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fin all v agreed to give up hispotition oa the naval affnirs committee to Governor Curtain. Mr. Hewitt is largely interested in iron and steel interests in the East, and the committee on naval affairs may have some strong influence to wield in making government contracts for ship-build-ing material. The position is one which he regards with some jealousy. Whether Governor Curtin is given this compromise place or not, his feathers have been clipped so far as this Congress is concerned. There is a report that Mr. Curtin will retire from congressional life at the end of his present term, and that he feels the cut given him by the Speaker more keenly on that account. THE HENDRICKS FUNERAL. Probability of a Dispute Over the Bill Presented by the Pennsylvania. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Washington, Jan. 19.—There is going to be some trouble, it is said, over the settlement of the bill presented by the Pennsylvania Railroad Company for taking the congressional party from here to Indianapolis to attend the Hendricks obsequies. At the time the party was being arranged there was a good deal of rivalry between the Baltimore & Ohio and the vania companies, and some pretty sharp bidding was indulged in. Kates were cut by the Baltimore & Ohio, bat it is stated that the Pennsylvania Company had friends in the House and Senate who are known to be attorneys for that road, and that they went 60 far for tbeir client as to secure the award for the Pennsylvania -without permitting the bid of the Baltimore & Ohio to be opened. Ever since the funeral there have been ominous expressions made by certain congressmen who objected to their confreres interfering in such matters, and it has frequently been remarked that the bill of the Pennsylvania Company would not be paid. That bill is now before a House committee, and it is reported to night that some trouble may grow out of it. The bill is much larger than that proposed by the Baltimore & Ohio, and the committee, if it recommends its payment, will demand that it be scaled down to wbat the Baltimore & Ohio proposed. The Pennsylvania Company's bill is said to be abont $1,200 or $1,500 more than the bid of the B & 0., which is to be opened simply as a reference. Should the matter come before the House for discussion it will probably lead to tart debates, as there are members who openly charge that the contract made with the Pennsylvania was secured through congressional influence.

SENATOR VOOKUGES. He Favor the Admission of Dakota, Montana and Washington Territories. ? New York, Jan. 19. —A Washington special to the Post says that last week Senator Voorhees introduced a bill to admit Washington Territory as a State, and yesterday he introduced a bill to admit Montana as a State. The Senator was aked if he intended to make the admission of Dakota conditional on the admission of Montana, aa it had been reported the Democrats were disposed to do. He replied. “I can speak only for myself. I think the best arrangement we can make is to admit Dakota. Montana and Washington Territory together. They must all come in soon, and they might as well come now. I don’t see how we can prevent Dakota coming in. She has a voting population of 80,000, and is certainly entitled to admittance. I thought at first that I should oppose the division of Dakota, but I do not see how I can. The Territory has an area of five times my own State, and South Dakota will be about as large as Ohio and Indiana. Montana has a voting population of 26,000, and Washington a voting population of 40,000. There are not fifteen congressional districts in the country with the population of Washington, and not a hundred with that of Montana. Dakota is Republican; Montana is Democratic, and I am confidant will remain so. Washington is close, and may be won by either party. If she comes into the Union by Democratic votes, under a Democratic administration, our chances in the new State will be all the better. It seems to me Liuch the better plan to take in these three Territories at once. They are entitled to it, and politically it will be as fair and practicable an arrangement as can be.” Several prominent Democrats are reported to agree with Mr. Voorhees. Mr. Springer expresses the opinion that the House committee on Territories will report favorably on the division and admission of Dakota, unless the party shall hold a caucus upon the subject.. In that event-, it is his opinion that the decision would be adverse. The members of the Dakota delegation, headed by Judges Edccrton and Moody, called on the President this afternoon by appointment, and formally presented the claims of the Territory for admission into the Union, with a view of securing his aid and co-operation in attaining that end. The President showed a decided interest in the snbject, many features of which, he said, were new to him, and in the course of an informal conversation remarked that the question should be impartially considered from a juicial stand point of rieht and justice without gard solely to its partisan aspect. He cerinly impressed the delegation with the belief . !iat he proposed to treat it on that basis. He dsured them that he would give the matter careful consideration, and would do what he thought right in the premises. The delegation thanked him for the interest he had shown in their cause, aad departed well pleased with the interview. MINOR MATTERS. Arguments Before the House Judiciary Committee In Favor of a Bankruptcy Law. Washington, Jan. 19.