Indianapolis Journal, Indianapolis, Marion County, 26 January 1884 — Page 2

2

Bion arose from reference to the alleged fraudu-' lent bills covering ficticious shipments from points in the South to New York and New England. A committee was appointed to prepare bills on the subject to be presented to Congress. The same committee was instructed to prepare a bill securing advances of money made upon bills of lading. The subject of interstate commerce was also discussed. It is the purpose of the hoard to pass resolutions urging t’.e President to appoint a national committee to protect the interest of the public in railway management. A resolution was adopted reciting the enormous value of the property annually consumed by fire in this country, and recommending tp Congress the appointment of a board to investigate the cause of such great waste in the country’s wealth. A resolution was adopted requesting Congress to repeal the law making the coinage of silver dollars compulsory, and a proposition that all taxes on home products be repealed and the internal-revenue bureau be abolished, was laid on the table without debate. Resolutions were adopted recommending to Congress the passage of a measure now pending before Congress to allow the President the privilege of vetoing separate items of appropriation bills, and declaring it the duly of Congress to enact laws preserving the rights guaranteed by the constitution, and allowing freedom of trade and intercourse among the citizens of the several ►States without the payment of local taxes or license. The debate then turned on the expediency of adoption, by this country, measures of retaliation against the nations which have discriminated against American pork. Then followed a long discussion on the question, the result of which was that the resolution was unanimously adopted, requesting Congress to take prompt action with a view to the removal of unjust discrimination against American products, which discrimination was declared to be a violation of the spirit of the treaty of obligations. The next meeting of the executive council will be held at Indianapolis on May 12. Adjourned sine die. PLEURO-PNKUMONIA. The Bill of the Stock Men for Its Extirpation To Be Reported Favorably. Washington, Jap. 25. —The House committee on agriculture will, to-morrow, report the bill prepared by the committee of cattle men. A number of memorials from live stock associations will accompany the bill; also a communication from Dr. E. Salmon, the veterinary surgeon of the Department of Agriculture. The communication points oat the dangers to the West by pfouro pneumonia. “These infected districts,” He-says, ‘‘though small, are of real danger to the whole country, because all the. way from Connecticut to Virginia there is a large and increasing number of herds of thoroughbred cattle which arc frequently shipped West, and some of which, from time to time, have been infected with this disease. With the increased price o * -cattle, a large number is being shipped from the East to the West, and the danger of carrying the disease is increasing. I have been informed if the Connecticut outbreak had occurred a few months later, one or more of the infeetedjierds would have been sent, according to contract, to a Western Btate. While it is true that pieuro pneumonia has existed in the East for forty years without haring been carried West, it must be admitted from what occurred so many times in Pennsylvania and Connecticut that there has been danger of this, and this danger.tammwuiue with the large number of entile now being shipped in that direction. Though a number of attempts have been made in the States now trying to rid themselves of pleuropneumonia, these generally or Always railed, for various reasons. The work is not •thoroughly done. At best, the attempts of States were spasmodic, ami while one is earnestly striving to accomplish something, n neighboring one will allow the shipment of diseased cattle, and thus contract the influence of the latter. A lack of unity between the States has prevented any lasting benefit, even when much has been accomplished.”

THIS OFFICIAL STENOGRAPHERS. Benjamin Gaines Testifies In Regard to His Appointment by Speaker Kiefer. Washington, Jan. 25.—Benjamin Gaines, nephew of ex Speaker Kiefer, was to-day exa mined by the House sub committee on accounts, investigating the removal of employes with the last Congress. Gaines was appointed to fill the position of stenographer, made vacant by the resignation of Mr. T} r son. He testified that he was confidential clerk to the ex-Speaker at the beginning of the Forty seventh Congress. About the middle of tli#' first session he remarked to Mr. Kiefer that the positions occupied by Messrs. Dawson and Tyson were very desirable places, and if ‘‘things could be brought about" he would like to have one of them. Gaines said there was a tacit understanding between himself and his uncle that he should have one of the positions. “At about the close of the last session," he continued. “Dawson and Tyson made a proposition to me that they would each give me SIOO a month if I vcmid allow them to retain their positions. I refused, aud a few days later told my uncle >f the offer. He said, ‘Have nothing o do with tlie proposition.’ With 1,000, 1 could have hired assistance and done he work performed by both Dawson and Tyson t the last session of the Forty seventh Congress, •nd with $5,000 could have done all the commitref* work, the stenographers of which cost the govern merit over $20,000.” Ex-Speaker Kiefer was to have appeared before the committee to testify under oath, but pleaded fatigue, after the delivery of his speech iu fee Fitz John Porter case, and asked to be allowed to appear to-morrow. The request was granted. MINOR MENTION. A Compromise Recommended in Cases Arising Out of a Cotton Claim. Washington, Jan. 25.