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THE FORTY-NINTH CONGRESS Ur. Ingalls Asks for Information Concerning National Banks and Bonds. Mr. Eustis Argues in Favor of the Silver Dollar—Passage of the Ilill Increasing Salaries of United States Judges. THE SENATE. Mr. Ingalls's Request for Information —Mr. Eostls Argues in Faror of Silver. Washington*, Jan. 18.—Mr. Sherman resumed the chair of the Senate to-day. Among the potions presented and appropriately referred was one by Mr. Coke, from merchants of El Paso, Tex., complaining of smuzgline on the Mexican border, and urging Congress to take measures to put a stop to it. Also, by Mr. Dolph and Mr. Mitchell, memorials of the State Legislature of Oregon, praying Congress to make appropriations for the improvement of the navigation of the Columbia river and the establishment of a public park in Oregon. AmoDg reports submitted from committees was one by Mr. Cnllom, the committee appointed to investigate the subject of the regulaton of freight and passenger rates on railroad and water routes. With the report Mr. Cullom submitted a bill regulating interstate commerce, which he asked might be referred back to the committee and that the committee be continued. The request was granted, and a resolution passed ordering the printing of 5,000 copies of the committee’s report and the testimony taken before it. Mr. Ingalls offered a resolution directing the Secretary of the Treasury to inform the Senate . what proportion of the $10,000,000 of United States bonds called for payment on Feb. 1,1886, are held by national banks as a basis forcirculation, and how touch by each sueh bank. Mr. Edmunds inquired whether Mr. Ingalls ,thought the Senate had any right to call op the Secretary of the Treasury for any information. “I have seen it questioned in the newspapers,’’ Mr. Edmunds added. Mr. Ingalls supposed Mr. Edmunds was hardly serious in asking such a question upon the resolution offered. Mr. Edmunds remarked that he was perfectly serious. - Mr. Ingalls said he understood that a large proportion of the bonds to be called in on Feb. 1 were held by national bank." and that instead of any money being paid ou of the treasury there was to be a process of book-keeping by which a large amount of circulation was to be retired and the currency to that extent contracted. He thought R concerned the country to know if such was the fact Continuing, Mr. Ingalls said he did not know whether the Senate bad any right to call on the Secretary of the Treasury for any information in his possession, but the Senate should know whether it was entitled to ask for information. Mr. Cockrell asked whether the law did not require the Secretary of the Treasury to call in the outstanding bonds in a certain order, and whether the Secretary of the Treasury could adopt any different order. Mr. Ingalls said his resolution involved no implication against the Secretary of the Treas-

ury. Mr. Cockrell repeated bis question. Mr. Ingalls said that there was no doubt that Mr. Cockrell’s statement was true. Mr. Inealls merely whished to know what proportion of the money now in the Treasury was to be paid out for the bonds called for on the Ist of February. Mr. Edmunds thought the resolution a proper one in any event The point made by him, with what had been regarded, perhaps, as a sense of humor, was made in order that the Senate might be sensible of the fact that the public press had •vrgely given out the idea that Congress had no .’jjjbt to know anything that was being done in any of the executive departments. He merely wanted the Senate to vote with its eyes thus opened upon the subject. Mr. Morriil thought the resolution of sufficient importance tojjave it go over until to-morrow, oyiir Mr. Frye offered a resolution relatiq* to the fisheries, a preamble to which reciteFthe following: Whereas, the I‘resident, had recommended Congress to provide for a commission to settle and adjust the fisheries question; and Whereas, The fisheries question has been settled for ten years past, under the treaty of Washington, at a cost of $>5,500,000 of money and remission of s6,* MM). 000 of duties in that period: and. Whereas, That treaty had resulted in an increase of 500 vessels and 1,000 seamen to the Canadian fisheries fleet, with a corresponding decrease in the fishing loet of the United States; therefore, be it Resolved, That, in the opinion of the Senate, a coma ission. clothed with the powers Referred to, ought not to be provided by Congress. Mr. Morgan said it would have been a great injury to stop the work of the fishing fleets in the middle of their cruises, and perhaps the President, in concert with the British authorities, had strained a point in order to accommodate the interests and provide for the welfare of that large class of people. Mr. Hoar thought that our fishermen did not think that the arrangement had been made in their interest. Mr. Dawes said the 4 'suddenness” of the emergency had not rendered the arrangements necessary. A year’s notice bad been given. Mr. FTye said that no American fisherman had asked or proposed such an arrangement That had been left for Mr. West, the British minister, to do. For one hundred years Great Britain had been “protecting” the interests of American fishermen. Mr. Frye characterized the “arrangement” referred to as the “most marvelous piece of business in the way of diplomacy” that our history could show. “Our fishermen,” he said, “do not ask the British minister to interfere to protect them, but they do ask that the United States of America be self-assert-ive, and that is all they ask. Our fishermen ask that this great Republic of fifty millions of people shall protect her- fishermen in their rights. They demand that, instead of yielding to Great Britain, as has been done every time, we shall stand by our rights.” The fishermen, he said, know as well as we know, that Great Britain dare not undertake to defend the coarse of the Canadians m taking United States vessels into colonial ports and trying and condemning them on the evidence of colonial witnesses who stood on the shore and looked out to sea and “guessed” that the vessels were within three