Indianapolis Journal, Indianapolis, Marion County, 25 January 1885 — Page 5

WAR MOVEMENTS IN EGYPT. General Wolseley Discredits the Reported Capture of Omduraman. Expectation that Gen. Earle Will Encounter the Enemy on Monday—Revolution in the United States of Colombia. TnE WAR IN EGYPT. Expectation that General Earle’s Column Will Shortly Engage the Enemy. London, Jan. 24.— The War Office has just made public a dispatch received this afternoon from General Wolseley. at Korti. He says he aas heard not hing further from General Stewart The reported capture of Omduraman by El Mahdi’s forces, General Wolseley says, lacks confirmation. and is doubtful. General Earle’s column, thoroughly provisioned and equipped, comprising artillery, cavalry and a camel corps, started to-day from Hamdab for Berber; the march will be made by way of Abu-Haraed. The enemy, which includes the entire fighting force of the Monassir tribe, under command of Wadgamr, who ordered the murder of Consul Stewart, and the fighting men of other tribes, under Moussa, have assembled in war order at RitL This point is thirty-five miles above Hamdab, the starting point of to-day's expedition. General Wolselcy says both Wadgamr and Moussa boast that they are determined to give battle, and if so an engagement between these chiefs and General Earle by Monday would seem inevitable. General Wolseley states, however, that the soldiers who go with Earle are all in the best of health and spirits. They regard Stewart's battle of last Saturday as a glorious victory, are proud of the achievements of their eotnrades, and are anxious to meet the rebels on thoir own account. General Wolseley declares the Arabs have been depressed by the news of Stewart’s victory, and its effect has been so great and widespread that, in his opinion, it may properly be considered doubtful if General Earle will meet with any serious opposition before reaching Berber. General Stone on Stewart's Rattle. New York Mail and Express. Stone Pacha, who was offered the command of the English forces against El Mahdi. and refused the same because the war commissioners would not allow him tho 27,000 men he asked !or and deemed necessary to the undertaking, was approached by a representative of the Mail and Express with the question: “Well, General, what do you think of the battle news from the Soudan and the meeting of the forces of the Mahdi?” “It is always difficult,’’ said* he in answer, “to discuss a battle on the first report from one side. For instance, in this case we cannot have the Arab report of the affair, and .must reason only on the accounts coining from Lord WoLriey’s headquarters through the wires of the official telegraph. It is evident to all that the British officers and soldiers have in this case fought with their habitual gallantry and devotion, and the death roll is only another proof, of which history gives so many, of how British officers invariably lead their men in meeting danger. According to the figures given in tho official report, the British forces lost more than II per cent, of their whole number in killed and wounded, while tho Arabs lost 16 per cent. When we consider the value of the officers and men lost on the side of the invaders (four field officers and five line officers killed), tho future morale of General Stewart’s command must cause serious apprehension. The little column is not only diminished in fighting strength, but the care of the wounded will yet further diminish it, while their enemy will hardly feel the loss in numbers. It is easy to criticise after a battle, however, and criticisms in this instance will, no boubt, abound. Already there has been much criticism expended on Lord Wolgeley’s original choice of ronte, yet I think that those best informed in the matter will agree with me that he chose the most advantageous or the least disadvantageous route under all the circumstances. Ido not, however, think that it was wise to adopt boat transportation above Wady Haifa. The camel is the natural ship of the desert, and had he from the first used abundance of that transportation, he would Save concentrated much earlier at Dongola or Debbeh. I cannot at this distance understand why he divided his force at Korti, for he thus exposed the force to the attack in detail which has occurred. The delay caused by the boat •transportation gave his enemy more time to concentrate force against him. and the long delays accustomed the Arabs to the presence in the country of European troops and lost him the prestige of rapid movement. There must exist much anxiety until pews can be received of the safe arrival of General Stewert at Metemneli, and afterward until such time as communication can be established by steamer between Khartoum and that point. As the Mahdi holds Omduraman. it may be that he can prevent such communication.” Referring subsequently to the one-sided reports of battles at distant points. General Stone s:iid that it was not unlikely that if a report of toe battle at Abu-Klea wells could be