Indianapolis Journal, Indianapolis, Marion County, 10 March 1883 — Page 2

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March will satisfy the public that my predictions are founded on the physical and immutable laws that govern this and other worlds. Wiggins’s Antecedents. Sew York Special. East Orange has been thrown into a flutter of excitement in consequence of having suddenly thrust upon it the greatness of having given birth to the Canadian weather prophet, Mr Wiggins. It is stated by respectable citizens of this town that Wiggins, whose other name is Benjamin N., used to keep a grocery store where the East Orange postoflice now stands. His place twice caught fire and he was otherwise unfortunate, his business being unsuccessful. He is remembered as always having plumed himself upon his ability to foretellthe weather. An East Orange citizen visited Wiggins in Canada, and says he identified him as the grocer just described. He is remembered as having been generally successful in his weather guesses. His Prediction* Denounced as Nonsense. Wellington Special. An officer of the Signal-service Bureau, in Ibis city, when asked to-day whether there had been any signs of the big blow which Wiggins has arranged far to-morrow, said: “We have received no indication of any unusual storm energy, and do not apprehend that there will be any disturbance. It is, of course, possible that a severe storm may prevail on the 11th. but it certainly will not come in the way Wiggins indicates, lie says the storm will be first felt in the Rocky Mountain region, from which it will take a circuit to the Gulf of Mexico, .and reappear iy the Atlantic and Eastern States. Now, the fact is, storms don’t travel in that wav. and never do. They sometimes start in the Gulf and proceed in a northeasterly or northwesterly direction, but never travel from the Rocky Mountains to the Gulf. If there was lobe*a storm on the Northern Pacific tomorrow we should certainly have received Indications before this. If we have any storm at all. it will come from the Gulf, and that is very improbable. I feel warranted in saying that Wiggins’s theories are all nonsense, and that his predictions for to-morrow and the 11th will not be carried out.’’ WIGGINS AND HIS WEATHER. Scoffers at Halifax Make Anxious Inquiries About tlie Great Storm. Halifax, March 9. —The weather is pleasant and clear; wind northwest, with no appearance of a storm in this region vet. Professor Wiggins was asked from here, last night, if he could percieve signs of a storm being close at hand, and when its appearance would be perceptible in Halifax. He replied as follows: “The coming of the storm is a scientific deduction, and I can give no signs, not even that of the prophetic Jonah. At this writing it is clear and cold. The falling of heavy meteors for the last two days shows that unusual pressure is exnected on the earth. The storm will be on you to-morrow afternoon or Saturday. A great tidal wave is now flaming up the Bay of Bengal.” Feeling- of Fear at Halifax. Halifax. March 9. —There is a genuine .ihg of fear of Wiggins’s storm among a great many outside the city. Not a single fisherman will leave for the fishing-grounds to-morrow. Each man will beach his craft until the dreaded period is past. This dread of the storm has been increased by the loss of friends and property in Tuesday night’s storm. One vessel went down with all hands and another wrecked, but without loss of life. When the fiercest blast of the storm came on all vessels hove to except the Agnes %nd another. The latter was wrecked at midnight, but ail hands were saved. The Agnes has not since been heard from. Among the men on board were James Thomas, the cajttain; his son Edward, and a cousin, Charles Thomas, and Patrick Brown. The names of the other two were not ascertained. The other vessels rode the storm safely, but spent a wild and dangerous night. The weather to-daj’ is milder tljan yesterday. The local prophet says a heavy storm is near at hand, but only of the violence asual at this season. At midnight an ocean steamer was sighted south of Tambro, at the entrance of the harbor, making for this port. At 1 o’clock the wind suddenly changed to the southwest, and began to blow quite a breeze. The sky is overcast and murky, with very light snow. There are no storm signals, however, at the citadel station.

