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ANOTHER IMPORTANT ARREST.

A Man Named Burke Arrested Winnipeg, as one of the "Williams Brothers.".

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THE CIRCUMSTANCES INDICATE THAT HE IS A GUILTt^AN.

His Departure From Chicago and Effort to go Abroad—New York Suspects Released.

CHICAGO, June, 17.—A dispatch from Winnipeg, Manitoba, says: Last night the chief of police arrested Martin Burke, alias Delaney, wanted for complicity in the Cronin murder. He was boarding an eastern express and had a ticket for Liverpool. Superintendent Hubbard, who woo communicated with, —notified the local authorities to hold "Burke at all hazards.

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Burks connection was found out later, is just this: He is the man who hired Martinsen, the expressman, to carry the furniture away from 117 Clark street to the Carlson cottage. The police were on his track several days-after the finding of the body of Cronin. They had little against him except that his movements were suspicious. He began to jump around from one boarding place to another with remarkable frequency. Detective Palmer secured a photograph of the feliow. After that Martinsen, the expressman, turned up, and was shown the picture of Burke. "That is the very man who hired me to take the furniture to the Carlson cottage. You need not look any further. I am positive he1 is the man." For prudential reasons the "police did not arrest Burke immediately, but shadowed him. He went to certain parties, the name of whom the police refuse to divulge, and obtained money. After Burke obtained the money he bought a ticket for Liverpool via the Allen line. He then boarded train for Winnipeg, intending to go thence to Montreal. It was soon found that he had taken the train north and the telegraph wires were set at work. The result was that Chief McKay took Burke in as soon as he stepped from the train. Burke is a Clan-na-Gael man. He came here several weeks before the murder. He is a hot-headed Irishman and about 2G years of age. That he knew Melville was a friend of P. O'Sullivan's has been established beyond a doubt. Burke is from Hancock, Mich., the home of exDdtective Din Coughlin. "Burke is the right man," said Chief Hubbard this morning, "but 1 don't want to say anything about the affair yet. I can tell you that I am very muoh pleased about the arrest, however, and that we are nearer .the unraveling the myBtery than ever. We shall get out

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laney, yesterday arrested, has retained council and has determined not to voluntarily return to the United States. He denieB all knowlenge of, orcomplicitily in the Cronin matter, and asserts that he was merely making a trip to Ireland via Winnipeg. He refuses to Bay anything further or to see any person other than his council. The police are instructed by the Chicago authorities to hold him by all means, as he is a principal.

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CHICAGO, June 17.—It was reported tonight that the picture which furnished the clue to the Winnipeg suspect was .not a photograph of the Carlson cottage, but waB a group, photograph taken at thejdedication of a monument to Timothy Crane, who, some years ago, was senior guardian of the Clan-na-Gael camp from -which Cronin was expelled. The thought recently occurred to one of Cronin's friends that among the persons present at the monument dedication might have been some of those who subsequently helped put the doctor out of the way. Examination with a ^microscope centered attention on the figure-of Burke. The Carlsons and expressman "Were shown the picture, and, it is said, identified Burke as the mysterious "J. B. Simmons," alias Williams.

With this clue ns a starter, the trail was followed aB rapidly as possible and finalas related in the dispatches

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WtNNrpEG, June 17.—Several telegrams were received to-day by Chief of Police McKae from Chicago headquarters to hold Burke the Cronin suspect, "By all means." A message from Chief Hubbard inquired if Burke would waive extradition proceedings. When shown this Burke smiled at what he doubtless considered a good deal of presumption on the part of the Chicago police, and replied that he would not. It is thought here that Burke is one of the Williams brothers wanted in connection with the tragedy. All marks on his linen and the books and papers found on hi» person have been obliterated. A name on the band of a hat found in his "valise resembling that of Cronin had been smeared over with ink.

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peg special says: Burke, alias Delaney, arrested here on Sunday by Chief MoRae for complicity in the Cronin murder, is now in jail awaiting the arrival of officers from Chicago with the papers necessary for his extradition. Burke secured counsel this morning and since "then has been more reticent in his remarks. He* denies any connection with the affair, but circumstances are against him. Many believe he is .'none other than Williams, referred to so often in Woodruff's latest "confession."

All linen in his possession was marked, but the name thereon obscured with daubs of ink. Pages of memorandum books in his possession are also missing. Burke admits he has a brother in Chicago, but says he was going to Liverpool by Winnipeg simply to see the country.

GRAND JURY.

