Daily Wabash Express, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 12 January 1890 — Page 1

FIGHT FOR WORLD'S FAIR SITE.

A Lively Contest Between Chicago

and New York Bsfore the Senate Committee.

DEPE W 'S ELOQUENCE AGAINST CHICAGO IS FACTS.

Arguments Closed and Location of Site Likely to be Settled in Congress Early This Week.

WASHINGTON, January 11.—The announcement that New ork, through her distinguished representatives, would present, her claims for the location of the proposed world's fair before the senate special committee on the quadrocentenniul to-day was sufficient to attract a crowd to the capitol that speedily exhausted the accommodation of the senate reception-room, where the hearing was held. There was ouch a pressure for admittance that the committee contemplated repairing to the senate chamber, but found that a rule of the body forbade the U3a of the chamber for any other purposes than its own sessions, except by special action of the senate.

The lirat arrivals were from Chicago, the Indies' delegation from "the City of the Gnsalted Sea" occupying seats at the side. Mr. Dapew waa the lirst speaker, lie began to speak in a husky tone of voice, but it soon cleared. He was listened to throughout with the closest attention, and frequently interrupted by applause from his loyal and admiring .New York supporters, He said: "Mr. Chairman and Gentlemen: The iN'evv York delegation expresses its obligation to the committee for according to iii a hearing on the day when it could conveniently attend. We are here to the number of 100 or more of the leading citizens of the metropolis, representing every interest of the welfare of the city, of the state and of the whole country, to urge the claim of New ork for the world's fair. Any American who was at Pari during the past summer and saw Lhe great exhibition held there, became impressed with the fact that there was no greater necessity laid on the American people than that of holding an exhibition which should bo equal, if it did not excel, the one held in France. "That was the tinpst exhibition of the arts, of the manufactures, of the progress of the civilization of the world, that has been seeu in any of the great expositions that have been held at the national capitals in Europe or Bt .Philadelphia in LS7G. Every visitor there was pressed by the appearance made by older countries of Europe, the representatives of the nations

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Asia and of Africa, by Groat Britain and her dependencies about the globe, by Mexico and by South American republics. It WBB a presentation of their products, their manufacture?, their skill, which was entirely satisfactory to them, aud impressive on all other nations. The one spot where there was a failure to present at all resnpctability, the products, the progress, the manufacturing skill and ability of the United States, in competition with the older nations, was the exhibit of the United States itself. "In conversation with the representatives of the various countries, I saw that the impression was produced that the United States might be immense in area of territory, might have an enormous homgeneoua population, might have free institutions but that in the competition for the trade of the world it was absolutely deficient in skill. The only thing there which attracted the attention of the assembled nations was petrified wood from Arizona, and one of the representatives of Great Britaiu endeavoring to compensate me for ray mortification said: 'Your representation of petrified wood is absolutely untqualed in this great show' (laughter).'"

During his address, Mr. Cochran paid a warm tribute to Senator Sherman, aud said that he but took him as a type of the statesmanship which comes from the genius of the common people, and shows the falr.cy of the opinion nurtuaed in monarchial governments that men must be born and bred to statesmanship.

The committee then took a recess to allow the members to attend the funeral of Judge Kelley in the house.

When the committee reassembled the room was again crowded to its fullest capacity. The Chicngo delegation had front seats. The first,epeaker of the afternoon was ex-Senator Warner M. Millar, who, v-ith James Wood, president of the New York State Agricultural society, closed the case for New York.

The first gentleman to present the claims of Chicngo was Mr. Creiger, the mayor of that city. We are here, he said, before you to-day as citizens of a common country, representing a great Western city, deeply in earnest that this great exposition, which is to be held in IS'J'J, to commemorate the discovery of this hemisphere by that intrepid navigator, Christopher Columbus. 1 say that they are deeply interested in it and deeply earnest in the belief that it ought to

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in the far West. [Applause]. I

represent in some measure, the people of Cnicago, who, while that is their duty, are also united in the desire and determination that wherever t.his exposition is held, wherever in the wisdom of this congress it shall be assigned, that nothing shall be wanting on their part to make it eminently successful and they will endeavor to add their mite to make it comport wit.h the dignity of thisgraud and progressive nation. [Applause] I desire here, in the name of the people of Chicago, to fully reciprocate the kind expressions I have heard this morning of true fraternity. There is no rivalry between the empire city of America—New \ork—Bntj the empire city of the great West, Cnicago. ll*»r people are actuated by higher and nobler motives. She desires the greatest good to the greatest number. We accord to the mngniticeut empire city of New

