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(he instructions already given me shonia bo changed and 1 should be instructed to bring up the second bill or not Every Democrat on the committee and one-balf tbo Republicans present voted not to chance the instructions, but to have me call up the original bill. That I was }>repared to do a week ago to-day, and should lave called it up, and think it would have passed had it not been for dilatory motions which were made and Sustained by both Democrats and Republicans. I am told there is a movement on foot to call up the second bill by Mr. Randall, if he can get the floor. The difficulty is in getting the floor and & suspension of the rules, which requires a two-thirds vote. The whole question is Simply whether Congress shall deviate from its usual course on this bill, in order to comply with the President’s views, or whether it shall pass the bill in the form it has always been in the habit of doing. The question is whether the Democrats are going to deviate from the custom of Congress, in order to accommodate themselves to the President’s objection, or whether they will pass the bill in the usual form. My preference is decidedly for the bill in the usual form, but I will Support either bill. • The good feeling of the House committee toward General Grant is shown by the fact that it instructed me to bring ud the first bill before the second was ever introduced or thought of. This shows the committee to be earnestly in favor of retiring the General, and that the present muddle ij no trick to defeat the measure, as many people seem to think.” __ MONAHAN’S COMPLAINT. Minister Morgan Charged with Neglecting His Duties Toward American Citizens. Washington, Jan. 28. —Secretary Frelinghuysen, in response to a resolution, to-day sent to the House a communication on file in the Department of State relative to the arrest, last summer, of Thomas Monahan, claiming to be a citizen of Nashville, Tenn., in Mexico. Monahan was engineer of a train that met another in collision on the Mexican Central railway. He was arrested and placed in confinement. In a letter, dated Tuluca, Mexico, July 31. 1884. and addressed to Hon. A. J. Caldwell, of Tennessee, Monahan says, after reciting the circumstances of his arrest: “In this exigency I wrote two letter to Minister Morgan, which, I presume, found refuge in his waste basket. I havejnot yet received the courtesy of an acknowledgement. 1 am not surprised, however, as I know several other similar cases in which he was applied to without avail, for he is alike indifferent to our citizenship, to our sufferings and to our politics. It takes all his time to cater to Mexican favor. A wooden image would be better to represent our country, for it would not disgrace the greatest republic the world ever saw. Were it not for the kind friends I have outside, I might well exclaim with Dante: ‘Abandon hope, all ye who enter here,’ for in this country it is all law, and Dame Justice puts on a veil of shame and weeps "that it should be so.” Mr. Caldwell sent this letter to the Department of State, and Acting Secretary of State Davis ordered an investigation. In reply, to Caldwell he says: “I cannot pass Monahan’s observations about Minister Morgan’s indifference to the rights and interests of American citizens in Mexico without observing that they are not warranted by his course while minister which has been marked by energetic attention to bis duties. In a letter to Secretary Frelinghuysen, Mr. Morgan* states that he did not receive the letters Monahan refers to, and the moment he heard of Monahan’s trouble he did all in his power to have justice done. On Jan. 1, 1885, Minister Morgan informed the Secretary of State that the judge of the Federal Court a* Tuluca had informed Monahan he had been honorably acquitted, and was therefore discharged.” MINOR MENTION. Secretary Chandler Resents Alleged Criticism of the Navy Department. Washington, Jan. 28.