The Testimony Heard In the Cane Yesterday—lawyer Beggs' Pert, CHICAGO, June 17.—Thegrand jury ex­

amined numerouewitneesee in the Cronin case this morning, but so Tar aB known, no new evidence of a startling nature was adduced. Edgar S. Patten, auperin ten dent of the Pbstal telegraph company, wae again called upon to enlighten the jury as to the nature of certain tele-

grams alleged to hare passed between prominent Clan-na-Gael men in this city and New York parties about the time of the arrest of Maroney and McDonald. He was on the stand for nearly an hour and spread considerable documentary matter before the jury, but such few telegrams as appeared to have anypossible bearing upon the Cronin case were either so indefinite or BO enigmatical as to offer little clue to their real significance. Mrs. Tom Whalen was subjected to a severe examination as to her knowledge of O'Sullivan's complicity of the murder, but she stubbornly maintained entire ignorance of the affair. In emphatic terms she denied having taken any part in cleaning the Carison cottage or removing bloodstains after the murder, and roundly denounced the criminating statements of Woodruff's latest confession. James G. Quinn, the Clark street hatter, testified to the intimacy that existed between O'Suliivan, Coughlin and Whalen, and as *n evidence of that intimacy cited a quarrel that took place in a Clark street saloon between Coughlin, O'Suliivan and Whalen on one side, and a man named Roach on the other. Roach was badly worsted, and suffered severely froKtie result of a pugilistic encounter with QdBflfltn. Lieutenant Schugttler, of the Chicago avenue station, was up and down at frequent intervals, and furnished the jury with a post mortem photograph of the murdered man and photograph views of the Carlson cottage, the catch basin and other points and localities prominently connected with the tragedy.

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the stand for three quarters of an hour. To Mr. Brown were repeated the same qur scions propounded on Saturday to Mr. Windes, Mr. Sullivau's partner. In its unimportance Mr. Brown's testimony compared fully with that of Mr. Windes. He testified that he shared Mr. Sullivan's confidence only in legal matters affecting the regular business of the firm,' and that he knew nothing of the personal business transactions of the Irish leader. He was unable to give the jury any information in regard to Sullivan's board of trade speculations and knew nothing of the latter's 'management of the Clan-na-Gael or other revolutionary funds. The witness was not acquainted with Coughlin, O'Suliivan or Woodruff, and if there was any intimacy between Coughlin or any of the three, and Mr. Sullivan, he was not aware of it. Mr. Brown's testimony was of a very negative character, but clearly established one fact—that

Mr. Sullivan's business relations as a lawyer and his relation as an Irish leader were ever distinct and separate, and that his dutiee in the latter capacity were never allowed to interfere with, or become merged in the business transactions of the firm.

Lawyer John F. Beggs is the senior guardian of the Columbia club or camp No. 20, Clan-na-Gael, which camp is alleged to have tried Dr. Cronin and sentenced him, to death on the charge of treason. Andrew J. Duggan was called

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and testified at length to his knowlof Beggs'enmity to Cronin. He cited in evidence an incendiary speech

June 17.—Burke, aliasDe- tacked CnSfiYnHrtgoiou-iy tanU ^Harau^ized him as a malcontent whoee influence could but be injurious to t^e harmony and success of the Irish cause.

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John F. Beggs himself was next called to the Btand and required to explain many of the inner workings of the Clan-na-Gael, or United Brotherhood. Mr. Beggs' testimony, however, did not differ from hiB statement before the coroner' jury. He disavowed all enmity to Cronin, and insisted that while he regarded the doctor as visionary and somewhat fanatical a time, he had never doubted his sterling honesty and they were really on terms of personal friendship. Mr. Beggs was cress questioned very closely and fit great length, but,

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known, passed through the ordeal very successfully. Captain T. P. O'Connor, an active member of the Clan-na-Gael, and one of Cronin's intimate friends, teetified that he had at one time been approached by an agent of the triangle and noticed to

prepare himself for a secret mission to Great Britain in behalf of the •'Physical Force" societies. O'Connor communicated this information to Cronin and was warned by the latter not to obey the mandate, the intimation being given that it was a snare to get him out of the way and betray him into the hands of the British government. The Moore Brothers and the firm J. T. Lester & Co., brokers, were again called upon to testify as to certain particulars in regard to Alexander Sullivan's speculations, and Desk Sergeant Montgomery of the Chicago avenue station, once more recounted the numerous occasions when Coughlin and O'Suliivan found it necessary to communicate with each other by telephone about the time of the murder. Michael McNulty, a Clan-na-Gael man, corroborated the many witnesses who had gone before in regard to Cronin's expressed fears for his life.

