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liecauso largely reinforced. The rebels are erecting earthworks. A squadron of English cavalry will act as scouts, with orders to retire upon the raain body when they touch the rebels. The remainder of the cavalry will be massed in the rear, to act as may be necessary.” FOREIGN MISCELLANY. The Czar to Convent? the Superior Council to Consider the Socialist Question. Vienna, Feb. 28. —The St. Petersburg correspondent of the Tagblatt says: “The Czar has decided to convene the Superior Council, on the 10th of March, for the purpose of considering the socialist question. They will take into consideration the question whether there really exists a powerful Nihilist party, and if so. what their wants are and how to satisfy or crush them, ns the demands of the country may require. The Council will be composed of representatives of the ruling classes, including Count Tolstou, Minister of the Interior; Lieutenant-general Tchernaiceff. Generals Ignatieff and Miljutine, Abassa and all heads of the ministrative departments." The Late Minister Hunt. London, Feb, 28.. —The Times, speaking of the late United States Minister Hunt, says: “Mr. Hunt was a Southerner, honest and sturdy, and of venerable presence. He might have well set to a painter a* a type of the Puritan father. His was a prominent head among the crowd of diplomats present at the coronation at the Kremlin last May. Hospitality was nowhere more freely u* graciously dispensed than at his elegant hired villa at Moscow, over which waved the stars and stripes." A cablegram from St. Petersburg was received this evening, in which Mrs. Hunt gratefully acknowledges the receipt of the messages of condolence from the President and Secretary of Si-ate. and informs them that the remains of Minister Hunt will be brought by the family to this country for interment. Tlie Peace Alliance. Vienna, Feb. 28.—1 tis semi-ofticially stated that the rapprochement of Russia and Germany is warmly welcomed hero. The Austro-Gorman alliance is the unalterable basis of the Austrian policy. Austria will continue to attach the greatest importance to Italy’s participation in the alliance, France, probably, will also appreciate Russian adherence to the peace alliance. The Franchise Bill. London, Fel>. 28. —Gladstone introduced in the Commons to-day a franchise bill, which he said would strengthen the state by enfranchising the people capable of exercising the rights of franchise. He declared the United States had only recovered from the civil war so quickly because of the fact that every capable citizen had been intrusted with the rights of franchise. Germany ami Holland. Berlin. Feb. 28.—Official newspapers deny the truth of reports that the government aims to annex Holland. They refer to Bismarck's reply to a private person who had called on him with reference to the proposed annexation of Holland, iu which Bismarck said that Germany had no such aim: that she already had too many refractory elements to assimilate. What Gambling Does. Nice. Fob. 28.—Letters to George Anderson, member of the British Parliament, show sixteen suicides and two murders at Monte Carlo since the Ist of January. It is stated that the newspapers published in the district had been paid to suppress all mention of these tragic events. Affairs in Tnnqtiin. Paris, Fob. 28.—Advices from Tonquin state that forest bands of pirates are harrassing the provinces of Namdinh and Minadino, and have menaced the mission house at Kezo. Troops have been sent to protect it.

Threatened Revolt. Candia, Feb. 28.—Photiades Pasha has resigned the govcmorsliip of Crete. Tt is believed preparations are making for a great Cretan revolt. Cable Notes. The sentence of Prince Krqpotkin. it is reported. lias been commuted to banishment. The House of Commons yesterday granted ex* Speaker lirand and his heir a pension of £4,000. Wm. Walker Ac Son. seed crushers, at Kings Lynn, have failed. Their liabilities are believed to be heavy. De Marcere has been elected a life member of the French Senate, in place ofOaulthier de Rumilly, deceased. Mrs. Mackey will be sponsor, with Gounod, at the recension of Mile. Nevada, the American print*, donpa, into the Catholic Church. At the carnival aud festival at Villa Real, Port-, ugai, oayfk’av occurred between the military Fifteen persons were injured. t decided to land the Mackey cable A Watervilh*. between the stations of the AugloAn< tiqu aud Dii*ect United States cable eomptfisies Accord l>Atween Russia and the Vatican is complete. A Russian Minister to the Vatican will be appointed. The vacant sees will be filled at the coming consistory. The British war authorities liud it exceedingly difficult to devise ways and means for securing new recruits. Boys of eighteen and nineteen are to he admitted, and a thirty-three-inch chest measurement has been substituted for thirtyf.'ur inches. The Marquis of Harrington lately