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wisdom and Tammany folly, just at the present juncture, may quickly reverse the fortunes of the two factions. An eloquent incident of the general hurlyburly was a visit to John Kelly by a self-ap -jointed delegation of Tammany members, who •conveyed to him seriously a proposition to place Peter B. Sweeny, the Tweed ring thief, as boss of the organization. Sweeny had just returned from his long exils in Paris, and recollections of his brainineas as Tweed’s managing political partner recommended him to their judgment. They argued that his record was of no account, so long as he had never been convicted, and his prolonged absence, they thought, was valuable in having kept him free from local issues. Mr. Aelly laughed at the idea, and then got angry, according to the best report that can be got of the interview. On Sweeny being asked about it he said: “America is the land of jokes. I’ve heard nothing abroad half so funny.” Nevertheless, the project was perfectly grave to its contrivers. _ ROSIN A VOICE*. A Quarrel with Her Manager Over the Question of Short Clothes. SyeciaV to the Indianapolis Journal. Nkw Yokk, Jan. 2. —A curious controversy is the result of the venture by the Rosina Yokes Comedy Company in America. John Stetson, the manager under whom they are playing, has taken especial pains to announce that they have not done well financially, and that they will go back to England at once on the completion of their term in this city. On their side it is declared that his hostility is due to an fa er over a business complication, and that he aims to ruin their project of a Western trip on their own account Rosina Yokes was the youngest and merriest of the Yokes Family, who played a great deal through the United States ten to fifteen years ago. She married Cecil Clay, a Londoner of some wealth and social position, and retired from the stage. Lately she joined in the London society rage for amateur histrionics, and was the ieaderin a company that developed rather unusual talent for novices. They got the notion of an American tour as avowedly swell amatenrs, and to that end made a contract with Stetson; but at the last moment he made up his mind that Anglomania was not extensive enough here to provide admiring audienees, and that ridicule was to be feared from the rest of the people. He insisted that Che f company should not be advertised as amateurs, although they were really unprofessional, except as to Rosina and one low comedian. They were to have appeared at the Fifth-avenue Theater, but the prolonged run of “The Mikado’’ there led Stetson to put them into the Standard. This change insured poor audiences, regardless of the merit of the entertainment, and the receipts fell below his guaranty, while they were equally disgruntled in playing to empty chairs. Things were in this unsatisfactory state when Stetson asked Rosina to wear tights in “A Christmas Pantomime Rehearsal,’’ which is a short burlesque in the current bill. He urged that a skirtless role was essential in a burlesque, and saeeess could not be obtained without it. She replied that it had been positively agreed by the London society amateurs that no impropriety of conduct or costume should be committed during their tour. She had taken great pains to plan and practice a frisky dance in a long-trained dress, and the intricacies of its management, site was sure, made a novelty that fully compensated for any disappointment in nudity. She would not alter her costume. The upshot, as stated on her side of the controversy, is that her American prospects are blighted willfully.

A MINISTERIAL SPAT. An Unpleasant Scene Between Rev. J. D. Fulton and Rev. G. F. Pentecost. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. New York. Jan. 2.—The Rev. Justin D. Fulton is once more in a row. He has of late years been the most sensational of Brooklyn's preachers. Although the newspapers have not reported his sermons, they have been listened to by big congregations, and for a time he has drawn people enough to fill a rink building. His new trouble has antagonized many of his pulpit brethren in the City of Churches. It came of his exploit in a conference meeting of pastors of different denominations about forthcoming revival services by Evangelist Moody. The Rev. Dr. George F. Pentecost was making an address as to the desirability of united effort in support of Moody’s revivalism, and his argument for harmonious, undenominational work was somewhat prolonged. Fulton arose and interrupted him with: “How long aro we to be detained to hear what we all know beforehand? My time is valuable, if yours isn’t, and what’s the use of so much gab, gab, gab. I call Brother Pentecost to order. There was some commotion of astonishment, for Pentecost is a greatly respected divine; and then the chairman, the Rev. Dr. Chamberlain, requested the speaker to go on. “If I am out of order I will willingly take my seat,” said Pentecost. “You are certainly in order—exceptionally so,” Baid the chairman, with a significant gesture at Fnlton, who was still standing. Facing Fulton in a calm, dignified manner, Pentecost said: “Before going on, I movo that Dr. Fulton be excused from attendance at this meeting.” Cries of “Second the motion,” “Good” and “Atnen” arose on all sides. Before a voto could be taken Fulton walked out of the room. Fulton’s attack on Pentecost is construed as a fresh outbreak of the old rancor. Pentecost is a strong revivalist. He came to Brooklyn from Boston, as did Fulton, and long ago they were rivals in evangelism. Pentecost is popular in Brooklyn, where he has periodical revivals in his own church, and, besides, holds big meetings on Sunday afternoons in the Academy of Music. In come petition with these services are Fulton's rink assemblages. Fulton once proposed an exchange of p.atforms for one Sunday, and Pentecost declined in a manner that gave offense. Since then ill-feeling has been apparent.

NEW YORK NOTES. The Third-Avenue Theater Abandoned by Manager J. M. Hill. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. New York, Jan. 2. —The Third-avenue Theater is to-night once more abandoned by a losing manager. J. M. Hill is the present deserter. He is said to have sunk $24,000 since Mb lease began, at the commencement of the present season. The house is big and handsome, and is situated in a region which, its builders thought, would yield fall audiences at cheap prices. McKee Rankin was the first manager, and he weut out a bankrupt in four months. One of the incidents of his term was the playing of nine” to a matinee audience that actually numbered fewer persons than were encaged in tbe east The representation was gone through with in grim gravity and perfect conscientiousness. The next tenant was Miss Kate Claxton, who lost a good portion of her considerable wealth. Next, Tony Pastor and Mike Leavitt tried a variety show there, and the experiment cost them thousands of dollars, which both were abundantly able to stand. Last fall, when Mr. Hill came to town to take possession of the Union-square Theater, ho hired the Third-avenue as a side venture, believing that a more persistent maintenance of first-rate performances would eventually establish a popularity. But he is convinced of his error, and has ceased with the first week profitable engagement of the season—that of Blogger Sullivan with a minstrel company. The house will now become a dime museum. A Case that Coukllng Declined. Special to the ludiatiapnlis Journal. New York, Jan. 2. —Ex-Senator Roscoo Conkling said, in answer to a casual query as to his pressure of law practice: “Oh, yes, I'm busy enough. Indeed, 1 have just declined a cause that, really, I’d like to take up. There would be a certain amount of diversion in it. Perhaps I was afraid that some of tbe fun might come upon me. All of us are cowards at times, you know. But this matter was peculiarly interesting. The man who offered to become my client first showed one of his ears in evidence. It had a clip in it, like that made in cattle’s ears, sometimes, for marking, and there was a scar showing that the cut had extended altogether about an inch. Ho came from a New Jersey town. His name? No; it would be unprofes •tonal to giro it, though it will pretty soon come

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oat in the progress of the cast, I suppose. He explained that he went into a barber shop to have his hair out Tho barber had a touch of delirium tremens, probably, or else was crazy or had a mania, for he suddenly remarked that his customer's ears had grown much too long—that they must be trimmed—and he made a slash at one with his sharp scissors, nearly severing a strip. The victim proposes to sue for $lO,€BO damages. He ought to get it. But I recommended him to other counsel.” DAILY WEATHER BULLETIN. - Indication a War Department, ) Office or thk Chief Signal, Officer > Washington, Jjin. 3, la. m. > Special Indications for Twenty four Hours from 7 a. m., for Indianapolis and Vicinity— Cloudy weather, with rain; slightly warmer this afternoon, followed by colder weather during Monday, and clearing. For the Ohio Valley and Tennessee—Local rains, generally followed by colder, clearing weather, winds becoming variable, and finally shifting to northwesterly. For the Lower Lake Region—Cloud weather, with rains, southeast winds, becoming variable, falling barometer, slightly warmer to-day, followed during Monday by colder weather. For the Upper Lake Region—Cloudy weather, with rains and snows, variable winds, generally northerly; colder in all portions of the district, except in the vicinity of Lake Superior, where the temperature will rise slightly. For the Upper Mississippi Valley—Local rains and snow, generally followed by clearing weather, colder, except in the northern portion, nearly stationary temperature, variable winds, generally northerly. For the Missouri Valley—Fair weather, in the northern portion, clearing weather in the southern portion, northerly winds, becoming variable, slowly rising temperature, except in the extreme southern portion, slightly colder. Local OMervutoat. Indianapolis, Jan. 2. Time. | Bar. J Ther. Hum. fWind. Weather Rain. 6a. m..|30.11 ! 42.8 00 S’east Threat’s €.03 lOa. M.. 30.06 44.0 97 S’east Lt. rain 2p.M-.i29.91j 4f>;o 91 B’eastlHy.rain. 0.47 6P. M..;29.8Uj 45.0 97 S’eastjLt. rain. 10 p. M.. 129.88! 48.0 96 SouthfThret’ng 0.15 Maximum temperature.* 49.2; minimum temperature, 42.0. Geueral Observations. War Department, ) Washington, Jan. 2, 9 p. m. > Observations taken at the same moment of time at all stations.

I ? f | „£ f i 2 2 P g 2 3 p. a § Ii g h ® STATIONS. - £ s : ag. T •s• : • t 1 • • * l• ; j New York City...... 20.41| 37 N east ! Clear. Washington City... 36 36; 38;East Hazy. Vicksburg, Miss.... 29.' 7 6; 58 East .68 Lt. rain. New Orleans. La... 29.76: 70,South Cloudy Shreveport, La 29.78 BljNwest .05; Pair. Fort Smith, Ark... 29.81- 43 Nwost .33 [Cloudy. Little Rock. Ark... 29.70; 56 Southi .75!Cloudy Galveston, Tex 29.73' 64jSwestj IFoggy. Memphis, Term.... 29.75 j 57iB'eaet; .37jCloudy. Nashville, Term 29.89; 57,8'easti .02 Lt. rain. Louisville, Ky 29.89; 53 j S'east' .06,Clear. Indianapolis. Ind— 29.87 47[Southi .15 Lt. rain. Cincinnati, 0 29.92- 48!S’east : jClear. Pittsburg. Pa 30.09: 50 S east Clear. Oswego, N.[30.24 35 S'east ....JClear. Toledo 0 129.96, 36. East 31 Lt. rain. Esconaba, Mich.... 30.04. 33 North .11 Lt. rain. Marquette, Mich... ;30.09 29, N west .07 Lt enow. Chicago, ill [29.83’ 44jEast i .13 Cloudy. Milwaukee, Wis.... 129.89; 41East j .01 Lt. rain. Duluth, Minn [30.20 ll Nwest; Cloudy. St. Paul, Minn [30.13 20|Nwest Cloudy. LaCrosse, Wis [29.93 28 North .50 Lt snow. Davenport, la [29.81 45 East (Lt. rain. Des Moines, la 29.89 26 N’east .31 Lt snow. Keokuk. Ia |29.77 46:East [ .01 Foggy. Cairo. 11l 29.80 54 S'east j .02 Cloudy. Springfield, 111 '29.77 52,S'east; .05 Foggy. St. Louis. Mo 29.80 57lS'eastj .01 Cloudy. Lam&r.Mo 29.72 48[Swest! .68 Fair. Leavenworth, Kan. 29.78 29 North: ,18Lt. rain. Omaha, Neb '30.00 20!Northj .02 Lt enow. Yankton, Dak [30.20 22 North! Cloudy. Moorehead. Mirni... 130.28 2’North .....[Clem’. Bismarck, Dak i3O 31 9'Oalm IClear. Fort Buford, Dak.. 30.25 16 South [Clear. Ft. Assiniboine.M.T 30.19 26; West Clear. Fort Coster, Mont.. i30.33 20 S west ! Clear. Deadwood, Dak 30.37 14 Calm ! Clear. North Platte, Neb.. 30.22 22 Xwest .01 Cloudy. Denver, Col 30.28 6 South Clear. W. Las Animas, Col Dodge City, Kan ...... ...... Fort Elliott, Tex Fort Sill. Ind. Ter Fort Davis. Tex 30.07 22 North Clear. El Paso. Tex 30.16 30'N’east ...... Clear. Salt latte City. U.T30.48 10, West ..... Clear. Serious Disorders at Matamoras. St. Lons, Jan. 2. —The Matamoras. Mexico, correspondent of the Globe-Democrat telegraphs as follows, under to-day's date: “Yesterday was the date fixed by law for the installation of the new board of city officers. The Torres element, who, it is alleged were secretly supported by the military, were evidently bent on creating a riot and thus causing martial law to bo declared in the city, and perhaps pave tho way for the downfall of the State government under General Cuellar, who is favorable to ex-President Gonzales. At an early hour Torres and his supporters took possession of the city hall. Mayor Keinajoso, although not approached, took his hat and went home, when the police were shut up in their quarters, with strict orders, under no circumstances, to fire. Villareal, commanding the artillery, had a cavalry regiment under arms at the barracks, around the corner, and 100 infantry at the jail. Torres and his mob had everything their own way, while Yturria, the candidate who received the most votes, and who had been declared elected by the State Congress, did not dare to appear and take charge. At 2 o’clock in the afternoon two drunken men drew knives on each other, in front of the police headquarters, and the chief of police, Amadeo Trevino, went out to separate them, when he was greeted with a storm of bullets from the mob, falling, shot twice through the right thigh. The firing was promiscuous, six or seven of the Torres party being shot, one seriously through the lungs. The military then took charge, and heavy cavalry patrols were sent out to prevent disorders. The city is without any legal government at present.”

Inharmonious Methodist Brethren. Phila.rei.phia, Jan. ° —The following letter has been issued by Thomas W. Price, in answer to an open letter of Rev. Dr. A. J. Kynett: “Rev. A. J. Kynett. D. D , Secretary of the Board of Church Extension of the M. E. Church: “Reverend Sir-—I have received from you a printed copy of your abusive speech before the goneral committee of the church, in reply to my address to your board. You have had more than six weeks in which to allow the violence of your race to cool, in which time your personal attention has been called to the fact that the official records of your board prove the falsity of your statements. Notwithstanding that, you have prostituted a journal of tbe church to repeat your falsehoods. I cannot hold a personal controversy with a man who proves himself as cowardly as he is false, but will take the liberty of calling your attention to the warning to be found in the latter part of the eighth verse of the twenty-first chapter of the book of Revelations, and observe that there is no exception to the clergy. I am, sir, in all good work, “Your obedient servant, “Thomas W. Price.” Fatally Stabbed at the Dinner-Table. Special to the Indiauapolte Journal. Marshall, 111., Jan. 2. —Yesterday Sam Jones, a well-known lumberman, gave a New Year’s dinner to his workmen. During its progress Curt Lane, one of them, became noisy and quarrelsome. He had been drinking heavily. Mr. Jonos endeavored to quiet him, whereupon Lane attacked him. Jones, being hard pressed by the furious and whisky-crafted man, picked up a large knife from the table and plunged it into Lanes back to the hilt. The blade penetrated eight inches into Lane's back, inflicting fatal injuries. Jones came up this morning and gave himself up. Sympathy ia with him, as he is a good aatured, generous fellow, and quite popu iar with Mil.

CARTER HIERISON'S BAILIWICK. Reputable People Appeal in Vain for Protection Against Bummers And Thieves. Chicago, Jan. 2.—The grand jury presented a lengthy report, this afternoon, which is of especial importance and interest in view of the efforts which are being made by a number of prominent property-holders to obtain the protection of tho city against the numerous disreputable and low saloons. The report says: “Having discovered, as many of our predecessors have discovered, that the majority of the caset of robbery sent to the grand jury by the different police justices of Chicago originate in the .low saloons in certain districts of the city, the proprietors of which are licensed to carry on their nefarious business by the city of Chicago, and enjoy immunity from the police authorities, therefore a committee of our body wa3 duly appointed to ascertain if such charges of irregularity and flagrant dereliction of duty on the part of the police force were true. The committee report that they weTe; and, furthermore, that the ordinance requiring the closing of the saloons at midnight has, by long custom, become a dead letter in the community. With regret wa report that the administration of affairs in the First police district is in a condition of deplorable rotteness; dives of the lowest order defy the city ordinances by keeping open from dawn until midnight, and midnight until dawn; in them congregate disreptable women, thieves and criminals, and, upon our oaths as grand jurors, we blush to say that policemen have been seen in full uniform tippling with disreputables in these same dens.” The report then states that the captains and lieutenants of the First district were called before the grand jury to explain this state of affairs, and that Chief Ebersoll acknowledged that tho abuses exist, but said there was no remedy so long as the force was hampered by political influences. The report next called attention to the brutality of policemen in their treatment of persons under arrest, and cited tho case of a Chinaman who was found dead recently in a cell at the Armory. It concludes its reference to the police by a moral indictment against the city administration and the police department for permitting such abuses to exist. Coal Minerß Vote to Return to Work. Pittsburg, Jan. 2. —The coal miners’convention at West Elizabeth, to-day, decided by a two-thirds vote of the delegates present to return to work at the operators' terms. The convention was a representative gathering, delegates being present from nearly every pit in the four pools. Work will be resumed in all the mines along the river on Monday, or as soon as arrangements can be made to start them. The strike lasted four months, and was the most stubbornly contested struggle ever known on the river. Fully 6,000 men were engaged in it; of this number about 2,000 returned to work before the strike was decided at an end. The decision Os the convention has caused general rejoicing along the Monongahela valley. The employeegof the Edgar Thomson steel works, of Braddock, Pa, accepted the firm’s proposition of a 10 per cent, advance, with twelve hours a day’s work, and signed the scale for the ensuing year to-day. The mill will resume operations in all departments on Monday. The furnace men, to the number of 700, were paid off this evening and discharged, because they refused to accept a 10 per cent advance and work twelve hours a day. The workmen wanted three turns a day, eight hours each. This was refused by the operators, and the furnaces were banked.

A Noteworthy Work on Govern meat. New York. Jan. 2. —“ The People and Politics,” by Dr. G. W. Hosmer, has just been translated into Italian by Dr. Brunsialt, member of the Italian Parliament. There are some reasons why this bit of literary intelligence is noteworthy. Dr. Hosmer is the only important contributor to the study of political science, which in the treatment of that subject starts from the American stand point. It presents clearly what America may be supposed to have to say in contradistinction to what has been said by England, Frafice, Germany and Italy upon the greater political problems, and equally in distinction to the deluded English and German ideas that have been echoed by American authors. The author’s theory is that the republic, the government of the people, for the people, by the people, is the only condition of political stability in a nation of rational men,- and that all other forms are make-shifts or perversions, and indicate either preliminary stages of national growth or national decrepitude. It is interesting to note that the American view of the relation of the republic to the condition of the people attracts attention in so important a center of political thought as the capital of Italy. Smallpox on Board a Railway Train. Chicago, Jan. 2.—Two new cases of smallpox were discovered yesterday in the persons of mother and daughter, passengers on an incoming Pittsburg & Fort Wayne train. The uufortu nates left Queenstown, Ireland, ou the steamer Spain, and arriving in New York, bought transportation for Joliet, this State. The mother, however, was sick before she left New York, and yesterday morning tho train officers discovered that she was afflicted with smallpox. She was then delirious, and could neither give her name nor tell where she was exposed to the disease. As her daughter, who was also discovered to be ill, was only eight years old, and too badly frightened to be coherent, she was useless as a source of information, and nothing could be learned of the pair but what their tickets and the marks on their baggage indicated. They were at once taken to tho hospital, and over}' precaution had to guard others from the contagion, but as many of the passengers ou the same train were exposed, it is feared that more cases will result. How a Handcuffed Stan Was Killed. Columbus, 0., Jan. 2 —Daniel Osborne, who is wanted at Prospect, 0., for forgery, was arrested at Canal Winchester, ten miles below here, yesterday, and afterward met his death in a singular manuer. The officer was on horseback, while tho prisoner, hancuffed, was walking in front At some point on the road a farmer was met, who informed the marshal that the prisoner was armed, as he had seen him trying to get a revolver out of the breast pocket of his coat. The marshal thereupon dismounted to disarm the fellow, and as he approached, Osborne saw him draw the weapon from his pocket and apparently point at him a3 well as he could, handcuffed as he was. The marshal seized his hand, and at the same instant th e revolver was discharged, the ball entering Osborne’s left side, between the ribs, and passing through ihe heart.

Leprosy in Minnesota. Lansing, la., Jan. 2. —lt is authoritatively stated that there exists, near the village of Spring Grove, Houston county, Minnnesota, near* this place, a large number of cases of If prosy. The afflicted persons are all Scandinavians. The first case which appeared was upon the person of an old man, and was at first thought to be measles, as red spots appeared all over his body. Later he was seized with excrutiating pains in his limbs, and tbe extremities began to wither. This continued, and the epidermis began to scale off, and now there is bat a semblance of skin over the flesh. The body Tetains its flesh, but the limbs have withered and dried until the fingers and toes seem like sticks and seem ready to drop off. This disease also exists in three other families, all related. Physicians say that it is imported, and is perhaps contagious. Revival of Interest in the Knoch Murder. Detroit, Mich.., Jan. 2. —The Knoch murder case has been brought into prominence again by the sudden death of Mrs. Elizabeth Knoch, the mother of the ill-fated family. She had been 6ick only a few days, and on Thursday sent for officers for the purpose, it is said, of making a statement about the recent case of arson and murder. Before they arrived at her bedside she bad relapsed into a comatose condition, from which she did not rally. She died yosterday. In the opinion of a physician, who accompanied the officers to her home, Mrs. Knoch was affected with heart and lung trouble, but there were symptoms of poisoning, and an investigation will be made. Eastern Cigar-Makers in San Francisco. San Francisco, Jan. 2.— The arrival to-day of the two hundred eastern cigar makers was made the occasion of quite an imposing demonstration. They wore met at the depot by delegations from all the labor unions, who escorted

them through the eity. The Eastern men made an excellent impression. Several cigar manufacturers, each employing over a hundred Chinamen, announced their intention to-day of discharging the Chinese and employing white labor. WASHINGTON MISCELLANY. [Concluded from First Page.j quarters. I could name a number of such cases, and if a clerk is once reported as being late, no matter if it is only a half or a quarter of a minute, it operates against him. So, you see, things are down to a fine point here.” Help for Ex-Cenfederate Soldiers. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Washington, Jan. 2.—Since the incoming of the present administration a good deal is being done here in Washington for the soldiers who were disabled on the confederate side in th 6 late war. In nearly all of the bar-rooms, restaurants and hotels in those portions of the city most frequented by Southerners are contribution-boxes, on which is painted, in plain white letters, “C. S. Soldiers’ Homes,” which, interpreted, means contributions will be received to aid the Confederate States soldiers’ homes. I asked a gentleman in one of the places where a contributionbox has for some •time been located, whether any osne ever dropped money into the boxes. He repliod that he had often seen quite liberal contributions made. Most frequently, he stated, they were made by crowds who had congregated and, seeing the boxes and the inscription, beean discussing war times. Their patriotism becoming fired, they showed a great deal of liberality. The Dolphin at Sea. Washington, Jan. 2.—Captain Meade, of the Dolphin, is in Washington, but as ho has not yet made his official report to the Secretary of the Navy, he declines to be interviewed with regard to the performance of his ship. The Dolphin sailed from New York for the capes, and thence turned toward the Bermudas in search of a gale. She encountered a twenty-four-hour gale, during which the wind reached a velocity of seventy miles an hour. The vessel was placed in several trying positions with regard to tho sea, and the shaking up wnich officers and crew received made them all sea sick. The ship made twelve knots an hour throughout tho gale, and from this it is inferred that her performances were very good. It is not learned -that she suffered any damage. She reached Fortress Monroe yesterday. Condition of the Public Debt. Washington, Jan. 2.—The following is a recapitulation of the debt statement issued to-day from the Treasury Department: Interest-bearing debt $1,274,037,001.00 Debt bearing no interest 566,027,025.00 Debt on which interest has ceased 3,649,088.00 , Interest. 13,460,552.00 Total debt and interest $1,843,713,715.00 Debt, less available cash in the Treasury, Jan. 1. 1,514,473,698.00 Decrease of debt during the month . 9,089,940.00 Cash in Treasury available for reduction of debt 229,240,016.00 Total cash in Treasury 494,361,954.52

Postmaster Cider’s Sncoessor. Special to the Indian&solis Journal. Richmond, Ind., Jan. 2.—Senator Voorhees telegraphs that Frank Elder, son of James Elder, who fell dead in the postoffice, day before yesterday, will be appointed to succeed him. He is second clerk in the office of J. J. Turner, superintendent of the U, St. L. & P. railroad. General and Personal. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Washington, Jan. 2.—David J. Wile, of La Porte, is at the Ebbitt. Dr. Thomas A. Morgan, of Indianapolis, who has been here a couple of days, will go to Baltimore on Monday, and thence to his borne. George B. Fleming, of Fort Wayne, recently appointed a special examiner in the Pension Bureau, has been assigned to duty at Peoria, 111, whither he starts the first of next week. J. M. Hass, of Wabash, is here. J. W. Hyatt, superintendent of the document clerk’s office of the House of Representatives, has returned from a holiday trip to his home at New Harmony, Posey eoanty. A. Ellison, of Lagrange, is in the city. Commissions have been issued for the following Indiana postmasters: Frank Douglass, at Cambria; Rankin Wiley, at Clifty; John R. Keeling, at Sulphur Hill; William A. Brewer, at Wellsboro. A postoffice has been established at Wiles, Tipton county. Mail messenger service at Hanna, LaPorte county, has been discontinued. The name of Lieut E. W. Remey, United States navy, has been dropped from the navy register for 1886, which is now ready for the printer. Lieutenant Remey, while serving as the executive officer of the United States steamer Portsmouth, disappeared on Feb. 15. All efforts to discover hie whereabouts have failed, and it is supposed by the Navy Department and by his friends that he was drowned. Owen Kellar, of Ohio, having served a satisfactory probationary term of six months, has been permanently appointed a clerk of Class 1, in the First Auditor’s office,under the civil-service rules. Mr. Kellar is the gentleman whose temporary appointment led to the controversy with Auditor Chenoweth, six months ago, when the Auditor objected to the appointment because of Kellar’s political record. Six months ago the Postmaster General appointed twenty-two postoffice inspectors for a probationary term of six months. Their work has been satisfactory. They were to-day permanently appointed. During the month of January the commissions of over one hundred presidential postmasters will expire. The terms of about the same number terminated in December, but comparatively few changes were made. It is said that a large number of nominations will be made as soon as Congress meets. Since the Ist of July there have been over 9.000 changes made in fourth class offices, of which thero are over 49,000. The time named for receiving bids for carrying the mails on steamboat and star routes in the Western States and Territories expired to day. A much larger number of bids have been received than in previous years. The contracts will bs awarded on the 23d of February.

SlufiTjrer Sullivan’s Change of Heart. New York, Jan. 2. —Sporting men hero are discussing a marked change in the behavior of that king of sloggers and prince of posers, John L. Sullivan. Since his arrival in this city, two weeks ago, he has visited his usual haunts and astonished barkeepers by imbibing non-intoxi-cants, instead of wine, as he did on the occasion of former visits. He has, moreover, talked very little about fighting and fighters, and generally expressed the wish that those'who have challenged him to battle, time and time again, would do well outside the ring. He has also called in a friendly way upon men whom he some time ago regarded with anything bnt a friendly spirit, and smoothed over his oldtime defiances. This has been notably the case in his old dispute with Billy Madden, who coached him in his earlier days and managed him while he was gaining wealth and fame as a knocker-out. Three years ago they quarreled in Louisville, and never spoke until a few days ago. Sullivan surprised about a dozen of his friends last night by presenting them with watches and chains and other tokens of friendship. Bishop Fabre’s .Handament. Montreal, Jan. 2. —Bishop Pabre’s circular in explanation of his mandament on the Riel question has been read in some of the Catholic churches. Besides these explanations, the circular refers to the costumes worn by ladies for winter sports, and the dangers attending such s porta. The Bishop denounces the costumes as quite unbecoming for the female sex, and considers both toboggannig and snoe shoeing, as carried on, dangerously near the paths of sin. Speaking of the latter sport, he gays that snowshoes were invented by the Indians as a necessity, and were never intended for civilized women. The circular has also some points against theatres.

CAPTAIN GERROIR’S CRIME. Tto Master of a Schooner Chained with Conspiracj to Wreck His YesseL Gloucester, Mass., Jan. 2.—Captain Jeffrey Gerrvir, master of the schooner Racer, wrecked off Portland on Monday last, was arrested last evening by a United States deputy marshal, charged with conspiracy to wreck his vessel and defraud the owner. Captain Gerroir had taken the schooner on shares, agreeing to defray all the expenses, and pay the owner one-fifth of the gross earnings. She had been absent thirteen weeks, and, in the meantime, the Captain had drawn upon the owner for S3OO, and, it is alleged, disposed of the catch of fish, converting the proceeds to his own use. Gerzoir, it is claimed, wrecked the schooner to cover his transactions. He claims that she had 35,000 pounds of fish on board when she went down, having disposed of 18,000 pounds at Cranberry island, for which he received $1,290 cash, which went down with the vessel, as did, also, a draft for S2OO. Captain Gerroir was taken to Boston, under arrest, from Gloucester, to-day. He was arraigned before United States Commissioner Hallett, on a charge of scuttling his vessel, and was bald in $2,000 for examination. It appears that the vessel had a very successful trip, having taken 53,000 pounds of fi&h before she put in at Sydney, on her way home. At this point, Gerroir took on two female passengers for Portland. The crew say that the captain stopped at several ports on the way home, and that all hands had a good time generally. At one of the ports it is claimed that the entire cargo of fish was sold for cash by the captain. One of the female passengers makes an affidavit that she saw the captain cut a hole in the vessel with a hatchet, while the vessel was leaving port, and to overhearing the captain refuse to promise his wife to sail to Gloucester with him in the schooner because of the probability of her sinking on the trip. One of the crew, named Sherman, said: “I also overheard the captain’s remarks about the schooner sinking, and went to the captain, telling him he must not run the vessel on the rocks.” It is also said that Gerroir was heard to say that he would rather have the vessel sunk than not, as she was old, and the insurance on her would be satisfactory to him. Shortly after the vessel sailed from Portland, and when sixteen miles off Cape Elizabeth, it was discovered that she was rapidly filling, and she sunk in forty fathoms, the crew taking to the boats and reaching land after suffering intensely from exposure. It is asserted that the captain has admitted that his affidavit claiming that 35,000 pounds of fish were lost with the vessel, together with the money received for a part of the cargo, is false, and that the hold was clear when she sunk. The extreme penalty of the crime with which Gerroir is charged is death.

The Knoch Family’s Bloody Record. Detroit, Jan. 2. —Mrs. Elizabeth Knoch, the mother of Frank Knoch, who was murdered in Springwells on the night of Dec. 15, with his entire family, and the house burned to hide the crime, died Friday night under circumstances which suggested poisoning. A post-mortem was held to-day, when, to the surprise of tho physicians, it was found that her skull was fractured by a heavy blow, which had left no mark. It was suspected that she and a son, Gustave, had had some connection with the former murder, and the officers had been expecting an ante-mor-tem statement from the mother, who has been confined at home with nervous prostration, it is said, ever since sho was on the stand at the inquest on the remains of the late tragody. This is the fourth suspicious death in this family. The father, Christian, was found dead in the barn some years ago, with cuts on his bead, said to bave been made by tho kick of a horse. A brother, Charles, disappeared two years ago this wiuter, and his body was found in the river next spring, with marks of violence and a chain about the body, belonging to an unused pump on the Knoch homestead, and last month, another son, Frank, was killed, with his wife and two babies, and the house burned with the dead bodies in it. Suspicion has turned toward Gustave, and it is now strengthened by \be murder of the mother, though as yet no convicting evidence has been discovered. Another brother, Herman, is a half-wittod fellow, who has been once confined in an insane asylum, and an uncle, Joe, has been for years a mild lunatic, though he ha3 never been considered dangerous. Business Embarrassments. Alliance, 0., Jan. 2.—The extensive establishment of A. W. Coates & Cos., manufacturers of hay-rakes, was closed by the sheriff yesterday, the Alliance Banking Company having secured judgment to the amount of $4,250 in the Court of Common Pleas, of Cleveland, on Wednesday. The business has been placed in the hands of G. Q. Freer, who will keep the works closed till the amount of the judgment is settled. New York, Jan. 2. —James D. Whitmore & Cos., stationers, to-day assigned, giving preference to the Whiting Paper Company, of Holyoke, Mass., for $3,343. The schedules of Link & Cos., provisions, show liabilities of $388,280; actual assets, $233,349. Frederick Link’s personal liabilities are $96,688; actual assets, $130,843. Chicago. Jan. 2.—The firm of Gerald Pierce &Cos., dealers in periodicals and general stationery, made an assignment to-day. The members of the firm declined to make any statement respecting their assets or liabilities. Hearne, Tex., Jan. 2.—Maguire & Wilson, general merchandise, assigned last night to W. P. Ferguson, for the benefit of their creditors. The assets are estimated at $15,000, and the liabilities at $20,000.

“Puggy” O’Leary’s Sentence. Chicago, Jan. 2.—A great crowd streamed into Judge Shepard’s court this morning, to hear sentence passed on Cornelius, alias “Puggy” O’Leary, the brutal murderer of his mistress and his sister. The prisoner, accompanied by two bailiffs, walked into the court-room with a firm step. As he glanced about over the crowd he did not flinch, and took his seat in a quiet manner. Among those present to listen to the prisoner’s fate were his father, mother and sister, who took a lively interest in the proceedings. The sentencing of the prisoner took but a short time. In the first place, Judge Shepard reviewed the circumstances of the crime, as given by the witnesses. He remarked that, in his opinion, O’Leary’s crime was murder, though he was indicted for both murder and manslaughter. He bad killed his victims without much provocation, but owing to his drunken condition at the time of ths murder, the court was inclined to believe that the crime did not warrant him in pronouncing the extreme penalty. The court then sentenced him to forty years, which will be reduced to twenty years on good behavior. Obituary. Special to the Indianapolis Journal, Greencastle, Ind., Jan 2.—W. M. C. Blake, familiarly known as Captain Blake, died of paralysis last evening, at his residence in the northeastern part of the city, after an illness of several weeks. Captain Blake was born in Oldham county, Kentucky, on Sept. 22, 1813, and while still a young man moved to this county, where he has continuously resided for over fifty years. He was married in August, 1834, to Miss Mary Matlock, and the widow and three children survive him. Mr. Blake was prominently identified with the early growth of this city, and was widely noted for hia energetic business and fine social qualities. Together with his son, he has conducted a large insurance and loan business, and for a lone time was the Indianapolis Journal’s agent in this place. He was a Methodist, and momber of the College-avenue Church. The funeral occurs to-morrow at, 1 o'clock, from the family residence, on Franklin street, Dr. W. M. Zaring conducting the services. The Murderers of John B. Bunch. Poplar Bluff, Mo., Jan. 2.— Tom Archer, charged with the murder of John B. Bunch, near Shoals, Martin county, Indiana, in 1881, was arrested in this city late Thursday night by City Marshal Miles. Archer had jnst arrived in town, and getting considerably under the influence of liquor, divulged his name to the marshal. In 1881, John B. Bunch was murdered near Shoals,in Martin county, Indiana, and his body snnk in the river and afterwards supposed to have been taken up by the perpetrators of the dastardly crime

and burned. Tom Archer, Sam Areher and * man named Lynch are charged with commuting the deed. All have now been arrested. TELEGRAPHIC BREVITIES. The total imports of merchandise at New York for the week were valued at $6,915,936, exclusive of dry goods. Henry T. Heany, of Baltimore, a respectably* connected young man. was arrested yesterday, charged with having embezzled $3,000. The Coshoeton iron and steel works, which was reported closed down some days ago, is running, as usual, in all departments. The mill was shut down a short time to invoice stock. At Cincinnati Oliver Doud Byron was convicted, in the Police Court, of violating the law prohibiting theatrical performances on Sunday. He was not present and sentence was not passed. Sergeant Adolph Rose, of Battery B, Second Artillery, stationed at St. Augustine, Fla., committed suicide yesterday, in a fit of temporary insanity, by shooting himself through the head. Hon. Johnß. Raymond.ex-delegate to Congress from Dakota, is dangerously ill with typhoid pneumonia. Grave fears are entertained as to his recovery, as this is a relapse from former illness. Articles of agreement were signed between John J. Fogarty, of Philadelphia, and Jack Dempsey to fight at 150 pounds, according to Marquis of Queensbury rules, for $2,500 a side. The fight will come off within six weeks, but the place has not yet been settled upon. At Pittsburg, about 10 o’clock last night, a negro named Henry Allen shot his wife in both temples and in the left arm. He then shot himself in the right temple. The shooting took place at their home, and was the result of jealousy. Allen will die, but his Wife, although badly wounded, will recover. Scofield, Shurmer & Teagle, one of the largest oil-refining firms in Ohio, began suit in tb Cleveland Common Pleas Court yesterday against the Missouri Pacific Railway Company. Damages in the sum of $1,750 are asked, on account of freight discrimination in favor of the .Standard Oil Company between St Louis aud points in Texas.

A Criminal Threatens to Expose Others. Special to the IndianaDolia Journal. Shelbyville, Jan. 2. —Sheriff Magill yesterday took John A. Wills to Anderson to answer the charge of horse-stealing. In conversation with the sheriff Wills stated he had served in the penitentiary for the wrongs of other peoplo as long as he proposed to; that he had served two years in the southern prison for the crime of forgery committed in Rush county, in which there were associated with him three other men of that county. He said they agreed to pay him SI,OOO not to turn State’s evidence against them, and one of the men gave him $209, the other a horse and buggy, and the third nothing. One of the guilty parties, he says, resides in Decaturcounty, one in South Bend and the other he does not know where, and he now proposes to expose them and bring them to justice. President McNeil’s Defalcation. Clinton, Mass., Jan. 2.—This morning Bank Examiner Gatchel received orders from the Comptroller of the Currency at Washington to take full charge of the Lancaster National Bank and examine into its affairs. A notice that tho bank had suspended business was posted on tho door this morning. President McNeifs whereabouts is as yet unknown, but all the indications point to his being in Canada. Me Neal secured but few available assets from the institution bofore his flight. The following is a list of the valuables he took from the vault pn the evening of his flight: Bills. $6,000; gold, $990: Herdic Company bonds, $4,000; one note of F. C. McNeal to W. H. McNeal, $5,000; one note of the Wyoming Meat Company to Lowell Cuttle Company, for $3,006; one note of F. M. Nelson to F. Watchburn, for $5,000; note of Watchburn, for $3,000; three notes of the West Rutland (Vt) Marble Company, for $7,500; total, $36,490. The Alleged Author of the Morey Better* PiTTSBURG, Pa., Jan. 2.— William M. Price, chairman of the Maryland Democratic State committee in 1880, has been admitted to practice at the Allegheny county bar. Mr, Price, it will be remembered, was charged with being the author of the famous Morey letter, which caused so much excitement during the last days of the Hancock-Garfield Campaign. In admitting him to the bar, Judge Ewing stated that the charges had been carefully investigated by the examining committee of the bar, and had been shown to be tftterly without foundation, and that the court had also been satisfied to the fullest extent that the gentleman had been slandered. The Mnrder Mystery at Austin, Tex. Austin, Tex., Jan. 2.—A. P. Wooldridge, chairman of the citizens' committee, to-day officially announced a reward of SI,OOO for the arrest and conviction of the persons guilty of the murders in this city of the following-named persons: Mrs. Eula Philips aud Mrs. M. H. Hancock, both white, and Mollie Smith, Eliza Shelly. Mary Ramsey and Grace Fance, all colored. The first victim, Mollie Smith, was murdered Dec. 30, 1884. It is doubtful.if James Phillips, who was found seriously wounded the night his wife was murdered, and who was arrested on Thursday night charged with being her murderer, will recover from his injuries. Uneasiness Among the Navajo Indians. Kansas City, Mo., Jan. 2.—The Times's Albuquerque, N. M., special says: “There is more or less uneasiness among the Navajo Indians on their reservation. There are about 5,000 of these Indians, and some of these manifest a disposition to go beyond the limits of thoir reservation on hunting or marauding excursions. Cattlemen are determined to prevent this, and there is some apprehension of an outbreak. Petroleum Found in Canada! Park Hill, Ont., Jan. 2. —Petroleum has been struck near here at a depth of 175 feet. There is a great excitement over the discovery.

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