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dosing of the Dardanelles and the Bosphorus, against English men of war. The Sultan favors the ad .j>'on of a neutral policy. A RUSSIAN ADVANCE. A Force Said To Be Moving Along the Murgliab Toward Penjdeh. London, April 13.— Advices from Tirpul state that news has been received there that the Russians are advancing along the line of the Murghab river, in the direction of Penjdeh. This telegram shows the value of the Russian assurances. There is no reason why the Russians should not soon be under the walls of Herat. One noticeable point of General KotnarofTs statement is that the English encouraged the Afghans. It is against the English that the Russrar advance along the Murghab river is now made. Up to an early hour this morning the government had received no further dispatches from St. Petersburg. The Daily News, in an editorial this morning, says that it is not likely the government will make any statement of its policy in Parliament to-night, but that it will simply anuounco the details of the dispatching of the reserves. If General Komaroffa statement be correct, it, of course, shifts the blame upon the Afghans; but it is difficult to reconcile his statement with the fact that neither Sir Peter Lumsden nor Capt. Yates, who must know the facts, mentions the circumstances as reported by General Komaroff. It is reported that a council of war has been held at St. Petersburg, at which the Czar presided, and that the Czar has appointed General Komaroff commander-in-chief in Turkestan, and has issued orders to push 50,000 troops to the Afghan border. LOYALTY OF INDIA. A Slight Damper Thrown on Rose-Colored Official Dispatches. London, April 11.—The recent mail advices from India differ significantly from the official telegrams recently received concerning the loyalty to England of the native chiefs and people. The official dispatches, it is seen, have been unwarantably rose-colored. They have, without exception, declared that the Indian princes were impatient to display their loyalty to England by rushing to battle against the Russians. Mail advices materially modify the expressions engendered by the official telegrams, and indicate that there is a feeling existing pretty generally among the Indians which, under certain circumstances, might prove anything but advantageous to British prestige in India in the event of a stubborn and prolonged Anglo-Rus-sian conflict. The native Indian press is, to bo sure, nearly unanimous in favor of war, but the careful observer can discern in this newpaper advocacy of war, whenever it is unhampered, more of a national Indian feeling of resistance to Russian aggression than of sincere loyalty to purely British interests. The Lahore Tribune calls for a national Hindoo army, which will not be composed of mercenary Sepoys, but of volunteers recruited on a national basis. The BeLar Herald advocates a levy of all able-bodied men. The Kurrachoo Times urges that a council of war composed of native princes, be called to meet at Calcutta, to adopt a war policy. It also advises that this council offer 400,000 troops to the Indian government to resist Russia. The Madras Hindoo predicts that the struggle against Russia cannot be successful unless India be armed to assist England. Most of the other native organs discuss the situation in much the same terms. It will he observed that all these Indian papers clamor for a general Indian armament and for the formation of a native volunteer army. Other Indian papers, which may be more under official influence, urtro the formation of an Anglo-Indian force as preferable to a purely Indian corps, unless the latter be officered by Englishmen. It is plain, from all this, that while there exists among the people of India a strong national feeling in favor of war against any Russian in vasion of India, the Indians associate a claim of equal political rights with the national defense, do not look upon themselves as mere dependents upon Great'Britain for protection. It (s difficult to estimate, at present, just how prevalent and strong this feeling of national independence really is, but many shrewd foreigners in India suspect that it is sufficiently prevalent and strong to prove dangerous if too far ignored bv Great Britain. A Decoration for the Atneer. Rawul-Pindkk, April 12. —Before his de aarture to day the Ameer was invested with the grand cross of the Star of India. Addressing the officers present at the ceremony, he expressed a confident hope of the continuing of amicable relations between Afghanistan and India. The Ameer also .said that wftilo Afghanistan would welcome the British and Indian help, the Afghans ■ ouid be able to repel Russia. There was not a single hitch in the whole ■ourse of the negotiations