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! shed the delegates but it has not been üblic, though it is stated that ttie n., ect of the convention would be to take asures for a more complete and efficient organization of the party. Thomas Powet O’Conner temporarily presided over the com.’Uion to-day in place of Parnell. A heated discussiou took place upon demand of delegates from London that there should be a revision of the rules for the election of the executive. They asked for a larger representation. Parnell, Sexton aud O’Conner took part in the debate. The matter was finally decided, the convention voting that the executive shall consist of seven members, with the following officers: President, Thomas Power O’Conner; vicepresident, Joseph G. Bitrgar; secretary, ,T. Redmond; treasurer. James O’Kelly. Healv, Justin McCarthy and Sexton were appointed members of the executive. The galleries were cleared of the few spectators who had been admitted because a reporter was discovered there. The selection of a salaried secretary to replace Bvrne, was postponed, the matter being referred to a committee. After a long debate Dublin was chosen as the place to hold the next convention. The business transacted by the convention occupied much less time than on former occasions, Although some warmth was shown, there was a remarkable absence of the exciting scenes usual to these gatherings. The conference was enthusiastic throughout. Parnell’s appearance was the signal for the outburst of cheers. The rumor that delegates from America would attend the convention proved unfounded. Parnell started for Cork at 8 o’clock this evening. A public meeting was held in Albert Hall to-night, Thomas Power O'Conner presiding. The chairman apologized for Parnell’s absence, and explained that it was due to his having contracted a severe cold. Bexton was then introduced to the audience. He said the immense gathering before him proved the truth of the saying that there was a greater Ireland beyond the sea. It seemed as if Irishmen had taken peaceable possession of tlie British isles. The speaker reminded his hearers that they were children of emigrants who had left Ireland in tears. He solemnly asserted that the day would come when the elect of the Irish race would assemble on tiie college green. The convention, he said, had given a fresh proof of confidence in Parnell by committing the fortunes of the federation to seven of his followers. Sexton declared that he cared nothing for tiie contempt of Englishmen. Biggar next addressed the meeting. He said that Irishmen were not afraid of a Tory government. In some respects. Tory rule would pay the Irish well; for instance, they would profit from a foreign war. After speeches by O’Kelly and O’Conner, the meeting unanimously passed resolutions expressing confidence in the Irish leaders, and pledging itself to the policy, in local parliamentary elections, best calculated to promote tiie Irish cause, promising to support tiie executive, and congratulating Ulster on its campaign against landlordism and bigotry. A resolution was also unanimously adopted denouncing mob violence and reprobating the journals hounding Protestants to outrages. An Orange Parade at Armagh. Dublin, Sept. 29—T. D. Sullivan, M. P. for Westmeath, and William O'Brien, M. P. for Maliow (editor of the United Ireland), have arrived at Armagh, coun tv Tyrone, to address a Home Rule meeting. Numerous bodies of Orangemen are marching into town, and rioting is expected. An Armagh dispatch says: “Three thousand Orangemen paraded the streets of this city u>-day and held a meeting, at which they passed a resolution denouncing the Irish National League as a body of treasonable conspirators against the government. The resolution also condemns the inaction of the government toward the league, and announces the determination of Orangemen to oppose the designs of the noisy agitators who are trying to incite discontent and outrage for selfish purposes. TROUBLED SPAIN. Pears of a General Risiug of Republicans— Military Precautions. Madrid. Sept. 29.—A member of the government. tells me there is no foundation in the rumors current, as the home office has been night and day this week in communication by telegraph with the provincial authorities, who are on the alert and taking severe precautions. This is only because the government has recoived from abroad intimations that the advanced Republicans contemplated some attempt before the King returns, and to-morrow is the anniversary of the revolution of 1868. In Madrid, every night, such are the precautions on the part of the military and police that an outbreak would soon be suppressed. Marshal Campos and Count Xiqaena, the governor of Madrid, display much energy, hut Sagasta and the civil authorities believe the fears of the military to be exaggerated. The press