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andertaken only when he is feeling at his very best and they become less frequent as the days speed on. Os visitors there are a great many, but very few are admitted to his presence. It tires the patient to talk, and the effort required to carry on conversation is very fatiguing and is discouraged by the physicians aul the family. GENERAL BEALE’S ESTIMATE. Testimony as to (irant’s Character by a Man who Knows lliiu, Intimately, Washington Sneciai. Gen. Edward P. Beale, of this city, for years an intimate personal friend of General Grant, said to day of him, when it was reported that he was dead: “He was the greatest man I know of. He fought and won battles the like of which have never occurred in modern or apeient history. Everybody is familiar with his military and other publie achievements, but in bis private life his personal characteristics shone with equal brilliancy. His three most prominent and ad mtrable traits were guilelessness of character, even temperament and great magnanimity. As I said, and as you know, my friendship with General Grant was of the most intimate nature. In all my daily companionship with him, at home or abroad. I never heard General Grant make a remark which could not be repeated with propriety before a roomful of ladies. His character was wholly pure and free from guile. “As to the reports that he drank to excess I ought not to refer, for they are too senseless and untrue, but I will say that during the whole period that I have known him. in riding to and from my farm near this city two or three times a week, in dining at the same table, in walking the streets of Paris until 2 o'clock in the morning for amusement, I have never seen him when he was not as clear headed as you ana I are now. His even disposition was something wonderful to me, and I have seen him tried almost beyond human endurance. He never cursed and swore at people, and he never lost control of himself. He was always able to do what he considered right. I saw him once while at a white heat of vexation, in the library at the White House, put aside personal prejudices *nd wishes and do his duty without question. He had been abused and slandered by a certain person to such an extent that he could only recognize him as a personal and bitter enemy: The question arose whether that person should be nominated to the Senate or not for a position. I knew all the circumstances, and said to General Grant: ‘What are you going to do about it?’ “ ‘Do about itr he repeated. ‘I will send his name to the Senate. He has deserved his appointment by hh services to his country, and no personal ill-feeling on my part shall prevent his obtaining wlmt he deserves.’ “He sat down and signed the nomination, and it was sent to the Senate at once. He was generous in the extreme. It was always diffi•ult for him to refuse requests made of him. I ould tell you instances of his great kindness of <*art which you could scarcely believe: but little lings will show this trait as well as great >nes. When Grant has been a visitor at my iou.se. children would overwhelm him with requests for his autograph, and often when we would return home late at night from some reception, tired und sleepy, on the table would be a pile of autograph albums a foot or two high, and Mrs. Grant would say: ‘Come, General, it is time to retire; you are tired, and need rest. Don’t stop to write in those books to-night, but wait till morning.’ ‘lso,’ General Grant would repiy, ‘HI do it to-night. These bonks belong to little children, and they will stay for them on their way to school in the morning, and I don't want to disappoint them.’ And he would write in every one. “During his personal experiences he had learned that it was his duty to do the engineerng and . planning, and to leave details to his lieutenants. In this way he became accustomed to placing the most implicit confidence in those near him, for he supposed they would do their duty as he would his; so that to confidence in others alone can his terrible misfortunes in New York be attributed. 1 can understand why some people should criticise and disagree with General Grant, particularly military men: but I ean’t understand how some people could deliberately plot, to ruin him. General Grant dearly loved Ferdinand Ward, a son could not have been dearer to him; he trusted him implicitly, and how he. could return his love and confidence by plotting his ruin is beyond my comprehension.'’