between the Ameer nd the Viceroy of India. The Ameer has a firm relief in the natural defensive strength of Afghanistan to repel Ku&sia. He believes that the Komaroff incident will set the whole country •gainst the Russians. The peaceful aspect of affairs at Cabul is convincing proof of the stability of the Ameer’s rule. M. LESSAB’S VIEWS. Russia Does Not Want India, but Desires Control of the Penjdeh Country. UaMo Special. This evening I had a long talk with Mr. Les jar, the special Russian ugent here, who, in the •yes of the British public, is the very embodiment of the genius of Muscovite intrigue and deviltry. “Russia does not want India,” said he. “None but a few adventurous spirits ever think of such i thing; but, if we did, would wo not be fools to attack the Afghans needlessly and make them enemies, when we might make them friends? Our purpose is simply to get control over the Penjdeh country for our own protection, to prevent its being a rendezvous for Turkoman robbers. It is necessary for us to have this, of tourse, but we wnnt no more. Then, having some close to an organized power, we can rest in peace a great many years, we guaranteeing one side of the desert and England the other.” But when the talk drifted from this wellthreshed subject to possible war, Mr. Lesser said many interesting things. “if it is war,” he saul, “I can not discuss what would be done in the Baltic or the Black sea. That would be out of mv province: but I do know about central Asia. The Russians probably would not go beyond Herat, but would wait for the English to come to them, well knowing their army would be destroyed in Afghanistan, for the Afghans fight anybody who enters the country, no matter what professions the invaders make. The Afghans do not like the English. They do not like the Russians. They like only them selves. You see already the Ameer had advised against the entrance of British •joopa. lls knows well that he would be inocked off his throne headlong if ho became % party to such an invasion. If the English orne to Herat they must fight their way. The uglish know already what that means. Os ourse, tbs Ameer has been iu India to ask for •tor* money, but that money is a bribe for peace with India and not for war with us. He would like money from us, too, if it were not our rule never to pa> subsidies. The Khan of Khiva pays tribute to us instead of our paying him. Our ftue is the only sensible one, for, like black-mail, oner begin paying, there never comes an end to paying “As for the talk of a war party in Russia, Ihere is a far greater war party here, made up es Indian officers, who aiwaye want combat, ts we fight, it must be Russian money that will pay the expenses; but if they fight, it will he Indian money. That makes a great differtnce, Jthey are mistaken, too, about the

Indian troops. They can not stand for a minute against Russian soldiers, scarcely more than can the poor Afghans, who are extremely brave, but doomed before a regular force Only English soldiers are our equals, and very few of those would get through the bloody passes of Afghanistan to meet us. Yet this most changeable populace, which prides itself on sobriety, and is the most fickle and excitable in the world, has a fit now of believing that it could drive us to the Caspian without difficulty. My comfort is that in a few days they will have dropped this craze for some other, just as they forgot Khartoum in two weeks.” “You see,” he said, at parting, “in a fortnight you shall come and remark to me that this had been forgotten, too.” “Unless,” 1 said, “you get your passports meanwhile.” He smiled, saying: “There is no danger of that” TOPOGRAPHY OF AFGHANISTAN. Some of the Difficulties To Be Encountered In Moving Armies. The race for Herat seems to have beeun at last, and the Russians have scored the first advantage. While Sir Peter Lumsden and his staff have been encamping at Bala Murghab, for-ty-four miles from Penjdeh, and quite off the main route to Herat, the Russians have struck the first blow at Penjdeh itself, and are now established in force upon the direct road thenco t* the Itobat Pass and tho plateau of Herat, with fresh troops pressing on to help them from three different points. True, the English aro also mustering in formidable strength, but they have a greater distance to traverse and greater obstacles to overcome. Should the Russians advance upon Herat in earnest all will depend, for the present at least, upon the resistance which tho local Afghan troops may be able to make to the invaders. The Itobat Pass, indeed, steep, narrow 7 and walled in by unscalable precipices, might be held by a handful of men against an army, and lying as it does, within forty or forty five miles cf Herat itself, would be easily strengthened with fresh troops