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America that she prevent tjie open manufacture of dynamite. Descriptions of the suspected dynamiters have been sent to all parts of Europe, and steps have been taken to have them arrested. <General Bntler on tlie Use of Dynamite, interview in New York World. “Are you willing, General,” asked the reporter, “to give the World any suggestions upon the subject of the use of dynamite and the right >f England to demand of America that she shall nterfere in the matter?” “By all rules of civilized warfare,” he replied, “the use being made of dynamite can not be justified: yet, like all weapons of offense and defenc, it has been used generally by the fanatics of weaker parties in all civilized and insurrectionary contests. Sometimes the stronger party uses weapons of such a nature. An example of this is readily seen in the letting loose by England, during the war of the Revolution, of the the Indian savages with their tomahawks and scalping knives upon the defenseless men and women of our hoarders not in arms, and giving premiums for scalps. That was justified in the British Parliament on the ground that ‘Great Britain has the right to use all weapons that the God of nature • puts into her power.’ An example of the first class in our late civil war was the use of Canada as a base of operations for the distribution of clothing infected with smallpox and yellow fevc*r into the Union cities, the incursions of the raiders from Canada upon the peaceful village of St. Alban*. Vt., for the purpose of robbing its bank, and the coming down of incendiaries to set fire to New York hotels, where were lodged a number of inoffensive women and children. I think that the men of the North believe that these acts were committed by the cranks of the Confederacy. Wo did Dot claim to hold the confederate government responsible, but we did try to have England prevent her provinces being used as headquarters for such operations. The reply of England always was that ‘The law of nations only require us, as a neutral, to see to it that no armed expedition, either by land or by water, should leave our shores to attack you. We are not responsible, and cannot be called upon to prevent the sporadic and individual enterprises of rapine and murder,’ and we had to be content with this answer.” _ FOREIGN MISCELLANY. Prominent Fenians Implicated in tlie Murder of Earl Leitrim. London, March 4. —Nellis, the Irish informer who surrendered yesterday to the Greenock police, states the murderers of the Earl of Lietrim were Patrick McLaughlin, traveling Fenian; Head center Thomas Hunt, and Michael McGinin. He says he heard McLaughlin confess that lie shot Lord Leitrim. Tlie murder was planned in London. The last he knew of McLaughlin's movements was that he went to Dublin in 1882 and gave Carey two knives and £SO of the secret society funds. Trade on tlie Congo. London. March 4.—The treaty with Portugal appointing an Anglo-Portuguese commission regulating trade and navigation on the Congo river, is approved by a majority of the Liberal and a number of Conservative members of Parliament. It is reported that France is determined to resist the recognition of the sovereignty of Portugal, on the north side of the Congo, and will also insist upon tlie right of trance to •.be represented on the commission.

British Ship Owners. London. March 4. —An important meeting of British ship owners was held to-day to consider the proposed legislation affecting their interests. Members of Parliament deprecated hasty legislation in regard to merchant shipping. The sentiment of the meeting was embodied in ;t resolution which says: “The enormous interests involved demand that the proposed bill be referred to a select committee. ” Tlie Bark Trinidad Abandoned at Sea. IjOxixiv, March 4.—Seventeen members of the crow of the Spanish bark Trinidad, Captain Marrero, have landed at Liverpool. They report the Trinidad, from Pensacola, Dec. 27, for Gloucester. was abandoned bv them, water-logged, on Fob. 24. The captain and remainder of the crew refused to quit the vesseLHouapai‘ti*ta and Royalists. Paris, March 4. —Paul de Cassagnae, Bonanartist, writes in Le Matin, urging that the Bonapartists and Royalists should unite, with a view of effecting the downfall of the republic. “Xapoleonism and Orleansism,” he says, “are only different labels for the same sort of cor dial." Nine Persons Drowned, London, March 4. —The steamer Bertha collided at Gibraltar with the Norwegian bark Amalia. Nine persons were drowned. Cable Notes. Princess (.