Daily Wabash Express, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 22 June 1889 — Page 1

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SUSPECT BURKE IDENTIFIED.

Police Officer Collins and

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-1 man Martinsen Both Pick Him Out of a Big Crowd.

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THE WINNIPEG JUDGE RE

A MANDS HIM TO JAIL.

The Question as to Wtxo Painted the Floor of the Carlson Cot•T tage Again Agitated.

WrNNJPKG, June 2L—Precisely at 10:30 tbia forenoon Martin Burke was marched into the court of the queen's bench and placed in the murderer's dock for arraignment. He was handcuffed and closely guarded. There was a large crowd present and all eyes were turned upon the criminal. -He seemed a trifle UaHed snd kept his eyes on the floor. Judge Bain Boon entered the court, and after gazing upon the prisoner for a moment he signalled to the clerk, who read the information sworn out by Detective Collins yesterday, and which charges Burke with murder. Coilins was present in court and tried to catch Burke's eye,, but he refused to look up. H. M. Howell, the leading criminal lawyer practicing here, had been retained by Collins, with L. D. Cumberland as his partner. Isaac Campbell and W. E. Perdue were present in behalf of the prisoner. Mr. Howell arose and asked bis lordship to remand the prisoner for one week. Be stated that the evidence was being prepared and witnesses were coming from Chicago to enable the prosecution to rivet the conviction and secure the prisoner's extradition. He said it would be possible to go into oertain evidence in a day or two, but it would then be necessary to ask for a further remand, and no time would be lost in hastening matters. It was just as well to have a week's adjournment at once. It was probable that counsel would have to be brought from Chicago, and other matters would have to be goue into.

Isaac Campbell, for the prisoner, reminded the court that Chicago was only a day and a half from Winnipeg. The grand jury, sitting at Cook county, was through with the prisoner, who had been detained here since Sunday. The remand requested by the prosecution was altogether too long. Mr. Howell said it would l)e necessary to prove to the court thatCronin had been murdered, and then prove that Burke was suspected of the murder, so that several witnesses might have to be examined. His lordship decided to remand the prisoner until Wednesday. Burke was then taken in oharge by Governor Lawlor, of the jail, and changed into the murderer's cage in the jail. The governor says his new boarder eats fairly well, and Beems to feel as well as could be expected, under the circumstances.

SUSPECT liUllKE IDENTIFIED.

Officer Collins and Expressman Martinsen Both Recognize Uiin. INNKAI'OLIS, June21.—The Tribune,

Winnipeg,Manitoba special says: To-day another link was formed which connects Burke with the foul murder of Dr. Cronin. This morning Burke was brought before Judge Bain. He was very nervous and

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CHICAGO,

knees shook as if

suffering with ague. The counsel for the prosecution asked that the prisoner be remanded until sufficient evidence could be secured. One witness would be here to-morrow but he thought it advisable to examine only oue, and then aBk for a remand. Counsel for the prisoner demurred. He said the evidence on which the grand jury had indicted Burke was all in and was available. Hip client had been imprisoned for

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'timd and was desirous

that his trial should take place as early as possible. Attorney Howell replied that they were expecting more evidence, but judging by past experience in such matters the chances were three to one that there would be something wrong with the certificates when they arrived, and they would have to be returned to Chicago to be made all right. "And I fear," he said, "there would not be sullicient evidence. I have written along letter to the state's attorney at Chicago, telling him exactly what he will have to do that he would have to prove commission of the crime, and connect the prisoner witli iU For these reasons we will probably have 10 bring witnesses from Chicago."

The judge decided to fix the date for next Wednesday, when there will be a further remand for a few days if the evidenoe is not then ready.

Martinsen, the Chicago expressman who carted the goods to the Carlson cottage, arrived to-day, and to-night identified Burke as the one who engaged him to move the goods. The identification was complete. Fifty-two persons were gathered in the jail yard, among them being Burke and several prisoners in plain clothes. They were placed in line and "toed off." Martinsen walked slowly up and down the line. Burke stood with his hands in his pockets and with his eyes averted from the Chicago man. After a oonBulation with the authorities Burke's number was taken down and it was openly stated by consul for the prosecution that there was no necessity for any further identification. Martinseu is accompanied by a Chicago detective. Burke has employed additional consul and will fight against extradition to the very last Although only having when arrested, it is said he will not lack for funds for his defense. Who Painted the Carlton Cottage Floor?

June 21.—Considerable spec

ulation was indulged in to-day as to who painted the floor of the Carlson cottage after the Cronin tragedy, the subject being brought up by some queer chance remarks of the younger Carlson. Sight seers had asked the young man when he first entered the cottage after 'I, the murder. He replied that it was

May 19th, fifteen days after the doctor's disappearance, and that the paint was still green, so that one's feet stuck to it and left foot prints. Later a cousin of the Carl7 sons, named Oleeon, explained to visitors •7- that he took up the tacks from the floor after the disoovery of the tragedy, the carpet having been simply ripped up by the tenants. Close examination by a re

porter showed, however, that the painting had been done after the tacks were removed. Oleen then claimed that' he meant he only took up a "few tacks as relics. The tacks were not shown.