—The Solicitor of the Treasury has recommended the acceptance of the offer." of compromise in the cases of the Union Bank and Citizens* Bank, of Louisiana, for $1,500 and $1,700 respectively. These are the cases arising out of the cotton claim of Noblon & Bellerque, of New Orleans, which is now* before the United States Supreme Court, on appeal from the Court of Claims. The latter gave Noblon & Bellerque judgment for $21*0,000, but subsequently reconsidered the case and reversed the judgment. The money, however, in the meantime had been turned over to the assignee's of the claimants, who have gone into bankruptcy, and had been distributed among their creditors, about sixty in number. The list included the two banks already mentioned. Tlie government has brought suit against all these persons to recover the money in question. Many of them are willing to compromise, aud the solicitor is in favor of accepting their terms. He says the government may receive SIOO,OOO in this way, whereas otherwise it might not get a cent. Notes anil Personalities. Washington, Jan. 25.—Colonel Isaac 1?. Hill, of Ohio, lias been appointed Assistant Serjeant-at-arms of the House. The drift of opinion here among Indiana politicians is that General Manson will be the next Democratic candidate for Governor of that State. The House committee on postoffices and post •oads has agreed to report favorably Mr. lie.ley’s bill, fixing postage an second-class pub ications, deposited in letter carrier's office, at 2 cents per pound. Mr. Eaton, of the House committee on naval affairs, has changed places with G. D. Wise, member of the committee on foreign affairs. Senator Cockerell lias introduced in the Senate a bill to extend the provisions of the act of 1855 for the relief of purchasers and locators cm swamps and overflowed lands. The Treasury Department has decided that under the new’ tariff shoe lastings do not pay a duty as goods of like description to Italian cloths, but are dutiable under the provisions for manufacturers of wool according to their value per pound.

THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL, SATURDAY, JANUARY 26, 1884—TWELVE PAGES.

STATE NEWS AND GOSSIE. Twin P.abos Frozen to Death in Their Crib in a Fireless Doom. Daring Assault on a Lady—Wild Beasts Suffocated—New Developments in the Zora Burns Case—Gleanings INDIANA. Two Children Placed in a Cold Room by Their Parents ami Frozen to Death. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Wabash, Jan. 29. —Word has just reached this city of an account of carelessness almost unparalleled. At Liberty Mills, this county, twin babies, three mouths old. children of Isaac and Rebecca Martin, were frozen to death in their crib, which had been placed in a cold room. Martin went to the crib during the night and discovered that one child was dead and the other suffering intensely from cold. It, too, soon passed away. The clothing was frozen to the infants. The parents are in good circumstances, and the negligence and carelessness is most se verely commented on by the community. Assaulted by a Negro, Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Franklin, Jan. 25. —Yesterday, about 4 o’clock, Mrs. Melissa Smith, the wife of a respected farmer residing at New Bargersville, was returning alone from town, and when within x>erhaps one mile of her home she met a negro, who accosted her with a request to ride with her in her buggy. Mrs. Smith refused the request. The negro then seized hold of the buggy, jumped in from behind, and seized Mrs. Smith, who, becoming very much alarmed, released her hold on the lines, screamed, and attempted to jump out, but was held firmly by her assailant. The horse, becoming frightened, ran away, and soon reached the house of a near neighbor of the Smiths, where he was stopped by two gentlemen. Mrs. Smith, becoming released, jumped from the buggy. The negro, refusing to get out, was knocked out with a club by one of the gentlemen and bound with ropes, ami late in the evening brought to this place and lodged in jail. He is a most repulsive looking fellow, and gave the name of Hamilton Swain. The clothing of Mrs. Smith was very badly torn. Wild Animals Suffocated, Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Peru, Jan. 25.—At 8 o'clock this morning fire broke out in a brick building on Second street, known as the Gould chair and furniture factory. Messrs. Wallace & Anderson were using the building to winter their wild animals in. The keeper was at breakfast, and the entire building was in flames when discovered. Wallace & Anderson lose a white deer, two hyenas, one lioness, a black bear, and a large baboon. The animals were valued at $3,000; no insurance. Loss on building and machinery, $2,500; no insurance. Fire at Vincennes. Special to tbo Indianapolis Journal. Vincennes, Jan. 25. —At 2 o'clock this morning the immense ware-house of P. & J. W. Gaff, of Aurora, situated on the corner of Scott and Second streets, and occupied by R. O. Applegate and Durham & Warner, wholesale poultry dealers, burned to the ground. The origin was doubtless from the sparks of an O. & M. engine, as it has frequently been afire from locomotive sparks. Loss on building, $2,500; insnred for $1,500. Tin poultry dealers lose about $500; uninsured.