received from El Mahdi it would read something after this style: “The infidels came up 5,000 strong I sent about the same number of tnen to meet them, but commanded them after firing a deadly volley into the ranks of the eii“mv to retreat at onee. Owing to the latest improved firearms with which the infidels were provided, their charge upon our forces was most disastrous, killing and wounding nearly a thousand. Our attack, however, while it resulted in killin : a number greatly below that lost by us, was successful in wiping out nearly one half of the •enemy, and it will now be an easy matter to completely annihilate them.” W; eu General Stone refused the command of the English forces El Mahdi had less than 40.000 followers. His army now is estimated to number 200,000. and General Stone is of the opinion that nothing will rout him but au army of nearly the same size and strength. Burnaby and the Duke of Cambridge. London Special. Col. Burnaby is the hero of the hour. His gallantdeath revives the memories of the almost malicious manner of the Duke of Cambridge, commander-in-chief, who has for several years pursued Col. Burnaby. The latter, when a captain, and on bis great Asian tour, was hampered by Russian officials, who finally addressed the Duke of Cambridge, who recalled him by a dispatch that awaited Captain Burnaby at a certain village, which, he hearing of, avoided and reached Khiva. Burnaby, however, duly reached Bokhara and got the dispatch and had to give up. The Duke never forgave this partial defiance of his authority. In 1882 Burnaby had another conflict with the Duke, when the former crossed the Channel in a balloon, he being technically on service aud having no permission to visit a foreign country. Again, without technical leave, he joined the forces of the fighting Arabs, and, armed only with a shotgun, was the first to enter the earth works at El Teb, and was subsequently wounded. The royal autocrat at the Horse guards than swore, so authentic military goesip runs, that Burnaby should never again have command or see service, since he never conformed to official detail At the late battio be was purely a volunteer. A resolution passed at a Conservative meeting In the provinces last night said: ‘ Burnaby will live in history when the Duke of Cambridge is utterly forgotten.” A FRENCH DEFEAT. Failure of Admiral Courbet’s Operations at Keelung. HongKono, Jan. 24.— Special advices state Chat Admiral Courbet's operations for the seizure of the mines of Keeking have been thwarted by

the Chinese. Tho dispatches state that the French troops disembarked to attack Keetung wore repulsed, with a loss of seventy five men. Later news contains the information that tho repulse of the French was due largely to the utter inefficiency of their attack, owing to miscalculation of the enemy’s strength. The French troops are now being organized for a combined attack upon both Keelung andTamsul A dispatch from Paris says no official report of the eneagement at Keelung has been received. On the contrary, Admiral Courbet telegraphs that reinforcements have arrived at Keelung. REVOLUTION IN COLOMBIA. Progress of the Insurrection—Probable Resignation of President Nunez. Panama, Jan. 24. —It is rumored that Gen. Gonima, the officer who has just elected and placed in'power the President of Santo Domingo, Vila, and who left here for Barranquilla for the purpose of raising a force, has been captured by the revolutionists. The interior of the republic is in a revolutionary blaze. Tho radicals and a small section of conservatives are determined to cause the downfall of Nunez, and they are using every effort to bring about that result. Many friends of Dr. Nunez are deserting him and joining the coalition, and among them is ono Morgan, an American, who was recently promoted to the rank of general. They now control the Magdalena river, having seized all steamers at Honda, and with them captured both Barranquilla and Carthagena. This movement prevents communication with Bogota, and cuts off the government from the coast, whence alone it can receive munitions. General Daniel Hernandez, the leader of the movement in Cundiuamaroa, Santander and Boyaca, is in Zipaquira with 4,000 men. Zipaquira is situated within a short march of Bogota, the capitol. It is thought President Nunez will resign. The troops here all side with the revolutionists and will join them directly a movement is made in this direction. FOREIGN MISCELLANY. Too Much Lobster Salad Said To Be the Cause of Emperor William's Illness. London, Jan. 24.