miles. Let the United States show what they were able to do, not be frightened to death by the ghosts of dea<l treaties. Our executive officers were trembling at the ghost of the Clay ton-Bulwer treaty, which Great Britain had regarded dead for a quarter of a century. Mr. Morgan expressed his astonishment at the vigor and zeal with which the question was argued. No just criticism of the President or Secretary of State could be based on the information before the Senate. He was entirely surprised to bear that the arrangement spoken of was an undue exercise of power on the part of the executive department, and that American whertoen were not to be benefited by it Mr. Morgan was for the sway of reason, for the influence of justice and truth in preference to war or anything that looked like war. After further debate the resolution went over, Mr. Conger giving notice that he would ask to be heard on it to-morrow. Mr. Teller also gave notice that to-morrow he would ask to be heard on the silver question. Mr. Harrison offered a resolution to admit Hoc. John G. Mordy, of Tennessee, to the floor of the Senate during this session. Mr. Cockrell objected. Messrs. Edmunds and Harrison appealed to Mr. Cockrell to withdraw his objections. Mr. Cockrell saw no necessity for haste. The resolution went over. Mr. Voorhees presented memorials from citizens of Montana, praying that the Territory may be admitted into the Union as a State, and also a bill providing for such admission. Mr. Harrison gave notice that on Friday he weald call up the Dakota bill. Mr. Bostis addressed the Senate upon the ailvsr question. He said the President had told ns that there was not enough silver now ta circulation to cause any uneasiness; that the whole amount new coined, might, after a time, be absorbed by the people without apprehension, but that it was “the ceaseless stream that threat-

ened to overflow,” etc. We were to understand, then, that this silver dollar is an honest dollar when absorbed by the people, but dishonest when offered to the bondholders. Were we to have a double standard of morality, one for the people and the other for the bondholder? Would any department of the government arrogate to itself the arbitrary power of establishing an unjust discrimination against the people and an indefensible favoritism to the bondholder? If so, how could the people accept that department as a guardian of their interests? Our financial legislation had received the approval of the country, and we should have the conrage to maintain our position and to surrender only to the force of argument It would be an appalling admission to make to the country if we were to create a financial policy every few years and then destroy it, merely because persons high in authority had chosen to differ with us. In France all the departments of the government were in hearty sympathy with the financial policy of the country, and actively co-operated with the people to sustain it, because in France “public officers appreciate trust,” while it would seem that in this country patriotism prevails only to a limited extent. The results of the congressional policy of coinage had never been fully tested according to its trne intent and spirit, because our executive department had, in its practice, manifested an unfriendliness to that policy, and by partiality and discrimination bad retarded it. If that department had not discriminated in favor of the bondholders against the people, its representatives would have been entitled to more respect. In conclusion, Mr. Eustis said: “If this practice of incivism by the executive department in directing war against silver coin, which is a coin of the government; in belittline its usefulness, in depressing its existence and in inviting others to believe that it is a deformed offspring of legislation, then some of the evils that have been predicted may come to pass; but those evils will not be attributed to any evil in our financial system, but to the practices of the executive department, in dishonoring and discrediting the coin which it is their duty to sustain by all the influence and power of their official authority.” The judicial salary bill was placed before the Senate, the pending amendment being that of Mr. Morgan, limiting the increase of salary to the cases of judges hereafter appointed. Mr. Conger thought it ought to be limited to the cases of judges appointed under the present administration. Mr. Morgan was glad to hear that the senator thought so well of the administration. The amendment was rejected. Mr. Call offered an amendment providing for the removal of judges for drunkeness. Mr. Edmunds thought drunkenness on the bench a high misdemeanor, which would come under the provisions of the law, and that Mr. Call’s amendment was unnecessary. The amendment was rejected. The bill came to a vote, and was passed. It gives all United States District Court judges $5,000 a year, and prohibits them from appointing their relatives to office in their courts. On motion of Mr. Hoar the bill providing for the presidential count was then placed before the Senate, and after an executive session, the Senate adjourned. _

THE HOUSE. Nearly Six Hundred Additional Bills and Resolutions introduced. Washington, Jan, 18.—-In the absence of the Speaker the House was called to order by the Clerk, and a note from Mr. Carlisle was read, designating Mr. Springer, of Illinois, as Sneaker pro tern, for the day. Under the call of States, the following bills and resolutions were introduced and referred: By Mr. MeKenna, of California: Authorizing the reeurvey of San Francisco bay and other bays and waters in California. By Mr. Candler, of Georgia: Repealing the statutes which impose taxes on the notes of State banking associations and municipal corporations. By Mr. Townshend, of Illinois: To repeal certain sections of the Revised Statutes and the statutes at large relating to the removal of causes from State courts and writs of error to review judgments of State courts; relating only to the revenue laws of the States where the judgment is rendered, and declaring that any corporation doing business in the States where suits are brought shall be deemed