announced, too, that the stature requirements would be reduced. British soldiers have a decided objection to fighting in the Soudan. From the Nineteenth regiment of infantry now stationed at Halifax, y. S.. and which is under orders for Malta, from whence it is believed, it will be sent to Africa in case there is need, there are numerous desertions daily. Four soldiers of the regiment escaped to Boston last Sunday. Arrest of a Wealthy Chicago Cady. Chicago, Feb. 28. —Mrs. •Thiie A. Brooks, a widow lady, said to be worth half a million, was arrested at the Palmer House to-night on a war rant sworn out on the allegation that she was about to leave for parts unknown. The facts loading to the arrest are as follows: A immW*r of years ago her husband went on the bond ot one Henry 31. Curtis as administrator of tin- estate of which Stanley 31. Sexton was the minor heir, but now tin* well-known amateur athlete. Subsequently suit was brought against the Brooks estate. Brooks having defaulted as suret for Curtis, it being alleged that Curtis was a defaulter. A jury to-day rendered a verdict for $6:2.000 against the estate. Mrs. Brooks was arrestod, ;s stated to-night, on the allegation that she was about to leave the city for the purpose of escaping the penalty of the verdict. The lady went into hysterics, from which she has not rallied, iiMtl it is feared she will die. Mr. Tupper's Position*. Ottawa, Feb. 28.—1n tho Commons, this afternoon. 31 r. Blake called attention to the position of Sir Charles Tapper as a member of the House and at the same time High Commissioner • t ( ‘anada at London, and moved thp Sp-; .er l*e ordered to issue a writ for anew election to till his place. Sir John McDonald moved an amendment that the matter ben ferred to tin- standing committee on privileges and elec lions. Carried —112 to 37. The I*. & XV, Litigation. Pittsburg, Feb. 28. —Exceptions to the master's re]>ort in the case of J. N. Lusk et al. against the Pittsburg & Western Railroad Company and others were argued l*efore Judge Snow to day. A quarter of h million dollars is involved, the master decreeing that the defendant’s pay tho plaintiffs that sum for depriving them by fraud of their rights in the New Castle & Lake Erie railroad. Decision was reserved. Slapped a Chinaman. San Francisco, Feb. 28. —Count Compo de Ttrichaufcon. the Italian vice consul, has been arrested for slapping a Chinaman who insulted a ly.

STATE NEWS AND GOSSIP. The List of Criminal and Other Occurrences in Indiana and Illinois. Suicide of a Postmaster—Fatal Collissiou on the I. k St. L. —Verdicts Against Corporations—Notes and Gleanings. INDIANA. Elijah Robinson, Postmaster at Fillmore, Commits Suicide. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Gbeencastle. Feb. 28.—Elijah Robinson, druggist at Fillmore, this county, shot himself, last night, producing death in a short time. The pistol used was an ordinary thirty-two caliber. But one shot was fired, entering the right side of his head, just behind the ear, and passing forward to the frontal bone and across to the left side of the head. Cause unknown. Ho was divorced from his wife at the November term of the Circuit Court. Robinson was postmaster at Fillmore. The Block Trial. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Greensburg, Feb. 28.—Interest is unabated iu the Block case, as evidenced by tile fact that the large court-room would not accommodate all who desired to attend. The defense continued. Frank Walters heard Frank say, last fall, after he had had some trouble with Elsie: “If I had been let alone I would have got away with him;" also, that he would whip both of them. Samuel Roth, of Chicago, a street vender, was in Rushville the day before the tragedy. Frank said: “What did that want uitli you” (referring to Block). “He is a Sheney. The wants to run me out.” lie drew a pistol and said. ‘Til lay him out.” Roth admitted that he wrote to Block, saying he could help him out of the trouble and bad all his expenses paid. John Friday, of Shelbyville, was at Rushville at the time of the fair. Saw Frank run Elsie. Saw Elsie pick up his watch. Frank called Block a “Sheney,” and said, while shaking his fist, “Come out, old man. I will give it to you.” William Woods, a policeman, testified that at the time of the fair trouble Elsio had a brick in his hand. Frank said: “Elsie spit in my face. Ever since I’ve been here I’ve been run over by the whole Block family, and it is about as long as I can stand it. I have tried to boa gentleman." Several witnesses followed, deseribingthe fight between Frank and Elsie during the fair, and of the threats and epithets used by Frank before tlio fatal day. Ephraim Dale, a carpenter, gave the distances about the scene of the affray. These showed that the pistol-shot which went through the window was fired'from a much lower point at the gutter than if it had been fired at Frank’s head, as shown by the State.

