Indianapolis Journal, Indianapolis, Marion County, 28 May 1884 — Page 1

THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL.

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WHEN INDICATIONS. Wednesday. — Fair weather, k sightly cooler. ©liirts, E to. Our Furnishing Department lias just been replenished by liarge lines of White Shirts, [laundered and unlaundered; I Fancy Shirts, in French PerIcales, Cheviots, etc.; Night Ifihirts, in the largest variety of I qualities and styles; Collars, ■Cuffs, Neckwear, etc. Whatever appertains tea completely (stocked department of this description we show in profusion. We ltetail these goods at Wholesale Prices, in keeping with the scale ot low prices (ruling in every department of the WHEN CLOTHING STORE. FORSOCENTS The Weekly Journal. In order to place the Weekly Indiana State Journal in the home of every Bepublican in the State, and thus do good campaign service for the Republican party, we have decided to send the paper till after the presidential election for 50 cents. This will include the number beginning from the present date, rand the one succeeding the November election ,giving the result of the national campaign. '■The Weekly Journal is a complete family newspaper.. It is specially edited, and much of the matter appearing in it is especially pre:.pared for the wants of the weekly readers. It is a compendium of the NEWS OP THE WORI.1) from all quarters; it has full and accurate mar- ■ ket reports; its editorials are political, social and general; it has the news of the State and of the city; it has a record of the proceedings of Congress; it will have a complete report of the national conventions at Chicago. Its literary and miscellaneous features are of the best. The Weekly Journal Isa newspaper that should be in every family in Indiana, and at the price named for it there is no reason why it should not be, at least during the exciting and important campaign upon which the country is about to enter. Political committees cannot do better than to see that copies of The Weekly Journal are placed in the hands of those persons in their counties who are not now readers of some sound Republican paper. The tariff question k the one issue which is likely to be most prominently discussed, and to this the Journal pays especial attention, advocating the maintenance of the principle of protection to American industry in whatever revision of the tariff laws may be made necessary in the future developments of business and labor. In this question the farming community is deeply interested, and the discussions of the Journal will he largely directed to the agricultural aspects of ■ the question. The Weekly Journal is the only paper in i Indiana that publishes regularly Ten Pages, hand this will be continued throughout the campaign, despite the low price. Send in •-names at oirce, and thus get the full term for -the money. JOHN C. NEW & SON, Indianapolis.

SIOO Reward! STOLEN! From my stable, 815 North Meridian street, on Tuesday night, May 20. a large bay horse, prompt driver, scarred on the shoulders from blistering. Taken at the same time a set of harness and open buggy, White Chapel style, the body resting on triple springs, which also answer as connecting gear. Fifty dollars ■will be paid for the return of the property and SSO ‘for the conviction of the thief. GEORGE TRASK. Railroad Reporter Indianapolis Journal. Hodgson, Wallingfort & STEM, ARCHITECTS. Rooms 49, 50 and 51, Fletcher & Sharpe’s Block. Telephone. Elevator. PAUL H. KRAUSS, Successor to WEST A KRAUSS, Shirt- Maker IND MEN’S FURNISHER, 29 and 28 N. Penn, Street. tSTTino goods ft specialty.