‘lotilde. sister of the King of Italy, vnd wife of Princ e Napoleon, is dangerously ill. Joaquin Liindendox, director of a Havana savings bank, committed suic ide, and the bank lias suspended payment. The Swiss police are searching the houses of Anarchists. The president of the Berne Anarchical Club has been arrested. It is announced that great stagnation exists in tho shipping interests upon the Tyne. One hundred and twenty-four vessels are idle and 1.060 men out of employment. Prussia's proposal to the Bundesratli regarding the anti-socialist law is to prolong the law until I*Bo, on the ground that many attacks upon life and property are traceble to Socialists. In T arragona. Spain, a shoemaker named Perez entered a cigar store for the purpose of robbing it. Meeting with resistance he stabbed fatally an old woman, her Pro daughters and a servant. Hong Kong advices report a collision had ocVurrod between the Chinese soldiers and Europeans at Shanghai. A small body of the former assaulted several of tlie latter and wounded two with bayonets. The American consul at Dundee has asked captains of whaling vessels to keep a look out /or Lieutenant Greely in Baffin’s Bay, in view of vho possibility of his drifting from Smith’s Sound on an ice floe. Collision of Freight Trains. Mjssolda, March 4. —The second section of the oast bound treight, last night, with a snow plow in front, while going thirty miles an hour, ran into the first section of the train, whilo the latter halted at Yoeko without displaying a signal light. The caboose in which nine men were sleeping was split from end to end, throwing tho men in every direction. Ail wore hurt more or less, and two, John Barker, brakeman, and William Corless, of St. Paul, fatally burned by escaping steam. Two cars, further in front, were also telescoped. The engineer and fireman of the incoming engine saved themselves by jumping. 9-10,000 Embezzlement. Buffalo, March 4.—John W. Hawkins, United States lumber inspector, and private secretary of Nelson Holland, of Clarke, Holland A; Po.. lumber dealers, is charged with embezzlement of moneys of Holland aggregating $40,000. Hawkius does not deny the charge. Holland declines to say whether he will prosecute him criminally or not. The money is supposed to have been lost in wheat speculation. Hawkins lias heretofore enjoyed an enviable reputation. Shot Dead by a Drunken Wife Beater. Cincinnati, March 4.—The Commercial Gazette’s Sandusky, 0., special says: “William McMillan, a farmer, residing near Huron, this county, went home drunk this evening, and began abusing his wife, who called for help. McMillan, seeing George Thompson, a neighbor, approaching, seized a shotgun and killed him in jstantly. It is said Thompson had no knowledge of the quarrel, and was only making a friendly call, according to habit. McMillan escaped.” ll all’s Vegetable Sicilian Hair Renewer heals every disease peculiar to the scalp, and keeps the tv alp owl and vWan.

STATE NEWS AND GOSSIP. Conclusion of Testimony in tlie Block Murder Case at Greensliurg. Shocking Accident at Madison—An Old Man Burned to Death in His Home Near Bloomington, 111. INDIANA. Close of the Testimony In the Block Murder Case at Greensburg. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Gkeensburg, March 4. —The State declined to cross-examine Jacob Block this morning, and, after one witness told of a threat made two days before the killing, the defense closed their side of the case. The State began rebuttal at once. Most of the testimony tended to show that Frank was a man of good character while lie lived at Rushville, and that Frank Walters, an important witness for the defense, was of bad reputation. Nicholas Gantner heard Roth, the Chicago notion vender, say: “I did not know a thing about it, but I got SSO and expenses, and so much a day to come here and swear. I was forty miles away."’ Wm. Walker saw one of the attorneys give Walters money, after saying that he would make good evidence. Tony Ryan saw Walters have money after he had testified. The last witness was Julia Frank, the widow ol the deceased. She said: “I was bom in Russia and married there. I came down to the store of my husband between 1 and 2 o'clock of the fatal afternoon, and was there nearly all the afternoon until 4:30. My husband was in the store with me nearly all the time, and I noticed nothing unusual in his appearance.” Court adjourned until to-morrow morning, when the argument will begin and continue in the following order: B. F. Bennett, deputy prosecuting attorney, James K. Ewing for defense, John D. Miller for State, Jesse J. Spann and Wm. A. Cullen for defense and Prosecuting Attorney M. D. Tackett closing for the State. This will occupy two days at least. Ex-Senator Spann, of Rushville, and Colonel J. S. Scobey, of this city, had a war of words in court to-day, in which the lie direct was given. The timely interference of Judge Heller prevented a personal encounter. Both parties agreed to settle the matter outside. Severed His Jugular with a Pen-Knife. Special to tho Indianapolis Journal. Kmchtstows, March 4.—The little village of Ogden, two miles east of this place, some weeks ago was considerably excited over the attempt of Frank Hodson to hang himself with a strap thrown over a beam in a hay mow. Since that time he has been watched closeli' for fear he would again attempt to take his life. To-day he left the house and had gone hut a short distance when he took his pen knife and cut his throat, serving tho juglar vein so that he bled to death in a few hours.