Jackson County Republicans. Special to tho Indianapolis Journal. Seymour, Feb. 28. — The Republicans of Jack son county met in mass convention here, to-day, for the purpose of selecting a county committee and appointing delegates to the various conventions. At 2p. m. S. E. Carter, the present county chairman, called the meeting to order. On motion, Colonel S. T. Wells was chosen to preside, and L. 31. Boland as secretary. Following is a list of delegates to the convention at Indianapolis. on April 17, to choose. reprftsp.ntatim to tlie national convention at Chicago: Wm. K. Marshall, Colonel S. T. Wells, Elias 31. 01 ter, Joseph A. Stilwell. Delegates to the State Convention—Peter Platter, D. B. Vance, W. N. Buzley, James F. Keach, Wiuthrop Young, Charles D. Prow, Jonathan Todd, Wm. Abbert, James Montgomery, John W. Hamaker. Delegates to the District Convention —Hamlin Smith, Jesse W. Cox, Henry Bobb, Wm. Empsou, S. C. Wright, B. G. Hamilton, J. W. Rhodes, Joseph Phillips, A. P. Charles, H. C. Pearson. The following resolutions were adopted by the convention: •'Resolved, Th*.t W. W. Dudley is the first choice of the Republicans of Jackson county for Governor. •‘Resolved. That Jackson county presents the name of Wm. K. 3larshall as a delegate to the Republican convention at Chicago, June 19.” The meeting .was large and enthusiastic, and the utmost harmony prevailed. Tho county central committee appointed will meet on Saturday, March 8, for organization. Serious Accident. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Knightstown, Feb. 28. —This afternoon a very serious accident happened to Neomi Parker, who lives a few miles south of this place. While at the depot at this place with a horse and buggy, the horse became frightened and unmanageable. He endeavored to hold the horse by the bridle, and in doing so it got away from him, the buggy running over him, breaking both his legs and injuring him otherwise. He is in a precarious condition. Dropped Dead. Special to the Indiaiiapolift Journal. Muxcie, Fejf. 28.—31r5. Brown, wife of J. A. Brown, proprietor of the Shady-side Hotel, suddenly dropped dead to-day. She had been about tho house all forenoon, attending to domestic duties as usual. At the time she was stricken down she was in the dining-room, with a tray of dishes, when slio suddenly fell and immediately expired. Tho immediate cause of her death is supposed to be heart disease. Will Refuse the Reduction. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Brazil, Feb. 28.—The miners hiet in mass convention in the court house in this city to-day to consider the proposition made by the operators to reduce the price of mining from $1 to 75 cents per ton. Nearly a thousand miners were present, and tho situation was thoroughly discussed, and the general opinion is that the reduction will not be submitted to without a strike. _ _ A Newspaper’s Change of Politics. Specie’ to the Indianapolis Journal. Wabash, Feb. 28. — Tho announcement was made, to-day, that the Courier, the organ of the Democracy in Wabash county, will appear tomorrow as a pronounced Republican sheet. The change is not a surprise to a few who have watched the course of the paper closely of late, but tho rank and file of the party will be much disgusted at the outcome. Abortionist Found Guilty. Special to tho Indianapolis Journal. 31arttn.svii.le, Feb. 28.—Yesterday the jury in the case of the State vs. Dr. George W. 3liller, indicted for procuring an abort ion, returned a verdict of guilty, with a penalty of three years in the penitentiary and a fine of S3O. Assaulted by a Lunatic. Special to tho Indianapolis Journal. Brazil. Feb. 28. — GGorge Faikner. while in a fit of insanity to-day. made an onslaught upon his wife and sister with a razor and made an endeavor to cut their throats, inflicting some

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serious, though not fatal gashes about the ! faces. Falkner was in the asylum some month ago, but was dismissed on account of being r garded as incurable. Siulden Death. Special to the Indianapolis Journal, Sullivan, Feb. 28 —Lafayette Stewai dropped dead this morning, immediately aft< eating his breakfast. He had been followir his usual business up to that time and had m been particularly unwell. He was an old ret dent of this place and has been a prominent int over since its foundation. Death from Trichiniasis. South Bend Tribune. Albert Vetter, one of the family living noth of this c'ty, just over the State line, who hre been suffering from trichiniasis for several wees, died on Monday, and was buried in Niles. Is age was twenty-one years. Portions of the mtcles were taken from liis body after death, ai thoroughly examined by microscopists. The isult revealed trichinae in numbers almost increible. In a portion of flesh 5-16 of an inch 1 breadth and 1-200 of an inch thick, there wee found 187 well-developed worms. Several moe of the family are still ill from the same dsease, but hopes are entertained of their recorery. _

Lavvrencebiu'g’s Condition and Needs. To tile Kditor of tho Indianapolis Journal: The flood was thirty-eight to forty belies higher than last year, and, of course, did more damage. Many people moved at the firstalarm out of all danger; others stored their good: above last year's uuequaled flood, and were caujht, for several had to leave their houses whei it was expected to reach the second stories. G.ff. Kidd and Oiner Stockman suffered in this way so did G. A. Roberts and others. lam unabli to give a ilst of great sufferers by the flood, bu J. H. Burkam, George Hodel, Dr. Harding, T. T Annis and John Callahan are losers, and allbut the last are heavy losers. The relief commttee are not receiving the aid in money tiny were favored with last year. The churches were all damaged—the* Baptist and Episcopalian churches very badly, their floors having been broken: the boards have fallen into the cellars beneath, wrecking everything left inside. The Methodist Church came near being a total wreck. The upper floor was raised until the pillars were floated from under, and as the water receded the floor hung suspended. The lower floor is a complete wreck, and the seats are very much injured. The trustees estimate the loss at from SI,OOO upward. We must have help to repair, and I trust that the jiastors will present our case to their congregations the next Sabbath, and come to our aid. We have plenty of food for oui poor, but we need money to assist the worthy poor to refit their ruined homes. * Charles Tinsley. Pastor M. E. Church. Lawrence burg, Feb. 28. Another correspondent writes: B. F. Foster, secretary of the grand lodge I. O. O, F., and Mr. T. P. Haugliey, of Indianapolis, arrived here early this morning to look after the flood sufferers.s The grand lodge has already sent SSOO here, and after these gentlemen visit the inundated cities and report at Indianapolis, there will be another donation for this place, and it will probably amount to SSOO moro. The statement in this morning’s Journal that Mr. W. P. Gallup would probably bo down this way soon, distributing the funds collected at Indianapolis, was giadly received. Money is what is needed to replace the buildings for those who are unable to do it themselves. The committee in charge here have over $12,000 for this purpose, but it trill require three times that amount.