A Defective Bridge. Special to the luxliauapolis Journal. Wabash. Jan. 25.— Last night the large double-span iron bridge over the Wabash river at Rich Valley, five miles east of this city, gave way without warning, precipitating the north span into the river, together with two men, Ephraim and Milo Phearson, and a team which they were driving. Neither the men nor the horses were injured by the fall of twenty-five feet. The iron of the broken portion of the structure is rotten and worthless. Will Case Decided. Special to the Indianapolis Journal Greenfield, Jan. 25, —The case of Walker, administrator of Samuel Steele’s estate, against Franklin Steele, guardian of Samuel Steele, involving nearly $9,000, that was secured to Samuel Steele, namesake of Samuel Steele, deceased, was decided to-day in favor of defense. The heirs of Samuel Steele sought to recover the amount to distribute under terms of the will, and a long trial, lasting one week, was required to straighten the cause. A Buggy Demolished by a Freight Engine. Special to tbo Indianapolis* Journal. Pendleton, Jan. 25. —Francis Asbury, while crossing the railroad track in his buggy, was struck by a freight engine going east, at (>:3O this morning. The buggy was demolished, and one of the horses carried about 500 feet on the pilot of the engine. There were five people in the buggy, none of whom were hurt, except Mrs. Asbury, who w r as cut about the face and head. Her injuries are slight. Assignment at Greenfield. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Greenfield, Jan. 25.—M. G. Alexander & Son, grocers, assigned, this morning, to Merrett W. Magann. Assets about $1,000; liabilities considerably larger. Tlie principal creditors are Nelson Bradley and G. T. Randall, who are preferred, and will lose nothing; Spfers, Mcßride &, Cos., $250; Schnull & Kray, $425, and a number of small amounts. Car-Builder* Discharged. Special to tlm Indianapolis Journal. Fort Wayne. Jan. 25. — One hundred and (cn more employes of the Pittsburg, Fort Wayne Chicago railway machine shops, were dismissed to-(Tay on account of dull business on the line. This makes two hundred and fifty discharged within the past week. The working force of the shops is now' about six hundred men. Reception to General Beath. Specinl to tho Indianapolis Journal. Elkiiart, Jan. 25. —Howell Post, of Goshen, held a camp-fire to night. Commander-in-chief General Robert Beath, of Philadelphia, was in attendance; also Deputy Commander General Carnahan, of Indianapolis. Posts from all the neighboring cities joined, and it has been the grand G. A. R. event of the season. Minor Notes. The Mania murder trial has begun at Terro Ilaute. Jesse Way, one of the oldest and most respected citizens of Winchester, fell dead at tho postoffice on Thursday. Cause, heart disease. Orville Mooro, tlm school-teacher who was arrested at Catlett.sburg, Ky.. on a requisition of the Governor, charged with seduction, lias boeu placed in jail at Liberty to await trial. J. J. Mills, of Indianapolis, has boon elected, for three years, president of Earlham College, the Quaker institution noar Richmond. Allen Jay is continued’ as superintendent and treasurer, and Martlia A. Jay as matron. The college

is ono of the three loading preparatory institutions in tli© United States belonging to the Friends' educational system. The Democratic judicial convention for Bartholomew and Brown counties has been called to meet in Columbus on Saturday, March 8, to nominate a candidate for judge and prosecutor of the Ninth judicial circuit. A poor old negro, living a few miles south of North Vernon, named Win. Anthony, aged eighty years, was burned to death. It is supposed he fell into the open fire-place, and. being very feeble, was unable to extricate himself. During the past four months six deaths from milk-sickness have occurred in the family of Benjamin Fulks, of Lafayette. He died on Thursday. His wife, prostrate with the dread disease, with her two children, are the only survivors of a family of nine. George W. Lawrence, a banker of North Manchester, has been declared insane and ordered sent to the State hospital. Mr. Lawrence is one of the wealthiest gentleman in that city, being largely interested in several banking institutions and mercantile establishments. His insanity is due to too close attention to business. Samuel Halien back, a well-to-do farmer, living in Fulton county, deeded a forty-acre farm to Joseph Champ, a newly made acquaintance, and was to have the purchase money in a few days. Champ mortgaged the farm heavily, pocketed the money, and left the country. It is thought Hollenback cannot recover auy part of the land whatever. _ ILLINOIS. Tlic Zora Burns Mystery—Developments Reflecting on Carpenter. Lincoln, Jan. 25. —The claim is now made that the prosecution in the Zora Burns case is ready to produce a negress as a witness, who who went to Kentucky immediately following the tragedy, who will testify before the grand jury that Carpenter and Zora Burns made her cabin a trysting place, and that on the night preceding the finding of Zorn's body Carpenter took Zora away from the place in a buggy. Late this afternoon ti e grand juiy completed its labors, and found a true bill of indictment against A. O. Carpenter, charging him with the murder of the girl Zora Burns. Carpenter was out. on SIO,OOO bail, but the court declared the offense not bailable, and remanded Carpenter to the custody of the sheriff, who conveyed