Horrible Accident. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Madison, March 4. —John Daily, married, aged twenty-six, was caught in the Johnson starch factory machinery while working a corn sheller to-day, losing the left side of his lower jaw and part of his tongue, and suffering terrible injuries about the face, arm and shoulder. His condition is extremely critical. Death is expected. Minor Notes. Mr. S. K. Kittle, a boot and shoe merchant of Rising Sun, made an assignment on Monday. The liabilities are little more than SB,OOO, and the assets about $2,500. Mrs. John Schroeder, a German woman living in the southern part of LaPorte, while doing some out-door work slipped and fell, breaking her neck, killing her instantly. All persons interested in the subject of the drainage of the marsh lands in the valley of the Kankakee river are invited to meet in South Bend, at the comity commissioners’ rooms, on March 8. Louis Oberndorfer the would-be murderer and suiaide, in prison at Clay City, died suddenly and unexpectedly on Monday. He asked to be raised in the bed, and wanted some milk, which was brought He coughed two or three times and asked to bo laid down, when he died. The motion for anew trial in the BrooksGanse murder trial, at Richmond, was overruled, and the defendant, Brooks, was sentenced to tho Southern Penitentiary for twenty-one years—tho extent of tho law for manslaughter. His attorneys will appeal tho case to tho Su preme Court. ILLINOIS. An Old Farmer Living Near Bloomington Burned to Death. Special to tho Indianapolis Journal. Bloomington. March 4.—Early this morning, the farm-house of John R. Brittin, an aged citizon and an old settler of this county, burned, and Mr. Brittin perished in tho flames. Mr. Brittin was seventy years old, and lived in dower on the farm he settled on nearly half a century ago. A tenant, named Gepson, farmed his place and occupied the lower part of the house, while Mr. Brittin slept up stall's. About daylight this morning, the Gepson family were awakened by the crackling of fire, and they barely escaped with their lives, and in their night-clothing and bare footed. They ran to their nearest neighbors, half a mile away, and on returning tlie house was burned, and in it Mr. Brittin. His charred bones were found in the cellar. It is thought the fir© originated by tho explosion of a coal-oil lamp. The Bond Case. Deoatur, March 3.— Emanuel Olementi, one of the defendants in the Emma Bond trial, spent Sunday in Decatur, and was in consultation with a number of parties about the Grove City outrage. Ho talks and acts as if he was engaged in an undertaking to reopen the case by causing tlie arrest of the guilty parties and having them punished. lie has visited this locality Irequently since the trial at Hillsboro, and while it is known that he is gathering new points in the case, yet lie refuses to give anything away just yet. He promises a big sensation in a* short time. He left tlie city to-day. Rande Confined hi the Solitary. Joliet, March 4.— Deputy Warden McDonald, who was so murderously assaulted on Saturday by Frank Rande, rested well last night, and it is now believed that he will recover. When Warden McClaughrey returned from Now York today ho ordered an examination of the murderer's wounds, and tho bullet was extracted from his head. It had flattened against his skull without producing even a fracture, and as the prisoner was found not to be even in danger, lie was at once ordered to the solitary for punishment-. Wreck on the Illinois Central. Galena, March 4.—A passenger train on the Illinois Central was derailed this morning near Maryland Station. All of the coaches left the track. Two, tipping over, were badly wrecked. Three persons were injured, none fatally. Tlie wounded are: IT. J. Brown, Galena; G. C. Suin-

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merfield, Chicago, a traveling salesman, and a traveler from the East, name unascertained. The wounded were brought to Galena. Brief Mention. Tlie Carpenter ease will be called, at Petersburg, on Monday next. The revival meetings at Hillsboro continue, with results satisfactory to those inaugurating the movement. The postoffiee and store of S. Schmidt, at Mel ville, five miles west of Alton, were destroyed by fire on Monday afternoon, with all their eontents. Bryce Alsbury, of Waynesville. died on Monday from the effects of a pistol shot wound inflicted by Henry Teal, who has disappeared. John Foley, of Wapella, took his life, on Monday. while lying in bed, by shooting himself. No reason is assigned for his doing so. and it is somewhat mysterious, as he was surrounded by the most favorable prospects. Charles McHenry, au inmate of the Galesburg jail, cut his throat on Monday night. He is the one who, last Friday night, attempted to break jail and nearly killed Sheriff Stuckey. It is thought that his wound is not fatal. The new Methodist Episcopal Church at Carrollton, costing $15,000, was dedicated on Sunday. Bishop Bowman, of St. Louis; Elder Geo Stevens and Dr. W. F. Short, of Jacksonville; Chaplain \Y r . H. Rutledge, of the Joliet Penitentiary, and a number of the local ministers were in attendance. The sum of $5,000 was raised by subscription to complete paying for the building. THE CORNING OUTRAGE. The Assailants of McDevitt Under ArrestStatements of Father o‘Boylan. Corning, 0., March 4. —The sheriff and a number of deputies have arrested tho leaders of tlie crowd which forced McDevitt to leave town on Sunday night. They were taken to New Lexington for preliminary trial. A warrant is also out for Rev. O’Boylan, with whom McDevitt had the original difficulty. Forces and sentiment are pretty equally divided between the two men, and trouble is feared between the church people and those not members. Father O’Boylan has published a card in a Columbus paper and been talked with by the representative of a paper in that city. The substance of his statement is that the McDevitt mob at Corning was under hi3 sanction. The committee was not appointed to eject McDevitt, but to investigate the statements he had published concerning O’Boylan. He says, further, that McDevitt had threatened to take his life, and he supposes tlie people thought they had some right to rid themselves of a desperado as the people of a neighboring town, Rendville, did a short time before. There was no question of doctrine or anything else in which the church is implicated in this matter. McDevitt simply attacked the character of O’Boylan and threatened violence, though he denies making threats. McDevitt states that when the party took him out they threatened to kill him, aud after keeping him in suspense an hour, told him he might live by retracting what he hail said against O’Boylan and leaving the country. He accepted the condition to save his life. OBITUARY. Death of the Rev. Father William J. Hamilton. Louisville, March 4. —The Rev. Father William J. Hamilton, of the Roman Catholic diocese of Mobile and Savannah, died yesterday, after a long and painful illness at St. Joseph’s Infirmary, on Fourth street.