Greater than People Thought Him. Washington Special. General Sheridan was asked about Grant this afternoon, in his office at the War Department. He said: ‘ l I saw General Grant for the first time ontho battlefield, at Shiloh. General McPherson, whose picture hangs there, was with him at the time. Although we had belonged to the same regiment, we had never met before. After the Mississippi campaign! met General Grant a second time, and afterwards I was thrown in with him more or less. When he became Lieutenantgeneral he placed me in charge of the cavalry •service of the Army of the Potomac. I accompanied him to Florida and Mexico, and I will say that our acquaintance was not only intimate, but almost lovable." “And your opinion of him?" suggested the reporter. “Is that he was a far greater man than people bought him. Ife was always able, no matter ow situated, to do more than was expected of im. That has always been my opinion of Gen. rant. I have the greatest admiration for him, •oth as a mar. and as a commander.” Love for an Old Comrade. N**w.York Special. Geu. James M. Thayer, of Nebraska, who was a senator from that State during a portion of General Grant's term as President, and was his intimate friend, socially and politically, called at the house during the day. He bed just arrived from Washington, which he left as soon as he got an alarming report of the General’s condition. lie was told at the door that no one could see the General, and that he was very low. As he went away he said: “1 am much disappointed at not being able to see the General, for I have traveled a good many miles to get a look at his face and have a word with him before he passes away, as the word that 1 have just heard at the house leads me to believe Grant is going to die. 1 was a Coionel under Genera 1 . "Grant when he was a brigadiergeneral in the Western army, and became well acquainted with him, and formed a friendship that has lasted ever since, through thick and thin. We were in many battles together, and the more 1 saw of him in action and cmitrolling men, the greater became my admiration for him. I commanded a division under the General at the battle of Shiloh, and the picturesque and exact recital of the history of that battle that 1 read in the Century carried me back to that battle-field, and I went through it again, so entranced was I with its exactness in detail, the same as if the battle was actually occurring. I wish I could see him, but 1 do not suppose the doctors want him disturbed and I will not complain. When he does die it will seem to me that 1 have lost one who is dearer to me than a brother. Since I have heard of the hopelessness of the General's case 1 was so disturbed that 1 could hardly attend to my affairs." Provision for the General's Family. New York Swu. It was reported yesterday that the trustees of the Grant fund of $250,000, the interest on which only goes to General Grant, had recently met and unanimously determined to allow the trust !und to remain intact after General Grant's leath, the income to go to Mrs. Grant. “I do not know that there has been any meetng of the trustees of the fund." Trustee Oliver floyt, of 72 Gold street, said, “or that Mrs. Grant sto have the income of the fund. According to .be terms of the subscription of the $250,000, however, General Grant was to have the power to decide to whom of his heirs he desired the $250,000 to go. I suppose he ha3 made a will and bequeathed it to his wife and family. It is virtually his property, and it was collected to be given to him, while the only reason it was not given to him out and out was that his friends feared lest sharpers might get it away from him. To any one who gained his confidence he was ready to trust all he {assessed. 1 suppose it grew out of his training as a military man, as in military life confidence in subordinate officers must be implicit It was one of General Grant’s

traits to trust his friends in that way. The event proved the wisdom of the trustees. Most of the property is in Wabash funds, not in the large loan, but in the mortgage bonds made early in the historj’ of the corporation. The estate of E. D. Morgan is security for the railroad paper.” A VOICE FROM THE SOUTH. A Southern Paper Voices tho Feeling of the People of that Section. Richmond. (Va.,) Whig. As we write, the sad intelligence comes that Gen. U. S. Grant is in the article of death. This intelligence is non a the less sad because his condition has for some time excited general apprehension that the great American soldier was nearing his end; for hope still lives upon the faint expectancy of a favorable turn in the disease: but it seems now certain that the conqueror of all has conquered him who heretofore has been the master of victory. Ere these lines reach our readers it is probable that he who overcame Lee at Appomattox, will have surrendered to death. Nor is even Appomattox now a memory which lessens our unaffected grief that the great American general should fall almost in the very moment when the whole people, victors and defeated. have united in a common testimonial of gratitude and respect, for his glory is the country's, and his services will be remembered reverently as long as this Union shall endure. Eveu the unrepentant foemen whom he overthrew all the better know him as a gallant warrior, stern only in the line of duty, and even they will drop tears over his premature grave, and swell with their voices the lament which will rise from the lakes to the gulf, from the Atlantic to the Pacific. Over his grave let all animosities which once inflamed internecine war be buried fox*ever. Hi* name is freedom's now, and fame’s— One of the few. the immortal names That were not born to die. Expressions of Sympathy. Nashville, April 2.—At a meeting of ministers and laymen at the Southern Methodist Publishing House, at Nashville, yesterday’, prayers were offered for General Grant, petitioning Airaighty God that the distinguished sufferer, now hovering between life and death, might be sustained and comforted, and be eternally saved through Jesus Christ. Hhrtpokd, Conn., April 2,—ln the New York East Methodist Conference, to-day, a resolution was passed accepting a gift of $410,000 toward a Methodist Episcopal pital in Brooklyn, made by Geo. 1. Seney, of that city, some time ago, and the Bishop was authorized to appoint a committee to assist in raising money to complete the hospital. A resolution was also adopted expressing the sorrow of the conference because of the dangerous illness of General Grant, and conveying sympathy to the family. A letter was read from Rev. Dr. Newman, asking the conference to offer special prayers for General Grant, and thi3 was done. A SERIOUS BANK FAILURE. The Exchange National, of Norfolk, Va., Compelled to Close Its Doors. Norfolk, Va., April 2.—The closing of the doors of the Exchange National Bank, of this city, to-day, was the severest financial shock Norfolk has ever experienced. The bank was regarded as absolutely sound, and never a breath of suspicion has been heard as to Us stability. It did the largest business in the State. A report of the condition of tho bank, made on March 29, puts the capital stock at $300,000; surplus fund and undivided profits, $278,319; loans and discounts, $2,755,903; deposits, $2,422,021; total re sources, $3,978,674. The cause of the suspension was thelinability of Bain & Bro., bankers, of Portsmouth, to meet their indebtedness to the Exchange Bank, amounting to SBOO,OOO. This amount was reduced to about $230,000, but the $300,000 necessary to put the bank upon a proper footing could not be obtained. A bank examiner was here about March. 12, who in his report states that the bank was largely exceeding tho legal limits in the line of discounts, and was deficient. The Comptroller of the Currency wrote to the bank officials, stating that unless these were rectified by April 25 the charter of the bank would be canceled. Efforts were made by Bain & Bro. to reimburse the bank, but a shrinkage in their real estate and general securi* ties, and a threatened run upon them, yesterday and to-day, forced them to close. Their liabilities are $1,000,000, and their assets $1,900,000. Vice-president Orson Adams, of the National Bank of the Republic, New York city, was telegraphed for consultation by tho officers of the Exchange Bank, and is said to have given it as his opinion that with $300,000 the bank would be on a good basis.