DEFENDING PATRICK EG AN.

Governor Thayer Writes

Caustic Letter

to the British-American Association. LINCOLN, Neb., June 21.—Governor

Thayer, upon receiving a request from the British association of Boston that he assist in securing the recall of Minister Egan from Chili, wrote a letter rebuking that organization sharply for attempting to blacken the name of Mr. Egan. The governor defends the minister warmly, and is very bitter in his denunciation of the course of the association. The following is Governor Tnayer's letter:

LINCOLN, Neb., June 17, 1889.

To John Low, Faq., Secretary of the IlrUinhAmeriemn Association, School utreet, Bosto a

DKAB SIR—I have reclved a printed circular signed by you, addressed to me as governor, headed "A Protest," and addressed to the members of the British-American association and fellow citizens.

From this protest I quote the following language: "Our organization hold as one of Its cardinal principles that the promotion of pure and manly political action, the, appointment by the president and confirmation by the senate of the United States of one Patrick Egan, of Nebraska, to the position of minister to Chill Is a public act that calls for reprobation and protests insulting to the sense of decency of all true citizens, and a degradation of administrative statesmanship for the following reasons:

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1 This Patrick Egan Is one of those whose conduct Is now under Investigation by a special commission of British judges as to partlclpallsn in what every civilized state brands as a crime against life and properly, and If guilty Bhould receive condign punishment. 1. The position of minister to one of the most advanced states of South America, Bhould be filled by the best representative ability the nation can afford, and not made a payment for party service to a Imere political Arab especially Is this patent when we remember the humiliating circumstances of the rebuke this nation received through a commission appointed to the same country under the administration of President 3. This appointment is Insulting to the national dignity and ability of the sixty million of people comprising this great republic, for It virtually proclaims to the world that of all Its sons to the manor born, and otherwise there was not to be found one among them all so well Qualified to represent this greatest American nation, in the progressive state of Chill as this fugitive from the power of British Justice.

Why a document containing such sentiments should have been addressed to me is beyond comprehension, for certainly I have never given any intimation of entertaining such views, and I could not have believed, before the receipt of this protest, that there were any intelligent persons making claim to respectibility who would proclaim such atrocious sentiments. They are insulting to every citizen of the republic they are abhorrent to every sense of justice and fair play. They are degrading to humanity, and are a dishonor to the country, and I denounce them and their authors with unmeasured indignation, and they Bhould be held up to publio reprobation. Who constituted you and your associates judges of the motives and actions of men? By what authority do you arraign the president and senate of' the United States for the appointment and confirmation of Patrick Egan as minister to Chili. Thank God, they are not responsible for such intolerable insolence as you and your associates have proven yourself to be by the language used in this circular. I have known Patrick Egan ever since he located in the city of Lincoln, years ago. He has always proven himself to be an upright and honorable man a good citizen in everyjrespect. You can no more tarnish his reputation with your vile slanders than the foul bird of night can assail the eagle. To vent your rage and your venom at Mr. Egan's appointment you have seized the weapons of a defeated, despised, and unprincipled slanderer yea, of a vile London fish wife, and you call him by opprobious names, which fact always furnishes evidence that the party using them is completely worsted in support of a bad cause. You say Mr. Egan is a political Arab. I* say he is an honorable and honored American citizen, and I take pleasure in reminding you that he is envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary of the great republic of the United States to the foremost republic of South America. You say he is a fugitive from the power of British justice. Oh, you mistake, you should have written "British injustice." You say the conduct of Patrick Egan is now under investigation by a special commission of British judges, as to participation in what every civilized slate brands a crime against life and property. Have you so soon forgotten how completely and how overwhelmingly Patrick Egan shattered one of the most dastardly and damning conspiracies to blacken his own and the good name of Parnell, that villainy ever concocted, which exposure sent one of the conspirators to death and left the others to the condemnation of the civilized world? "The sentiment and tone of your protest smack more of the London Times influence and of the Dark Ages than the enlightenment and liberal tendencies toward free government of the nineteenth century. I doubt not if you had lived in those times, the rack, the torture and the inqusition would have been jour instrumentalities for speeding liberal principles and securing home rule. You/designate yourselves as members of the British-American association. We are all American people here we are no 'alf-and-'alf people. We respect Britains when they respect themselves and observe the'.very homely adage of "minding one's business." "Please bear in mind that you are living in the nineteenth century and under the influence of enlightened American civilization, in a country where freedom has been proclaimed throughout the land and to all the inhabitants thereof, where the enjoyment, without dictation from any source of political and religious freedom, is guaranteed to all where man is believed to be innocent until he is proven guilty where justice can be relied upon, generally, to be impartial, although Chicago's ooroner and a coroner's jury spent weeks in trying .{» fasten the murder of Dr. Cronin upon Alexandef Sullivan rather than to ascertain who is guilty of the awful crime of his taking off where a man is not hounded and persecuted because he seeks to obtain free speech and home rule for his native land. "I respeotfully advise you to find some other calling than the circulation of the protest to which I have adverted. Respectfully, JOHN M. THAYER."