George Bieckwith, af Lake View, teetified that about April eighth a man giving his name as Mulcahy walked into his store at Lake View, and engaged in convereation. This man was about 35 years of age, and corresponds to the description of the man who hired the Carlson cottage. He inquired the way to P. O'Sullivan's house, and told Mr. Beckwitn that he was a relative of O'Suliivan. In the course of the conversation Mulcahy said he was an Odd Fellow from Fonda, Iowa. Mr. Beckwith became quite friendly with the fellow, and invited him to his lodge. They went and Mulcahy borrowed $10 on the Btrength of hiB Odd Fellowship. The next time Mr. Beckwith saw him was on one of P. O'Sullivan's ice wagons. To-day Mulcahy, who has constantly remained in the city, was taken into custody and conducted to the Chicago avenue station. Beckwith at once' recognized him as the Mulcahy whom he had not seen for some weeks and testified to-this identification before the grand jury. Mulcahy is under surveillence and may be arrested at any time.

Immediately after the discovery of Dr. Cronin^ body, the O'Suliivan ioe house and the Carlson cottage were photographed. Standing near the ioe house was Martin Burke, who wae phtographed at the same time. This same Burke, whoee alias is said to be Delaney, is now under arrest at Winnipeg, Manitoba, on the charge of being the one of the Williams brothers who rented the Carlson cottage, and the man who hired the expreesman to move the furniture from the Clark street flat to the oottsge. This afternoon Mr. and Mia. Jonas Carlson and their eon Charles were brought

before the grand jury, shown the landscape and photograph and asked if they recognized Burke as one of the men who rented the cottage. OJd man Carlson thought ba did but his wife and son were not so sure. The main object of the photograph being to give a view of the ioe house and cottage, the photograph of the man was necessarily imperfect and somewhat clouded. For a while great excitement pre veiled in the jury room, and it was suggested that Burke be indicted at once in'order that steps might be promptly taken for his extradition. A messenger was Bent for Judge Shepard and those on the outside were on the qui vive for developments. The jury debated the matter at length, but there were several who objected'to an indictment while there was still a doubt as to identification. It was finally resolved to defer action until Martinsen, the expressman who was sent to New York to identify Maroney and McDon^d, should return and be given an opportunity to see the photograph.

NEW YOKK SUSPECTS RELEASED.

They Were Mot'Identified—The Action of the Court. NEW YORK, June 17.—The three men

who came from Chicagtj foFtfie purpose of identifying Maroney or McDonald as principals or accomplices in the Cronin murder, visited the Tombs this morning with authority to see the prisoners. The suspects were plsced in line with a score of the prisoners. William H. Hatfield, who sold the furniture afterward found in the cottage where Cronin was murdered, was the first to pass along the line, but be failed to identify either of the men. He was followed by Martinsen, the expressman E. G. Throckmorton and Deputy Sheriff WilliamB, all of whom failed to identify the

lace for a reception could noV been found. The hall and the rdomswere beautifully decorated with flowers. The Ringgold orchestra furnished the music. The evening was passed in dancing, promenading in the halls and on the street near by. The class'had prepared and spread in one room refreshments, which were accessible during all the evening.

A Determined Suicide.

CHICAGO, June 17.—August Swaneon, 30 years old and employed as hostler, was determined to die, and be took the poison while he kept a friend covered with a revolver. The man was Michael Duffy. They had been drinking together during the night, and went to the barn where Swanson was employed. Duffy attempted to interfere, when Swanson first assaulted him with a knife, but drawing a revolver, pointed it at Duffy while he drained the glass. Duffy got away soon after and summoned two doctors, but they could do nothing for him. Swanson had been married but three weeks. Ever since his marriage he has been drinking heavily.

The Czar's Visit to the Emperor. BERIJN, June 17.—The Post says that

persons familiar with the political situation do not Bhare jff the pessimistic views generally entertained regarding a probable tension between Russia and Germany in the event of the czar's returning Emperor William's visit anywhere in Germany, except Berlin. The paper adds that all inter-state requirements will be fully met by the selection of Kiel as the place of meeting, and that the visit hiis no connection with the foreign policy of either country.

A Memorial to Father Damlen. LONDON, June 17.—At a meeting at the

Marlborough bouse to-day, the prince of Wales preeiding, it was resolved to erect a memorial of the late Father Damien, who devoted the last years of his life to the care of the lepers of the Sandwich islands. The memorial will be erected at Molokai. It was also decided to construct a leper ward in London, where the study of leprosy will be encouraged.

