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new Soudan expedition. It is well known that the troope first sent to the field under General Wolseley comprised the cream of the army, and the critics say that the skimming process will be completed by the drafts about to be made. Many regiment* remaining at home are already reduced to skeleton battalions, and experts declare that it is now impossible to place in the field 5.000 men fit for active service. Many bitter tilings are said of General Wolseley, who. as Adjutant-general of the army, has had unquestioned control over all details of enlistment and organization. The condition of the Rritish army of to-day is compared to that of the French forces just before the Franco-Prussiau war, when a splendid army existed on paper only. Hints are given of crooked dealings in tho commissary and quartermaster departments, and charges are openly made of incompetence, favoritism. and willful blindness in higher quarters. Great enthusiasm is manifested among the volunteer regiments- over the prospect that, they may soon see some active service, at least as home guards, scores of regiments having formally requested to be employed in any way that the present exigencies may make advisable, and it has been decided to call out a reserve force of 10,000 men from the ranks of the volunteers. These will be used for garrison duty in England to take the place of regulars sent to Egypt, and to avoid the necessity of weakening the Irish garrisons. It is expected that the Indian troops to be sent to re-enforce General Wolseley wilkbe ready to embark next Thursday. They will comprise Hindoo and Mohammedan soldiers in equal numbers. The Pall Mall Gazette last evening had a fit of the blues, and said. “With the cream of our available fighting force locked up in the Soudan, what can we do but give in here, thero and everywhere, all around the world, until at last we arc sharply brought up by some demand to which we cannot give ini It iseheer, downright madness to go plunging forward without taking steps to replace the drafts this campaign is making in our strength. If 20,000 men, the pick of our soldiers, are to be interned in the Nile valley until the next autumn, we ought to replace them by 20,000 fresh men. In the present depressed state of the labor market, with impending demonstrations of thousands of the unemployed, we onerht to have no trouble in enlisting tnem. to be licked into shape in a few months. The British nation must not awake too Into to discover it lias lost its empire as it has lost Khartoum. ” The Times is not as pessimistic. Neverthe less, it says: “Sauce for the liberal goose is eauco for the Conservative gander, and if the catalogue of blunders in Egypt is to be accepted as a providential trial of our own virtue, we must wipe out all censures passed on the Afghan war. the annexation of the Transvaal and other misdeeds which drew down on the Beaconsfield administration the unsparing denunciation of tho Midlothian speeches.” Optimistic messages and dispatches from the Soudan are likely to be tho fashion until the nineteenth day after that on which the Established Church puts on sackcloth and ashes and the state begins to hear questions in Parliament, and then, possibly, sows of the truth may oome out ns to the disaster and the bad outlook, now locked out by Lord Wolseley's censorship and the War Office apprehensions of the tax payers' inquisitiveness.

WOLSELEY A FAILURE* A General Wlio Never Wcm a Untile or L 1 a Great Artny. New York World. Whatever may be the ultimate if sue of the War in the Soudan, it cannot be denied that General Wolseley’s campaign is a failure. He was sent to rescue Gordon from the hordes of the liahdi: in Khartoum, and while be has been loitering on the way. sending theatrical dispatches to yfisib Prince of Wales. Khartoum lias fallen, and Gordon with it. The crowning blunder of the Gladstone Miuistry, in relation to the Soudan business, was intrusting so serious an enterprise to General Wolseley, a mao who has never evineed any military capacity. Had the conduct f the campaign been committed to Roberts, the gallant little butcher of Cabul, it would probably have been ended successfully for the English two months ago; Wolseley enjoys the unique distinction of being the only general-of reputation who never led great armies, or vron any battles. His reputation is owing to the pen. not to the sword. The newspapers made Wolseley what he is. He is the child of puff. Ilis first service was in what is styled the Burmah war, in 1832. This was really no war at all. It consisted in the storming of a tew bamboo huts, and the slaughter of a few timid Asiatics, Wolseley, who served in a subaltern capacity, showed some personal bravery by standing on an improvised bridge in the face of the enemy until he was wounded. He next appears in the Crimean war, where he was severely wounded, and a few years afterward at the siege of Lucknow and the defense of Alumbagh, in the Indian rebellion. Ho was then made lieutenant-colonel, and for the first time was enabled to display something more than mere persona! courage He next participated in the China expedition, in which he witnessed the gunners uniting the pleasures of the picnic to the horrors of the battle-field, by firing into the ranks of the half armed Chinese mob from the shelter of their tents, while they Hipped their Amonade. The next “war” in which Wolseley engaged waa that known as the Red river expedition, in 1870. This was simply a sort of military exploring party. The only glory attaching to it was that the expedition succeeded, after many months, in finding its way to Fort Gary without getting lost in the woods. There was no fighting, and nobody cot hurt. For this Wolseley was created a Knight of Saints Michael and George. He was created adjutant-general in IS7I, and, in August, 1873, was appointed to the command of the expedition against King Coffee, of Aehantee. The campaign consisted iu a rather protracted hunt through the bush of a horde of naked negroes armed with pointed sticks. In this . expedition Wolseley came within a hair’s breadth of ruin by an overconfidence in the superiority of his troops and a contempt for the “niggers.'’ The only tangible resuit of the expedition was the capture of King Coffee’s cotton umbrella, which is to-day exhibited in the London Museum. On’his return to England ho was created CheTalier Commander of the Bath, and was presented by Parliament with a reward of £25,000. In May, 1879. he went to the Cape, where he helped to catch Cetewayo in the African jungle. His conduct of the campaign against Arabi Pasha is fresh in the minds of readers. This was the only campaign in which he participated that can be said to rise to the dignity of war at all. Yet it cannot be described as a battle in the modern sense. Arabi’s army consisted of a mob of ignorant, timid Egyptian fel’ahs, dragged from their huts in chains, aud who fell on their faces begging for mercy at the approach of the enemy. The only resistance offered was by two regimeuts of Soudanese blacks, who showed that if they only equaled the British in numbers Wolseley would have had no parade victory. There were a hundred skirmishes in our civil war. unmentioned in history, and nameless, ia which more generalship was shown and more blood shed than in all Wolseley’s expeditions put together. Iu the present campaign Wolseley bbmitered from first to last. Instead of making b>u.tkim his base, and striking for Berber, 260 miles distant, which wouid have brought him within 220 miles of Khartoum, be chose the windings of the Nile, a march of 1.900 miles. He then divided his command into three expeditions, without any apparent necessity, sent two of them ahead in different directions, and sat down himself at Korti to wait for news! And now, when the British Ministry have given him full power to act as he may think best, instead of shouldering tho responsibility of his blunder and endeavoring to retrieve his disaster, he pitchforks the blame back on the Ministry, a* and, like the ostrich of the desert, tries to i*id# his failure by sticking his head in the sand. J A hKFENSK OF GORDON. -i Oev Long Savagely Ortticteed by a Kinsman of the Dead Man. To the Editor of the New York World: Luring hi* soldierly career in the East Gen. Osarles Gordon had occasion to use inferior and Inarticulate animals of all kinds, including tarsus, camels and jackasses. They all, no doubt, ftad their several Impressions and experiences of own master, hut nose, so fares I can fctfa, has lees sufficiently fortunate, until two

days ago, to have his “recollections” translated into English. Col. "Cholly" Long, thanks to the intermediary services of a reporter, has Deen so good ns to draw anew picture of the Christian hero of tho Soudan—a portrait drawn with the easy familiarity and eon tempt of a military valet de cliambre. lie paints him as the equivalent of Aaron B: •*r, fused with Sara Houston and animated by the spiritual remains of Walker, the filibustered He even goes so far as to complain that, after the fashion of the devil on the mountain. General Gordon offered to divide with him the Empiro of Africa. It is hard to ask, even in a newspaper, anything so audacious as a comparison of the lonely and heroin; figurdof Charles Gordon ringed round by battling savages, and still radiant with the beautiful serenity of his unselfish soul, with tho graceful image of “Cholly” Long gallantly triumphing over truth in the secure fragrance of the Hoffman House case. Stall. I venture to ask you to think at least ouce before you accept the word of a newspaper swashbuckler as the demolition of the fame of that splendid soldier and perfect man. who, after restoring China to the Chinese, was glad to sell the silver medals bestowed by England on his mo lest valet that the poor, among whom he lived, might have a little bread. Archibald Douglas Gokdoal AGGRESSIVE GERMANY. Rumor that the , German Flag: Has Been Hoisted Over the Island of Samoa. Lowdon, 'Feb. 12.—A telegram received to-dav at the British Australasian newspaper office, in London, from Wellington, New Zealand, says there is intense excitement in New Zealand, owing to a statement being published that Germany has annexed the island of Samoa. This action was taken by the German squadron in the face of protests by the English and American consuls. The situation is serious. The report of this action by Germany is not wholly credited heie, and is published under reserve. FOREIGN MISCELLANY. Letters Throwing Eight on the Domestic Eife of Eord and Eady Ryron. London, Feb. 12. —A number of unpublished letters of Lord and Lady Byron have been offered for sale at public auction. In one letter Lady Byron writes: ‘‘Lord Byron married me with the deepest determination of revenge, which he avowed on the day of our marriage, and which he has executed ever since with systematic and increasing cruelty. ** There are other letters in the same strain; also, correspondence of Lady Bvron with Augusta, the poet's sister, referring to family differences. The letters suggest nothing to support the scandalous charges of Mrs. Harriett Beecher Stowe. Cable Notes. George Brown, the reputed paid agent of the Rosea agitators, died from erysipelas in a Paris hospitaland was buried yesterday. The delegates to tho Irish Nationalists Conference at Paris, invited James Stephens, ex-head-center of the Fenians, to preside over their deliberations. He deeiined, unless they would exclude ali resolutions in favor of dynamite. THE SIGNAE SERVICE. War Department, . Office of the Chief Signal Officer, > Washington, Feb. 13, 1885. ) For Tennessee and the Ohio Valley—Colder, partly cloudy weather, light local snows, variable winds, shifting to west and south in the Ohio valley. For the Lower Lake Region—Fair weather, followed by light local snows and partly cloudy weather, westerly winds, slightly colder, followed by rising temperature during Friday night. For the Upper Lake Region—Fair weather, slowly rising temperature, west to south winds, lower barometer. For the Upper Mississippi Valley—Fair weather, slowly rising temperature, winds shifting to west and south, lower barometer. For the Missouri Valley—Fair weather, slowly rising temperature, lower barometer, winds shifting to southerly.