For twenty-eight years Father Hamilton labored for religion in tlie district mentioned. During the war he was stationed at the famous Andersonvillo prison, and was consequently well known to soldiers on both sides. He was greatly beloved, and many a warrior will drop a tear to his memory. The officers of the Grand Army of the Republic presented Father Hamilton a testimonial of respect for his kindness to . iiion soldiers at Andersonville. He was once administrator of the diocese of Savannah after tho death of the bishop, and was rector of the cathedral at Mobile at the time of his death. He has been afflicted with a complication of diseases for some months. He was a native of Ireland, aged about fifty years. Tho funeral occurred at 9:30 yesterday morning, from the cathedral in Louisville. and was largely attended by tho local Catholic clergy. _ Hr. Robert Coleman. Richmond. Va., March 4.—Dr. Robert Coleman, medical inspector of the confederate anny of northern Virginia, is dead, aged fifty-four. Mr. Waite. Mankato, Minn., March 4.—Mr. Waite, candidate for Congress against Dunnell, died here to-day. aged seventy. Losses by Fire. Hobicon, Wis., March 4.—Eggleston & Co.’s steam grist mill has burned. Loss, $15,000. Insurance, $4,000. Montreal. March 4.—The dwelling occupied by Charles Caron, at Three Rivers, burned. Two children, aged four and two, perished in the flames. Hannibal, Mo., March 4.—A fire this morning destroyed several buildings on Broadway and Main streets, occupied jointly as business and residences. Loss about $20,000. There were several narrow escapes from suffocation by women and children. Waterville. Me., March 4.—Fire, this morning, destroyed the Fiber Ware Company’s factory, Jeremiah Furbash’s sash factory, and E. T. Crommet’s grist mill. Losses: Fiber company, $25,000; partially insured. Furbash, $lO,000; insurance, $4,500. E. T. Crommet, $2,300; insurance, $1,200. Hangings. West Point, Miss., March 4 Stephens, colored, was hanged here to-day, for the murder of an old negro named Porch, at Westbrook, last July. An immense crowd, principally colored, witnessed the execution. On the scaffold Stephens said ho had made peace with God, and was going straight home to Jesus. The trap was sprung at half-past 1, the fall breaking tho doomed man’s neck. Philadelphia, March 4.— John McGinnis was hanged in the county prison at 10:35 this morning, for the murder of his mothev-in law. Mrs. Mary* Reed. Tlie prisoner seemed fully pro pared to die, and paid no attention to anybody but his spiritual adviser. His general calmness indicated one wfio fully realized his position. On the scaffold he embraced and kissed the priest. In the middle of the repetition of tho sentence “Jesus receive my soul’* tho drop fell. He seemed to die without pain. Dan Flanagan Under Arrest. Cincinnati, March 4.— Detectives Crawford and Schuucks made what they regard an important arrest-, to-niglit, in the person of Dan Flanagan. They think he is the well-known robber who lately escaped from the Georgia penitentiary while serving fifteen years for highway robbery. It is thought he is concerned in the recent daring robberies hero in stores, where the inmates were overawed by revolvers. Two such cases have occurred within tho past week. The charge of grand larceny was made against him. Tlie Western Union Retaliating. Philadelphia, March 4.— The forcible taking possession, yesterday, of the offices of the Western Union Telegraph Company by the Baltimore & Ohio, during Which the fixtures and instruments of the Western Union were flung into the street, under the direction of Howell Brothers, tenants of the office, resulted in the arrest, this morning, of the assistant superintendent and an operator of the Baltimore & Ohio company, and Charles Howell, the broker, upon warrants charging them with forcible entry. Election Frauds. Scranton. March 4.—lt is announced that 700 persons voted at the last municipal election on fraudulent tax certificates, and Richard Caldon, brother in law of Mayor-elect Frank Beamish, lias been arrested for uttering them.