THE LATEST FOREIGN NEWS. The Governor of Gondola Succeeds in Pacifying Discontented Tribes. After Waiting Two Years for Needed Assistance, the Governor of Darfonr Surrenders that l’lace to the Rebels. The British Authorities Send Letters Insisting Upon Gordon’s Return. Bradlangh Recalls Unpleasant Facts About Great Men —Rumor that Earl Granville Will Tender His Resignation. THE SOUDAN REBELLION. The Governor of Gondola's Mission of l’eaoo —Surrender of Darfonr. London, May 27.—A Cairo telegram says: The Governor of Dongola has visited the disturbed districts, and persuaded the people to remain quiet. The tribes have consented to pay taxes. The Governor engages to pacify the Soudan if several thousand troops are sent him. The Governor of Darfour says: “After resisting the rebels two years, awaiting oft-solicited assistance, I finally surrendered to avoid further bloodshed. ’’ Later advices from the Governor of Dongola show that he compelled peace by a total defeat of the rebels In the disturbed districts, who were completely overawed by the power of the government. Zebehr Pasha, at the request of England, has sent a servant to Khartoum with letters insisting upon Gen. Gordon’s return. The messenger will return in fifty days. The Khedive has written Queen Victoria asking that Col. Baker be reinstated in the Britisli army, in view of his great services in Egypt Tlie Egyptian Conference. London, May 27. —In the Commons, to-day, Mr. Gladstone again declared the Egyptian conference would be limited to discussion of the financial situation. He promised to lay before Parliament, before the conference meets, wliat ever the result may be, the result arrived at from the preliminary interchange of views between England and France. No agreement, he said, would be concluded with France without reference to the other powers. The government contemplated a European engagement, and not a separate One with France. Although preliminary negotiations were taking place with France, due regard had been given England's rights and privileges. In the Lords, to-day, Earl Granville said the government had no intention of employing Turkish troops in connection with a British army for a re-conquest of the Soudan.

AN ENGLISH EXECUTION. A Woman Knocked Down Before Taken to the Scaffold. A horribly sensational hanging occurred, yesterday, at Lincoln. The victim was Mrs. Leffley, who poisonedher husband last fall, and was duly convicted and sentenced at the Lincolnshire Sessions. She had, however, acquired some money by her husband’s death, and she spent it liberally in pressing an appeal to the Home Secretary for a commutation of sentence to imprisonment for life, or, if that wore refused, for a reprieve of a few weeks. To the very last moment Mrs. Loffley believed that a reprieve would be granted, and she was not by any manner of means reconciled to her fate. When she first saw the hangman in the pinioning room she shrieked with terror and fainted. She was restored to consciousness and the hangman began to prepare her for the gallows by pinioning her elbows and fixing a strap lightly around the skirts to be tighened about her ankles after she had walked to the scaffold. Mrs. Leffley fought desperately to prevent these restraints and gave utterance to frightful yells, which were heard even outside the massive walls of the jail. On the way to the scaffold the screams of the woman were almost maniacal, and drowned the voice of the prison chaplain, who was reciting the prayers for the dying When she was placed upon the trap she continued to scream and incoherently avow her innocence until the white cap was pulled down over her mouth and stifled her voice. Then the trap fell, the woman was dropped into the well, and in a few minutes was pronounced dead. The usual inquest was held, and the corpse was buried in the jail-yard and covered with quicklime. Contrary to the usual custom, no representatives of the press were admitted to the jail yard, and very contradictory stories are told by the medical men and other official witnesses of the execution. All the facts, as stated above, are admitted by all the witnesses, but some of them state in addition that hangman Binns was unnecessarily and barbarously brutal in his treatment of the woman. According to their statement he knocked her down in the pinuioning room, and choked her until her face , was livid, in order to stop her screaming. The London papers generally condemn the exclusion of the press,” and say that this disgraceful scene furnishes another and quite sufficient reason for the dismissal