York all and everything she claims. She stands the bright particular star of this centurv aud of this con'iuent. She is indeed"a mighty city. If you will per mit me to say it, it was in that city that I first enw the light, and 1 can never lose my respect for her. She is the grand gateway, and has been the grand gateway of'this nation since its inauguration. Hut Mr. Chairman, senators, gentlemen, there is a new empire anil a new gateway lyirg cn the other side of the Allegheny mountains. We recognize the grandeur and greatness of the city of New York and her ability to do all that may be demanded. We

think in Chicago we can meet every demand required by this great exposition, and we are very earnest that it shall be held in the great West that sphere of advanced civilization out of which are to grow the arts and sciences as the effepring of this progressive empire. We do not forget to accord St. Louis like prerequisites. We acknowledge all, but in doing so we B6k that you shall not detract from this marvel of the nineteenth century—Chicago. Do not forget that New York has baen growing and maturing for 200 years. Chicago had been growing from the time the city was founded, only fifty-three years, when that fifty-thre§- years waa wiDed out by the most terrible calamity that history records. Since then she has recuperated and resuscitated by the power of will and new blood, and is now really only 18 years old and you, senators, and you, people from abroad, everywhere in this country cannot deny your pride that such a thing occurred under the benign influence of this great government. She stands boldly, claiming the right of your consideration. Kamember the thousands of square miles that lie on the other side of the Allegheny mountains. Remember the great chain of lakes. Remember St. Louie, the mistress city of the world's greatest river. Lst New York not forget that she must depend for her future progress and greatness (not altogether, but largely) on the fertile fields of the West. Remember that this young giant of the West is constructing a grand water way to the southwest, that she has undertaken that stupendous work, and will any man from St. Louis or from this beautiful capital, say that a city that is able to cope with ami find means to carry on that work, shall be set aside in her claims for this great exposition.

Continuing, Mayor Creiger said that he had reciprocated all the expressions of fraternity which had been made use of. L»t the country depend on fraternity and its perpetuity was aseured. lie was gratified to learn that Chicago and New York were identical in one thing. Mr. Depew had declared that :n July and August people went to New York for coolness. So they did to Chicago. [Laughter.] If New Y'ork was a summer resort, so was Chicago. Chicago wanted this exposition. She was ready to meet every requirement. The West must be noticed and it was without preeu rapt ion when he said that he spoke for sixteen sovereign states of the new West.

Mr. Thomas B. BryBn was the next speaker, lie said that matters had changed within the last few weeks. A f*w few weeks, New York had hesitated and had made known that the situation was whether it was worth her imperial dignity for a committee to leave that grand city to come to the capital of the nation to ask a faror of congress. The repre sentatives of the other cities had wondered whether the coy maiden would bo induced to join them, and they were glad to meet her in the spirit of the greatest kindness and heartiest fraternity As he saw the New York deleeation coming into the room with Mr. D-»p*w at the head, he was reminded of the story of a colored community, where there were two colored churches which were both going to have a fair. There was an agreement made that one should give up the fair, the party releasing to be entitled to a pow ia its own church, for thQy only had berches there. One pew wp.s the acme of their ambition. The morning the pew was put in the congregation Bssemblsd and the preacher got up and said: "We will do away with preaching this morning and we won't sing no hymns, but I want you all to jine me inde couplet I've written:

Glory hallelujah: Glory hallelujah We's got ile pew We's got de pew."

When a certain steamer recently arrived in New York the'whole of N*w York and the whole of Manhattan island joined in the chorus:

We's cot Pepew: We's got Depew!

[Laughter.] From that moment inspiration came but carrying out the analogy, let New York give Chieayo the fair and keep Depew. He then procefdBL! to argue ihat of all the large cities, Chicago had the coolest, most comfortable and pleasant climate, and that she had unequalled railroad facilities and accommodations. No other city was equally accessible, alike for the bulkof the exhibits and for the visitors. The gentlemen from New York could make beautiful pictures of their site, while the poor Chicago people must content themselves with building a shaiii *f truth and have a pedestal of facts on which it could re?:t.

T. Jeffrey, of Chicago, said that the task had been alloted to him of endeavoring to show in some detail the ability of Chicago to satisfactorily and in a proper manner conduct an exposition. Chicago could command as able engineering and architectural talent as could New Y'ork, or this great capital city of the Union. Chicago had within its borders a suitable site for such an exposition as would be a matter of pride to every American citizen. Chicago could conduct that exposition to a successful issue in a proper manner. The lirst requisite was a financial br.sis upon which to build. He therefore, presented a certificate to the chairman of the executive committee certifying that 83,000,000 had been subscribed in aid of the enterprise. In regard to the expensd of the fair he did not believe that the Paris expositon furnished a fhir comparison becausd there were in this country an aggregation of over forty states, most of which woul" ^questionably desire to appropriate money for their own independent buildings and their exhibits. That had been done before and would doubtless be done again. It was not known to whBt extent Mexico and the central and South American republiC3 would participate, nor was the extent kuown to which foreign nations would co operate so that it was impossible to estimate the space that would be required. Chicago therefore deemed it unwise to attempt to lay before the committee any plans or estimates, because they might be changed. He proceeded to direct the at tention of committee to the extent of Cnicago and to the number of parks which might be utilized for the proposed fair, illustrating his statement by frequent references to a large map prepared for the purpose. He said that there were 105 square miles within the limits of Chicago, and population of over one million one hundred thousand.