and considered as citizens of such States, respectively, for purposes of litigation. * * By Mr. Cannon, of Illinois: To extend the benefits of the pension laws to worthy applicants for pensions who served in the late war, and their widows or minor children, who ore unable, uv.ler existing law, to furnish the evidence required to connect their disabilities with the service. By Mr. Dunham, of Illinois: To provide for the inspection of live stock, hog products and dressed meats. By Mr. Weaver, of Iowa: A resolution calling on the Secretary of the Treasury for information as to the total amount applied to the sinking fund between June 30, 1886. and June 30,1885, and under what date, and in what amount the same was applied. By Mr. Struble, of lowa, by request: To provide for a uniform ballot-box. By Mr. Hall, of Iowa: Providing for the extinguishing of patents. By Mr. Hepburn, of Iowa: To create a board of commissioners of interstate commerce. By Mr. Hanback, of Kansas: Abolishing the Fort Wallace military reservation, in Kansas, and opening it up to settlement. By Mr. Beckinridge, of Kentucky: To assign army officers as attachees to foreign legations. By Mr. Wolford, of Kentucky: Granting a pension to Mrs. Meikleham, only surviving granddaughter of Thomas Jefferson. By Mr. Willis, of Kentucky: Granting pensions to the survivors of the Mexican and Indian wars. By Mr. Wadsworth, of Kentucky, the following preamble and resolution: Whereas, By the 14th section of the act of Congress of Feb. 12, 1873 (now Section 3511, Revised Statutes), the gold dollar of the United States of 25.8 grains standard fineness is made the unit of value and, ; Whereas, The President, on his accession to office, found each and all of the fall logal-tender gold, silver and paper dollars of the United States equal in value to 25.8 grains of standard gold in all transactions within the United States: therefore, Resolved, That it becomes the duty of the President to use all lawful means in his power to maintain this equality in value of such dollars, and that, in the opinion of this "House, he has hitherto faithfully and properly endeavored to discharge that duty. The Speaker pro tempore thought that the resolution properly belonged to the committee on coinage, weights and measures. Mr. Wadsworth remarked that it did not refer stall to coinage, but involved the question as to whether or not the President had violated the law. He therefore moved that it be referred to the committee on judiciary. Mr. Weaver, of lowa, moved its reference to the committee ou coinage, weights and measures, which was agreed to—l2o to 59. By Mr. Dingley, of Maine: To encourage the American marine employed in the fisheries. By Mr. Davis, of Massachusetts: Conferring the rank of colonel on Lieut. A W. Greely. By Mr. Maybury, of Michigan: To establish a commission of Alabama claims; also, for the control and government of the St. Mary’s shipcanal, in Michigan, By Mr. Glover, of Missouri: To provide for carrying on the work of improvement of rivers and harbors by contract By Mr. Woodburn, of Nevada: For the erection of an ladian-school building at Carsen, Nev. By Mr. Hiscock, of New York: To repeal all internal revenue taxes on domestic tobacco. By Mr. Henderson, of North Carolina: To prescribe a tenure of office for persons employed in the civil service; also, for the apportionment of appointments to the public service among the several congressional districts on the basis of population. By. Mr. Warner, of Ohio: To reduce the fee for money orders for sums not exceeding $5; also, for the appointment of a special committee to examine and report on the jetties at the month of the Mississippi. By Mr. Thompson, of Ohio: For the erection of a public building at Cardington, O. By Mr. Herman, of Oregon: Declaring forfeited certain lands granted to the Northern Pacific railway. By Mr. La Follette, of Wisconsin: To protect depositors in national banks, and to punish any officer of such bank who receives a deposit when the bank ie insolvent. By Mr. Toole, of Montana: For the admission of Montana as a State. By Mr. Joseph, of New Mexico; Defining the

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powers of the Commissioner of the General Land Office in respect to quieting titles to land in the States and Territories. There were 595 bills introduced during the call. Mr. Mason, of Minnesota, from the committee on Indian affairs, reported a bill authorizing the use of certain unexpended balances for the relief of the Northwestern Indians in Montana. Referred to the committee of the whole. The House then adjourned. THE WINTER WHEAT. Condition of the Crop in Ohio, Michigan, Illinois, Kentucky, and Other States. Mikwauxek, Wis., Jan. 18.—-S. W. Talmadge, of this city, gives the Associated Press the following information in relation to the condition of the winter wheat plant in Ohio, Michigan, Illinois, Kentucky, Missouri, Kansas and Maryland: W. A. Chamberlain, secretary of the Ohio State Board of Agriculture, says: "Our wheat was finely covered with snow before the severe cold weather came, and the plant went into winter in good condition.” Mr. Chamberlain also states that from his observation he believes Professor Dodge has overestimated the total yield of the United States for 1885 fully thirty to forty million bushels. Hon. H. A. Conant. Secretary of State of Michigan, says: “I do not think the wheat crop of the State has suffered any material injury. We had a general break up, followed by a severe freeze, but previous to this there was a light fall of snow, which has doubtless served as a partial protection to the wheat plant.” S. D. Fisher, of Springfield, 111., says: "I have, as vet, heard no complaints. The plant is protected more or less by snow, which fell to the depth of five or six inches before the late severe cold weather was upon us, but there was considerable wind, and there must be a considerable area but thinly protected. John F. Davis, Commissioner of Agriculture of Kentucky, says: “Up to the present time no injury to wheat has been reported to the bureau. On the Ist of this month we had a good fall of snow, which will protect the wheat crop for the present