Indianapolis Journal, Indianapolis, Marion County, 31 March 1885 — Page 1

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PREACHERS AND PUGILISM. Controversy Between Methodist Ministers and the Mayor of Philadelphia. Philadelphia, March 30.—At the Methodist preachers’ meting, to day, a resolution was adopted condemning prize fights and prize fighters in general. The resolution also called attention to the coming match between Saliivan and McCaffrey, and a committee was appointed to present the resolution to tho mayor, and urge him to do all iu his power to stop the fight. The committee called upon the mayor, who said: “Gentlemen, there is no law which would prevent this match from coming off. These men will merely spar for scientific points, and I can Assure you it will be no slugging match. It is an open question, just now, as to what we should do. lam now writing to the city solicitor to obtain his views on this subject” “You know what sparring is, Mr. Mayor?” said Rev. Mr. Finley, “and this fight will be noth ug but an out-and out slugging-match, as you call it” “You are mistaken, sir,” responded the mayor; “they will spar for points. When they came here the only stipulation wo made with them was that it should not be a prize-fight. They assured us that it would be for points, and I have no idea that it will be anything like a slugging match.” “Were not these same men run out of New York because of their biutal exhibitions,” queried Mr. Finley. “There was no reason for that.” answered the mayor. “I was talking with an official over there the other day, and he told me then* was no necessity for such action. These people will merely come together and spar before a crowd, and the man who scores the most points will be declared the victor. You will find these matches held in every gymnasium and soir e theaters in tho city. As the law is at present, I don’t think I have power to stop this exhibition.” “You know, Mr. Mayor, that this is intended to be a pugilistic exhibition, and yet you call it a sparring match. It is to be a contest for money. Two men will get up and fight like bloodhounds, pounding each other brutally, and yet you say you have no power to stop it.” “Gentlemen, if I attempted to please everybody iu this municipality, I would succeed in pleasing none at all, and most certainly not myself. I assure you, however, that 1 will do everything I can to preservo the public peace.” “The clergymen withdrew, seemingly not very well satisfied.

KENTUCKY LAWLESSNESS. X Comity Fall of Fighters, with Only One Officer Left, and He a Non-Combatant. ) Louisville, Ivy., March PC.—A special from Moorehead, Ky., reports that Rowan county is experiencing a reien of lawlessness. The quarrel which arose last August ®ver the election of a sheriff has grown into a most bitter feud, which has already caused several tragedies. Tho trouble has been made a political one. One side or the ocher has been espoused by nearly every citizen of the county. A short time ago a deputy sheriff killed a comity attorney, who was waylaid and wounded, and other of the authorities have fled the country. Sinco the murder of Deputy Sheriff Baumgartner there has been no county government Tho county judge, sheriffs, •marshal and deputies have all gone. ,she county clerk, Major Casey, a nonoombatant and non-partisan, is the only one left and be has received two or three warnings that he had better go. Armed bands of men Sktrol the country and make regular visits to oorehead. At any moment a collision is iooked for, and tbe sceues in Breathitt county may be re enacted. The trouble comes of the election of Sheriff John Martin, Republican candidate, who received a majority of eleven votes. There was some trouble over this between him and a man uamed Tollivar. A short while ago Tollivar met old man Martin, a relative of the sheriff, in a caloon. Tollivar shot him. After -ward, witnesses swore that the killing was done by the sheriff, and the trouble kept on growing ;i,ll Baumgartner was shot. If the worth of anything is proven by its reirults, then i.urely Dr. Bull’s Cough Syrup is •re eminently the best cough syrup now extant.