-— Secretary Chandler has written a letter to Rear Admiral English, commanding the European station, in regard to the charge made by an American resident of ' Nice, France, that officers of the flag-ship Lancaster had publicly abused the head of the Navy Department, and all connected with it, for having ordered that vessel to the Congo country, alleging that it w'as done to spite the ladies. The Secretary incloses a copy of the letter received at the department on the subject, and says he has written to the writer, whose name is purposely withheld, requesting that he give him (Admiral English) the names of the officers who made the statements referred to. The Secretary’s letter to Admiral English concludes as follows: “You will immediately institute inquiries concerning the truth of the averments in the letter, by interrogating, directly, all officers of the Lancaster. and if you find any officer has made the specific statement mentioned in the letter, orhas criticised, in a hotel or anywhere else, any oi* ders of the department, you will report the facts to the department, and. nntil receiving further instructions, will suspend such officer from duty and not allow him to leagphis vessel, except for urgent reasons, to be maae of record and report ed to the department.” The Mexican. Pension Bill* Hpecinl to tba Indianapolis. Journal. Washington, Jan. 28.—At a meeting of the House committee on pensions, this morning, Mr. Steele moved that some immediate action be taken upou the thousands of petitions before the committee asking for passage of the Mexican war pension bill. This created a great deal of warm discussion. Chairman Hewitt, of Alabama, yielded the chair, and addressed the committee during all of the session, strongly opposing any action whatever upon the subject. Mr. Steele proposes to renew his motion at the next meeting, and will keep up his work. Butler’s Unpublished Letter. Washington, Jan. 25.— 1 tis said that Ben Butler, after his miserable farce as a presidential candidate had ended, issued a [verbose, bombastic address to the people. It was written in Ben’s most vigorous style, bristling with italics and capital letters, and denounced almost everybody in any way connected with the campaign. Before it. was printed, however, he consulted a great New York journalistic coadjutor, who fills an important position on the editorial staff of a paper. The cat did its work and Benjamin was suppressed for a time, though it is said the “address” is still on file and likely to be let off at little provocation. * General and Personal. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Washington, Jan. 28.—Seth M. Whiten, of Union City, is here working in the interest of the several pension bills before Congress. He represents the organization of the Grand Army of the Republic for Indiana and Ohio. Petitions asking Congress to pass the Mexican war pension bill were introduced in the House to day by Messrs. Kleiner, Steel and Stockslager. Major and Mrs. Steele were members of a theater party given by Speaker and Mrs. Carlisle at the National Theater to-night The following Indiana postmasters were commissioned today: Celestial Vansha, at DePauw; Jonathan R. Drayer, Fredericksburg; William Fleming, Porter. J. H. Holliday and J. F. Pratt, of Indianapolis, are at Willard’s. The President to-day transmitted to the House a letter from the Secretary of State concerning the awards made by the Venezuelan mixed commission. In the opinion of the Secretary of State tho honor of the United States calls for an investigation of the charge made by Venezuela, that seven awards amounting to $704,122 are tainted with fraud. The general court-martial before which General Swaim has been on trial, will, it is thought, reach a conclusion in that officer's case by tomorrow night, and will then proceed to the trial of Colonel Albert P. Morrow, on the charge of duplicating pay accounts. The President gave his annual state dinner tn the members of the diplomatic corps at the White House, this evening. Os forty guests present, fifteen were envoys and seven changes d’affaires, representing altogether twenty-two fncndly powers.

FRANCE AND THE CHINESE. Rumor that the French Cabinet Will Make a Formal Declaration of War** Being Inspired to Take Such Action by England’s Coarse in Enforcing Certain haws at the Port of Hong Kong. The French Forces Succeed in Suppressing the Revolt in Cambodia. Abatement of Excitement Over the'Recent Explosions in London—British Residents in South Africa Ask for Protection. FRANCE AND CHINA. Rumor that the Former Will Officially Declare War Against the Latter. Paris, Jan. 28.