him to jail. Tax on Occupations. Springfield, Jan. 25. —The Supreme Court of the State, in a best case before it, decides that the city’ of Chicago is authorized to tax occupations, the only restriction being that the tax must fall alike on the same class. The decision is one of great importance to the city, as the limitation of the tax on real property lias caused the authorities to seek other sourc es for revenue. The test case was made in a suit commenced by livery stable-keepers to prevent the imposition of an annual tax upon their business. Brief Mention. Dr. Louis Dyer, of Duquoim ha 6 been appointed physician for the penitentiary at Chester. Two stock trains on the Chicago & Northwestern railroad, collided at Nelson. The conductor, engineer, fireman, and a brake man of one of the trains were injured, the fireman, it is supposed, fatally. A large number of cattle were killed or injured. The large tile-works of Bolbridge Brothers, at Illiopolis, burned on Thursday. The fire originated from one of the heating furnaces. The loss is $4,090; insured for $2,400. The works were among the best in central Illinois. The engines and boilers wore saved. The mystery surrounding the brutal murder of B. W. Malian, of Mount Carmel, is yet unraveled. Mr. Mahan was a speculator and broker and possessed considerable wealth. Five hundred dollars reward has been offiered for tho apprehension of the murderers. Some time ago Judge Dickey began 6uit against Ottawa, and other towns along the Chicago. Burlington & Quincy railroad, to recover fees earned in fighting the payment of bonds issued by these towns to aid in building said road. On Thursday the suit against Ottawa was dLsmheguxl by him upon his being paid $2,500 and the surrender of the stock held by the town, amounting to $15,000.

MEWS IN BRIEF. W. R. Bell, of Nashville, Teun., dropped dead yesterday' at breakfast. Whisky. Two more bodies from tlie City of Columbus disaster were picked up at Edgartown. Rev. Thomas Harrison is conducting a revival at Centennary M. fi. Church, St. Louis. President Arthur called upon Gen. Grant yesterday. The President to-day returns to Washington. General Jordan, of New York, has been appointed temporary receiver of the Brighton Beach railroad. Tlie Chicago Stove Works, at South Minneapolis, burned yesterday. Loss SIB,OOO. Sixty men are throw n out of employment. Thomas Reedy, night watchman at McCabe Brothers’ hide store, Cincinnati, was found in the building this morning, frozen to death. On Tuesday, in Warren. Ark., Judge Thomas White committed suicide by jumping in a well and and I*o wning. Cause, old age and mental trouble. Tho Scotia coal mine at McCann, Cumberland county, Nova Scotia, is on fire. The seam worked has frequently given trouble by taking fire. A meeting of stockholders of the Cincinnati, Van Wert <fc Michigan road is called for February 28, to consider the propriety of increasing the capital stock to $4,000,000. Edward Brown, of Raleigh, N. C,, aged eighteen, took laudanum on Thursday night and died yesterday. He had spent money lavishly and been reprimanded by his parents. The Orangemen and Ribbonmen arrested for participating in the recent riot at Harbor Grace, in which several persons were killed and wounded, have been committed for trial. The rumor prevails in Denver that the divorced wife of ex-Senator Tabor was remarried, on Thursday, to William Art man, of Philadelphia. Friends claim the lady left for Cuba on last Friday. Thomas Carroll. yardmnster of the Lackawanna railway at Buffalo. N. Y., died yesterday from the effects of a blow on the head with a coupling iron. The injury was inflicted by Frederick Dietrich. Judge Drummond, who is reported as having contemplated retiring from his position of circuit judge, declines to make any statements respecting tin* matter at present, but promieses to enlighten the public when the proper time arrives. Miss Lena Goettig, who was to have been married on Thursday, at Baltimore, Md., was buried instead, dying from the effect of burns received last Tuesday. The six young ladies selected to act as bridemaids officiated as pall-bearers at the funeral. The long-pending suit of GWynne &■ Day, of New' York, to recover the value of $15,000 in bonds of Hie Pittsburg & Steubenville Railway Company, from tlio Pennsylvania railroad, has ’post'd by tt decision of the Pennsylvan in Supreme Court iu favor of the plaintiffs. The case of the First Methodist Church vs. H. A. Massey, is being tried at Cleveland, O. Two years ago, the defendant, who is prominent in the Chautauqua Assembly, subscribed SI,OOO to the fund for cancellation of the church debt. Later he refused to keep his word, and the trustees have sued to recover. John Livingstone, manager of the Dominion Iron and Bolt Company, Toronto, has entered action against the Mail, for libel, claiming £IOO.000 damages. A correspondent implied that Livingstone received a large sum of money from the defunct. Exchange Bank, from President Craig, a brother-in law, which lie invested in the Bolt Company, aud for which no account was given. Daniel Wells, jr., in the Circuit Court at Milwaukee. has entered a complaint against Peter McGeoch for a money accounting of their lard aud wheat deals in 1881 and 1883. McGeoch’ reply is rather evasive, and tends to show that he will attempt to prove that the transactions alluded to were gambling contracts, and therefore null aud void. Tho case will bo hoard beforgo Judge Hamilton on Saturday.