Accurately Beecrtbed.

"Now that's what I call a blow in the dark," said a Dakota man to hia wife. "What is?" she asked. '"The hurricane that came along last night."—[Drake's Magazine.

CRIES CASUALTIES.

A Kentucky Miser Destroys a For. tune Rather Than Leave It To a Profligate Son.

SERIOUS LOSS OF LIFE IN FIRE WORKS ESTABLISHMENT.

A South Carolina Mob Riddles a Lunatic Witli Bullets—Fatal Cyclone in Missouri.

NASHVILLE, June 21.—A special to the American from Franklin, Ky., says: The town is agog with excite to-night over a sensation that is somewhat out of the usual routine. Wm. J. Hilton, a wealthy and miserly old merchant of this city, who is thought to be on his death bed, to-day groped out of bis bed, which is situated in the back part of his store, and went into the store. He was followed by an old negro man, hie attendant, whom he ordered to take a certain nail keg and put on the fire in his room. The keg was headed up at both ends and he told the negro that it had a few nails in it and some old papers, a will among other things that he wished to destroy. The negro did as directed, little dreaming that he was consigning to the flames about thirty thousand dollars in greenbacks and government bonds, but such was the case. Soon after the act was done a gentlemen went in and seeing a large pile of burnt nails in the fireplace, and what seemed to be the smoking remains of burnt papers, and suspicioning that all was not right, began to make an examination of the ashes and found what to the naked eye was plainly visible a huge mass of burnt greenbacks and government 4 per cent. bond9. Mr. Hilton has a wife and one child, a profligate son, who has given him a great deal of trouble, and he and his wife have been separated for some time, and there is now pending a suit for divorce and alimony against him by his wife. A great deal of bitterness has grown out of the

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and it

is thought he preferred to see his property in ashes rather than for his wife and son to inherit it. He iB not expected to live many days, and is now too feeble to talk and refuses to divulge anything. He has a great antipathy to lawyers, and has said he feared they and his wife would get all he had. A guard has been placed around his store tonight for fear he will have it in flames. Legal proceedings were taken out to have him declared a lunatic this evening, but the jury found him of Bound mind.

SEVEN PEOPLE BURNED TO DEATH.

A Fire Works Establishment Takes Fire and Causes Consternation. BOSTON,

June 21.—A disastrous fire

accompanied by serious loss of life, occurred early this evening in the fire works establishment of Heyer Bros., at Summer and Hawley streets. Three dead bodies have been taken from the ruins, and three others received injuries which will probably result fatally. It is feared that there may be more victims among the debris. The building,. which is a four story brick structure, is occupied on the ground floor by C. E. Browning, milliner, and ofl^the three upper floors by Heyer Brothers, dealers in fancy goods and fireworks. Shortly after five o'clock, while a salesman was waiting on a customer qn the second floor, he saw a flash among some fireworks behind one of the counters, unaccompanied, however, by any explosion. He ran for water, at the same time giving the alarm. The flames shot with almost incredible rapidity, cutting off the escape of several of the men in the upper stories, and in five minutes the dense smoke and almost incessant discharge of fire works of different kinds made in the building a perfect pandomonium for those confined within its walls. Edward Heyer, one of the firm, ran to the stairs, shouting fire, he then turned back to lock the safe, but found the way choked with smoke. He groped hiq way to the window and managed to climb to an adjoining building unhurt. Albert Gage, aged 20, who was employed in the third story, hung from a window until he was obliged to release his hold, then fell to the ground, striking two awnings in his descent, breaking his back. He will probably die. Charles F. Callahan and Thomas Paine, who were working on the fourth floor, jumped from a window in their fright. Paine was killed, while Callahan's injuries are fatal. Wm. Brenenstuhl, on the second floor, lost his way and rolled down the stairs and was picked up badly injured. He is also burned internally by smoke and it is feared that he cannot live. A body which was taken from the building was recognized as Samuel Cord, one of the oldest employes of the firm. Another body, that of a bey, was taken to the morgue, where it has not yet been identified. It is charred and burned

badly that identification will

be difficult. This completes the casualties so far as known at present. A large portion of the $100,000 stock is ruined, but is well insured. During the fire the discharge of fireworks sounded as if a hard fought battle was in progress and for nearly two hours was heard the rattle of small musketry, interspersed at frequent intervals with the heavier reports of the larger pieces, while sparks and an occassional rocket would shoot from the windows. These explosions created great consternation among the spectators. The cause of the fire is a mystery.