The city oossessed on its lake front opposite to "the outer harbor a tract of land which could be enlarged and extended to the outer harbor Bnd made to embrace at a reasonable cost over '2o0, or (as eome ett:mate it), 2t30 acres of land on which could be placed the machinery hall, tue

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fine arts gallery and the buildings intended to display the liberal arts and divers industries. Agricultural exhibits could be very large. There was Jackson park on the lake front, embracing not less than seven hundred acres of land. Half mile awBy, and connecten by a boulevard, was Washington park of 200 acres. In the west Bide of the city, there were three parks, Humboldt, comprising 200 acres: Garfield, comprising 185 acres, and Douglass comprising 17!) acres, which all with Jackson park and Washington park would make an aggregate of over 2,0C0 acres. Of the 2,000 acres over 900 were in Jackson and Washington parks, lying within half a mile of each other and connected by a boulevard. In fact all of the parks were connected by boulevards, varying in width from 100 to 200 feet, EO that there was a cordon cf parks and boulevards encircling the city and yet within its limits. He spoko of the great number of railroads (twenty-four) centering in Chicago and having their terminals there, aud said that no other city in the world had within its limits such a complete, well connected, comprehensive, acceptable system of railroad communities. He also spoke of the opportunities to pass by water from the city to Jackson park, and said in connection with it that if the exposition were held in Chicago they would get up on the lake front a marine exhibit worthy of the United States. There could be constructed in Spain three vessels identical with those which tbe great Columbus controlled. They could be manned by sailors where the vessels were built, could be sailed thence across the Atlantic, and by way of canal and lake could enter the port'of Chicago and there illustrate by a great object lesson what WHS accomplished by the greatnavigator •109 years ago. [Applause.] Mr. Jeffrey epoke of the ability of Chicago, of Chiciigo mechanics and artesans to munnge the work and mentioned that in 1S88 buildings had been constructed that occupied a street frontage of neurly twenty five miles, and in lbS9 buildings that occupied a street frontage of fifty-five miles. He proceeded to give some statistics showing the immense business done in Chicngo in Hour, grain, live stock, etc. He declared that Chicago was the headquarters of the greatest steel rail mills in the world, the Illinois Steel company, with an output of 3,000 tons per day. He compared the mortuary and temperature statistics of Chicago with those of NMW York, Washington and St. Ljuis (to the advantage of Chicago). As to transportation facilities, he said, there were at present S50 passenger trains arriving and departing daily. Tl at the twenty-four railroads which had their terminals in Chicago aggregating 51,111 miles, and with the tributary lines added, 70,000 miles, and said that this was an established fact that there were more miles of railroad in Chicago, and more miles of railroad tributary to Ctrcago, than rested in and were tributary to any other city on the face of the globe. There were more tons of freight arriving in Chicago, shipped out of Chicago, and passing through Chicago by rail r.nd water, a greater tonnage movement then in any other city in tho world. As to tbe lake commerce, he said that in the number of vessels arriving and clearing, Chicago was the lirst port in the United State?, and in tonnage the second port, in 1880, 22,100 vessels had arrived and cleared with a tonnage of S,900,000 tons. As to the interior facilities for handling passengers promptly and properly withjti the gales of Chicago, Mr. J.-tfrey pointed out on the map'the routes of the various cable and horse car lines, making an aggregate of 115 mile?, said that in 1S8S these lines had carried an aggregate of 142,000,000 pnssengerp, and in 1SS9 103,000,000, or an average ot •140,000 a day. The capacities of these lines could be doubled to meet emergencies. It was estimated that the system of railroads of Chicago could move 148,535 passeDgers an hour, or 2,G70,000 every dav for e'gh'een hours. Tne steamboat lines could move 17,000 per day to other ports and the excursion boats plying between the parks and the city 14,100 an hour or 255 000 a day, making an aggregate of 162,495 passengers per hour, or 2,942,000 per day of eighteen hours. In fact there was no other city in tbe world which could make such an exhibit of conveniences for people to come aud go. He spoke of the agricultural and other features of the group of nine states, Minnesota, Iowa, Missouri, Kentucky, Ohio, Michigan, Indiana, Illinois and Wiscousin,adjacentto Chicago,and of their freedom from large debt. Pour of them have no debt r.t all. As to Mr.