TELEGRAPHIC BREVITIES. At Covington, last night, Al. Jenkins shot Jack Groady through the brain in a quarrel arising from difficulties between their children. At Cincinnati, yesterdaj-, Joseph Palmer was again convicted of murder in the first degree. He was the accomplice of William Berner in the murder of William H. Ivirk. Berner's conviction of manslaughter was the leading cause of last year's riot. •The Ohio Legislature yesterday passed bills for the reorganization of Cincinnati and Cleveland. Republicans claim that the object is to give to Democrats the control of the police in Cincinnati, and to elect a Democratic board of aldermen in Cleveland. In the case of Peter Joseph Schroeder, the exalms house attendant at Philadelphia, who was arrested on a charge growing out of the recent tire, by which twenty-two lives were lost, the court yesterday discharged the defendant, oft the ground that there was not sufficient evidence to hold him. Members of the Utah Commission held an interview with the President yesterday, in which he expressed satisfaction at the progress made, approved their plans for the future and promised to sustain them and the judiciary of Utah in their efforts at rooting out polygamy. Similar assurances were received from Attorney-general Garland. Marauding Apaches. Er. Paso, Tex. April 2. —It is reDorted that a band of marauding Indians has been seen west of Galligo, in the direction of the Sierra Madras mountains, the former haunt of the Chirricahua Apaches, but now occupied by many American miners. The government of Chihuahua has dispatched two companies in pursuit of the red devils as outrages are feared. Obituary. London, April 2.—Earl Cairnes died suddenly at his residence, at Bournemouth, this morning. Paris, April 2. —The death is announced of Louis Adolphe le Doulcet, Comtede Pantecoulant, the author of a number of works on music and musical instruments. Charged witli Embezzlement. Milwaukee. Wis., April 2. —James S. White, charged with the embezzlement of SB,OOO Milwaukee city bonds, was arrested at Niles, Mich., this morning, while on his way to Canada A Milwaukee detective is on the way to bring him to this city. —■' " Business Houses Burned. St. Lotus, April 2. —Fire at Rochester, Andrew county, Mo., yesterday, consumed five business houses, including one in which the Oddfellows and the Masons liad their headquarters. Loss, $22,050; insurance, SIO,OOO. Four Cottages Burned. White Beak. Minn., April 2.—The summer cottages of J. B. Tarbox, I>r. J. H. Bryant, Chas. Nichols and D. Williams were burned today. The total loss is $16,000; insurance, s'2,000. ___________ Thousands of cures follow the use of Dr. Sage’s Catarrh Remedy. &Q cents.

THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL, FRIDAY, APRIL 3, 1885.