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Mobbing a Negro Lunatic.

COLUMBIA,S. C., June 21.—Andy Caldwell, a negro, this morning attempted to ravish Mrs. Beckham, a respectable woman, at her home, near Ridgewater, in this state. Mrs. Beckham's daughter took a gun and tried to shoot the man, but it failed to fire. The negro then wrested the gun away from the girl and shot her in the leg. He then went to Ridgewater and created a disturbance in a store there, when the proprietor shot at him, and he ran off. The aheriff, who was on the lookout forCaldwell, captured him and took him to Winnaboro, where a guard from the state lunatic asylum took charge of the negro to bring him to Columbia. Near Brockton

TERRE HAUTE, IND., SATURDAY MORNING, JUNE 22, 1889.

a body of forty men took Caldwell from the guard and shot him to death. The negro was an escaped lunatic and had been allowed to remain at large for a while on trial, but thia morning the sheriff had telegraphed to the asylum authorities to send up a guard for him at once, believing Caldwell to be dangerous.

Cyclone In Missouri.

ALBANY, Ma, June 21.—A cyclone paseed over northwestern Missouri yesterday afternoon, demolishing a number of dwellings, school housee fend other property. ..The house of H. P. Williams was blown to pieces, and one of his children was killed.

KANSAS CITY, Mo., June 2L—The Times received late to-night the following from Albany, Mo.: At 2:30 p. m«, yesterday, our vicinity was'visited by two cyclones, or, one in two prongB. It struck the frame residence of H. P. Williams, three miles east of this city, and completely demolished it. Mr. William's 3-year-old son and hia mother-in-law, Mrs. Crispin, were instantly killed. Mrs. Williams WM fatally injured and three chiidfen were badly hurt. The cyclone wiped out the little village of Lone Star, destroying the atore house and goods of A. C. Townsend, the Baptist Church, school house and many residence. Mr. Townseud, the post master, is thought to be fatally injured, ai is also Mrs. Geo. Stenman. Many other farm houses and outbuildings were destroyed and it is impossible to estimate the damages. At a citizens' meeting here to day several hundred dollars was raised and clothing for the sufferers provided.

Poison in a Planter's Coffee. HELENA, Ark., June 21.—Dr. W. M.

Richardson, a prominent physician and planter, living near Latour, this county, barely escaped being poisoned yesterday morning. The doctor was about to begin drinking his cup of coffee at breakfast, when, noticing something peculiar in the looks and smell of the coffee, proceeded to investigate the cause. He called in Df. J. B. Vineyard, a neighbor, and on an analysis, the two decided the coffee had been poisoned. Maggie Brown, the colored cook, was arrested at once, and confessed that, at the instigation of one Abe Johnson, her lover, whose frequent visits had been forbidden by the doctor, she had poisoned the coffee by distilling Jamestown weed roots and other deadly herbs. The two have been jailed. Dr. Richardson is wealthy, and one of the beet citizens in the county.

Grit to the Core.

BALTIMORE, Md., June 21.—An Onancock (Va.) special to the Newa says: "A negro, whose name cannot be ascertained, whipped the little daughter of John Core, a white farmer residing near Pastoria, several days ago. Core armed himself with a double-barrelled shotgun, and went to the negro's house. Upon arriving there he found the negro also armeid with a shotgun, but the colored man, as soon as he saw Core, opened his shirt, and, putting his hand on his bare breast, said: 'Shoot you haven't got grit enough.' Core cocked his gun, and taking aim, fired, emptying an entire load of buckshot into the negro's breast. Core then left, and it is not known whether he has been arrested or not. The negro is dangerously wounded.

A FAIR DAY AT JOHNSTOWN.

Work on the Wreckage Is Resumed—The Strike a Fluls. JOHNSTOWN, Pa., June 21.—The weath

er here is remarkably fair and pleasant to-day. and the work on the wreckage has been generally resumed. About two thousand men are at work of the Mc-Kaight-Flinn crowd and about five hundred who have been discharged, are walking about the place, seeking work from

Borne

of the contractors. The au

thorities have refused to furnish transportation to the strikers who desire leaving here, and consequently but few will leave.

There was no trouble among the workmen here in any way, and it seems to be the general belief of the authorities they have won the contest and are musters of the situation. All saloons in the place are closed to-day by order of General Hastings. Thirty-two bodies were taken from the wreckage to day, the largest number found for several days. Besides the bodies several parts of human bodies were found.