THE liECOBD OF EVIL DEEDS. Long Island the Scene of Another Bloody Tragedy. An Illinois Fanner Attempts to Kill llis Wife, and Is Stabbed to Death —The Rowell Murder Case. ANOTHER LONG ISLAND TRAGEDY. Selali Sprague Assaulted and Fatally Injured by a Mulatto. Hicksville, L. 1., Jan. 25.—About G:3O o’clock this morning Selali Sprague, a well-to-do farmer of East Meadow, went, as usual, to the barn, to milk cows and feed the horses. He had just reached the ham when a tall, slim mulatto attacked him with a fish-plate, used in coupling railroad tracks, and stalking him several murderous blows on the head, left him for dead and made his way to the house. Here he saw Mrs. Sprague in the kitchen, and struck her one blow and demanded money. She told him to get it out of the drawer, and then ran screaming from the house. Before she had gone very far, the man overtook and passed her, soon getting out o* sight. Some neighbors, hearing Mrs. Sprague’s cries, hurried to the spot, and found Sprague lying in a pool of blood near the bam. A general alarm was sounded, and the farmers of Hicksville. Hempstead, Westbury and Farmingdalo hitched up their horses and started in all directions. scorning the country for the assassin. The man, whom Mrs. Sprague described as a tall, slim, young-looking mulatto, is supposed to be the same who attempted the burglary at South Oyster Buy on Wednesday night. *He is supposed to be hiding in the neighborhood. All points on the island have been furnished with his description. There is great excitement all tli rough Queens county in consequence of this third and similar outrage, following so quickly upon the Maybe© and Townsend affairs. Mr. Sprague and wife are about fifty years of age. Physicians give no hope of the recovery of Mr. Sprague. The bam presented the appearance of a slaugh-ter-house. The body of Sprague lay against a bin filled with grain. Tho bin was bloody on one side. Sprague seemed to recognize the voices of the men, though he could not speak. There was blood everywhere. Near the double door there was a great pool of blood, frozen into ice. Sprague lost so much blood in this spot that it rail over the doorjamb and discolored the ground outside. Both eyes were closed and his face swollen and blackened to the chin. The weapon, an iron bar eighteen inches long, was covered with blood from end to end, and where the hair {Adhered there were clots of blood. Sprague is forty years old. lie was a powerful man and the negro must have stolen up on him to overcome him. Charles A. Smith is the name of the negro who committed the assault He lived in Poverty Hollow, Oyster Bay. Smith was fully identified by Mrs.- Sprague. It is thought he may be implicated in both the MLaybee murder and Townsend assault After the arrest a crowd gathered, and it was only by strenuous exertions that the officers prevented tlie infuriated people from lynching the prisoner. _

THE ROWELL MURDER CASE. The Scheme Agreed Upon to Expose Lynch's Relations with Mrs. Rowell. Batavia, N. Y., Jan. 25.—The trial of Rowell, for shootiug Lynch, was resumed to-day, and Palmer, the former partner and friend of Rowell, continued his testimony. He said that while he and Rowell were arranging to find Mrs. Rowell <aud Lynch in a compromising position, he yrthe witness) told Rowell that if Lynch was found in the house under peculiar circumstances, he would be a serious customer, as he was a large, muscular man, and might, if detected, crush Rowell or throw him out of the window, without stopping to raise it. He advised him to provide himself with some pepper, and if he could succeed in throwing it into Lynch’s eyes. lie would have him completely at Iris mercy. He offered to procure the services of Orlando Blodget, and James Knickerbocker, the amateur wrestler, and Charles Volet, to assist and Rowell agreed. He suggested to Rowell that he conceal himself in the cellar, and w ear rubbers so as not to be heal'd; that he could let us in, aud oue of us rush in aud grab Lynch's clothes .and fiend them to him by express. Row'ell said it would be a good joke to send the different articles to different plaees. The witness said: We could send liis money aud jewelry to his mother, his pants to the Utica Herald, his coat to the Utica Observer, his vest to the Utica Press, and liis shoes to the Utica Saturday Globe. An account of mooting Lynch at the house would probably be published in tho Batavia papers, and a copy of the paper could be sent with each package. Mrs. Rowell this evening states that the interview published is false. James Hawerman, the author, forced himself into her presence, on pretense of making a neighborly call, they being acquainted. She told him she did not wish to, and would