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Sadler of Alabama, Boyle of Pennsylvania, ' Perry of South Carolina, Dawson, of Missouri, Struble of lowa, Baker of New York, Cooper of Ohio, Herman of Oregon, Symes of Colorado, Joseph of New Mexico. Mines and Mining—Messrs. Clardv of Missouri, O'Ferrall of Virginia,Hillof Ohio, Skinner of North Carolina, Jones of Texas. New of Tennessee, Gay of Louisiana. Barry of Mississippi, White of Minnesota. Woodburn of Nevada, Ijindsley of New York, Syines of Colorado, McKenna of California, Bean of Arizona. Pacific Railways—Messrs. Throckmorton of Texas, Crisp of Georgia, Cabell of Virginia, Dunn of Arkansas, Bliss of New York, Tillman of South Carolina, Outh waite of Ohio, Richardson of Tonn*ssee, Hanb&ck of Kansas, Holmes of lowa, Everhart of Pennsylvania, Hayden of Massachusetts, Weber of New York. Elections—Messrs. Turner of Georgia, Lowrey of Indiana, Robertson of Kentucky. Martin of West Virginia, Hahn of Louisiana, Hopkins of Illinois, Dorsey of Nebraska, Boyle of Pennsylvania. Henderson of North Carolina. Green of New Jersey, Hall of lowa, Payne of New York, Ely of Massachusetts. Commerce—Messrs. Reagan of Texas, Clardy •'{ Missouri; Crisp of Georgia. Caldwell of Ten--11 ss^e,O’Ferrall of Virginia.Tarsney of Michigan, ulitzer of Now York. Bynum of Indiana, Irion of Louisiana, O’Neill of Pennsylvania, Davis of Massachusetts, Dunham of Illinois, Weaver of Nebraska, Johnson of New York, Morrow of California. Judiciary—Messrs. Tucker of Virginia, Hammond of Georgia, Culbertson of Texas, Collins <>f Massachusetts, Oates of Alabama, Eden of Illinois, Rogers of Arkansas, Bennett of North Carolina, E. B. Taylor of Ohio, Parker of New York, Ranney of Massachusetts, Hepburn of lowa. Stewart of Vermont, Caswell of Wisconsin. Banking and Currency—Messrs. Curtin of Pennsylvania, Miller of Texas, Candler of Georgia, Wilkins of Ohio, Arnold of New York. Snyder of Virginia, Howard of Indiana, Hutton of Missouri, Dingely of Maine. Brumtn of Pennsylvania, Adams of Illinois, Woodbury of Nevada. Agriculture—Messrs. Hatch of Missouri, Aiken of .South Carolina. Greene of North Carolina, Winans of Michigan, Frederick of lowa, Davidson of Alabama, Stahlnecker of New York, Morgan of Mississippi, White of Minnesota, Fnnston of Kansas. Price of Wisconsin, Hines of New Jersey, Pierce of Rhode Island, Swinburne of New York, Gifford of Dakota. * Military Affairs—Messrs. Bragg of Wisconsin, Wheeler of Alabama. Wolford of Kentucky, Erraentrout of Pennsylvania, Dorgan of South Crrolina, Findlay of Maryland. Anderson of Ohio, Steele of Indiana, Laird of Nebraska, Cutcheon of Michigan, Honk of Tennessee, Nogiey of Pennsylvania, Carr of Wyoming. Postoffices and Post-roads —Messrs. Blount of Georgia, Ward of Indiana, Riggs of Illinois, Taylor of Tennessee, Jones of Texas, Warner of Ohio, Mernman of New York, Barry of Mississippi, Bingham ot Pennsylvania, Wakefield of Minnesota, Burroughs of Michigan, Guenther of Wisconsin, Millard of New York, Peters of Kansas, Caine of Utah. Indian Affairs—Messrs. Wellborn of Texas, Peel of Arkansas, Skinner of North Carolina, Storm of Pennsylvania. Felix Campbell of New York, Hale of Missouri, Alien of Mississippi, Ward of Illinois, Perkins of Kansas, Nelson of Minnesota, La Follette of Wisconsin, Sessions of New York, Allen of Massachusetts, Halley of Idaho: Railways and Canals—Messrs. Davidson of Florida, Murphy of lowa, Irion of Louisiana. Henderson, of North Carolina, Stone of Kentncky. Cole of Maryland, Pidoock of New York. Plumb of Illinois, Weber of New York, Van Schaick of Minnesota. Levees and Improvements of the Mississippi River—Messrs. King of Louisiana, Rankin of Wisconsin, Van Eaton of Mississippi, Kleiner of Indiana, Dowdney of New York, Mcßae of Arkansas, Glass of Tounessee, Dawson of Missouri, Brown of Ohio, Whitney of Massachusetts, Morrill of Kansas, Bunaeli’of Pennsylvania, Groat of Vermont Manufactures —Messrs. Wise of Virginia, Swope of Pennsylvania. LeFevre of Ohio, Wilson of West Virginia, Catcbines of Mississippi, Lawler of Illinois, Pender of New York, Hines of New Jersey. Public Buildings and Grounds —Messrs. Ribble of South Carolina, Reese of Georgia, Snyder of West Virginia, Wilkins of Ohio, Worthington of Illinois. Cole of Maryland. Johnson of North Carolina, Milliken of Maine. Brown of Pennsylvania, Rockwell of Massachusetts, Wade of Missouri. Owen of Indiana. Education —Messrs. Aiken of South Carolina, Candler of Georgia, Willis of Kentucky, Curtin of Pennsylvania, Miller of Texas, Mayberry of Michigan, Burns of Illinois, Mahony of New York, Strait of Minnesota, Whiting of Massachusetts, Campbell of Pennsylvania, J. H. Tayllot of Ohio, O’Donnell of Michigan. Labor—Messrs.O'Neill of Missouri. Foran of Ohio, Levering of Massachusetts, Weaver of Towa, Lawler of Illinois, Daniels of Virginia, Tarsney of Michigan, Crain of Texas, Funston of Kansas, James of New York, Haynes of New Hampshire, Bound of Pennsylvania, Buchanan