs killed now are killed by request of owners and on account of vioiousness. There is something queer about the fact tbat dogs do not frotb at the mouth while muzzled, but it seems to be a fact, nevertheless. Mr. Frank C. Fares killed favorite Malteee oat yesterday that iw~ attout to aiiwja a wiuui—————.— '--.v-v

A Fireman Stricken With Paralysis.

Jabez Smith, hoseman of the Four's fire company, -was stricken with paralysis on Wednesday night and the firemen carried him home. He has lost the use of his left Bide completely, and can not talk so as to be understood. He has been unable to assist himself since receiving the stroke and is lying in a critical condition at hia home on north Second street. It is said that he bad to quit his trade as a carpenter, several years ago, on account of symptoms of paralysis and his family have expected the stroke for the past four years.

A Verdict In the Markle-Smlth Case.

The jury in the case of George R. Markle vs. George P. Smith brought a verdict into the superior court yesterday finding for the defendant. They had been out about three hours. Tbe suit was brought by Markle to recover $300, which he claimed Smith received for him and not delivered. The money was secured from the sale of lands. Smith claimed that he had paid all of the money. The trial had been in progress three days, and was protraoted on account of the thoroughness in examining witneesee.

Yesterday's Fires.

The fire department was called to extinguish a slight blaze at 671 Ohio street, the residence of Mrs. Mooney, at 11:35 a. m. yesterday. The fire started from a spark on the roof, but did no material damage.

About six p. m. yesterday there was a alight blaze in a barn in the rear of the property occupied by Mrs. Brown, on Ohio street, between Sixth and Seventh streets. It was quiokly extinguished with buckets, and there was no damage of consequence.

Thorough Test of "Is Marriage a Failure.'

Mr. James M. Judson, of Fontanet, and Mrs. Mary E. Crabb, of Coal Bluff, were married by Justice Thomas at his office yesterday. The groom is 42 years of age and has been married four times, and tbe bride ie 27 yeara old and has been married three times. cm

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Lulu Brown pleaded guilty to keeping a house of ill-repute, yesterday, and was fined S10 by the circuit judge.

Joseph McHenry was appointed administrator of the estate of Isaac Kruzain, vesterday, but has not filed a bond. The Kruzain aetata is in the southern part of the oounty.

Andrew Grimes was appointed guardian of David Landrin yesterday. Landrin is a pensioner and draws a handsome pension. When be drew the first amount be received 91,300 and squandered it in a short time. He has been diepoeingof his pension money with equal rapidity since that time and was recently declared insane by a jury. The appointment of the guardian is for the purpose of saving his money.

Prof. Gillum, of the chemical department of the Normal school, took his class in chemistry to visit the gas works yesterday. Tbe professor and class were shown through the establishment by Superintendent Dial, and the varioua processes were explained by him. Tbe clase had juat completed the atudy of that aubject in chemiatry, and one member of the class had made an especial investigation of it in text books, and had read a paper on the Bubject before the class. Hence they were well prepared to understand an intelligent explanation ot theproceea.