show much perplexity. Onlv the Republican papers fearlessly publish the details of the Republican intrigues that the military authorities are discovering and punishing. As soon as the King returns the cabinet will resign, and Sagasta will form anew ministry. It is difficult to conceive the exasperation of the Royalists against the French press for the recent remarks on Alfonso’s acceptance of the colonelcy of the Uhlans. Some of the papers think his visit to Paris ought to be aoandoned. Others express fears that on his reception the Republican papers will seize the pretext for attacking his exterior policy and say there is great probability now of a reconciliation between Castelar and the other Republican leaders. The government will grant an amnesty to those soldiers who took part in the last rising, but not to officers. The majority of the press, and even the ministerial papers, show impatience for the return of the King to get the country out of its present uneasiness about the future policy, which Alfonso alone can resolve before the Cortes are convoked. FRANCE AND CHINA Report of the Condition of Negotiations to a Cabinet Council. Paris, Sept. 29. a cabinet council today, President Grevy presiding, Prime Minister Ferry and Challemel-Lacour, Minister of Foreign Affairs, reported to the cabinet the present position of the negotiations petidi ug between France and China, Admiral Peyron, Minister of Marine, also furnished a statement of the military situat ion in Tonquin. The cabinet, after consulimion, decided to convene the Chambers On i 28. Orders have been forwarded to the naval depot at Toulon to enroll three companies of sailors for service in the fleet in Tonquin waters. Situation in Canton. London, Sept. 29.—A dispatch from Canion states that foreigners there are in no immediate danger, although the Chinese exI ress indignation at the lightness of the seni nee pronounced upon tidewaiter Logan, i ,e originator of the recent riots in that * The Chinese Leaving Canton. ■ndo.v, Sept. 30. A Canton dispatch rethat the Chinese Viceroy has writi official note to the English consul complaining of the result

of the trial of tidewaiter Logan as being a miscarriage of justice. The consul points our. that the real cause of the Viceroy’s complaint is that the prisoner was fairly tried instead of being condemned to death unheard. Business is entirely suspended in Canton and the Chinese are leaving the city in great numbers. GENERAL FOREIGN NEWS. The Croat inn Demands To Be Made of the Hungarian Diet. Pesth, Sept. 29.—The Hungarian Diet opened its session yesterday. Tisza, Prime Minister, at a meeting of his supporters, announced that a conciliatory course would Ire adopted toward Croatia, now that the authority of the government had been fully vindicated there. Tiie Croatian members of the Diet have resolved to demand the removal of the bi-lingual and the restoration of the Croatian escutcheons in Croatia, the abolition of the post of royal commissary, the restoration of constitutional government, convocation of the Croatian Diet, and discussion of the compromise law by the two governments. Croatian members will decline to attend the debate in the Diet at Pesth on the escutcheon question. Trial of KraczewskL London, Sept. 29.—The Post’s Berlin correspondent states that the preliminary hearing against KraczewskL the Polish author, on the charge of being connected with a conspiracy in Russian and Prussian Poland, has been concluded. The public prosecutor demands that he be tried on the charge, but it is considered doubtful whether the imperial court will accede to the demand. Loudon Lord Mayoralty Usurpation. London, Sept. 29.—-Contrary to the usual custom, the aldermen of London to-day elected Hon. R. N. Fowler, alderman for the Cornhill ward, to be Lord Mayor of London, although Alderman 8. C. Hadley, of Castle Bavnnrd ward, had been unanimously named, on the 25th instant, for that office, by the freemen of London, who are entitled to vote for lord mayor. Servian Congress in .Session. Belgrade, Sept. 29.—The session of the Skuptchina opened here yesterday. Although the question first brought before it was merely the election of a temporary president, the sitting was a very stormy one, and almost ended in a fight. After an uproar lasting an hour and a half the Radicals were victorious. Telegraph Connection with Pekin, London, Sept. 29.—The Eastern Telegraph Company has opened a station at Tung Chow, Chinn, twelve miles from the city of Pekin. Service between Tung Chow and Pekin will be maintained by couriers. Afghanistan Troops Defeated, Simla, India, Sept. 29.