—The inflammation of the bladder from which Emperor William has suffered for years, and which recently confined him to bed for several days, is accounted for in a novel way by Vanity Fair this week. That paper explains that the venerable Kaiser is inordinately fond of boiled lobsters, and that he has gorged himself with lobster salad, despite the remonstvauces of physicians. It says tbat he is a most intractable patient, and that he seeks to exerciso the same discipline over his doctors and over his own digestive organs that he does over his soldiers. The doctors generally have to submit, but the digestive apparatus is not always obedient, and hence his frequent at tacks of illness. Attempted Assassination. St. Petersburg, Jan. 24. —Excitement is rife to-day over the attempted assassination of Police Superintendent Kollert. He was attacked by two strangers, in one of the main thoroughfares, in broad daylight, this morning. His assailants each fired shots at him, and then fled. They were pursed and captured. Both have been identified as weil-known Nihilists. The Pope Renews a Protest. Rome, Jan. 24. —The Propaganda has issued circulars signed by Cardinal Simeoni. to the effect that the unanimous protest of the Catholic bishops of the whole world has not prevented the Italian authorities liquidating the nroperty of the Congregation, which protests anew against this act of Lite government. Cable Notes. It is stated that Lillian Russell and Edward Solomon are going to America. The forward booking for McCarthy’s play, “The Candidate,” now amounts to £7,000. Lord Tennyson is writing a poem congratulating Prince Albert Victor on reaching his majority. The auction sale of Hermann’s dramatic library realized £6OO. The “Life of Edmund Kean” was bought for Henry Irving, in accordance with his last request. The price paid was £1 1.), It is reported that Earl Cairns, father of Lord Garmoyle, has sent Miss Fortesqne £I,OOO to cover the expenses of the latter’s trial against Lord Garmoyle, for damages for breach of promise of marriage. The “Life of George Eliot” will appear on the 27th inst. It contains two po,traits of the novelist, a portrait of her father, views of her various residences, and a sac simile page of a note on the “Spanish Gypsy,” one of her poems. Mary Anderson’s place will be filled during holy week by Modjeska. Miss Anderson will reopen on Easter Monday in “The Hunchback.” Mr. Abbey has recoived requests from twenty well-known actresses to be permitted to play “Helen” to Miss Antitorsou’s “Julia.” THE BATTLE OF SHILOH. Gen. A. McD. McCook Criticises Some of Gen. Grant’s Statements, Salt Lake, U. TANARUS., Jan. 24. —An Associated Press correspondent had an interview with Gen. A. McD. McCook, now in command of Fort Douglass, to day, in relation to General Grant’s strictures on him in his magazine article on the battle of Shiloh. Gen. McCook says that in a few days he will, through the proper channels, call attention to some facts regarding the battle of Shiloh and his part therein which will show that what General Grunt says about him (McCook) in the matter *is absolutely without foundation in fact He says General Grant has persistently pursued him for twenty-two years: that Grant never saw him at the head of his division as described; that the attack of the rebels at Pittsburg Landing was a complete surprise to General Grant, and he refers uu this point to the published diary of Colonel Jaae Ammon, published on page 330. volume x, series 1, part 1, reports of the war of ttie rebellion, and other documenta therein; also, as to the second day’s battle, to the reports of General Sherman, General Nelson, and others accompanying, showing the heavy fighting, and that McCook's, Nelson's and Crttteudeu’s divisions did a decisive part of it at the very time Grant talks so confidently of being able to handle the rebels with his own forces. After the fighting was all over, he says General Grant came to him at the bead of his line. McCook said the enemy ought to be purged, and Grant said he intended to pursue them. McCook then reported that his troops had marched all the day before, twenty-two miles, and wero up all night, coming from §avarma: tbat they had been fighting all day; that they were without provisions and scant of ammunition, the very information, he says, which any intelligent commander would want to possess incase he contemplated an onward movement. Further, the General says this is the first time he has ever broken silence on the subject _ Sixteen Young Women in the Water. Bridgeton, N. J., Jan. 24.—Miss Georgianna Morrill, a teacher employed at the South Jersey Institute, of this , oity, took fifteen of her pupils out to East Lake this afternoon to enjoy a skate. The ice was only about an inch thick, and was unsafe. Teacher and pupils put on their skates. They had been on the ice but a short time when it gave way, and all were precipitated into water ten feet deep. Their screams attracted the attention of the employes of the Ferracute Machine Works, which is near the lake, and they rushed to their assistance. Fortunately all were rescued, but some of the ladies were unconscious when taken out of the water. Miss Morrill, who heroically refusod to be taken, out until all of her pupils had been rescued, is said to be verjr ill to-night Had it not been that their cries for help were heard, all of them would have bran drowned.

THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL, SUNDAY, JANUARY 25, 1835.