FERRY’S PEACE PROPOSALS. A Publication Which Caused an Exciting Scene in the French Deputies. A Prominent Member Asserts that the Announcement of China’s Acceptance Was Made for Speculative Purposes. Sir Peter Lumsden Makes a Decision that Angers Afghanistan’s Ameer. Russia Actively Engaged in Placing Her Navy on a War Footing—Osman Digna Retreats Before General Graham. THE FRENCH CRISIS. A Tumultuous Scene in the Chamber—lmpeachment of the Ministry Urged. Paris, April 2.—A scene of tumultuous excitement accompanied, this afternoon, the sitting of the Chamber of Deputies. M. Jolibois, in a strong speech, accused the proprietors of the Parisian newspaper Le Paris of having publisned, yesterday evening, for speculative purposes, the report that China had accepted the peace proposals which had been made by M. Ferry. M. Jolibois denounced in unmeasured terms this conduct, which he pronounced a scandal of so grave a character as to be beyond toleration by the French people. He urged the immediate impeachment of tho Ministers, and moved that M. Henry Brisson, the President of the Chamber, be appointed a committee to go to President Grevy and ask him to officially appoint a commission to transact the business of the new Ministry. The motion wag rejected, bv a vote of 348 to 77. The Chamber of Deputies and the .Senate, this evening, both adjourned until Saturday. Le Paris reasserts that China has accepted the peace proposals, uud declares that Mr. Campbell conducted the negotiations on behalf of Sir Robert Hart, the inspector general of tho Chinese maritime forces. The paper says that China has decided to accept the treaty of Tientsin, together with a treaty of commerce, provided that a month’s armistice be granted, and that the war indemnify demanded by France be abandoned. M. Ferry considered the terms acceptable, with a few modifications. The French defeat at Lang-Son occurred before the agreement was received, yet Mr. Campbell, on Tuesday evening, imparted to M. Ferry the Chinese reply, which was favorable, China only reserving certain details in regard to the date and manner of the evacuation of Tonquin by the Chineso troops. The exile of the Orleans Princes, it is reported, will be a feature of M. De Freycinet’s programme. M. De Freycinet makes but slow progress in his task of securing anew Ministry. War Movements in Tonqnin and China. Paris, April 2.—Gen. Briere de l isle telegraphs, under date of Wednesday evening: “The Second Brigade reached Chu at noon, in good order. It was in contact with the enemy until 2 o'clock on Tuesday afternoon, but our losses were trifling. The enemy's pursuit was slow.” The French on Monday began an attack upon the Pheng-Hoo or Fisher’s islands, situated in and commanding the channel between Formosa and the China mainland. The engagement lasted until late on Tuesday, when the French succeeded in effecting occupation. JL General De l’lsle ‘telegraphs as follows from Hanoi, under date of Wednesday: “General Negrier is making favorable progress toward recovery. He has no feverish symptoms. The evacuation of Lang-Son seems to have been slightly hurried, especially after the success of our counter-attack, which was made without serious loss. The French brigade has twenty days’ ammunition and provisions, and is able to await convoys. No further reason is given in regard to the very rapid evacuation of Lang-Son. Tho Chinese, so far, only appear desirous of reoccupying the former positions to the northward of De Oquan and Do-Ovan. The situation is better than the overdrawn accounts of the past four days had led me to believe. Colonel Desßordes to-day assumed command of the Chu brigade."

THE AFGHAN BOUNDARY. Rumor that tlie Ameer Is Dissatisfied with Lumsden's Proposed Frontier. London, April 2.— lt is stated that dispatches received from Cabul, to-day, report that Sir Peter Lumsden has decided to favor the establishment of a frontier line which violates the integrity of Afghanistan, and that the Ameer is much incensed at this decision. The chiefs and princes of the whole Indian Empire are now represented at Rawul Pindce in person or by deputy. They have all, without exception, earnestly tendered to the Earl Dufferin, the British Viceroy, troops and money without stint to uphold England in any possible difficulty with Russia. Russia is taking active steps to place the navy on a better war footing. In addition to the five hoary iron clads, the seven half-plated cruisers and five torpedo rams, recently mentioned by the Vossische JJeitung as' being built for the and Baltic Seas, a number of cruisers and torpedo rams are being rapidly fitted out at Nicolaieff, the station of the Russian admiral and fleet, at the confluence of the Jngul and the Bug. The cruisers are from 5,000 to 8.000 tons burden, and will each be armed with from ten to fourteen cannons, about half of which will be of large caliber. The vessels are expected to attain a speed of at least sixteen knots an hour. The torpedo rams have a displacement of about 2,000 tons, and are estimated to go about fifteen knots an hour. They will be armed, in addition to the torpedo apparatus, with six nine-inch, and four smaller guns. The Emir of Bokhara has agreed to allow passage of Russian troops and supplies through liis territory in the event of war with England. The reply of Russia to England's proposals regarding the outposts, on the Russo-Afgun question, has been forwarded to Earl Granville. It amounts to a virtual acceptance of the more important proposals of England. Ocean Steamers Chartered by the British. London, April 2.— The steamer America, of the National line, has been ordered by the government to be got in readiness for naval transport sea service. The America is to be armed with ten guns. The Atlantic steamship companies, it is reported, are considering the question of the advisability of raising passenger fares and freight rates. If the contemplated advance be decided upon, the reason given will be the depletion of the Atlantic fleets by the British government's demands for transportation. _ OSMAN FALLS BACK. Graham Advances to Tamai, but the Enemy Is Not Discovered. Suakim, April 2. —General Graham telegraphs from General McNeil’s zeraba, under date of 11 o'clock this morning, as follows: “We are advancing upon Tamai with our entire force, and will .endeavor to compel tLe enemy to day.” A dispatch from Gen. Sir Gerald Graham, dated at 6 o’clock this evening, gives the following history of the day’s advance: “We advanced, at 4 o’clock this morning, with the entire force in square formation, the cavairy soouting. We reached the zeraba at 1 o'clock. There we reconnoitred from a balloon. The eu-

emy were reported visible in small numbers. The weather was fairly cool. Only a few men fell out of the ranks for water. We continued ihe advance in the afternoon till 3 o'clock, the nounted infantry and the Bengal cavalry scouting. At 3 o’clock we occupied Treselah hill, eastward of Tamai. The enemy appear to have retired, but no precautions against attack will be neglected.” _ FOREIGN MISCELLANY. Prince Bismarck Returns Courtesies by Giving a Banquet. Berlin, April 2.—Emperor William kissed Prince Bismarck several times during their interview to-day, and tears filled Prince Bismarck’s eyes. Visitors have streamed to the palace throughout j the day, and thousands of congratulatory ietters and telegrams, including messages from all the European courts, have been received. Emperor Francis Joseph and Count Kalnoky telegraphed their congratulations. Prince Bismarck entertained 600 guests at a banquet Failed for $1,000,000. London, April 2. —The St James Gazette says: “This afternoon reports are current that Benn Davis, solicitor, had failed. His liabilities are placed at $1,000,000, and it is stated that he bus fled to Spain.” SULLIVAN AND M’CAFFREY. A Philadelphia Judge Interferes, and Easily ‘ Knocks Out Both Pugilists. Philadelphia, April 2. —A warrant for the arrest of John L. Sullivan and Dominick McCaffrey, who were advertised to fight to-night, was issued by Judge Fellows, this morning, and placed in the hands of an officer for execution. They were charged with conspiring to commit a breach of the peace. Late this afternoon, Sullivan and McCaffrey entered the court-house, accompanied by counsel. Several witnesses were examined to* show the arrangements made for the glove contest to-night, and Judge Fellows then placed the two pugilists under $5,000 hail each to answer at the next term of court, on a charge of conspiracy to set up and mainbun a pugilistic contest, and an additional $5,000 to keep the peace. Some difficulty was had in obtaining bondsmep, and the pugilists remained in the courtroom nearly two hours before their friends succeeded in finding persons to enter necessary security. The fight was declared off. Sullivan will leave for Boston in the morning. Daniel L. Dawson, of the firm of John Q. Dawson & Bro., and Tim Maher entered the required bail. After leaving the court room the principals were escorted to a private room, and when they had entered Sullivan and McCaffrey took seats on the opposite sides of a large table. Tbe Boston man growled to himself for a few moments, and, without saying a word, reached his hand out to Dominick, which the Pitts'ourger readily grasped. “I guess the thing is off.” said Sullivan. “It looks that way,” replied McCaffrey. While awaiting the arrival of their bondsmen, Sullivan and McCaffrey entered into quite a friendly conversation. Sullivan said:

“I am sorry the fight is off. 1 have been put to a great deal of expense in coming and training, and the public has a wrong impression about me. They think that if I hit a man with gloves I'm liable -to kill him; that is wrong. 1 never knew a man yet to be hurt with gloves. McCaffrey has seen as many bouts as I have, and lie will say the same thing. I never said I was going to knock McCaffrey out in the second round. I am sure I never used that expression. 1 may, and I may not, but 1 I nouid be able to hold my own.” At this juncture/it was suggested that a might be obtained Camden to have the con* test. “What 1 to Jersey?” exclaimed the champion. “Why, Jersey law is worse than that of Philadelphia. I don't know what we shall do now. ” “We might get a big balloon, and go up in the air, and have it out. or hire the Plymouth Rock, and go out on the high seas, and there settle it. I will leave Philadelphia on Saturday for New York, where I will stay over Sunday, and then go home. Next time 1 make a match, if Ido so before leaving the country iu June, it will be fought in the wilderness.” “I am willing to meet Sullivan at any place outside this city,” said McCaffrey. “I will fight him to a finish on any terms, or for all the receipts, which shall go to the winner. Nobody feels more sprry than Ido at the result of this thing. I had hoped to meet Sullivan to-night, and I was confident of besting him. I have not decided what I shall do now, except that I think I shall make Philadelphia my permanent home, for I have many friends here.” By 6 o'clock a large crowd had gathered in front of Industrial Hall. As 7 o’clock approached the broad hallway of the building became jammed with people holding tickets, and a number of speculators, frightened at the reports of official interference, used all their eloquence and cheek in endeavoring to dispose of their large stock of tickets, which they had counted upon disposing of at big premiums. Most of them were badly stuck. Inside the hall gloom reigned supreme. The thirty-foot stage, with its twenty-four-foot ring, staked and roped off in the center, was glared at in silence by about fifty sturdy policemen, each wearing a look of deepest disappointment. A few employes of the building weroengaged in arranging some benches around the stage, but even had the exhibition come off there-were no preparations made to seat the audience, and nine spectators out of every ten would have been forced to stand up. At half past 7 the clamoring crowd in the hall was driven out of the building by the police, and joined forces witkthe throng in Broad street, which had now rWched very large proportions. Shortly afterward Captain Emery appeared on the balcony of the hall, and, holding up his hand, said in a loud voice, “Gentlemen, court has decided that sparring is unlawful, and consequently the hall will not be opened up.” " “How are we going to get our |money back?” roared the crowd. “That I cannot say.” answered the Captain. “But the hall will not be opened, because court has decided sparring to be unlawful,” and he disappeared, while a groan of disgust arose from the multitude. Billy O’Brien arrived about 8 o’clock, and wanted to have the hall opened and the early part of the entertainment proceeded with, saying that McCaffrey and Sullivan could be introduced to the audience and the situation explained. Captain Emery would not permit that plan to be adopted, and, after hanging about for some time, the surly crowd withdrew. A Rase Ball Club Calls on the President. Washington, April 2. —The Brooklyn base ball club called upon the President, this morning. In the course of a general conversation, the President said that he had always taken an interest in the national game, and had often attended games played in the State of New York. The President was invited to attend the game here on Saturday, and replied that he would be very glad to do so if his official business permitted. Phelps’s Coat of Arms. Pittsburg Dispatch. Phelps, of Vermont, the new minister to England, is reported to sport a coat of arms. What is the nature of the emblazonment is not stated; but the Republican papers evidently think that if it follows out the old custom of tignalizing the deeds of the bearer, it ought to represent a copperhead rampant. A Fit of Passion Costs Three Lives. Buffalo, N. Y., April 2. —Near Alexander, Mrs. D. 6. Spring, in a fit of passion, saturated her clothing with kerosene and applied a match to herself and her two children, and perished in the flames. * Steamship News. London, April 2.—Arrived: Ems, Normandie, Wisconsin, from New York,

INDIANA AND ILLINOIS NEWS The Daily Chronicle of Happenings of All Kinds in the Two States. Detaila of the Insurance ami Other Losses by the Recent Fire at Vevay—Gleanings from Exchanges. INDIANA. Losses by tlie Burning of the Pleasants and Schenck Warehouses. Special to the Imlinnanolia Journal. Vet ay, April 2.—A disastrous fire occurred here about 10 o’clock last night, resulting in the destruction of James K - . Pleasants's warehouse, dimensions 210x100 feet, and U. P. Scheuek’s warehouse, both filled with hay, straw, potatoes and other produce. Pleasants's loss on building was SO,OOO, on contents, $7,000. making his total loss $16,000. Insurance on Pleasants's warehouse, in Continental, $3,500; North American, $1,500; on contents, California, $3,000; total insurance, SB,OOO. The loss to the U. P. Schenck estate, on warehouse, is $5,000; uninsured. A. J. Schenck lost 500 bales of hay and W. C. Robinson and Ed Shull each lost $350 on hay. No insurance on Schenck’s warehouse or contents Origin of the fire unknown, but supposed to have been accidental. Minor Notes. The Ohio Falls iron works, New Albany, resumed operations yesterday. J. Stouver’s barn, at Dillsborough, burned, yesterday. Loss, $300: no insurance. Orth Stein, who was recently acquitted of murder at Kansas City, has taken the associate editorship of the Daily Journal of Lafayette. Officers and members of the G. A. R. post 41, of Winamac, on Monday night went to Lafayette and assisted in organizing Fabler Post, No. 397, at that city. James Oldham’s house, in Center township, Rush county, burned down, consuming all the contents. Doss about $4,000; partly insured in the Rush Company, Farmers’ Company and the Continental. The explosion of the boiler of the saw mill of the Scott Bros., near Bowers's Station, Montgomery county, which killed John Scott, was caused by turning the water into the boiler when almost dry. John Cross, an inmate of the Knox County Asylum, attempted to committ suicide, and has probably succeeded. He cut two gashes in bis neck from ear to ear, and opened the muscles of both arms near the shoulder. Rev. J. H. Barnard has been duly installed as stated pastor of the Second Presbyterian Church of Madison. President Fisher, of Hanover College, Dr. Brown, of Madison, and Rev. Mr. Trimble, of Seymour, officiated. Rev. Dixon C. Williams, president of the Y. M. C. A. of Labanon, Tenu., has been conducting a series of remarkable revival meetings at Princeton, and within the past ten days is said to have converted over 400 Princetouians, many persons going to hear him who have not before been inside a church for twenty years. In the Montgomery county court the case of James Cunningham was called up and a change of venue taken to Clinton county. Cunningham was arrested on the same charge for which Win. E. Shular has been sentenced to seventeen years in the penitentiary, for the murder of Wm. Sayre in Callehan’s saloon, in Crawfordsville, on Dec. 20* 1884.

At a place know as Bear Wallow, in the backwoods several miles from Nashville, Robert and William Robertson were attacked by three brothers named Stuart, between whom some old grudges existed. They fought like desperadoes, using clubs, knives and pistols. Ail the parties were horribly beaten up, one badly cut and one shot places. It is thought one of the Robertsons will Stuarts was arrested and the others escaped. The first annual commencement exercises of the DePauw law school, at Greencastle, were held on Tuesday, the dean, Hon. A. C. Downey, LL. D., presiding. Remarks were made by’ Dr. J. C. Ridpatb, and Judge Byron K. Elliott, of the Supreme Court, delivered an address. The graduates were A. N. Munden, Lexington; L. S. Forbes, Bloomfield: Wilbur W. Fisk, Greencastle: Fred. L. Busk irk, Bloomfield; J. G. Ibacli, Huntington, and Edward Carr, Bloomington. On Tuesday, at David Hulse’s saw mill, two miles souih of Scipio, the boiler exploded. Anthony Cleaver, the engineer, was instantly killed. David Hulse was terribly burned, his thigh broken in two places and he cannot live. Morton Hulse’s skull was fractured, beside which he was badly burned and injured internally. He will probably die. Alfred Hulse had a leg and several ribs broken. John Hulse, a one-armed sou of the proprietor, was the only person who escaped uninjured. The boiler had been in use since 18G6, The cause of the explosion was an insufficient supply of water in the boiler. Robert Bryce McPhun, of Louisville, Kv., who recently figured in the extraordinary extradition case at that place, where a detective nabbed him who had come all the way from Calcutta, ludia, has started a big enterprise on the Indiana side of the Ohio river. In connection with a company of Louisville capitalists, he has purchased a large warehouse in New Albany, paying therefor $9,000 cash, the building to be converted into a carbonate factory. The stone to supply the raw material will come from Meade county. Kv., near Brandenburg, and is a pure white limestone, which is reduced to a powder as fine as the whitest flour. The firm will give employment to a large number of men. They will ship their carbonates to all of the leading cities of the United States. The carbonate can be made into a fine cement. McPhun discovered a process, the secret of which is worth a fortune. ILLINOIS. The Legislature In Joint Convention Casts Two Votes for Logan. Springfield, April 2. —ln the joint assembly forty-four senators and thirty-five representatives answered the roll-call. Logan received two votes. Adjourned. _ Brief Mention. Police Magistrate A. F. Shaw, of Charleston, died on Monday, aged fifty years. John Hoke has been arrested, charged with stealing a horse from L. Tharson, near Morris. Rev. James A. Kerr, pastor of Grace Method* ist Church, of Elgin, has died at Mobile of consumption. Representatives of the Grand Army, including Gen. John A Logan, General Hillard and others, will present a memorial to the State Legislature for an act to establish a soldiers’ home in Illinois. Hon. John V. Gale, the oldest resident of Oregon at the time of his death, dropped dead of heart disease at the Catholic church while acting as a pall bearer of Mr. John Post, sr., on Tuesday. He was a brother of the late Hon. James V. Gale, ex-mayor and ex-supervisor of Oregon. M. A. Greening, whose name was found affixed to a number of letters in the pockets of -T. H. West, a deaf mute, killed by a Chicago & Alton railway train, at Bloomington, was found at Wenona, on Tuesday, and proved to be a young woman, also a deaf mute, who was engaged to marry West. Lemuel Welsh, of Godfrey, and Reuben Mor ris, a United States soldier, both colored men, have been indicted by the grand jury for comElicity in the killing of Henry Ross and Henry >ePugh, at Rock Fork, March 28,1883. The indictment is based upon one of the many confessions of Felix Henry, who was executed at Ed* wardsville on the Gth of January last, for the crime in question. Welsh was arrested aud taken to the Edwardsville jail. Welsh is also indicted for the murder of Williams, near Godfrey, some months since. A telegram from Austin, Tex., states that the Rev. Thaddeus B. IJurlbut, of Upper Alton, died in that city, aged eighty-four. His death was caused by a fall, received some ten days ago, in which his spine was injured. Mr. Hurlbut was prominently known for his intense sympathy with and work in the anti slavery cause. He was one of the band who defend© Lovejoy in Alton, in

1837. against tho pro-slavery mob3 of that day. By both tongue and pen he did much to opppae the extension of slavery. His death leaves Henry Tanner, of Buffalo, the sole survivor of the little company who defended Lorejoy. Six men lave been arrested at Shelby ville for robbing the hardware store of Robert Young, at Casey. The same men were arrested twice before on suspicion, but they had to be discharged. Their names are Henry Rodgers. John Ryan and Edward James, of Chicago', John Beadle and William Beadle, of Jacksonville, and George Locas, of West Virginia. At Lincoln, great excitement followed Rev. White's Anti-Catholic lecture. A riot was imminent but the danger passed. A meeting of citizens was held, at which speeches were made, their tenor being to the effect that while the citizens had no indorsement to offer for the utterance of the agitator, they recognized the right of free speech and condemned the resort to mob violence. Mr. White is to be allowed to complete his lecture without interference. Inhumanity in the Cure of.Stock. Enral New Yorker. While the Almighty gave dominion over tho lower animals to man by placing them unreserv* edly in bis keeping. He imposed upon him the sacred duty of caring for and providing them with what was necessary for their comforL While they are unreservedly in man's power, a.id he has the undoubted right to use them, at his will for his profit and necessities, he is under the strictest moral obligation to see that they do not suffer for food, water, or shelter; and when it becomes necessary to transport them to market. or deprive them of life, he is bound to so perform these operations as to cause them the minimum amount of suffering from either want, fright or pain. In no one thing does man so grievously sin as in his ill-treatment of the lower animals; nor is his cruelty confined to the Western plains. As w r e have traveled through the older States and have seen the poor animals in a piercing wind or driving storm, standing with their feet drawn close' together, their bfeks arched like a barrel-hoop, and shivering so that one could almost hear their bones rattling together, we have almost wished we had the power to compel the owner to take their place, halfclothed and hungry, for a single night, that he might in a measure realize the intense suffering he forces them to endure, not for one night, only, but for the whole winter. It is no excuse that the number of a man's stock is so largo that he cannot provide them with food and shelter. No man has a right to own snore than he can properly care for. Aside from the cruelty and sinfulness of this course, it is the worst kind of folly and bad management. We have not a doubt but tho value of cattle lost the present winter on the Western ranges would be amply adequate to provide shelter for every animal, and the loss by death is but as a drop in the bucket to the actual depreciation of tho survivors by the loss of flesh aud thrift through their terrible exposure.

Wlien to Prune Fruit-Trees. New England Farmer. Perhaps there is no subject over which there is a greater disagreement among farmers than as to the proper time for pruning trees. Almost #tory month in the year, except when the trees are loaded with fruit, is claimed by somebody as the best time for pruning, and high authorities differ very widely. Some will trim only in June, when the trees are in full.leaf, because the wounds heal over sooner when made at that time. Others consider summer pruning very injurious, and will take off limbs only when they are bare of leaves. Many condemn the early spring, because the sap runs so freely from the wounds at that season. We have seen wounds that leaked profusely for weeks after spring pruning, and the sap appeared to have a corrosive action upon the bark below the wound, in some cases for a foot or more. We have trimmed trees at nearly all seasons, but have believed there was no bettor time than early winter, or as soon as the leaves are off ia the fall. The tree is then in a dormant condition, and the wounds dry sound, and will begin to heal over in a healthy manner the following season. We can see no objection to pruning at any time after the leaves fall till towards the season when growth commences. We are a little shy of spring pruning, when the sap is flowing freely, and yet this seems to bo the most popular -season of foe whole.year fefrljie ity of farmers and orcliardiste, and many of the most successful fruit culturists prune at no other season. The truth in the matter is, that if pruning is done often and moderately, so that no large limbs will require removal, it matters little when the work is done. We are never afraid to use a pocket knife or shealrs at any time when wo see a limb that needs shortening or cutting off. The Ohio l>lawoml Story. Philadelphia Press. We do not credit these sensational stories about the finding of big diamonds ip Ohio. They are most likely set afloat by some friend of the administration with the hepe of drawing a few thousand of the Qliio citizens home from the grand office hunt in Washington. An Embarrassed Finn. New Orlans. La., April 2. —Minuegerade & Cos., dealers iu railroad supplies, asked a respite from their creditors. Assets, $45,000; liabilities. $33,000. Court-House Burned. Minneapolis. April 2.-— I The court-house burned here to-day. Logs, $40,000; insurance $35,000. The records wore saved. The use of tincture of arnica for petty spr: and bruises of horses is scientifically con:’ and. It has been demonstrated that if kej ig in contact with affected surfaces arnica xluces heating and blistering, thus aggravating the complaint sought to be cured. Horsforu’s Acid Phosphate, FOR OVERWORKED FEMALES. Dr. J. P. Cowan, Ashland, 0., says: “It proves satisfactory as a nerve tonic; also in dyspeptic conditions of the stomach, with general debility, such as we find iu overworked females, with nervous headache and its accompaniments.” NO POISON iN THE PASTRY IF EXTRACTS TTSIELIU. T’antlla.l.einoM,Orange, etc., flavor Cnken, l'ream,x*aU<llnff,&c.,nH delicately and naturally a* the fruit from which they are made. FOR STRENGTH AND TRUE FRUIT FLAYOR THEY STAND ALONE. WerAMO tv TM* Price Baking Powder Cos., Chicago, 111. st. Louis, Klo. MAKCRt or Dr. Prfct’s Criam Baking Powder ■—A.O— Dr. Price’s Lnpulin Yeast Gems, Me*t Dry Ilo| Yeant. FOR SALS 3B“ST C3-TBOCSKM. WK JUJUS BUT ONE <JUAUT*\ ™' 11 * ■ WANTED— THW CHEAPEST NEWSPAPER IN i tho West, the Weekly Indian* State JooraaL i Out dollar per year.