Correspondents, up to the Ist of January, are unanimous in reporting the condition of the wheat to be No. 1.” J. W. Sanborn, secretary of the State Board of Agriculture of Missouri, reports the condition of wheat very favorable, and says the cold weather has done no material injury to the plant Wm. Sim, secretary of the State Board of Agriculture of Kansas, says there has been no injury to the wheat crop by late cold weather. Ezra Whitman, of the Maryland Farmer, says: “The scow in our State is from six to ten inches deep. The mercury has been nearly to zero for several nights, and through the day from fifteen to twenty degrees above. We cannot yet learn that the wheat crop has been in any way injured during the winter.” Randolph Harrison, Commissioner of Agriculture for Virginia, says that the reeent cold weather has done no special injury to the plant. The land has been covered with snow, not deep, but sufficiently so to protect the wheat John S. Staider, of West Virginia, says: “The cold weather has not let up sufficiently for us to determine what damage, if any, has been done.” Montana Wants To He a State. Minneapolis, Minn., Jan. 18,—Hon. W. F. Saunders, of Helena, M. TA NARUS., who is in the city, was enterviewed last evening, and said that the residents of Montana are quite enthusiastic over the prospects for its admission as a State. 4 ‘We hope,” he continued, “to step into the Union with Dakota. It is generally regarded as a Democratic Territory, the Democratic majority ranging from 500 to 1,000, and on that score we believe that we will be admitted as an offset to Republican Dakota. A large majority of the people of the Territory are in favor of admission.” Saunders said that a constitutional convention was held two years ago, which framed a Constitution and appointed a committee to go to Washington and submit the results of the convention. “For some reason,” he added, “the committee never visited Washineton as instructed, but they are becoming interested in the movement, now that it is seen there is a good prospect of having the Territory admitted, and will hold a meeting early in February, and go to Washington at once. While there, the Constitution will be submitted and energetic measures taken to have the Territory admitted. Governor Hauser is iuterestiug himself in the statehood question, and is no doubt doing good work at Washington in that respect. We have a sufficient popnlation to entitle us to admission, and there is every rea son to suppose that our efforts will not be in vain.”

Fatal Explosion at Pitts barg. Pittsburg, Jan. 18.—The steam tug Modoc exploded her boilers in the Allegheny river, near the Sixteenth-street bridge, shortly before 8 o’clock this morning, instantly killing pilot Joe Davies, and seriously, and perhaps fatally, injuring fireman Matthew Higgins, and Cantain Jeff Evans. The balance of the crew escaped unhurt The fireman had just fired up, when the explosion occurred, The concussion was terrific, and the boat was rent asunder, fragments being scattered fully 500 yards. Pilot Joe Davies was blow into the river, and his body haanotyet been recovered. Fireman Higgins was blown on a raft His injuries, it is thought are fatal. Captain Evans was badly hurl, but will probably recover. The others were blown into the river, but were rescued uninjured. The cause of the explosion is unknown, but it is thought that the feed-pipes were clogged with ice, and the boilers, becoming dry, exploded. The boat was owned by Captain Evans, and was valued at $4,000. It was used for towing barges in the harbor. Nauti coke’s Buried Miners. WiLKESBARRE. Pa., Jan. 18. —There is no change in the condition of affairs at slope .No. 1 of the Nanticoke mine, where the miners were entombed. A sensational report was spread through the valley yesterday that the rescuing party had discovered a bright light ahead of them, but this is denied on the best authority. The work of clearing up the gangways continues slowly. Nothing has been discovered up to noon to-day, nor have any signs of the buried men been found. A considerable stream of water is now running along the gangway where the men are at work, and another rush of sand is feared at any moment. From all appearances this morning it will be weeks before the bodies of the men are reached, if they are ever recovered. It is possible, however, that the victims were caneht in the gangways and overwhelmed by the flood, and their bodies may be reached at any time. Killed in a Gambling-House. New Ori/.ans. Jan. 18.—A special to the Picayune, from Vicksburg, Miss., says: “In a Bhooting affray over a game of cards at the Planters’ Club, to-day, J. H. McKenna was killed by James Marshall, the proprietor. Jonas Goodman is believed to be mortally wounded by a stray shot. Marshall escaped unhurt. The coroner’s jury rendered a verdict that Marshall actdin self-defense. McKenna was out on bail pending a second trial for killing 15. Wilson, a gambling house proprietor, on New Year’s day. On his first trial he was sentenced to be hanged, but was granted anew trial. Socialists Repudiated by Workingmen. Chicago, Jan. 18. —At a largely attended meeting of the trades assembly, last night, a member of the Stove-makers’ Union made a speech in reference to the socialistic alarm. He denounced the revelations published, and said that not only were they untrue, but, furthermore, the Socialists did not represent the workingmen of Chicago. After a sharp discussion a resolution was passed, by a large majority, declaring that the Socialists did not represent the workingmen of Chicago, and repudiating the utterances of all socialistic eranks. A Missing Land Agent. Cairo, 111., Jan. 18.—John Turley, land agent of the Illinois Central railroad, left here two weeks ago to-day to look at land on the Cairo & St liouis railroad. Nothing has been heard of him since, and it is feared he has been foully dealt with. The pain and misery suffered by those who are afflicted with dyspepsia are indescribable. The relief which is given by Hood's Sarsaparilla has caused thousands to be thankful for this great medicine. It dispels the causes of dyspepsia, and tones up the digestive organs.