—Th® House committee on the judiciary devoted their meeting today to hearing arguments by representatives of commercial bodies upon bankruptcy legislation. The bearing was opened in behalf of those who favor the enactment of a national bankrupt law hv M. S. Wise, attorney of the New York Board of Trade and Transportation and other mercantile bodies. He was followed by J. Waldo Smith, of New York: W. T. Steele, secretary of the Philadelphia Textile Association; J. W. Gayne, of St. Louis, representing the Chamoer of Commerce; Mr. Hurst, of Baltimore, and Mr. ■Woods, of the Boston Merchants’ Association. The hearing was adjourned until Thursday next. The tenor of the arguments was in favor of the enactment of a general bankrupt law, and favoring the bill now before the committee, introduced by Mr. Coliins, and commonly known as the Lowell bill. The chairman, Mr. Tucker, in defining the points on whifih the committee would like to hear argument, remarked that there were a number of members of Congress who were not anxious for tho passage of a bankrupt law, but who would bo willing to vote for such a measure if it were fairly drawn and the machinery provided for carrying it into force were perfect. Wages of Government Printers. Washington, Jan. 19.—The House committee on labor held a meeting to-night and listened to tho arguments of a delegation representing all the branches of the Government Printing Office in favor of the bill introduced by Representative Foran, of Ohio, to establish the rato of wages nr,id to employes of the Government Printing Establishment prior to 1877, when, by an act, ! .10 wages were reduced from sixty to fifty cents or thousand eras, and from fifty to forty cents n hour. When the delegation retired the enm.ittee went into executive session, and decided .o report the bill favorably to the House. Patents for Indian tans. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Washington, Jan. 19.—Patents were issued to Indianians to-day as follows: Lewis W. Fisher, Rockville, portable fence; Robert M. McGrath, Lafayette, car axle-box; Charles E. Merrifield, ludiauapolie, assignor to Wra. Johnston, Wiltnot, t>.. lathing; John T. Obenchain, Logans port, roller mill; Wa H. Fence, Los&ntville, band cutter and feeder for threshing machine; Thomas B. Thorn, Yin-

cennes, farm gate; Jas. Weathers, Indianapolis (2), combined anvil, via® and drill* lifting-jack and sash-balance. General and Personal. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Washington, Jan. 19. —In the House, to-day, Mr. Matson introduced a petition from William M. Tate, late postmaster at Bloomington, asking Congress to direct the Postmaster-general to adjust his salary, there being a balance of $277 due him on commissions. D. S. Alexander, of Buffalo, N. Y., late Fifth Auditor of the Treasury, is in the city on professional business. The President to-day approved the act legalizing the election of the Territorial Legislative Assembly of Wyoming. The President to day approved the act providing for the performance of the duties of the President in case of the removal, death or inability both of the President and Vice-president. Secretaries Eadicott and Whitney left Washington, this morning, for Wilmington. Del., to attend the funeral of Miss Bayard. They are expected back to night Representative Matson was among the President’s callers to-day. The Colonel seems to be exerting himself just now in behalf of bis officeseeking constituents. Colonel Hughes East is anticipating daily his appointment to the secretaryship of Wyomimr Territory. D. M. Bradbury and wife, of Indianapolis, are at the Riggs. Commissions were to-day issued for the following Indiana postmasters: James P. Tutwiler, at Libertyviile; Henry Kneals, at Mont morenci; John H. Adams, at Reynolds. Isaac Leap lias been appointed postmaster at Rosston, Boone county. TELEGRAPHIC BREVITIES. The total exports of produce from New York during the past week were valued at $6,395,749. A four-year-old daughter of Henry Lowater, of Toledo, was so badly burned whilo playing with the door of a kitchen stove, on Sunday night, that she died yesterday. The citizens of northern Idaho are protesting against annexation to Washington Territory, because that Territory is antagonistic to mining. They want annexation to Montana. In Overton county, Tennessee, William Eldridge, a boy fourteen years old, killed his brother-in-law', Bige Willingford, because the latter abused bis wife, the sister of Eldridge. Henry Murdoch, a prominent farmer of Walker county, Georgia, eloped on Monday night with bis sister-in-law, Sally Myers, fifteen years of age. Mr. Murdoch’s former wife has been dead four weeks. In the federal court at St. Paul, yesterday, the case of Frederick vs. the Northern Pacific and the St. Paul & Duluth railroads, for half a million dollars’ worth of lake front property at Duluth, was decided against the defendant by Judge Nelson. At Toronto, Canada, Tobias Epstein, a dry goods merchant, was yesterday committed for trial on a charge of defrauding his credi ors of SIO,OOO worth of .goods, and was admitted to bail in $30,000. Neither his book-keeper