They're Scratching at Johnstown. JOHNSTOWN, Pa., June 21.—A species

of hives has broken out among the people here, which seem to be contagious. On account of the hot weather to-day the suffering is intense. Five bodies were picked up near the railroad bridge this morniog. John Kerne, of Bellefont, was picked up in Cambria City this morning dangerously hurt. He was able to state that he had been assaulted and robbed during the night. He waa sent to the hospital.

Terse Telegrams.

The United glass company, with its main office at Syracuse, Onondago county, and capital of $1,000,000 has been Incorporated.

One million one hundred and flfty thousand dollars of gold ban were engaged in New York yesterday morning for shipment to Europe.

At Atlantic City, N. J., Mr. P. H. Boot, of Fort Wayne. Ind., was last night elected president of the NaUonal travelers' protective asswiaUon.

Robert Puchett, a 16 year old boy, has been lodged in the Frankfort penitentiary to serve one year for robbing the postofllce at Marion of $85.

Wm. E. Howard, convicted of swindling In connection with the Electric sugar deals, was sentenced to-day to nine years and eight months in the state prison of New York.

Rosa Neff, a young servant girl of Louisville, Ky., cut her throat last night after sending for her lover, Lewis Roberts, a private policeman. Jealousy was the cause. The wound was not fataL

At the commencement at Miami university Calvin S. Brlce made a proposition to duplicate whatever sum might be appropriated to the university during the coming year by the Ohio legislature.

Chief Justice Wright, of Arizona, yesterday sentenced Dan Hard wick, Wm. Stein and James Halford, the Canon Diablo train robbers, who robbed an express train on the Atlantic ft Pacific railway In April last, to twenty-Are years in the penitentiary.

The village of QuIJotoa, Arlzana.~was almost destroyed yesterday by fire. The houses, however, were small, as the place was little mote than a mining camp. The loss Is estimated at between fifty and seventy-Are thousand dollars.

The (rivers of France Shave overflowed t! elr hanks and partly submerged the town of Bar-le-Duc, In the department of Mesuae, and the surrounding -country. Maay houses have been undermined and destroyed, and crops and vineyards have been rained. mss Jennie Kmblad and Miss Hilda Carlson were drowned In the Denplalnes rtfer at Desplaines yesterday. They were oat boating with three friends, and the Mat capsteed near the dam. The two young ladies named above sank almost Instantly the others were rescued.

Yesterday morning J. B. Henderson, at Santa Barbara, CaL. aged 25 years, shot his landlady, Mrs. Andone Igua, In the bnast and then suicided by shooting himself In the mouth, Ueudersoti was arrested for drunkenness Tharsday, and It la supposed he shot the woula for causing the trouble. The woman awy recover.

IMPORTANT PENSION RULING.

Assistant Secretary Bussey Rules On a Case Involving' Soma Remarkable Features.

A LONG LIST OF PRESIDENTIAL. APPOINTMENTS.

The Pesident Will Spend Sundav at Capa May Having Arrived There Last Evening.

WASHINGTON, June 21. Assistant Secretary Bussey has returned deuwiun in the case of Richard Whiting, late of Company C, thirty-third Missouri infantry. It appears from the records that the claimant waa wounded at Tupelo, Miss., July 14, 1864, and while lying on the field in a helpless condition received a sun stroke which, soon after his discharge, caused chronic nervous prostration and impairment of mind resulting in 1874 in imbecility and dementia. The wife and guardian of the claimant filed an application for pension in 1883, which jras granted, the rate being fixed at $24 per month, payment to begin from the date of filing the application. Subsequently in 1885 the rate of pension was increased to $50 per month. The claim came before Assistant Secretary Bussey upon an appeal filed by the pensioner's wife and guardian, the ground of contention being that the insane pensioner had not been adequately rated under the statutes applicable to the case and that instead of the pension beginning at the date of filing the original application in 1883, it should have begun at the date of the pensioner's discharge, inasmuch as the limitation contained in the arrears act of March 3rd, 1879, expressly excepts from the operation of it all claims by or in behalf of insane persons, and children under 16 years of age. Assistant Secretary Bussey holds that this exceptional provision is applicable to Whiting's claim and hence allows him arrears from the date of his discharge. In addition to this feature of the claim the fact appears that since about 1873, the pensioner has been in a condition that has required "the personal aid and attendance of another person," he having soon after 1874 become helpless from mental imbecility and from partial paralysis of one side due to the sun stroke and gun shot wound, and the assistant secretary has decided the claimant's disabilities entitles him not only to arrears, but a rerating and increase of pension under the acta of 1872, 1874 and 1880, the final rating being $72 per month from June 16,1880. The case is one of peculiar interest in its historical features, one fact being that in 1885, upon slanderous and false information, the claimant's pension was reduced to $8 per month. Another is that the claimant fought in 101 battles and skirmishes in the war of the rebellion. The case has attracted much attention in St. Louis and the department haft received many communications from leading citizens of that city expressive of deep interest in the case.