Minor Notes. The dwelling of H. C. Baker, of Martinsville, was burned yonterday. Livioo, ' • The l'esidence of Or. Lowe, near Hagerstown, was destroyed by fire on Wednesday. Loss, $1,500. A boiler in Slough's saw mill, near South Bend, exploded on Tuesday, seriously injuring Frank Morris. David Slough, Peter Slough and a man named Annas. Charley Robinson, aged nine years, while playing in the door-yard of his grandfather, near Liberty, received a load of shot in his face and hands, injuring him dangerously. A close search failed to throw any light as to where the shot came from. Mrs. Lilia Billingham, a residant oi Kosciusko county, just across the line from Wabash county, died on the 19ih, aud was buried 911 the 20th. There were certain suspicious circumstances incident to the death of the woman, and the body was exhumed yesterday, when evidences of death from malpractice were discovered. tNo arrests have yet been made. ILLINOIS. Collision Between a Passenger and Freight Train Near Paris—One Person Killed. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Terre Haute, Feb. 28. —Freight train No. 39, west-bound, due at Paris, 111., at 8:22 a. m., collided with the Paris & Indianapolis accomodation, on the St. Louis road, shortly after 11 o'clock this morning, killing one man and badly wrecking the engines and fifteen freight cars. The freight was late, and, according to the evidence of conductin', Allen Laughlin, of the freight train, the accident was due to his forgetting all about the passenger train. The freight was running twenty miles an hour when it met the passenger, in Whelan's curve, one mile aud a half east of Paris. Tho engineers and firemen of tho two engines jumped just before Ihe collision. Fireman F. W. Lindsay, of the freight, was buried under tho wreck, and was dead by tho time the rescuers reached him. W. A. Sweizcher, engineer of the passenger train, had a leg broken. The other engineer and firemen were slightly injured. The engines met in a cut on a curve, and under a wagon bridge. The freight cars were piled up over the bridge, breaking it down and making it part of the wreck. The passenger train consisted of one coach and a combination passenger and baggage car. They were not badly wrecked, and none of the passengers more than slightly bruised. Verdicts Against Corporations. Special to the Indianapolis Journal, Bloomington, Feb. 28. —1n the McLean Circuit Court, to-day, three important verdicts were rendered against corporations. In the suit of Albert S. Johnson, a brakeman of the Chicago & Alton railway, against that company, a verdict of $2,500 was rendered in favor of Johnson. Johnson was knocked from the top of a ear by a covered bridge at To wands, receiving very seven' injuries. He brought suit, claiming that tho company was negligent. D. A. Valentine received SSOO from the Western Union Telegraph Company, claiming that, by the company’s negligence in not delivering a message sent to him from Dwight, II!.. to Chicago, he lost a valuable situation. Both these cases will be appealed. Keith Lackey, formerly ticket agent and operator for tho Chicago & Alton railroad at Mexico, Mo., recovered SSOO damages from that company. Lackey was accused of and arrested for collusion witli conductors to defraud the company by reselling tickets. Lackey sued for $2,300. . Brief Mention. Emma Bond has received $2,500 of her subscription fund. Water-work will be constructed at Greenville to cost SIO,OOO. An explosion o- ;,.s occurred at the No. 2 shaft of the Chicago, Wilmington & Vermilion Coal Company, Streator, in which Win. Hamilton,

John Griffith and Tbos. Orthington wore badly burned about the face and hands. David Long, one of the men arrested for complicity in the Mt. Pulaski murder, has been releasei Charles S. Fangenroth, aged eighty five, a farmer living near Edwardsriile, fell in a well on Tuesday, and was drowned. Jabet Biermau, living six miles north of Princeton, was found dead in his lied. Cause, apoplexy-, occasioned by excessive drinking. Milton Johnson, a young man well connected in Bloomington, pleaded guilty to an indictment for forgery at Pekin, and was sentenced to three years in the penitentiary. The large elevator of Charles Hirsh, at Modena, was burned to the ground on Wednesday, with four ears of grain and a quantity of hay and other property. Loss, $5,000; insured for $2,000. James Gray, who claimed to have murdered an unknown man near Saleam, in October last, was sentenced to imprisonment for life on Wednesday. Gray asked to bo sentenced to death. Herman Simon, a salesman, has disappeared from LaSalle, 111., taking SIOO belonging to the A. O. U. W. Lodge, of which he was treasurer, and funds from other parties, which will swell tlie total to SI,OOO. The Grand Lodge of tho Ancient Order of United Workmen will hold the next annual meeting at Peoria. The following officers have been elected: Grand master, W. F. Beck, of Olney; grand foreman. Alfred Orendorft, of Springfield; overseer, L. L. Tracey, of Chicago; recorder, C. P. Hitch, of Paris; grand receiver, Alex McClain, of Macomb. NATIONAL CAPITAL TOPICS.