Foreign Nnte*.

The Paris cab drivers' strike is ended. Cabs are running to-day as usual. Tbe biindesrath reaffirms tbe neutrality of Switzerland and disputes tbe rlgbt of any state to denounce It

Prince Louis Napoleon, at tbe request of bis father. Prince Jerome, has resigned bis commission In the Italian arm

Mr. Strauss, the retiring United States minister, bad a farewell audience with tbe sultan yesterday. He was afterwards entertained at a banquet in tbe palace. He leaves Constantinople on Thursday.

Tbe Russian army will soon be provided with breech loading rifles which will carry a distance of 6,000 feet. Noiseless powder will also be used In future by the arm* These Improvements In the arming of tbe troops Involve Immense expenditures.

The North German Gazette says that on tbe 16th Inst, the Busslan and German ministers at Bone made a formal complaint to Dr. Dnc, the Swiss minister of roretgntuftalrs, that Switzerland, In her lenient treatment of socialists and anarchists, bad abased tbe right of neutrality which had been eonceded to ber and bad failed to fulfill tbe duties connected wtth that right.

In tbe French chamber of deputies yesterday Vice Admiral De Domplerre d'Horooy declared that tbe men-of-war now possessed by Franeewere of an antiquated type, and ought to be repbuM by new vessels which would equal In number and strength tbe united fleets of Germany and Italy. Only In Oils way would France be able to retain ber rank of second naval power of tbe world. He moved tbe appointment of a committee to Inquire Into tbe condition of tbe navy.

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pects. Maroney and McDonald were then taken back to their cells and the Chicagoane left the prison.

Judge Andrews, this morning, in the supreme court, discharged Maroney and McDonald on the ground that there was no evidence on which to hold them.

Michael Davltt Defend* Snlllvan. LONDON, June 17.—Michael Davitt,

in an interview to-day, declared that he placed no credit in the charges against Alexander Sullivan. He expresssd the opinion that Mr. Sullivan's accusers were actuated by personal or political spleen. Mr. Davitt's political allies take the same view of the charges.

Woodruff's latest Confession. CHICAGO,June17.—To-day Miss Paully,

sister of a saloon-keeper, quoted as corroborating the horse-thief Woodruff's latest confession, denied emphatically the interview attributed to her. She says she knows nothing of Alexander Sullivan and never saw any one answering his description with Woodruff. Saloon-keeper Paully also denies the important features of the interviews reported as coming from him.

The High School Reception, The most successful reception of the season was given by the junior class of the High school to the graduating class in the High school hall last night? The

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TERRE HAUTE, IND., TUESDAY MORNING, JUNE 18, 1889.

WORK RESUMED ON TBE VRECK

The Use of Dynamite in Removing th* Vast Quantity of Debris.

MR. GEO. W. DAVIS RETURNS FROM JOHNSTOWN*.

A Brother and Sister-in-Law Lost in the Flood—Paris and Bee-, lia .Relief Funds.

JOHNSTOWN, Pa., June 17:—A largely increased force of men war at work in the rains to-day, and new men are coming in from every direction. Gen. Hastings says about 5,500 men are now at work. Deafening blasts of dynamite are heard at Bhort intervals,land a noticeable impression is being mac|t on the debris above the stone bridge.|The tour Philadelphia fire engines arrived here last night and to-day are pumping out ponds and foundations! The engines are manned by a strong force and they are doing much valuable work. A number of the newspaper correspondents who have been on duty here sinos the disaster, have been taken siefcand have been compelled to go home. Harry S. Brown, of the Philadelphia Press, was among those who have been taken home. Up to noon two bodies were recovered. The remains were buried without being identified. The relief committee have decided to erect 100 portable houses to shelter the survivors assoon as the buildings can be received from Chicago. The houses will be 12x36 feet, and will be large enough to accommodate Bix persons each. Carpenters will be Bent from this city nszt Sunday to put the houses together. Each house will be furnished with a stove and utensils, six chairs, two beds and bedclothes, two spring mattresses, one pair pillows, two pairs of sheets for each bed, woolen blanket, a bureau, a table and tableware to set it In fact, a family will be given everything necessary to go to housekeeping and told to go ahead and paddle their own canoe. The object is to start the town on toward arise from the ruins, but as .the town is yet in chaos, it is impossible to make permanent arrangements. The grade of the town may be raised. If a man cannot find his own ground now he can set his house anywhere and move it onto his land whtaiit is found under the debris. If the houses give satisfaction the committee will not stop at buying 1,000 of them and building up the town. In direct conjunptibn with this move at building up the ruined city, General Hastings has pjtrohssed an immense quantity of lumlgijf, and will, next Tuesday, commence tjnilding shanty stores for those that i$Wl set up in business again. Over one/hundred have already made application.