Depew's suggestion that foreign exhibits would not ba Uken to Chicago or St. L-juiF, he declared as a railroad man of thirty-five years' experience that the foreign exhibits could be transported just as well from the Atlantic seabofftd to Chicago, no matter how valuable they might be, as the wives and children of American citizens would be transported over the same tracks from Cni­

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to New Y'ork. [Applause.] He had not found in Europe any objection on the part of exhibitors to go to Chicago. They had not urged such reasons against the location of the fair there as he had urged here to-day in regard to the damage to exhibits. Tlu-y said to him ia broken Ejglisb: 'Mr. Jeffrey, we want to travel where we trade. More of the goods that we sell to vour couutry are sold in the territory near to Chicago than in the territory near Nes- York, Washington or St. Louis. We want to reach the people that we trade with. We want to establish branch stores there iu order to increase our trade and we want to establish such personal relations as will enable our people to increase their trade with you."

In conclusion Mr. JttTry said: "And therefore, Mr. Chairman, I urge upon this committee In behalf of the city of Chicago, the greatest city commercially that there ie, in behalf of the state of Illinois, as great a state as theie is west of the Atlantic ee.iboard states, in behalf of the group of nine sister states (including Missouri), iu behalf of the entire West and North west and in behalf of tho state3 of the lower Mississippi valley, that you select Chicago as tbe location for the exposition of 1S92. [Applause.]

Mr. Farwell asked Mr. Jeffrey whether the statement mBde by Mr. Depew in regard to the Paris exposition (that twenty millions uf the thirty million visitors were from Paris and its environs, and only three millions from outside) was correct. Mr. Jeffrey replied that his impression was that that estimate would not be far from right. The foreign visitors had been estimated at about 600,000, and if they visited the exposition an average of five times each they would make three million admissions.

TERRE HAUTE IND., SUNDAY MOKNING, JANUARY 12, 1880.

TBE REPUBLICAN PRIMARIES.

Well Attended and Harmonious

Meetings in All the

Wards.

COUNTY COMMiTTEEMEN AND DELEGATES CHOSEN.

The Preliminary Work of the Campaign Shows the Party to be in Good Fighting Trim.

Pursuant to the call of the Republican county central committee the Republicans of the several townships and of the several wards in the city of Terre Haute, met in their respective townships and wards yesterday for the transaction of the following business:

First—The election from each voting precinct of a member of the county central committee. {Second—The election from each voting precinct a delegate and a alternate delegate to the district convention of the Elghthjcongresslonal district, to meet at Crawfordsvllie. on January 22'id,

isao.

In the city the meetings were at 7 p. m., last evening at the following places: First ward, at Robertson's livery stables.

Second ward, at Columbia club rooms, Ohio street Third ward, at Thomas' blacksmith shop.

Fourth ward, at Wilson's elevator. Fifth ward, at I.elnburger's grocery. Sixth ward, at (Jhamper's hall.

All of the meetings were well attended and each assembly transacted the business promptly nnd in commeudable order. The following is the result of the meetings in the city last night. .First Ward.

Chairman, W. W. ByerE secretary, E. P. Westfall. County committeemen— Precinct A, W. C. Isbell B, H. M. Griswold C, Simeon Rothrock. Dalegates—A, E. P. Westfall B, C. C.Oakey C, George Grimes. Alternates—A. W. C. Isbell B, Jesse Robertson C, Frederick Faust.

Second Wtiril.

Chairman, F. V. Bichowsky secretary, II. C. Thompson. Committeemen—Precinct A, Thomas L. Johnson B, John C. Watson. Delegates—A, Jacob D. Barb B, W. IJ. Softie. Alternates—A, G. E. Pugh B, Worth B. Steele.

Tlilrd Ward.

Chairman, George H. Hebb secretary, Alvin M. Higgins. Committeemen— Precinct A, Frank Gosnell B, Jasper Wilson C, Alvin M. Higgins. Delegates— A, D. J. Stunkard B, A. C. Duddleston: C, Edwin Ellis. Alternates—A, John Thomas B, C. W. Williams C, John W. Ross.

Fourth Ward.

Committeemen—Precinct A, Charles Goldsmith B, Silas Sneyd C, James Gibson. Delegates—Precinct A, Delos Gould B, E. A. Hess C, Harry Gil man. Alternates—Precinct A, Joseph Price B, W. G. Willison C, James Mitchell.

KiTlh Ward.

Chairman, Charles Noble secretary, J. V. Mattox. Committeemen—Precinct A, Dr. E. L. Larkins B, Thomas Leinbsrger. ^legates—A, S. D. Clift B, Theodore Golder. Alternates—A, Alexander Knight B, A. Nehf. The meeting also appointed Mesaid. E L. irkins, A. Nehf and S. D. Clift as a committwto secure a place of meeting for the Fifth Ward Republican club.