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A CHANGE FOB THE WORSE. General Grant’s Condition Thonglit To Be More Serious than Reported. Indications that His Death Is No Longer a Matter of Months or Weeks, but of Days or Hours Even. He Constantly Grows Weaker, and the Family Decline to See Any Callers. The Disease Passes Beyond Control of the Doctors, and Pear Is Expressed that the General Will Choke to Death. THE DYING GENERAL. The Old Hero Failing: Rapidly—His Family Gathered Round His Bedside. New York, March 30.—There is good ground for a belief that the actual condition of General Grant this morning is worse than indicated. A bulletin just sent out states that at noon the General, who had been sitting and reclining in his easy chair, was lifted by his servant Harrison and placed upon his bed, where he is now. 12:10 p. m. —Mr. Clemens, who is interested in the firm which is publishing General Grant’s book, called at the house in a coupe. He alighted from the carriage, and was met at the foot of the steps by Harrison, who told him of the General’s condition. Clemens did not enter the house. There is a rumor on the street that Dr. Douglas stated that the Genera! wouldn’t live twenty-four hours. General Grant was astir early this morniug. At 11 o’clock the following bulletin was procured from Dr. Douglas: “The General was visited at 11 p. m. by Drs. Slirady and Douglas. The afternoon had been a quiet one, with periods of slumber alternately upon a bed and an easy chair. As the time for the night visit.arrived the General became apprehensive that the symptoms of the preceding evening might be renewed, and requested that Dr. Douglas be sent for. His apprehensions were allayed by the employment of the same means used the night before with success, but the General preferred to remain in a chair, so as to avoid the possibility of their recurrence from a recumbent position. The throat was attended to again at 2 A. M., and the General had a comparatively comfortable night. He is now quiet and free from pain.” Prompted by curiosity, many persons strolled through Sixty-sixth street during the afternoon, stopping in front of General Grant’s house to gaze at the building. The shades of the front parlor windows were lowered all day, and the inner blinds of the General's sleeping room were shut, with the slats open. About 3 o’clock the General’s wife stood for some minutes at a window on the third floor, and after looking for some miuutes at the watchers below, withdrew from the shade and closed the shutters. The curtail’": in the General’s library, or study, were rolled up all day, and the ladies of the hot. ehold were several times seen in the room. Harrison, the General’s personal attendant, once came out to mail papers and letters at Sixty-sixth street and Madison avenue, and a watcher inquired as to the General’s condition. “He is no better, I fear,” was the reply. “If you break your leg and it pains you very much, you know its broken: but even if the pain is less for a time, the break is there, all the same. The General has felt easier to-day, but I fear he is really no better.” Liveried messengers rang the bell at short intervals throughout the day. Personal messages of sympathy and inquiry were constantly coming from friends and interested persons in the city and out of it. A gentleman who called at 4 o’clock, and who was very anxious to see Col. Fred Grant or Col. Badeau, was told the members of the family must deny themselves to all. “Those are our imperative instructions," said the servant at the door.

At 4:15 p. m.. Dr. Douglas returned to the house after a brief absence. After ho had been within half an hour ho re-entered his carriage to visit another patient. The D<>ctor was asked if he thought the end would come during the night. In answer he said: “I think not; but the General is now passing through stages incident to his disease, and frankly I cannot tell if the end will come to-night. The General is growing weaker and weaker. n These words were spoken without reserve, and carried a conviction to bis hearers which none of the bulletins had done. Dr. Douglas returned from his calls after an absence of about an hour. He had come back to remain all night Dr. Sbrady soon joined uim for the same purpose. At 6:30p. m., Romero, the