from the latter place. But Russia’s possession of Pul-i-Khatun (Ladies’ Bridge) and the ZuJfikar Pass give her the power of dispatching a fly.ng column up the valley of the Heri-Rood, seizing or masking the frontier post of Kulisan, forty-one miles west of Herat, and thus turning the line of the Paropamisus hills and taking the defenders of the Ii obat Pass in the rear. In such a case a simultaneous advance along the Heri-Rood from the west and up the Kushk from the north, supplemented by a few' timely bribes to the chiefs of the Jamshidi Turkomans, (who hold the line of the latter river as far as Parwannah, eleven miles from Herat itself,) would probably bring the Russian armies without any serious loss to the very gates of the coveted city. The country around Herat is a succession of bold, rocky, mountain ridges, attaining their highest elevation in the snowy peak of Mount Kitu, which looks down upon the Robat Pass from the east, and shelters between two of its spurs the half-ruined fort of Kuslik, G,OOO feet above the sea. In such a region the soldiers of Russia's “Army of the Caucasus,’ accustomed to ford hill torrents, scale precipices, wade through knee deep snow or mud, and creep along between a perpendicular cliff above and a roaring river far below, following a broken and slippery path barely w'ide enough for one roan at a time, would feel themselves quite at home. In point of local transport, too, always an important matter in Eastern warfare. Russia’s recent purchases of camels in Bokhara would smooth her way across the Turkoman steppes, while for crossing the rocky ridges of the Safeid Koh (White mountains), where the soft-footed camel would be no longer available, she could easily provide herself with abundance of hardy mountain horses from her new vassals in Khorassan. As regards forage, it might always bo had in plenty so long as the advance followed the course of the rivers, which it would do for at least nine-tenths of its entire length. According to the latest reports, 55,000 Russian troops of ail arms are already iu motion along the Perso-Afghan border in two great divisions, while several smaller bodies have actually come within “five marches” (about seventy-five miles) of the Russian outposts on the Heri-Rood and tho Murguab. Two difficulties attend this advance, the one being the possession of only a single direct line of supply, viz.: The railway from the Caspian across the desert to Kizil-Ar-vat and Askabad, ono section of which, between Mulla-Kari and Bami, is limited in its power of transport to thirty-two tons for each trip. The other (less formidable to hardy soldiers like tho Russians but by no means to be despised even by them) is the terrific heat of the now opening summer, which may bo imagined by those who, crossing the Afghan mountains even in the cooler months of December and January, have found the stones around them too hot to be touched with an ungloved hand. But the obstacles which impede the progress of the Russian army are ten-fold more embarrasing to that of the British. It is officially stated that in addition to the 30,000 men now mustered at Itawal-Pindee— a Sikh town and fortress in tho north of the Punjab on the LahorePeshawur railway—3s,ooo of all arms have been concentrated around Quetta, at the. northern entrance of the Bolan Pass, while 27,000 more aro planted in successive detachments along the route, thence toward Candaliar as far as the outpost of C’hamar or the Kojak Pass, the western gateway of the famous Pishin valley. This forms a total of 92,000 men, against the 95,000 with which rumor credits Russia, apart altogether from the practically inexhaustible forces placed at England’s disposal by such, recruiting grounds as Nepaul and the Punjab. The Nepaulese Goorkhas in particular have no match in Asia for headlong valor and tiger-liku ferocity, and have been exercised from their childhood in every form of mountain warfare. But it is one thing to possess these resources and another thing to be able to bring them to bear upon the right spot at the right moment. To a certain point England has undoubtedly the advantage of her less civilized neighbor. She is enabled, by hor splendid Indian railway system, to concentrate a large force upon her western frontier within a marvelously short time. She has now a railroad across Beloochistan and the Afghan border, which, avoiding the terrible Bolan Pass by a long circuit among tho frontier mountains, comes down upon Quetta from the north. But here England’s good fortune ends. The peculiar conditions of English transport, which require almost as many camels as meu in every well-equipped army, are formidably at variance with the desolation caused by the dreadful campaign of 1880, during which 70,000 camels perished in rather less than