Arrangementslm.now being made for the erection of Al lockup, which Bui^ees Hovell Bays will bit filled as soon as oompletecL with people tfho have been filling their nojjaee' m&h valuables from the have

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IB. GEORGE DAVIS RETURNS HOME.

A Brother and Slster-In-Law Lost In the Johnstown' Flood,

Mr. George W. Davie returned Sunday night from JohnBtown, where he went a day or two after the flood tolearn the fate of several members of bis family. His brother Frank, who was foreman at Moxham's iron works, met a horrible death, and the wife of his brother Walter was drowned in her home in Kernville. Mr. Frank Davis had been living in Steubenville, but returned to Johnstown to take the position at the Moxham works. His wifs and three children had come on from Steubenville, and while waiting for a home to be prepared for them were stopping with friends. When the flood came he and his wife and children climbed to the roof of the house. The wife says that she noticed that her husband seemed to be nearly unconscious, and could not hold up his head, and then remembers no more until, with her three children^he found she had been rescued by men who had been clinging to the slate roof of the large residence of Daniel J. Morrell, the man who built up the Cambria iron company. She with her children had drifted against this house, she doesn't know how. The next day her husband was found dead wedged between the roof of the house on which they first took refuge and another house that had struck it. His foot and ankle were mashed to pulp, thus explaining the failure of the unhappy husband and father to hedd hie wife's request to holdjm his head out of the rushing waters. Walter Davis, who was also employed at the Moxham works and who has sucoeeded his brother as foreman, eecaped with his children to the hills, but bis wife, Gors, was found dead in the houss after the flood. Mr. Davis' father and stepmother climbed to the roof of their house, which wss tumbled ^about in the water, but they wero rescued. Another brother, Jeff, who was at the hospital on the hill, owing to injuries received in one of the mills, saw the flood, and gave a graphic description of the sosnes that have been described so often. Mrs. (Frank Davis, with her children and the body of her husband, bad returned to Steubenville by the time Mr. George Davis had reached that place on his way east, and he stopped there one day to attend the funeral. Another sister, Mrs. Ella Potts, with hsr husband, were saved by escaping to the hill.

Mr. Davis says no one can form an adequate idea of fthe destruction to property or effect on the people by any thing that may be written or said. The people who aurvived are hardly able to comprehend the awful grief that is yet to weigh down on them. They have a glassy stare in the eyss and talk in a semi-hysterical way about finding the bodies of loved ones. Mr. Davis beard a man, an old time friend, tell how he had found his wife and children and how he had buried them, speaking of it in al most a light vein, hisjroioe pitched high and his manner showing that be had not yet fully realized the terrible affliction. fit* Puis MM had

NEW YORK. June 17.—John Moaroe A CVx, have reoeived

from United States Minister Beid at Paris to pay Msears. Drexel A Go, Phil adelphie, an additional sum of 12^306 reoeived from tbe treasurer of the Paris Johnstowb rclisf committee, and with the previous contributions from Paris makes a total of 914466.

The Berlla -Belief Fsai.

BERLIN, June 17.—The committee appointed to raise a fnnd for the Johnstown sufferers held a meeting to-day. The burgomaster presided. Here Von Ievietzow, the duke of Ratibor and Herr Von Koeller were appointed to act as honorary presidents. The Dowager Empress Augusta has subscribed 1,000 marks to the fund.

WRONGS AT THE VIDIAN 8CHOOL.

What a Quiet Investigation of the Hampton Institution ltavelo|Md. WASHINGTON, June 17.—Some time