—1 tis reported that France has decided to officially declare war against China. This decision is said to have been made in consequence of the action of England iu enforcing the terras of the foreign enlistment act at Hong Kong and elsewhere. The refusal of the British authorities to allow the Triumphant to refit at Hong Kong has caused great annoyance here. The Voltaire denounces England’s conduct as especially unfriendly, and urges the French governmsnt to retaliate by immedihtely blockading all Chinese ports. This, the Voltaire says, France has hitherto refrained from doing because France regarded Eugland as a friendly power, and the blockading of the Chinese ports would have hampered English commerce. Official dispatches received to-day from Saigon announce the virtual suppression of the revolt in Cambodia. The Freneh troops, assisted by native auxiliaries, have been so successful in inflicting serious punishment upon the rebels that most of them fled and allowed their bands to be dispersed. Colonel McCramondi had another engagement with Sivotha, leader of the rebellion, at Preycha. the day after he surprised him in camp at Mieng. Sivotha' was again routed, and his band fled to the north. Colonel McCrarnondi was still in pursuit of him at last accounts. On Sunday last, a party of French marines encountered .and defeated 300 rebels under command of Sivotha’s lieutenant. The dispatches state that the excitement produced by the revolution has subsided, and general confidence has been restored. _ THE LONDON EXPLOSIONS. An Abatement of Excitement—Rumored Arrest of a Woman. London, Jan. 28. —The excitement occasioned by the explosions and the great anxiety concerning the fate of Gen. Stewart, which existed for the pnst few days, have been completely obliterated to-day by the news that Stewart has captured Metemneh and succeeded in communicating with General Gordon. Great enthusiasm prevails, and many congratulations over the success of Stewart’s expedition havo been received at the War Office. It is rumored the police havo just arrested a woman in the act, of entering the Royal Exchange building with a quantity of dynamite concealed on her person. The rumor adds that three men, probably accomplices of the woman, were arrested at the same time. The Queen has conferred the Albert medal upon Constable Cole, who was so severely injured in tho discharge of his duty at the time of the explosion at Westminster RalL Views of Patrick Egan. Omaha (Neb.) Special. Patrick Egan, president of the Irish National League in America, whoso headquarters are at Lincoln,Neb., in an interview concerning the dynrmite explosions in London,said: “I kuow nothing more about them than any other newspaper reader. As to my official connection with the league, I feel now as I did early in the history of the movement. I was in Paris at the time, and was the only officer of the league out of prison. I was interviewed by a representative of the London Standard, who asked me why I did not issue manifestoes denouncing the Irish outrages. I replied that I did not feel called upon to do special police duty for the British government. No man, however, can justify this method of warfare; but it has been excited by the atrocities of the British government toward Ireland, and having raised the demon they must lay him, if they are able, without any aid from me. The work has been carried on too systematically to admit that it is done by a few fugitive cranks. It is evidently the result of careful organization and desperate earnestness that amounts to inspiration. The dynamite war is in direct opposition to the policy of the league, and i3 con-'' 1 detuned by that organization. While I cannot condemn it in too strong terms, I cannot work up any feeling of symyathy for the British government or their officers. Von who have only an indistinct idea of British atrocities in Ireland enn know nothing of their real character. Suppose this thing to bo the work of Irishmen. They would not take such desperate chances of their lives unless their desire for revenge was fed by the most flagrant wrongs The men who carried out the Westminster explosion knew that they would be torn limb-from limb if discovered; yet they must have been willing to run the risk. If the atrocities perpetrated upon the Irish people were to take place in this country, there is no doubt in my mind that the reaction would be much worse than it has been in the case of Ireland.” ALSACE-LORRAINE. Debate on a Proposition to Rescind Certain Repressive Measures. Berlin, Jan. 28—The Reichstag to-day voted to reject Junggreen’s motion proposing to make compulsory the official use of the German language iu all the provinces of Germany. The debate commenced on Keble’s motion to abrogate the extraordinary powers vested in Baron Von Manteufel, Governor-general of Alsace-Lorraine. Von Puttkamcr, Minister of the Interior, opposed the motion on behalf of the government. He cited Antoine’s election, speeches as proof of the slight restrictions upon