—A report has reached here that the Ghilzais have had an engagement with 8.000 Afghanistan troops, and routed them. The Ameer has sent reinforcements from Ca^ul. Foreign Notes. President Grevy has returned to Paris. Crotimeyer, Progressive, has been elected to the Reichstag from Hanover, The report that Prince Alexander had left Sofia for Vienna is now stated to have been erroneous. The liabilities of James Punch <fc Son, the London merchants who failed on Wednesday, are £90,000. The report on Friday of the death of Rev. Dr. Kinnear, member of Parliament from Donegal, was premature. The report sent from Ballena on Friday that Crottv, a landlord, had been shot at his residence, is not confirmed, A barrel of gunpowder exploded yesterday in a wine-shop, in Villena, Spain, killing fifteen people and injuring six. His Eminence, Victor Auguste Isidore Dechamp, cardinal of the Roman Church, archbishop of Machlin and primate of Belgium, is dead. The Pope has ratified the election of the German Father Anderiey, who lias just been chosen the future successor to Pere Beckx, General of the Order of Jesuits. The Paris Debats admits that Shaw, the English missionary in Madagascar, is entitled to indemnity for the treatment he received there at the hands of the French officials. At Agram twenty-nine persons implicated in the destruction of the Hungarian escutcheon were sentenced to terms of imprisonment varying from one week to six months. They will appeal. W, H. Houldsworth, Conservative, and Parkhurst, Radical, have received the nominations for the vacant seat in the House of Commons for Manchester, and Davitt aud Parnell will support Parkhurst. The Deutsche Theater, at Berlin, corresponding in character to the Theater Francois, opened on Saturday night with Schiller’s “Kabale und Liebe.’’ A brilliant company attended the performance. THE CRIMINAL RECORD. Unprovoked Murder of an Inoffensive German ac New York. New York, Sept. 30. — A middle-aged German, only known as “Henry,” was almost instantly killed to-night, in the basement of 152 Greenwich street, by another unknown German. The murdered man was in the emigrant employment agency at that number, as porter. The murderer applied for sleeping quarters to-night, and being refused, he immediately uttacked the porter with a knife, and slashing his throat severed the jugular vein, causing his death in a few minutes. The murderer ran out by the back way pursued by a number of people, but escaped. The police were notified, but up to a late hour had not succeeded in capturing him. The body of the young man shot dead early this morning, opposite 208 Forsyth street, has been identified a* that ot William S. Summinger, twenty years old, shippingclerk in Straiton & Storms’s cigar manufactory. The three men arrested on suspicion are still held. tVife-MurUor and Suicide. Celina, 0., Sept. 29. —John Cantwell, a farmer, sixty years old, residence four miles north of here, shot and killed his wife, while she was digging potatoes, this morning, He used a revolver. He shot her in tiie head, then shot himself dead; putting two balls in his chest. Steamship News. Havre, Sept. 29. —Arrived: The Canada, from New York. New York, Sept. 20.—Arrived: Zaandam, from Amsterdam. Hamburg, Sept. 29.—Arrived: The Bohemia, from New York. Queenstown, Sept. 29.—Arrived. City of Rome, from New York. New York, Sept. 29.—Arrived: The City of Chicago, from Liverpool, and the Rhein, from Bremen. London, Sept. 29. —A part of the cargo of the steamer Rotterdam, which grounded on the coast of Holland, was saved. The passengers and crew are safe.

THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL, MONDAY, OCTOBER 1, 1883.

STATE NEWS AND GOSSIP. Two Girls Burned to Death in a House of 111-Fame. Suspicions tliat It Was a Case of Murder aud Arson—Suspected Pet sons Arrested and Lodged in Jail. A Lafayette Robber Killed by One of of His Victims. Great Day Among the Richmond Friends— Under a Train Near Seymour—Floater Found —Arrested for Murder. INDIANA. Two Girls Burned to Death—lndications that a Great Crime Has Been Committed, special to the Indianapolis Journal. Shelbyville, Sept. 30.—At 4 o’clock this morning an alarm of fire was sounded, and it was soon learned that the alarm came from a house in the eastern part of the city owned by Mrs. William Henry and occupied as a house of ill-fame, the proprietress being Ida Moore, who goes under the assumed name of Kittie Wells. The other girls in the house were Maggie Wells, who came here from Columbus, nnd Flora Garrett, from St. Omer, where her parents reside. The house is a two-story iraine, with two rooms up stairs and two on the first floor, with a wood-shed attached. The house was undoubtedly set on fire, the flames first appearing in the wood-shed or kitchen. Floru Garrett and Margie Wells retired about 1 o’clock, sleeping in the back room upstairs. The door between this room and the front room was locked with a padlock. From the kitchen a stairway ran up into the back upstairs room, in winch was no window. The stairway, in case of fire, was the only escape