NATIONAL CAPITAL TOPICS. [Continued from First Page.] tives Murphy and Paige a sub-committee on campaign documents, the chairman being ex officio a member of both sub committees. Tho committee had an informal talk over the arrangements to be made for the campaign, but did not enter into the discussion of questions of party policy. The revenue reform Democrats appear to be in tho minority on the executive committee. Senator Gorman and Senator Kenna are both tariff Democrats, as are Representatives Paige and Stevens. Representatives Stockslager, and Murphy were Carlisle men, and with Senator Garland represont tho tariff reform element on the committee Representative Rosecrans voted for Carlisle for Speaker, but is an incidental protectionist, anu indorses the Ohio tariff platform. The secretary of the committee is a tariff Democrat. In the main, tlie committee is composed of the younger element of the party. The following is a full list of the campaign coinmitttee, as at prosent composed: Alabama, H. A. Herbort; Arkansas. A. H. Garland: California, W. S. Rosecrans; Connecticut, W. W. Eaton: Delaware, 0. B. Lore; Georgia* A. 11. Colquitt; Illinois, R. W. Townshend: Indiana, S. 31. Stockslager; lowa, J. H. Murphy; Kentucky, James F. Clay; Louisiana, N. C. Blanchard: Maryland, A. P. "Gorman: Massachusetts, H. B. Lovering; Michigan, N. B. Eldridge; Mississippi. H. L. Muldrow; Missouri, A. M. Dockery; Nevada, G. W. Cassidy; New Jersey, W. H. Fiedler; New York, R. P. Stevens; North Carolina, Clement David; Ohio, D. R. Paige; Oregon. J. Slater; Pennsylvania, Wm. Mutchler; South Carolina, Samuel Dibble; Tennessee, J. Q. Harris; Texas, R. O. Mills; Virginia, John S. Barbour; West Virginia, John E. Kenna; Wisconsin, P. V. Deuster; Florida. R. H. M. Davison; Arizona, G. H. Oury; Montana, M. Maginnis; Wyoming, 1* E. Post; Utah, J. F. Cain. THE SUFFRAGISTS. Annual Convention of tlie Advocates of Woman’s Suffrage. Washington, March 4. —The fifteenth annual convention of the Woman’s Suffrage Association began to-day. All the women who have been prominent in the suffrage movement were present except Mrs. Stanton, who is detained by the illness of her sister. As tho meeting was in the nature of an executive session, Mrs. May Wright SeweTl, chairman of the executive committee, presided. After the appointment of a number of committees and the adoption of several resolutions, relating for the most part to routine business, the association took a recess. The first public session of tho convention was held this afternoon, Miss Anthony presiding in tho absence of Mrs. Elizabeth Cady Stanton. Tlie programme for tlie afternoon session included an invocation by Rev. Olympia Brown, opening address by Susan B. Anthony, and reports from Belva A. Lockwood, Mary Clay, of Kentucky; Hattie Shattuc, of Massachusetts; Abigail Scott Dunniway. of Oregon and Washington Territory, and Helen M. Gougar, of Indiaua, and speeches by Dr. Clemence Lozier and Mary Seymour Howell. Miss Anthony read letters of encouragement from Geo. W. Curtis, J. P. Thomason, M. P., and Jane Cobdeu, daughter of the late Richard Cobden. At the evening session the following addresses were delivered: “The Statesmanship of Women,’’ by Elizabeth Boynton Horbert; “Tho Unknown Quantity in Politics,” Lillie Devereux Blake; “Disabilities, 54 Martha McClellan Brown; “The Successful Experiment.” Judge M. Brown, United States district attorney, Wyoming.

CONGRESSMAN PEELLE. Indiana Republicans Harmonious and In Good Fighting Trim. Special to New York Tribune. “What are tho prospects of the Republican party in Indiana now as compared with the prospects at this time four years ago?’’ Congressman Peelle was asked. “Decidedly more favorable now than they wore then, I should say. Indeed. I doubt if we have been in a better condition in fifteen years than we are to-day. There is absolutely no factional feeling in the State.” “Will the Indiana delegation to Chicago present a candidate for the presidential! nomination?” “I think not. Probably the delegates will go unpledged: at least, I hope so. Os course, if there should be developed in tho national convention a strong tendency toward an Indiana man as a candidate, our delegation would be zealous, earnest and united in his support. We think that Indiana has strong claims on the Republican party. The State has cast her electoral vote for the Republican candidate in every presidential contest, except once, since 1856, and she has been, iu a sense, a ‘pivotal’ Stale in several election?. The Republicans of Indiana have been faithful and true, and have borne tho heat and burden of the day in many a hot fight. We have several men, either of whom, as a presidential candidate, would carry Indiana with a whirl. Ido not think there is any jealousy between them or among their friends. I do not believe, for example, the warmest friends of Senator Harrison would put a straw in tho way of General Gresham’s success, nor do I believe his friends would raise an obstacle in Senator Harrison's path. The friends of one aro the friends of both and of each' other, and the same is true of Governor Porter’s friends. If either Gresham, Harrison or Porter should be prominently brought forward in tho national convention, tho mends of tlie other two men would support him with just as warm enthusiasm and loyalty as would his own special friends and advocates. And all of them will support, with the same heartiness and zeal, the nominee of the Republican national convention, whoever he may be. “Among tho Republican