Mexican minister, called at the House. His stay was short. When asked, on Fifth avenue, about the patient and the outlook, he said: „ "Os course, no one can foretell with certainty. The disease until recontly was within the power of the doctors, but now it has gone quite beyond them. The General may live ten days, and ho may die in two hours. I fear he is going to choke to death. If tho disease reaches an artery, the danger of choking is increased, and death by that means becomes almost acertainty. "The members of tho family are now at the General’s bedside. The doctors aro there, too, bu£ they keep back as much as possible. I fear th General will choke to death, l’t boo bad.” spoke Scuor Romero. In response to

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inquiries, Drs. Douglas and Shrady sent out the foliowing bulletin: “At this moment (7 p. m.) General Grant is very quiet His temperature and pulse are about normal. He has taken his liquid food regularly, and in the usual quantity. He is more silent than usual, and has mads no exertion of any kind to-day. He gives the imprespres3ion of being weaker, which is not indicated by the pulse.” At 8 p. m. Rev. Howard Henderson, a delegate from the Newark, N. J. Conference, called at the house with the resolutions of sympathy and hope passed by the conference, and was told that the General was very weak. 9:20 p. m. —There is no change in the condition of General Grant. He is somewhat weaker, if anything. His temperature and pulse are normal. He has taken liquid food in the usual quantities to-day. Between 8 and 9 o'clock the following message was sent from the house of General Grant to Schuyler Crosby, 1730 H street, Washington: “My father is suffering less than he was yesterday, but is still very weak. “Mrs. Sartoris.” Mr. Crosby is ex-Governor of Montana. At 9 Mr. Purrington, counsel to U. S. Grant, jr., was admitted to the house. He carried a volume and a black satchel. On leaving he told inquirers that he could speak of nothing he knew of within doors. At 9:15 Rev. John P. Newman and Senator Celand Stanford, of California, gained entrance. When ascending the steps Dr. Newman said that when he left the General, at 7 o’clock, last evening, the patient was sitting up, but was weak. The clergyman did not anticipate speedy death. General Adam Badean, General Grant’s former military secretary, is an inmate of the Grant residence. On reliable authority it is stated that General Grant had recently expressed a desire that General Badeau should become his literary executor. The family had a policeman stationed before thd house to prevent the further ringing of the bell, and to keep away all inquirers. At 9:50 this dispatch was sent to Colonel F. S. Dent, Washington: “Father is easy, but very weak. F. D. Grant.” At 10:10 Ulysses Grant, jr., as he was leaving his father’s house, said: “Father feels very badly; there is nothing more for me to say.” At 10:35 Dr. Douglas stated that General Grant was feeling a little better. At 11:45 Senator J. B. Cbaffee left the Grant residence. He said the General just had been put to bed, and that, as compared with his condition twenty-four hours ago, the General was better. When asked if the physicians considered the patient out of danger, Mr. Cbaffee replied that he could not say that such was the case, but that his present condition was more favorable. At 11:55 Dr. Douglas and Colonel Grant left the house for the night, it be* ing considered necessary for only Dr. Shrady to remain. Dr. Douglas said the General had just retired, and was very comfortable. A little morphine had been given to induce sleep. The General had been improving all day up to the present, and the betterment had continued all evening. He had been chatty and bright, conversing with his family and physicians. His pulse and temperature were very nearly normal. He had slept five hours within twenty-four. At midnight the vestibule doors were locked, and within the next hour all the lights were extinguished, except one in the library and one on the top floor. Dr. Shrady, the consulting physician, thinks General Grant might rally from the present attack and live some time, as the recent disturbance was the result of trouble in the head and from the aggravated form of the disease.