Sixth Ward.

Chairman, Captain J. W. Haley secretary, F. F. Cornell. Committeemen— precinct A, Matthew Bouer B, C. P. Carroll. Delegates—Precinct A, W. H. Berrv B, Frank S'.oiz. Alternates—A, J. W". Haley B, William Allen.

Township aicetliiKS.

The meetings in the townships were held at 2 p. m. yesterday. Harrison township—Chairman, C. W. Lockman secretory, O. Lawrence. Committeemen: A, Joseph B*rgan: B, C. W. Lockman. Delegates—Robert Jackson aud George Lockridire. Alternates— Frank Irwin and Ed Woolen. The meeting was held in the court house.

Oiter Creek township (meeting held at the precincl)—CommittemBn, Geo. Stultz delegate, George W. Stalnecker alternate, Lon Johnson.

According to the same call by which the meetings of yes'erday were called the county committeemen who were chosen will meet in the court house Bt 2:00 p. m. next Saturday and elect the officers of the county committee. The delegates to the district convention will meet in Crawfordeville on January 22, to transact like business for this congressional district.

MACKSVILLE'S DILEMMA.

An Attempt to Settle Her Corporation Matters to bo Made To-morrow. The town of Macksville is in a dilemma. More than six months ago the citizens of Macksville decided to abolish the corporation. The neceasBry period of six months has elapsed and the corporation has been formally abolished. But taxes have been assessed on the property in the town BB a corporation.^ Tbe town officers Bre no longer officers. The regular time for the flicers to make reports has not arrived and while the citizens are constantly inquiring about what shall be done yet they can Dot easily get the citizens together to settle the matter. They have finally succeeded, however, in calling a meeting for tomorrow night when they expect to settle the difficulty.

Soldiere' and Sailors' Le«gii«. The Soldie-s' and Sailors' Rjpublican league met in the court house yesterday to consider pension matters of interest to the members. About one hundred and eighty members were present and a general discussion for the good of the organization and its members was ingaged in. It was decided to meet once every two weeks in the 3nor',i:iWe9k

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of tho basement floor in the court house to discuss matters of general interest to the soldiers and sailors and to take such action as may be benihcial to the organization.

Prostrated From Sheer Joy. ST. LOUIS, Mo., January 11.—The wife of E. T. Poge, a merchant of Ingersoll, Texae, yesterday gave birth to four well developed babies. The mother and the little ones are getting along nicely, while the father is said to be prostrated from sheer joy.

The wife of N. H. Pegraro, residing seven miles from Carrollton, III,, gave birth to three girls to-day.

BASE BALL GOSSIP.

KOurta to Organize a League Team to l»e Made. Since last week the prospects for team here next season have brightened considerably and it is reported that several well known gentleman who are interested in base ball have decided to start out this week to visit the business men in order to see how much can be raised. The Evansville parties are very anxious for Terre Haute to be represented in the Inter-state league, and President Virle of that club and Joe Pritchard. secretary of the Inter-state league will very likely be in the city some time this week in order to assist the gentlemen in their rounds to the business men and to awaken interest in the game here. It seems that the base ball people here appear to lose all interest in the game out of the season. Nearly every time the ball season is over, like the bear they go into a torpid state as regards to base ball, and do not awaken until it is time to call "play ball" next season. During all this state of torpidity our sister cities are hard at work signing players, and when they awaken find the cream of the players in the other club3 while we must choose a team from what is left, and the base ball people will kick themselves for allowing themselves to sleep so long. Active cooperation of the young business men would be assurance that thriving Terre Haute shall be a member of the Interstate league, and with a team composed of men who will aseist in placing the pennant of the Inter-state league in the Terre Haute base ball park. The young business men of Evansville, lincy, Peoria, Burlington and the other Inter state league cities will thus be shown that Terre Haute also has business men who are up with the times and who are ready to assist in anything which will be for their citie's welfare.

The latest player to come over .o the league side is Jack O'Conuor. Wouldn't some of the "funny" base ball reporters make McGinty tired were this the base ball Eeason.

Mills, of last year's D^nvilles, wants to play in that city next season, and Fogarty, of the same ciub, wants to come here.

The American association has come to life again, but now they cannot decide whether an eight or twelve club league is best.

Much interest is manifested in this city as to Eiteljorg's proepects in the league Nearly all think he will make a success of it, while everyone who knows him wishes him success.

The Polytechnic club expects to recover its lost record next session. Although they have but few players they will practice in jre, some of them will go in trailing the first of next month.