nor his ledger can be found. The child of Edward Applegate, of Spottswcod, N. J., which was bitten by a mad dog twentv-one days ago, went into convulsions last Thursday and died on Monday of hydrophobia in its most horrible form, requiring two mea to hold it in its struggles. The child was six years of age. The Pan-electric Telephone Company put their telephonic system into operation at St Louis yesterday, and gave an exhibition of its workings. It differs in several respects from other telephones, and includes a plan by which communication may bo had by anybody paying a toll of a nickel. W. E. Jager, who has had charge of th® Union News Company’s establishment iu St. Louis, for some time past, has been arrested at Moberly, Mo., on a warrant sworn out by Superintendent Fox, of Chicago, charging him with embezzlement It is stated that Jager has also been engaged in forgery, but only involving small amounts. At Louisville, Kv., yesterday, in the case of Flannagan et al. against R. Monarch, the Owensboro distiller. Judge Barr, in the United States court, gave his decision on the plaintiffs’ motion asking for the appointment of a receiver, and appointed the defendant, R. Monarch, receiver of the distillery and other properties, to serve without salary. Monarch's bond was fixed at $50,000. At Chillicothe. Mo., a colored girl, thirteen years of age, named Millie Ashby, gave birth to a full-grown male child last Tuesday, which she threw into a stove on a bed of red-hot coals and roasted the infant to a crisp. It was discovered, however, before it was entirely consumed, and wbat remained of it was buried in the rear end of the lot. The case is being investigated by the coroner. The clothing firm of F. A. Temple & Cos., of Chester, with branch houses at Perryville and St. Charles, Mo., has made an assignment. Alex. Hood, of Chester, and W. W. Kirkpatrick, of St Charles, are the Assignees. The liabilities of the firm are listed at $16,000, and the assets at a little over $17,000. The indebtedness i3 for the most part to parties in Philadelphia, Cincinnati and Chicago.

Anti-Proliibition in lowa. Council Bluffs, la., Jan. 19.—MayorVaughn, of this city, chairman of the executive committee of the convention held at Des Moines, Dec. 16, by the mayors of twenty-two leading cities of lowa, issued a proclamation to-day. addressed “To all who Love Liberty in lowa.” The address says: “The Prohibitionists all over the State are at work day and night holding meetings, selecting delegates, writing letters, and doing all in their power to assist and encourage their friends in th® General Assembly to make the prohibition laws of the State stronger, and more tyrannical and fanatical, if possible, than they are now. In view of this fact, it is necessary for those who believe these laws to be obnoxious, tyrannical and unenforcible. and all who desire to see enacted a substantial license law that will put an end to free whisky and the pocket-saloon epidemic, to act together without regard to party politics. All such persons are requested to meet in the City Ur!l, in Des Moines, on the 28th. If citizens who earnestly feel impressed cannot come in person, let them send an agent who will fairly represent them. If a representative cannot be sent, let them contribute letter after letter, in order that overwhelming proof of public sentiment may be impressed upon the meeting, and that members of the Legislature may not be iu doubt as to the duty they owe their constituents.” Mayor Vaughn urges every mayor and alderman to come to the State capital, prepared to stay, if necessary, ten or twelve days. Serious Losses to Orange-Growers. Washington, Jan. 19i— Frank R. Hollingsworth, of Chicago, reached the city to day, after a visit of several weeks in Florida. He says the condition of affairs there is very discouraging. The loss to the orange crop from the recent cold snap will not fall short of $1,500,000. The principal loss is in the destruction of the young trees, 90 per cent, of which are ruined. These trees, in many cases five years old, were too young to bear a crop, and the time and labor spent to bring them to that stage of development is entirely thrown way. Many persons who had invested their means in the planting of orange trees have grown discouraged, and are preparing to leave the State. Mr. Hollingsworth says that, owing to the stringency of the money market, 18 and. 20 per cent, is being charged by the bankers and others for short loans, and in some instances this has reached as high as 24 per cent, per annum. The Rogers Art Collection. Ann Arbor, Miob., Jan. 19. —The first installment of the great collection of models and casts of statuary, which comprises all the works executed by the eminent sculptor, Randolph Rogers, of Rome, during his active life of more than thirty-five years, and presented by him to the University of Michigan, has been received. It consists of fifty-five large cases, containing, besides other works of art, statues of Abraham Lincoln, Johu Adams, “America,” “Victory,” “Nydia,” a group of Indians, and various medallions and figures on soldiers’ monuments in this country. The remainder of the collection will be sent soon. No other college or university in the country will have so large a gallery of statuary as the University of Michigan when the whole of the Rogers collection arrives.

THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 20, 1886.

INDIANA AND ILLINOIS NEWS The Daily Chronicle of Happenings of all Kinds in the Two States. Changes in the Faculty of Earlham College —An Embezzling Saloon-Keeper Pursued and Captured iu Kansas—Gleanings. INDIANA. Prof. Gerber to Succeed to tlie Gorman and French Chair at Earlham. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Richmond, Jan. 19.—Prof. J. J. Mills, president of Earlham College*, received a telegram last evening from Prof. Adolph Gerber, accepting the proffered appointment agreed upon by the board of trustees last Friday, to succeed to the chair of German and French, now held by Prof. Von Jagemann, who is now on his second term at Earlham, but who will go to the State University, at Bloomington, at the close of the present school year. Professor Gerber first graduated at the German Gymnasium at Pfensburg; next spent four years at the universities at Leispsic and Munich, in the study of Gothic languages, taking the degree of Doctor of Philosophy at the latter in 1883, and he is now spending his third year in the study of Romanic languages, at the Johns Hopkins University, where he has conducted daily conversations in German and French to the eminent satisfaction of both students and faculty. He is but thirty years of age, but is considered a teacher of experience, as well as a thorpugh student. Minor Notes. Mrs. Susan Monfort, a lady extensively known, died in Madison, on Monday night, aged eightyfive. “Doc” Worroll, at Jeffersonville, has been heavily fined for setting up a gambling apparatus. The citizens of Waterloo have hrid an indignation meeting to protest against the appoint meat of A. Kelly as postmaster. This week a number of New Albany and Louisville cigar-makers will leave for San Francisco to take the places of Chinese workmen in cigar factories. J. S. Tibbetts, of Jeffersonville, who has invented a machine for making gas from coal-oil is organizing a company at that place for the manufacture of the machine. George Buchanan, alias Charles Hill, who lives nine miles southwest of Logansport, and Jacob Sawyer, of Lafayette, have been arrested, charged with stealing cattle. The police of Huntington are raiding the poker-rooms of that place, which have lately increased in number, and in the boldness with which they carry on their games. Two tramps have been arrested at Jeffersonville, who have been recognized by Thomas Harrell, of the J., M. & I. road, as the two footpads who assaulted him with intent to commit robbery. Henry Lilly, of Jeffersonville, seventy-oight years old, is not expected to live, as he is dangerously ill. He is a well-known and much-respected citizen, and son of the first Auditor of the State of Indiana. At Jeffersonville, the jury in the case of Hon. Edwin Bean, of Chicago, prosecuted by a farmer for malicious trespass in crossing a field on the way to a country church, were unable to agree and were discharged. Evansville has made the discovery that its fire department is its costliest institution. During the past fifteen years the yearly expense has grown from $16,739.71, in 1870. to $47,693.52, in 1885, which is out of all proportion to the growth of the city. A man named Reynolds left Attica on horseback for Independence. When near the latter place he came near running over a boy named Brown, who thereupon made some offensive remark. Reynolds got off his horsAte-tlirash the boy when the latter struck Reynolds in the forehead with a stone. Reynolds is badly hurt. He is unconscious, and it is thought may die.