THK NEWS AT WASHINGTON

A Number of Internal Kemnc Collectors, Marshals and Attorneys Appointed. WASHINGTON, June 21.—The president

made the following appointments to-day to be collectors of internal revenue: Wm. Cassius Goodloe, for the Seventh district of Kentucky A. T. Wimberly, for the district of Louisiana Henry M. Cooper, for the district of Arkansas.

United States attorneys have been made as follows to-day: Walter Lyon of Pennsylvania, for the western district of Pennsylvania William E. Craig of Virginia, for the western district of Virgina.

Marshals: Oeorge I. Cunningham of South Carolina, for the Southern district of South Carolina John H. Simmons of Ohio, for the Southern district of Ohio Orville T. Porter of Oregon, for the district of Alaska.

Wm. H. Dimond, to be superintendent of the mint at San Francisco, Cal. Pearis B. Ellis, to be ussayer of the mint of the United States at Carson, Nevada.

Frank Mason of Ohio, has been appointed consul general at Frankfort Charles B. Trail of Maryland, consul at Marseilles, and H. G. Knowles of Delaware, consul at Bordeaux. Mr. Mason is at present consul at Marseilles. He is an old newspaper man, having been on the staff of the Cleveland Leader. Mr. Trail was secretary of legation at Rio de Janeiro during the Arthur administration. Horace Greely Knowles is a prominent young lawyer of Wilmington, and is endorsed by all the members of the bar of that city. Mrs. R. B. lfayes Stricken With Apoplexy.

CLEVELAND, June 21.—Mrs. Hayes, the wife of ex-President Hayes, was stricken with apoplexy this afternoon at her home in Fremont, and at 9 o'clock this evening she was unconscious. The attack came between three and four o'clock this afternoon, while Mrs. Hayes was sitting in her room, sewing. Paralysis of the right side resulted, rendering her speechless. Medical help was at once summoned, but all efforts to restore the lady to consciousness have thus far failed. General flayea was on his way home from Columbus at the time, and it was 5 o'clock when he arrived in Fremont. Mrs. Hays' sons, Burchard and Webb, have been summoned from Toledo and Cleveland, their respective homes.

A dispatch from Fremont at 1:30 a. m., says Mrs. Hayes' condition is unchanged. She is resting easy.

President Harrison at Cape May. CAPK MAT, N. J., June 2L—President

Harrison and party arrived at Cape May

Semonatration.at

oint to-night 9:45. There was no

The Elders Traveled FIrat-Clase. NKW YORK, June 21.—Among the 713

steerage passengers landed at Castle Garden yesterday morning by the •tiriniT-

Wyoming, were 345 Mormon

proaalytea under the guidance of Eldera Ellis and Anderson. They were carefully called out from the other passengers and transferred to the Old Dominion line steamer en route to Utah by way of Norfolk, Va. The elders in chargeof the party traveled first-class on the Wyoming.

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AT ST. MARY'S.

A Small lire In the Academy Untitling Is Pat Ont by Fireman Shuster.

St. Mary's in the Woods waa the •oeneof excitement yesterday on account of a small fire that might have resulted in another serious disaster to that institution but for the preeenoe of Mr. Albert Shuster, foreman of hook and ladder No. 1. The fire had started in the garret of the academy. As Mr. Shuster and a Mr. O'Byrae, of Chicago, drove up to the inetitution they heard the alarm of fire in the building. Mr. Shuster hastened into the building and taking a piano cover with him soon found the fire. The sisters carried water in buckets and he soaked the piano cover in water and smothered the fire with the wet cloth. It required almost half an hour to extinguish the blaze. The sisters were unable to account for the origin of the fire, as there has been no fire in the academy for some time. The fire was discovered about half past two p. m. A telephone message was sent to fire department headquarters here and the department was -ady to start to St. Mary's when another message instructed them to wait and presently another message announced that the fire was under control. The sisters expressed their gratitude to Mr. Shuster, who by his timely arrival and judicious action probably averted a serious disaster to the institute.

Serious Illness of General Cameron. LANCASTER, Pa., June 21.—General

Simon Cameron was prostrated yesterday at his home, Donegal Springs, with paralysis of the right arm and side, and his condition is critical. Ex-Attorney General Wayne McVeagh and wife, and Mrs. Haldeman, General Cameron's daughter, are with him.

LANCASTER, Perm., June 21.—General Simon Cameron's condition to-day is reported about the same, with no change for the better. His entire right side is paralyzed. The general was in bed when the stroke came. He is conscious of hiB surroundings. His physician is in constant attendance. At noon he was resting easier.