the expression of public opinion. The anti-German agitation in Alsace-Lorraine, he said, prevented the people from adapting themselves to the new order of things. In view of the fact that Dolfusze, a member of the Reichstag from Alsace-Lorraine, had addressed a letter to “His dear Fellow-citizens of Paris, r expressing French sympathies, it was impossible for the government to rescind the repressive measures cow in foroe. FOREIGN MISCELLANY. Sir Charles Dilke Promises the Introduction of Labor Measures. London, Jan. 28. —Sir Charles Dilke, president of the Local Government Board, to-daj held a conference with delegates from chambers of commerce and trades unions upon the subject of wages. After listening to the proposals of the different deputations. Sir Charles said that memorials nronoaing great, but not communistic, changes in the laws regulating the relations between capital and labor would be submitted to Parliament. He regretted that foreign opinion was not better represented at the conference. Ho pointed to the great progress made in Germany in the work of improving the workingmen's condition by snch measures as the workingmen's insurance bill. During the conference Sir Charles Dilke

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strongly /reproved Brewetfc, a delegate representing the iron founders, for making a bitter and indiscriminate attack upon all persons possessing wealth, from the court down to the successful shopkeepor. Paris Detectives. Lncjr Hooper, in Philadelphia Telegraph. A good many facts have come to light of late respecting those nefarious institutions of Paris known as private inquiry offices, and of whose agents Morin appears to have been an average specimen. I have heard of one instance wherein a French gentleman, having cause to suspect his , wife of high crimes and misdemeanors, paid one * of these personages $2,000 to keep a watch upon her conduct. The agent goes to the lady, informs her of the engagement he has entered into with her husband, and receives from her $2,000 more to hold bis tongue. Result, $4,000 for the agent and no work to do, which is agreeable for him. But worse even than this is their willingness to manufacture evidence to order against really innocent parties. To such an extent is this system of organized surveillance carried in Paris that it is often made the vehicle for outside malevolence. A few years ago an American gentleman espoused very warmly the cause of a countrywoman of his own, who was being grossly calumniated by certain parties who had cheated her in a business transaction, and who, on being exposed, had vowed vengeance against her. Having proved all the stories set afloat about this injured lady to be lies, he naturally fell under the ban of the slanderers. He found to his amazement that whenever he went out in the evening he was persistently followed by a shabby-locking man, who dogged his footsteps like his own shadow. After one or two expen ences of this nature he got tired of being spied upon, and one evening he turned upon his pursuer and began to follow him. The spy, on seeing himself detected, tried to get out of the Way, but finding it impossible to get away from the vigilant American, he finally took to*his heels, dodged down some of the dark little streets that extend behind the Opera Comique, and so eluded pursuit. Fortunately for my friend, he was a man of unimpeachable character, and so the report of the private detective, if truthful, must have been highly disappointing to his employers. Facts About Mr. Gladstone’s Health. London Letter. I regret to say that my private information is sufficient cause for the greatest disquietude as to the health of Mr. Gladstone. Although he carries things off bravely and is sustained by his indomitable courage he is really very ill, and will require long rest and foreign travel before his health is restored. 1 hear that Sir Andrew Clark, than whom we have no better medical adviser, insists on the abandonment of work, and immediate rest and leisure, but that tho Premier is determined to get his bills through Parliament before he considers himself. Mr. Gladstone has already done such wonderful work while in illhealth that it would be rash to predict that his once iron constitution will not bear tho strain of next session, but, as lam instructed, there will be gflteat danger in putting it to this severe trial. Every day I read official bulletins announcing the continued improvement in his health. These are veracious enough so far as they go, but the painful truth remains that Mr. Gladstone, who has “aged" very perceptibly during the last two years, has been severely shaken by his recent indisposition, and that his friends are in a condition of anxiety and alarm, and that his physician, whose favorite expression is “Nature is implacable,” cannot persuade the Premier to obey him like any other patient. Mr. Millais’s last portrait of him in his red robes as D. C. L. distinctly shows the marks of the hard work Mr. Gladstone has gone through since 1880. Tho Trouble in Beenuanaland. Capetown, Jan. 28.