ILLINOIS. An Embezzling Saloon-Keeper Pursued and Caught in Kansas. Special to tbe Indianapolis Journal. Marshall, Jan. 19.—Early last summer Patrick Tierney, a saloon-keeper of this city, absconded with $4,000, leaving a large number of creditors and his bondsmen to mourn his departure. Ever since Sheriff Farr has been quietly tracking him. Some weeks ago he learned that Tierney was in Kansas. Two weeks Tierney was in Wichita, Kan., and Farr sent a warrant for his arrest to the sheriff, but that official refused to serve it. Tierney was finally arrested, two days ago, at Eldorado, Kan. Sheriff Farr is now on hi3 way to secure him. He will have to answer to several charges of embezzlement. The news of his arrest caused quite a sensation here. _ Constitutionality of the New Election Law. Springfield, Jan. 19.—The Illinois Supreme Court to day affirmed the decision of the lower court, thereby sustaining the constitutionality of the new State election law. The law, as adopted by the Legislature, is in all essential features similar to that of New York State. It was adopted by the city of Chicago at a recent election, and the city has since been redistricted into small voting precincts, and commissioners appointed. It was recently taken before the Supreme Court to decide the question as to its constitutionality. Brief Mention. Glanders prevails to a dangerous extent in the neighberhood of Lisbon. A poultry and pet-stock show will be held at Cairo the first week in February. The Freeport Driving Association has decided to have a meeting at that place on June 8,9, 10 and 11. 11. Ramperdahl’s flouring-mill at Metropolis was burued Monday morning. Loss, $20,000; insurance, $21,000. Mrs. M. Moody, aged ninety-two years, for thirty-eight years a resident of Rocktcn, and a pensioned widow of a veteran of the war of 1812, died last week. Mrs. Mason, who occupied a wretched hovel at Fillmore, has been found dead in her bed, having been frozen to death probably on Friday night, a week ago. A dozen prisoners in the Decatur jail fired the building, presuming that in the excitement they would be given an opportunity to escape. Timely discovery averted a conflagration, and the conspirators will be indicted for arson. A Peculiar Legal Case. Detroit, Mich., Jan. 19.—A peculiar case was decided in the Recorder’s Court to-day. Samuel Ashman was confined in the county jail with Henry Schindler, arrested for an attempted diamond robbery in Buffalo. Buffalo officers were about to take their prisoner away, when his attorney got out a writ of habeas corpus. Schindler claimed that he was innocent, and called upon Ashman, who swore that he himself was the diamond robber. It was shown that Ashman was lying, and Schindler was taken to Buffalo, where he subseque 1 * confessed. An action for perjury was the oegun here against Ashman. The peculiar of the case was that Ashman was an extradited prisoner, awaiting triaL It was a question whether he could be tried for an offense committed after his extradition. Judge Swift decided that he could lie so tried, and the trial took place to-night, the jury returning a verdict of guilty. No such case has ever been tried before, and it is probable that it will go to the United States Supreme Court. Ohio Society for Prevention of Cruelty. Cincinnati. Jan. 19.—The annual meeting or the Ohio Society for Prevention of Cruelty was held to-day, with about fifty delegates from other parts of the State present The membership is 2.500, beiag five times as many as there were two years ago. A reception was given tonight at the Odeon, followed by a concert Ad-

dresses were made by Mr. G. E. Gordon, of Milwaukee, president of the American Hnmane Association and of the Wisconsin society; by Col. D. W. McClung, of Cincinnati, and by Mr. Ferd W. Peck, of Chicago, chairman oT the executive committee of the American Humane Association. ■' LABOR MATTERS. The Strike of Cigar-Makers— Ten Thousand Men Oat of Employment New York, Jan. 19.