JUDGE LYNCH AT VINCENNES Holly Epps, the Murderer of James Dobson, Hanged by a Greene County Mob. The Doors of the Jail Battered Down and the Prisoner Executed in the Court-House lard—Epps’s Hideous Crime. VAcennbs, Ind., Jan. 18.—Holly Epps, the foui murderer of Farmer Dobson, has expiated his terrible crime at the hands of Judge Lynch, and his carcass hangs suspended in the courthouse yard at this hour, 2 o’clock a. m. Rumors that Judge Lynch would yet do his fatal work were rife on the streets all day Sunday, but no one paid any attention to the gossip, and it was generally considered that the Greene county vigilance committee would not visit vengeance ou Holly Epps’s head while confined in the Vincennes jail, but that he would be summarily strung up whenever taken back to Greene county. However, this proved not to be the case. At about 12:50 this morning a crowd of masked men, numbering from twenty to thirty, carrying sledge-hammers and various other implements, were seen marching like silent specters through the suburbs of the city down Sixth street, toward the jail. Their masks were nothing more than bandanna handerchiefs, but each face was so carefully covered that identification was impossible. They marchedjsteadily and silently down Seminary street, then down Seventh, and reached the court-house yard. Here they saw two policemen. The leader of the gang approached those official dignitaries of the peace and welfare of the community, and peremptorily ordered them to go home. The policemen disappeared as suddenly as if by magic. Stationing masked sentinels at each corner of the grounds the greater part of the gang entered the jail yard and walked stealthily up toward the portico of the sheriff’s residence. Not a sound could be heard save the shuffling of a score of feet. The lynchers stood back while the leader of the vigilance committee rapped on the door. The sound re-echoed on the still night air, but not a murmur from within the sheriff’s residence. The leader knocked again and again, but no sound or response issued from within. Finally, however, with lounder rappings and fiercer calling, Sheriff Seddleinyer was aroused, and coming to the door, called out from within: “Who’s there?”

“We want you to open the door, and let ns in. We are friends, and want to get in. We want to see you,” answered tha leader in calm and steady tones. There was no mistaking that voice. “But what do you want to see mo for?” asked Sheriff Seddlemyer. “We want to see yon, and talk to you.” “I can’t let you in to-night, gentlemen,” decidedly answered the sheriff. “But we must get in,” answered the leader. “We propose to have the black carcass of the nigger who murdered poor old farmer Dobson up in Greene county, and if yon won’t let us in we will get in anyhow.” “You can’t come in here,” spoke the sheriff determinedly, “and if you try to break in you will violate the law, and lay yourselves liable to criminal prosecution.” From the tone of the sheriff’s voice it was plain to be seen that he was laboring under tre mondous excitement. “Well, here goos then,’’ at last decided the leader. “Boys, get ready,” and at these words bang went a great sledge-hammer against the pine door. With two or three blows the door was smashed to splinters, and literally knocked off its hinges. Entering the hallway, the lynching party struck a light, rushed into the parlor, grabbed Sheriff Seddlemyer and pushed him into an adjoining room, slammed the door in his face, and gruffly ordered him to keep quiet and stay in his room. The lynchers made for the huge iron doors, and commenced the work of them down. This was the most difficult part of the whole performance, and fully half an hour elapsed before they succeeded in loosening the locks enongh to admit them. They entered the inclosure, soon eot into Epps’s cell, and grabbed the black fiend by his woolly head and unceremoniously jerked Ipm from his bed. Epps yelled and bowled like a maniac at sight of the men who had come to take his life, but a slap in the mouth silenced him, and as they dragged him into the gaslight, in the hallway of the jail, it seeemed as though he had turned white with fear. The lynchers did not fool with him long. They marched him out into the street, tied a rope around his neck and jerked him along on the ice and snow, compelling him to walk on his frozen feet, until they reached the court-house grounds, a few yards off. There they entered, and to the nearest tree they went and threw the rope over the strong limb and twenty pairs of hands hauled the murderer from the ground. Epps kicked, squirmed and grabbed hold of the rope above him, but the lynchers knocked his hands away. His groans were terrible to hear, and shocked the spectators beyond measure. At 1:15 Epps was pulled up, and for fully fifteen minutes he struggled for life, when death came to his relief. He was strangled, and, as he hangs now in the court-house yard, he presents a frightful spectacle of the vengeance of Judge Lynch. The court-yard, by tbe time the lynching-bee was over, was filled to overflowing with spectators. Scores came from every direction, and as soon as the vigilantes dispersed the crowd rushed forward for bits of rope and pieces of Epps’s clothing. At 2:30 o’clock the body is still dangling in the air beneath the tall court-house tower, and the crowd grows larger and larger. Sheriff Seddleraeyer is completely used up with excitement ana anxiety, and is said to be ill. Prosecuting Attorney Axtell Sunday came down from Greeue county and had made all arrangements to take Epps back in the morning. He was called up, and is now viewing the body as it swines from the limb of a tree. Epps has earned his case to a higher court.