—General Warren, who was sent with special powers to effect a settlement of the Bechuanaland troubles, has had a friendly interview with President Kruger, of the Transvaal. Kruger urged that he possessed individual claims to certain lands in Goshen. General Warren, in answer, said no attempt to secure occupancy on such claims could be tolerated by England; the men attempting to. gain a Goshen he characterized as***-band of robbers, and declared that no white people should be allowed to settle in Goshen without special permits. _ British Subjects Call for Protection. London, Jan. 28. —The latest advices from the Cameroon’s Mission are to the effect that the natives are becoming turbulent over German interference in their territory. It is feared they may resort to extreme acts of retaliation for the action of the German fleet, under Commander Knorr, in commencing hostilities without having given the slightest notice of intention to do so. English residents of the Mission complain bitterly of tho absense of British protection, and insist that there is pressing necessity for the presence of an imposing naval force. Cordial Relations of Italy and England. Rome, Jan. 29.—1n the Chamber of Deputies, this evening. Mancini, Italian Minister of Foreign Affairs, was loudly applauded every time he referred to the cordial relations existing between Italy and England. Among the statements made by tho minister was one to the effect that Italy was .now firmly resolved never to allow the balance of power on the Mediterranean disturbed again. Bradlaugli’s Case Dismissed. London, Jan. 28. —The appeal of Bradlaugh against the adverse decision of the Divisional court, upon the question of his taking his seat in the Commons without taking the oath, was heard to-day, in accordance with the decision of the Court of Appeal that he had a right, to appeal, but the case was dismissed on technical grounds. Cable Notes. The bishoprick of London has been offered the Bishop of Carlisle. Fire at Glasgow destroyed the cotton factory of Scott & Cos. The loss amounts to $125,000. Mr. Aster, the American minister to Rome, will give a dinner on Monday to the diplomatic body and leading members of society. Arrangements for an Imposing Funeral. Boston, Jan. 28.—The remains of Dr. Cahill, a noted priest and scholar, now resting in Hollywood Cemetery, Brookline, will, on Feb. 22, be transferred to Dublin for future interment. The body will be attended to New York by a, delegation. At New York the Sixty-ninth Regiment and other military organizations, and all the Catholic societies, numbering over 3,000, will form an escort Pontifical high mass requiem will be celebrated in the cathedral, and a eulogium will be pronounced by an eminent prelate. In Dublin the remains will be taken to the Church of St Lawrence, where the offices for the dead and requiem high mass will be repeated. A Despondent Woman’s Crime. Des Moines, la., Jan. 28.—Mrs. Mary S. Dooley and her son, aged five years, were found dead in bed, near WinterSft, yesterday. From letters left by her, it is learned that she had given the boy opium and taken some herself. She also gave a dos* to her daughter, aged twelve, but it did not prove fatal in her case, though she is still so dazed and stupid from its effect that she cannot relate the facts. Mrs. Dooley was recently deserted by her husband, and was despondent. Opera-House Burned. Rondout, N. V., Jan. 29. I:3u a. m.—Fire started in Sampson’s Opera-house, this city, at 12:30 this morning, after the play, “The Bandit King” had been presented. The Opera-house and contents are a total loss. Adjoining buildings will be damaged. The fire is burning fiercely at this hour. Dry Goods House Burned. Chicago, Jan. 28. —The dry good3 house of Berlizheimer & Stensland burned about midnight. Loss, $39,000; insurance, $29,000. A Husband's Greatest Blessing is a strong, heathful, vigorous wife with a clear, handsome complexion. T hese can aU be acquired by using Dr. Harter’s Iron Tome.