[Continued from First Page.] swear in as judges of election so many as may be arrested or summoned as witnesses, from bystanders, who shall discharge the duties imposed on the judges elected by iaw. PENDING LEGISLATION. The Chinese Restriction Bill To Be Reported Favorably—Other Measures. Washington, Feb. 28. —Representative Brewer has been directed by the House committee ou manufactures to report favorably bis bill to impose a fine of not more than SIOO, or punishment by imprisonment for three months, on any person interfering in any way with a commercial traveler selling goods by sample. The House committee of foreign affairs, by a party vote—the Democrats favoring and the Republicans opposing—agreed to favorably report, with two amendments, the bill prepared by the Pacific delegation in Congress for the prevention of Chinese immigration. The clause in the original bill which made it necessary for Chinese students to have certificates of the studies they proposed prosecuting, at what place. and tho length of time for complying with tire same, and that no student should remain in this country for a period exceeding ninety days after completing his studies, was stricken out. Tke.second amendment to the hill makes it necessary for the United States to pay all the expenses for subsistence and maintenance caring the return of any Chinese person who may not have been permitted to land from any vessel by reason of the provisions of the act. Representative Lamb has been authorized to report tlie amended bill. He expects to liave it prepared by Monday. At tlio regular meeting of the Senate committee on postoffices and post-roads, this morning, William Penn Nixon, proprietor of the Chicago Inter Ocean, made argument in advocacy of the reduction of postal rates upon newspapers to one cent per pound. The post-route bill, passed by the House, was reached, but temporarily laid aside to await the action of the President in respect to the general bill recently passed making all public roads and highways post routes. If the latti r becomes a law, it will probably be held by the committee mat the passage of the post-route hill is unnecessary. Senators Vance, Brown and Representatives Bennett, Candler, W. R. Cox and Dibrell made arguments before the ways and means committee, to-day, and advocated a change in the internal-revenue laws. A proposition to allow fruit-growers to make tlicir own brandy without taxation was favored, and the speakers asked for less obnoxious laws relative to distillation. One or two congressmen advocated tho abolition of the internal-revenue laws. A bill was introduced in tlie Senate by Mr. Pendleton, by request, to facilitate the settlement and development of Alaska.