The Storm Not I>ue Till To-Morrow. Ottawa, March 9.—Great interest is taken in Wiggins’s storm. The weather to-day is spring like, and the question is asked “Where is the storm?" In an interview today, Wiggins said there seemed to be a general misunderstanding as to the time the great storm would begin. “This’* he added, “is no fault of mine, for in my almanac this year T say. under March, that it will will be first felt in the Northern Pacific on the 10th, and will strike this continent from the southwest in the afternoon of Saturday, the 10th. It will cross the continent from east to west, south of parellel l”>, to-morrow afternoon, and, being deflected by the Rocky Mountain!, will pass over the great Canadian lakes toward the east on Sunday morning. A great tidal wave must already have occurred in the bay of Bengal, and a tremendous storm must now lie raging over India. If the theory of opposite tides be true—though I have always disputed it—then a tidal wave must occur in the gulf of Mexico to-day. I am glad to know that the Gloucester fishermen were wise enough to keep on shore, as they must all have perished luid they been on the banks of Newfoundland yesterday morning. I supjKise there is not a storm jignal displayed on all the North American coasts at this moment, though there will be upon us, in a few hours, one of the greatest storm j that has occurred in the memory of any one now living. During the last six months I have done everythin? in my power to prevent loss at sea, by keeping the shipping in safe harbors from the sth until the 11th of March. Whether I will get credit or not, I feel, at all events, that I have done my duty to myself and the public. The weather to-day must be mild over the Western hemisphere, for the pressure is ail upon the opposite side of tlie earth; hut it will be transferred to us to-morrow. Remember, the storm is not to begin until the 11th in this meridian, and it will be some /lours before its full force will be experienced. It will probably last several days. This is what 1 said in my letter first published du the subject, and I adhere to it in every particular. No respectable astronomer has risked his reputation by saying the storm will not come, and scientific men generally throughout the world, if we may except meteorologists (who are interested parties), have .indorsed the storm or remained silent. I see tue Meteorological Bureau of Toronto indicates mild weather in the maritime province 10-morrow. We shall see." Woes of a Weather Predictor. Ottawa, March 9. —“Uneasy lies the head that dips into the future,” said Wiggins to a v'riend to-day. The force of this remark will be observed when it is known that the veather prophet has been sorely troubled in Ids mind, being unable to sleep for the past few nights, and to add to his discomfiture, thres!£jiing letters are said to have poured

in from all sides. He is heartily sick of the business, and longs for Tuesday next, so that his mind may be relieved. It is stated that a large c’vjwd of excited women waited on the Professor this forenoon, and asked where they could find a place of safety during the progress of the storm. He quieted them by saying that Ottawa would only experience the tail end of the shock. The weather today is mild, and lower pressure prevails. Loss I'ecause of the Scare. Gloucester, Mass., March 9.