INDIANA AND ILLINOIS NEWS The Daily Chronicle of Happenings of All Kinds in the Two States. The Terre Haute Nail Mill to Resume Work —loung Lady Burned to Death-Fire • at Bellmore—Gleanings. t INDIANA Resumption of Work at the Terre Haute Nail Works, Giving Employment to 500 Men. ‘Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Terre Haute, Jan. 28.—The puddling department of the nail works will resume operations next Monday, and all departments will be in operation a week later, giving employment to 500 men, who have been idle for over a month. The demand for nails has greatly improved in the last three weeks, and it is expected will, from this time on, show a still better condition of trade. * A Hotel Thief Arrested. Special to the Indianapolis JournalWabash, Ind., Jan. 28. —Gus Gordon was arrested yesterday at Lancaster, Pa. Gordon is the young man who, while employed as night clerk at the Lutz Hotel, in this city, suddenly disappeared on the 22d of last September, taking a large sum of money and a quantity of goods belonging to the hotel. Sheriff Walter left for Lancaster to-day, and will return with the prisoner. Young Lady Burned to Death. Special to tue Indianapolis Journal. * Switz City, Jan. 28.—Miss Irene Daly, aged seventeen, daughter of a prominent resident of this community, was fatally burned this morning. While preparing breakfast, her clothing was ignited and all burned, leaving her body frightfully blistered. Death from Heart Disease. Ppecial to the luilinnanolis Journal. Wabash, Jan. 28.—Henry Dickson, a prominent farmer liviug near Ijamsville, this county, Was this morning found dead in his bed. The coroner investigated, and pronounced the case one of heart disease. All the Law Allows. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Logansport, Jar.. 28.—Mrs. Alice Conroy, who brought suit against the Panhandle com pany for SIO,OOO damages for the'death of her husband, who was killed on the road last winter, was to-day awarded a verdict for $5,000. Fire at Bellmore. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Rockville, Jan. 28.—Early yesterday morning the general merchandise store of John Thourghman, at Bellmore, this county, which included the postoffice, was completely destroyed by fire. It was the work of an incendiary. Loss $2,500; insurance $1,300. Minor Notes. The entire building of the Evansville Courier is now lighted with incandescent electric lamps. Win. P. Cumberland, for several years a prominent merchant of New Albany, ha3 been adjudged insane. At South Bend, Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Woolverton and their three children narrowly escaped death from suffocation by gas from a closed hard-coal stove. Prompt medical treatment overcome the dangerous^isphyxiation. John M. Ulmer, aged forty-four, unmarried, died suddenly in Madison, on Tuesday night, of heart disease. He was a soldier of Company C. Sixty-seventh Indiana volunteers, and for many years chief salesman for R. B. Craig, grocer. Kennedy, the noted thief and murderer, sent to the Southern prison from Rush county to serve a life sentence, is a brother of Bill Kennedy, now serving a life sentence for killing guard Chamberlain during Colonel Shuler’s administration as warden. Louisville Courier-Journal Jeffersonville item: Justice Eph Keigwln, who has married over one thousand eloping couples from Tennessee and Kentucky, is of the opinion that the hard times has affected the matrimonial market. He has not solemnized the marriage rite for an eloping couple for over a week. ILLINOIS. A Railroad Employe Crashed Under a Wa. bash Engine at Danville. Ppecial to the Indianapolis Journal. Danville, Jan. 28.—Edward Perry fell under an engine on the Wabash road this morning and was terribly crushed. He died in a fe.w moments. Perry attempted to jump on the engine and lost his hold. He was single, and had been employed at the company’s pump works for several years. Failnre at Freeport. Freeport, Jan. 28. —P. J. Scanlon, one of the leading dry goods merchants of this city, failed to-day. He refuses to make a statement, and his assets and liabilities are unknown. His amount to $20,000, all to Freeport parties. _ Brief Mention. The trial of Wallace Waterman and Newton Shinkle. the medical students who werefeharged with robbing graves at Rochelle and Sycamore, has at last begun at Rockford. Decatur has hold a huge meeting for the purpose of taking steps to secure the location of the Illinois State fair in Decatur for two years. Citizens will subscribe $lO, GOO to fix |up the grounds. At Springfield, Samuel A. Holmes and John H. Kelley have been sentenced to the penitentiary, the former for five years and the latter for three years, by the United States Court, for altering currency from a low to a higher denomination. W. H. Gsllamore, who has been