TnE HOOSIER DEMOCRACY. The Proposed Gerrymander, and What Is Thought of It at the Capital. John E. Lamb for District Attorney, Dr. James for Pension Commissioner and ExSenator McDonald for the Cabinet. THE INDIANA DEMOCRATS. The Proposed Gerrymander and Other Interesting; Political Topics. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. * Washington, Jan. 24. —This eveniug’s Critic says: “A good deal of agitation prevails among Indianans here over the threatened gerrymandering of congressional and judicial districts in their State. Quite a number of letters have been received this week by Democratic members from prominent men in the party in Indiana. But it seems that those who are now here are considerably at sea on the subject, and are at a loss to know whether they are to be gerrymandered out or in, or, if neither, whether # their political lines will bo cast in easier or rougher places. “Representative Kleiner, of the First district, said to a Critic reporter to-day that he had heard a good deal about the proposed redistricting of the State, but he had not found anyone who knew heads or tails of the scheme; he thought, however, that if other districts afforded no better fields for gerrymandered than the First, but little good could come of the work. The benefits, he presumed, were to accrue from changes in the judicial districts. Other Indiana members expressed a belief that if there was to be anything done in the congressional districts, but little could be done except in the district represented by Mr. Lamb, which might possibly be arranged so as to give the Democratic candidate a reasonably clear road to success hereafter. An impression prevails that the most direct benefit which will Inure to the party gerrymandering will be the securing of a number of judges. If a Republican judge is gerrymandered out of office his place will be filled by the Governor, and thus some Republican circuits will, for the greater portion of the term of four years, be presided over by Democrats. A Democratic member, who was at Indianapolis about the time the Legislature was organized, says it is a body composed of good and sensible men, and that the party has much more to hope from them than it got from the last Legislature. Whatever is done in the way of jfedistrictingthe State, he thinks, will bo done with decency and in order. Another statesman, who has just returned from the capital of Indiana, says there is a good deal of secret work being done for certain aspirants in the State under Mr. Cleveland’s administration, and thinks a few prominent politicians will bo fixed up for positions before the Legislature adjourns. In other words, the members of the Legislature appear not to hesitate to use their official names to advance the ambitions of their friends; they are what may be termed political thoroughbreds. He says that papers are being quietly circulated for Congressman Lamb for United States District Attorney, and that he will get the place. The leaders of the party have declared for Dr. James, of Muncie, for Commissioner of Pensions, and are working for him, such men as Governor Gray, Lieutenant-governor Manson, and Messrs. Bynum, Cravens, Harper, Spence and Barnett having the matter in charge; and, in several counties, petitions are receiving tho signatures of men of all political creeds asking for his appointment. These two men, this gentleman said, were as sure as anythiug could be in politics to receive the places. Ex Senator McDonald is also being urged by the Legislature for a Cabinet position, in the firm belief that he is as good as selected. ' INFERIOR SEEDS. Complaints of the Quality of Those Furnished by the Agricultural Department. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Washington, Jan. 24.—Complaints are being received from tho country concerning the quality of seeds furnished the people by the Agricultural Department. Experts who have examined the seeds sent out by congressmen and senators, and coming from the Agricultural Department, say they in most instances are worthless. It is stated by a gentleman who has been connected with that department that the seeds are nearly all old stock; that they are bought of wholesale dealers at a nominal price selected from stocks three or four years old often. Some times fresh seeds are procured and mixed with the old ones, but occasionally large lots of the old stock aro sent out and not a sprout springs from them. This is true almost wholly of garden seeds. The flower and field seeds average better. Only complaiut can be made in the matter. Np one can be reprehended for tho poor quality of the seeds. When the facts are related at the Department the informer is reminded that the quality of seeds purchased is governed altogether by the amount of money furnished for their purchase. The demand for the seeds is constantly increasing, while the appropriations are inado more stintingly. Under the plans of Mr. Randall there would not be provision made for even an inferior grade of seeds. When the practice of supplying seeds to the people through the Agricultural Department was first begun, it was contemplated that the varieties of cereals, etc., grown in this country should be improved and enlarged by the introduction, free of cost, of rare specimens of foreign growth. It appears that the object has been degraded, and that now the most inferior varieties are furnished. EXTRA SESSION TALK. Five Weeks' Time in Which to Pass the Appropriation Bills. Special to tho Indianapolis Journal. Washington, Jan. 24.—Among Democratic congressmen there is a good deal of talk about an extra session. A majority of tho House no doubt believe that it will be very difficult to avert an extra session. Few there are who will confess the fact, but still fewer are there who can show to the satisfaction of the average mind why there has been so much delay in the appropriations nnd how they can be gotten through before March. An extra session seems almost inevitable, but not one of the fourteen appropriation bills has been finally passed during eight weeks of this session, and it argues well that since but little has been done upon them they cannot all be passed within five weeks. “If ten of the bills were out of the House not half of the work would be done upon them,” said a member of the appropriations committee to-day. “It is the conference work that consumes the time,” continued he, “and there is practically