General Cameron's present attack was induced by the siokness of a few weeks ago. Ex-Attorney General MacVeagh Bays be does not think he has recognized any of the family about him to-day, and that his tongue and right side are completely paralyzed. Since 6 o'clock Friday evening his failure has been very marked and his physicians do not expect him to survive the night. 1 a. m.—It is reported that the doctors have expressed the opinion that General Cameron may survive another day. There is no appreciable change in his condition.

Tips on Chicago Derby.

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June 21.—To-morrow proba

bly twenty thousand persons will congregate at Washington park to witness the sixth renewal of the race for the American derby. The starters contain no animal of the excellence of last year's winner, but never in the history of the race have as many good ones faced the starter as will be found in Spokane, Proctor Knott, Once Again, Don Jose and Sorrento, any one of which by winning would create no great surprise in the turf world. Of the other six starters Retrieve may be said to have the poorer chance, as she has not been shown to be of high class, and carries a three pound penalty. Outbound, never having won a race, gets an allowance of seven pounds, but most likely could not win if carrying ninety pounds. Sportsman is a good enough horse of his class, but his quality is not high. Le Premier is a fast but uncertain performer, and the road is at least one quarter of a mile too long for him. Why Mr. Bryant starts Come-to-Taw is a puzzler, for he can not begin to make the pace and laying off, would almost certainly be outrun at the finish. Long Dance is the best outsider it one cares for a ten to one shot.

A Strike at the Carnegie Works. PITTSBURG, June 21.—A strike or lockout seemB inevitable at the great Homestead steel plant of Carnegie fc Co. It is stated upon the authority of the firm that no agreement could be reached with the workmen's conference committee on the wage question, and that they will quit work on the 30th met.

After mnkmg necessary repairs, the management say new men will be secured and work resumed in all departments as soon as possible. The strike will involve about five thousand men.

Want a New Schedule.

NORTH ADAMS,

Mass., June 21.—The

stitchers, cutters and lasters at the Sampson shoe factory have struck and the shop has shut down. It is feared the strike will become general and include all the shops in town. The wages were reduced last winter, and the men want anew schedule. The shops have large orders out

Foreign Flashes.

The Australian government has suppressed the socialist paper, Gleichhelt, The trial of Boulanglsts at Angouleme has been concluded. Judgment will be rendered on Monday.

The queen or Italy received Mr. Albert G. Porter, the new United States minister at Bome, Thursday.

A compromise has been arranged between Sir George Chetwjnd and Lord Durham In connection with the Turen scandal.

Russia has readopted the law which forbids heirs to the throne contracting marriages with persons not members of the orthodox Greek Church.

The New South Wales'government has decided to continue for a year from next November the contract for carrying the malls between Sydney and San Francisco.

M. Meyer, a Qoancler of Paris, has been sentenced to Imprisonment for one year and to pay a One of 6,000 francs for being connected with the Soclete Moolllere frauds.

The senate committee which has been Inquiring Into the charges against General Boulanger, has entirely finished its work and forwarded all the documents laid before It to the public prosecutor.

The National Zeltung says that the czarewltch has started from 8U Petersburg for Stuttgart, and that he will stop en route at Berlin, where be will make arrangements for tbe czar's visit.

The members of the Royal yacht squadron will meet early nest week to decide In regard to the deed of gift of the America cup. Lord Duo raven does not think that the Valkyrie will compete for the cup.

The striking miners at Kladno, Bohemia, engaged In a riot last night. Tbe gendarmes fired on the rioters and killed two of them and wounded twelve. Farther trouble is feared and three battalions of troops have been sent to the scene.

Tbe bundesrath, In reply to inquires made by tbe National Rath, denies that there are any ground* for tbe complaints made by foreign powers that socialists are allowed too much freedom In Switzerland. It declares that Switzerland will always folflll bar International obligations, bat holds that the duty to watch tbe Intrigues of raroluUonlsts does not involve upon Switzerland exclusively an account of her neutrality, but Is incumbent upon every state, ,,

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NEWS ROUND ABOUT TOWN.

The Rosa Polyteehnie Institute Alumni Hold Thair Annual Banquat.

THE SUCCESS OF THE MASONIC ENTERTAINMENT ASSUAED.

Tbe Daciville Thieves Dispose of Mucb. Stolen Property—QuietDay About the Courts.

The R. P. I. Alomnl Banqnet.

The alumni of the Polytechnic institute gave their annual banquet at the Terre Haute house last night. A few invited guests were also present, among whom were Judge Mack and Mayor Donaldson. The banquet WM an elaborate affair and well arranged. An important feature of the evening was the toaBta which followed at intervals during the entire evening after the address of President S. S. Early. The following is the list of toasts responded to: "Tbe Cow Ordinance" Mayor Donaldson "Tbe Class of '89" Mr. E. E. Gilbert, "86 "Influence of the R. P. I. Alumni on the Development of the Country" -Mr. w.