representing himself through Pope county and other counties of southern Illinois as-a United States marshal, and collecting fines, etc., has been sentenced therefore to three years in the State’s prison. Henry T. Digbv, who has served five years on a life sentence for the murder of John Sinclair, has been returned to McLeansboro for anew trial. He was convicted on insufficient evidence, purely circumstantial, and his former neighbors now universally believe, wrongfully, James Dacey, murderer of the Chicago aiderman. who is confined in the county jail at Woodstock, is failing fast. He is so emaciated that his ankle can easily be encircled with one's hand, and the sheriff thinks that he will not live until the March term of court On account of his feebleness he is now allowed tho use of the corridors of the jail, instead of being confined te his cell. John Klug. a wealthy farmer living near Germantown, in Woodford county, probably insane, started out Friday evening armed with heavy pieces of iron, and proceeded to strike down and mangle every one he met. Ferdinand Miller and his mother, neighbors of the Klugs, are two of the victims, and two of the villagers of Germantown are lying dangerously wounded. Two others, women, received injuries, one a broken nose, the other a lacerated breast. At Springfield Nathan E. Coats, twenty-eight years old, committed suicide by shooting himself through the head. He was exceutor of the will of Mr. Bloodgood, and is said to haye been greatly concerned about the business of settling up the estate, fearing that he was not discharging his duties properly. He had made a report of his stewardship to Judge Matheny. This report was satisfactory, and was approved. Mr. Coats thereupon resigned his trust, and the report was duly received and entered of record, after which he blew out his brains. The Whisky Pool. Cincinnati, Jan. 28.—The Western Export Association completed its work to day, approving the work of its auditing committee, and pro-

viding, by assessment, for all liabilities of the former pool. It was also agreed to put the price of high wines at $1.13, on account of the advance in price of corn, and sales were made at that Erice to-day. All are satisfied that the pool is rmiy established. TELEGRAPHIC BREVITIES. The directors of the Baltimore Corn and Flour Exchange have elected John Gill, of Gill Fisher, "president. A Christian convention, arranged by committees from different churches in Germautown, commenced yesterday in Philadelphia, under the direction of Dwight L, Moody. In a fight at a card-table, yesterday, at Greensville, Tom Wallace was cut and stabbed nine times by Ed. Devor, and is believed to be in a dangerous condition. Devor is under bail C. Frederick Clark was arrested in Boston, yesterday, charged with being a fugitive from justice". He is wanted in Pittsburg to answer a 'charge of obtaining $1,900 by false pretenses from Samuel Keys. President Mcßride, of the Ohio Miners’ Union, says the miners in the Tuscarawas valley and Massilon districts will not agree to the proposed reduction of ten cents a ton. Operators at Cleveland think they will. If a strike is ordered, 1,000 men will be out of employment Edward H. Goff, president of the American Electric and Illuminating Company, of Boston, and G. H. Wadsworth, of the Baulton Carbon Company, of Cleveland, were concluded yesterday. This movement, it is understood, harmonj izes the electric lighting and carbon interests. The entire family of Philip Schraut, a German baker of Philadelphia, has been poisoned. A four-year old son has died, and the wife is dangerously ill. Schraut himself is recovering. A journeyman baker was also taken sick, and also Mary Martin, a German servant It has been found that all were poisoned by water impregnated with oxidized lead. Final details of the bituminous coal pool between the Baltimore & Ohio and the Pennsyl vania Railroad Companies were arranged yesterday. It is understood that no material changes were made in the main features, which have already been published. The Pennsylvania is allotted 55 per cent, of the total output, and the B. & O. 45 per cent. A dispatch from Easton, Pa., says the American Sheet Iron Mill, in Phillipsburg, N. J.,lias resumed work after being idle since Christmas. It employs 125 men. The old mill of the Bethlehem Iron Company has started up, and the company will next week blow in one of its furnaces. Work on the Spiegel-Eisen furnace of the Lehigh Zinc Company is being pushed forward, and it is expected the fires will be re lighted iu ten or twelve days. MARINE INTELLIGENCE. * Anxiety Because of the Non-Arrival of the Steamship San Pablo. San Francisco, Jan. 28. Anxiety over the non-airival of the steamer San Pablo, at Yokohama is increasing. She is now out forty days. The vessel belongs to the Oriental & Occidental