none of that done yot. If the time occupied by conference on the wool bill is a sample of the spirit that is to characterize other bills the hot sun of August will be pouring upon us here before we get away.” “Is there much contention in the committee over the preparation of bills?'* “A great deal,” was the reply. “There are divisions upon a number of subjects, which I am not at liberty to enumerate,but wnich may raise prolonged discussions on the floor of the House, in the Senate, and finally in the conforenco committees.” “Then Mr. Randall hasn't the committee with him?” “No, sir. Even Mr. Holman is inclined to be more liberal in some matters. It looks to me like an extra session is in store for us, and that it is desired by certain members.” “What do you think of the assertion that has been made that inhere are leading Democratic members who want an extra session and are working the appropriation bills to that end?” “I believe it Some time ago it occurred to me that there were those who wanted an extra session, if the responsibility could bo harnessed onto the Republicans. That can be done, and probably is being done, by arranging the appropriation bills so that the Republicans will object to them, and, a discussion arising, the responsibility will rest with those who object. At any rate the bills could nearly all have been passed by this time if they had been managed right. And it cannot be said that Mr. Randall managed wrong through ignorance.” This suspicion seems to be spreading daily here, and if an extra session is called the responsible parties will be held responsible. WILL YOUNG HOLMAN FIGHT? The Son of the Great Objector To Be Challenged by a South American. Washington Special. There was a very lively scene in the gentlemen’s dressing-room of Stewart Castle, last night, upon the occasion of Miss Stewart throwing open her house for a general reception to the official and fashionable society of Washington. A son of Congressman Holman struck Senor Don Carlos DeC'astro, secretary of the Venezuela legation, in the mouth, knocking him down. Friends of both parties interfered to prevent a general fight, and in the struggle several blows were exchanged between other excited young men. Young Holman was gotten out of the house, and the row ended without it becoming generally known. It appears that a number of the young men patronized the punch bowl too freely, and were in a very excitable condition at the time of young Holman’s assault, and so rather added to the excitement instead of quelling it when the attack began. The cause of the assault of young Holman was his attempt to resist an impertinence addressed to a young lady friend of bis who was at the ball. The gentleman was an attache of one of the South American legations. Holman was so furious in his desire to avenge the affront that he rushed off with an imperfect description of the guilty diplomatic fledgling. He thought De Castro was the man, though, as it subsequently turned out, it was shown that De Castro was not in any way to blame, and did not even so much as know the young lady. He was simply mistaken for another, and before any explanation could be made he was knocked out by the infuriated Hoosier. Holman was caught by Charley Poor, of Syracuse, N. Y., son of Admiral Poor, and remonstrated with, and Holman turned instantly upon him with threats. Then a burly California friend interfered, and said that Mrs. Stewart’s houso should not be made the scene of a disgraceful brawl. By this time the dressing-oooin was crowded. Before young Holman could be pacified several blows were passed between members of the hot-headed crowd. A young society man by the name of Guihon was knocked out, but the burly Californian, a strange man, played policeman so effedtually as to put an end to the affair. It is said .that young Holman only regrets that he hit the wrong man, and has apologized to De Castro. The latter has declined any apology and will demand personal satisfaction. Meanwhile young Holman is looking for the real offender, and at the same time is not unwilling to fight a duel if necessary. The incident is one of the greatest social scandals of the season. MINOR ML NT lON. The nouse Passes tlie Agricultural Appropriation Bill and Adjourns. Washington, Jan. 24. —1n the House, Mr. Dibrell moved that the House go into committee of the whole on the agricultural appropriation bill. This was antagonized by Mr. Townsend with the Mexican pension bill, but the motion was agreed to —yeas 117, nays 115 —and the House at once went into" committee of the whole as indicated, with Mr. Springer in the Chair. There was no general debate, and the bill was read by paragraphs for amendment. On motion of Mr. Dibrel! an amendment was adopted appropriating $3,000 for cultivation and distribution of the tea plant on the government farm. The committee then rose, and the bill was passed. Mr. Townsend mado an effort to call up the Mexican pension bill, but Mr. Mills moved tt> adjourn, and this being lost —yeas 102, nays 108 — moved that the House take a recess. This motion met a similar fate, but finally tho motion to adjourn was carried, —yeas 101,* nays 100 —the Speaker casting tho deciding vote. A Cliance for an Educational Hill. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Washington, Jan. 24.— Mr. Willis, of Kentucky, does not despair of the passage of an educational bill at this session of Congress. He said to day that the skirmish precipitated by Mr. Hurd, of Ohio, showed that the House was pretty closely divided on the subject involved, but that there were those who voted to inquire into the power of the Senate to create appropriations who would not vote against either his bill or the Blair bill, Mr. Willis is inclined to think the vote on the Hurd resolution was not a fair test of the strength of the educational Mils. He thinks that the masses are for a liberal appropriation to encourage education, and that there cannot be found a majority of the House that will vote against it He will continue fighting for his biH b The ttoomers Will Fight. Washington, Jan. 24.—The Secretary of War has received a telegram from General Augur, dated Leavenworth, Jan. 23, as follows: “Colonel Hatch, at Camp Russell, telegraphs as follows: ‘Couch, president ot the colony, notified me to-day that he will fight A sergeant at the boomer camp reports GOO men digging pits. Their strength has been increased by 400 men. It would perhaps be well to send a relay of troops to Caldwell or Arkansas City. Our troops are moving into position to cut off supplies and stop new arrivals. A section of light guns sent dowii to Arkansas City might have a good effect’ ” Buried in au Oysie? Washington, Jan. 24—A few days A small box containing a mass of dirty paper pulp was received by the Treasurer, from Botcobel, Wia. Accompanying the box was a letter from a lawyer there, in which it was stated that the owner of the pulp was an honest old farmer, who had collected a debt of SSOO from a neighbor, and, for safe keeping, had deposited the five SIOO bills in an oyster can and had buried the can in the earth. When he dug it up, a few weeks ago, he fouud the money gone and noth-

ing left but a few scraps. He wants these scraps redeemed. As it was impossible for the experts in the Treasury to identify any of the notes from the fragments, the request had to be denied, and the Wisconsin farmer must go to Congress and wait the usual number of years before he can secure his money. This is only one of the many cases that are constantly coming before tho department. Stove pipes, ovens and oyster cans seem to bo favorite places for depositing farmers’ spare funds, and tho loss is invariably complete. A REMARKABLE REVIVAL. Extraordinary Character of the Meetings Now in Progress at Hartford City. Special to tho Indianapolis Journal. Hartford City, Ind., Jan. 24. —The great revival at the M. E. Church is still in progress under the supervision of the evangelist Mr3. Woodworth. The meeting continues with unabated zeal, and the scenes enacted on one night are but repetitions of the scenes of the preceding night. Never before have the people of our town witnessed such a spectacle. Large numbers from neighboring towns come for the purpose of investigating, traveling salesmen arrange to return to this placo each night, and overwhelming masses from the country rush in to witness the proceedings. Last night two young women and one young man passed into a trance, and at the close of- the services were carried into the class room and anxiously watched by near friends till consciousness should roturn. Your correspondent examined the young man as ho lay perfectly oblivious and uuconcious, limbs outstretched and rigid, hands lifted toward heaven, .eves open, fixed and staring, and his pulse, which was examined by a physician, ranging from thirty to forty. His mother, on being interviewed, spoke freely, and stated that this was the seventh time he hail passed into a trance; that he remained in that condition sometimes half a day, and that when he revived he spoke each time of the glory of the celestial world, and of a happy communion and reunion with loved ones who had already “joined the innumerable caravan.” There is no limit to this supernatural visitation, and sinners in the rear of the room laughing, scoffing and jesting are stricken down in the aisles. It is pronounced by physicians to be a form of catalepsy, as the pulse is kept up and respiration continues, yet the entranced are insensible to all surroundings. Day meetings are hold with as much fervor. The evangelist herself has passed into that state threo different times, and while in that condition pleads with sinners to flee from the wrath to come. A lady from Bluffton, who is personally acquainted with her, was interviewed last night, and stated that the evangelist bore an excellent reputation, and was a woman of integrity, of honor, of merit She possesses great magnetism, is pleasant and affable in conversation, and is an impressive speaker, though not a polished rhetorician. Upon the streets and in the stores great excitement prevails, and nothing else engages attention. The oldest citizens are much amazed, and the aged followers of the Lamb wonder at her marirelous success. BUSINESS DIFFICULTIES. Assignment of tlie Firm of Gumersell & Cos., a Well-Known St. Louis House. St. Louis, Jan. 24.