from the room. In the front room down stairs slept Kittie Wells and Nelson Purdum, and immediately east of this room slept Herman Tormeiia, whose room was under tnat of the two girls upstairs. The flames spread so rapidly that the two girls could not get out of the burning house, and both were burned almost to a crisp. Purdum, Tormeiia and Kittie Wells made their escape from the fast-burning house, leaving the two girls up-stairs to perish in the flames. When the citizens learned that two unfortunate girls had perished, their suspicions were at once aroused that the two victims possibly had been murdered and then the bouse fired to cover up the terrible crime. A post mortem examination was held bv Dr. Robins ar.d Dr. Kennedy. The body of Flora Garrett has the appearance of being stabbed, one cut being found across the left arm and two gashes across the left side. A long dirk-knife, opened, was also found. Many persons believe that murder and arson have been committed, but there is no authentic evidence to establish the former. The coroner began an examination thi3 afternoon, and will continue the taking of testimony to-morrow. Katie Wells stated before the coroner that the two girls burned had in their possession considerable money. Tormeiia stated that lie and one of the girls, about midnight, bad a row, caused by his taking from off her neck a gold chain. This was not found; Also, that yesterday a stranger came to this city, and meeting him and Tom Smith, asked for Hardeback’s saloon; that during the afternoon this stranger eaiied at the Wells house and attempted to kiss one of the girls, and while there stated that that fellow with a black mustache (meaning Purdum) wohld not wear it much longer. Last night Purdum and Tormeiia went to this house together, and fearing they would have trouble with the stranger, Purdum wore a false mustache and whiskers. The stranger was not there, but there were present Fred. Flohr, Clint. Farley, George Lawrence and Charles Wilson, who left between 12 aud 1 o’clock. The more plausible story is that the house was set on fire by someone unknown, and that the stairway being burned away, the poor girls had no means of escape. Public feeling runs high and many express their belief that a great crime has been committed. Purdum and Tormeiia were held under bond for their appearance to-morrow. It is expected that some new developments will be made to-morrow. The terrible sensation is shrouded in mystery, but it is hoped that the truth may be discovered soon. Ida Moore was raised in Greenfield, is about twenty-two, and quite handsome. The two giris burned were aged about twenty-four. Miss Garrett is a niece, of Oscar M. Garrett, who was hung by a mob at Greensburg. The bodies are here waiting for their relatives to arrive. A great crowd thronged the coroner’s office this afternoon. Theories About the Atkinson Murder. Special to the lodhuiapoUs Journal. Lafayette, Sept. 30.—Oxford is still greatly excited over the Atkinson murder, and rumors are current, not only in Oxford, but in this city, that point the finger of suspicion towards a woman—not that she did the deed—although there are a number who believe that it was a woman’s work—but that she may either know something about it or is connected indirectly with it. Under the extraordinary condition of affairs at the Atkinson home and in Oxford, occasioned by the murder ot the young girl, rumor has been reaping a harvest. It lias been busy in lifting the curtain and revealing the history of a family. The name of a milliner, Mrs. Frank Johnson, living on tiie north side of the public square, lias been linked with that of Mr. Atkinson in an unenviable light. The woman, it is said, was particularly obnoxious to the murdered girl, who on one occasion is said to have expressed her opinions pretty freely about her to the family of Mr. Atkinson. There is but little, if any, doubt that some unpleasantness was occasioned on account of this woman, and it is said the girl intercepted a letter witten by Mrs. Johnson, and thatshe

read the same at the dinner-table in the presence of the family. The theory is held tliat this may have excised her enmity. Another circumstance is that Mrs. Johnson’s husband is said to have been separated from her, aud that he had uttered threats on account of the separation—and this opened up anew channel for speculation. Her husband has not been seen there for a considerable time. She keeps several horses, and the citizens have been discussing the probable method by which she obtains means sufficient to meet her expenses. She has in her employ a young man named Jacob Ladd. He attends to her horses, does other chores, and is a sort of utility man. He is about twenty-one years old. On the day of the tragedy, during the afternoon, he is reported to have stated that he was in the woods of