The Crime for Which He Was Punished. The crime for which justice was thus summarily meted out was the murder of James Dobson, a farmer, who, with his wife, lived near the little town of Solesberry, in Greene county, about fifteen miles from Bloomington. The crime was one of the most fiendish ever committed in this State, and its horror is added to by the fact that the old couple with whom he lived, Mr. and Mrs. Dobson, had taken a peculiar interest in the fellow owing to his pretensions of piety. The old couple had no children, and about five months ago they hired Holly Epps, a very black, very big and very brutal-looking negro. He did his work well, and was apparently a faithful servant and worthy of the trust they reposed in him. He never gave cause for complaint He evinced a great desire to learn to read, and Ms employer volunteered to teach him. On the 11th of January the old couple sat by the fire with the negro, listening to the fellow making an effort to read a chapter in the Bible. It was quite late when they retired, and there was no hint of any evil design on the part of the negro. According to the story told by Mrs. Dobson, she whs awakened aDout midnight and discovered Epps at the bedside with an ax in his hand. Before she could make a noise or even cry aloud the ax descended, splitting open the head of her ■leeping husband. The blow proved instantly fatal, and the black fiend then made clear the object of his bloody work by dropping the ax and-spring-ing over the body of his victim on to the old lady. Then began one of the most horrible struggles ever recorded. The woman fought valliantly to defend her honor, and the negro bent •very energy to the accomplishment of his purpose. They fought over the dead body of Mr. Dobson and the woman managed to get the advantage. The fellow then clutched her by the hair with both hands and literally dragged her from the bed to the floor by the hair of the head. Then the struggle was renewed with redoubled energy on the part of both. Eppe had a knife and threatened to eut her head off* but she still

fought him. He dropped the knife and she secured it Then .she kept him at bay and screamed. Finding his design foiled, the man fled, then the woman fainted and was found in the morning on the floor in a half-dead condition. The trail of the negro was followed to Bloomfield, where he was arrested. He at first denied all knowledge of the crime, but after being jailed changed his tactics and said he bad done the bloody work while asleep; that he was in a nightmare and thought he was being pursued by a mob, and in defending himself killed the old man and attacked the woman. This story was so evidently a lie that no one gave it the least credence. Officers with a posse arrived in Bloomington a little after noon and demanded the prisoner, but it was so evident that he would be lynched if taken back and the wretch begged so hard that it was concluded to hold him at Bloomfield until night and then rush him away out of reach of the mob. This was done, the murderer being taken to Bedford, and next morning pushed on to Bloomfield. On this trip he narrowly escaped lynching. A meeting was held at Bedford, and it was resolved that the fellow should hang without process of law. But the sheriff outwitted the would be lynchers, and got the prisoner into the Bloomfield jail. Arrangements were made and plans perfected for doing the hanging at Bloomfield, but again the officers exercised their shrewdness, and got the fellow out of town on a train for Vincennes, where they felt quite sure he would be safe, and accordingly breathed easier. Friday night, or rather Saturday morning, a company of Greene county people came into Vincennes and made an effort to get Epps out of jail. They visited the sheriff, but ho met their demand with a flat refusal to give up the prisoner. They then made an effort to carry the jail by assault, but were too weak, and retired. That they did not give up their purpose is proven by their return in greater force and the successful execution of their plans.