four months. None but young camels are now to be seen in or near the Bolan Pass, which is literally white with the skeletons of those that perished in the famous advance on Candahar. Moreover, the prices of all local products—as any ono who has traveled in Afghanistan knows to his cost —have risen formidably since the war. A fat sheep, which could formerly be bought for 8 annas, (25 cents,) now costs 5 rupees, ($2 50.) A horse that would have fetched 30 rupees (sls) at the outside previous to 1880 is not to be had at present under 200 rupees, and all other necessaries are in proportion. Under such circumstances it will be no easy matter to carry 50,000 or 60.000 men, with stores and artillery to match, across the 150 miles of rocky hills and parched uplands that lie between Quetta and Candahar, or to traverse in the height of an Asiatic summer the hot, dusty plain beyond Candahar to tho northwest, and the three rugged mountain ridges that lie between it and Herat. Adding to the 150 miles between Quetta and Candahar the 280 which, even by the nearest route, separate Candahar from Herat, we have a total of 430 miles, which, taking the average rate of marching over similar ground in tne Soudan, would occupy between four and five weeks. Moreover, even could the British troops reach Herat first, they would find it anything but a land of promise, unless they came thither well supplied, for a city with 50,000 mouths of its own to feed, perched on a bleak mountain ridge 2,050 feet in height, could certainly do little to satisfy the appetite of 00,000 unexpected guests. Herat was the city of the great Timur, the Tartar. Timur is often called Tamerlane in the hooka He was born 150 years before the discovery of America, and ho made war against the people of Herat, who had murdered his envoys, and this Tartar deliberately walled 2.000 of them up in a structure to die. £amareaud, which lies across the mountains to the north of Afghanistan, was the favorite seat of Timur. lie invaded Ispahan, the capital of Persia, and nearly exterminated its people, beat the Arabs on every field, and. entering Hindostan, he captured and murdered- a hundred thousand priso* :ts and

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took Delhi about 100 years before America was He captured Syria, seized the whole of Turkey in Asia, and made ready to invade China, but in the year 1405 he -was seized with ague fever and died. Samareand is now a place of about 20,000 people, and is much in ruins and partly deserted. It was the most formidable of all the Tartar capitals, and contains many mosques, with glittering domes and pinnacles, and has the grave of Timur in it FOREIGN MISCELLANY. San Salvador and Honduras Join Forces Against Guatemala. La Libertad, April 12.—A treaty of peace has been signed between the governments of San Salvador and Honduras, and the latter republic has joined the alliance against Guatemala. The armie? of Salvador and her allies are advancing on the city of Guatemala from various points, and are everywhere welcomed by the populace. Many of the disbanded Guatemalan troops are joining the allied forces. A dispatch from the Costa Rican minister says that the Central American troubles are settled. Tho dispatch gives no details, but it is assumed that the fact that Honduras has entered the already strong alliance of the states of Costa Rica, Nicaragua and Salvador, and the determined attitude of the Mexican government against the Barrios project of compelling a union of the Central American states have convinced the Guatemalan government that it is the better policy for them to take no further steps towards forcing the states into a union. An Alibi ifor Barton. Queenstown, April 12. —Mr. Stephen Meany, associate counsel for Cunningham and Burton, who are charged with causing the explosion at the Tower, arrived here, to-day, on his return from New York. He says that his journey to the United States to secure evidence to exculpate his clients was crowned with the greatest success. Ho says he has procured conclusive evidence to prove an alibi for Burton, and he expresses ths opinion that the government has no direct evidence against Cunningham, except that he was in the Tower at the time of the explosion. A Highly-Gratified Prince. * Dublin, April 12. —The Prince of Wales was heard to remark to a guest at tho state ball at Dublin Castle, on Friday night last, that he has never been so highly gratified at any public receptions as those tendered him in Ireland, since tho first entrance of the Princess Alexandria when she came to London as his bride. At a mass meeting hero to day resolutions were adopted declaring that the addresses presented to the Prince and Princess of Wales do not express the feelings of the people. Very little enthusiasm was manifested at the meeting. Suspension of Hostilities Ordered. PYris, April 12.