—The firm of D. Hirsch & Cos. notified tbe International cigar-makers, to-day, that they had withdrawn from the Cigar Manufacturers’ Association, and desired to confer with a committee of the union about adjusting prices acceptable to both sides. Hirseh & Cos. employ about 200 men, and if an arrangement is made their men will not be locked out to-morrow. About 6,000 bunch-mak-ers were locked out to-day by the action of the manufacturers’ association yesterday. As the employes of Levy Brothers, Brown & Farle and Kaufman Brothers are now on a strike against the new price list, and D. Hirsch & Cos. have, in a manner, conceded the demands of the men, only twelve factories will be closed to-mor-row, instead of sixteen. In all, between 9,000 and 10,000 men will be thrown out by the lockout At 5 o’clock this afternoon the employes of fifteen of sixteen factories of the Cigar Manufacturers' Association were told there was no more “stock.” The men gathered up their tools and belongings, and quietly left the shops, and the lock-out was begun. The sixteenth firm of the association is Hirsch & Cos., who will confer, at 11 a. m. to-morrow, with their men, and doubtless adjust: prices to suit Two hundred men will thus be saved a lock-out. A boycott throughout the United States will at once go into effect against the goods of the firms locking out their men. It is stated, to-night, that the Knights of Labor havo levied $3 per head on each member for the support of the striking cigar makers. Dangerous Situation in the Coke Region. Mount Pleasant, Pa., Jan. 19.—The situation in the coke regions is growing serious. Last night three or four guards at the Morewood works ventured too close to the Hungarian quarters, when an alarm was given. The foreigners swarmed out of their quarters and began a fusillade of pistol shots. Almost instantly every striker joined in the firing, and the guards broke for safer quarters. No pursuit was attempted, and the Hungarians returned to their houses after witnessing the hasty departure of the patrol. No trouble has occurred at the Standard works up to noon. This morning the Morewood strikers held a meeting and decided to rail the Alice coke-yard. They marched over and drove the drawers off, and then left to clean out the Bessemer workers. The Alice drawers returned to work, when the strikers returned and again drove them off. Work was then abandoned, and the Hungarians came back to Morewood for dinner. The outlook is decidedly squally. This evening a car-load of uniformed police was dispatched from Pittsburg to the scenes of the riotous disturbances in the coke region. The police were sent in response to a telegram from Colonel Frick, of the Moorewood and Standard coke works, asking for aid. The officers will be sworn in by Sheriff Stewart, of Westmoreland county, as deputies. It i3 thought the small body of uniformed men will have more effect than five times as many officers in citizen's dress} Governor Pattison has also been called upon for military aid, but has not, as yet. responded. The situation of the coke strike to-night may be summed up as follows: In the Connellsville, Mt. Pleasant, Scottdale and Bradford districts a total of 2,772 ovens are idle, or about onethird of the ovens in the region. Sheriff Stewart failed to make any arrests, thinking it best not to make any attempt to arrest with his small force. The fugitives of Saturday are still free. The Hungarians are a hard class to handle, and the women are worse than the men. They are very revengeful, and will fight to the death before they are captured. A Hungarian woman in a drug store, to day, indicated the feeling of her countrywomen by a remark in answer to a question as to whether she were on a strike. She said: “Englishmen have no money, no strike; Hungarian have plenty of money, plenty of knife, plenty of pistol—cut, shoot and kill.” Committees are waiting on the laborers in Bradford, trying to induce them to strike, and the prevailing impression is that the men will all go out in that district to-morrow. Sheriff Stewart arrived at Monnt Pleasunt at 9 o’clock to-night, with nineteen additional deputies, who will bo placed on duty at the mines*tonight. Tho sheriff has ordered his deputies to protect those who want to work, and it is expected trouble will result. The Hungarians are parading about the streets of the village recklessly to-night, and threatening violence to all who attempt to return to work, and destruction to the company’s property. A convention will be held at Dunbar on Thursday, when, it is probable, a definite course will be marked out for what is at present an unorganized mob. At Greensburg, the members of the militia company are holding themselves in readiness for orders from the Governor to proceed to the seat of war.