—The total loss to those dependent on the Gloucester fisheries on account of the Wiggins storm scare will be about $150,C00. About 100 sails were hauled up here idle. The average loss of time is about three weeks, which will equal one trip to the Georges Banka, and this is just the time when fish are schooling upon the Georges. Os the total loss, $90,000 at least is sustained by the fishermen themselves. A great many storms that nave been considered severe have been less disastrous than this prophecy. The men are largely influenced to stay at home by their wives, and this is not to be wondered at, when it is remembered that single storms in the remembrance of the present generation have swept out of the community 150 husbands, sons and sweethearts at one time. The Prophet’s Advice Disregarded. New' York. March 9.—Five steamers and a bark put to sea to-day, notwithstanding Wiggins. Charleston reports the steamer Equator, for Philadelphia, detained in port by bad weather. There is no indication of a storm elsewhere. Cloudy, with Falling Barometer. New York, March 10—2 a. >i.— Very cloudy. Boston report s a similar condition. The lx.rometer is falling. It appears that of ail the sailing vessels which cleared yesterday and to-day, whose agents were visited, and which had departed, according to the belief of the latter, not one was signaled as having passed Sandy Hook bar. Preparing for the Worst. Kansas City, Mo., March 9.—A report comes from Wyandotte that an aged German, named Bruenin, in anticipation of Wiggins’s storm, dug a small cave on his premises, and stored it with provisions. To-day, accompanied by his iatnily. he descended into the cave and closed up the door, and at last report was still in it, waiting developments. Snow and Wind-Storiu in the Noi thwest. St. Paul. March 9. —The worst snow and wind-storm of the season is reported along the line of the Northern Pacific. Freight business west of Fargo is entirely suspended, and passenger trains run with difficulty. Grafton, I). TANARUS., suffered most, business being entirely suspended during the day. The Red Man Anchor* His Wigwam. Syracuse, N. Y., March 9.—Anticipating Wiggins’s storm, the Indians on the Onondago reservation have tied their bouses to trees and fences with large ropes. The weather is splendid. All Quiet in New Brunswick. St. Johns, N. 8., March 9. — There is no appearance of any violent convulsion of the elements. Fishing schooners went out this morning, the crews fearing no danger. Balmy as May. Montreal, March 9.—The weather is as balmy as May, and there is not enough wind to dislodge the snow from the trees. SIGNAL-SERVICE REPORTS. Indications. War Department. ) Office of the Chief Signal Officer, > Washington. March 10, l a. m. ) For the South Atlantic States—Rainy, followed by clearing weather, winds shifting to northwesterly, stationary or lower temperature, higher pressure. For the Gulf Btates—Cooler fair weather, winds shifting to north westerly, higher pressure. For Tennessee and the Ohio Valley—lncreasing cloudiness, with rain, warm southwest, veering to colder northwest winds, followed by rising barometer. Lower Lake Region—lncreased cloudiness, with rain or snow, warmer southwest veering to colder northwest winds, falling, followed by rising barometer. Upper Lake Region—Colder, partly oloudy weather, with light anov. northwesterly wiuds, higher pressure. Upper Mississippi Valley—Colder, clearing weather, northwesterly wind 9, higher pressure. Missouri Valley—Fair weather, northwesterly winds, stationary or lower temperature, higher pressure