The Very Latest. New York, March 31, 4 a. m.— An Associated Press reporter has just seen Dr. Shrady, who is in charge of General Grant to-night, and learned the following facts: At midnight Dr. Shrady made applications to General Grant's throat, and an anodyne was administered by Dr. Douglas, who then left for his home, and Dr. Shrady remained. Gen. Grant slept quietly in his bed from midnight until 1:30, when he arose and sat in his easy chair, and then slept peacefully for a time. His breathing was easy, and he did not complain of any disagreeable feeling in his throat At this hour (4 A. m. ) all is quiet about Gen. Grant’s house, the solitary gleam of light being seen in the library. No one has entered or departed since Dr. Douglas left the house. WHAT THE PAPERS SAY. The House Closed and Dark—The General’s Reception of the News that He Must Die. New York, March 31, 2:45 a. m. —At 1:45 an effort was made to get a bulletin concerning the condition of General Grant, but the reporter was unable to gain admission to the house, and no one inside would come out. The house remains dark, as stated in an earlier dispatch. It is not thought a change has taken place in the condition of the General. From the Tribune of Tuesday morning: “General Grant has expressed himself as being en tirely in his physician’s iiands, and said he would do whatever was suggested by them. Nothing whatever is kept from him in regard to his condition, and he was informed of its seriousness and probable termination. He received the statement that there were indications of a speedy end without a change of expression, but did not say anything about his feelings. He has known for some time that his disease was sure to kill him. and has been ready at any time to go. Dr. Douglas said: ‘The General has no appetite, but he eats when food is brought to him. The feature of the day was his great weakness. He is growing weaker and weaker. I don’t know whether he fears a recurrence of the spasm in the throat or not; he has 6aid nothing about that. It was one of the changes incident to the progress of the disease.’ Minister Romero said, late to-night: ‘As soon as the disease reaches an artery it will create a hemorrhage, and as he is so weak that he cannot expectorate the blood out, it will choke him to death. He cannot endure another attack like that of Saturday night The family fear the worst, and keep near his bedside, although as much out of sight as possible. There is a great swelling on the side of his face.’” From the World of Tuesday morning: “Mark Twain called at the house between 12 and 1 o’clock. He was the only visitor, outside relatives of the family, who was admitted. In order to avoid the inconvenience of answering the bell, a card basket was suspended from the door knob, and numerous callers took the hint and left their cards. Colonel Fred and Jesse Grant remained with their father all

day. He talked to them at times, but the conversation seemed to weary him. The General’s wife scarcely left the room. She stole out at intervals in order that he might not soe her weeping. At 10 o’clock a man in a clerical suit hurried up the front steps and rang the bell. He informed the servant that he was Rev. Dr. Jackson, a Methodist preacher of Lynn, Mass., and that he desired to see General Grant, but was refused admittance. To a World reporter he said that he had come all the way from Lynn expressly to see Gen. Grant, and was greatly disappointed because he had not been permitted to see his old friend. A member of the Grant household, in conversation with a World reporter, said: ‘Gen. Grant never doubted that he was dying; he knows the progress of the disease, as well as the physicians, and he awaits the final summons with the stolidity for which he is noted. Perhaps his only regret is that he cannot be allowed time in order to satisfy himself about liis book. He expects to die, and has no fear. He thinks that alter his death he will be better appreciated, and that he will be better understood by some future generation than by this. • The universal feeling of sorrow that Gen. Grant should be passing away is seen in the numerous condolatory telegrams received every day. Many of them are* from persons in the South. General Fitzhugh Lee, a nephew of Robert E. Lee, sent a telegram saying the heart of the South was throbbing like the Northern pulse, and that the prayers of all were for his recovery. “Shortly after the arrival of Rev. Dr. Newman from California, the General decided on having family prayers daily. He insisted on having every one in the house present at these exercises, and he has manifested the greatest interest in these family devotions. ‘That is what you doctors al ways say,’ was the General’s remark to one of them when he informed him that he looked better. He relapsed into silence, and listened intently to what tho doctor had to