of the drunken brute Binns from his office as official hangman. FOREIGN MISCELLANY. BradhuigU Revives Some Unpleasant Facts About Pensions. London, May 27. —Apropos of the commutation of the Duke of Marlborough and William Penn pensions, Charles Bradlaugh writes a severe letter to the Treasury. He urges that Marlborough betrayed England, embezzled £400,000 of public moneys, and accepted bribes from bread-contractors, who were thus permitted to supply the army with such poor food that many soldiers were sickened by Hand died. He submits, likewise, that when the independence of America was recognized, the Penns were compensated for their claims by the payment of £120,000, given them in yearly installments of £15,000, with interest The Penn pension, when originally granted, he argues, was therefore a fraud on the nation. Moreover, the present recipient of this pension is a direct blood heir of William Penn. The Queen’s Bad hon-ln-Law. London Special. Another crop of scandal is promised in connection with the left-handed marriage of the Grand Duke Louis IV, of Hesse. Mme. De Kalamire, the morganatic spouse whom Louis wishes to divorce to please his mother-in law, Queen Victoria, now threatens light, and promises some ugly revelations. She says that the Grand Duke's life, since the death of his wife, Princess Alice, would not hear close scrutiny, and that she has the best of reasons for knowing of some of his lapses. She also says that if she has committed such ante-nuptual sms as are charged by the Grand Duke, she did not sin without a part ner, and that if there were any sin and any part uership therein the Grand Duke knows who flic partner is. She declares it the height of ungenerosity to tax her with such offenses to gratify

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the spleen of another woman, and she threatens to "tear the whole Darmsdadt court to pieces” morally if the Grand Duke persists in liis attempt to secure a divorce on account of any charges to be alleged against her. Tlie Floods in Spain. Madrid, May 27.—The vineyards in the dis trict of Carthagena have been ravaged by hurri canes, and many families ruined. In the district of Orihula houses are inundated, and the village of Molins is submerged, and people being compelled to take refuge on the roofs of houses and in boats. The frigate Saragosa has gone to the relief of Larca and Burgos, which are also flooded. An Ironmonger's Daughter Elopes. London, May 27.—The daughter and heiress of Crawshaw Bailey, „ue of the wealthiest iron masters of Wales, has eloped with Gordon Canning, a Catholic. The young lady’s governess, also a Catholic, gave tho couple opportunities for meeting, and the Jesuits are said to have assisted in the marriage. Earl Granville Will Resign. London, May 27.—1 tis reported that Earl Granville will resign his position of Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, on the dissolution of Parliament The reasons given for his resignation are that his health is failing, and that he is becoming too deaf to conduct the business of tlie office. Bismarck Knocking Off Work, Berlin, May 27.—The Tagblatt states that Bismarck’s retirement from the Prussian Ministry again is doubtful. If he remains President of the Council he will give up tlie functions of Minister of Foreign Affairs and of Minister of Commerce and Industry. A Pliillippine Prophet. Madrid, May 27.—A letter from the Phillippine Islands says a hand of fanatics under the leadership of a so-called prophet appeared there last mouth. Troops dispersed them with the loss of thirty-eight killed and wounded. Bat the Czar Didn't Celebrate. St. Petersburg, May 27.—The anniversary of the Czar’s coronation was celebrated to-day by a thanksgiving service in the cathedral. The city was gaily decorated in honor of the occasion. The Czar remained at Gatschina. A Minister on Strike. Berne, May 27.—Colonel Frei, Swiss minister at Washington, has resigned, owing to failure to secure an increase of salary. Fighting in Peru. Lima, May 27.—Papers report an engagement near Cerro de Pasco, between Prefect Mas and 800 Monteneros. The latter suffered severe losses. Cable Notes. Moody & Sankey yesterday began their last mission in England, in Temple Garden, London. The steamer Furnessia sailed yesterday from London for New York, with 500 state-aided emigrants. The French government has resolved to prohibit the entry into France of the journal Freiheit. The Princess Louise gave an audience to several emigrants who sail to-day under the auspices of the Women s Emigration Society.