Local Observation*. Indianapolis, March, 9. Time. Bar. j Th. Hum Wind Weather.!R’f’l, 6:24 A.M. 30 10 (30 68 8 Clear 10:24a.x 30.00 44 3 37 8 Clear 2:24 P.M. 29.82 54 2 24 8 Clear 6:24 p.m. 29.72 151 33 8W Clear 10:24 p.m.!29.G5|45 37 8 Clear Maximum temperature, 55; minimum temperature, 28. General Observations. War Department, ( Washington. March 9, 10:25 p. ro. $ Observations taken at tne same moment of time at all statious. H J3 “ £ Z r =* 2. * O n £ Z. S 5 c -i ? ~ 3C• * ® STATION. ® : -r •? a ; ; = ; 1 * | • 5 ; i I ; cc • Bismarck, D. T... 30.05 28 N\V Clear. Cairo 29.80 49 SW Clear. Chicago 29 60 40 W Clear. Cincinnati 29.73 50 8 Clear. Columbus. O I Davenport 29.68 35 W Cloudy. Dead wood 30.22 30 NE ’Clear. Denison.Tex 30.03 55 N Clear. Denver. 30.25 39 BE Clear. Des Moines 29.84 34 N Cloudy. Dodge City 30.20 39 N (Clear. Dubuque I Fort AMinabome.. 30.32 32 SW ’Clear. Fort Butord 30.27 24) N Clear. Fort Concuu 30.03 52 N Clear. Fort Custer j Galveeton 30.07 591 SW {Clear. Indianaooiis 29.66 45! B ’Clear. Keokuk 29.77 36 W Cloudy. La Crosse 30.59 29| W Cloudy. Leavenworth 30.00 40, NW Clear. Little Rock. Ark. .-29.86 56 8W Clear. Louisville 29 71 50 8 Clear. Memphis 129 851 51 8 ... clear. Moorhead 29 89 24 Ni .03 Clear. Nashville 29.81 49, S j Clear. Norm Platte 130.20 32 NW Clear. Omaha 30.00 38 NW ! Cloudy. Pittsburg |29.78 45! 8E Clear. Port Eads 30.00 53 W Clear. ban Antonio 13005 58 W ... Fair. Bbrevepori. 29.97 54 NW !Clear. Springfield, 111.... 29 75 41 W Fair. St. Louis 29.81 44 NW Clear. Stockton i St. Paul 29.62 27 W .01 Clear. Vicksburg 29.95 52 8 .Clear. Yankton. D. T 30.00 34 NW Cloudy, Las Annuas 30.22; 35 NE Clear. Washskee 30.29 24 E Clear. Fort Smith 29.98 42 NW Clear. Springfield, M 0.,.. 29.98 54 N Clear. Champaign 29 70 4<> 8 Cloudy. Fort Smith 30.30 34 Calm Clear. Indefinite Item About a Bank. New York, March 9.—The window of the Produce Bank, at Barclay street and College PJaco, was open to-night, and the iron safe unlocked. The watchman only is missing.

TIIE INDIAN ArOLIS JOURNAL, SATURDAY, MARCH 10, 1853.'

STATE NEWS AND GOSSIP. 3lrs. Gougar Fully Sustains Herself on Cross-Examination A Freak of the Recent Flood In the Ohio— Graveyard Insurance in Illinois— Notes ami Gleanings. INDIANA. Cross-Examination of Mrs.. Cougar—Mrs. Haggart and Captain Wallace to Testify To-day. Special to the Indianapolis JournaL Lafayette, March 9. —The major portion of to-day was taken up in the cross-examina-tion of Mrs. Gougar, the plaintiff in the great slander suit. The test was neither ae long nor as severe as all expected Mr. Coffrotli would make it. Mrs Gougar sustained herself well. Judge Gould gave her a good deal of latitude, and she indulged quite extensively iu talk, which, though not material one way or the other, was by no means admissible. It is thought that two more witnesses will close the plaintiff’s testimony—Mrs. Haggart, of Indianapolis, and Captain Wallace, who will testify to-morrow, W. S. Harbert, husband of Elizabeth Boynton Harbert, of Chicago, came to the city to-day and corroborated the testimony of his wife, who was on the stand some days ago, in all particulars save one, where she said Wallace was with her husband in Chicago during the Garfield and equal suffrage conventions. Mr. Harbert testified that he never saw nor knew Mr. Wallace until to-day. The rebuttal of the defense will be long. Medal of Honor for Men of Letters. Special to the Indianapolis JournaL South Bend, March 9.— Notre Dame University has inaugurated anew usage on Laitare Sunday. President Walsh and the faculty decided to present, on each Lrntare Sunday, a medal to a Catholic of letters. The first one to receive the honor is Dr. John Gilmary Shea, who was presented with a medal and an address by the well-known poet, Maurie Frances Egan, in the name of the faculty. The medal is made of heavy gold, with black enamel, and is exquisitely wrought. The address was by one of the students, and is written k in Latin, in Alcaic meter, on watered silk, embroidered with gold and exquisitely painted. It is pronounced by competent judges to be one of the finest pieces of art work of this kind extant. Dr. Shea, the recipient, is worthy the honor.