ago, the Bev. Dr. T. S. Child*, of thia. city, at the request of Secretary Noble, went down to the Hampton Indian school and quietly investigated complaints in regard to the management of the IndianB, which had been brought to the attention of the government. Dr. Childs* report, which has not yet been made public, wss to tbe effect that the food given the Indians was not good, and that the Indians bomplained that contributions made for their benefit were ussd for the benefit of the negroes of tbe school. Dr. Childs also animadverted severely upon the use of a dungeon or guard house built in the bassmisnt under the offices of the institution. This cell, he mid, is only six feet six inches long, three feet throe inchtis wide and nine feet six inches high. It has no windows for light whatever, and when the door ia closed the oell ia absolutely dark. The only ventilation is some email holes in the sidewall at tbe top of the cell, and which do not connect with the outside sir. A little Btraw comprised the furniture of the room. The Indian boys, Dr. Childs reports, were somstimes confined in this cell for from a few days to more than a week at a time, and some of the officers of the institution said the stench was awful when a boy was removed. Gen. Clinton B. Fisk, chairman of the board of Indian commissioners, secured a copy of this report and Bent two members of the board to Hampton, who made a report directly contradictory to that of Dr. Childs. Dr. Childs has written a letter to Gen. Fisk in which he makee some sharp criticisms of -the board of Indian commissioners. That there were things needing correction in the management of the Indian school at Hampton, he says, is evident from the fact that they were corrected after his investigation and the Indians ssnt a representative of the school to this city to return thanks for their improved condition. As to the immuring of Indians in the dungeon, he says that he is amazed that the board of Indian commissioners, which has no reason for existence unless it stands between the Indiana and wrong, can remedy this mode of discipline of Indian children. It* ia .understood Secretary Noble has decided that the cell punishmsnt shall not be inflicted hereafter.'

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WAHPIJJWTON.Jone Secretaries Bluns antj Windom. r^ turned to Washington this morning at 10:30 o'clock from their trip down the Potomac in Postmaster General Wanamaker's yacht Restless. The vessel sncbored off St. Mary's, Md., all day Sunday, and the president and party went ashore in the morning, and attended divine service at St. Mary's Protestant Episcopal Church, where a large class of communicants was confirmed by Dr. Paret, bishop of the dioceee. The preeident's visit was entirely unexpected, but wss all the more gratifying to the church people on that account. After the services tbe president accepted an invitation to visit the St. Mary's female seminsry and was warmly welcomed by the young ladies. During tbe day, the preeident received a visit from a number of reeidents of Li9onardtown, who wanted to make amends for their seeming lack of courtesy to the preeident on the occassion of his visit to that town on a previous Sunday. The president's yacht weighed anchor last night snd came direct to Wsshington. The president ssid to-dsy that he had an exceedingly pleasant trip and felt much better for if- The preeident expects to spend next Sundsy with Mrs. Harrison stCape May, and will probably make the trip in the Restless, leaving here Thursday or Friday and returning Monday. 'K

The Tandalla Seamen.

WASHINGTON, June 17.—Relative to the published statement that the ssamen of the Vandalia have been discharged in San Francisco without pay and are dependent upon charity, it ia said at the navy department that no auch men have been discharged except in case of special service stewards, oooka, servants, etc., living on the Pscific coast. The seamen were transferred to a receiving ship upon their arrival at San Francisco. It is said at the department that it any of the Vandalia's men are "knocking about San Francisco," as described, they must be stragglers without leave, or men "on liberty" amusing themselves according to their wont.

A Vive Miles Wide River In Kenans. HUMBOLDT, Kan. une 17—The Neoeho

riverSa five miles wide at this point but is falling. Ten thousand acres of wheat have been ruined. People and stock had ample warning to reach the high lands, and the damage ia confined to crops.

AOGUSTA, Kan.,'Jane 17.—The river here is receding. Several persons were washed down stream last night, many remained on housetops and in tress pntil to-day when all were rescued. It is reported that, two persons were drowned north of Eldorado, making fonr in all. The damage in this town is placed at 175,000. Both tbe "Frisco" and tbe Santa Fe roads suffsred damage and delay,^but are now in running order sgain.

Pelytechnle Inatltate.

The annual address of the commencement exerriese of the Polytechnic institute will be deUveced to-night by Major John W. Pbwetl, director of the United Statee geological sorvsgr, at tbe Presbyterian Church at cordial invitation is sxteaded to the public. Major Powell bss a high npita* aadthiaksr.

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IHDIAHAPOUS, Jane 17.—Meaam. hj man, Roosevelt and TbowipeoB^ivil aarvioe commissioners, arrived here this evening. Mr. Lymsn, president of the commission, in answer io an inquiry, said: "We am have to eeeertain whst the situation is In the postoffioe There has been a good deal of talk in that civil service rules wan not strictly enforasd here that a good many changes were neoassary in ordsr to make the office efficient that in order that thaee changee might be made it me necMary to hold an ex amination at once, at least before the regular examination in Auguet All theeethiaia have bean brought to our atteatkm. On the other band'lt hae been alleged that an examination was not neoassary, that to hold an examination would beaoKite wholly in the interest of the Itepublioaa party that there was nothing in the'condition of the office or ia the^eitiiatiaii that demanded the number of ciflSigea whioh would alone justify ,w the viiat. In visw of theee stiemets the commission felt it wae^Sne to the postmaster and itaelf, the