Other Strikes. Utica, N. Y., Jan. 19.—A1l the Knights of Labor employed iff the leather-dressing mills at Gloversville have been ordered to quit work until anew schedule has been accepted by the manufacturers. Hamilton, Ont., Jan. 19. —The cigar-makers’ strike, which has been going on here for six months, is practically ended. The Manufacturers’ Association dissolved, and ite members are filling their shops with union men. An Automatic Nail-Machine. Pittsburg, Jnn. 19.—A committee of Wheeling nail manufacturers passed through here today on their way to Boston, to inspect an automatic nail-machine of recent invention, and report on its ability to do tbe work claimed for it. If it is available, large orders will at once be given by the Wheeling manufacturers, who hope it will solve the wage problem, and do away with strikes forever. ■ ■ - ■ ■ Lossos by Fire. Grand Rapids, Mich., Jan. 19.—Fire at Middleville, B irry county, this morning, destroyed T. D. Finch & Son's flour mill and elevator, with 13,000 to 15,000 bushels of wheat and some flour. The loss is $22,000, and the insurance $13,000. It is supposed the fire was the work of an incendiary. St. Louis, Jan. 19. —The workine departments of the Joseph Peters Furniture Company, embracing machinery, cabinet and varnishing shops, situated on Fifteenth street, between O’Fallon street and Cass avenue, was burned tonight. The loss is estimated at $35,000 to $40,000; fully insured. Steamship News. Glasgow, Jan. 19.—Arrived: Italia, from New York. Liverpool, Jan. 19.—Arrived: Venetian, from Boston. London, Jan. 19.—Arrived: Persian Monarch, from New York. Queenstown, Jan, 19.—Arrived: City of Chester, from New York. New York, Jan. 19.—Arrived: Canada, Helvetia, from Liverpool. Nanticoke’s Dead Miners. Wilkesbarre, Pa., Jan. 19.—Sensational reports regarding the entombed miners m slope No. 1, of the Nanticoke mines, are being sent from here, but there is no truth in them. The unfortunate men remain imprisoned in the dismal chambers, and, beyond doubt, all are dead. No Malls In Arizona. Tucson, A. TANARUS., Jan. 19.—But one mail has been received here from the East since the 9th inst No cause is assigned. Business has suffered greatly by tbe occurrence. The people of southern Arizona will formally bring the matter to the Postmaster-general’s attention. For barns and wounds we would recommend Salvation Oil. All druggists sell it at 25 cents.

OBITUARY. Death of Captain John Kirk, One of Madison’* Most Respected Citizens. Special to the Indianaoolis Journal. Madison, Ind., Jan. 17.—Captain John Kirk died at Madison on Monday, at midnight, of Bright’s disease, at the age of seventy-five years. He entered the City Council of Madison in the spring of 1843, and has served as councilman ever since that time, with the exception of three years. In 1871 he was elected director of the southern prison, and served four years. He also, while councilman, served three years as county commissioner. He was born in Hamilton county, father removed, with his family, to Madison. The Captain, when a boy, learned the hatter’s trade, and, in 1833. began that business for himself. He afterwards went into brick-making, his last venture at which was a contract to furnish about 6,000,000 brick for the Insane Asylum at Indianapolis, which did not turn out very profitably for him on account of tho bad quality of clay furnished him, havine 2,000,000 bricks to crumble and break, which, of course, was his loss. Os late years he ha3 been engaged in works which are intended to improve the navigation of the Kentucky and Ohio rivers, contractine to furnish stone for dams in the Kentucky and for the dike at Rising Sun. The present system of water-works at Madison was secured by the exertions of Captain Kirk, who has always been the leader in all things calculated to improve bis city and benefit her people. At the breaking out of the rebellion Captain Kirk espoused the cause of the Union and did much for the relief of the families of the soldiers who were at the front. Being too far ad' *nced in years to stand the hardships of a common soldier, he accepted the captaincy of a company of reserves, and did good service during the Morgan and Kirby Smith raids, and at other times when the exigencies of the service demanded. _ Other Deaths. (Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Logansport, Ind., Jan. 19.—John Tomlinson, t the third son of Councilman Tomlinson, died today, He was one of the brightest and most promising young men in the city. He died on his twentieth birthday. Evansville, Ind., Jan. 19. Finton Montoggna, nephew of Sitting Bull, who was sent to St Meinrad by Bishop Marty, of Dakota, to be educated for the priesthood, died in St Mary’s Hospital to-day, after an illness of several weeks. He was present at the battle in which General Custer was killed, but was a mere boy at that time. Buried Under a Snow-Slide. Aspen, Col., Jan. 19.—This afternoon, as the 4 o’clock shift were waiting to go on at Aspen, the men heard a noise, and looking up, saw a snow-slide coming down Aspen mountain. They made a rush for a dump, and succeeded in getting under it, barely saving their lives. The slide struck the shaft and eneine-house, completely demolishing them, and killing John Rose, amine carpenter. The engineer was thrown under the boiler and buried under ten feet of snow but was afterward recovered alive. John Leonard, one of the owners of the Canadian mine, and several other gentlemen, were near the shafthouse, but escaped with a few bruises. An hour later there was another glide on Washington mountain, burying two wagons, mules and drivers under fifteen feet of snow. Seven men, who started from here this morning for Maroon pass, to return at noon, have not yet been heard from. They are supposed to be buried under a third slide, reported in the pass about noon.