LAND GRANTS. Proposed Forfeiture of a Portion of the Northern Pacific’s Lin'dWashington, Feb. 28.—At a meeting of the House coufmittee on public lauds, Mr. Scales withdrew the resolution offered yesterday, providing for the forfeiture of land alongside that portion of the Northern Pacific railroad not com pleted to date. He said he had understood the power of Congress to forfeit land of the Northern Pacific had been waived, but upon examination into the legal aspect of the case he had found he held a wrong impression. Mr. Anderson then withdrew the resolution offered by him yesterday, which provided for the forfeiture of land not earned within the time specified by the act making the grant of July 4, 1879, and offered a substitute providing that all grants except unpatented lands be forfeited. Mr. Strait moved an amendment to tho substitute so as to proride that only the lands opposite the unconstructed line from Wallula to Portland be forfeited. The amendment was loston viva voee Vote. Mr. Van Eaton offered an amendment providing for the forfeiture of tho entire grant. This was lost by a vote of 3 to 8. , Mr. Anderson's substitute was then lost by a vote of 3 to 8. Sir. Henley renewed the resolution originally offered by Mr. Anderson, and which provided for the forfeiture of all land not earned in tho time specified by the act. The vote on the proposition was 7to 4—Messrs. Cobb, Payson, Anderson, Henley, Strait, Lewis and Scales voting yea, and Bedford, Oates, Van Eaton and Shaw nay. In preparing a bill declaring the forfeiture the committee proposes treating purchases from the railroad company as though they were purchasers from the government. Members of the committee say about 531 miles, from Duluth to Bismai-ek, were completed in the time sped lied in the act of July 4. 1879. and that about 35, 000,000 acres will he ' forfeited if the hill passes as prepared by the committee. THE UNION FACIFIC. No Mortgages or Leases Executed by the Company Since 1873. Washington, Feb. 28.—The Secretary of the Interior has transmitted a reply to Senator Van Wyck's resolution calling for information as to whether the Union Pacific Railroad Company has issued any new stock or made any mortgage pledge for lease, running arrangement or other traffic contract since March 3, 1873. The documents transmitted are voluminous and show that, according to the statement of Dillon,general solicitor of the roud, tho Union Pacific company has not since March 3, 1873, issued any new stuck, or made any mortgage or pledge on the property and earnings of the company contrary to enactment, nor has the Union Pacific Railroad Company, or its successor, the present company, made any lease of its road, nor has either of said companies made any mortgage or pledge of its road or earnings thereof. The Union Pacific Railroad Company, in 1879, and its successor, the Union Pacific Railroad Company, in 1883, haring power to create debts, borrowed money ou their own bonds and secured the same by .deposit of collateral. No attempt is made thereby to creato any lien upon the road or property of the Union Pacific derived from the United States or earnings of the road. The solicitor further states that no act- of Congress contains any prohibition on the company from making traffic or running arrangements. The

solicitor furnishes a copy of the tripartite agreement of Dec. 5, 1883, but says in a letter to the Commissioner of Railways: “Your office cannot be made an agency for strangers to the corporal ion who have private ends to promote, and who, notunfrequently, represent rival and hostile interests, whereby they may have inspection of records, books and papers of tlie company; and copies of tlie agreement are now furnished at the request of the department solely for the information and use of the government. We would be at a damaging disadvantage in the conduct of our affairs and preservation of our properties, if your office could he made a mirror by which adverse parties could inspect the internal affairs of our company, while your office can give us no liko reciprocal right or advantage.” MINOR MENTION. Ail Extraordinary Effort To Be Made in the Interest of Bonded Wliisky. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Washington, Feb. 28. —The bill to extend the bonded period will be called up ou tlie first opportunity, and an extraordinary effort will be made to secure its passage. The lobby in the corridors has little to do with the measure this year, but inside, upon tho fioor of the House, it is active and efficient. Ex-members and members openly advocate tlio passage of the bill. They buttonhole the lukewarm members, and make all sorts of promises of aid in the next campaign in return for votes. In their orgausj the whisky men announce new accessions to their supporters daily, aud they are not particular about confining themselves to strict truth. Your correspondent has conversed with several of tho gentlemen who last year opposed the bill, but wlio now are claimed by its advocates. Without exception, these gentlemen unhesitatingly pronounce themselves as strongly opposed as ever, and they assert that they do not see why these men should be made the recipients of especial aid. But it is very probable the bill will pass.

Frobable Duration of tlio Session. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Washington, Feb. 28. —Mr. Morrison does not expect his tariff bill to go before the House, > it is said, until tho latter part of March. This means a long session of Congress. Mr. Randall, it is understood, believes it will take nearly two months to go through his appropriation bills, which, with tlie discussion consequent upou the consideration of tho tariff, will rim the session into July and probably August. It is said, however, that Mr. Randall is very desirous that tlie adjournment be taken by June, tliat lie may look after his candidacy for the presidency, for there can be little doubt but that he will lie a candidate if it becomes clear to him that the voting people of his party prefer a straight protectionist to a revenue reformer. The Senate Contingent Fluid. Special to tho Indianapolis Journal. Washington, Feb 28 —ln an interview, tonight, Representative Holman intimated that the House appropriation committee would question the motives of the Senate in the disbursement of its contingent fund when the joint resolution appropriating SIO,OOO to carry on tlie Danville investigation comes up for consideration by tho committee to-morrow. He would not be surprised, he said, if tho House refused to appropriate further money for the Senate contingent fund which is used for the purpose of continuing both the Danville and Copiah investigations He says the Senate contingent fund has be** l needlessly exhausted by paying salaries to senators' clerks, which he pronounces an extravagance that should not be tolerated. New Mexico Contest'd Election Case. Special to tlie Imlianapo’*" Journal. Washington Fe- 28. —Tlie House elections committee will to-morrow take final action on the New Mexico contested election case of Luna vs. Manzaren. Luna, a Republican, now holds tho seat. The committee will decide to-morrow to unseat Luna and put in Manzaren, a Democrat. Turner, chairman of the committee, said to-night that he thought the action of the committee would be unanimous. The report to unseat Luna will be made to the House next Monday by Mr. Robertson, of Kentucky. Mr. Tur ner also says Manzaren made out a very strong case. He proved, among other things, that there were more votes Counted for Luna in the county iu which lie resides than there were voters.