say. ‘Well, we have all got to go,’ he said, and he quickly changed the subject.” THE GENERAL’S SUFFERING. Bearing His Paiu Patiently Without a Single Complaint. New York World. The Rev. Dr. Newman has spent a good deal of the time at Gen. Grant’s during the past week. Speaking last night of the way Gen. Grant has borne himself lately, and of the general and unprofessional aspects of the malady, he said: “One of the most striking things about the General’s sickness is his implicit faith in his physicians. I have been in many sick rooms, but never in one in which the patient was so anxious to follow every direction left by the doctors. He does precisely as they want him to do, and in every way aids them, instead of lying on his back and letting them do all the work, as some sick persons do. He obeys them like a soldier. Letters reach him from all over the country with suggestions for help in his disease, but he pays no attention to them. They all go to the doctor, and if they amount to anything the General benefits by them only after they have passed the doctor’s favorable judgment. The General is so careful to obey directions that he even keeps track of the hours when medicines must be taken, never failing to take them promptly. “There has been no noticeable change in his appearance,” Dr. Newman went on, “during the week, or, indeed, since I first saw him on my return to the city two weeks ago. His condition has not been so painless as is commonly supposed. On the contrary, he suffers very much. Last night he was in intense pain. When the doctor called and looked at the throat, the General saidjMothing about feeling worse. The doctoriri*erful comment was, as usual, that the throaf looked pretty well. When the doctor had gone from the room the General said to me: “He dosen’t know how I am suffering.” I repeated this to the doctor, who said he had noticed some change. “I mention this merely to illustrate liow he bears pain. No one knows of it unless by asking. and then, in response to an inquiry if ho is suffering much, the General will say ‘Yes’ as calmly and quietly as though the question had no reference to himself. “Last night ho suffered terribly at the base of the tongue, and down in the throat it ached and was very sore. I cannot tell how far liis examination by the lawyers on the preceding day may have induced such a condition, but whatever the cause the effect was agonizing. Yet he sat with us in his pain, and even took part in our conversation. We talked among other things of the prospect of war between England and Russia. T remarked that I thought Russia’s scheme might be to seize and hold Afghanistan, and then offer it to England if England would deliver Constantinople to Russia. Talk drifted to the troubles in China. One of the party thought it would be a good thing for this country to join China in repelling the French. •“Oh, no,’ I said, ‘we want no foreign war on our hands.” “‘Nor a domestic one,’ the General added significantly.” “That shows the peaceful disposition of his mind, which is as dear and broad as ever. He was always a man of peace. Even during tho war, while others were seeking fame or glory, his aim was always for peace. He pounded the country’s enemies only to make them peaceful. It will be his chief military glory that ho wits the conspicuous embodiment in our war of the idea of fighting for peace, “The Geueral is fully conscious of his condition. It would be useless to keep it from him. His mind is like lightning in detecting changes. He says little about the end, but be is prepared for it His mind is at peace and in full unison with tho prayerful spirit of the country. The physicians do not lend him much hope. They say that their purpose is to create or stimulate a vital force which shall offset the waste from the disease and leave a surplus in his favor. He recognizes that as a chance for postponing the end, and, with others, I am yet hopeful that the disease may be held in check, if not overcome, in this way. I have made the remark at different times that I did not see why the physicians should hesitate to compel sleep by the use of morphine. When I was in acute suffering I welcomed morphine. It soothed me and never left bad effects that I could see. But in response to this the physicians have informed the General that they are chary of giving it, because the time may soon come wh'en its use will be a necessity, and they do not want to accustom the system to it Os course, ho understands what that means. The idea in his rising early of late and trying to keep up during the day is that he may rest better at night. It dosen’t seem to have succeeded wholly, although he really felt inclined to sleep after returning from yesterday’s drive. ” Although Gen. Grant retired at 10 o’clock on Friday night, and had become quite sleepy from two drives on that day, he lay awake in pain