of New Jersey. Militia—Messrs Mueller of New York, Forney of Alabama. McAdoo of New Jersey, Peel of Arkansas, Collins of Massachusetts, Ballentine of Tennessee. Breckinridge of Kentucky, Compton of Maryland. Hopkins of Illinois, Hayden of Massachusetts, Moflitt of Mississippi, Owen of Indiana, Wade of Missouri. Patents—Messrs. Mitchell of Connecticut, Townshond of Illinois, Martin of Alabama, Barnes of Georgia, Morgan of Mississippi, Fisher of New York, Cowles of North Carolina, Atkins of Pennsylvania. West of New York, Gilliilan of Minnesota, Plumb of Illinois. Invalid Pensions —Messrs. Matson of Indiana, Vinans of Michigan, Levering of Massachusetts, ieece of Illinois, Swope of Pennsylvania, Taulbee of Kentucky, Pidcock of New Jersey, Ellsbury of Ohio, Pindar of New York, Morrill of Kansas, Haynes of New Hampshire, O’Hara of North Carolina, Sawyer of New York, Conger of lowa, Loutitt of California. Pensions—Messrs. Eldridge of Michigan, Wolford of Kentucky, Jones of Alabama, Scott of Pennsylvania, Cowles of North Carolina. Landis of Illinois. Mahoney of New York, Hutton of Missouri, Strublo of lowa. Taylor of Tennessee, Brady of Virginia, White of Pennsylvania, Thompson of Ohio. Claims—Messrs. Springer of Illinois, Mullen of New York, Lanham of Texas, Shaw of Maryland, Howard of Indiana, Dougherty of Florida. Trigg of Virginia, Sowden of Pennsylvania, McKenna of California. Warner of Missouri, Fleeger of Pennsylvania, Buchanan of New Jersey. Galliuger of New Hampshire. War Claims —Messrs. Geddes of Ohio. Kleiner ©f Indiana, Stone of Kentucky, Tim J. Campbell of New York, Richardson of Tennessee, Perry of Sonth Carolina, Comstock of Michigan, Reid of North Carolina, Libby of Virginia, Smalls of South Carolina, Ileistand of Pennsylvania, Johnston of Indiana, Lyman of lowa. Private Land Claims —Messrs. Halsell of Kentucky, Barksdale of Mississippi, St Martin of Louisiana, Eldridgo of Michigan, Sadler of Alabama, Croxton of Virginia, Hall of lowa, Reid of New Jersey. Osborn of Pennsylvania, Thomas of Wisconsin, Dorsey of Nebraska, Thompson of Ohio. District of Columbia—Messrs. Barbour of Virginia, Hemphill of South Carolina. Campbell of Ohio, Dowdney of New York, Compton of Maryland, Gay of Louisiana, Ford of Indiana, Heard pt Missouri. Rowell of Illinois, Wadsworth of Kentucky, Scranton of Pennsylvania, Davenport of New York. Revision of the Laws—Messrs. Oates of Alabama, Turner of Georgia. Adams of New York. Outhwaite of Ohio, Ford of Indiana, Laffoon of Kentucky, Doughterty of Florida, Hale of Missouri, Payne of New York, Tnomas of Illinois, Fuller of lowa, Giifilian of Minnesota, White of Pennsylvania. Expenditures in the State Department Messrs. Bennett of North Carolina, Tillman of South Carolina, Lore of Delaware, Arnot of New York, Scranton of Pennsylvania, Lyman of lowa, Louttit of California. Expenditures in the Treasury Department— Messrs. Lowry of Indiana, Bland of Missouri, Breckinridge of Arkansas, Shaw of Maryland, Bunnell, of Pennsylvania, Johnston of Indiana. Expenditures in the War Department—Messrs. Robertson of Kentucky, \V heeler of Alabama, Yiele of New York, Anderson of Ohio, Johnson of New York, Warner of Missouri, Fleeger of Pennsylvania. Expenditures in the Navy Department— Messrs. Taylor of Tennessee, Sowden of Pennsylvania. Davidson of Florida, Tim J. Campbell of New York, Rowell of Illinois, Brown of Pennsylvania. Thomas of Wisconsin. Expenditures in the Postoffice Department— Messrs. Reese of Georgia, Warner of Ohio, Ward of Indiana, Davidson of Alabama, Taylor of Tennessee. Herman of Oregon, Bound of Pennsylvania. Expenditures In the Department of Justice—

Messrs. Gibson of West Virginia, Hammond of Georgia, Seymour of Connecticut, Ward of Illinois, Milliken of Maryland, Sawyer of New York, Hanback of Kansas. Expenditures in the Interior Department— Messrs. Weaver of lowa, Dargan of South Carolina. Harris of Georgia, Culberson of Texas, Brumm of Pennsylvania, Libbie of Virginia, Davenport of New York. Expenditures on Public Buildings and Grounds —Messrs. Beach of New York, O'Neill of Missouri. Senay of Ohio, Riggs of Illinois, Pettibone of Tennessee O'Hara of North Carolina, Gallinger of New Hampshipe. Accounts—Messrs. Spriggs of New York, Dockery of Missouri, St Martin of Louisiana, Gibson of Maryland, Trigg of Virginia, Adams of Illinois, Evans of Pennsylvania, Spooner of Rhode Island, J. H. Taylor of Ohio. Joint Committee on Library—Messrs. Singleton of Mississippi, Stahlnecker of New York, O’Neill of Pennsylvania. Select Committee on Reform in Civil Service —Messrs. Cox of North Carolina, Clements of Georgia. Storm of Pennsylvania, Blanchard of Louisiana, Findlay of Maryland, Mitchell of Connecticut, Stone of Missouri, Pnlitzer of New York, Bayne of Pennsylvania, Spooner of Rhode Island, Little of Ohio, Farqubarr of New York. American Ship building and Ship-owning Interests—Messrs. Dunn of Arkansas, Holman of Indiana, Mills of Texas, King of Louisiana, Bliss