Local Observations. Indianapolis, Feb. 12. Time. Bar. Thar. Hum. Wind. Weather Rain. 6A. M J 30.07 18.3 89 SW Lt. Snow .02 10 a. M.. 130.13 23.0 73 W Fair. .02 2p.m.. 30.10 18.2 07 W Fair OP. M . 30.22 10.0 80 NW jClear 10 p. M.. 30.23] 2.21 01 NW j Clear. Maximum temperature, 23.0; minimum temperature, 2.2. Oeneral Observations. War Dkpartmknt, \ Washington, Feb. 12, 10:00 p. m. > Observations taken at the same moment of time at all stations. FT~i .g F is f’ g f STATIONS. | g 55 ~ 5 ? Ii T l \ • • • p • a • • ts • • • • * et • New Orleans, La—129.90 44 NE .12 Lt. rain. Vicksburg. Miss 29.96 36 E .14 Lt. rain. Fort Smith. Ark >30.14 31 N Fair. Galveston, Tex 129.93 42 N .12 Cloudy. Little Rock, Ark.... 130.09 37 NE Cloudr. Shreveport, La 30.01 30 NE .01 Cloudy, Cincinnati. 0 30.20’ 16 N Clear. Indianapolis, Ind... 30.23 22 NW | Clear. Louisville, Ky 30.17 21 N j Clear. Memnhis, Tenn 30.09 33 NE Cloudy. Nashville, Tenn 30.12 30 NE | Cloudy. Pittsburg. Fa 30.12 24 NW .04 Lt snow. Chicago. 11l 30.21 —6 SW Clear. Cairo, 111 30.22 19 N Clear. Davenport, la 30.28 —0 W , Clear. DesM nines, la 30.28 —l Calm Clear. Keokuk, la 30.28 —1 . N .... Clear. LaCrnssa, Wis 30.20 _5 S Clear. Moorhead. Minn.... 30.12—10 SW .... Clear. St Louis, Mo 30,30 0 N Clear. St. Paul, Minn 30.13 —1 SW Clear. Springfield. HI 30.30 4 NW Clear. Leaven worth, Kan. .130.29 4; Calm Clear. Omaha, Neb 30.13 4 Cairn Clear. Yankton. Dak 30.24 —1) W Clear. Bismarck, Dak ’30.11 —B|Calm ‘Clear. Fort Buford, Dak... 30.07 —3 NE Cloudy. Ft. Assiniboine, Mta 29.96 3 E Clear. Deadwood, Dak (30 01 17 SW (Threat’s Fort Custer, Mont. 129.99! 16 N Cloudy. Denver Col |30.10- 21 S Clear. Dodge City, Kan j 30.24 0 NE Clear. Fort Elliott, Tex.... [ North Platte, Neb.. 30.13 4 S .... Clear. Las Animas, Col— 30.12 4 Calm ..... Clear. Fort Sill, Ind. T-... Eort Stockton, Tex.. El Paso, Tex 29.90 47 W .... Clear. Key West. Fla I Brownsville, Tex.. .j Eagle Pass. Tex Salt Lake City, U.T. 130.23 29 E [Cloar. Albert Fiok and the Missouri Pacific. St. Louis, Feb. 12—The Globe-Democrat this morning printed an article intimating that Albert Fink, present commissioner of the trunkline pool may become connected with the Missouri Pacific system in nu official capacity after the annual meeting of the stockholders, which will he held here on March 10. To-night it is stated with more definiteness, on authority believed to be well informed, that it is not only possible but very probable that Captain Hayes, senior vice-president of the system, will retire, and that Mr. Fink will take his place. The fact that Mr. Jay Gould, Captain Hayes and Mr. Fink will soon meet at New Orleans, the poor health of Captain Hayes, and his alleged desire for rest, is thought to give color to this report and strengthens the Delict in certain quarters here that Mr. Fink will either succeed Captain Hayes or will be placed In a position which will lessen that gentleman’s onerous duties. A Calico Mill for Mexico. Fall Ri vis a, Mass., Feb. 12, Au important move is contemplated by the Queqnechan mill corporation, which includes the transfer of its entire plant, except the mill building, to Mexico. It is proposed to erect a mill there equip it with the machinery in the present mill, to add a few printing machines, and enter upon the complete manufacture of certain classes of printed goods in that country. The mill was established in 1826, ran* 16,392 spindles and 492 looms. The firm will employ Mexican help*

THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1883.

INDIANA AND ILIINOIS NEWS Flonring-Mill Destroyed and One Man Killed by a Boiler Explosion. Editor Lee Linn Released from Custody— Solution of a Mj’sterious Robbery—Dragging Sick Legislators to Springfield. INDIANA. A Franklin Mill Wrecked by a Boilor Explosion—One Man Killed. Special to tho Indianapolis Journal. Franklin, Feb. 12.—Tho steam fkraring-mill owned by McDaniel & Wright was entirely destroyed this morning, at 7 o’clock, by tsha explosion of the boiler in the engine-room. James High, the engineei’, was instantly killed, his body being recovered shortly after the explosion. None of the other employes of the mill were se riously injured, their ©scape being almost miraculous. as tho mill was blown to pieces, and a number of other buildings considerably damaged. A large plato glass in the furniture 6tore of Voris & LaGrange was shattered to pieces. The head of the boiler was blown through the roof of tho residence of Frank Severance, half a square from the mill, and passed through the ceiling, lodging on a bed which but a few moments previous had been vacated by Mr. Severance. The streets for squares from the scene ot the accident, are strewn with debris from the wreck. Solution of a Mysterious Robbery. Special to the Indianapolis journal. Looansport, Feb. 12.—Four years ago the residence of Mr. Frank Harwood, of this city, was entered at midnight, the inmates chloroformed, and Brussel’s carpets, rugs, seal skins, jewelry’ and plate urn hauled away’. A two-horse wagon was necessary to convey the plunder away. Although detectives were employed, no clew whatever was obtained to the robbers. Yesterday W. K. Landis, of this city, who was summoned as a witness in the Linn-McGuire case at Wabash, while at a hotel in that place, was approached by an ex penitentiary-bird named Sage, who stated that as McGuire was dead he wanted to clear up the mystery of the Harwood robbery. Sage stated that the robbery was committed by Bill McGuire, who was shot by Linn, and a mac named Mohn, alias O'Day. Tho plunder was first concealed in the cellar of a saloon in the heart of the city, but later removed to the Jeroloraor. vault, in a private cemetery south of the city. After the excitement died out the goods were boxed up and shipped to a pawnbroker at Chicago. This is accepted as the solution of one of the boldest robberies ever chronicled in the State. An Attachment for Cliarlos F. Coffin. Special to tho Indianapolis Journal. Richmond, Feb. 12. —On affidavit and motion of William H. Bradbury, trustee of the estate of the lato E. L. Burson, Judge Kibbey ordered an attachment issued last evening for Charles F. Coffin, to compel him to appear and show cause why he hail not obeyed the order of oourt, of Oct. 17, and paid into court the sum of $4,680.67 due the £h.id estate as trustee. Mr. Coffin had been the trustee from the demise of Burson up to the suspension of the Richmond National Bank. last July, and as president of the bank turned over stock to the funds of the estate for money on deposit. This was done by permission of the court, on application of the heirs, but when lie asked to be discharged as trustee and tendered this stock jp his account the heirs demurred, on the score that Mr. Coffin, by his knowledge of the bank’s affairs, was cognizant of its impending fate; and on this ground the court issued the order, subsequent to which Mr. Coffin removed to Chicago. Yesterday he happened in the city, and Bradbury proceeded as described, but Mr. Coffin had in the meantime left the city for Indianapolis, and the attachment followed him this morning.

Lee Linn Released from Custody. Special to tlie Indianapolis Journal. Waba.su, Fe'o. 12.—This forenoon arguments were heard by the mayor in the case of the State vs. Lee Linn. A few sharp spats were indulged in by the attorneys. The mayor announced that his decision would he given at 3 o’clock p. m. , and at that hour a dense crowd assembled at the City Ha’.l. His Honor stated that it was his duty to confi .e himself to a consideration of the indictme:.t, which charged murder in the first degree. The; e was nothing in tho evidence to show premeditated malice on the part of the defendant, so he must make a finding of not guilty as charged. The decision was received with applause, and meets tho approval of the public generally. Linn was at onee discharged from custody and congratulated by many friends. It is possible a grand jury charge may be preferred against him. A Wood worth Convert in a Trance. Hartford City Letter. Viola Me Derm < t, one of the persons who has told the most vivid stories of her trance journeys in the revival here, said to me: “1 know as well as anything when the trance is coming on, for I have been in one four times. The darkness begins at the edges of the room and comes toward mo from all sides, growing closer and closer. I get icy and stiff, and then my sight is gone. I can’t talk. lam in both worlds; in this, because I can hear everything that is said around, and in the other, because there are habitations, as you call them, which rise up on each side, glorious and magnificent The light is not white, but radiant and bright. Igo there in two ways—one, with nothing on my mind, and all is happiness: the other, when I have a sinner to save and am appealing for him. That is hard work, and I suffer. My corning back is just the same as my going. I am always very tired afterward.” After a Railroad Subsidy. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Greenfield, Feb. 12. —Manager Beeklev, of the C., W. &M. railroad, is in correspondence with parties here in regard to the proposed road from Anderson, through Greenfield, to Shelbyville. He says that if the subsidy voted to another company Can be diverted to his company, he will begin construction on the line as soon as the weather will permit. He wants a southern outlet for his line, and wants oniy the same treatment promised others. Fouring-Mill Burned. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. LoGANsroOT, Feb. 12.—The large flouringraill at Royal Center, owned by Davidson & Dill, was completely destroyed by fire at 3 o’clock yesterday morning. The origin of the fire is not known. The loss is estimated at from $4,500 to $6,000; partially covered by insurance. Heavy Damages Asked for Rreach of Promise. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Vincknnks, Feb. 12.—A sensational breach of promise suit has been filed in the Lawrence Circuit Court, in which Miss Laura Hudson, a beautiful young lady of Lawrenceville, ten miles west of this city, sues Mr. Charles Pinkstaff, a wealthy young farmer, for SIO,OOO damages for

breach of promise. The wedding-day had been set and their furniture picked out, but Pinkstaff suddenly deserted his sweetheart, and married Mias Victoria Highsmith. Pinkstaff is a mem ber of one of the wealthiest families of this section, and the trial promises to be very ingMinor Notes. It is probable the Lafayette postoffice will be removed to the basement of the new conrt-house of that city. James D. Allison, in jail at Oonnersville charged with horse stealing, is a practitioner at the Brookviile bar. Charles P. Turner, a clothier, of Bloomington, has been closed by the sheriff. He had been in business two years. Charles J. Caughev, of Shelbyville. thirty years old. died yesterday, of consumption. The funeral will take place this afternoon. Mrs. Crary. of South Bend, eighty-three years old, caught her clothing on lire, and was so severely burned that she will probably die. ’Squire Enoch Caldwell, a prominent citizen of the northern part of r ayetto county, died on Sunday night, after a brief attack of pneumonia, aged about fifty-five years. The general store of David Brown, of Woodberry, a smtll town in the northwestern part of Hancock county, caught from a defective flue and burned. Loss, $1,000: insured. The Daily Evening Argus of Crawfordsville, printed its issue of Wednesday on wall paper, which, on account of the blockades of the Chicago trains since Sunday, was the only available paper to be had. At Glen wood, Fayette county, Robert Martin, au old Mexican soldier, and a tailor by trade, succumbed to the bitter cold weather and frozo to death, being found dead about 2 o'clock on Wednesday afternoon. Deceased had been living alone. John H. Kingery, formerly of St- Joseph count}’, but for several years living at Buchanan, Mich., has committed suicide by hanging. Mr. Kingery’s widow is a sister of ex-Mayor Miller, of South Bend. Financial embarrassment is given as the cause of his self-murder. Miss M. H. Krout, associate editor of the Crawfordsville Journal, and Miss Nell Brown, also of that city, will represent the Crawfordsville Literary Club at the annual reception of the literary clubs of the State at Terre Haute today. Miss Brown has been chosen to respond to the toast: "Poets of Indiana.” At Bloomington, yesterday, the grand jury returned an indictment againt William Welch for the murder of Louis Fedder. The jury made a careful examination of the evidence given before the coroner, and listened to other testimony. Welch states that he lias no fear of the result. The trial is set for Saturday, the 28th. William F. Bales, of Hedt township. Vermillion county, this State, wanted a thousand pounds of flour and wrote to a house at Danville, 111., for it. The firm that received the order read it "barrels" instead of "pounds,” and sent him 1,000 barrels, amounting to $4,500. Mr. Bales is nearly dist racted in trying to find storago for his purchase. Joseph Mondarv, a weak-minded old man liv ing at Guilford, was struck by a freight train while he was carelessly walking on the track, and sustained such serious injuries that he is not expected to live, his skull beiDg mashed in. The old man is an ex soldier and entitled to a government pension, but on account of his weak intellect had failed to take the proper steps to secure his rights. Friends had taken hold of the matter for him, and he had started for Lawrenceburg to sign certain necessary papers when he met liis probable death injuries. Judge Conners, at Rochester, is disciplining the attorneys and frequenters of his court. Several farmers have been fined for entering the courtroom forgetting to remove their hats. Last week a prominent attorney was sent to jail before any charges were made against him. Dr. Vernon Gould, who had been summoned as a witness, was fined $25 for not being present when witnesses in the case pending were sworn, although he explained that he was then attending a dying patient. Dr. Gould refuses to pay the fine, and should he be imprisoned something will happen, as threats are made on all sides-

ILLINOIS. The Democrats not Ready to Force a Tote on the Senatorship. Springfield, 111., Feb. 12.—Tue Republicans of both houses to-day refused to recognize the action of the Democrats in the matter of voting for senator. A few members of oach party are still absent. The morning hour in the House was idled away, the Republicans making several ineffectual efforts to adjourn. At 12 o'clock the door-keeper announced the attendance of the Senate, and twenty-two Democrats, members of that body, filed in and took seats, when a vote for senator was directed. Only one vote was recorded.the Democrats fearing that the Republicans were present in greater force than seemed apparent. An adjournment was then taken till noon to morrow. Bringing a Sick Man to the Capital. Albion, Feh. 12. —This afternoon fifteen men went out to the residence of State Senator Brown, Republican, who is very ill, and carried him into Gray ville, a distance of six or seven miles, on a stretcher. He will remain in Grayville to-night, and to-morrow morning will leave for Springfield in a special car. He is very weak, but his friends think he will stand the trip. He is paired with Senator Bridges till to morrow, and upon his presence or absence in the capital the election of a United States senator may depend. Without him the Republicans are ono in the minority on joint ballot. _ Brief Mention. The residence of John Todd, six miles south of Cerro Gordo, was burned on Tuesday, including contents. The depot of the Louisville & Nashville road at Nashville was burned, on Tuesday. The building was frame, and will be replaced* with a brick structure. The building and general store of J. T. Evan3 & Cos., at Clay City, was destroyed by fire on Tuesday. The building and stock was carried by the Springfield Fire and Marine, of Springfield, Mass., in the sum of $7,000. At Jacksonville, as Johnny Lightfoot, the nine year-old son of T. O. Lightfoot, was driving a horse hitched to a sleigh, the animal became frightened, the sleigh struck a post aud the horse pulled loose. The concussion threw the boy against the end of the sleigh and fractured his skull, over the eye. An Able Imitator of Sullivan. Louisville, Feb. 12.—Duncan C. Ross, the noted athlete and wrestler, after being defeated in his contest with Graham, got on a spree, and this morning, in company with three drunken companions, went into the Fifth-avenue Hotel office and began raising a disturbance, breaking furniture and threatening the lives of the clerk and porters, who tried to check them. Ross carried a revolver in his hand, and after knocking down the porter, shot at the clerk, who immediately drew a revolver. Ross threw down the pistol and began begging for mercy. The rioters were then kicked out, and Ross left for New York before he could be arrested. Why Richard Freuke Was Hanged. Philadelphia. Feb. 12. Richard Freuke was hanged in the corridor of the county prison here at 10:31 this morning. The crime for which he was executed was the murder of Augusta Zimin, his paramour, and the wife of his friend. Freuke wanted the woman to wholly desert her husband, which she declined to do. On the night of Oct. 7 last, the two were observed standing together on the street. The man appeared angry, atid suddenly drew a revolver, which he fired, the shot taking effect behind Mra. Zimin's lteart, and in a few moments she was A corpse. The murderer declared it was his intention to commit suicide but his courage failed him. Tle St©. Genevieve Bank Suspension. St. Louts. Feb. 12.—Some additional information regarding the suspended bank of Har ris & Janie, at Ste. Genevieve, Mo., is to the effect that O. D. Harris was the sole owner of the bank, Mr. Janis having died two years ago; that deposits averaged SBO,OOO one year ago, but hnve been reduced fully 50 per cent since then, which probably was the cause of the suspension, and that Harris’s mining and smelting property will much more than cover all the liabilities,

unless the assignee is driven to a forced sale, which does not seem to bo expected. There is no charge of wrong-doing on the part of Harris, but, on the contrary, he has been offered aid by friends. TIIE FIRE RECORD. Six Brick Stores and Fire Frame Buildings Rnrned—Lioss *75,000. Princeton, Mo., Feb. 12. —Early this morning fire broko out in the store of the White Grocery Company, and destroyed the entire west side of the public square, including six brick buildings and five frames. The loss is about '5,000; insurance one-half. Among the losers a am & Castile, dry goods, $8,000; Evans <fc ;.ter, groceries, $6,000; the White Grocery Company, $10,000; John Cook, furniture, $5,000; Thomas Ballew, dry goods. $5,000; Stein & Son, dry goods, very light The Princeton Press and the Princeton Telegraph are both a total loss. School Buildiug Burned. Atlanta, Ga., Feb. 12.—The Crew-street public school was destroyed by fire last night Loss, $15,000. Six hundred children are thrown out of school. _ Flouriug-M.il! Burned. Grant* Rapids, Mich., Feb. 12.—The flonring mills of Darrah Bros., at Big Rapids, burned to-day. Loss $35,000; insured for $15,000, Obituary. Columbus, 0., Feb. 12—Hon. Julius J. Wood died this morning. Ho was an intnuai* friend of Greelev. Thurlow Wei and W. li. Seward, of New York, and in Ohio labored with Dunison, Brough and Chase. La Cygne, Kan., Feb. 12.—Hon. George F. Hamlin, aged sixty-two, died at his home here this morning, from an excessivo dose of morphine, administered hypodermically, to relievo pain. Tho deceased was seeond cousin to ex-Vice-presidcnt Hannibal Hamlin, and introduced the constitutional prohibitory amendment while a member of the Kansas State Senate. THE cm m BRIEF. At tho North Baptist Church, this evening, Miss Lucy Robinson will give some dramatic readings. The divorce suit of Parmelia A. Beilis against William Bollis was dismissed yesterday in Judge Howe's room. The Langenberg-Bowling breaeh-of-promise caso is on trial by jury in Room 1. There is no likelihood of the trial beiug finished to-day. A verdict for $1,072 was given by the jury to Nellie Young, yesterday, in her suit on a policy against the Continental Life Insurance Company, in Room 2. The jnry in the case of Hannah W. Harris against the Citizens’ Insurance Company, on a policy in her favor, has returned a verdict for her in the sum of SBSO. The case of Emil Stroble against Crittenden A Cox in a suit of replevin, on triai before Judge Taylor, was compromised yesterday, judgment being given for plaintiff. The date of the annual banquet of the Gentlemen’s Literary Club has been changed from Monday, Feb. 23, to Friday, the 20th instant. It will be held at the Bates House. At the request of Mary Ella Johnson and Harmon Johnson, minor heirs of Matilda Johnson, residing in Philadelphia. Judge Ayres has appointed Jesse D. Hamrick guardian. A dispatch to the Journal last night from Muskegon. Mich., reads: ‘The lumber dealers reached here at 9 o'clock this evening, eighty hours out from Indianapolis. All are well.” It is now given out that the long-lost Poiice Commissioner No. 3 is to be appointed to-day. Whether Sim Coy or Captain Jeremiah O’Leary is to have the place could not be ascertained. The suit of Alexander G Jameson, administrator, against Edward S. Pope, ex-admin-istrator, for an an accounting in the Popo estate, is called for trial in Judge Ayres’s room to-day. A runaway occurred on North Delaware street yesterday, in which tho occupants of a sleigh, Mr. Frazier and lady, were pitched out on the snow in front of Kregelo's establishment. No one was hurt, but the sleigh was demolished. The following persons were licensed to marry yesterday: James Craghan and Mary Carr, Charles F. McClelland and Nora Sinks, Scott Thomas and Abby Trask. James M. Day and Mary F. O’Brien, Alfred Drew and Theresa Fanser.

In the matter of the insanity of Catherine Kunlile, the jury impaneled in Judgo Ayrcss room found her insane, and Isaac Movers, sr.. has given bond in the sum of $1)50, with John Meyers and Benjamin F. Meyers sureties, as guardian. Bridget Scantlin is suing tho city und Z. Hollingsworth and wifo for damage incurred by a defective sidewalk in front of Hollingsworth’s livery stable. The case is on trial in Judgo Walker’s room, and will b® given to the jury at noon to-day. Trial has been reached in Judge Howe’s court of the damage suit of Charles Creiger against Charles Harris. The plaintiff claims $2,000 damage, incurred by defective buzz saws, while in the defendant’s employ, and while sawing trunk paraphernalia. The following order on tho Treasury, interesting as a relic, is in posession of Mr. Georgo Anderson: The Indians Territory is indebted to William Polk for live days :vs a member of the House of Rcpre sentatives, $5, with interest, pavable at her treasury at Corydon. This 28th day of December, on® thousand eight hundred and fifteen. C. L. Floyd. T. L T. The Lyra Masqnerudo. The annual masquerade of the Lyra Society was given at their hall last night, and was a brilliant and enjoyable affair. There were soveral features that were heartily applauded, namely: the “Contingent Guard,” under the leadership of Charles Kiefer and Louis Orzeudorff, in which a horse and mule were introduced by the captain and lieutenant, respectively, and the broora-drill brigade, captained by Joseph Becker, Henry Schwingand Doctor Wagner. There was also a delegation of ladies representing tho cigar manufacturers, and en young Indies attired as school girls. Tho floor committee, Adolph Wocher, Henry Kothe, Harry Fletcher and G. A. Schull, were dressed in elegaat fancy costumes. Out of the vast number of toilets were Miss Louise Wocher, as Musk, Miss Emma Wocher, as Frost; Mias Ida Karers, a huntress; Miss Lou Stephens, a recruit; Miss Bertha Fertig, gypsy queen; Mrs. Dr. Taylor,saxon princess; Mrs. Bernard Vonnegut, gypsy queen; Mrs. Ferd Christman, Topsey; Mrs. Tneo. Pfaffhn, recruit: Miss Minnie Lowe, jockey; Miss May Self, prairie queen; Miss Emma Davis, Spanish costume; Miss Klinger, unknown character. Tho most conspicuous costumes among the gentlemen were those worn Dv Messrs. Krause. Dossier, Lowes Ruschaupt,Parmalee, Vonnegut, Bedell .and Orzendorff. There were about 250 couples in costume, and quite a large number of guests in evening .attire. The invitations were limited in tho main to the membership, and altogether it was pronounced one of the most successful eater tniuiuouts given by the Lyra. A Littlo On* for a Cent, r® the Editor of the J nrtittnapulia Journal: As the Evening News is running to problems, here is a little one for a cent: I want to cover the carpet of a room, six yards long by five yards wide, with duck three-quarters of a yard wide, which shrinks in washing 5 per cent in width and 4 per cent m length. How many yards should I buy? * ' is. P. B.—Z stands for Zeno, The wift® philosopher of yore, W no’s just the grand discovery made That two and two make four. Hereford's Acid Phosphate. BEWARE Os IMITATIONS. Imitations and counterfeits have again appeared. Be sure that the word ‘•HossfordV is on the wrapper. None are genuine without it.