C. Ball

"What to Do With Our Graduates" Mr. Herman F. Goetz. "Advantages of a Technical Education, in a Humorous Sense" President T. C. Mendenball "Electrical Shocks" Mr. Frank P. Cox

MASONIC KINTJCRTAINMKNT.

A Large Sale of Seats and a Financial Sueeess Assured.

The entertainment to be given by tbe Masonic lodges of this city at the Opera house next Monday evening is already an assured success, BO far as attendance. is concerned, about one thousand tickets having been sold. The programme will be interesting and varied, and of tbe most entertaining nature. The following is the programme:

PART 1.

Overture—"Swell Affair" .Ringgold Orchestra Selection James wbltcomb Riley Evening Song (Banks) The Masonic Quartette Knights Templar Drill—Ladles of Terre Haute

Chapter No. 43, Order of the Eastern Star Mesdames Eva Holllnger, Louise Dahlen, Laura Ludowlcl and SadieByers Misses MinnieSlaughter, Mary Hedges, Mayme O'Mnra. Mollle Duddleston, Jessie Merry, Mollle Haggerty, Ida Calvert and Mollle Mahan. "La Floraja" (E. Bevlgnanl)

Miss Emma Kantman.

Selection James Wbltcomb Riley Overture Ringgold Orchestra L'ART II. Tyrolean Dance Misses Anita Hudson, Josle Douglass, Carrie

Hyde, Mabel Cook, Anna Carlton. Kate Carlton,/?'. Kllse Hudson, Frances Haberly, May Armstrong and Emma Brown. Tenor Solo Rev. James D. Stanley Selection James Wbltcomb Riley What Mountains—(Masnadler)

Mrs. Bertha Hoberg and Dan Davis

"Some Sweet Daj"— (Towner) The Masonic Quartette .••••• Selection -James Whltcouib Riley

Wlio Has Authority?

There seems to be a difficulty in deciding who is the judicial officer of the city. Recently the council passed a resolution instructing the chief of the fire department to abate a nuisance. Mr. jN. Katzenbach complained that one of bis neighbors had extended a stovepipe through the wall BO that the & smoke and soot lodged upon and blackened the walls of his residence and endangered it from fire. The nuisance was not .abated, and Mr. Katzenbach ap-

plied to the oity attorney, who was not inclined to meddle in the matter. Fire' Chief Kennedy was then informed that the nuisance had not been abated, andr replied to Mr. Katzenbach that he had no right to abate the nuisance, and, therefore, refused to act as instructed by the council. It seems therefore that Mr. Kennedy did not credit the city oouncil with knowing whether it had done a legal or an illegal: act. Yet the council iB the head that is supposed to direct the fire department and its chief. In the midst of the many refusals to obey-the council's order in Mr. Katzenbach's behalf the nuisance remains unabated, and he must sufTer the result of their inactivity.

Rapid Sale of Stolen Property.

Joe W. Smith and Samuel Carpenter,. the two boys who were arrested Thursday night and confeesed to having burglarized a gun store in Danville, 111., proved themselves to be expeditious salesmen before being arrested. When arrested they had with them a valise containing some pistols and knivee, which fact led the police to suppose that they had sold similar articles in the city. Upon investigation it was learned' that they had sold a knife or a pistol at nearly every second-hand store in town. The authorities at Danville were notified of tbe arrest, and the marshal answered' to hold them, that he would come forthem. lie is expected to-day.

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Mr. Henry Hodgers and Miss AnnaL Bennett were married at the residence of the bride's parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Bennett, living three miles west of thia city, Thursday evening. The Rev. Samuel Cox performed the marriage ceremony. A reception to the friends of the young married couple was given after the ceremony. Mrs. Hodges, the groom's mother, gave a wedding dinner yesterday afternoon. The young couple have gone to housekeeping in West Terre Haute, Mr. Hodges being a thrifty-,-p farmer in that vicinity. '*,

Obituary. T:

Miss Annie Osborne, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Osborne, of south Fourth street, died at 9:15 a. m., yesterday of typhoid fever. She was 16 years old and had been suffering with the fever for some time, but was not con-: sidred dangerous. She was a bright and attractive young woman, popular with her associates. Her sicknsss was probably contracted by too close application in school

Tenants Resisting Eviction. DUBLIN, June 21.—Several families'-""',

were evicted on the Ponsonby estate today. The tenants offered a stout resistence in some cases the evictors had to use a battering ram to effect an entrance into the cottages. Several persons were« injured while resisting .the bailiffs. Six arrests were made.

A Chance for Pennsylvania Farmers, READING, Pa., June 21. Claua

Spreckles has informed the board of trade that he will build a sugar mill here it surrounding farmers will plant 50,000 acres with sugar beete. A vigor-' oua endeavor will be made toaecure the enterprise here.