A AEGRO ANTICHRIST. A Strange Story of Religions Apostasy Among Georgia Colored People. Gainesville, Ga., May 27.—El Malidi promises to have a rival in a Georgia colored man, who has been gradually spreading a delusion among the people of his race for several months. Considerable religious fervor lias existed among the colored people of Madison, Jackson and tho neighboring counties, one of the strange features of whicli was the secrecy with which the proceedings were kept from the knowledge of the whites. Meetings would take place in out-of-way places and at late hours of the night, generally after the regular services were over, when a chosen few would be called aside to listen to a new oracle who had risen to point the way to the future life. This new speaker, who was a stranger in the county, always introduced himself as the one who was to come, the hope of Israel, and by similar designations He found followers who believed implicitly in his mission, and who never lost the opportunity of securing perverts. The increasing zeal of his followers heightened the pretensions of the mysterious preacher, who soon began to announce his appearance on a great white horse, when the world would bow in submission to him. The colored man had been under foot long enough. The day of his deliverance was at hand, when he should enter into the possession of the promised land. They should watch and wait, and look for signs which would precede his coming. Reports from points where this man has been holding forth indicate a firm conviction on the part of the negroes that the prophet who has risen among them has no common mission. Within the past week the pretensions of this man have passed all belief. He has boldly declared himself to bo the Messiah whose coming has been foretold from the beginning. His deluded followers have eagerly assented to this claim and speak of him as the veritable Christ. A gentleman who has just arrived from one of the haunts of the impostor, declares that his dupes worship him, and that he has forgiven the sins of a large number, being quite lavish in his clemency. He exhibits scars which he prelends are the marks of the wounds in his hands and feet and the spear wound in his side. He lias evidently used an instrument upon himself so as to secure the marks of nails. The colored peo pie who are in his following are shy of all in qtrries. and always givo equivocal answers. Whether the impostor is a lunatic or a knave is hard to decide. He gives no trouble to the communities which he visits, simply traveling around in a style of an English ranter, confining himself to the propagation of his claim to divinity. The Gainesville Press, speaking of him, saj’s that his dupes are ardent in his support, going to any length to testify their devotion. Sharon's Shameful Bargain. San Francisco, May 27.—1n the Sharon divorce case, to-day, ex-Senator Sharon again occupied the stand, ne teWfied that on the 7th of November, 1881, the pßintiff came to his room. He told her he did not wisli her to come to his rooms any more and offered her $5,000 to cease coming. She replied it wasn’t enough and wanted SIO,OOO. He then offered her $7,500, which she accented. He received a receipt from her in full of all claims. The receipt was afterwards stolen from his room. He could not swear by whom, but accused the plaintiff of it. The afternoon was occupied by cross-examination, mainly for the purpose of testing the defendant’s memory. _ The Prospect for Fruit. New York, May 27. —Reports from 1,000 cor respondents of the National Press and Bottlers’ Advocate, from all parts of the. United States, in regard to the fruit crop, say the apple crop will be the largest ever known; there will be only half a crop of peaches and pears. Tho prospect for a very large crop of small fruits is very good. Losses by the Fall River SfriTto. Fall River, Mass., May 27.—The strike is over, and the end of the week will find all the striking spiuners at work again, if they can find work in the city. The strikers lose sixteen weeks wages and spent from SIO,OOO to SIO,OOO, the accumulations of four years, and SIO,OOO more, contributed by sympathizers.

PITTSBURG’S BROKEN BANK. Tho Directors Discover a Good Reason for the Second Suspension. An Inspection of the Books Reveals Overdrafts Amounting to Three Hundred and Fifty-Seven Thousand Hollars. Mr. Fish Denies that He Intended Any Reflection on Gen. Grant’s Honor. The General’s Sons, Frederick I), and Jesse R., File Schedules in Assignment— Lists of Their Creditors, THE PENN BANK. The Causes of the Second Suspension Beginning to Appear. Pittsburg, May 27.—The affairs of the Penn Bank continue to be an engrossing subject among all classes, but up to noon there was as little definitely known as at the time of the closing yesterday. President Riddle slept fairly well last night, and this morning was sufficiently recovered to enable friends to remove him to the residence of P. A. Stewart Two well-known and experienced bankers made a careful examination of the books last night. Every opportunity was given them to make a superficial examination, and according to their statement the books show that SIOO,OOO w’as drawn out from the time of resumption, Friday, till the close yesterday, with the dejiosits decreased correspondingly, The statement that $300,000 of certified checks was not included in tho statement made to the associated banks is incorrect, no such checks existing. In the opinion of the two bankers, if the books are correct, the bank ought to pay every cent of its debts. There is less talk of crookedness, and the impression is growing that the second suspension was due wholly to timidity and demoralization caused by President Riddle's sudden prostration. The directors have not yet made a statement, but there is a general demand for something authoritative from them as to tlie bank's actual condition. The general condition of banks is unchanged. The directors of tlie defunct bank this morning took possession of the individual book accounts of the concern, and, up to 1 o’clock had struck some developments which promise to show why the second collapse came so suddenly. There is amom* the accounts one of the firm of I). Wilson & Cos. which shows overcheeking to the extent of $240,000. No such firm is known in this city, and this account is’supposed to represent tire accounts of a number of persons lately operating on the wrong side of the oil market, and have been allowed to drain tlie bank to the extent named. The director who furnished this information states further that the account of a prominent oil dealer is overdrawn $1)7,000. These two accounts represent an overdraft o? $357,000. or $7,000 excess of the entire capital and surplus of the bank. The directors have appointed a committee of experts to go over the books and report as speedily as pos sible. There have been no developments in tlie Penn Bank failure to night All efforts to locate the firm of D. Wilson & Cos., are unsuccessful, and it is not expected any light will be thrown on the affair until President Riddle recovers sufficiently to make a statement.