Union Lumber Dealers’ Association. Pittsburg. Jan. 19.— At to-day’s session of the Union Lumber Dealers’ Association the report of the board of directors was approved. It recommended that no claim be made upon wholesale dealers and manufacturers for sales made to contractors or consumers within a distance of fifteen miles from the public square of anv wholesale market, provided that said lumber is consumed within that distance, and the secretary refund the membership fees to such members as may be doing business within that distauce. The election of officers for the ensuing year resulted as follows: President, H. C. Weight, Dayton, O.; vicepresident, A. L. Sheafer; Pittsburg, secretary and treasurer, J. M. Campbell, Canton, O.; directors —P. B. McFarlao, Cincinnati: Wm. Wigman, Pittsburg; H. Sheldon, Fremont, O.; W. E. Blakely, Shelbyville, Ind. Stephen A. Douglas and His Board Bill. Chicago, Jan. 19. —While Stephen A. Douglas, son of the famous Illinois statesman, was delivering a lecture here to-night, the box-office receipts were attached on an alleged board bill against him for $l5O. CAROLINA’S WONDERFUL BOY. His Sight Is Restored in Accordance with the Lord’s Promise. Raleigh (N. C.) Kpecial. The sensation created by the alleged divine call of the Wake county youth, John B. Sturdevant, to preach the gospel, increases, and there are hundreds of believers in the call. Thursday night two prominent men of Raleigh, one the principal of a Sunday-school, and the other for years a teacher in the State Institution for the Deaf, Dumb and Blind, went to Auburn to see Sturdevautand hear him preach. As many persons as could get in the house were present. Lying on tho bed, with eyes wide open, was the boy. He spoke for an hour and a quarter, using vigorous and graceful language. He stated he was addressing an audience of 8,000 people. His voice could be heard a great distance. He was stricken with blindness on Wednesday, as he alleged God had told him he would be. At 5 o’clock yesterday, lust at the lima he named, his sight was restored. Tho teacher from the Deaf, Dumb and Blind Institution and physicians of the neighborhood say tho boy was certainly totally blind during the period from Wednesday at 10 o’clock A. M. to yesterday afternoon at 5, and in their presence and that of about 150 people sight was restored. All day yesterday the boy was led about the house. Just before 5 o’clock be took a position in front of the fire iu a large room. ’ Punctually at 5 the boy raised his head, lowered it, raised it agaip, and cried aloud, "I can see.” The people were greatly excited. He walked through the house, shaking hands with nearly ail those present The boy is sixteen ye&ri of age, weighs 140 pounds, and is very strong. Three years ago he had an affection caused by spinal disease. His father states that one night, while the boy was in a violent fit, four strong men were unable to hold him. He broke away from them, aud went to the organ, and played three hymns in excellent style, though before he was unable to do so. As he played the last hymn he made a profession of religiou, and then calmly lay down. Since that time he has never had another attack, and has been in excellent health. The boy says that if the divine origin of his bliudness and recovery of sight is not believed by the people, other and even more convincing signs will be afforded. Chances of Getting a Good President Under the Hoar BilL Atlanta Constitution. The history of the government shows that, as a rule, stronger men are selected for the leading Cabinet positions than the people select for the highest offiee in the land. