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the change of administration, is accompanied by a ceremony, particularly with regard t transferrins' the responsibility for the contents of the •building, which belong to the government. Such is not the case, however. At the conclusion of the ÜBaugural eerenmiios at tlie Capitol it is the custom for the new and retiring Presidents to be -driven to the White iLouse in advance of the procession. There they partake of a hasty luneh which has Won prepared by direction of the re-j tiring President as a last act of courtesy’ to bisj successor. They then proceed to the grand stand erected in front of the White House arid review the procession, which will bare arrival 1 by that. time. The new President remains in •possession, and his predecessor and members of; his family remain elsewhere. ’With regard ho placing the responsibility for the contents ©f the executive mansion, nothing is done;.not even a new inventory of the contents is made. The ■steward of the White Horuae is aibonded Official ©f the ewvernraent, and is .the 1 responsible party. Jt is taken for granted that a pewJPrecid-at wMI not make an immediate change, in this office,; having other matters of more importance to occupy his attention. When there is a chance iu stewards then an inventory is made of the contents of this building, .and the responsibility’ for them "transferred from one to the other. .It is understood that the customary' programme ■wiU be carried out at the approaching inauguration. Mr. Arthur will take up his residence with the Secretary of Saate tern nooarily. TFIK VIOF-PIIKSIDENT-KIaHOT. Hoc IPe Spent /Yesterday in Use Capital—-A Dinatr nitli the tiruUdmuCtub. apM-i*! to th Indianapolis Journal. Was*Msr tox, Feb. -28. —Viee-presidanfc-elect Hend riehsiiias hadaquiet day diere. At ffo’Clock (he and Mrs. Hendricks dined in a, (private room cat Willard’s Hotel. Am bo*r 'afterwatfd; there jwere quite a tramber- of callers, among ttliem Senator Voorhees, who spoke to the Viee-presi-4ent-elcct'for the first ‘ time sincehe arrivedrtt the capital. Everything was • extremely quaet, and there was no < crowd at any time. About noon 'Mr. Hendricks and ihis (personal friend, S. V. Niles, took a long walk . into the northwestern t (the fashionable! portion of the city. While ■ they were out a delegation from the Columbia Democratic Club called to request Mr..’Hendricks to>*ceept*a serenade' to-night. ‘'Mrs. : Hendricks did not think it proper or desirable, and when Mr. Hendricks returned be' gracefully deciinod the honor. He said be did not warit tcoattraet any attention justat this time. During the afternoon Mr. -HerelridHS called upon the President, bat did not remain long. i'Mr. Arthur received him cordially, and Mr. i Head ricks said he never felt more at'home anywhere than in Washington, nndinbimatedthat the atmosphere of the Whites Houso was more sriluhrious tlian that in any other portion Os the city. /JPo-night Mr. Hendricks dined with the Gridiron Club, at Welcker’s. The club is pnrely-a-social one, and is composed largely of newspaper i correspondents. ! THE . MAN SWAIM IS. How His \ppoitneiit Game Ahoafc—A llfrsrioas (iMPkiiibiii Jtostaie.s. ♦fipecisil *•> Pitt>.buvjr irtspateb. Swaim’s appointment was simply and,-purely m deal in which Garfield-figured as the Rkinppole audSwaim occupied his.natural roieof Klper center. Garfield did not appoint Hwaiai. - although tlie latter was confirmed after Garfield’s induction into office,, atthe special session of the hieuate. That Ga wield wanted Switvm to ltave the place is evidenced by the fact that he, the President elect, persuaded Hayes, to r make the Appointment. Swaim bad a tmortgage oil Gar field for a largo amount. That is fer say, -ho had loaned Garfield money and held a mortgage <ui the Garfield property in IWtio. 'With his characteristic shretvdusess in pecuniary j Affairs, Swaim was cartful wot to let his :money £o until Garfield’s election had 5 become a certainty. Garfield found himself in a ! tight place when Swaim indicated ‘.*k>w -ibis mortgage was expected to be p#fd. ’lf© was ot President yet. however, aandArasat-liberty Oo.use his iuftuencc as attorney.for Gwai-m with .President Hayes. He had all the more-reason’to do sp to the best of Ids ability since 8 warm mutt be paid oft' under his Administration if iboeuM ■not be done under that, of his predecessor. .-So Garfield, by a good burn in promises to take care f some Os Mr. Hayes’s friends who were in Office. succeeded in^getting 1 Hayes'tu-give Btraim .tbcsiippointmeut be coveted. At tlie same time .shifting the responsibility of that appointment, and, ns he thought,, clearing-up the*t©rtgftge at the same time. ; That was the way Gmaim came ’to ’be-Judge Advocate-general of the army, 'a position .for which he was about as much fitted us he'vcws, for the presidency of n benevolent society.! bwnim held the 'haoicVt©r key Os 'the 'White House nndcr Garfield by ’this-Very manner of his appointment, and tire Accurate kaowledgo- he possessed of his patroota character. He held •firs mortgage, in one sense, at least, to the day! oflftftnrltetd’s death, wlrrn he soon found himself de trop. Put he held n. power over lh army, and in the department whidi was greater than -wen tliat of the Secretary ©f War himself. -As ive leading spirit of the army poker club, officers us weak as Col. Morrow 'tcere willing -to doe© their money .to :him and duplicate ’their pay accounts to gratify, nbt satisfy, his greed. To satisfy At was impossible. ‘Swaim plaved into the hands of •, bucket-shop broker named Bateman, until even: the conscienceless Bateman eould stand it no longer. The twosmreexed young Stanley Brown out of the concern—a young man who served jSwnims turn in the Whttedious©, amt who (refused to longer serve it in• the disreputable business be found them engaged :iu. -The War -Department was hostile to’Gwuim. and‘he knew ’it. Not tin officer of the arm-y who was stationed *i\i Washington respected Swaim, or would be seen associating with him in public. When Abe ‘lO per center saw this he knew that ho would : bo brought to book in the course Os time, and himself sot agoing the rumor that he was perse cuted for his affection to Garfield. Every cardsharp in town repeated ’these accusations, nnfl ttid Swaim was a good fellow. AKlhen the first trial -came on the most edahortkte preparations were made for Swuinrfo 'defense. The court was one of the highest courts in the army that could be conveniently got together. Why didn’t it convict find dbnais&Swarm from the army 4 That is what bothers otilmr army officers. Simply because the court, in plead of bcinc prejudiced against Swaim, was prejudiced against the War office. In the army when an officer’ gets above t) rank of colonel he is bigsror than the entire War Depart wen* l and tike Secretary of Wat included. A manorgeneral accepts the civilian secretary as a neccs Kiry evil, to bo tolerated as long as be leaves ‘the army alone. Whoa the civilian secretary Undertakes to show a will of his own, he is to be aat upon as a temporary creature inter fcruig with the aristocraey. There is hot U*e slightest doubt bat twt had it not bcbfi well know n that Swain had incurred the severe displeasure of the civil government, the sentence would have been disgraceful dismissal from the army. As it was, the findings have been properly characterized by President Arthur as ab luni. uncalled for, and an outrageous violation of military aud civil law. As Judge Wylie, of the Criminal Court, said to a Washington jury iu the Dempsey case, the President said iii ft fTect: “Go ’long with you; Fm ashamed of you. You hare violated your oaths.” But the general officers of the court laugh at it. .and falling back on their life tenures sneer at the President and his Attorney-general and Secretary of War as political creatures who will ie dead next week aud forgotten next month. Ab officer of the war department aptly says: “A suspension of twelve years oa half pay with an honorable retirement is not punishment; it is a l>waim. it retires him now nnd )nm beyond the i the Trial. <-b 'J4 -One effect of to K-*en rcrpecl for in'ore. Ti.at a court officers of

the army could b? twice ooerced iuto changing its verdict is regarded as nothing nort than a parody on justice. In every quarter the whole pr-Aceedmg is looked upon as a persecution rather than a prosecution. A difference of opinion arises between Geoeual svrakn aud bis banker as to the account of the former. The utn involved -amounts to but <a saw hundred dollars. 'J’his fact is seized upon by the army snobs vboifti>e jhaioas of Swiuaj. and-fre is.tfied on. cbArge-of voiMluct wibecouimg au othoer and a gentleman. For this difference of opinion between Swaim and his banker he is sentenced to twelve years' suspension from the armj r , to re- i ceive niearowhik* half pay. .To show how des ; perate was the prosecution in trumping op charges, after eeuauUiug to gether for a few minutes, Itonorablv acquitted Swaim of the allegations brought against him in the second trial. There is some talk among senators and representatives of abolishing the office ©f Ju4ge-mlvoea4e • General of tlie army, tbe.act to.take effect upfin the retirement.©f the present incumbent. Sudh a {Hroceeding would be a- disappointment to the wmall clique who hoped to profit by-having Swaim expelled from the army. If anything farther could be done to add to the chagrin of this clique over their fail-' Aircto entirely oust -Swaim, it would meet, with general approbation. 'No proceeding in years, has aroused such indignation as these Swaim trials. MINOR MENTION. Intentional;Pclav .in Fsmltliins; Fad* a* to the ImpriMumaent ©f Santos. Wash imiton, .Feb. 28. —The Secretary of State to-day transmitted to the House a dispatch dated Jan. 22. from -Martin Reinberg, United States Vice-consul at Guayaquil, relative to the imprisonment of’J. R. Santos in Ecuador. Reinibcrg says: “It is ©vldent that * there is a studied 'intention of delay in furnishing this'Office with •repeatedly * re--quefcted information as to the supposed or real charges'againstSantos. It is'strpposed his*trial, if the antborfties -mstitute a' trial, will occur at Forto! Viejo,' whenever they see Mit to i bexin it, unless the dopartment will rtake more effective measures toexact- of the Ecuadorian,government a faithful pursuance of treaty Obligations with the'United States.” Au Extra Session of tire .Senate. -WASiuvaTOX', Feb. 28. —The President to-daj’ issued tlie following proolamation: “Whereas. Ghjects of interest U> the United States’require that the Senate should le convened at 12 o’clock on the 4th day of Mareh next, to recfcivo'Aitd act apair such may be made to it on the >part of the executive;; now. therefore, I, Chester A. Arthur, President of the United States, 'have considered it to be 'my duty to issue this my. proclamation, declaring that in extraordinary occasion requires tlie Senate of the Unitdd States to convene for the' transaction of business-at tho capital city of Washington ! on the 4th day of"Mareh next, at 12 -o’ciook noon of that day, of which all who shall at' that time be entitled to net a3 members of that body arc hertb>* required to take notice. ‘•By©hePresident: Cakstßk A- Ahthuk. vFkkhkkick-T?Feelikg'hjovskn r Secretary of State.” _ General -and’ Pernmual. Special tCK tLi*.ln(UaM)©i*li.4 Journal. Washington, Feb. 28. —The House bills to increase the pension of Elijah W. Penny, of Kokomo, from sfod to $42; to increase the pension of John Hall toisf>o, and'.to pension William M. Morris, of Indianapolis,* have passed the Senate, and require only the President’s signature to become laws. Senator Harrison espeets to go home week after next. He believes the extra session of the Senate will last-but three or four days. Charles C. Carle ton, of Terre Haute; is expected here to-morrow. Mr. Winstawley, cashier of the-National Bank of -Bedford, is here. A postoftico has been established at Weetover, Ripley county. The time schedule ou the star mail route from Russiaville to Sedalia has been ordered changed as follows: Loa\Xs R-ussiavilo daily, except Sundays, at 2:30 p. -m. ; arrive at Middlefork by 5r301\ m.: leave. Middlefork daily, Sumhvys, at 8:00 a. M.; arrive at Sedalia bvTO:00 a. m. i’teavo SethUia daily, exceed Sundays. at 10.-30 m. yavrtVe -at Middlefork by 12:3*0 i*. m ; leave Middlefork. daily, except Sundays, atT:3O T\ m.; arrive af ' Russiaville'by .TOO v. m. Miss Eariders. f TmihwapOlis. coroplimeatctl with a progressive '-enehro party, by the wife of Judge Shellabatg^r. TIIL EFFEOT Os | A- P wposa 1 wr-d Atco'p tufie , el)) r T6f rap li, ‘Pol-; towod bv-an imm#dl}itc i M i aPrmg‘e. * 0 i ■ „tmt | Oglkthorpic, Ga., *Fob. 'tote£rrtph| wires-were'sot to Amwrnus. Tlittrsday 'niglU, affo'r -Mipper. 'TfKej first tlwitpaesed ©tvrttite‘Um3 wae ns fellows: dMtssTfilxa Anstij’. AWWtkivsAGa.: —tfJ comf'dlirti to-night will yon-mSsriy me? M. T. Sufemts. .’’Mr. Bubers waited about an hour,-when die receirtd the following: Come:-will ifwk' for \vni. Mv. Bubevs, 'with tlffcc ‘friends. Kofarded fife; 8:20 train, and 'soon landed In Artvericus. He went immediately to tlie residence of the bride’s mother, tlhd, after they’sent fbr-the license and n MnU at<l2:Bo -^ r ere itKirried. Rev. J. R. Tfittlejohn. officffltihg. The couple *roedo*Ggierhorpo ’thte'inortiitig Ph the 5:30 faSt’train, fin’d are’hoW cozily ’housed away i dt Gilmore’s Hbtei. t * ii ' r r - - F'Mtally Kicked n tfOrsr. SlSWlCl’to life'TtulianSpOlN-Jet::rtal. Makshauh, 111.. Feb. 28.—NeWs was received to day of n proi-Hibly fatal nccidertt hvhich bfefel Ilm- -Fawley, S sK-ronteerT-yehr old bby of Wabfcsh township. On Wednesday night. He was out sleigh-riding with a party, when one Os tk party kst a ddrt. FaWloy got ‘out and secured the bat, and ns he was climbing in at the front of -the sleigh onb of the horses kicked at huh. fraeturtnc his dkttU. The doetefi- says he cannot live. fo Death in a Sugar Kettle. Speoifil to thfc lfMJiaoatv.vlis Jotwaal. t Vincennes, Itnl, Feb. 28 —John Heard, a former residing uear this city, met with a horrible death this afternoon at a sugar camp near Hazeitiou. In some unaccountable manner he fell into a huge kettle or boiling sugar water, aud before he w as discovered was literally boiled to death. He was dead when found, and the reraaius presented a horribio appearance. Ho leaves a widow and six children Mortuary Matters In Wayne County. Special In 1h Indianapolis intirfiai. DirntfN, Feb. 28.—Withih tire last week death has claimed three of Dublin’s old eitizens— Orange Baird, aged fifty eight; Robert PrttloiV, sixty-four; IV G. Kellejr, seventy-four. Two others —Bolomon Custer and Milton Thornburg —are apparently fatally 111. Aloriifo Reed, of Richmond, and.Joseph Thtashet, of Hagerstown, were buried here this week. Conviction of Milton Westonr PiTTSifUHG, Feb. 28.—Milton Weston, a Chicago capitalist, cliarged with complicity in the Murraysvill© gas well riots, in Which Obadiah Haymaker was killed, whs convicted* this afternoon. of voluntary manslaughter. The extreme penalty of the law is twelve years imprisonment in the penitentiary and $1,60d fine. or>S< t&ts in underwear art beijlg closed out at 01*III H l tfcfi Mot*£L Ct-WTHING Get.

THJB3 INDIANAPOWS JOURNAL, SUNDAY, MARCH 1, 1885-TWELYE PAGES.

MR. WILL STICK. After a Lengthy the Min- ? istry Decides to Remain in Office. No Resignation To Be Oiferetl Until tlie Government Has Disposed of the Bill Pro* riding for Redistribution. ...i—T—.Certainty of a Rupture Between Hartington and the Home Secretary. llnconfirmeidStory to the;Effect tliat a Brigade of .Irisbmejiis Being .Raised in Jhis Country for Uoe MalulFaAssistance. THEY WILL NOT RESIGN. Tl*C'Gladstone tAlMttsXvy Will Stay in Foner aud Appeal to tho Country. EonjxKh, Fob. .28. —Tlie Tel^gr^pJi-stales that tlie-jnembers.of the Cabiaot are aunimonod to meet at 2 o’clock this afternoon- to consider the question of resigningPon9onby. tho Quceu’s, private secretary, left W'indsor to-day, and visited Mr. Gladstone at Dowing street. He waa closeted witlr the 1 Prime Minister for along time. The Cabinet counciL met at 2 K)'cloek this afternoon. and is,still in session. Earl Spencer, Lord 1 Lieutenant of Ireland, was present, having arrived from: Dahlia this rooming. The -outcome of .the -mooting.is-,sneertaiu, but>a crisis is pre.dictcd. i Rumors are current that in oaso Mr.i Gladstone resigns. -he will propose as his successor the Marquis of Hartingtoa.tbe presant Minister for War. The councilvAvas in' session until G>3o this evening. but tho result of the meeting is not yet -ascertained. Itisrroportod-that much dissension occurred during the foun hours of the tho Cabinet tins afternoon. The only decision arrived at during the conference was-that -no ministerial resignation should bo4eudered until Parliament has disposed of the government’s moasurefor redistribution of seats. The meeting decided that as the* Parnelliles in the Commons voted bodily -with the opposition,! the majority of fourteen-ob-tained bv the government is not t?oo small to enable the government to continue in power. The decision as 1 to "redistribution Os seats will prevent an appeal to tho country before November. j. Reports that a crisis prevails in the Cabinet are semi-oificialjy denied. The po-litlcal clubs trem with unreliable rumors concerning the construction of the Ministry. It is-certain thore will bo -a rupture between Hartington, Secretary of State for War, and Tlareourt, Home Beeretarj’, ami the retirement of the latter is probable.

THE SOUDANESE REUELLION. An Exchange of Letter* Bet ween GonTon and . the Malfdt—Tlie FVirnn-r’s-Defiance. London, Feb. 28.— Last Ootober the Mahdi sent an autograph tetter to Gcmeral Gordon, exulting over tho Wreck of Col. Stewart’s steamer -arid the murder 6f tliat officer and ‘his companions. In’proof of ! his knowledge that disaster had overtaken Stew'art, he enclosed copies of documents found On the steamer,nnd an account Slvou-ing the state ‘of the ’munitions and supplies at ivliartoutn It 1 tho tiino of 1 <toTiarture. By‘the messenger who brought this letter General Gordon sent back a defiant to the Mahdi. Ho said, “I do not care how many r men you kill or what Success you gain- It makes 'no difference to nic.” After 'WfPre, in -the same Vein, lie Concluded with: “I do Yrot cdfe What forces you have, ram*nvadooPiron, arid intend' to hold on, hero’” A Suakitn ! telegram says: “After the late action'of the* rebels in destroying tile advanced redoubts. LieUt. Ask with ‘decided to alter the atradgemefit for exploding themines. While; ■eMVrtiis'g one 'the mines, it'-'4xf>lo<R>d, aud Ask-: With Was Wown-to pieces." •** ” ’’AID FOR -TriE MAHDI. - •*+ A’Brigade of'lrishmen Organ br.ittg for Service iu Egypt. j Gh ioago, • tial narrative to appear in press, the Fenian orgfinlx^tion’has ; bc?ita r'evived in this country, and a movement has’beefr put on foot to organize two or more full regiments, of 1,000 each, for service in the Soudan, to operate with the Maliidi against the Brifcfsh. based upon'the following order, a copy of whicli has been * forwarded to‘the several commanders of the Fenian councils in this city. ‘TfKADQUAItTSBS FENIAN 'DiICmrERHOOD, > ’ “Nkw York,‘Feb. *27. 1885. j "A meetiug of ebptres of circles represented in ’ ‘the fblliAving nfittib'd cities will be holdenat their respective _ headquarters as early as may be before the 20th inst, to take stlch rfieasures as may bb necesstiry to '-brgnniz’e 'each of their quqtfis of 200 men for a brigade for’active Sprvtcfe in Egypt in the .Interest, of the Mahdi in Id’s struggle for liberty. 'lmmediately upon drgfihization file nhmes of the qtlbta Will be for warded to Jeremiah O’Dhnovab (Rossa), New York. New York will furnish 200 ineq: . Philadelphia. 200 mem Boston. 200 men; Buffalo,, 200 men; Chicago, 200 men. Your circle will take immediate measures to raise for its contingent the sum ,of $15,000, which sutnit will forward by the officer in temporarj- conitnand of the nien. Ehch man of your quota ltrnst be guaranteed by the center Os the city whence lie comes. Married men will pyt bo accented. .“Wij,i4A>i H.-Hamilton. “Secrefarj’ Council Fenian Brotherhood.” hib article profesSes to givh names ‘of prominent officers af theT r tiion and confederate armies as havjne been commissioned to serve as officers •ip the brigade, and General Fitzlmgh Lee, of Virginia, is named as the probable commander of tho.brhradc. It is declared that the quota from this city has already been organized aud the money raised, and that the ’men will all have left for the East within the next two weeks. It is claimed that Marseilles, France, will be the rendezvous prior to leaving for Egypt. A DESERT FIFE LINE. The Plan f>y Which It IS Proposed to Supply the British Troops with Water. New York, Feb. 2S.—Dispatches from London announces tho detertnination of the English government to run a pipe line across the desert from Suakim to Berber for tho purpose of furnishing water to locomotives and troops. The experience of American engineers in pumping oil hundreds of miles, from the Pennsylvania oilfields to the sea board, proves that the work can be done with ease. The firm of Henry R. Worthington, of New York, the largest build ers of pumping engines in the world, and the builders of ififi engines n£t?d in pumping oil along the pipe lines, have received the contract for the pumps,• nd sent the first pnmi> off last Saturday by the Adriatic. The second will go to morrow by the Germania, One of the firifi bf Hcftry R. WOrthingtofi said this rfiffi-ning: “The work dfftts fid Extraordinary difficulties W tis, owing the long experiened we IrnVe’ had in sending Oil over much distances arid under cdhditions test times more complicated. The jdnrhey. fov troops from Cairo 1 to Per bet by way