GRANT AND FISH. The Tatter Explains that He Did Not Mean to Charge the General with Guilt. New York, May 27.—President Fish now says he did not mean to charge that General Grant had any guilty knowledge of the frauds in tho government contracts, but simply intended to say that the letters received from General Grant were of such a tenor as to warrant anyone in having confidence in the representations made by Ward. John D. Fish says his father regarded General Grant’s position in regard to Ward's transactions as similar to his own. Both of them were misled to the extent of trusting entirely to what was said by Ward. Ex-Senator Conkling, counsel for General Giant, said to day that the only statement that is to be made on the part of General Grant was that published this morning in all the papers of this city, and also, through the agency of the Associated Press, in other parts of the United States. In that statement the letters alluded to in the reported interview with Fisli were given in full, and he could see no reason for a further statement on the part of General Grant. Another Warrant Against Ward. New York, May 27.—United States Districtattorney Root lodged a warrant for the arrest of Ferdinand Ward, in Ludlow street jail, to-night, on complaint of Bank examiner Scriba, who charges that Ward aided and abetted President James D. Fish in m isappropri at ing the funds of the Marine Bank. The affidavit recites the same facts as in the case of Fish, giving the amount drawn out of the bank by Grant & Ward as $375,000. and it concludes with charging that Ward ‘•aided, abetted, counseled and procured said James D. Fish to commit the offenses aforesaid, with intent to injure and defraud the Marine Bank for his own benefit and advantage.” Detectives and deputy marshals still shadow the house of ex President John C. Eno. biff late to-night Eno had not been arrested. It was ru inored late to-night that another warrant of arrest had been issued against ex-Presidont James D. Fish in a civil suit. GEN. GRANT’S SONS. AVhat Is Shown l>y the Schedules of Assets and Liabilities. New York, May 27. —The individual schedules in the assignment of Frederick D. Grant and Jesse R. Grant to James MoNamee, were filed in court to-day. The schedules of Frederick D. Grant show the following debts. The liabilities amount to $2,215,006, made up as follows; Creditors other than preferred $820,300 Creditors preferred. 2-13.000 Contingent liabilities 10,000 Par value of securities borrowed from Grant & Ward 1.140, 800 The assets are nominally worth $1,990,013; their actual worth is unknown. Among the creditors of Frederick D. Grant are the following: Fourth National Bank, $20,000, fur money loaned, secured by $25,000 North Carolina State bonds, 6 per cent. Fourth National Bank. SIOO,OOO. for money loaned, secured by $170,000 Chicago A: Alton railway bonds, 6 per cent. Fourth National Bank, SIOO,OOO for money loaned, secured by SIOO,OOO New York city revenue Linds. United State- National Bank. $40,000. for money loaned, secured by $50,000 note of the Chicago Atlantic railway, indorsed by the Krie railway. United States National Bank. $25,000. to** money loaned, secured by $28,000 New York, Chicago & St. Louis second mortgage bonds. United Stales Trust Company, *f NVw Y- i l< SIOO,000, for money loaned, secured by $145,000 New York, Chicago & St. Louis railway second mortgage bonds. National Bank of the Rftf tibli**. $20,000. f.r monov loaned, seemed bv twenty-one Tunawaudu Valley railway first mortgage bonds. $17,000 Bradford, KMivd & Chiba railway first mortgage bunds, and twenty tour shares Marine National li.u.k Natioual Bank of the Republic, $20,000, for money