Steamship Company, and is insured for $450.000. She had five cabin passengers, 900 Chinese, returning home for their New Year, and $520,000 in treasure. The crew, including officers, num hers fifty-three. The excitement in Chinatown is unusually great, owing to the great number of Chinese and the money aboard.. Officers of the company still say there is no cause for anxiety, as the delay may be due to some accident to the machinery. Steamship News. Queenstown,. Jan. 28. —Arrived: Oregon, from New York. Is This Madame Durand? Atlanta Special to Chicago News. About six weeks ago a tall and fascinating brunette, with light hair and a most engaging manner, arrived at the National Hotel here and registered as Miss Annie Blanchard, of Chicago. She at once opened an art studio, and offered to teach the art of coloring photographs and other pictures for $lO. She secured many pupils, and she engaged a number of agents to solicit work, charging each agent $5 for an outfit consisting of an album full of pictures. Meantime she had worked her wav into the good graces, of a number of tradesmen, to all of whom she owed bills. Then she announced a grand art reception, securing for that purpose the loan of a large, number of pictures. When the hour for the reception had arrived, Miss Blanchard disappeared, and has not since been seen. The Sheldon Kidnaping. Kansas Citv. Mo., Jan. 28. — The Journal tomorrow will publish an interview with a detective, who says he was one of the two men who served a pretended warrant on Alfred Sheldon, on the night of May 4, last. He states that the mysterious dispapearance was a ruse planned by Sheldon to elude his creditors, and tells the story of the escape and how Sheldon, boarding a freight train east of the city, got away to Canada. Suits Against the Pullman Car Company. Vicksburg, Jan. 28.—Patrick Henry, an attorney of this city. Frank Merigold. president of thb Mississippi Valley Timber Company, and G. F. Adams, of New York, have each filed suits against the Pullman Palace Car Company for $25,000, on account of a conductor accusing them of being pickpockets and ejecting them from a car. It is said the conductor was drunk. A Bad Night for Passengers. North Adams, Mass. Jan. 28 — A snow-storm raged here to day. and all trains are late. The Troy & Boston road is in bad shape. The train due here at 1 o’clock is stalled in a snow drift near Shagticoke, N. Y. The wood is burned out of the engine, the water all gone, and the train loaded with passengers, who must wait there all night. Suit Against Mrs. Garfield. Ct.evk-IjANI), 0., Jan. 28.—Mrs. James A. Garfield was sued in the Common Pleas Court, today, by a woman named Thankful Tanner, for $25,000. The Tanner woman was run over by Mrs. Garfield’s carriage, on Dec. 22, while in the public square, and she now alleges that she was seriously injured. An Alleged Illegal Tax. Chicago, Jan. 28.—An official dispatch from the Albuquerque, N. M., Board of Trade says that it has been decided by vote to resist the collection of tax for erection of Territorial buildings at Santa Fe. N. M., upon legal advice that the act authorizing the tax is illegal. ii ■ ■ Killed by Falling Down an Elevator Well. Detroit, Jan. 28.—Kate Conner, aged twenty, a mattress sewer at Gray & Baffy’s furniture manufactory, fell through an elevator shaft from the fifth floor this morning and was killed instantly. Failure of a Coal Firm. Pittsburg. Pa.. Jan. 28.—8. F. Rafferty & Cos,, coal dealers, confessed judgments to day aggregating $42,500 in favor of J. D. McKennantrustee, and execution attachments were issued. “Sawdust Used Medically.” % This is one of the latest ideas in medicine. But whatever you do with your sawdust, don’t take it internally. Bathe your head with it, scratch your back with it, or make a stickingplaster of it—only don’t swallow it. The great medicine for debility, weakness, dyspepsia, rheumatism and liver troubles, is Brown’s Iron Bitters. Mr. John Jenkins, of 138 Jefferson street, Baltimore, says: “Malaria left me very weak. Brown’s' Iron Bitters gave me health and strength.” " A striking sofa pillow is made of bright colored silks, cut in diamond shape, arranged around a central square of neutral-tinted silk, upon which is designed in raised embroidery a cluster of strawberries and their leaves, made in their natural tints, the little specks on the berries being made of yellow silk. The diamondshaped pieces are joined with cat-stich embroidery. The reverse side of the pillow is of any large figured silk, embroidered or not, as may bo desired. The edges are finished with a heavy cord, forming loops at the corners. Brown’s Bronchial Troches Will relievo bronchitis, asthma, catarrh, cor.supmtive and throat diseases. They are used always with good success.

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