—Gumersell& Cos. filed, today, a deed of trust on their real estate dated Sept 25, 1884, to Alexander Turnbull and Richard Gumersell of Essex county, New Jersey, to secure a note of $50,000, due in three years. The property in question is the store in which the firm does business, and is valued at $75,000, but is also subject to a previous mortgage. The firm has been engaged in business twenty-five years. The largest creditors are in New York. Before making the assignment, Gumersell & Cos. confessed judgment to Alex. Turnbull and Richard Gumersell for $34,900.30, to James A. Gumersell for $20,980.12 and to others for $6,352.84 The assets of tho firm, as filed by them in court, are only $31,500. Last fall the firm secured an extension from New York creditors. At that time Gumersell made a statement claiming assets of $358,000, and gave notes falling due monthly, which were to be met, beginning April I. The liabilities are not yet known. Run on a New Haven Savings Bank. New Haven, Conn., Jan. 24.—Long before the opening hour of the New Haven Savings Bank, Orange street, in the vicinity of Chapel, was thronged with anxious depositors. By 9 o’clock 200 persons were in line. Policemen stood guard at the center door aDd prevented the banking room being jammed. As one depositor withdrew another was admitted. Fully one-half the crowd consisted of females. The officials of the bank state that they are perfectly able to meet all demands. Tho run on the bank continued until 6 o’clock this evening. When the books were balanced it was found that 313 accounts had been closed, $109,243 been paid out during the day. A big run is expected on Monday, and arrangements have been mado to meet it and pay all claims promptly. Assignment of C. E. Andrews & Cos. Milwaukee, Wia, Jan. 24—Late this afternoon, C. E. Andrews & Cos.; manufacturers of spices, baking powder, etc., made an assignment toF. G. Bigelow. Theassctsareschedulodatslßo,000, principally bills receivable and stock. Liabilities, $02,000. A member of the firm states the cause to have been depression of business, and expresses a hope that a settlement may bo effected with the creditors and business resumed within a short time. The establishment has acquired a wide reputation in the manufacturing of Pearl baking powder. Affairs of Iliflf Brothers. Special to the Indianapolis Jonrnai. Richmond, Ind., Jan. 24.—The syndicate of creditors who instituted suit against Iliff Bros, got a hearing before Judge Kibbey in vacation to-day on the appointment of a receiver, and were successful, but the disposition of their petition to set aside the $9,500 mortgage the firm gave to their mother and the bank was postponed to the regular term of court. A Real Estate Firm Suspends. Moorhead, Minn., Jan. 24—It transpired today that the Arm of Briggs & Elden, real estate dealers and lawyers, made an assignment on Thursday last The immediate cause of the assignment was an attachment issued at the instance of the First National Bank at Fargo. Tho liabilities are about $50,000; the assets are large, but not available at present. Failure of Cloak Manufacturers. New York, Jan. 24. —Schodules in assignment of the Arm of Stix Bros., Herman & Cos., cloak manufacturers, were filed to-day. Liabilities, $210,532; nominal assets, $185,000; actual assets, $90,000. Failure at Bentonvllle, Ark, Mo., Jan. 24—McReynolds & Cos., bankers [at J?rtoaville, Ark., are reported to have failed. Liabilities, $125,000. Benton county funds are jeopardized tC Jtmount of $26,000. _ Failure of a Bridge-Building Firm. Atlanta, Ga., Jan. 24—Wilkins, Post & Cos., iron-bridge builders, have failed, and a receiver has been appointed. Liabilities, $70,000 to $100,000; nominal assets, $130,000 to $130,000.

GENERAL GRANT S AFFAIRS. An Interesting: and Presumably AnthentH Statement of Their Condition. Interview with George W. Childs. “General Grant’s sword, medals and othsf trophies—insignia that ought to be sacred to th® country—having been seized under Mr. Vande®bilt’s execution, we desired simply to rele&s® them. There would not have been the slightest difficulty in securing the needed amount xt. money. Indeed, offors of aid poured in upon as from all sections of the country. I went to New York to see the General, and he informed mg that he would not accept aid under any circumstances. Mr. Vanderbilt, however, has had a sale take place under his execution, and has bought in the trophies and otha® property, all of which is now in his hands, and safe from the possibility of beinfc levied upon for other claims. I spoke to General Grant some time ago concerning the debt of* Me, Vanderbilt, and suggested that probably no attempt would ever be mado to collect it. Ha would not tolerate the suggestion, however, and said that the debt was one of honor, and he dasired Mr. Vanderbilt to proceed upon the lion® that he had given him.” “What does General Grant most desire?” “To be placed upon the retired ljst of th® army. That would be a matter of simple justice. There was a cifcumstance connected with his leaving the army that has never yet been made public, so far as I know, but which lias an important bearing on the present movement to have his name put upon the retired list When General Grant was first askod to b® a candidate for President he declined, ‘if I were to accept’ he reasoned, ‘one-half of th® country would lavish upon me too much praia® and the other would too severely censure mew Besides I do not care to give up my position in the army. It is one that I like, and one that I. may fill for life.’ Afterwards, renewed pressure having been brought to boar upon him, he reconsidered his determination and agreed to stand for the Presidency. Vice-president Wilson, who was then chairman of the military committee of the Senate, had, as a greater inducement, promised that the General’s position as head of the army would he kept open foe him. General Grant, however, refused to sanction such a condition. ‘When I go,’ ha said, ‘I wish General Sherman to tak® my position, General Sheridan to b® made lieutenant-general, and to have promotion made all along the line.’ The General does nol consider that the placing of his name upon th® retired list now would any way interfere witit the proper recognition of the services of his oMI comrades in arms. • Under the Edmunds bill ha would get a salary of $12,000 a year that would end with his life. Surely he deserves that.” “What is the real condition of his health?” “It is not good. He has suffered very indeed.” “Has he cancer of the tongue?” “No. It was for a time feared that he had, perhaps, but I may say that his physician has definitely decided that he has not. He suffer* acutely from an ulcerated throat, and, naturally, the effect upon his nerves of all that ho has eon® through—mental as well as bodily troubles —ha* been disastrous. Os course, he has had to giv® up smoking pretty nearly altogether, indulging in only half a cigar a day. His literary work t® now his chief solace.” “And that comes on apace?” “Yes. I think his history will be completed this year. He is a great stickler for accuracyand verifies every date, though, as a matter oi fact, he has been right in the first place of almost every instance. Naturally, from my experience, he consults me as to all offors of pub* lishers. He has received an offer from every leading publisher in the United States. He ha* received one from a leading house that was tho first I ever heard of. He declined to accept for the honorable reason that he did not believ® that under the terras the publishers could possibly get their money back. He has received many offers agreeing broadly to accede to any terms that he himself might name. He ha* closed with no one as yet, but in any event ho will only make a fair business contract —that i® to say, onq by which the publisher as well *0 himself may profit. Every line of the history so far has been written by himself. He has received SI,OOO for each of his three magazine articles, and the announcement of his engagement* lam informed, ran up the circulation of tho magazine from about 100,000 copies to 180,000." The Morgan Fund* New York Special. The financial difficulties of ex-President Grant smtfe the failure of Grant & Ward, and his rofusal to accept the generous offer made by Wia. H. Vanderbilt, or to allow his friends to aid him in discharging his debt to Mr. Vanderbilt, havo aroused public curiosity about the $250,000 placed in trust for his benefit a few years ago. It has been generally understood that the fund was invested in some of the sectional bonds of the Wabash railway, and was guaranteed by the late exGovernor Morgan. The Commercial Advertiser to day printed an interview with John L. Terry, one of the executors of the Morgan estate, in regard to the investment “The fund is as safe as it ever was,” said h®, “The fact that it pays interest is sufficient to Erove that it is invested in special mortgage onds.” “Thon there is no reason for anxiety in regard to the fund?” “None whatever. I have repeatedly said thl* much over my own signature. These bonds a* present pay an interest of something over 6 per cent., and are valuable. Their value in % few years will increase, and the investment is by no means uncertain. There is not a Morgan heir that knows anything about tho Grant fund, or in what bonds the money has been placed. Furthermore, the guarantee of Governor Morgan has six years to run yet, instead of threeu By the time the guarantee has expired the bond* will be worth a good deal of money. I have seen many allusions to this matter in the paper*, of late, and I believe it has been done to influence votes in Congress on the Grant retirement bill. Os course we aro all interested in General Graqt, and hopo tho bill will pass, but the fund, is sale.” THE IRISH PARLIAMENTARY FUND. A Small Attendance at Cincinnati—Eu"cns Kelly Declines the Treasurersliip. Cincinnati, Jan. 24 —The meeting called by Major John Byrne, to form an American-Irish parliamentry club, for the purpose of obtaining 20,000 members in the United States to cootribute $5 each per annum for support of tb® Irish members of Parliament in sympathy with Mr. Parnell, had only a local attendance, with the exception of P. B. Fit*, of Boston. Letters were read from Governor Hoadly, Father S. 53. Mattingly of Ohio, Father P. Cuddehy, of Millford, Mass., and Father Doyle, of Cincinnati, all favoring the movement and asking to bAenrolled. A tetegram from Eugene Kelly of New York, was received, fully indorsing the movement, and subscribing SSOO to tho fund, but declining, for want of time, to take any active part in tho organization. The meeting favored a national organization, with a president, vice-president, secretary, treasurer and five directors, and appointed a committee to take steps to com plot* the organization not later than March Ist la the meantimo Hon. J. P. Carbery, of this city, was authorized to take charge of tho subscriptions mado. _ Charles Lovell Fatally Injured. Louisvillk, Jan. 24—While riding into th* city this morning from their country residenca, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Lovell were thrown out of the buggy by the horses running The wifa was severely injured, and tho husband’s skull fractured. He cannot The injured, man is a son of Gen. Lovell, U. S. A. The Jamestown, Fa., Savings Bank. Jamestown. Pa.. Jan. 24.—J. Rosa Martin, the cashier of the defunct Jamestown Saving* Bank, who disappeared last* Monday, returned home yesterday. He denies taking any money but his own. It it is said the bank’s affairs as® in better shape than was first reported.

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