—Orders to cease hostilities were sent to Admiral Courbet and General De l’Lisle on the 10th inst. French troops, however, aro still embarking for Tonquin. A dispatch from Hai-Phong says that General Le 1’ isle, in an order of the day to the French troops, attributes the defeat to the transfer of the command, in consequence of General Negriere’s wound, to hands unprepared to undertake tho charge, and expresses surprise that the enemy did not venture to pursue the French. Wolseley Will Capture Khartoum. Cairo, April 12. —General Wolseley says he has no idea of abandoning his intention to recapture Khartoum in the autumn. THE PIIiE RECORD. A Cleveland Apartment-House Damaged— Narrow Escape of an Inmate. Cleveland, April 12.—At 7:30 o’clock this morning fire was discovered in a room on tho seventh floor of the Stillman Hotel, an apart-ment-house, on Euclid avenue, and iu a very short time the whop upper story of thejbuiJding was in flames. The chamber-maid wno made the discovery ran screaming down the corridors toward the office, and the guests, only a few of whom had arisen, r.\n from their rooms in the utmost confusion. The clerk, hearing the noise of the commotion, hastened upstairs. When he learned the cause of the tumult, he quietly informed the frightened people that there was no danger, the building being regarded as absolutely fireproof. His reassuring tone allayed their fears, and the guests returned to their rooms. Meanwhile, however, the flames, which originated in a room where tho scrubbing utensils were kept, were spreading fast, and tho servants, whose quarters were on the upper floor, barely had time to escape with their lives, many losing all their clothing. Eight steamers were called, and it was not until five hours’ hard work that the fire was got under control. The roof was entirely destroyed, the heavy timbers falling and crashing through the floors in many places. In this way the fire worked down to the sixth floor and thence to the fifth, by means of the ash sluices, but it was not allowed to spread. A heavy beam fell in front of the door of Harry Stevens's room, on the sixth floor, and shut him in. He was rescued from a window on an extension ladder. Beyond a few cuts from breaking window glass, no one was hurt. Tho Stillman is the finest building in Cleveland. It was erected 'only a year ago, at a cost of about $500,000. It is owned by Col. W. H. Harris and Dan P. Eells. With the exception of the roof, it was fire-proof. The loss on the building is about $50,000, on which there is no insurance. The guests and families lose about $15,000 by water. The loss of the servants will aggregate $3,000. It is supposed that the fire was caused by a curtain blowing into a gas jet Twenty-Eight Buildings Burned. Kansas City, Mo., April 12.—A disastrous fire occurred this afternoon at Lee’s Summit, a small town on the Missouri Pacific railroad, twenty-five miles east of this city. Twentyeight buildings were burned, comprising most all the business portion of the place. The loss will probably reach $100,000; insurance about $40,000. The fire started in a photograph gallery, from some unknown cause. A hose reel sent from this city by special train arrived in time to do good service. The postoffice and Journal office were burned. Among the notable losses are Gottrel’s dry goods store, $15,000; Oker & Martin, lumber, $9,000; Lewis's grocery store, SIO,OOO. Carriage Factory Damaged by Fire. Cincinnati, 0.. April 12.—Early this morning, Wagner & Bentley’s carriage factory was damaged $20,000 by fire. The loss is covered by insurance. Warehouse Destroyed. Norfolk, Va., April 12.—Mapp & Co.’s store and warehouse was destroyed by fire this morning. The stock was valued at $30,000; insured for $20,000. _ Knitting Mills Burned. Bethlehem, Pa., April 12.—The Excelsior knitting mills, owned by J. S. Shimer, were destroyed by fire last night. Loss, $25,000; partly insured. Mr. Frelinghuysen at the Point of Death. Newark, N. J., April 12. —Ex-Secretary Frelinghuysen has been in a stupor nearly all day. At 3 o’clock this afternoon be was raised in bed and took a little nourishment Since then he has been in a continuous state of stupor, and it has been impossible to rouse him. At 10:30 tonight on© of his attending physicians said Mr. Frelinghuysen was gradually sinking, and would likely die to-night He may, however, last fortyeight hours. —— • i Strike Ended. Chicago, April 11.—The strike of the employes of the McCormick reaper works ended today. the management offering to restore wages. In all likelihood the 1,600 persons employed will return to work on next Monday. The*trial of the Pinkerton police for shooting one of the strikers has been postponed.

INDIANA AND ILLINOIS NEWS The Daily Chronicle of Happenings of All Kinds in the Two States. "The Constable and the Man with a Pitchfork —Embarrassing Discovery at Lafayette —Gleanings from Exchanges. INDIANA. A Constable Attempts an Arrest, and Is Prodded with a Pitchfork. Special to the Indianapolta Journal. Monticello, April 12. —William Berneathy, a constable of Jackson township, went to the residence of John Kepher, yesterday, to arrest him for drunkenness, when Kepher plunged a pitchfork into his side, wounding him seriously. The constable fled, leaving the old man in possession of the house. Word came hero for the sheriff to come and arrest the offender, as he declares ho will not be arrested by any other. Death of Rev. Kbenezer Tucker. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. ( Union City, April 12.—Rev. Ebenezer Tucker died yesterday. Prof. Tucker was born in Cherry Valley, N. Y., in the year 1619, attended Auburn and Oberlin theological seminaries, and graduated from the latter in 1844. Was married in September, 1844, to Lois Patchin, who survives him. Soon after his marriage he became pastor of a Congregational church at Frederickstown, 0., which position he held until 1846, when he became principal of the Union Literary Institute, a school established in Randolph county, by certain public-spirited citizens, for the purpose of placing within the reach of all, and especially of the colored poople, a higher education, in this institute ho labored faithfuily until 1854, when he removed to Illinois. Returning to this State in 1859 he located at Liber, and served as principal of Liber College until 1868. After serving as superintendent of the Union City schools he went South in 187 C, and during his residence there was a professor -in Straight University, New Orleans, and in Tougaioo University, Mississippi, and was a missionary at Raymond, Miss. Again returning to Randolph county, he became for the second time principal of Union Literary Institute, holding that position from 1873 to 1879, after which he removed to Union City, where in 1882 he was elected justice of the peace, which office he held at the time of his death. Professor Tucker began teaching at the age of sixteen years, and he himself wrote that the total number of months during which he taught would make, in the aggregate, forty-two years of eight months each. He was a strong advocate of the abolition of slavery in tho years when the old “burnt district” was famous for anti-slavery work, and, having been a ready and forcible writer, much of his time and talent was devoted to the temperance work. Although a stanch prohibitionist, he strongly opposed the third party movement in 1884, and was deeply pained to see some with whom he had stood shoulder to shoulder for a third of a century seeking t* divide rather than to unite the opponents of the li(fuor traffic. Embarrassing Discovery at Lafayette. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Lafayette, April 12. —A discovery has just been made by which it is claimed that a portion of the city lying between Main and South, and east of Fourteenth street was omitted from the original description of tho town, and the inhabitants of that district have, therefore, no right to vote. The district is Democratic, and, if the error is proved, it will make the Fifth ward, which is now doubtful, strongly Republican. The same error was discovered in just before the Republicans went out .of power, but the Democrats, it is claimed, took no notice of it when they came in. Now that the Republicans are again in power, the subject is agitated, and attracts much attention. City Treasurer William Schilling, who is now serving his second term, lives in the district, and it is stated that his official acts are illegal. A special meeting of the Council will probably correct the error in a day or two, but cannot legalize Schilling’s official acts. Barn Burned. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Greenville, April 12. —A barn situated on the property formerly owned by Henry V. Lucas, in this city, was wholly destroyed by fire early yesterday morning. Insured in the Rockford for S7OO. Minor Notes. The body of an unknown man, badly decomposed, has been found in the river at Andrews. Bachman Post, G. A. R., of Madison, has forwarded resolutions of sympathy to General U. S. Grant. Captain A. W. Henry, a well-known river man, has been appointed deputy clerk of Jefferson county. Mrs. Will Moore, a widow, aged about fifty years, committed suieide at Winchester by hanging herself to a bed-post in her room. Reuben Richardson, eighty years old, stopped at Jeffersonville, yesterday/on his way to Dardanelle, Ark. He had walked the entire distance from the State o£ New Hampshire. John Melger, a sneak thief, while plundering the house of Col. John Gatliright, at Jeffersonville, was locked up in a room by Mrs. Gathright, who sent for a policeman, and had him taken into custody. The brass foundry of the Ohio & Mississippi phops, at Vincennes, was destroyed by fire on Friday night. The loss was in patterns and tools, and is serious, a3 many of the patterns cannot be replaced. Great interest was taken in Arbor Day at Martinsville. A. H. Hadley, secretary of the school board, read an interesting paper on “Forests of the United States.” One hundred and fifty-two trees were planted by the school children. Isaac McGrew has died, at his home, near Youngstown, Vigo county, aged sixty-five years. He was a large farmer and stock-raiser. He was a Baptist, and much interested in the college at Franklin, this State, having contributed largely to its endowment. The suit of E. L. Brown, of Alamo, in the Vigo Circuit Court, against the Western Union Telegraph' Company, for SI,OOO, was not decided, the jury failing to agree. The daughter of Mr. Browne died in Terre Haute, and the remains were to be taken to Alamo for interment. A telegraphic dispatch was sent from Terre Haute, giving instructions to have a hearse, etc., in waiting at Crawfordsville, but when the friends arrived at Crawfordsville the hearse was not there. The dispatch wa3 not received in time to order it, creating a distressing break in the funeral arrangements. Hence the suit. ILLINOIS. A Vain Search Tor Life in the Body of a Man Who Died of Paralysis. facial to the Indianapolia Journal. Danville, April 12. —Fred Brandenberger died last Wednesday evening of paralysis. The burial was arranged for Friday afternoon, but suspicion was developed that life remained in the body and the corpse was placed in a private vault, where it remained until this morning when it was removed, and electrical tests made, but without discovering any indications of life. There were signs of decomposition this morning, but none had appeared previously. The body will bo interred to-morrow morning. The case has created great excitement in German circles, and the city generally. The deceased among the German element Brief Mention. Thrae years ago John li. Skelton, near Lincoln, planted ia a little pond some thirty German carp, furnished him by the United States Irish Commission. Early this spring ho vent to

the lake to look after thine*, and to his surprise he found lying dead around the sides of the bank f2s—some of them weighing ten or twelve pounds James Tyndall shot an eagle, near Jacksonville, measuring seven feet from tip to tip. Ho was near enough to the bird to kill it with a revolver. Prof. Paul H. Manff, a teacher of German at Mendota, committed suicide by shooting himself through the heart Unrequited love is supposed to be the inciting cause. At Belleville, Noah Merriman, a negro, shot and killed his vrife. Three days before she had left her husband, and the tragedy was the outcome of an effort on his part to get her to come back to him. When he drew his revolver the woman ran out on the sidewalk in front of the house, where she stumbled and fell upon her face. Her husband ran up and fired two shots at her as she lay prostrate, one ol which entered her body to the right of the spinal column, causing her death within a few moments. On Friday Miss Carrie Brown, of Rockford, committed suicide by drowning. She left a note addressed to the “Dear ones athome," and states that in consequence of a fall she had in Pniladelphia her mind has become affected and she believes she will go mad. and that it is God’s will that she should put an end to herself. Another letter was left for her affianced husband, Fred W. Lee, of Des Moines, la. The family is one of the best and wealthiest in Rockford The deceased was twenty-five years old, and was a very beautiful girl. Three years ago. in a fit of somnambulism, she walked out of a two-story window of a Philadelphia boarding-school, injuring her limbs badly. She never gave indications of any mental trouble. THE CANADIAN REVOLT. Rumor of a Fight with Riel’s Forces, in Which Eighty Men Were Killed. Winnipeg, April 12.