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eants and atoo the oomntfenity, that the commissioners should m«aa|IWL»" Mr, Lymsn added that the oommiauonllKi reason to believe that almoat all the men who have taken the examination ainoe the appointment of Postmaster Wallace, were Republicans,

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A Oroom Headed OCT in Ohio and an Arkansas Klopement. UBBANA, O., June 17.—A novel way of

service upon a defendant in a civil case ocourred here Isst wssk. Henry M. Robinson, a wealthy nsident of Eureks, 111., came on here to marry an estimable young lady of St. Paris. While standing in the probate court waiting for his license he was served with notice by the sheriff thst he bad just been sued for $1,131.50 for ths keeping of his first wife. The suit wss brought by Hugh Brown, his father-in-law, of Guernssy county, to recover the money for the support of his first wife. The petition has been ready for a long time, but asrvios could not be made on the defendant.

PEACH ORCHARD, Ark., June 17.—Milton Roe eloped with Miss Amanda Allen laat night It is supposed the couple were married and are atopping in Little Rock, Ark., now. Should they return, they will be forgiven and the fatted choat killed.

THREE CASES OF LEPROSY.

Nkw YOKKJ'Juao 17. cial Bays: A few weeks ago it was ported to the department of agriculture here, which is ohsrged with the sdministration of health matters in Canada, that there were cases of leprosy prevalent on Cape Breton island. Nova Sootia. Dr. Smith waa instructed to makeaninveetigation. His report, which has just reached the department, ehows that there are three dietinct cases of leprosy on the islsnd—two womsn and one man. The disease has made terrible ravagee on the man, and Dr. Smith reports him to be a. most repulsive-looking object.

The three lepers hsve been in daily contact with,., their friends, and Dr. Smith has been instructed to keep a careful watch to see if the disease manifeets itself upon any of them, BO thst precsutions may be taken.

The three lepers will be removed to Tracadi without delay add placed in charge of the heroic Sisters of Charity there.

Samuel Briggs, of Cleveland, was elected potentste Henry E. Hosley, of Boston, deputy Jossph T. Wright, of Pbilsdelphis, treasurer. The next meeting of the council will be held in San Francisco.

A Harder at Pern.

INDIANAPOLIS, June 17.—At Peru, late this afternoon, Daniel Whiteman shot Wm. Seely through the breast and Seely will probably die. Whiteman and a relative were out walking, when they met Seely, who ssid thst Whiteman "waa the man he was looking for." A fsw words followsd, when Whiteman drew a revolver and fired. Whiteman fled and swam tbe Wabssh river, but wss captured on tbe opposite bank, brought to town and placed in jsiL Ths cause of the quarrel and ehooting is not yet known.

Cincinnati Snnday Closing.

CINCINNATI, June 17.—Thirty-five violators of the lew providing for closing saloons on Sunday, who were arrested yesterday, were in the polioe court this morning. Their esses were postponed indefinitely, and they were all released on bond until celled for trial. The police force wae watchful yeeterday, even going eo far as to appear in citizens' clothee the better to detect violators of the law.

The Mat sf Captain Dawson's Murderer, CHABMCSTON, S. C, June 17.—In the eourtof general sesaioasto-dsy,Judge Ksrehsw presiding, the grand jury returned a true bill agaiaat Dr. T. B. McDow fbT the murder of Curtain F. W. Havana in Marsh last. McDow wss sr raigaed, aad plssded not fuilty. Next

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Jndg* Mask. After Long Consideration, Deoidea for tho Demo-

eratin tho Contest.

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ORTH GIVEN THE OFFICE OI? TRUSTEE IN OTTER CREIBK.

The Judge Finds Th«t Crabb was One Vote In the Minority of the Legal Votes.

Judge Mack rendered a decision yesterday morning ia the Orth-Crabb oontsstsd election case for the office of trustee in Otter Creek township. Orth, the plaintiff, is a Democrat Crabb, the defendant, ie a Republican. The decision wae in favor of the plaintiff. At the election one year ago the returns showed that Crabb was elected by a majority of one vote. Orth contented the eleotion o'a- the ground that illegal vofckV The case wainSa/L term of court and roe matter under adthia term. The partiea waited patiently, and lired getting judgt^ in rendecision said that one vote ooncerning vas no doubt. Also that onevote had been illegally caet for Orth, and that one vote had been illegally oast for Crabb, and that another vote waa illegal and there wss conflicting testimony concerning which of the contestants reoeived that vote, but he thought that the doubtful man had voted for Crabb. Therefore, according to Judge Mack's decision, Orth hsd received one illegal vote and Crabb had received three illegal votes, thus sleeting Orth, instead of Crabb, by a one vote. It waa does figuring, but the judge made it after a long time. While rendering his decision, Judge Mack said that he had forgotten the names of the men whose votes had basn questioned in court, but his memory did not fsil him concerning the way in which these men voted. Therin lies one of the remarkable features of the decision. The judge' clung closeiy to the rules of base ball and gave Orth, the bass runner, the benefit of the doubt in the instance wherein there wss conflicting testimony. The case will be appealed and Messrs. Faris and Pierce, Mr. Crabb's attorneya, will prepare transcript for appeal immediately.