until 2 o’clock yesterday morniug. Then Col. Grant gave him morphine, under which he slept until 6 o’clock. At about 10 o'clock the carriage was ordered, and with Mrs. Grant, Mrs. Sartoris, and Mrs. Fred Grant he rode in the Park for an hour. He went driving again in the afternoon with Dr. Douglas. Mr. Romero, and ex-Senator Cliaffee. Dr. Douglas said last night that there had been “no particular change” in the General’s condition within twenty-four hours. He had eaten fairly well, and had not been in much pain during the day. After the late ride he departed from his recent rule about day sleeping and took a nap of an hour. The neuralgic pains in his head have returned somewhat, and an electric cap has been substituted for his knit skull cap to relieve them. Drs. Douglas, Barker, Sands, and Shrady, all the physicians engaged in the case, will meet in consultation to-day. Dr. Shrariy’s Statement of Sunday’s Relapse. New York Special. Dr. Shrady said, after midnight- “Dr. Douglas called for me about 1:30 Sunday morning, when on his way to General Grant’s, where he had been summoned by a messenger a short time before. I dressed hastily, and in a few moments wo were being rapidly driven to tho house of the General. Upon arriving there we found the family up and alarmed at the symptoms developed soon after Dr. L>ouglas had

left the patient, a few hours before. There was no indication, after the General had gone to bed, and before Dr. Douglas had started for home, that there would be any change for the worse within a short period. At 2a. m., when we saw the General, he was much distressed. While he was dozing there had been an accumulation of phlegm in the rear of the nasal passage, and he was awakened by a sense of suffocation and difficulty in breathing. The patient became apprehensive at the sudden development of new symptoms that wero attended with the prospect of serious results, and wanted an explanation of the trouble. He consequently desired the presence of his physicians, and we wei-e sent for. We immediately made an examination of his throat, and found the palate considerably swollen, and the throat inflamed and congested more than usual. The anodyne he took before going to bed was given in divided doses, but in consequence of the existence of the irritating substance in the throat, as well as the distress caused by the inflammation, the anodyne failed to have its proper effect, and he was unable to sleep. The patient got up from his bed when ho felt distressing sensations upon awakening, and sat in an easy chair. Later the General had four hours of sleep. One physician was present with him all the time during his sleep, and strict watch was kept of him every moment, but there was an entire absence of anything to occasion any further treatment. The General’s family remained up all night long, and it was a night of suspense to them. They were much relieved, however, when the spasmodic attack had been subdued and they were assured that there was no occasion for fear of any return of the bad symptoms. When the General awoke at 7a. m. he partook of a small amount of liquid food, which he was able to swallow without distress. During the twelve hours after 2 a. m. the patient had between seven and eight hours’ sleep. It was, of course, artificial sleep, induced by anodynes. At 9:45 p. m., the General requested that a dispatch be sent to Dr. Douglas, asking him to come and see him. The patient was not alarmed, but wanted to have his physicians near him. He was not in a critical condition, and there was nothing to warrant the message, but he simply requested that they be sent for. Dr. Douglas remains with the general all night, in accordance with the patient’s wish. Before the General went to bed his throat was treated with an anodyne. The prospocts were at the last account that the General would have a good night’s rest. His condition was much improved. Harrison, the General's servant, told a member of the household in the afternoon that when the General struggled out of bed he said to him in a manner-of-fact way: “I can’t stand this, Harrison; I am going to die.” A Resolution of Condolence. Albany, N. Y., March 30.—The Assembly, by a rising vote, to-day adopted the following: Whereas, The patriot soldier, General U. 8. Grant* whose services to his country have made his name honored and loved at home, and whose military genius and skill have won the plaudits of a world, has become the victim of (an insidious and painful disease; now, therefore, Resolved, If the Senate concur, that tho Legisluture of this State extend to their distinguished fellow-citi-zen, in his trial and suffering, an expression of their sincere sympathy, coupled with the hope that he may be restored to health and to the full enjoyment of thp.t domestic life which has made his family hearthstone a model for imitation in the homes of America.

THE FIRE RECORD. Burning of the National Lithograph Company’s Establishment. Chicago, March 30. —A four-story brick building on Monroe street, near Dearborn, occupied by the National Printing Company and Bradner, Smith & Cos., paper dealers, burned this morning. The loss is estimated at $100,000; fully insured. The president of the National Printing Company is Charles R. McConnell, a well-known theatrical manager. His company and the firm of Bradner, Smith & Cos. were burned out in a similar manner about one year ago. Later estimates make the loss much larger than the first ones. The National Printing Company loses all its presses and nearly all its material, which, together with the building, make its loss fully $100,000; insured for $114,000. Bradner, Smith & Cos. lose fully SIOO,OOO on stock and building, which is understood to be fully insured. Latei^ —Bradner. Smith & Cos. now estimate that their losses will reach $200,000, their entire stock having been ruined. They carried insurance to the extent of $125,000. The building was owned by the Crozier estate, of Philadelphia, and is damaged to the extent of $60,000. The total loss will reach fully $3V0,000; the total insurance, apart from that carried on the building, is $2219,000. _ 850,000 Damage in New York. New York, March 30.—A fire in the building formerly occupied by the Freed men’s Bank, at Bleecker street and South Fifth avenue, did damage, to-night, amounting to $50,000. Cowen’s Misfit Carpet Company, occupied the first floor; L. Simon fe Cos., dealers in undertakers’ supplies, the second floor, and Henry Freedman the third and Fourth stories, as manufacturer of fancy boxes and fans. _ Residences Burned. Corpus Christi, Tex., March 30.—A destructive fire visited Rockport, Aransas county, on Saturday night. Two residences and one business building were consumed. Loss unKnown. A drunken sailor, sleeping in a saloon, was burned to death. Hanged Naked to a Tree. Macon, Ga., March 30. —On Saturday morning last, while Jesse Doles, a young farmer living seven miles from Meuna, Dooley county, was plowing in his field, Georgo Rouse, a negro ex-convict, entered his dwelling and committed ail outrage upon his wife, and then cut her throat. She was found soon afterwards by her husband, who assembled the neighbors and began a search for Rouse. He was captured 0* Sunday morning. In the evening a mob t.ook Tim, and, after hearing liis confession, mutilated his person and hanged him naked to a tree on a public road, where he yet hangs. Negroes took part in tho lynching, and could with difficulty be restraining burning Rouse at stake. Sinking of the R. R. Springer. Watkrport, La.. March 30.— The steamboat R. R. Springer, from Cincinnati for New Orleans. ran into the bank at the government light at the mouth of a cut-out, just below here, this morning at 4 o’clock, under full headway, and sprung leaks in several places. Tho steamer fradually began to sink. At 8 o’clock the Jatchez arrived, taking charge of all the passengers, and none were lost. The freight was a total loss. The boat was valued at $75,000; insured in Cincinnati offices for two-thirds its value. She had a full cargo, 1,600 tons of Western produce, and ninety-seven passengers. A Cholera Ship at Salem, Mass. Boston, Mass., March 30. —The bark Sonntag, of Boston, from Chittangon, Nov. 24, with jute butts, arrived at Salem to-day. On Dec. 2, Andrew Soduneau, the ship’s carpenter, died of cholera, after an illness of five days; on Dec. 26, Emil Peterson, seaman, died of the same disease, after fourteen hours sickness. The board of health ordered the bark from the wharf into the stream. Great excitement prevails. Another Gift from David Slntou. Cincinnati, March 30.— David Sin ton has added $20,000 to his former gift of $25,000 for the purpose of removing and rebuilding, in Eden Park, for the Art Museum Association, at present the postoffice structure. Failure of a Cigar Firm. • St. Louis, March 30.—Jungk & Cos., cigar dealers, assigned to day to Louis Uottschalk. Liabilities, $20,000; assets, $9,500. Thousands of cures follow the uso of Dr. Sage’s Catarrh Remedy. 50 cents.

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AN EXCITING DAY IN PARIS. The French Capital Crows Turbulent Over General Negrier’s Defeat. “ ■ ■ - MMM • Outburst of Popular Wrath, Directed Chiefly Against Prime Minister Ferry and the Other Members of the Cabinet. The Premier States His Case and Asks a New Credit of $40,000,000, * Which Is Refused by a Decisive Vote, and the Ministry at Once Resigns—Grahams Advance To Be Made To-Morrow. FERRY’S DOWNFALL. Rumor that War Will Be Declared—Resignation of the Ministry. Paris March 30.—1 tis stated that war with China will be officially declared to-day. Fifty thousand reinforcements will be forwarded and the army ordered to march to Pekin. It is expected Admiral Courbet will bombard Canton. The Figaro states that the French killed and wounded in the fight at Lang-Son numbered 1,200. Some of the papers favor impeaching the Ministry. The excitement over the French defeat at Lang-Son is intense. The feeling against the government is so strong that an outbreak ix feared. The report that France will officially declare war, and the fears of a serious riot and % the fall of the Ministry, have caused a panic on the Bourse. All the Radical newspapers request the impeachment of the Ministers. Rochefort demands the head of the French Premier, M. Ferry, for his many blunders i Tonquin. Rentes have fallen to 7Gf 90c on reports that there will be a popular demonstration outside the Chamber of Deputies. Fears are entertained of a serious disturbance. The newspapers generally urge the country to act with energy and coolness, and tell their readers that at such a crisis party feelings and prejudices should sink into insignificance, and there should be unanimity of sentiment in demanding that a general national effort be put forth to relieve tho army in Tonquin. Orders have been issued directing the immediate mobilization of all the national battalions of infantry. The government lias decided to ask for volunteers from each regiment, and to call for 5,000 maratime conscripts. President Grevy presided at tho council of Ministers to-day. He insisted on immediate action being taken for prompt and vigorous prosecution of the war in China. The Cabinet decided to mobilize two divisions of troops, to be commanded by four brigadier-generals, for immediate service in Tonquin; also, to send 10,000 men to reinforce Admiral Courbet. IN THE CHAMBER OF DEPUTIES. • Long before the hour for the convening of the Chamber the streets in the vicinity were packed with crowds of excited men, and it soon became evident that trouble was brewing for tho government. A stroncr force of military was on hand to prevent a riot aud preserve order in the Chamber. Notwithstanding this precaution tho galleries were crowded with people, who plainly showed irritation over the French defeat at Lang-Son by keeping up noisy discussions and hurling denunciatory epithets at the various members of the Cabinet and their supporters as they entered the Chamber. When Jules Ferry, the Premier, arose to announce the decision of the Cabinet council this morning, he was loudly hissed by the galleries. He had barely finished his declaration when a number of deputies of the Right sprang to their feet, yelling “Down with the wretchP while above the din could be heard the voice of Clemenceau as he fairly screamed, “Traitors!” It was some time before order was restored, and had it not been for the presence of troops there is hardly any doubt that violence would have been done. During the scene in the Chamber tho crowd outside became a howling mob, and made several attempts to pass the guards, in order .to get inside the building, but were kept back by the determined attitude of tho military. At the opening of the session in the Chamber of Deputies this afternoon, Prime Minister Ferry presented the government’s request for a credit of $40,000,000 on account of military operations in China. Ferry at once moved for the appointment of a committee to examine and report upon the credit, and he demanded that the motion be given priority. The motion was rejected by a vote of 300 to 161. Ferry immediately anhounced the resignation of the entire Ministry, and President Grevy accepted the resignation. Prior to the vote on the motion to appoint a committee on the credit, Ferry read yesterday’s dispatches regarding the Lang Sou affair. Ho added that the retreat of the French had been offected in perfect order. Tho troops found themselves confronted by Chinese forces whoso numbers it had been impossible to foresee, and the French generals had been obliged to re-enter the river Delta, aud maintain tho defensive. The measures already taken to reinforce tho French troops in Tonquin would not suffice. It was noccssary to avengo tho Laug-Son cheek for the honor of France. He therefor# demanded a credit of $40,000,000, and he proposed a separate vote on this credit from the ministerial question. Ferry was frequently interrupted. On/ speaker approved the credit, but condemned tJUq