—While no reliable information can be had to-night from the west, rumor has it that the Ninetieth Battalion had a skirmish with Riel's party, within thirty miles of Humboldt, and eighty men were killed. Dispatches j ust received, however, do not confirm this statement. More troops will go west to-morrow. The following dispatch has just been received from Battleford: ’‘A courier scout just in from Prince Albert reports seeing 300 Indians, many mounted, at Point of Woods on the Swift Current trail, twenty miles below here. He found a large deposit of supplies on the Indian reserve. Everything is unchanged here, awaiting troops. ” The Battleford garrison can hold out till the arrival of troops,should the Fort Pitt Indians not reach there. The Indian programme is to take Fort Pitt, and concentrate their forces for an attack on Battleford. Murdered for Money. Independence, Kan., April 12. Hiram Foulks, an elderly and eccentric bachelor of some property, who lived alone on a farm near this place, was murdered, Friday night, by some unknown person, who then stole a horse and escaped. The crime was not discovered until today, when Foulks’s body was found in a well and the premises untenanted except by an old watch dog, which had been shot in the leg. Foulkss assailant had shot him in the head, thrown his body into the well and then ransacked the house. A bag was found concealed on Foulks's person containing $1,700. Roller Rinks and Temptation. New York, April 12.—Rev. Edward D. Kelsey, of the Seventh Presbyterian Church, runs a roller-skating rink next door to his church. A boy in his employ yesterday charged Margaret Welsh, an eighteen year-old miss, with having concealed a pair of skates under her skirts. The young woman was searched, and although no skates were found she was locked up all night. Police Justice Gorman this morning discharged the girl and said to the clergyman: “As 1 understand the prayer, it is lead us not into temptation; Ido not think roller-skating rinks carry out the sentiment of that prayer.” Postal Clerk Arrested. St. Louis, April 12.—F. M. Blackwell, a postal clerk on the Wabash railroad, between here and Kansas City, was arrested at the Union Depot to-day for robbiug tho mails, Blackwell’s operations have extended over a period of two years, and he has not only stolen letters, but all kinds of merchandise passing through the mails. A considerable amount of stolen goods was found in his room here. He made a full confession and was locked up. Death of Mrs. Emily Williston. Springfield, Mass., April 12. —Mrs. Emily Graves Williston, widow of Samuel Williston, died at the family homestead to-day. She was born in Williamsburg, Mass., June 5, 1707. Mrs. Williston’s enterprise in experimenting with the making of buttons to devise means of helping to pay the family expenses laid the foundation of her husband's fortune, and in this way she was the originator of Williston Seminary. Railroads Must Protect Their Passengers. Chattanooga, Tenn., April 11. —In the United States District Court, to-day, Judge D. M. Key presiding, a negro who was ejected from a first-class car on the Western & Atlantic railroad by two passengers, he having ignored the request of the conductor to go into another car, recovered judgment against the road for $217. Fatally Shot by a Brother-In-Law. Newport, R. 1., April 11.—Jas. B. Hogan, of the firm of Hogan & Scott, sail-makers, tonight, on the street, shot his sister-in-law, Mrs. Catherine Hogan, twice, inflicting fatal injuries. He has been leading a dissolute life, and has not oeen on good terms with all the members of the family. Blind Tom Insane. 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