voters of tho State, the feeling in favor of Blaine is very strong. General Arthur’s course since he became President is highly commended by Indiana Republicans and he is regarded with general confidence and respect. But, as I have said before, tho nominee of tho convention will receive their hearty and undivided support. They only desire that tho convention shall be a body fairly representative of the Republican party of the country, and that after a free conference it shall make a fair, deliberate choice from among the several excellent candidates before it.” MINOR MENTION. The President Urged to Appoint General Gresham to Succeed Judge Drunnnond. S per ml to tho Indianapolis Journal. Washington, March 4. —Representative Peelle called upon the President to-day and presented petitions of members of the bar in twenty-one cities in Indiana, asking that in tho event Judgo Drummond is retired Gresham be appointed. He presented, also, a petition signed by nil members of Congress and senators from Indiana, making tlie sumo request The President made no answer to the petitions, it not being time for him to speak. That he will do when Judge Drummond indicates his readiness to retire, which, in tho opinion of those iu position to know, will bo some time this month. It seems now that there can be no doubt that Gresham will get the place, and without any solicitation upon his part. So far there has been no indication that ho has made any move for the position, whilo, to the contrary, there is every reason to believe that what is done by his friends is without his knowledge. Indiana Democrats to Form a Club. Special to tho Imlinnripolia Journal. Washington, March 4. —Indiana Democrats in Congress, and those from that State who are picking crumbs from the table of spoils by congressional positions, have determined to band themselves together to form a club, to pattern after their wiser opponents, and to organize hero for field practice. They have called a

meeting for Thursday night at the Capitol, in Mr. Stockalager’s committee-room. There they propose to organize a club of some sort for the purpose of disseminating Democratic literature in the shape of House documents and other campaign matter of more rabid aud ultra character. There are nine Democratic members of Congress, Senator Voorhees, Dick Bright, Doorkeeper Dalton, and about a dozen employes of the House from Indiana who will be present, and they think it possible to effect a kind of an unterrified league which will look as big in the eyes of the Democrats at home as though it was a gigantic affair. Indiana Patents. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Washington, March 4.—Patents were issued to Indianans, to-day, as follows: Elias C. Atkins, Indianapolis, machine for dipping saws; Wm. T. Bennett, Newport, ditching machine; John E. Bazell, Tipton, fastening device for doors; Irvin M. Brown, Covington, fence; Wallace H. Dodge, Mishawaka, band saw machine; Moses F. and T. A. Foley. Waveland, grain drill; H. H. Fulton (assignor to Indianapolis Machine and Bolt Works), wheel or pulley: John W. Fulton, Roanoke, automatic grain measure, register and sacker: Wilbur F. Heath, Fort Wayne, two-wheeled vehicle; Nicholas A. Hull, Peru, desk; Evans H. Jenkins, Richmond, watch-case spring; James B. Ross, Union City, fence post; John 11. Schaffer, Blue River, mechanical power: James Sharkey, Honey Creek, car-door lock; .John S. Smith, Rushville, tablo for tile mills; Harrison D. Spangle, assignor to Norris & Bro.. Rushville, seeding machine: John Werkert, Indianapolis, rotary coal-sifter; Henry C. Williamson, Michigan City, furnace; Isaac P. Woodard, Richmond, combined fodder-cutter, corn-sholier and feed mill. Obsequies of Minister Hunt. Washington, March 4.—The flags of the Navy Department and navy-yard were placed at half mast at noon, to-day, in respect to the memory of Minister Hunt, whose funeral took place, to-day, at St. Petersburg. The Navy Department closed at 1 o’clock. A St. Petersburg dispatch says the funeral services over the remains of Minister Hunt took place, to-day, at the American church. Tlie coffin, wrapped in stars and stripes, was con veyed to the church in a hearso drawn by six horses. A large number of mourners were present, and the services were very impressive. Tlie coffin was laid in the vault of the church, where it will remain until arrangements are made for transporting it to the United States. Joaquin Miller on Mormoni&m. Washington, March 4.—Joaquin Miller today appeared before the House committee on Territories and gave the members his views on the Mormon question. He characterized Mormons as “cranks and Guiteaus,” and opposed repressive measures as only tending to incite them to further lawless acts’ instead of subduing them. Polygamy, be thought, was on the decrease, and he prescribed education for all ills from which the people of Utah suffered. The Mormons as a people, in his opinion were extremely ignorant persons, led by cranks and those who had their own ends to serve, aud all that was necessary to bring them back to the paths of morality was to show them their true condition. The Charges Against Knox and Needham. Washington, Marcn 4. —The banking and currency committee has resolved to hear Comptroller Knox and Bank Examiner Needham on Friday, Marcli 21, in reference to the charges of fraud aud misconduct on tho part of these officials, preferred by shareholders of the Pacific National Bank, of Boston. A representative of tlie shareholders will be heard on tho same day.

Notes end Personalities. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Washington, March 4.—The membership of tho Indiana Republican Club, of this city, has run up to 175, beside about as many honorary members. Mrs. M. E. Haggait, of Indianapolis, is at the Higga. Miss Henderson, of Martinsville, is a guest of Mrs. C. C. Matson. A. C. Bearss, of Indiana, is at tho Ebbitt. Thomas W. Clewart has been commissioned postmaster at Edwards, Ind , and Samuel Keller at Bluffton. Wrn. W. Landers has been appointed postmaster at the newly established postoffice at Landers, Grant county. Charles Moorhens, who has been residing in Washington Territory for two years past, where he is satisfactorily established in business, is at present in town visiting his parents, Senator and Mrs. Voorhees. Helen M. GougarandMay Wright Sewell, of Indiana, were present at Mrs. Spofford’s reception, at the Riggs, in honor of Miss Susan B. Anthony, this afternoon. They are delighted with the manner in which they are generally received here. On Saturday thoy intend going before the House committee on judiciary and hearing the arguments favoring the amendment to tho Constitution giving women the ballot. A series of vigorous resolutions recently adopted by Henry S. Lane Post 76, G. A. R., of Indiana, demanding increased pensions, equalization of bounties, land warrants for soldiers, etc., were presented to the House to-day by Representative Wood. The House committee on invalid pensions has agreed to report a bill to allow tho widow of General Frank P. Blair, of Missouri, $5,000 and a pension of SSO per month for money expended and services rendered the Union cause by her husband during the late war. Confirmations by the Senate: T. J. Tuomey, South Carolina, marshal for tho United States, district of South Carolina; Hugh J. Dobbs, register of tho land office, Beatrice, Nebraska: Wm. W. Carter, collector of internal revenues for the Seventh district of Indiana; James H. Stone, collector of internal revenue for the First district of Michigan. The Secretary of the Interior has decided that under the acts of March 3, 1877, and June 9, 1880, clerks of district courts in Dakota may take final proofs of homestead entries without regard to the counties in which tho court lias held its session. This is a reversal of the Landoffice decision on the same point. The House committee on naval affairs has appointed Representatives Buchanan, McAdoo and Boutelle a subcommittee to investigate the management of the Jeannette, expedition, in accordance with the Washburn resolution, adopted yesterday. Senator Aldrich has revised his hill for refunding the national debt, and introduced it in the Senate to-day. The President lias granted a respito of two weeks to Prank Minor, sentenced to be hanged on next Friday. The House committee on judiciary has ordered an adverse report on the O'Neil amendment to the McGarranan claim. Representatives Reed and Boutelle, of Maine, and Mr. Cuteheon, of Michigan, made arguments before the ways and means committee, today, in opposition to placing lumber on tho free list. The House committee on military affairs has ordered a favorabio report on the bill giving army telegraph operators, who served as such in the fate war. tho same right to homestead entry allowed enlisted men. International Dog Sinus. Cincinnati, March 4. —The international deg show began to-day In Melodeon Hall with 300 specimens of various breeds of dogs on exhibition. The entries include famous dogs from all over the United States and Canada, and dog fanciers as well as tlie general public aro delighted with the exhibition Teller, the Express Robber. St. Louis, March ♦.—Up to noon the police bad discovered no clew as to tho whereabouts of Teller, tlie Pacific express robber. Detectives are prosecuting the search vigorously but aro very reticent. No new developments.

A VIRGINIA TRAGEDY. John Glasscock Murders His Wife aud Three Children, and Then Kills Himself. Delaplane, Va., March 4. —On Sunday morning, John Glasscoek, while in a fit of passion, supposed to have been caused by jealousy, murdered his wife aud three small children. After setting fire to his house he proceeded to the woods, half a mile distant, and shot himself through the heart. Tlie lire in the house was discovered and extinguished before the bodies were consumed or much damage had resulted. It seems the attention of the neighbors was called to the residence bv tlio appearance of it being on fire. When they entered and the fire was extinguished, tho body of his wife, son aged seven, baby and child between, were found dead and weltering in blood from pistol shots, one each in the wife and second and third child, and three in tho oldest boy. Shortly afterwards a shot was heard in the direction of the woods, a short distance off, and the body of John Glasscock himself was disc overed. Tlie deduction is that he murdered his family, reloaded his revolver, fired his house to conceal the crime, and then killed himself as soon as tho extinguishment of tlie fire told him his crime was revealed. He was a son of Thomas Glasscock, who lives beyond the Fauquier line, in Loudon, but owns more land in Fauquier and pays more taxes in this county than any other one man. The wife of John Glasscock was Miss Frazier, of Loudon, and of a most respectable family. Glasscock was given to drink, and it is believed he was crazed by liquor. It now appears that Glasscock, while laboring under some hallucination or fit of temporary insanity, drove away tlie servant early on Sunday morning, murdered his family, poured coal-oil over tho bed and set fire to it, fastened up the liouse, and then went to tlio cabin of a neighbor and pretended that he needed a servant to cook breakfast for himself and family. He then returned, as his tracks in tlie snow indicate, to the vicinity of his own house, and finding the tragedy had not yet been discovered, proceeded to the edge of a piece of woods overlooking the farm, where he seems to have watched his burning house until it was entered and the fire extinguished by the neighbors. Ho then retired a few paces further into the woods and shot himself through tlie heart. The father, mother and three children were buried side by side in the cemetery near Middleburg, Va. THE GAY HEAD WRECK. Captain Wright Found Guilty of Gross Negligence and His License Revoked. Boston, March 4. —Tho united States local inspectors who investigated tho wreck of the steamer City of Columbus, with a loss of seventy-five of her eighty-five passengers, and twenty-eight of forty-five of her crew, reports the backing of the engines after tlie ship struck was a fatal mistake. The report goes on to say: “When the last course was given to Mate Harding by Captain Wright, the ship was where any ordinary landsman could have taken her past the fatal rocks without chart of compass. We cannot help believing had a special pilot been on duty no such disaster could have happened on such a night. Tho immediate and direct cause of this disaster was tlie neglect of the man or men to watch the ship’s course. Captain S. E. Wright was tlie only legal pilot on duty at the time of the disaster, aud as master, for illegally delegating the duties of pilot to those unauthorized, and for inattention to his duties as pilot, his license as master and pilot is hereby revoked. Tlie officers of tho steamer Glaucus, who sighted tho wreck, and who did not go to it, as they did not think for a moment of any on® being on or near the wreck, are net subjected to any penalty.”