DAMAGING TESTIMONY. Some Pointed Swearing by the Witness* Before the Knightstown Committed. Last night the legislative committee now investigating the alleged maladministration of affairs at the Knights town Soldiors’ Home did some orvieal>lo work. The testimony was more to the poiut than that previously introduced, and was damaging to both Whitt and Goar, who, if last night's evidence is sustained, have been guilty of gross immoralities. It also shows that the discipline of tho institution has been notoriously bad. The first witness called was John A Green, an attorney of Indianapolis, who was soon dismissed, to bo recalled at some future date. Tht next witness was Philip A. Wright, who acted for some time as an overseer of tho feebleminded children in the institution. Wright testified taat one day he suddenly oponed tlio door of Dr. Whitt’s office saw Nellie Leighton, one of the inmates and afterward a teacher of the Home, sitting in his lap. At another time young Wright, whose suspicion* led him to prowl around and investigate, says he saw Dr. White and Nellie Loighton in a private apartment of the dormitory, about 10 o’clock at night standing closely •embraced in rather a questionable attitude. The witness said, that ho had seen Dr. White oftentimes enter tho private room of Miss Brandt at a late hour of the night, when all the inmates and teachers were supposed to be in bed. In response to a question from one of the attorneys. Wright testified that Dr. White had endeavored, yesterday, to dissuade him from giving any testimony damaging to his personal character, pleading that the whole matter was ruining his reputation and the happiness of his home, and insinuating that there would be a position proffered his brother, John M. Wright, who was dismissed from the| institution some time since. “Dr. White,” said the witness,” brought up the feebleminded girls at the Home in such a way that tlieir morals were placed iu peril. The Doctor was in the habit of fondling and caressing to an extent rather unconventional.” John M. Wright, brother of the procoding witness, said that he saw Morgan, a teacher in the Horae, strip Ed Bowler naked, throw him down, and ineraelassly cowhide the boy almost to death. John claims that Dr. White discharged him because he was outspoken against this brutal punishment. The witness said ho saw Nelly Leighton ©nca ou Dr. White's knee, and on another occasion ha saw Dr. White lay his head in Miss Lerghton’s lap, while she combed his hair. The Doctor often locked himself up in a room with the females of the institution. There has been no harmony of late in the Home, and further, Dr. White did not command the respect of tho teachers and pupils. Tho next witness was John S. Hedges, an attorney and politician of New Castle, who has an office adjoining Goar’s uewspaper office. Last June, Hedges saw Goar, who is trustee of th Home, take a strange girl, aged about sixteen, up into his offiice. Suspicion led Hodges to enter his own apartment and look through the key-hole into Goar’s office, where ho saw them hold sexual intercourse. Hedges said that ho ascertained through his law partner, Mr. Chamberlain, who is a close friend of Goar, and who inquired of Mrs. Goar for the name of the lady that accompanied her husband, that this young girl was an inmate of the Soldiers’ Orphans’ Home at Knightstown. • The witness further said that Goar’s reputation was very unsavory. Hedges stated that Goar had implored him not to give publicity to the gross immortalities of which he knew him guilty, as the reports would he widely copied by the press in the surrounding counties. The committee convenes again at 3 o’clock this evening, and will hear further testimony.

Special Itcligious Services. The third of tho series of special meotisff holding nt Central-avenue Church was eo largely attended as to test the capacity of the clrnoel, and if the attendance continues to increase au3| the interest to grow, the moetings next week will 1)0 held in tho main audicuco room. Last night Rev. Dr. Marine made the subject of Paul’* conversion tho theme of an earnest talk, developing the elements entering into the apostle’* experience. An experience meeting in tho same line followed, which was full of power. One or two persons rose for prayers Another meeting will be held to-night. A SwitclitnanV* Costly 111 under. Chicago, Feb. 12. —A doublo-heador suburban train over the Illinois Central railroad crashod into a train of empty passenger cars of the Baltimore ifc Ohio road, lute lat nisrht, And caused about sb.uOO damage to rolling stock, but no loss of lifo, thoaeh the passengers were badly shaken up and frightened. Tho accident happened shortly after tho Central train had left the depot, and was occasioned by the Baltimore train running upon the Central's track through the carelessness of a switchman. Failnre of a Jewelry Firm. New York, Feb. 12. —Joseph Bachman and Alexander Bachman, jewelers, have assigned. Liabilities, $70,000: nominal assets, $43,000; act* ual assets, SIB,OOO. It is a general belief that there is no remedy for Consumption, and. possibly, in some cases the assertion may be correct. We know, however, of many cure* made by Dr. Bull's Cough Syrup, and will guarantee positive relief to the sufferer in every instance. NO POISON IN THE PASTRY IF EX||liC|TS ufh.DE2.ES ■'CrsiEXX YMllls,U'moß,Ur|, tc..fair Cakes, Crennu.l otlilln|t..Vr.,R delicately are! naturally us tho fruit from walUi they are made. FOIt STRENGTH AND TRUE FRUIT FLAVOR THEV STAND ALONE. ntcPAftco ar ths Price Baking Powder Cos., Chicago, Hi. Bt. Louis, Mo. VANCfti or Dr. Prist’s Cream Baking Powder —AHO— * Dr. Price’s Lnpulfn Yeast Gesi% Beat Dry Rep Ye.it. rOK g AXiTS E-r OEOCERg, WE AUfcE PUT OSK QUAtUTt. grand hotel, INDUNAI’OI.Lv INI>, Paanenver 'cWrninr .vid all modem eenrenleasee, leading ilotol of tho city, and elrictly iirtrlaaa, RatM. $- 50, 4W par day. The latter prise including bath. GKO. h\ BFI-NUST,