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commissioner, "is a oondition of things we want to break up. We want the people of thia oommunity, Democrate and Republicana alike, to understand that the examinations are open, to all, and that no discrimination will be made in the working or in the certifications to follow. The civil service law contemplatea the establishment of' a non-partisan asrvios in the classified offices, and the commission is determined, so far ss in it lies, to accomplish this objsct, and to keep politica out of the examinations and out of the appointments."

VARIATION IV ^UTRIMONY.

AT THE OIL WELLS.

The Big Storage Tank for the Dlall Wslfc to be Kreeted at Once.

Contractor Cullinan, with about thirty men, arrived laat night to put up the .'55,000-barrel storage tank for the Guarantee company, at the gravel pit, and work will begin this morning. Ths tank: material is now here. The company has. reoeived Be vera) of the tank oars ordered from the car works, and they Will be put into service at once. The company yesterday made a contract with the Sanford tool worka to supply that institution* with the large quantity: of oil it uaee in the small furnaces. It is/ the intention of the Sanford company to ise of coal for fuel alto-

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will dolikewieeF The drills at the different wells were set going sgain yeeterday morning, and it is expected that by the end of the week at least two more will be in operation. The Smith well, at a depth of 435 feet, last evening struck a flow of Bait water.

The Burglar Is a' Burgling.

The burglars

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Nobles of the Mystic Shrine. CHICAGO. June 17.—The annual con­

vention of the Imperial Council of tbe Ancient Arabic Order of Nobles of the Mystic Shrine is being held in this city to-dsy. About four hundred nobles ate in attendance as delegates from all parts of the United Ststes and Canada, representing a membership of 6,000. A banquet will be given the visiting nobles by Medina council to-night.

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to have taken a

sudden spite against the Allen fsmilies. On Saturday night Mr. A. J. Allen, of 922 north Sixth street, did not fasten the front door of his reeidence, and when he awoke in the morning he found that some one had stolen his vest and trowsers, and $1.90 in money.

On Sunday night some one entered the second story window of Judge Allen's residence by means of a ladder, and Btole some very fine jewelry, among which was a diamond ring. The burglars left other jewelery and money undisturbed. The box which had contained the stolen jewelry was found in the front ysrd. There is no clue to the burglar in either case.

The Bed Men

The Red Men had a social time within the order last night. There were eight visitors from Bloomington, Ind., eight from Clay City and two from Coal City. The lodge intended to confer the chief's degree on ten csndidstes, but tbe evening was too warm and too short. They were busy at 11:30 p. m* in the haymaker's degree snd hsd conferred tbe hunter's degree and decided that it was then too Iste to commence in the chiefs degree. This degree will be conferred on ten candidates next Monday evening. After the meeting the home members entertained tb# visitors around a well spresd banquet table in Leo Werner's plsce.

The Masonic Kntertainineat.

The Masons will give an entertainment in tbe Opera houss next Mondsy evening. James Whitoomb Riley, the Hooeier poet, will be present. The Tyrolean dance, from the Kirmess, will be reneated. The ladies of the Eastern Star will give a drill in uniform, and the best of vocal and instrumental music will be furnished. Among the vocalists will be the Rev. Stanley and Dan Davis. The proceeds will be sppropriated for the building of-the new Masonic build?.: ing. &

Another Indianapolis Kxcnrslen.

The Emmett guards, an independent military organization of Indianapolis, will run an excursion to this city one S_v week from next Sunday, and will paas the dsy in Monninger'a grove. The excursion rates will be extended to others than the company and a large crowd may be expected.

The St, Mary's Concert.

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Tbe students of St. Mary's school will give their benefit concert at the opert* house this evening. The programme which has been printed in THK EXPRMS ie one of rare attract!veneee, and withCthe object of the entertain meat, will uai doubted ly osuse a large audience,

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