Tlie Charges Against General Hamilton. Washington, Feb. 28.—Surgeon-general Hamilton, of the Marine Hospital service, appeared, to-day, with counsel James Coleman, before the House eommitte on public health, to answer the charges made by the national hoard. Mr. Coleman demanded that tho Board of Health should make their charges specific and produce proof to sustain them, claiming they liad no right to use the committee as a means to enable them to circulate slanders throughout the public press. If they had evidence to sustain anything they had said, let them produce it. Although no decision was made, it was intimated that the committee would not go into the inves tigation, and any charges that had been made would not receive notice from the committee. The President’s Dinner. Washington, Feb. 28. —The President gave a state dinner at the White House to-night, at which the following named guests were present: Senators Morrill, Dawes, Mnxoy, Cockrell, Pendleton, Hawley, Bowen. Dolph, Pike and Sabin, and their wives; Senator Hampton, Representatives Henderson, Belford, Washburne, Money, James and Spriggs, and their wives; Representative Kasson, Morse and Skinner; Messrs. Murat Halstead, of the Cincinnati Commercial Gazette, and Henry W&tterson. of the Louisville Courier-Journal; Madame Nilsson and Miss Frelinghuysen. A Substitute for the Morrison Bill. Washington, Feb. 28.—At a meeting of the eight Democratic mombers of the ways and means committee it was unanimously agreed to report a substitute for the Morrison tariff bill. The substitute is identical with the bill introduced by Mr. Morrison, except that the free list is confined to salt, coal aud lumber. The other articles on the free list, as prepared by Mr. Morrison, will come under the provisions providing for a2O per cent, horizontal reduction. The Democratic members of the committee say the substitute will be presented at an early date. Foot and Mouth Disease in England. Washington, Feb. 28. —The Department of State has received information from the United States consul at Birmingham, Eng., that the foot and mouth disease is among catt'e in almost every county in England. The Secretary of the Treasury has requested the Secretary of State to notify the United States consuls iu Great Britain not to certify invoices of cattle unless, after examination of the animals by a veterinary surgeon, they are satisfied that the animals arc free from disease. The Vacant Assistant Secretaryship. Special to the ludianapolis Journal. Washington, Feb. 28.—1 tis believed here that Charles E. Coon, assistant chief of the loan division, wilt bo promoted to Assistant Secretary of tho Treasury. Mr. Converse’s Wool Bill. Special to tlo- Indianapolis Journal. Washington, Feb. 28. —Mr. Converse, of the Columbus (O.) district, says that he will call up his hill restoring the duty of 18C7 on wool, on next Monday, under suspension of the rules, and

put it upon its passage. It will increase tho present duty about 10 per cent. Mr. Converse is dubious about its passage, however. The Speaker has booked twenty-five men to be recognized under the suspension of the rules on Monday, but Mr. Converse is second on the list. Notes ami Personalities. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Washington, Feb. 28.—Representative Stevlo to-day introduced, for reference to the House committee on pensions, bounty and backpay; the petition of Joseph Hoover and sixty others, members of the Grand Army of the Republio of Mncey. Ind.. asking for equalization of bounties, increased pensions, bounties and backpay. Mr. Steele expects to go home next week and remain a considerable time. Mr. Peelle will leave here for Indianapolis on Sunday or Monday. Senator Harrison was instructed to-day by tho Senate committee on military affairs to report favorably the bill allowing J. H. Woodard about three months pay as adjutant in the late war. Wm. G. Kincade has been commissioned postmaster at Markland, aud Charles P. Bell at Bloomings!) urg. Ind. Colonel Jonas Howard, Colonel Clark and Judge Springer, of Jeffersonville, are here. They are trying to impress upou Congress the necessity of building a dam about three-quarters of a mile long to protect the arsenal and other, government property at Jeffersonville, and prevent future overflows from floods. Tlie property is now completely inundated. As the government is materially interested and it will afford protection to the city as well, it is thought probable that an appropriation will be granted for tho purpose. William B. Jenkins was to-day confirmed as postmaster at Winamac, Ind. Application has been received at the Postoffiea Department for the appointment of Miss Lizzio Nutt as postmaster at Uniontown, Pa. She is a. sister of young Nutt, recently acquitted at Pittsburg on the charge of murdering Lyinau Dukes. The river and harbor committee of the Houso has decided to hear delegations in favor of different works, commencing on the Ist of March. It is expected a large number of delegations from different sections of the country will be heard. The Treasury Department has issued warrant s for about $11,500,000 ou account of pensions the present month; therefore it is expected the reduction of the public debt for the month will be less than usual. The American government has received an invitation, through the imperial German legation at Washington, to participate in the exhibition of dairy products at Munich, from the 2d to the 12th of October, 188.4. Tlie advocates of the whisky bond extension bill received notice to-day from Mr. Willis, of Kentucky, to be in their seats on next Tuesday, when he expects to call up the bill aud put it on its passage. Mr. Willis said to the Journal correspondent to-night that it would pass by a two-thirds majority. Tho bill extends tlio bonded period two years. Owners are to pay 4 1-2 per cent, interest on the tax. Nimmo’s Bogus Statistics. Ottawa, Feb. 28. —Jolm Lowe, secretary of the Department of Agriculture, giving evidence to day, said the statement of the Chief of the Bureau of Statistics at Washington witli reference to the number coming into the States from Canada was simply absurd and without a f (article of foundation. Affidavits of the colectors of customs at Port Huron and Fort Gratiot declare there is no data whatever on which Chief Ninimo could aniv _ s. elusion. One collector states that on o. sion his report was returned from Washi. with a request for a larger number of fern, and children. When the collector asked who,, he should get them, the reply came: “Manufacture them.