Mr. Atkinson, about a quarter of a mile from the house. He went after a load of wood. Becoming tired, he sat down, and while resting there he heard a scream. Then he looked at his watcu and it was 2:45 o’clock. It seems remarkable that he should have heard a scream at that distance, since it is claimed the wind was in an opposite direction, and since the old man, Jake Nelling, working a less distance from the house, heard nothing; and that George Hart and Dor. Rutter, who were in the field across the road, not more than 150 feet away, heard nothing. Mr. Carnahan, in a conversation on Friday morning, said tliat a gentleman, who lives near the Johnson house, noted that evening a strong smell of burning rags. A Robber Killer] by One of His "Victims. Sipecml to the Indianapolis Journal. Lafayette, Sept. 30.—Tnree pistol shots were fired at a late hour last night near the corner of Eighteenth and Hartford streets, and shortly thereafter an officer arrested a young man named William Stump and slated him on charge of carrying concealed weapons. It was soon learned, however, that* notorious criminal character, George Spurrier, had been shot and killed, and tliat the fatal shot had been fired in setf-defense. Spurrier and a former convict, Joseph Adams, attacked William Stump and, ano ther young man named Jewett, and both were knocked down and robbed, and while Jewett was being held up and his pockets were being rifled Stump recovered sufficiently to pick himself up and stepping up behind them got a pistol from Jewett’s hip pocKet and then fired the three shots, one of which took effect and killed Spurrier, Stump said to a Journal reporter “I shot to kill, und hope I did ktli.” Both Stump and his friend Jewett are badly braised about tiie eye and cheek where the rascals had dealt several blows. Spurrier’s death is regarded as a good riddance. Five Thonsaiul Dollars Damages. Special to the Indianapolis journal. Wabash. Sept. 29. — A case which has awakened wide-spread Interest was to-day concluded in the Circuit Court, Fred. McLees sued the C., W. & M. Railroad Company in the sunt of $20,000 for the crushing of his foot while employed as a fireman on the road in July, 1882, at Niles, Mich. Plaintiff claimed negligence on the part of the company in its failure to provide a guard-rail or elevate the track on the outer side of a curve, so that his locomotive was thrown over an embankment. In jumping his foot was caught and crushed. The company claimed that the road had not been fully completed, and that McLees was a colaborer in its construction. The company was represented at the trial by its attorneys, Messrs. Cowgill, Shively & Cowgill, and Good & Bayne, Sayre & Hutchins and Kidd & Hanter appeared for plaintiff. The case wag hotly Contested, and witnesses and experts were summoned trom distant points. The case was given to the jury last night, who this morning returned a yerdict of $5,000 damages. The case will bo carried to the Supreme Court. The Southeast Indiana Conference. Special to tiie Indianapolis Journal. Columbus, Sept. 30.—1n the convention of laymen it was announced that in order to secure the DePauw donation $60,000 must be pledged by the four conferences of the State. This would leave $15,000 to be pledged by the Southeast Indiana Conference; consequently this body passed a strong resolution asking the Southeast Indiana Conference to pledge its $15,000, promising to stand by it. The lay members elected the following lay delegates to the General Conference: William Newkirk, Connersville; Captain Carson, Southport. Alternates: A. C. Downey, Rising Sun; W. I. Swingle, Columbus. The ministerial delegates are: Revs, E. L. Dolpb, J. K. Pye and G. P. Jenkins, the alternates being Revs. George L. Curtiss and John W. Mellender. On Saturday, the conference met at 8:30, wit Bishop Foss in the chair.- The resolution of the lay delegates asking the conference to pledge $15,000 to Asbury University was then read and gave rise to the most animated discussion of the session. After being slightly modified the resolution was adopted. In the afternoon sacramental services were conducted by Bishop Foss. A Great. Day Among the Richmond Quakeis. -Special to the JndlanaDOUs Journal. Richmond, Sept. 30. — T0 judge by the vast number of people who visited here to-day, the population of all the cities within a hundred miles of Richmond was greatly decreased. Never has this city been so overrun with visitors, save the big day during the last Presidential campaign, when Sherman, Blaine and Coukliug were here. The excursions from Indianapolis, Anderson, Piqua, Portland, Dayton and Cincinnati brought not less than 15,000 people, while the country for miles surrounding Richmond must have been almost depopulated, for not less than ,500 to 2,000 farmers’ buggies and carriages were on the street during the day. The meeting-house, which holds 2,500 people, was filled during all the services, and the ministers who spoke from the stands on the grounds were listened to by thousands of persons who were unable to gain entrance into the house. None of the outdoor exercises were interfered with by rain, as manj times was the case in former years. Though great preparations had been made to accommodate the visitors, it is a mystery wtiere all the people were fed. Tue streets were blockaded with vehicles, and the sidewalks were almost impassable. The absence of drunkenness and vulgarity

was quite conspicuous, for in former years the saloons were kept open and the Sabbath desecrated. j Many noted ministers preached, prominent among whom were John and Robert Douglass, Barnabas bHobs. Caroline Taibert, John Pennington, Sallie Fouchee, Alfred Brown and Levi Mills. A Pair of Romantic Simpletons. Special to the Indianapolis Journal, l Columbus, Sept. 30. — Yesterday two young misses, fifteen or sixteen years old, actuated by a romantic desire to see the world, attempted to escape from the of home and go to Chicago. Their names are Lulu May and Emma Pell, both belonging to excellent families—the latter living with her uncle. Rev. J. Smith, of the Baptist chnrcli—and both great favorites with their companions. It soon became known that they were on the train, and officers at In- | dianapolis were telegraphed to stop them, | and this morning the truants were brought j back by Mr. May, father of one of the girls. No criminal intention is attributed to them; | but, led by a wild, romantic notion that ; sometimes attacks girls of their age, they | took the step that would have inevitably led to ruin, had it not, fortunately, been discovered in time. A Wife’s Successful Defense. Special to the Indianapolis JonmaL Columbus, Sept. 30, —Last evening James F. Reed, a wealthy citizen, but who has long been almost oiazed by drink, went home in more than his usual maudlin condition. Becoming angered at his wife he seized a butcher-knife and attacked her. She fled through the house to the kitchen, when she drew a revolver and fired two shots at her husband, one of which made a painful flesh wound in the side. The affair would probably have been fatal to one or both had not passers-by rushed in and prevented further violence. Fell Under a Train. Special to the Indianapolis Journal Spencer, Sept. 29. —Dick Gwinn, a freight brakeman on the I. & V. railroad, whose parents live in Spencer, had a very narrow escape from death at this place this morning. In passing over his train he fell between the cars, and rolled between two ties, where he laid until the balance of the train, fourteen cars, had passed over him. It was found that his right foot was mangled in a frightful manner, a bad cut on the head, and his clothes torn from his back. He was taken to his home, where Dr. Cobie is attending him. Floater Found. tr, Tmliunannlis Journal. Madison, Sept. 30.—The dead body of an unknown boy, supposed to be twelve years old, was found floating in the river opposite this city to-day. The body was dressed in a jeans suit, and two slate pencils were found in the pants pockets. Some believe he fell from the steamer Keith. A Wife Sliot at Princeton. Princeton, Ind., Sept. 30.—Last night at the house of Mr. J. Ryerson, Charles Butler shot his wife at the base of the brain with a pistol, and surrendered to the authorities. Butler resides at Columbus. He is a nephew to Ryerson. at whose house Mrs. Butler was visiting. Butier is of a respectable family, but has a rather hard personal record. Murder Near Rockport. Rockport, Sept. 30. —Yesterday morning a store-boat, whicli had been occupied by two men, was found burned to ashes in the Ohio river, two miles above here. In the hull was the charred body of a man who had been shot in the head and pounded with a hatchet. The perpetrator escaped, and the names of the parties are unknown. Struck by a Train. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Seymour, Sept. 30.—Fred. Frost, foreman of Groff’s brick-yard, was fatally injured between this place and Rockford last night. He was struck by a train on the J., M. & I. railroad. It is supposed he was intoxicated, and had set dowa on the track. Army Reunion at Turkey Run. Special to the Indianapolis journal Rockville, Sept. 29. —The Grand Army posts of Annapolis and Rockville will hold a soldiers’reunion at Turkey Run, Oct. 5 and 6. Hon. John H. Beadle has been invited to act as orator. This is a free-for-all gathering, and all soldiers are invited. Arrested for Murder. Spertal to the Indianapolis Journal. Crawfordsvillh, Sept. 30.—Officers Ensminger and Cox arrested Patrick Duffy at Newmarket, to-day, for the murder of Frank Coons at Bowers’s Station. The difficulty occurred Sept. 22. Coons died yesterday. Minor Notes. A guest of the Hitztield House, Lawrencebnrg, was robbed, the other day, of S3OO worth of clothing and jewels. Mr. Argus Dean, of Clark county, will get about $20,000 for peaches and apples from his orchard ihis year. Burglars entered the hardware store of Tripps Brothers, at North Vernon, by outtiug through the outer door, and forty revolvers were stolen. Jake Shafer and Flem. Wasson, of Richmond, while attending the Eaton, 0., fair, had their pockets picked, Shafer losing slou aud Wasson $25. As Mr. John Ruimer, of Cross Plains, near Madison, was mounting his wagon, loaded with shingles, he accidentally fell backward and broke his neck, dying instantly. John R Duncan, one of the oldest residents of Greenfield, died on Friday, aged eighty-two. He assisted in founding the city, and Tor many years was one of its must active citizens. The store of W. R. Holies, eleven miles west of Reyinour, was entered on Friday night by burglars, who carried away about SSOO wo*th of revolvers, Jewelry, clothing, etc. No clew. James Cary, aged twelve years, fell from a tree, at- Seymour, on Saturday, sustaining injuries from which he died a few minutes later. He was out walnut-gathering with companions when the accident occurred. A New Albany correspondent says: “Ts there is not a speedy adjustment of the differences between the window-glass manufacturers and their workmen, it is said the workmen will declare a strike existing and enter into a tight." ILLINOIS. Death of W. M. Travis, a Bloomington Newspaper Man. Bloomington, Sept. 30.—William W. Travis, business manager of the Bulletin, of this city, died this morning, from a relapse of typhoid malarial fever, aged forty-three years. He was born at West Point, 0., and spent his boyhood in Newark. A romantic and affecting feature of his illness was his marriage ten days ago, upon what has proved to be his death-bed, to Mis 9 Fannie 6elie Shipman, a lovely and talented young lady. Fatal Foil from a Bridge. Wheeling, W. Va., Sept. 30.—The body of AHibrose Rino was found under the Baltimore & Ohio railroad bridge this morning, with the neck broken. Deceased was an attache of Forepaugh’s circus, and his home is in Pittsburg. It is supposed that while helping to load cars he fell from the bridge to the rocks below. Death must have been instantaneous.

j BUSIN KSS AND INDUSTRY. Failures in the United States and Canada for the Third Quarter. New York, Sept. 29.—The figures of tb failures for the third quarter of 1883, Jr compiled by R. G. Dun & Cos., show a gr increase in the number of mercantile disasters as compared with last year. The number of failures in the quarter just closed is 18<3, with liabilities of $52,000,000, while for the same quarter of 1882 there were only 1,300, with liabilities of $18,000,000. For the first nine months of 1883 the failures reported n uin her G. 440, as against 4,897 in the same period last year. The liabilities for the first j nine months of the present year are sllß,000,000, as against $69,000,000 for 1882. In Canada the failures for the nine months of 1883 are over 1,000 in number, as against 537 I in 1882; liabilities for the first nine months l of the present year, $11,000,000, as against $5,000,000 in the same time last year. Another Boston Failure. Boston, Sept. 29.—Rhodes & Cos., boot and shoe jobbers, 84 Summer street, Boston, have suspended payment. The firm consists of IT. Monroe Rhodes, of Dorchester, who has been engaged in building operations there c late to quite an extent, and it is understoc his embarrassment is largely due to thest outside ventures It is reported the iiabili ties are upward of $115,000, of which on 1 . $20,000 or thereabouts are for About $90,000 oi the indebtedness is said \ be secured by the indorsement of father-in-law, Nathanial Tucker. Tucket made an assignment to-day to Janies Tuckei add Isaac Ferns of property valued at about $145,000, as security for the payment of the above named indorsements. Advance of Wages Refused. Chicago, Sept. 29.—A short time ago the newspaper cqnipositors of this city made a demand upon the proprietors for an increase of five cents per 1,000 ems for composition. The proprietors refused and the matter was referred to a board of arbitrators, consisting of Judge John G. Rogers, Judge Lambert Tree and United States Commissioner Henry W. King. The board gave the foliowing decision to-day: Tiie undersigned, to whom the said matter lists been given for arbitration by the agreement of botli parties, having carefully considered the arguments and statements of tacts filed by the respective parties, are of the opinion them should not at present be any nniniff-ation of the existing scale of wages, and therefore so award. New York Newsdealers* Probable Strike. New York, Sept. 30.—The newsdealers of the east side to-day effected a permanent organization. A mass meeting of the newsdealers of the city will he held on Tuesday evening, at which united action will be taken in reference to the reduction in the prico of papers. On their way to the meeting several local associations will march in bodies, and banners bearing the inscription “Succe;' to tiie Tribune,” and “The Tribune, tl workingman’s friend,” will be carried. Close of the Catholic Provincial Council New York, Sept. 30.—Sf. Patrick's Call* dral was thronged again to-day with peoi who took part in the ceremonies attend! the closing of the Roman Catholic provind council. The services opened with a sole! pontifical mass, celebrated hv Archbisli Corrigan. A procession of bishops, thee gians and priests from the Cardinal’s n denee to the cathedral preceded mass, as the opening of the council on Sunday li At the end of mass, which was attended Cardinal McCloskey, a sermon reviewing I history of the church, her trials a triumphs, was preached by Bishop O’Farrell,’ of Trenton. At the conclusion of other services succeeding the sermon, Bishop Laughlin, promoter of the council, moved the reading of the decress. The decrees were then approved by the bishops, and were, placed on the altar, w here they w’ere signed* by the Cardinal, by the bishops in the order of seniority, and by the officers of the council. The decrees were then sealed with the Cardinal’s seal, and will be sent to Rome I approval. The council was formally declar closed by the Cardinal, the Te Deum sung and the kiss of peace given by the Cardinal. TELEG RAFHIC BREVITIES. There are eighty cases of measles at the Girls* Industrial Home, uear Delaware, O. George Stephen, president of the Canada Pacific runway, will saortly be, knighted. Three hundred women voted at the school election iu Binghamton, N. Y., on Saturday. The Sullivan-Slade combination exhibition at Baltimore on Finlay night was attended by over 3,500 people. Some 400 patients of the Michigan Insane Asylum enjoyed their annual picuic excursion to South Haven, Mich., on Friday. Two Eola, La., murderers, pursued by the sheriff and two deputies, resisted, and ouo was shot dead anil the other badly wounded. At the National Rifle Association fall meeting at Creedmoor the Hilton trophy was won by the Michigan State team, with a total of I,OGO. General Bornton states in his Oregon letter that in the Willamette valley the yield of wftoaE this season was sixty-five bushels to the acre. Judge, Godard, postmaster of Portland, Me.,, denies the charge brought against him of misappropriating government money, aud other offenses. Mrs. Conrad, who shot ana killed her husband, Ij. L. Conrad, a prominent lawyer of Baltimore, has been declared insane aud will be confined in an asylum. One thousand people are down with the yellow fever in Hermnsillo, Mex. Three houses out of every four contain one or more cases each. The thermometer rises to 100°. The iron steamer, T. F. Oakes, rlie first vessel completed a Gorring**’.** ship-yard, at Prt Richmond, was successfully launched on Saturday iu the presence of about 2,500 epeotatOis. The coroner’s Jury in the Rose Ambl*r ease have found that she caniu to her di-arh by being choked by some, unknown person, bur, with suspicion pointing strongly toward Lewis. An explosion on Saturday at. the California powder works at Stege’s .Station resulted in the death and horrible mangling of forty Chineso out of a w orking force of 112. One while mau is reported injured. Dau. Dillon, a notorious bully. Insulted Robert B. Payne, a farmer, in a saloon at St. Joe, Mo., on Saturday evening, which the latter resented, and a fight ensued, in whtob Payne stabbed and killed Dillon. Payne was arrested. The postmaster of San Angelo, Tex., hns been arrest* and for a defalcation of SI,OOO. The postmaster at Fort Concho, on the opposite side of The river, is also in custody for a shortage of SBOO. The two offices will probably he consolidated. William Gift, a young cigar maker, of Hannibal, Mo., wasshotand killed on Saturday night I*3- Home unknown person. It is thought, however, from the description of the murderer, that a railroad switchman named Jeff. Treadway, committed the deed. John G. Gordon, R. M. Gearv nnd Albert. Cri: scan, members of a band ot highway robber* who worked Maryland, West Virginia and west ern Pennsylvania extensively, were sentenced o‘ Saturday to twenty years each in the Westeri Penitentiary at Pittsburg. Messrs. Dolph & Carper, druggists, Wfnaj mac. Pulaski county, say: “Brown’s Iron Bin ters takes the lead of anything we ever ban! died." piles: A REVOLUTION IN THEIR TREATME NT. Dr. DEMING’B New Dlsoovery for the curs of PILES is a radical change from The old methods. The first application will prove its merits. It is an ENGLISH REMEDY, Diseovorert by Dr. DEMING wlillo stationed in tile Imlias as army surgeon. For sale by all Druggists. A. K.IJ3FKK, General Agent for U. S.