loaned. secured by SB,OOO Ijouifiville, Now Albany & Cli!‘4igo railway first mortgage bonds, $'2,000 Hu if, Colorado & Santa Fo railway fiist mortgage bondsfl 200 shares Columbia Sc Greenville railway preferred stock, 200 shares St. Louis. Alton Sc Terre Haute railway common stock, and thirty-four shares C., C., C. I. railway. National Shoe and Leather Bank. $50,000, for money loaned.secured by SBO,OOO Chicago Sc Atlantic railway second mortgage bonds. First National Bank. $6,000. for money loaned, secured by SO,OOO Elizabeth City die Northern rail wav first mortgage bonds. First National Bank. $6,300. for money loaned, scoured by SO,OOO Elizabeth & Northern railway first mortgage bonds. First. National Bank. $25,000. for money loaned, secured by $39,000 Buffalo. New York A' Philadelphia railway first mortgage bonds. First National Bank. $15,000. for money loaned, secured by 500 shares Houston Texas railway stork. First National Bank, of Morristown, N. J., SIO,OOO for monev loaned, secured by a $25,000 note of the Chicago & Atlantic railway,* to the order of and indorsed br the Erie railway. First National Bank, of Morristown. N. -T.. $20,000. for money loaned, secured by a $25,000 not e made by the Chicago & Atlantic railway and indorsed by tlie Erie. Also, $12,000 to the First National Bank, of Morristown, for money loaned, secured by shares of Pacific Mail. Lackawanna, the Chesapeake & Ohio, the Chicago Sc St. Louis, theTonawanda Valley, the Buffalo Sc Philadelphia, and the Chicago Sc Atlantic companies. Also, $50,000 to Seligman Sc Cos., for money loanedj secured by bonds and share* of the West Virginia & Pittsburg, and the Atlantic 6i Pacific companies. Also. $365,000 to Grant & Ward, no security. Also, $700,000 to Grant Sc Ward, no security. Among the preferred creditors are: Henry F. Shoemaker $125,000 Ulysses S. Grant 5.000 Thomas B. Medary 15.666 Mrs. Benjamin L. Honore IO.OtKI Mary J. Cramer 7.300 Mrs. Virginia G. Corbin 25 000 Mrs. Frederick D. Grant (no security)...... 6.000 C. K. Garrison (without security) 50.000 The assets of Mr. Grant are stated as follows: Balance cash on deposit with Grant Sc Ward, bankers, as per bank book, nominal value, $533,763; actual value unknown. November 29. 1882. deposit with Giant Sr Ward, bankers, on account of margin, on purchase of three hundred shares Illinois Central stock, nominal value. $5,000; actual value unknown. November 28. deposit with Grant Sc Ward, on account of joint purchase of real estate property in Harlem, $(*.250: also, loans and deposits with Grant <fc Ward between March 1 and April 19, aggregating $1,450,000. The schedule is accompanied by an affidavit of Frederick D. Grant, in which he swears, to the best of his information, belief and knowledge, that the schedule is true. The schedules in the assignment of Jesse R. Grant show debts and liabilities of $95,429, and debts nominally of $131,950. The creditors of Jesse Grant are: Mrs. W. S. Chapman. $5,000, money deposited, no security. Creditors preferred: Henrv F. Shoemaker $50,000 Mrs. H. A. Hopper 15.0(H) Thus. H. Bailey 15.000 John Wesson 10.000 The assets are said to bo cash on deposit with Grant & Ward, $113,950; contract with Grant Si Ward, due May 13, 1884, SIB,OOO. Jesse Grant makes affidavit that he is unable to state the actual value of the assets, because Grant <£ Ward failed, and their property is now in the hands of a receiver. No schedules have been made showing tlie assets of the firm.