not bo interviewed. To a direct question whether she had stated a single fact given in the interview, sho replied she had not, and that there was not a single fact in it which was true. Rowell was devoted to his wife and cheerful before the disclosures. He then became despondent, depressed, irritable, impatient, forgetful, absent-minded, unmethodical and hurried in business matters. The witness told him that he must get a divorce, and in a year or two ufter being separated to meet a lovable woman and marry her. He had no doubt there were occasions "when he was impressed with the belief that Rowell was becoming insane. In the presence of Ills (the witness's) wife, he (the witness, took little familiarities with Mrs. Rowell, which she resented. He said to her ho hoped she was not any more intimate with any other man than with him. She replied that she was not.except with Lynch. The witness accepted this as a substantial admission of adultery. Embracing and kissing her was as far as ever the witness went with her. Mrs. Rowell, in an interview in a Batavia paper, bitterly denounces Palmer as the author of all her trouble, and charges as his motive a desire for revenge beenuse be could not gain possession of her. She does not undertake to extenuate her sin. She knows aud feels she (lid her husband a great wrong and God knows she is sorry; that,, however, does not restore the dead to life or bring back the innocent. Henceforth she will try to atone for tlie errors of her life. A DOMESTIC TRAGEDY. A Husband Attempt* to Kill His Wife and 1* Fa 1 ally Stabbed. Elgin, Jan. 25.—Wm. Coombs, a farmer, forty years old, living five miles .south of Elgin, attempted to cut his wife’s throat. In her dying agonies she wrenched the weapon from him and fatally stabbed him. It appears that Mrs. Coombs staggered to the honso of a neighbor, forty rods away, covered w ith blood flowing from deop gashes, and with a long knife in her hand. She said lior husband tried to murder her, and thinking ho had done so, cut his own throat, (’oombs was found dead on the floor of the house, which showed evidences of a fearful struggle. The woman was alive at last accounts. She was Coombs’s third wife, and was considered on adventuress before her marriage with him. and had one child. Some features of tho story and the fact that she and her husband -had fntquent quarrels recently, lead to the suspicion that she may liave murdered her husband and received the wounds in tho struggle or attempt to commit suicide. OTHER CRIMINAL MATTERS. A Missouri Fanner Murdered by His StepSon and Granddaughter. St. Louis, Jan. 25. —Some days ago the dead body of James Turner, a prominent farmer living near the town of Arno, Douglass county, Missouri, was found on the porch of his house with a gun lying by his side. The family re-

ported that Turner committed suicide, but later developments led to the arrest of Charles Johni.l, a step-son and Sarah Clayton, a granddaughter of Turner, as the murderers of Turner and to-day Johnson was lodged in the Springfield jail and Sarah Clayton was taken to the Marshfield jail. A confession is said to have been made by these parties that in connection with Mrs. Turner they conspired to kill Turner to get his money. Obscene Literature. Erie, Pa., Jan. 25.—Frank S. Heath, la{e proprietor of the Cory Herald, and chairman of the Pennsylvania State Greenback committee in 1882, was arrested last evening, on the charge of sending indecent matter —advice to abortionists, etc.—through the mail. At the hearing to-day he gave bail in the sum of $1,500 to appear in the United States Court at Pittsburg in February. The Buzzard Gang Captured. Lancaster, Pa., Jan. 25.—Mrs. Abe Buzzard and three members of her husband’s band have been arrested on Ephrata mountain. The names of the 'men captured are Ileiney, Hornberger and Brenezizer. The arrests were made on information of a Philadelphia detective who joined the band on Jan. 1, and has been traveling with them since. Dew alt Arrested. Denver, CoL, Jan. 25. — Frank Dcwalt, the defaulting president of the defunct First National Bank, of Leadville, was arrested to-day at El Paso. Tex. Leadville officers are eii route with extradition papers. Barl>er Acquitted. Toronto. Jan. 25. —The trial of Conductor Barber for manslaughter, in causing the death of James White, one of tho victims of the recent Humber disaster, resulted in acquittal. Attempted Murder and Suicide. Bangor. Me., Jan. 25.—John Spaulding shot his wife this morning and then killed himself. His wife will recover. NEWS BY TIIEOCEANCABLE. Egypt Determines to Abandon All the Soudan, Including Khartoum. General Gordon Given Full Powers to Conduct the Evacuation and Secure the Safety of Civilians.

EGYPT AND THE SOUDAN. Authority Given to General Gordon to Complete the Evacuation. Cairo, Jan. 25.—The mission of General Gordon is in effect to complete the evacuation of the Soudan, inclusive of Khartoum. The Khedive has appointed him Governor of Soudan, with full powers, and has strongly advised him to take measures to secure the safety of civilians and Europeans. The Khedive has summoned to Cairo Ameer Abdel Shakoor, son of the late Sultan of Darfour, and offered to cede to him the province of Darfour on the condition that the freedom of commerce should be maintained and the slave trade suppressed, promising that he would not bo required to pay tribute. Abdel Shakoor intimated that lie would probably accept the offer. Colonel Ooetlegon writes there is food enough at Khartoum to last fi.ooo men for live months, and the usual grain supplies are arriving. General Gordon is conferring with the civil and military authorities in Egypt and England. General Gordon shares fully Evelyn Baring's views in regard to the necessity of withdrawal from Khartoum. As the sole alternative General Gordon is willing to recommend retention of the Soudan, and if Great Britiau will pay for its reconquest lie will undertake to govern the country. FRANCE AND CHINA. Hostile Demonstrations Against Foreigners in Chinese Provinces. Hong Kong, Jan. 25.—Placards proclaiming hostility to foreigners have been posted throughout Hoi-How. A mob recently attacked a foreigner, who took refuge in the British consulate. The Chinese officials have taken precautions against a recurrence of such demonstrations. The Canton river is open to navigation. Admiral Courbet telegraphs to Paris that he has established a blockage in Tonquin. preventing the entry of material contraband of war. Legitimate trade is unmolested. The French expedition to the south, against the insurgents, was successful. HERR LASKER. Arrival of the Remain* of the German Statesman at Bremen. Bremer Haven, Jan. 25.—The steamship Neckar, from New York for Bremen, bearing the remains of Herr Lasker, has anchored in the roadsted. The body was landed this afternoon aud carried to the North German Lloyd’s Hall, where tlio relatives, friends, and officials of Bremen and citizens of Bremer-Haven were waiting. The hand performed a dead march, after which the President of the Bremen House of Burgesses delivered a eulogy upon the deceased, and welcomed the return of even tho body of the dead statesman to the German shore. Baumbach, member of the German Reichstag, applauded Lasker’s activity and work in the interest; of freedom and right. He praised liis unselfishness, which had served as an example to all popular representatives. “Before this coffin,’' Baumbach exclaimed, “let all strife rest.” Herr Wuelful deposited a wreath upon the coffin in the name of the Secessionists of Germany. Rev. Dr. Lewinger also placed a wreath upon the coffin on behalf of the Israelites. The coffin was placed on a catafalque decorated with flowers. The band played Bee tho ven’s dead march. Lasker's brother and brother-in-law and several hundred mourners grouped around the catafalque, and tins procession marched to the railway station. The vessels in the harbor and public buildings of BremerHaven displayed flags at half-mast. Deputations from many cities accompanied the remains to Berlin; where great preparations are making for the funeral. FOREIGN MISCELLANY. The Captain of a United States Vessel Prevented ft*om Landing at Tamatave. London, Jan. 25. —Madagascar advioes state that the captain of the United States steamer Brooklyn, when at Tamatave started to visit the town in the ship’s boat but was prevented from landing. He declined to laud in a French boat. Queen Ravanallali, in her coronation speech, said: “1 shall prove myself a soldier over ready to defend the land of our ancestors. ” The Paris Temps denies tho truth of tho report that tho French bombardment of Moinondava. Madagasi'ar, Was because the surrounding houses were flying British and American flags. The Imperial Family Libeled. Berlin, Jan. 25.—A book containing a series Os bitter articles upon Berlin society, first appearing in Nouvello Revue. Paris, lias been seized in this city. The articles are grossly libelous of tlie Emperor, imperial family, and German Ministry. Tlio book causes great indignation at the German court A Detective Assassinated. Vienna, Jan. 25.—Detective Bloch, going homo in Floridsdorf, yesterday, was shot dead. The assassin, apparently a working man, was secured by tlie police. A dynamite bomb, revolver and poisoned dagger were found with tho assassin. One citizen aiding in the arrest was