of New York, Rankin of Wisconsin, McMillan of Tennessee, Comstock of Michigan, Dingley of Maine, Wadsworth of Kentucky, Osborn of Pennsylvania, Felton of California, Romeis of Ohio. On Election of President and Vice-president —Messrs. Caldwell of Tennessee, Eden of Illinois, Ermentrout of Pennsylvania, Beach of New York, Dibble of South Carolina, Gibson of Maryland, Heard of Missouri, Johnson of North Carolina, Laird of Nebraska, Baker of New York, Heistand of Pennsylvania, Cooper of Ohio, Moffitt of Michigan. Ventilation and Acoustics —Messrs. Green of North Carolina, Stewart of Texas, Tim J. Campbell of New York, Allen of Mississippi, Evans of Pennsylvania, Swinburne of New York, O’Donnell of Michigan. Select Committee on the Alcoholic Liquor Traffic—Messrs. Campbell of Ohio, Carleton of Michigan, Frederick of lowa, Taulbee of Kentucky, Glover of Missouri, Merriman of New York, Price of Wisconsin, Everhart of Pennsylvania, Lindsley of New York, Romeis of Ohio.

LABOR TROUBLES. Non-Union Workmen Attacked and Beaten In the Streets of Chicago. Chicago, Jan. 7.— The strike in the Maxwell Bros', box factory is assuming a more serious aspect as the days elapse, and the strikers have several acts of violence laid at their doors. When the employes of the factory left last night some of them received severe beatings, but this morning more serious trouble took place. At 7:30 o’clock, when eight of the non-union men were on their way to work, and had reached the. corner of Blue Island avenue and Eleventh street, they were attacked by a crowd of the strikers. It was a wild, turbulent mob of men and boys, armed with sticks and stones. One of the non-union men had also armed himself with a club. This was quickly taken from him, aud ho was knocked down. The mob then got the eight men separated, five of them ran off, but three found themselves entirely surrounded by the furious crowd. William Morrison, one of them, was the first to feel the fury of of the strikers and their sympathizers. He was felled to the ground by a blow from a club. A gash three inches in length was cut in the top of his head, and he was otherwise badly bruised. H. B. Owen, another employe, met with a similar fate, and was brutally beaten about the head and face. B. Perry, the third employe, received the worst injuries. A long and deep gash was inflicted on the side of his head, and his face was pounded into a jelly. Perry was unable to walk without assistance. He was removed to a store near by. and a number of stitches taken in his head. The balance of the workmen got someone to send iu an alarm for the patrol-wagon. When it reached the scene of the riot the doughty officers succeeded in arresting two small boys, who could not be identified as being of the assailants. Perry was taken to the county hospital. A Threatened Strike Compromised. Nkw York, Jan. 7. —The-final consultation between the committee on grievances of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and the officials of the Elevated railroad took place at the company's office this afternoon. The consultation was a long one, lasting from 3 to nearly 6 o’clock. General Manager Hain, Sidney Dillon and C. W. Field represented the company. A few minutes after 4 o’clock Mr. Field announced to the reporters that the difficulties had been settled on a nine-hours basis. When the meeting was finally over, Chief Arthur said that the Elevated Railroad Company had granted all the requests contained in the letter of’ grievances, which was forwarded to the officials several days ago, with the expectation of the eighthour clause. The engineers had agreed that nine instead of eight hours should constitute a day’s work. Under this agreement a full hours pay is to be allowed whenever an engineer is called upon to work an hour over the nine hours. The day’s work will begin at 4:30 o’clock instead of 5:15, as heretofore. The wages will be $3.50 per day for old engineers, $3 for all engineers promoted from positions as firemen: firemen, $2; firemen promoted from other roads, $1.75 for the first six months, and $2 thereafter. “The officials have dealt with us fairly and honestly, aud we have no fault to find,” said Chief Arthur. Boycotting a Saloon-Keeper. St. Louis, Jan. 7.—John Eggler, the proprietor of Heims Hall and ealoon, is the victim of a boycott instituted against him by the Knights of Labor, and unless he can prevail upon the Knights to withdraw their boycotting order he will have to withdraw from business. Eggler can get no one to rent his hall, can get very few to patronize his bar. and can get no beer to sell over his counter, even if he had the customers to consume it. Eggler refused to let the St. Louis street-car strikers have his hall for a ball, just after the dynamite fiends tried to blow up several streetcars loaded with women and children. As some of the dynamite fiends were on the ball committee, Mr. Eggler thought the ball was not deserving of patronage.

Merchant Steel Manufacturers. Pittsburg, Jan. 7. —At a largely-attended meeting of merchant steel manufacturers here to-day a national association was formed, and the following officers elected: President, J. R. Thompson; vice-president, D. M. Smith, Allegheny; secretary and treasurer, A. M. Guthrie, New York. A standard classification of all grades of steel, similar to the iron classification, was adopted. The changes made in the classifications are said to be radical in their nature, and it is proposed to strictly adhere to them. The question of advancing prices was disebssed at length, but nothing was settlod upon. It is understood that under the new classification proposed certain grades of steel which have been selling at ruinously low prices, are advanced about ic per pound. A 10 Per Cent. Advauce In Wages. Cleveland, 0., Jan. 7.— I The management of the Cleveland Rolling-mill Company notified all their employes to-day that their wages would be advanced 10 per cent, dating from Jan. 1. Under the advance the lowest wages paid will be sl.lO. the highest sl6, and the average about $3.50 per day. About 3.000 men are interested, and are the same who engaged in the strike last summer. The Danger In Burmah. London, Jan. 7. —The Times, commenting on the position of affairs in Burmah, says the situa tiou is critical. The two Alompros are gaining strength. The soldiers of the disbanded Burmese army are flocking to the standards of tho princes. Advance in the Price of Barbed Wire. Pittsbuug, Jan. 7.—J. L Ell wood, of DeKalb, 111., tbe inventor of barbed wire, is in this city. He says prices have advanced CO cents per 100 pounds within tbs past few months, and predicts a still farther advance in the spring;

THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL, FRIDAY, JANUARY 8, 1886.

INDIANA AND ILLINOIS NEWS The Daily Chronicle of Happenings of all Kinds in the Two States. Remembering the Soldiers’ Orphans—Skull Crushed by a Scale-Weight—The Religious Insanity of the Allen Brothers. INDIANA. The Soldiers’ Orphans and the G. A. R. and the Woman’s Belief Corps. That the Christmas festivities at the Soldiers’ Orphaus’ Home, at Knightstown, were what they were, that the season was one of good cheer and jollity, was owing to the kindly donations of a number of Grand Army posts. The boys, according to their needs, received skates, sleds, pocketknives, toys, etc., while the girls had presents that gladdened each feminine heart. Every child received a book, and there was candy and enjoyment without stint. The following were the posts that contributed, and the amounts: Patton Corps, LaPorte, $3.70; P. J. Crosswait, Angola, $2; Marling, Crothersville, $1; Patton, Aurora, $5; Canby and Woman’s Relief Corps, Brazil, $8.75; L. H. Blankenship, Martinsville, $1; Delong Corps, Auburn, $1; Woman's Relief Corps, Indianapolis, $5; Andrews, Andrews, $3; Farragut, Evansville, $6.90; Geo. H. Thomas, Indianapolis, $25; G. A. R., Waterloo, $2.25; Sol. Meredith, Richmond, $9.30; Ed Temple Corps, South Milford, $1.20; G. A. R., Cicero, $1; G. A. R., Laurel, $2; Jerry B. Mason, Knightstown, $2.50; Woman's Relief Corps, Kendallville, $1.80: G. A. R., Marion, $5; G. A. R., Anderson, $5; McPheetors, Fredericksburg, $1; G. A. R., Mt. Etna, $2; Anderson, Indianapolis, $3; Landon, Knox, $1.30; Russell, West Fork, $2, Ben North, Rising Sun, $2; Perry ville, Nora, $1; Patton, LaPorte, $1; G. A. R.. Eikhart, $2.20; G. A. R., Batesville, $1.70; G. A. R, Rensselaer, $2; Lookout, Noblesville, $10; G. A. R, South Bend, $5; G. A. R, Carthage, $5. Total, $131.00. In addition tp the money there were many valuable gifts.

Delaware County Commissioners. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Muncie, Jan. 7.—Last week a decree of ouster against County Commissioners Barrett and Jones, of this county, was granted by tho court in favor of Marshall and Snodgrass, who were elected in November, 1884, to suc&ed them. An appeal was at once taken to the Supreme Court by the defendants, and it was claimed that this suspended the judgment of the lower court until it had been affirmed by the higher tribunal. Immediately Mr. Marshall, commissioner-elect from the Third district, applied for a restraining order to enjoin Mr. Barrett from transacting the duties of the office of commissioner, which office the court, by its decree of ouster, had virtually said he did not legally hold. Exhaustive arguments for and against the proposed injunction were heard by Judgo Lotz, yesterday, and today ho rendered an opinion favorable to Mr. Marshall, granting an order restraining Mr. Barrett from further .acting as commissioner. It is- thought Mr. Jones will voluntarily retire in favor of Mr. Snodgrass, of the First district If he should not do so, a similar suit will be brought to restrain him, and since the two cases are identical in every respect, the result can but be the same. This contest has been quite a tedious one, and as both parties to the suits have their friends in the county it has caused much bad feeling. Proposed Removal of O. & M. Shops. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Washington, Jan. I.—To-day the contract was received from President by Judge Gardner, in reference to the location of the combined shops of the Ohio & Mississippi railway in this city. In consideration of sixty acres of land and $75,000 in cash the Ohio & Mississippi company agree to consolidate their Cochran, Seymour and Vincennes shops at this point, tho cash donation to be paid as the work of building the shops progresses. A trustee from some other State is to be appointed, who is to receive the land and the cash for the railroad company. Great enthusiasm is manifested by the people, and they propose to have tho shops at any price. Skull Crushed with a Scale-Weight. Special to the Indianapolis Journal, Tipton, Jan. 7.—William Gossard and A1 Armstrong, of Kempton, this county, became engaged in a quarrel in Reece’s store, at that place, when Armstrong picked up a two pound weight and struck Gossard just above the eyes, crushing his skull. Gossard is in a critical condition. and it is thought he will die. He is about sixty years old. Armstrong is about twentytwo, and a school-teacher. Armstrong fled, and has not been seen since the fight. New and Currioua Cattle Disease, i J Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Bloomington, Jan. 7.—Farmers in both the eastern and western part of this county report a curious fatal disease among cattle. They call it “Turnover,” because the stock, when attacked, grow dizzy, commence whirling around, and continue until the disease passes away or the animal dies. The animal is blind, becomes stiff in the legs, has diarrhaoea and refuses to eat. Tho disease lasts eight or ten days. Polo at Lafayette. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Lafayette, Jan. 7.—The Galesburg polo team won a second game with the Mascottes this evening, Williams making three goals to Fahnestock’s one. The playing showed much more science than last night’s game, and was a close contest throughout. Holiis seted as referee, and specially fine plays were made by Talbott, Fahnestock and Eddie Taylor.

Killed by Falling Down Stairs, Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Elkhart, Jan. 7.—A few miles south of bare, last night, Chris Nusbaum, a well-known stockbuyer, went to the barn to feed his stock, and returning shortly after, found his wife at the bottom of the cellar steps, dead. She had fallen, and, alighting on her head, met instant death. Minor Notes. There are 10,084 persons of school age in Clark county. Eleven of Howard county’s thirteen gravelroads are free of toll. The Worthington Times has been enlarged from a seven to an eight-column sheet. John Worrel, of Clayton, has entered the lecture field with an interesting lecture on “Ben Hur.” S. J. editor and proprietor of the Shelby villa Republican, has bought the Lebanon Patriot The Vigo county grand jury has returned two indictments against Ben Blanchard for embezzlement Ha furnished bail iu $2,500. Rev. James Armstrong, seventy-seven years old, a Baptist minister well known in southern Indiana, died at Rockport on Wednesday. A pension of $8 a month has been granted Rebecca Wolf, a poor washerwoman of Logausport, who lost a son during the war. The pension dates back to 1872, and now amounts tc $2,400. A Terre Haute landlord tore the root from the house of a tenant, leaving the family shelterless, in which situation one of the occupants shortly became a mother. For this cruelty the landlord was assessed $43.40 damages in the Vigo Circuit Court At Brazil, George Harris, colored, for assault on his wife with iotent to kill, was sent to jail in default of payment of his fine of S3O. When

he has served out his fine he will be taken to Gibson county to answer to the charge of shooting Ellis, in 1880. J. L. Lucas, ex-county clerk of Huntington county, has purchased a controlling interest in the Huntington News-Express, and will take the paper at once. The News-Express, which has heretofore been an independent journal, will appear as a Republican paper. About fifteen years ago a man named O’Brian, who worked nea** Dayton, Ind., was killed by a fellow-workman, named John Voorhees, who disappeared the next day. The matter was almost forgotten until yesterday, when the authorities at Lafayette received word from a Terre Haute detective agency, saying that Voorhees had confessed the crime and would be brought to Lafayette for trial and sentence. Miss Rosalie Hamblen, aged twenty-six. died at Clayton, on Tuesday, of consumption. She was a young lady of much literary talent, and during the past few years had achieved more than a local reputation by reason of a number of meritorious poems and sketches contributed to various newspapers and periodicals. Two years ago she originated a plan for anew histormap which met with favor from a number of prominent educators. Charles Havens, who is an inmate of the northern prison, to which he was sent from Indianapolis nearly a year ago for fourteen years, for street-car robbery, was caught in a singular manner while in a fair way to escape. With a saw, which he had secreted, he sawed off two bars in his cell, and tried to squeeze through the aperture. He has grown quite fleshy, and not being able to creep through nor to get back again, was obliged to remain in his uncomfortable position until released. ILLINOIS. Details of tle Homicidal Insanity of tlie Allen Brothers. Danville Special. In Blount township, eight miles north of here, there has resided for years a little community of Adventists. Prominent Among them was Wolcott Allen, a prosperous farmer, who died two years ago, leaving his estate to be divided between his two sons, George and Heber, and his daughter, Mary, twenty-two years old. The sons had previovsly married. The Allens had been content with the Adventist doctrines till they attended a Methodist revival the evening of Dec. 4 last The Rev. John Swisher, a coalminer, presided. He is a hallelujah exhorter, jumps over the pulpit, and, as he says, “Shakes sinners over an open hell, so they can appreciate the climate in heaven.” The Allens were visibly excited, and the whole assemblage, over one hundred farmers and their families, was greatly wrought up. The Allen brothers took to studying the Bible and soon became so enthusiastic that they neglected their farm labors. A week ago they were acting irrationally. Heber labored under the hallucination that George was God and that he himself was one of the apostles. Both offered to give away their horses and farming implements, as they were the chosen of God. Each one of tbe demented men believed that he was not living in the flesh, but was ordained to go about and straighten up the imaginary wrongs of humanity. Eventually they grew homicidal. Their wives became alarmed, and neighbors volunteered to act as guards. Sunday night George Allen attempted to take the life of his wife and children with a cheese-knife, because, as he explained, “God told me to sacrifice them.” But three strong men watching him overpowered him. He was brought here the following day and adjudged insane in Judge Evans's court. The same night Heber chased a neighbor named Atkinson nearly a mile, but was unable to overtake him. About midnight he entered the anartment where his two children lay sleeping, intending to sacrifice them, but he was prevented by a guard. Tuesday fie was also taken into the court, before Judge Evans. The sister, Mary, is still afflicted by the milder form of the insanity. She believes herself the mother of God. She will be taken before the judge to-morrow or next day. Mrs. Allen, the mother of the three unfortunate children. has also lost her mind. A prominent physician here said to-day that tho whole of Blount township i3 lashed into a religions fever, and the Jmental strain is so great on many that they are likely to suffer the fate of the Allens. Brief Mention. W. A. Peterson & Cos ., boots ad shoes, Rock Island, have failed for $6,000. The Illinois Trust Company is to remove its offices from Princeton to Chicago. The will of Jame3 Corlett, of Guilford, leaves an estate of $50,000 among his widow aud seven children. Mrs. Patrick Burns, the wife of a wealthy farmer living near Decatur, has become hopelessly insane. Samuel S. Bartley, son of Judge Milton Bartiey. of Shawneetowu, has become deranged from overstudy. Dr. William S. Stoker, of Centralia, has been appointed assistant physician at the Chester penitentiary, vice Dr. John T. Looney, resigned. Commodore Flynn, a jealous husband, at Chester, shot and killed his wife on Wednesday, and then shot himself in tho head. He will probably recover. No one witnessed the deed but their five year-old daughter. John McConnell, who served in the Twentysecond Witconsin Infantry and Eighth Illinois Cavalry during the war, was adjudged insane, and was on a train to be taken to the poor house, when he jumped off uad drowned himself in the river. The elopement of Mageie Whitehead, from Marshall, with John Wallace, her father's printer, is still the theme of conversation. They are now in St. Louis, where they went to try to got wort. Wallace’s reason for marrying was that he supposed Mr. Whitehead would give him work for his daughter's sake, but the stern parent utterly refuses to have anything to do with eiiher of the offenders. A night or two ago Mrs. Jeff Wiles, living near Mars* all, was alone at her home, her husband being away. The 3 was a knock at the door, and rough voices demanded admittance, amidst oaths and insulting language. A look out of the window showed dimly three men with blackened faces. Mrs. Wiles refused their demand. They threatened to break down the door, when she snatched up her husband’s eun and fired a heavy charge of shot through the door. The men were not hurt, but terribly scared, and fled precipitately.

The Cincinnati Election Contest. Columbus, Jan. 7. —The committee on privileges and elections of the House of Representatives returned from Cincinnati at noon to-day, where they had gone to examine the election returns on representatives from that county. An adjourned meeting wag held this afternoon, but the attorneys for neither the Republican nor Democratic claimants appeared. The committee considered several questions in executive session and announced that they have completed the work and will prepare a report. The committee adjourned to meet at the call of the chairman. The impression prevails that the report will be submitted to-morrow, and that the Republican members from Hamilton county will be declared entitled to the seats. Ex-Union Prisoners of War. Toledo, Jan. 7. —The annual meeting of the Toledo Association of ex-Union Prisoners of War was held at the Merchants’ Hotel this evening. There were upwards of fifty members of the association present from Toledo and vicinity. A resolution thanking General John A. Logan ard Representative Grosvenor for their efforts in behalf of ex-prisoners of war was passed. After the business meeting a banquet was spread, at which speeches were made by a number of gentlemen present. The generally expressed sentiment was that Congress should take steps to pension Uuion soldiers who were disabled in confederate prisons. Actor Keene. Kansas City, Jan. 7.—Mrs. Thomas W. Keene arrived to-day. % The actor’s condition is still improving. and he will leave to-morrow for New York. It is not expected that he will return to the stage for two months. The members of his company have left for the East, and some of them will make other engagements. —— # What magfo lies in the words home end St Jacobs Oil! Both brim: happiness.

WASHINGTON MISCELLANY, [Concluded from First Page.) goody-goodies in office. I don’t believe in giving the fruits of victory either to the soldier who is willing to fight me or my enemy, nor to the soldier who fights against me and loses the battle.” Mr. Vance says he has examined the operations of the civil-service law “somewhat” When it was suggested that Cabinet officers and other prominent Democrats in government places were speaking well of the operation of the law, he answered: “Oh, some of those men will say anything.” Carlisle and the Presidency. Washington Special. Another feature is made prominent Speaker Carlisle has the presidential hoe in his bonnet Pennsylvania is hopelessly Republican; New York is a pivotal State. The choice between Curtin and Belmont becomes easier for him. Curtin is old and Us political career is nearly run; Belmont is rich and his career has just begun. Nothing could be clearer. Yet the angry protest which is made here against the recognition of the agent of the money kings may, peradventure, reach out beyond the confines of Pennsylvania and singe the budding wines bf Kentucky’s favorite son. This is but lobby gossip of the national capital to-night and may die to-morrow and be forgotten a few days later. The Relief of General Porter. Washington Special. General Bragg, of Wisconsin, who will be chairman of the House eommittee on military affairs, said that within the next ten days a bill for the restoration of Fitz John Porter to the army would be reported from the military committee to the House. It will be almost identical with the bill passed by the last Congress and vetoed by President Arthur. The House will pass it, General Bragg says, by a very large majority, and. as the five Republican senators who voted for the measure last year are still in the Senate to vote for it again, he sees no reason why it may not be passed and signed by the President within the next thirty dnys. Mr. Rounds’s Plan. Washington Special. It is said that Printer Rounds proposes recommending that the civil-service rule be extended to cover his department. To do this his idea would be to establish a standard of proficiency, for printers, bookbinders, pressmen and all other skilled artisans employed in his department As a reason for such an extension he urges that the bureau would then be protected from the designs of congressmen and others seeking to repay political service at the expense of the government, and that it would be for the benefit of the trades interested, as by competitive examination would be assured the best service, and the law would protect the emploves. The Civil-Service Law. Washington Special. Senator Vance’s bill to repeal the civil-service law has created a stir. It will afford a field for discussion, and the tinkling cymbal and sounding brass of the system will be shown up in gaudy colors. The North Carolina senator is an old fashioned mud-road Democrat, who believes that to the victors belong the spoils, and a majority of his party are of the same faith. Already the Republicans, many of them, are dis gusted with the fraud and swindle. There is some likelihood of the repeal of the law. General and Personal. Special to the Indianaootis Journal. Washington, Jan. 7.—Senator Harrison presented in the Senate, to day, the memorial of James Shields Post, G. A. R., of Marshall county, praying for an act granting a service pension to all soldiers and sailors of the late war. John A. Finch, of Indianapolis, is at the Ebbitt. Gen. George B. Wiiliams, of Lafayette, is at the Riggs. \ Senator Voorhees and Representative Matson were at the Whit© House for some time this morning. George W. Burton, of Mitchell, wir to-day admitted to practice before the Interior Department. TELEGRAPHIC BREVITIES. By a premature explosion of blasting powder in a coal mine, at Colfax. In., yesterday, Louis Evans was instantly killed, and “Texas” George seriously injured. John It. Dunlap, business manager of the Louisville Commercial, and Miss Isadora, daughter of Mr. Mortimer Pollock, a wealthy resident of Wheeling, W. Va., were married lastevening, Rev. Dr. Leftwich, of New Jerusalem, Pa., officiated. A cave-in occurred at Boston run, near Mahanoy City, yesterday, and a block of houses were thrown out of sight. The families living in them made a narrow escape. The surface is still caving in, and five more blocks are expected to go down. The election at Memphis, yesterday, for taxing district officers, resulted in an overwhelming defeat of. the opposition to the present officials, who were candidates for re-election. This insures David P. Hadden being retained as president of the taxing district for four years longer. Berry Williams, a desperado from Pike county, yesterday, near Frenchbnrg, Ky., emptied the contents of a six-shooter into the back of one Lawson, from Cvnthiana. with whom he lind been traveling for several hours, having met with him on the way. His purpose was robbery. Lawson will die. Three from Ashland City. Cheatham county, Tennessee, H. C. Adams, a prominent farmer, was found assassinated by the roadside. The affair, at first, looked mvsterious. but investigation fixed the crime on Wash Simmons, who went-to a neighbor’s house after the crime and burned his overcoat and his knife. Simmons has confessed and much excitement prevails.