FAILURES ELSEWHERE. The Hot Springs National Bank Suspends— Run on the Arkansas National. Hot Springs, Ark., May 27.—The Hot Springs National Bank has closed its doors, owing to a run on the bank caused by the reported absence of the president, Andrew Bruon. The liabilities aro $40,000. This afternoon a warrant was issued for President Bruons’s arrest, on charge of falsify ing the hank’s accounts, hut he could not be found. One of tho directors telegraphed that if the bank's assets were properly handled it will pay all depositors without assessment, but leave stockholders not hing. It has been learned that Bruon arrived at Little Rock on Friday, but was not seen by acquaintances till to-day, when he bade good-byoto a woman named Steel, who went north on tho afternoon train. Bruon is married, but the Hot Springs Gazette says it lias been discovered that he became infatuated with the woman and abandoned his wife for her. No effort will be made for his arrest. A run has commenced on the Arkansas Xa tional Bank, of Hot Springs, which is under stood to be in good condition. Great excite ment prevails. The Blanchard Failure. Portland, Me., May 27.—Writs have been issued for attachments on the property of Sil vanus C. Blanchard, of Yarmouth, Me., for $125,000, iu the suits of Baring Brothers, of London, Eng., and Kidder, Peabody & Cos., of Bos ton. Tho son of Blanchard failed in Richmond and it is alleged tho father guaranteed drafts to tho amount of $75,000. John Pickrell. of Richmond, Va., has been appointed receiver. The Metropolitan Bank. New York, May 27.—At a meeting of the Metropolitan Bank directors this morn ing the president stated that the deposits had diminished about $9,000,000 since the suspension, but show no further diminution this week. Many letters had been received from former depositors leading to a belief that they would again become dejio.sitors. .Some new accounts had been opened. Failure of a Tobacco Firm. Petersburg, Va., May 27.—Inge <fc Mahone, large tobacconists, have made a deed of trust for benefit of creditors. Liabilities and assets unknown. The junior member of the firm is the oldest sou of Senator Mahone. LOSSES BY EIRE. Harrisburg, Ark., Damaged to the Extent of Fifty Thousand Dollars. Helena, Ark., May 27.—A fire at Harrisburg, Ark., burned the dry goods houses of Schwartz fc Pollitzer and Gant Bros., and the saloon and billiard hail of J. B. Hamilton & Cos. Schwartz & Pollitzer’s loss is $20,000; partially insured. Gant Bros.’ loss is $15,000; partly insured. .T. B. Hamilton & Co.'s loss is $15,000, and is uninsured. _ Serious Loss at Charleston, S. C. Charleston, May 27.—The steamer Pilot Boy. Egan’s wharf, Goldsmith’s warehouse and a quantity of cotton burned to day. Loss, SIOO, 000. Cotton Mills Burned. Worcester, May 27.—The Briefly cotton mills, at Mil bury, burned to-day. Loss, $50,000. Plowing for #1 an Acre. Fargo, D. TANARUS., May 27.—A number of heavy wheat-growers from all parts of north Dakota were here to-day to witness an experiment in plowing by steam, and express themselves pleased with the result A traction engine drew eight plows, turning a sod four inches thick as evenly and as well as could be done by horse power, at the rate of over twenty five acres per day. This \yill mark anew era in wheat-grow-ing, as it will enable farmers to plow at a cost of not mor© than $1 an acre. Falae Rumor of Secretary Lincoln's Death. New York, May 27.—A false rumor was cii{ culated hero, and probably in other cities, this morning, that {Secretary Lincoln had been killed. The St- rotary is at his desk in the War Department to-day, in usual health. “For economy and comfort, every spring, we use Hood’s Sarsaparilla, writes :;n intelligent Buffalo, N. Y., lady. One hundred doses one dollar.