It is stated upon good authority that Dougan will play here next season—that ie, if we are in the league, which we surely will be if the local business men take any pride in having Terre Haute up with the other cities of her size.

The late Henry W. Grady, the Georgia editor, was au admirer of the national game and was always connected in some way with it in Atlanta. He was a stockholder and WHS president of the first club which AManta bad.

There was organized in tho E i4 a league which culled itself the Inter-state league, but upon being informed by Secretary Pritchard thtt the league out here had lirnt right to the name, they have changed it to the E .stern Interstate league.

The latest club for which Harry T. Smith is signing players is th« Jamestown, N. Y., club. In securing Wilmington, of this city, as pitcbor the Jamestown club secures a valuable man, aa he is a good pitcher, and with a little more experience will no doubt show great development.

It is stated that H. T. Smith has also signed Adam Keifer, of Indianapolis. Here is a man Terre Haute wanted. It will be remembered he played here last season with the Unions of I^dianapolip, and in the two games out of nine times at the bat made eight hits, two of them home runs, two tliree-base hits, t.wo doubles and two single?. He is besides good catcher behiud the bat and good outfielder.

OBITUARY.

Death or Dr. Doelllnser, the Famous German Theologian-Other Deaths. ML-NICU, January 11.—Dr. Doellinger, the head of the "Old Catholic" movement iu southern Germany, and one of the famous opponents of the doctrine of papal infallibility, is dead. He was taken with influenza about ten days ago.

Johann Joseph Ignaz Djeliinger. the famous theologian and the leader of the "Old Catholic" movement, was born_ in Bamberg, Bavaria, February 23, Ii99, and received priestly orders in 1822, when he became chaplain of the diocese of Bamberg. His treatise on "The Doctrine of the EuchBriafcame out in 1826, aud in that year he was nominated to lecture on church history before the University of Munich. In 1S13 he began to give attention to politics and went into the Bavarian parliament as a representative of the university at Munich. Four years after this, in the diet ot Frankfort, he voted for the total separation of the church and Btate, and in 1S61 he delivered a series of lectures advocating the abandonment of its temporal power by the Holy 6ee. Up to this time he had printed number of treaties and books. Dr. Doellinger obtained wide fame by his opposition to the decrees of the Vatican council, and particularly to that one declaring the infallibility of the pope when addressing the church ex cathedra on questions of faith and morals. He puolished on this subject the pamphlets "A Few Words of the Infallibility Address," and "The New By-laws of the Council" (1870), and he was believed to be one of the authors of "Janus," one of the most important works published against papal infallibility. As he emphatically declined to submit to the decrees of the Vatican council, he was on April 17, ^Informally excommunicated by the archbishop of

Munich. Oa July 29, 1871, he was elected rector ot the University of Munich, receiving 54 out of 63 votes cast. He took a leading part in the Old Catholic congress of Munich (1S71) and Cologne (1872). In the former he showed himself opposed to the measures adopted by the majority for effecting a permanent ecclesiastical organization of the "Old Catholics" into a distinct sect. He presided over the Old Catholic oongrees,

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at Bonn, in 1874. He was appointed president of the Royal Academy of Science, in Bavaria.

Colonel W. B. Gaw.

WASHINGTON, January 11.—Colonel W. B. Gaw, formerly topographical engineer of the Army of the Cumberland, is dead.

He will be remembered as the officer who rode back from Rjssville with General Garfield to General Thomas after the break of Sunday in the Union line. He was an offijer of standing and ability, and since the war hB9 been connected with a number of very prominent engineering works.

Ml hi»«l O. H»nosbcrry.

CHICAGO, January 11.—Miehael C. Henneberry died yesterday, after an illness of less than a week.

Mr. Henneberry had filled the position of commerceial editor of the Times for the last twenty years,having been appointed byiWllbur F. Storey in 1870, aud hew as peculiarly adapted to that branch of journalism, both by the bent of his mind and by education.

CROSSED THE LAST WIRE.

The Famous Bell Hoy and Other Valuable Horgeti Burned. LEXINGTON, Ky., January 11.—A special dispatch to the Transcript from Versailles, Ky., states that the stables belonging to Macey Brothers burned this morning at 4 o'clock, destroying thirty-five out of thirty-eight horses. Among those burned was the horse Bell Boy, that was sold here at auction by Jefferson & Seamen to J. Clarke for 851,000. It is said that Clarke has refused §100,000 for this horse.

A late afternoon special to the Trans cript from Versailles, states that the fire in Macey Brothers'stables, in which Bell Boy was burned, was discovered about 4 o'clock this morning. The tire is supposed to have been incendiary, and when discovered almost the entire structure was in tiames. The stables covered almost an entire Equare, consisting of proper sheds for training and adjacent stalls for horses. No one is yet able to state who discovered the tire. The citizens were roused very quickly, but the llames covered all parts of the building before

any

orgauized Bttempt could

be made to stay their ravages, there being quantities of loose hay and straw in all portions of the structure which were readily licked up by the flames.