M’CCLLOUGH’S DOUBLE LIFE. Unhappy Married Relations and the Unhappier Results to Which They Led. Chicago Herald. There are at present several of the former members of the late John McCullough’s company in this city, and to this fact it is undoubtedly due that some new stories of the great tragedian’s career and private life have gained currency. One of the rumors which startled the many friends of the great aetor was to the effect that among some of his personal property stored in Norton’s Theater, St. Louis, was a paid up life insurance policy for $65,000 in favor of his little daughter, known to many members of the dramatic profession as Birdie McCullough. It was not generally known dui’ing the great tragedian’s life that his marriage in early life was a very unhappy one, and that he had been estranged for years from his wife and his two sons, to whose home he was finally brought to die. Neither was it known to the public at large that McCullough in later years contracted a marital relation with a prominent actress whom he was unable to make his lawful wife by reason of his inability to procure a divorce from his first wife. • Only a few intimate friends knew the truth. All others, seeing tho interest the actor took in the child, its resemblance to him, and tho love he bore the mother, drew their own conclusions, and sometimes drew them much broader than either he or she deserved. The child, Birdie, was the fruit of this latter union, and is now in caro of her mother’s friends and relatives in this city, attending school, and giving every evidence of developing into a beautiful and accomplished woman. She is going on twelve years of age, and, besides her striking resemblance to her father, gives evidence of having inherited to a marked degree his histrionic ability. But she does not yet boar her father’s name; that has been withheld from her, and her friends sincerely hope it will be until she arrives at years of maturity, when all will be made known. As is well known, McCullough left no will, and his property, worth $50,000, went to the family from whom he had been estranged. He often said he would provide for his little pet daughter, and frequently named the amount as $50,000 But John was shiftless in business matters, and the most he ever did was to take a paid-np life insurance policy for $5,000 for the little one’s benefit, and this, together with the accrued interest, has amounted to SIO,OOO. The money will be invested in city property, the income from which will give her a competency for life. This is vouched for by one conversant with all the facts as being all there is to tho rumor afloat. There was no poliey for $65,000 or any other amount found among the actor’s effects, and the existence of one forss,ooo was always known to McCullough’s most intimate friends.

New York Sun Tho foregoing was shown to one of the dead tragedian’s most intimate New York friends yesterday, wlu> said: ‘‘l am very sorry, indeed, that this publication has been made. I suppose, though, it had to come sooner or later, for there is hardly a member of the theatrical profession who did not know of it, and my experience is that, while they aTe well-meaning people, they are all given to gossip. Birdie is but a pet name of the child. Her real name is Virginia. Think of the many times poor John’s mind reverted to his Virginia when he played the Roman father. His intimacy with her mother began when he was in California, and she was the leading actress of his company. She was a beautiful girl then. Not long since I saw a picture of her taken as Ogarita, in the ‘Sea of Ice," and it shows a tall, slender girl, with bright eyes and a wealth of dark brown hair, that hangs on her rounded shoulders in masses of curls. Her faoe is ns classic, too, as that of a Grecian goddess. Twelve years ago Birdie was born, and to the day that memory lost its hold on his distracted brain poor John never failed to care for and protect her. A couple of years ago he saw that he ought to provide for her future, and he took out a life-insurance policy of SG.ISC in her favor. The payments on it are all right, and the money will be invested for her sole benefit. At present she is living with her mother’s brother in-law, near Chicago. She looks very much like her father, and is an extremely bright child. Last year she carried off the junior honors of her school. It is not improbable that she may adopt the stage as a profession when of proper age. *‘l don’t think that Mrs. McCullough knew of her existence. In fact, lam of the opinion that this unfortunate publication will give her her first news of it. Birdie’s mother is at present in California. Poor woman, her lot is a hard one. She lias a kind heart, and feels keenly the anomaly of her position. This letter, which I received from her shortly after John's death, shows this; I would not permit it to be published bad not the other appeared; bntas it has, it may awaken sympathy for her, and God knows she needs it.” “Kansas City, Mo., Nov. 19. “My Dear Mr. 1 have just received, forwarded to me from Chicago, your kind token from John’s coffin. How can I ever thank you? Not in words. You must try and imagine how you would feel under the circumstances; even you can hardly realize my unhappy position. “Os course, the world at large does not recognize my right to mourn for John, but there are some friends who know all the circumstanqes of onr lives—what he was to me, what I was to him, since I was but fifteen years old, and that we have passed almost eighteen years of our lives together—and yet you are the only soul that has extended to me one ray of sympathy. I know it is the way of the world, but just now it does 6eem very, very hard. Birdie seems to feel the loss of her papa very deeply. She does not say much. She is a very silent child at all times, but sometimes I see tears in the little eyes, and ask, “What’s the matter?” All she replies is, “My papa.” You wore good enough to say that you would like to know from time to time about her affairs. I have been made her guardian, aud have sent notice to the company that the morcey must be ready when called for; but I thiak I will have it remain where it is until I find a safe investment. Yours most sineerely, ‘i The best life-Baving apparatus—St. Jacobs Oil—the conqueror of pain. Fifty cents. ▼hen Baby wae sick, we gave her Castoria, When she vm a Child, she cried for Caetoria, When (he became Mise, she clung to Oaetoria, Whan the had Children, she gave them Caetoria,

Some Frank Confessions. ''Our remedies are unreliable."—Dr. Valentine Mott. "We have multiplied diseases."—Dr. Hush. Philadelphia. "Thousands are annually slaughtered in the sick-room.”—Dr. Frank. "The science of medicine is founded on conjecture, improved by murder.”—Sir Astley Cooper, M. D. "The medical practice of the present day is neither philosophical nor common sense." —Dr. Evans, Edinburgh, Scotland. Dr. Dio Lewis, who abhors drugs as a rula and practices hygiene, is frank enough, however, to say over bis signature "If I found mvself the victim of a serious kidney trouble I should use Warner’s safe cure, because I am satisfied it is nut injurious. The medical profession stands helpless in the presence ol more than one such malady.” Au old proverb says: If a person dies without the services of a doctor, then a coroner must, be called in and a jury impaneled to inquire and determine upon the cause of death; but if a doctor attended the case, then no coroner and jury are needed as everybody knows why the person died!—Medical Herald.