of the Nile is about 1,200 miles, and’ presents more difficulties than were supposed when it was undertaken by Lord Wolseley. From Suakim to Berber, in a direct line across the desert, the distance is not more than 200 miles, but the absence of water makes the journey an impossibility for laree bodies of troops. Even a railroad would be difficult to maintain, owing to the need of large quantities of water for the engines and for the guards along the road. Water roust be had at any cost if the attack is to be made from Suakim. The plan now adopted is to run two four-inch pipes over the whole distance. Every tforty miles or so will be a tank aud two of ourougines, with a capacity for forcing water along at a pressure o£ 2.000 pounds to the square inch. Two pumps are used, in case of accident to one. In forcing oil from the oil fields to the seaboard we have to cross mountains, and the work is tremendous compared to running water Along a level surface. ‘•The pumping engines to be used are about fifteen feet long, and require from one hundi’ed and fifty to- two -hundred horse power of steam. Our contract calls for nothing but the steam pumps. With the boilers, pumps, etc., we have nothing to do. Our pumps will deliver water at the end of tho rojute at the rate of ope hundred and 'fifty gallons a minute. The pipes to be laid tnay be .(furnished by English firms, but there is a possibility that American works may also be called upon, owing to our facilities for making pipe of the character required to stand the enormous pressure. W*e tiso bavo worksiacd tools-for making the i-peculiar points .and fixtures which experience has shown to be the best. American works, -by woukrog together, could furnish twenty miles a day of the pipe required. It will be laid in a zig-zag line, to allow for expansion and contraction under the sun, and will ; be buried under the sand. With a sufficient force of men it ought to be possible to lay tho fdpe as fast as it can be furnished. Tlie lengths.are joined by a-screw-sleeve coupling. The English government; is now in consultation with an American residing there who is thoroughly conversant with the methods of laying and working oil-pipe lines, and this gentleman will be oalled to advise the English engineers in making their preparations.and doing the work. Troops will be needed 4*> guard the engine-houses of every station,- of course. If the Arabs tamper with the pipes it will be known almost instantly at the nearest pumping station, owing to lessened pressure in case the pipes are broken, or to an increase of pressure should one of the valves placed>at intervals along the line be maliciously closed.” _ FOREIGN MISCJEELANY. Anarchists Charged with Conspiracy and ilteasoirabjy .Sure of Couviction. ‘ Berne, Feb. 28.—The twenty-three Anarchists arrested yesterday have been chacged with conspiracy to blow up tho federal palace. The government is believed to have strong evidence against the prisoners, which will convict many, if not all of them. Russia's FosUlxmi ns to Afghanistan. Brussels, Feb. 28.—LeNord, the Russian organ, in an officially inspired article, says: ‘‘Russia is resolved to respect the existing arrangement concerning 'Afghanistan, provided the ■other -Bide to these arrangements respects them. '’MRS. ’DUDIjEY AND RICHARD SHORT. Both Are Arraigned in Court, aud the Bail oFßach Increased to 1jr5,000. New York, Feb. 28.—The General Sessions court-room was crowded this morning with per sons anxious to witness the proceedings in the arraignment of Mrs. Dudley for shooting Rossa. and Riehard Short for stabbing Captain Phelan. Short was first arraigned. Ilis face was flushed, but his manner was calm and collected. Short pleaded “not guilty’” to the charge of assault and battery. The Recorder said that as the ease was ’Oh aggravated one, he would increase the bail frOtn-S:{,O(K) to $5,1)00. Short was then removed. Mrs. Dudley was then arraigned and approached the bar with a quiet smile. Her counsel said that by bis request she stood mute. The Recorder directed that a plea of “not guilty” be entered for Mrs. Dudley, and her bail fixed at $5,000. i’li© accused was then taken back to K risen. 'Neither Captain Phelan nrir O’Donovan !ossa was.present during the-proceedings. ‘Mra. Dudley*Has An OffCr of Marriage. tfew'Ybrk Tritniiie. Mrs. Lueilie Y^eult'Dudley has had an offer of Carriage. It was contained in the following letter which she received yesterday: “Post-Office, ) “TWenty-ktoUth St. and ThirP Av., S “New York. Feb. 24. ‘IBBS. ) “Miss Yseult Dudley: I am delighted to bear of you daily through the columns of the I hope one day to haVe the pleasure of your acquaintance. Accept my deepest sympathy for yoti while imprisoned within those gl’oorivy Walls. But as you are a brave woman I baVe hot tlie Hast doliot blit your patlciVee will be’equivalent. Now 1 pardon me, Miss Dudley, as h stranger (whosefoce you 1 have not Seen) when Tstate that you have in me an ardent lover and fill adVnirer of -yoiir brave actions. Should you get your liberty and contemplate marriage, I offer you rtiy hand arid'heart. I am a widower, young, quiet, and excluding seli’flattery, good looking; no family, hold a good permanent position. Dy your description, etc., you suit me. lam a lover of heroes, and I trust ahd most fervently hope you obtain your liberty for your ownjsake, and mine, too. Yours till death, FfEKßiißi’F. ReArdon.” Mrs. Dudley replied to this effect: “Sir: Your letter'duly feCoived. You would hot suit me. I have rib desire to abdicate my present. tttHs as *Que’eh of Cranks’ in : favor of that of ‘Queen consort’ of jackasses; neither is it customary in my ..country for men to seek ‘heroes’ in marriage.* Yours truly, “Lucille Yseult Dudley.” A Candidate for the Gallows. Rockdale,. Tex., Eep, 28.—At Dauio, fifteen miles south of Rockdale, last night, a difficulty OCctirfed between Zed Stevens and Buck Scales, resulting m the death Os Scales. While making hfs escape, Stevens shot and killed a bystander named Hodges, £pul mortally wounded a ten-yoar-old girl. A posse is searching for Stevens, who will undoubtedly be lynched as soon as. caught. Fatally Burned by Molten Metal. Reading,. Pa., Feb. 28. —Last night, at the Scott foundry, Reinhold Gehrkc and John Gris, moulders, were frightfully burned with molten metal. Which poured over their bodies. Gris will die. The clothing of the men was set on fire, the names leaping about their heads. Gfebrke deceived permanent injuries. Cftcap Fassenger Ffires From St. Louis. St. Lours, Feb. 28.—T he VfiridaHfi line has again reduced Eastern passenger rates, and is selling tickets to New York and Philadelphia at sl2; Washington, $10.50. Indianapolis rate has been advanced to $0.50. Excursion tickets to WashiUgton axx being sold at $22 for the round trip. Cut to Pieces by a Train. Coldwater, Mich., Feb. 28.— 0n account of a broken rail, a car load of horses on a train going east, jumped the track, near Jonesville, last night I'M ward Fry, of New York, jumped from a car ahd fell under the wheels. He was terribly cut, and died this morning at 1 o’clock. Death Caused by Flection Excitement. Reading, Pa., Feb. 28.— John Darkle, who became insane through election excitement, and refused to eat for nearly two weeks, died at the County Insane Asylum to day. He imagined that members of the political party opposed to him would poison him. Arrest of Frank A. nliodeliamel. Dallas, Tex , Feb. 28— -Assistant Postmaster Frank A. Rhodetiamel was arms ted, this afternoon, on the affidavit of Mail Dice. charging him with embefcsiu’g. SIOO, of which the agent found short on oxatnina tiou the stamp safe to which the combination. Tfio arrest creates great surprise. Rhodehainaj lived an exemplary lifo aud bore a higlkreputation for honesty aud efficiency.

It is believed the shortage is the result of a clerical error. Rhodehair.el is a son of Hon. S. R. Rhodehamel. of Piqua, Ohio, a gentleman of large means. Friends of Rhodehamel declare he is innocent He gave bonds for his appearance. ROBBING A STATE TREASURY. Bold Attempt at Lincoln, Neb.-—One of the Robbers Killed and Another Arrested. Lincoln, Nab., Feb. 28. —About 2 o’clock this afternoon three men walked quietly into the State Treasurer’s office, drew revolvers, and said to Deputy Treasurer Bartlett, who stood behind the railing, “Hold up your hands.’ 1 The muzzles of the pistols almost touched his head through the railing. Bartlett answered, “What does this paean men? Is it fooling or business?” But his hands went up, all the same. “No talk,” retorted a man, who appeared to bethe leader, “just hand out the money, and be quick about it” Bartlett passed out through the railing about S3OO, saying, in a loud voice, “Here it is, help yourselves.” Two of the raen then turned to the door, the third backing out and covering his retreat.with a cocked pistol drawn on Bartlett The loud tone used by Bartlett a signal to Detectives Pound and Davis, who were concealed in an adjoining room. Hearing it, they rushed into the hall just as the two robbers passed out of the Treasurer’s public door. The detectives shouted “halt;” but no attention was- paid by the fleeing men, who were afterwards found to be James Griffin and a man named Maguire. Griffin, being one-legged, wa3 behind. A moment later the report of a shotgun was heard, and Griffin fell on the porch steps, with ten or twelve buckshot in his back and right shoulder. He died at 4 o’clock. A chase took in McGuire before he could mount a horse tied to a post about forty 1 feet from ? tho doer. The moment the gun was fired in the hall, the third man, who is unknown, unless to the detectives, stepped close to the door instead of passing out, turned, and went through the door behind the railing, ran across the room, jumped out of an open window and. made his escape. No pursuit seems to have been made of this mystorious individual. The money was recovered by Pound, who returned it to the treasury. It appears that Pound and Davis knew the attempt was to be made, >and had an understanding with Bartlett that he slrould talk'loud enough to the robbers to be heard in their place of concealment. The descent had been looked for day by day. during the past week. The robbers had visited the capital several times, but some hitch in the arrangements balked the actual robbery till today. There is a mystery about the affair, es-' pocially the part taken by the detectives, that hns created almost as much curiosity as excitement. This may be cleared up when the escaped robber is arrested, if he ever is. THE FIRE RECORD. Burning of a Business Block at Charleston, W.'Ta—Loss About #70,000. Cuahleston, W. Va., Feb. 28.—Last night fire broke out in Shield's block. The building was three stories high, and is a total loss. Jelenko Bros., wholesale dry goods, occupied most of the building, while M. Kauffman, wholesale and retail clothing, occupied one room. The loss is about's7o,ooo; insured as follows: Building, $12,000, in the Commercial Union and Queen. Jetenko Bros., on stock, in .Ptna, $3;0OO; Phoenix, $5,000: Commercial Union, $5,000; National British and Commercial, $4,300; Hartford, $4,000; Londop Assurance Corporation, • $5,000; Continental, $4,000; -London and Lancaster, $3,000: Royal, SIO,OOO. M. Kauffman, on stock, in Franklin, of Philadelphia, 1,000; Phoenix, $2,500; Royal, $2,500. E. Cragg, butcher, who occupied a room in the block, logt about. $1,500; no insurance. The fire caught in the cellar, and is supposed to have been the work of an incendiary. An explosion was heard in the building shortly before ■ the fire was discovered. This block adjoins the' Brock Block, which was burned two •yveeks ago. Other buildings adjoining were damaged to the extent of SSOO.

Pulp Mill Burned. Dexter, Midi., Feb. ‘2B.—Cornwell & Co.’s' pulp mill, sit Base Lake, four miles north of here, burned this morning. Loss, $13,000; partially insured. The fire originated in the en-gine-rooui. Bakery Destroyed. Centre ville, Md., Feb. 28.—Fire this morning destroyed the bakery of Waltor Hannah. Loss, $12,000; insurance, $3,000. Furniture Store ‘BUrned. Peoria, 111., Feb. 28.-•-Fire, this’morning, destroyed Kessler's furniture store. Loss, $10,000; insurance, $7,300. THE WEATHER BULLETIN. * Indications. ty.AR I Orrijk of the Chief Signal Officer, > 'WASHINGTON, Feb. ‘J9, 1885. S For Tennessee and the Ohio Valley--Local showers, partly cloudy, slightly colder weather, wfrids shifting to 'west and northwest, generally higher barometer. For the Lower Lake ‘Region—Local raihs, partly clotidy weafher, Wind's shifting'to westerly, slight fall of temperature In west portion, nearly stationary temperature in eastern portion, generally higher, preceded in eastern portion t>y falling barometer. For the Upper Lake Region—Local snows, partly cloudy slightly colder weather, northwest winds,.higher barometer. For the Upper Mississippi valley—Slightly colder, fair weather, northwesterly winds, high- ' er barometer. For the Missouri Valley—Fair weather, northwesterly winds, shifting to westerly in northern portions, slightly colder, higher barometer. • Local Observations. Indianapolis. Fob. 28. j Time, j Bar. j Ther. Hum. j Wind. Weather Rain. f>A. m.. .'30.00: :u;.2 84 ISE Clear. ,T~ lOa. m . 29.98 48.0 08 I S Fair 2p. M..j29.85j 57.6 57 SW Fair Op. m . 20.81! 50.5 j 00 Calm. Fair 10 p. M_20.80 40.4 ! 70 ! NW Cloudy Maximum temperature, 59.0, minimum temperature. 30.2. _ Grandmothers of a Bygone Generation. Detroit Journal. , “The trouble is nowadays,'" he said, adjusting his eye-glass and focusing a strong minded maiden of uncertain age who happened to be seated near him at a fashionable reception, “the fact is nowadays that wopian lias lost those tender, clinging finalities which were so much admired in our grand mother.*’ time,’' “In our grandmothers’ time," sho replied with asperity, “ey cjtv well-regulated domestic forest was made up of the tallest kind of tiuibor. Ifour grandmothers had been obliged tQ creep around among the sickly sprouts that remain to this day and generation—that is, if they woro tne sort of grandmothers I Jiave been led to believe them — they would have swapped off their tendrils for washboards and gone iuto the laundry business.” Two Men Suffocated. Baltimore, Feb. 28.—A strong smell of gas was detected on tlio British steamship Queenstown this morning. Investigation revealed the fact that two men had been suffocated and two othors made seriously ill. The dead men belong in Hull, England. —■■ —— Steamship News. New York, Fch. 28.—Arrived Oreoco, from London; Werra, from Bremen.

A CAR-BREAKER SHOT. Jack Smith, a Notorious Thief, Shot and Captured by a Plucky Watchman. Jack Smith, a notorious burglar, highwayman and car-breaker, was shot and captured, at l o’clock this morning by John night-watchman of the Panhandle aud J., M. & I. companies. For some time past thieves have been depredating on the cars in the city yards near the Virginia avenue crossing, and last night Swede saw two .men in the act of breaking into a car. He waited until one of them got inside, and then r ushed in upon them. The one on the outside made his escape, but the other jumped almost into Swede's arms as he leaped from the car door. “Throw up your hands,” cried Swedo. His answer was a shot from the thief's revolver, which struck him in the right breast, near tho nipple, and passed our uuderhisarm. Undismayed by bis wound, .Swede, who is a one-armed man, -returned the fire, his ball striking Smith in tho left thigh, and, passing downward, lodging near the kaee. Both t - though seriously wounded, ran three or • blocks, the watchman pursuing the f through the .yards, down Delawa’ street to the C.. 1., St. L. & C. _ ..us, where he overhauled him. Meantime the fleeing car-breaker discharged tlie other four barrels of his revolver at Ins pursuer, withqut. effect. The wounded .thief was taken to tho station-house, where he was recognized as Jack Smith, leader of a dangerous gang of burglars and car-breakers. Dr. Hodges, police surgeon, summoned, bnt failed t 0 find the bai] Dr J. W. Mareee was summoned to Sivede’sassistance and dressed his wound at the I. &V. offices. It is not of a dangerous character, tho lung not having been penetrated. A few years ago the gang with which Smith trained was a terror bo the railroad companies and citizens generally, but was eventually broken up and nearly ©very member sent to the penitentiary, including Barney Kelly, Irvin Smith. Jack Smith, the wounded man. Greenburg and Steinburg, Bill Kelly and others. Smith also served a term at Joliet for car-robbery and is a very dangerous criminal. Swede is a married man, and resides at No. 304 East Market street, where he was taken by Kregoio's arabulanco. The Emmet Anniversary. Thß anniversary of tho birth of Robert Emmet will be celebrated at Masonic Hall on next Wednesday night, and an entertaining programme will be given. Governor Gray will act as master of ceremonies, an address will be delivered by Hmb. Wm. H. Calkins, and there will be dramatic and musical features rendered by Prof. Paul Rahr, Miss Anna Abromet, Mr. 11. H. Spades, Mr. D. Hanchett/Mr. A. V. Heckler, Mrs. V W. C. Lynn, Prof. Ora Pearson, Mr. P. M. O'Conner, Mr. P. J. Kutclier, Mr. J. M. Sullivan, the Emmet Guards and Hart’s orchestra Boy Killed by the Cars. Gustave Roeder, ten-year-old son of Wm. Reader, living at 245 Davidson street, attempted to get on a moving train at Brightwood, about 5:20 p. m., yesterday, and was thrown under tho cars. Both legs and an arm were cut off, and he died one and a half hour afterward. A Serious Accident. Last night Mr. Thomas Ervin, No. 8 Chesapeake street, fell into a detective foot culvert, fracturing his left leg in three places, both bones being broken entirely off. Drs. A. F. Wright and N. S. Wood adjusted the fractured limb. A Crushed Toot. William Stewart, of 41 Sinker street, fell down a hatchway from the roof of Theodore P. Tfaughcy’s residence, yesterday, a distance of fifteen feet, and crushed his foot, HUMOR OF THE DAY. Amor Patriae: The Eskemo think their snow place like home.

Cincinnati Merchant Traveler: In {he matter of diet a boiled ogg is hard'to beat. Boston Post; “TVho is that across the streptF “Oh/that is a very ftlofce friend of mine." “Indeed?" “Yes. Never lends a cent.” The idiot arises in tho morning early to look up his worm, but the man qf wisdom lies in bed and saves enough ou coal to buy his. Landlord—“ Have you any family?" Intending Lodger—“ No." L.—“ That’s right; for I don’t let my rooms to lodgers with families." I. L.—“ Have you a family?” L.—“ Yes; four children.” I. L.—‘‘Sorry to hear it, fori never take apartments with landlords who have families.” Philadelphia. Call Smith What are you at now?” Jones—“l'm going to start a daily paper to fill a long felt want.” Smith—“But you kpow nothing about journalism, and besides jtoh haVe not the capital to employ those who do." , Jones—“ True, but I’ve got about half a ton of wood cuts.” A rjch youpg man was courting a poor young girl, but he was slow in bringing matters to a crisis. So one day she complained of the hardships of being poor. “Poorl" he exclaimed gallantly, “voting lady with your wealth of mind and graqe of person poor! Why, such charms as yon possess are worth a mint qf money." “Well, I wish 1 had the mint and somebody else had the charms,” she said, and the crisis came. yy- —. A Judicious Diversion. Texas Panhandle. Old boy Smoot, the Senate’s parson, has made a prayer for tho press of the State. Correct. .Keep the Lord s attention as much as possible from tlio Legislature. A Mau of Penetration. Boston Post. “Nice man, Jones,” “Yes, nico man; groat penetration.” “Indeed?" ...... , “Yes, he’s in the artesian well business." Tlio Innocent Creature. Chicago News. We are informed that a St. Louis girl, who has been visiting Chicago during our German opera season, wrote back home that she “never enjoyed anything more than the performance of hangers oil Wheels. ,r No, sir. il is not a business to get rich at, this hack driving, whether a man owns his carriage or drives for some of these companies that are springing up now-a days:” As he expressed this opinion F. H. Turner, one of tho best known and most careful iine.kmon in Boston, was standing beside his vehicle iu front of the Quincy House. ‘•lt would seen* to me/' said I, “that oucof tbeprlncipal drawbacks is the exposure you have to undergo." “Exactly," he answered. “Wo have to l* out at all houis and iu all sorts of bad weather. Hot or cold, rain or snow, frowst or fog, wove got to faro it or lose our bread and .butter. In spite of bankets and rubber coats we are often soaked to tho skin, and. as a hackman is r.s likely to catch cold under those eircumstan- < es as a bank president, wo get sick, without being as able to afford it as rich men ore. " , “That's so," L replied, with genuine sympathy, ‘and doctors naturally want their fee*.,’ ... "Yes and, luckily for mo. I don t often have to call ou them. Whenever 1 catch cold—and I frequently do—and get pains iu Ihn back or chest, or any part of my body, I just run iu to Barteaux’a. tho druggist, around here iu Green street, and buy a Benson 1 * Cepcine Plaster and ctap it square on tho si re #jhA It relieves mo right away—same day. lon’t nave to wait. I've just thrown off on other outsido remedial. Benson's Plasters do tho whole business. Ever triod ’em?" “Oh, yes, many tiinos." ‘ Then you know what I say is so. They beat all the other plaster* rolled iuto one. with all tbeUuff m bottles beside. There are thousaujs and thousands of uicn exposed jnrt as I am. If you print what 1 say, toll them that fee me.” Saying this Mr. Turner afcowod a pasMmgar into his coach, jumped on tho box and rattled down the street