Bell Boy's quarters were adjacent to the office of the stables where a man was on guard. An effort was made to reach the horse and get him out, but the animal refused to move, and before sufficient as3:stance could be bad to force him from the building, the intense heat drove the would-be rescuers away Bnd he was left to his fate. He was untethered and through occasional rifts of the smoke and flame could be seen plunging and kicking until tne fiery flood swept over him, Bnd with a mighty plunge be went down to rise no more. The charred body WBS burnt so that the entrails protrude aud lie in full view of the people who congregate in great crowds to inspect the scene of the disaster.

It is said now that forty horse3 were destroyed, but the ownership can not be ascertained. Many of them were in training, and some valuable ones are believed to have perished. Three small cottages near the stable and a general etoie belonging to Latnbsbuig was burned, and tbe Christian Church was on tire, but suffered iittle damnge. Tbe loss is estimated at $350,000.

Bell Boy was bought from Senator Stanford by S. A. Brown, of Kalamazoo, for SS,500. On the way from California, the place where he was first exhibited, was the Btable of Horace Woods, in Indianapolis, where thousands went to see him in February, 1S37. Brown gave him a record of 2:26 at 2 years old and Bold him for 340,000. He was put up for sale at Jjexington, Ky., and brought $50,000, and a year later at the same place brought $52,000. Bell B^y was sired by Electioneer dam Beautiful Bells by The Moor. He was a half brother to Sunol, that Bonner gave So0, 000 for also Palo Alto, sold for $o0,000. Up to the time of the sale of Axtell, the highest price ever paid for a horBe was that paid for Bell Boy, and he brought the highest price ever paid for a horse at a public sale. His record was 2:1S at 3 years old.

He Knows a Qoocl Race Track. Jimmy Oldham, a young driver who has been spending this feint at winter in this city, will leave thiB afternoon to take charge of a stable of young horses belonging to N. Barnes, of Kansas City, Mo. He will try to get the horses here in the spring for training because he thinks the Terre Haute track the best in the country for general training. He says that the excellent roads adjoining the fair grounds offer superior advantages for training roadsters.

Officers of tho Columbia Club. The Columbia club elected the following officers at their meeting Friday night:

President—F. E. Benjamin. First Vice President—Dr. W. O. .len^ins. Second Vice President—I. U. C. Koyse. Recording Secretary—Fred Brown. Corresponding Secretary—Harry Thompson. Financial Secretary Kd—^Westfall. Treasurer—Frank McKeen. Executive Committee—Jotin Warren. Doctor Waters and David Henry.

Terse Telegrams.

Two naval battalions have been formed In Boston. Canadian Premier McDonald was 75 years old yesterday.

The mercury In Canada ranged *roin38 to 53 des below zero yesterday.

Jim Wa^ely.one

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Daily Established in 851.

NEWS ROUND ABOUT TOWN.

The Police Board's Orders Against

Gambling- Not Baing

Obeyed.

HUMPHREYS, THE EMBFZZLER, TO BE ON REQUISITION.

A Man Charged With Kidnaping His Child—Reservoir Meeting at the Court House.

Since the police board passed the order to close all gambling places, and instructed the superintendant of police to close them in compliance with snid order there has been considerable shuffling around among the gamblerd. Some of them have left the city in search ot other fields to conquer, but the majority of them remain in the city. But neither of these facts has excited either comment or suspicion except in so far as their movements have portended certain activity in their 'business. Their movements have shown that gambling has not been stopped in accordance with the order of the police board. Since the order was made the policy shops have not only not ceased to do business at the old stands but a new one has been Bdded to the list on south Sixth street. For a very few days tbe poker-rooms were considered closed but now—within eleven days after the ord«r to close gambling houses WBS issued—almost all of the poker-rooms are running in full blast. This sort of gambling is not satisfactory to the gamblers because they can not have aa many customers at their tables and can not have big games and high betting as they had when Bnyone who had §1 could pass into the room through an open door and play. The games now are called "alley poker" games. Many gamblers say "faro bank will never be run here again." That remains to be Been. Many others say: "This alley poker dees not suit ue. Men who have any amount of money worth playing for will not play in such games." One gambler said: I was talking to a business man the other day who said that he would not play in these games because he would not sneak through an alley to get into a game. I know other men who feel the same way. Men who have money and could afford to lose it will not (so much as before) play in these games. But the games run and the gamblers win, of course. The order t.o close the gambling houses, therefore, has succeeded in part only. It has temporarily closed the faro banks, placed screens between the poker games and the general public, caused some men to quit playing, and imposed upon others of less wealth the burden of supporting the gamblers. Some of the gamblers are free to say that the

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Murphy

of the Sullivan p. "de wanted

In Mississippi, surrendered yesterday. A Newark. N. J. tlnu has been wiped out by grip"—both parties having died the same day.