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OF APPOINTMENT OF RECEIVER. Notice is hereby given that the undersigned ha® been, by the Marion Circuit Court, appointed Receiver of the Evening Minute Company. All persons having claims against said Company will file the same with said Receiver, and all persons indebted to said Company will call and settle the same at once. WILLIAM S. FISH, Receiver. STATEMENT^ STATEMENT OF THE ACME MILLING CO.—lNdianapolis, January 1, 1S8G: Capital stock (all paid in) $1100,000.00 Accounts and bills receivable $20,602.70 Personal property and cash on hand. 29,228.01 49,881.31 Total indebtedness 42,677.51 S. F. ROBINSON. President, C. L. CUTTER, Vice-president. Samukl HaRKIS, Secretary. State of Indiana, Marion County, ss. Before me, Fred A. Gregory, a notary public iD and for said county, personally came S. F. Robinson, president, C. L. Cutter, vice-president, and Samuel Harris, secretary, who, being duly sworn, upon their oath say that the above is a correct statement of the condition " of the Acmo Milling Company on the date above given, r ... . T i Subscribed and sworn to before me this 18th J -J day of January. 1886. Fred S. Gregory, Notary Public. SOCIETY MEETINGS. Masonic— keystone chapter no. 6, r. a. M. Stated meeting in Masonic Temple this (Tuesday) evening, at 7:30 o’clock. JACOB W. SMITH, H. P. William H. Smythe, Secretary. ANNOUNCEMENTS. _ Dr. a. w. brayton. office, io west ohio street. Residence, 4, Ruckle street. " “aTRIMONY,” ESS— LA* dies and gentlemen wishing correspondence inclose stamp for blank application form. Address Box 199 Minneapolis, Minn. POLITICAL ANNOUNCEMENTS. Township Trustee. WM. F. RUPP—FOR TOWNSHIP TRUSTEE— Subject to Republican Nominating Convention. Township Assessor. Hugh w. white will be a candidate for Township Assessor, subject to the decision * of the Republio&n township convention. WANTED. WANTED— A GOOD MECHANICAL DRAFTSman. Address Po.stoinee Box 290, Indianapolis, Ind. ANTED—MEN AND WOMEN TO START A. new business at their homes; can be done even-; iirgs and learned in an hour; any person making lea*t than 10c to 50c an hour should send 10c at unoo for ■ a package of sample goods and 24 working samples* (formulas) to commence on. Address ALBANYSUPPLY CO., Albany, N. Y. ■HMHHswssHMMßnasHmmaaßaß' AGENTS WANTED. Agents— any man or woman making* less than S4O per week should try our easy money-making business. Our $3 eye-opener free to*j eithar sex wisLf to test with a view to business. A’ lady cleared $lB in one day; a young man S7O on on*4 street. An agent writes: “Your invention brings the 1 money quickest of anything I ever sold." We wish* every person seeking employment would take advant-; age of our liberal offer. Our plan is especially suitable | for inexperienced persons who dislike to talk. Thefree printing we furnish boats all other schemes and l pays agents 300 per cent, profit. A Lady who invested! $1 declared that she would not take $5?) for her pur- * chase. Write for papers: it will pay. Address A, H. MERRILL & CO., Chicago. FINANCIAL. FINANCIAL-MONEY ON MORTGAGE—FARMS* and city property. C. E. COFFIN & CO. ~ONEY AT THE LOWEST RATES OF INTER-1 est. J. W. WILLIAMS & CO., 3 and 4 Vinton* Block. L~OANS NEGOTIATED QN IMPROVED FARM! and eitr property in Indiana and Ohio. JOS. A. < MOORE, 4§ East Washington street. IT WILL FURNISH MONEY ON FARM SE curity, promptly, at the lowest rates, for lane or short time. THOS. C. DAY & CO., 72 E. Market st. IX PER CENT. MONEY TO LOAN ON INDlanapolis real estate, in sums of SI,OOO and up wards. HENRY COE & CO„ 13 Martindale Block. For sale—only one dollar per year, the Weekly Indiana State Journal Bead fox it.

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