Strange Freak of tlie Flood. Cincinnati Enquirer, yesterday. One of the strangest freaks of the flood is reported from Whitewater river, a few miles above Lawrenceburg, where Farmer Hunt lost forty acres of land, and his neighbor, Fred Newhouse, had a barren and rocky millsite converted : nto ten acres of as rich land as the fertile — l s ley affords. The land along the Whitewater is as rich as any in the West, and has only to be tickled with a hoe to make it laugh w!‘h the harvest. An acre of ground here is an independence for a gardener, and ten acre - are little less than a bonanza. During the Hood the Whitewater bottoms were ov wed for miles along the stream, and the c ordinary height of the water created cum •> that had never been known before. .ce the subsidence of the flood it has been found that forty acres of Farmer Hunt’s richest soil had been carried away, leaving that portion of his farm practically worthless until restored by a system of tillage and fertilizing. Fred Newhouse, who recently removed to the Whitewater bottoms from Aurora, owned a mill site just below Hunt’s farm. Newhouse’s property consisted of ten acres of rocky and barren land, unfit foV farming purposes. A portion of this was a large mill-pond. This mill-pond is now filled to the level of the breast of the dam with the richest soil in the valley, and Mr. Newhouse’s remaining acres of unproductive rocks are nowhere to be seen, but are covered to the depth of several feet with the same rich deposit. Instead of being a loser by the flood he is ahead the value of ten acres of Whitewater valley land, which, when there is any of it in the market, commands from S2OO to SSOO an acre. Nr. Newhouse is a fine practical miller, and the whole neighborhood just now is put to great inconvenience by the temporary shutting down of his mill. “If it were not for the annoyance and delay of changing my mill from water power to steam power—for I am left without a dam,” said Mr. Newhouse, “I would laugh at my loss.” Minor Notes. Marion Lafollett has been elected superintendent of schools in Boone county, in place of T. H. Harrison, resigned. It Is said that Engineer A.T. Shaw, of Andrews, Is the owner of a Cremona violin over 200 years old, and for which lie was recently offered $l5O. After preliminary examination, Joseph Pendleton, an old resident and wealthy fanner of Madison county, has been held to answer the charge of arson. William Smith, who was arrested at Taswell, Crawford county, upon a charge of having in his possession a die for making bogus nickels, has been acquitted. On Wednesday the townthip trustees of Carroll county elected to the office of county superintendent B. W. Evennau, vice T. H. Britton, who was forced to resign. Elias McVick, of Terre Haute, who attempted to murder his wife, recenilv, died uo Thursday from the effects of a self-inflicted wound. Mrs. McVick has almost recovered. Hon. Monroe Milford, of Attica, who has been spending several week 9 past at Hot Springs, Ark., Is still in a precarious conuuloD, with but little prospect of improvement. Wabash county harbors a brute of the name of William Robinson, who stole the liquor provided for his sick child. He was drunk when the child died, drunk at, the fuueral, and aniuk as long as the liquor lasted. Mr. Roman, a divine of Harrison county, captured and handcuffed a young man who had seduced his daughter, a short time ago, under the promise of marriage. The young man is now offering to marry the daughter if he is released. The congregation of Park Christian Church, New Albany, have secured the services as pastor of Elder J. B. Gibson, of Lynchburg, Va., who is a graduate of the literary and Bible departments of the Kentucky University, having graduated last year with the first honors of his class. Corydon Democrat: “Sullivan Sonner had ids pockets picked of $290, on last Friday night, at Valiev City, while in attendance upon one of Rev. Girretson’s meetings. A certain individual who sat near Mr. Souner was accused of the act at the time, but he vehemently denied the charge. However, it is reported that this individual has fled the country, and, if this be true, there is no doubt that he is the guilty party.” Brazil Register: “The miners of the various mines and shafts held a meeting on Tuesday, but as yet they have not gone to work. They have not manifested any other than a proper spirit In the matter. They are not defiant nor arbitrary, but are governed by natural and right motives to do what is fair and right in the case. The majority favor a reduction of 10 cents, but a strong although natural feeling is developed against any further reduction. Fire at Fredlatidaville, on Thursday night, destroyed seven buildings. The buildings wore all small, and losses as follows: Charles Kadokus, tailor shop; James M. Dant, saloon, $1,000; Charles Umferfertb, shoe-shop, $500; William Wellzel, saddler, $1,000; Rod Patterson, tiusUop, $1,000; Dr. Johu F. Berry, office, SOO.

William Ritrerskamn & Bon, general store, goods all saved, loss SSOO. There was no insurance. The burned buildings were all frame, aud not very valuable. ILLINOIS. Newspaper Exposure of a Graveyard Insurance Scheme. Danville, March 9.—Certain non-residents of this State have opened a branch of the notorious Pennsylvania and Indiana Graveyard Insurance Company. The Commercial exposes the iniquitous scheme this evening. Its circulars are out all over the county. The concern is called the Prairie City (Terre Haute) Equitable Life and Aid Association. Stolen Property Recovered. Springfield, March 9. —About $12,000 worth of property stolen from J. C. Klaholt’s jewelry store, in this city, recently, was recovered to-night. The goods, which comprise all those stolen except some diamonds, were discovered by some boys buried in an unused graveyard within the city limits. The diamonds stolen. valued at s.‘>,ooo to $5,000, have not yet been found. Iron Comp lilies Sustained by the Workmen. Springfield, March 9.—The iron-workers of this city held a meeting to-nignt to protest against the action of the district executive committee in ordering a strike. The dictation of the Amalgamated Association was repudiated, the strike denounced as unwarranted, and the iron companies sustained by the men in the resolutions adopted. Brief Mention. A mining company is sinking a coal shaft at Tana. A special election will be held iu Stephenson county on March 27 to choose a successor to Abraham Guild, couuty treasurer, who died receutly. On Thursday morning Mrs. Peter Hrebel, of Decatur, was found by her children hanging iu a barn. Slue had risen during the night aud committed suieide. J. C. Ferriman’s drag store, at Albion, burned a few days since, with its contents, entailing a loss of $5,000; insured for $3,000 lu the Milwaukee Mechanics’ Mutual. The wife of Judge 8. H. Treat, of Springfield, died suddenly on Wednesday morning, of heart disease. Judge Treat has been judge of the United Btates Court in Springfield lor nearly half a oentury. On Thursday, James Bates, a fanner living eight miles southeast of Clinton, was arrested for burglarizing a store of some valuable articles at Weldon, Bates is the man whose wife was criminally assaulted some months ago by one Michael Cullens, now in the Joliet State Prison serving our a year’s sentence for the crime. Ilis arrest created a sensation in his neighborhood.

AFFAIRS AT WASHINGTON, iConcluded from First Page. | gation to go by default, but this is denied, and it is stated on good authority that the court of inquiry will be announced the first of the week. Bids for Naval Contracts. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Washington, March 9. —Secretary Chandler has directed the naval advisory board to advertise for bids for the completion of the unfinished monitors and tlie cruisers, for whose construction provision has been made. The contracts will probably be awarded by the Ist of April. A New Yellowstone Park Lease. Special to the Indianapolis JournaL Washington, March 9.—The Secretary of the Interior will sign anew lease with the Rufus Hatch Yellowstone Park Company, to-morrow, for a small tract of land to build a park hotel upon. Tlie new law puts a tenacre limitation on leases for the purpose indicated. The Everlasting McGarrahan Claim. Washington, March 9.—The Secretary of the Interior, upon application of General Eppa Hun ton and Colonel M. L. Wood, counsel for William McGarrahan. has directed the Commissioner-general of the Land Office to certify to him the proceedings in the applications of the New Idria Mining Company to enter three parcels of lands within the limits of Rancho Panoche Grande, in the State of California, known as the McGarraghan claim, with an order to suspend further proceedings until the matter shall be passed upon by the Secretary. The Commissioner had dismissed the appeal taken by McGarraghan, but this action of the Secretary, under the rules of the department, brings up the whole case for a review by the Secretary on its merits. Appointments by the President. Washington, March 9.— The President has reappointed Nathaniel P. Banks United States marshal for Boston, Mass.; his present term of office will expire on Monday next The President has also appointed Joseph H. McGee United States marshal for the western district of Missouri, vice C. C. Allen, resigned, and John T. Hull receiver of public moneys at Jackson, Minn., vice A. N. Kimball, suspended. The Davis Wedding. Washington, March 9. —Hon. David Davis will be married at Fayetteville, N. C., on Tuesday morning next. The bridal party will start for California the same afternoon, stopping a few days in Bloomington, 111., en route. Fire-Proofing the Smithsonian Washington Special. Tlie entire interior of the eastern wing of the Smithsonian Institute is to be at once rebuilt, under an appropriation in the sundry, civil bill of $50,000, to make the building fire-proof. The interior is, at present, of wood, and contains two stories. When remodeled, according to the very comprehensive plans which are furnished, it will be iron-lined and four stories high. The rooms which are to be changed, are the historical, over where Prof. Henry lived and died, and comprise about one-third of the entire edifice. The oronze statute of Prof. Henry, by W. W. Story, in Romo, has arrived, and the 19th of April has been fixed upon for the unveiling. Prof. Noah Porter will deliver the address on the occasion. The site selected is tlie lawn on tlie northwest corner of the institute. The pedestal, which is made of red Maine granite and Quincy gray granite, has also arrived, but like the statue, is not yet unboxed. Assassination of an Ohio Farmer. Cincinnati, March 9. —The Commercial Gazette’s Mansfield. 0., special says: “John Fox was assassinated, last night, near Belleville, while riding home with his brother in a wagon. The assassin fired three shots, two of which struck John in the head and shoulders. One wounded his brother in the leg. The assassin escaped.” Slander Suit Against a Priest. Holyoke. Mass., March 9.— Margaret Clune has sued Father Hardens, of Saint Jerome Church, claiming SIO,OOO damages, for alleged slanderous utterances at tlie altar. The woman gave up her seat in church, and the clergyman denounced her action in terms which could not be mistaken, although no name was mentioned. Mr is impossible for u woman to suffer from weakness after taking Lydia E. Plnkhaiu’a Vegetable Com pound.

THE DIAMOND FIELD. Proceedings of the Late Convention—Members of the League Clubs. New York Sun. The convention unanimously adopted tlie report of their conference committee, and prompt!}'carried out ail its suggestions a3 far as league action was concerned, these embodying the reinstatement of McKennon, Baker, Gerhardt and Jones, and the appointment of an arbitration committee, which consists of Messrs. Mills, Soden and Day. All the eight clubs were fully represented, and a very kindly feeling was shown toward the American association, which was due to the excellent work done by tlie conference committee. This feeling was shown bj r the concessions made to the American association clubs in the matter of a revision of the guarantee fund rules governing league matches with nonleague clubs. In the important matter of umpires the convention made the discussion comparatively brief by ruling oTIt all applicants from league club cities. They finally appointed four college-bred men as the regular umpires for all the championship games of the league season. These are Messrs. Odin, of Lancaster. N. H.; Furlong, of Kansas City; Lane, of Norwalk, 0., and Dicker, of Bradford, Pa. Secretary Young was made the official interpreter of the league rules and the governing official of the umpire department. He was delegated to select substitutes—under the same rule of no men from league cities—to act in case of the disability of the regular umpire. The playing rules were changed so as to remove the record of pitchers’ assistance on strokes from the score column of fielding assistance, and also to make the penalty for foul balks illegal pitching—instead of a forfeiture of the game, the giving to the batsman of one base. Messrs. Wells, Soden and Day were appointed the league arbitration committee. league clubs are to be allowed to play non-league clubs within tlie four miles’ limit during April and October, by consent of the resident league club, but league clubs cannot play exhibition games with each other until after the close of the championship season. Following are the names of the players encaged by the eight league clubs for 1883 to take part in the championship pennant contest tnis season: The Boston Club—Whitney and Buffington, pitchers; Brown and Hines, catchers; Morrell, Burdock and Denny, base‘players; Ware, short stop; Hornung, Radford and liackec in the outfield. The Buffalo Club—Pitchers, Derby, Farley and Galvin; catchers, Rowe and Kennedy; base players, Broutbers, Richardson nml White; Force, short stop; O'Rourke, Foley and Shaffer in the outfield The Chicago Club—Corcoran and Goldsmith, pitchers; Flint and Kelly, catchers; Anson, Burns and Williamson on the bases; Pfeffer, short stop; Dairymple, Gore and , Stockwell in the outfield. The Cleveland Club—Pitchers. McCormick, Bradley and Dailey, catchers, Bnshong and Briody; brse ‘players, Phillips, Dunlap and Muldoon; Glasscock, short stop; York, Ilotaling and Evans in the outfield. The Detroit Club—Pitchers, Weidman and Burns; catchers, Bennett and Trott; base players, Powell, Quest and Farrell; Houck, snorr stop; Wood, Hanlon and Tom Mansell in the outfield. The New r York Club—Pitchers, Ward, O’Neill and Welch; catchers, Ewing, Clapp, Dorgan and Humphries; base players, Connor, Troy and Hankinson; Caskins. short stop; Gillespie, Clapp and Dorgan in the outfield. The Philadelphia Club—This experimental team will present as pitchers, Neagle, Henderson, Coleman and Purcell; catchers, Gross and Rings; base players, Manning, Ferguson and Gaunt; McClellan, short stop; Lewis, Roberts and Purcell in the outfield. The Providence Club—Pitchers, Richmond, Radbourne and Smith; catchers, Nava, Gilligan and Robinson; on the bases, Start, Farrell and Denny; Irwin, short stop; Carroll, Hines and Cassidy in the outfield. TELEPHONIC TRIUMPH. Tlio Electricians Talk with Each Other Between New York and Cleveland. Cleveland Special. Late last night, in the little office of the Postal Telegraph Company, was performed one of the most interesting and at the same time one of the most remarkable achievements in modern history. Electricians wondered when by the invention of the telephone they were enabled to communicate between, their offices and their homes. By later devices and improvements they were able to talk between cities from fifty to seventy-live miles apart. The wonderful feat performed last night was the carrying on of a conversation between Cleveland and New York. The wire of the postal company which had been leveled for several days by the fearfully severe sleet-storm raging in Central New York, was in excellent shape. By means of the switch-board the wire w’as switched iirst on to the Morse instrument and then on to the telephone. The latter instrument was the invention of Mr. Charles J. Dorrance, of New York, who manipulated its working in the Cleveland office. At the New York end of the wire Mr. Elisha Gray, of the Gray harmonic system; Mr. A. D. Hunt, a prominent Wall-street broker and interested in the Dorrance telephone, and many other prominent gentlemen. Mr. C. H. Dunn, of the Gray harmonic system, officiated at the Morse instrument, and gave tne preliminary signals. The experiment was principally intended to prove the possibility of talking from Cleveland to New York. This is a much more difficult task than in speaking from the metropolis to Cleveland, a fact due to the fearfully heavy induction upon the wireg running into New York city. An experiment had been made in the afternoon that substantiated the possibility of speaking from New York to Cleveland. The line was cut onto the telephone for about ten minutes. Mr. Dorrance raised the ear-trumpet to his ear, and distinctly heard: “Hello, Charlie! How do you get me?” “Good! llow are you?” “All right.” Newspaper men talked over the wire, and could distinctly hear the words spoken in a still small voice. At no time were over five cell-batteries used, and at times but a single one. Dorance says the only improvement in his telephone is in the difference in the tension of his transmitter. Four hundred words of legal matter were sent to New York in thirteen seconds, and 300 returned in ten. An experiment in fast work was also tried, and, as a result, 1,235 words were sent in thirty seconds. 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