The Lancaster Bank’s Stolen Money. Rutland, Vt., Jan. 7. —Detective Disson recovered a large amount of the missing funds of the Lancaster, Mass., National Bank here to-day. There were $15,780 in bills, etc., in two valises bnried under a pile of stones in Tinmouth, ten miles from here. Charles H. Veo, treasurer of the West Rutland Marble Company, confessed at Lowell on Wednesday afternoon that hehelped McNeil steal the funds of the bank. They came here together last Wednesday morning. McNeil took $9,000 in gold and part of the securities and went to Canada. Yeo. thinking no suspicion would rest on him. got off here and went to work at his desk. On Thursday, Dec. 31, Veo gave his book-keep-er, Z. L. Barnutn, two valises, and told him to hide them. Barnum refused, bat Dr. Nelson, president of the Marble company, insisted, and he felt obliged to do it or lose his position. On Thursday night, Deo, 31, Barnum took a team for Tinmouth, and called on his cousin, who lived in a lonely spot, a mile from Tinmouth. After the visit he concealed the two valises containing the money. As soon as Veo confessed, Detective Disson took the train for this town, reaching here at 2:30 o'clock this morning. He went to Tinmouth this afternoon and fonnd the securities and money, as represented by Veo. Steamship News. Hamburg, Jan. 7.—Arrived: Suevia, from New York. New York, Jan. 7.—Arrived: City of Chicago, from Liverpool Mississippi Senators Renominated. Jackson, Miss., Jan. 7.—The Democratic caucus, held here to-night, nominated Messrs. Walthall and George for re-election to the United States Senate. An Important Contribution to Science. To the Editor of the Indianapolis Journal: I would not address you if I .did not have important information to communicate. A great many of the best men of the country have died, some of them suddenly, but it is not known that they were secretly murdered by using eleotricity. I desire to make it known through the press and the influential men of the country. A quantity of electrioity came into the birth of a child in this county, and was carried off by partiof called

in to abstract it from the child and its mother. It subsequently fell into the hands of some influential though bad men. These men experimented and made discoveries; they quickly learned that they could kill human beings in the most secret manner by becoming charged with this electricity themselves, and sending a current through the atmosphere any distance, passing through brick walls, destroying their innocent victims by imitating any known disease so successfully that physicians cannot perceive the difference between the imitation and the real. Thesa men are now full-fledged assassins, without * suspicion resting upon them, no published aecouut having ever been given of the at rival of this human electricity in the world, with deplorable results, as Vice-president Hendricks would have been alivo to-day had it not been for this system ot secret murder which now exists in the United States. I trust that you will publish this that it may be known that electricity is now used to destroy human life, and that it i9 in the hands of bad men, who ought forthwith to be brougnt to justice. I was the child at whose birth this electricity was brought into the world, and these men telegraph to me in the boldest manner, relating their villainy (this electricity is a perfact telegraph without a wire). lam too poor to travel or I wquld come in person and throw additional light upon this system of secret murder. But I can be found in the county of King George, State of Virginia, ready to assist in bringing these men to justice. Oscak D. Johnston. Kino George County, Virginia, Jan. 1, 1886. “United We Stand, Divided We Fall.** To the Editor of the Indianapolis Journal: The above motto expresses the true condition of either of the two great political parties in our State. Since I have been a voter Indiana has elected six Governors, three Republicans, Morton, Baker and Porter, and three Democrats, Hendricks, Williams and Gray. And so very close were some of these elections that more than once it required the official count to determine with absolute certainty who was elected. Our last chief executive was a Republican, our present one a Democrat, and the way the thing now looks it is hightly probable that in our State election next fall victory will follow the banner of the most cautious and vigilant Certainly, with the history of the past before us, we don’t need to be told by ( a prophet that in the coming election the party that succeeds best in keeping itself in line, anil comes nearest voting its entire strength will carry the election. In my opinion there is but one way by which this can be done at the present time, and that is to nominate men for office whose integrity and moral worth cannot bo questioned. That corrupt, unscrupulous, immoral men should be chosen to fill positions of honor and trust is a discredit to any party or people. There were men in our last Legislature whose elevation to the position of law makers was a disgrace to our Christian civilization. It is not much to be wondered at that political parties should encounter opposition in their own ranks whil6 putting forward such men. Our people attach entirely too little importance to the nominating conventions. Ido not know just how this may be in other ties, but in this county four-fifths of all thm Republicans who refuse to vote the ticket because they do not like the candidates are men who seldom, if ever, attend the nominating conventions, and are, therefore, responsible to a greater extent for our defeats at the polls than any other class or set of men in the party. In the death of Morton the Republicans of Indiana lost a leader whose place as a political organizer was exceedingly difficult to fill, and although the party has gained victories in the State since his death, it has probable never fully recovered from the blow. But we should not fail to remember in the coming election that in the death of Hendricks, the Democrat have lost their most available party leader. Though by no means Morton’s equal as a political organizer, or on th© stump in point of ability, he was in many other respects fully his equal, and from the close of the war to the day of his death he possessed the power to rally the Democracy of Indiana far beyond any other man in his party. McDonald is too honest to suit the rank and j file of his party, while Voorhees is such a blatant* hypocrite and demagogue, that the better men in the party are disgusted with him. ,So, it seems to me, if we Republicans will do put forward good men for office,-we stand a better chance of success than for years past. Franklin, Ind., Jan. C. W. C. Sandefur. A Fiuai Resource. Philadelphia Record. The owners of deserted rinks have one resource. They can hire Sara Jones. Stable Burned. The fire at 1:30 this morning was a stable at No. 105 Davidson street, belonging to H. CL Bremmerman. The loss is about £2OO.

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