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AFFAIRS AT THE CAPITAL. Grief in Congress Ree;mse of the Renomination of Mr. Holman. Tin? Democratic Majority Grabs Anotliei Seat, and Mr. McKinley Is at Liberty to Spend a Season at Home. A Spirited Discussion of Polygamy by •Senators Drown and Hoar. Mr. Ker Is Willing to Grant Mr. Kellogg Ain Variety of Satisfaction He May Select —Other Washington News, OBJECTOR HOLMAN. Reasons Why llin Jicuominatlon Is Not Hailed with Delight. Special to the lndianapoli* Journal. Washington, May 27. —There is a genera 5 regret, upon both sides of the House at tlie success of Holman in securing a ranomf nation. Holman, who plays tlie part of professional economist, is greatly disliked not only by his opponents, but by his political associates as well. His cat-skinning ideas are not in accord with the spirit of the. age, and while he would undoubtedly have be**n a valuable acquisition to the councils of Caesar’s time when the laborer received but a “penny a day. *’ he is not in his right place as a member of tlie Forty eighth Congress of tho United States of America. It is due to the men of the Holman ilk that the civil service of tlie government is not as well supplied as it should be. Ilolinau and the few that are with him are enabled to cut down salaries of important offices at will and thus drive good men away from the government service. Asa result, the cry of ext ravagance is frequently raised Against members of the Cab inet who desire to have the work for which they are responsible performed in a fitting manner. When the estimates are submitted at the beginning of each session the secretaries of the various departments invariably ask for additional clerks, not only because the business of their office is constantly on the increase, but because they know very well tha t unless they ask for more help they are almost certain to have their force reduced. This year the Postmastergeneral decided not to ask for auy additional clerks, although his offices are all over-crowded with work. The result is as might have been expected, Holman has got in a streak of econ omy and besides reorganizing the department to suit his views he lias cut down the clerical force, wher ever he thought clerks were too thick. It is for similar reasons to this that members o f Congress who do not desire to omharrass tlie public service are not glad to hear that the objector has been renominated.

GRABBING ANOTHER SEAT. Mr. McKinley Ousted and Mr. Wallace Installed in His Place. Special to the Inuiauapolis Journal. Washington, May 27. —Mr. McKinley, of Ohio, was unseated to day, after a lengthy debate. The debate was not exciting, and Mr. McKinley's seat was appropriated with an unusual degree of quietness. The speakers of the day were all listened to with considerable interest, but they drew out no heated exchanges of words between members. It was apparent that the seat was going to be grabbed, so there was not one-half the interest taken in the proceedings there was in the English-Peelle contest of lastweek. Mr. Hurd's speech in behalf of Mr. McKinley was the leading feature of the day, from the fact that he is a Democrat, and always makes a good speech, lie was strong in his legal delineation of the phases oi the case. He did not, as most of tho other speakers did, analyze the different features of the testimony taken in the contest as the basis of his remarks. Mr. Morrison, of Illinois, was expected to speak and vote for McKinley. He surprised a good many by doing neither. Seven Democrats voted against the grab. They were Messrs. Blackburn. Thompson and Robertson, of Kentucky, Hurd, of Ohio: Dorshcim er and Potter, of New York, and Mills, of Texas When the yeas and nays were called, it was. found that the rapacious seat-hunters had a bigger majority than was expected. They had 134 votes to 108 against their scheme, a majority <4 exactly 50. A VALUABLE REPORT, Proof that Western Cattle Are Not Afflicted with Foot and Mouth Disease. Special to the ludiaruipoliu Journal Washington May 27.— “ Ex. Doc. 159” is a letter from the Secretary of the Treasury to the House of Representatives, submitting a report of the chairman of the Treasury Cattle Commission upon the subject of disease of cattle in several of the Western States, which recently caused so much alarm. Professor Law, the chairman referred to. is reported to have asserted positively, before he went West, that the outbreak was undoubtedly foot and mouth disease, and that an investigation was entirely unnecessary. Dr. .Salmon, a veterinarian of the Department of Agriculture, was equally confident that such was not the case, and his first reports from the field were confirmations of his statemonk Professor Law, however, lias made his report. It makes a pamphlet of twenty nine pages, and substantiates tlie report of the officers appointed by Commissioner Loring, to the effect that the disease was simply dry gangrene, caused by feeding ©rgotized hay. The report of Professor Law is valuable in its historical accounts of similar outbreaks which have occurred in the past from like causes, and its publication will doubtless do much to remove the stigma placed upon American cattle products which the false teport that foot and mouth disease had broken out occasioned. THE DEMOCRACY AND POLYGAMY. Senator Brown Makes an Assault on New England, and Mr. Hoar Responds. Washington, May 27. —1n the Senate, today. the Utah hill being under consideration, Mr Brown said the Edmunds bill was a shameful violation of the Constitution. Ho contrasted what lie termed the "polygamy*’of New England and the polygamy of Utah. Tho picture he drew, he said, was drawn, “more in sorrow than in anger." There had boon 0ver27,000 divorce!