shot twice by the murderer, who also attempted to explodo the bomb to kill himself and captors. Bloch recently arrested one of the suspected assassins of Police Commissary Klubeck. Several arrests were made in connection with that crime, including Schoffhauson, a leading Socialist workman, and William and Joseph Till, brothers. Trial of Europeans in India. Calcutta, Jail. 25.—The llbert bill, amended so that every European prisoner will have tlie option of trial before a native or European judge or magistrate has passed the Legislative Council Cable Notes. Five nuns in St. Hyacinthe’s College, Montreal, have died of typhoid fever. Thirteen children wore drowned at Bonn by the ice breaking and letting them into the water. The Marquis of Hertford, who was thrown from his horse while hunting, and kicked, died on yesterday. The police surprised a nest of Socialists at Charkow, a majority of whom were arrested. Important papers were seized. Seven of the twelve English lads conspiring to bum the reformatory ship Clarence, in order to escape, have been arrested. There have been three suicides and one murder this month, at Nice and Monte Carlo, in eon* sequence of losses at the gaming-tables. DAILY WEATHER BULLETIN. Indications. War Department. I Office of the Chief Signal Officer, > Washington, Jan. 20, la. m. ) For Tennessee and the Ohio Valley—Fair weather, variable winds, generally. shifting to southeasterly, slightly warmer, rising barometer. For tho Upper Lake Region—Fair weather, southwesterly winds, shifting to southerly, rising followed in western portion by falling barometer, colder in northern portion, warmer in southern. Local Observations. Indianapolis, Jan 25. Time. Bar. j Th. j Hum. J Wind. R’f.l.j Weather. <5:24 A. M. 30.47 3.0i 72 N jOear. 10:24 a. M. 30.53 10.01 53 S |(W. 2:24 p. m. 30.46118.2) 46 S [Clear. 6:24 P. ti.jttO.4S 17.6 65 S [Clear. 10:24 P. M.jttO.ss 16.0| 76 S Clear. Maximum temperature, 20.0; minimum temperature, 0.5. Disasters at Sea. London, Jan. 25. —The schooner Luther went to pieces on the Welsh coast in a gale, and four of the crew were drowned. Provincetown, Mass., Jan. 25.— Two additional schooners and crews are missing since the recent gales. Wj IRON y PIPE m fittings. Hjjpl Selling agents for National Tube Globe Valves. Stop Cooks. Enginc Trimmings. PIPE TONGSi CUTTERS, VISES, TAPS, fpEik Stocks anil Dies. Wrenches, H3Sf Steam Trap-. Pumps. Sinks, Wm HOSE. BELTING, BABBIT Qk METALS (25-pound boxes), liß Cotton Wiping Waste, white tfi and colored (100-pound bales), li and all other supplies used in con* pfapj nection with STEAM, WATER gjjfe and GAS, in JOB or RETAIL flgij LOTS. Do a regular steam-tit-fclgfl ting business. Estimate and iff contract to heat Mills, Shops, Iff Factories and Lumber Dry a Houses with live or exhaust P steam. Pipe cut to order by Iknight&jillson 75 and 77 S. Penn. St.

COFFEE AND TEA . HOUSE. ♦ We are now receiving NEW MOYTJNE, IMPERIAL, GUNPOWDER and YOUNG HYSON TEAS; also, OOLONG and JAPANS. Would also call the attention cf dealers to the fact that we carry the largest stock aud greatest variety of COFFEES in this market. Consumers who love a GOOD CUP OF COFFEE should ask for GATES'S A No. 1, or Blended Java Coffee in packages. A. B. GATES & CO. ' The Great Consumption Remedy BROWN'S EXPEGTORMNT Has been tested in hundreds of cases, and never failed to arrest and cure CONSUMPTION, If taken in time. It Cures Coughs. It Curts Asthma. It Cures lironchitis. It Cures Hoarseness. It Cures Tightness of the Chest. It Cures JJijficulty of Breathing. Brown’s ExpEcpo^Ny Is Specially Recommended for W&OQ&tXG €Q&GWs It will shorten the duration of the disease and alleviate the paroxysm of coughing, so as to enable the child to pass through it without tearing any scrums consequence * PRICK, 50c. and SI.OO. A. KIEFER , Indianapolis, inti.