M. T. Qnlmby & Co., manufacturing Jewelers. Boston, oneof the largest In lis line, have hil.ed. 8 A. Hubbard, twenty-three years managing editor of the Hartford Courant and 63 years old, is dead.

Thirty vessels last night lay outside New York harbor waiting because of fug and daring not to come In.

At' xrord, Ala., last night, William R. Pearces and H1U Morrison were cut Into tine pieces by railway train.

One thousand four hundred and twenty-four people died In New York City last week against 1,202 In the seven days ending at noon yesterday.

At Toronto yesterday, vain effort was made In the convention of the Dominion Live Stock association to pledge It In favor of a prohibitive duty on United States dressed beef.

Two bars of sliver bullion were stolen from a truck In Broadway. New York, December 28, three ex-convlcts. who. thinking It WHS tln soUI lt for $14. The men were caught yesterday with tsw of the metal.

Employees In the Haverhill. Mass., shoe factories Insisted on deciding methods and prices of work under threat of striking. The employers would not have It and the nine great shops shut down last night. Thr«« thousand wen out,

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are protected and thst

they are assured that the police will not disturb their robberies. On Thursday Superintendent Stout and Councilman Ilybarger were in consultation and on Thursday night there was a very noticeable freedom about the gambling resorts. Everything seemed easier and tbe old time looseness seemed almost ready to supercede the enforced cramped condition of thiogs. "We do not know just what to do," said

policeman. "We are

sure to get the worst of it if we do and fqually sure if we don':.."

$15 IN HIS INSIDE POCKET.

Humphreys, Mie AI'TCfil Einbi'zaler, Will Ho l.rou^ht lltri: for Trial. The officers are having some trouble in bringing J. N. Humphreys, aliaB J. Williams, from St. Louis. In St. Louis he gave the name of John N. Kock, as will be seen from the followirg account in the St. Louis R?public of yesterday:

Patrolmen Warren and Carr arrested John N. Koch, alias Humphreys, alias Wlldams, a former employe or ti.e Terre llaute (Hid.) Brewery company, on a charge of embezzlement. The arn-nt was'made 011 the strength of a telegram trom the chief of police at Terre Haute. Kock arrived lit the city yesterday morning on the VandtuU mall train and went to Iloell ier's hotel at Twelfth and Clark avenue, where he was found by the police and put under arrest. He was t-urprlsed and said he would cheerfully go back to Terre Haute. He said that he had been drinking heavily and that several parties at Terre Haute put up a Job 011 h'.m.

He

ment,

said that It he was guilty of embezzle­

the amount was certainly very small. He has agreed to go back to lerru Haute without requisition papers.

Me ie not a native of Terre Haute. Although he agreed to return without requisition papers he has. since changed his mind anil will not return without them. Sheriff Weeks went to Indianapolis Friday and forwarded the proper papers to Jefferson Gitv, Mo., but they were considered unsufticient there because an indictment had not been returned against him here for embezzlement. Mr. John Regtrs, whom the smooth, fat man duped out of §15, which was the original cause of all th9 trouble, was before the grand jury Friday. All necessary evidence upon which to bass an indictment has been heard, but Judge Mack did not return on Friday nor yesterday and indictments must await his return. Hence it is becoming a tedious matter to get the man. Captain

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and Sergeant oit went to St.

Liuis on the early morning train on Friday and Captain Murphy will remain in St.* Louis to bring the prisoner with him. Ho can not return before Monday night or Tuesday. Sergeant Voit will rwtum from St. Louis this morning. All accounts thus far

from

St. Louis indicate

that Humphreys gave them a lively time when he was arrested. When he was arrested he gave every assurance that he was willing to return to Terre Haute immediately. He talked until he had a good opport unity to eecape and then escaped. But he was recaptured after teveral shots had been fired. An indictment for embezzlement will be returned to-morrow morning and the necessary papers will be forwarded as soon as possible, if Judge Mack shall return in time to hold court to-morrow morning.

A CASE OF KIDNAPING.

A Mplhor CUian That Her H**4 Stolen. A Mrs. Mars, of south First street, complained to the police and Deputy Sheriff Grimminger, yesterday morning, that two men while passiug her residence bad kidnaped her youngest child and she wanted the officers to return her child to her. But the man who stole the child had gone into the country. Mr. Grimminger told her to get a warrant for the ohild and he [cOXTIXt'EU OS E1«BTH FACE.J