NEWS IN BRIEF. Tlie national Free-thinkers convention will be hold on Sept. 3, at Cassadoga Lake. The Now York Republican committee has decided to hold a State convention at Utica, ou April 23. Goodwin & Summers, of Lynn, Mass., boot and shoe manufacturers, have failed. Liabilities unknown. Peter Johnson, a teamster of Des Moines, killed his wife, yesterday, with a revolver, and afterward shot and killed himself. No cause assigned. Tho high-school house in the suburbs of Pottstown, Pa., a private educational institution, burned last night. Loss, $80,000; partially insured. Seventy pupils escaped uninjured. Desire Boudoir, before the police court at Great Falls, N. H., pleaded guilty te the charge of killing Frederick Grant, for which crime liis father stands convicted. He will be tried in September. A Chicago telegram reports that Eva McMayon, a little girl, died of hydrophobia in the suburban town of Lake last evening. This is the third death at that place from this disease within a week. The Now York Independent Republican committee, has secured permanent headquarters at ICO Broadway. A circular will be issued to all Re publicans throughout the country, which will contain a general plan of reorganization. At Morrow, 0., Pat F. Kennedy, a fireman, was killed, last night, by Jacob Forkner. The two bad always been good friouds till yesterday, when they had several quarrels. Kennedy was going away from Forkner when the fatal shot was fil ed. In a street fight at Washington. D. C., last night, growing out of a difficulty between white and colored men, Frank Laugston, son of Professor John M. Langston, United States minister to Hayti, shot and killed Jas. Spencer, and seriously wounded John S. Williams, two spectators, both colored. At the continuation of the Murphv library saie, in Now York, last night, John Eliot’s Indian Biblo, second edition, brought $900; two other copies of the same work, later editions, SB4O each; 'Public Good Without Private Interest,” by Gatford, 1657, $250; "Epistola Cristoferi Colomb, 1498,” SBSO. Wm. P. Brown has brought an action against tlio Mutual Trust Company, of New York, to compel it to account for $170,000 derived from the sale of seats in the American Mining Stock Exchange, it being provided that tlie sum realized should be held in trust for seat-holders, after being invested in United States securities. Plaintiff claims this was not done, but that the company appropriated the money. The members of the Madison avenue (New York) Congregational Church who are opposed to the further continuance as pastor of Rev. Dr. Jno. P. Newman, met, last night, in the residence of Dr. Ranney, one of the deacons. Tho following clergymen have accepted invitations to participate in a council, which will convene ou March 11, to settle the troubles of the church: Revs. R. S. Storrs, A. J. T. Behrends, George F. Pentecost, A. J. Lyman, W. M. Taylor, John A. French, E. P. Terhune, J. L. Whitson, E. B. Webb and IT. M. Dexter, W. S. Smart, J. E. Rankin, H. W. Lathe, Newman Srnythe. Prohibition iu lowa, Des Moines, March 4. —ln the Senate the Kennedy strict prohibition bill passed by a vote of 34 to 11, the same ns that by which the Don nan bill was passed. The Kennedy bill was passed bythe House a few days ago. After pas sage by the Senate, to day, tlie bill was enrolled and signed by the Governor. Aiding Revolution. London, March 3.—A dispatch from Madrid says: "Speculators have subscribed a fund of £120,000, to raise a revolutionary movement similar to that of August, 1883. The government is fully informed in regard to the plot." Steamship News. New York, March 4. —Arrived: Baltic, from Liverpool. London, March 4.—Arrived: Wieland, from New York; Waldenslun, from Boston The True Way to Cure Corn*. Apply Dr. Wing's great Corn and Bunion Remedy every night and morning for three days. Druggist*, 25c, and Browuing & Sloan.