Lost at Sea. New York, Feb. 28.—A New Loudon dispatch, to-night, notes the death, by drowning, or starvation, of seven men of the crew of the schooner Sarah W. Hunt, while seai’ehing for seals near Campbell island. Pacific ocean. The commander of the brigantine, with tho aid of a boy, kept his vessel on the course for a month. The captain and steward of the schooner alone sailed the vessel 030 miles to New Zealand, after losing the crew. Convict Labor. New York, Feb. 28.—The prison conference to day discussed prison labor. Among those who took part in the debate were Rev. D. A. Byers, secretary of the Board of Charities, Columbus, O.; Superintendent W. D. Peterson, of (ho Cleveland, 0., prison, and Professor Francis Wayland. The general opinion expressed was in favor of the contract system, as the one best calculated to benefit prisoners and society. Steamship News. New York. Feb. 28.—Arrived: Bohemia, from Hamburg: Hohenstaufen, from Bremen; Assyrian Monarch, from London; Circassian, from Liverpool. Loniion, Feb. 28.—Arrived: Moravian and j Schiedam, from New York; Lord Clive, from Philadelphia. Robbed the Mails. Cincinnati, Feb. 28.—Postoffice Inspectors J. 11. Brown and W. W. Herrick to-day arrested 1 Samuel Liebschutz, a letter carrier of the Cin- ! cinnati postoffice, for appropriating money front { letters. Evidence of his guilt was found on his person. He made 110 defense before the United States Commissioner, and was held for trial in $1,500 bail. _ l-'ires at Philadelphia. Philadelphia, Feb. 28.—Alexander Tarkington’s carpet mill burned to-night. Loss. $25,000; insured. At a later hour Powers & Wightman's extensive laboratory, corner of Ninth and Parish streets, was discovered to he on fire. Tlireo alarms was sent out and at 2 a. m. the fire is still burning. The loss, it is feared, will he heavy. A Norwegian Brigantine Wrecked* New York, Feb. 28.—A St. Thomas paper, received to-day, tells a story of the wreck of a Norwegian brigantine on Augitilla reef during a gale, and when all on board, except the captain and boy. were down with the African coast fever. All were rescued, however, the next morning. Perished in the Snow-Storm. Bismarck, Feb. 28.—A special from Washburn says two herders, one named Merry, and one of the Jewish refugees, were lost on the 18th in the snow-storm, and their bodies have not yet been found. It is supposed they are covered with snow, One of the ponies has come in. Charged with Murder. East Saginaw, Feb. 28.—Margaret A. Smith was arrested, at her home in Saginaw, to-day. She is charged with having poisoned her husband, Frank -Smith, at Pontiac, this State, in lbo. She was taken to Pontiac to-night. Verdict in tile Howard Damage Suit.] 11l Judge Howe’s court, yesterday, after twen-ty-three hours' deliberation, a jury found a verdict for the plaintiff in the suit of Charles Haines, administrator of the estate of Dr. Anderson Howard, against the C., 1., St. L. & CRailroad Company, assessing damages at $2,500. Ten of the jurors were for SIO,OOO damages, and' the other two held out for the defendant, until a compromise was finally effected, giving the plaintiff $2,500. The suit arose from the killing of Dr. Howard aud the dangerous injury of his daughter Mary, last May. by a “Big Four train runuiug into the buggy in which they were ridiug. Mias Howard has already recovered $4,000 aga’nst the company, which, it is understood, offered $5,000 as a compromise for both cases.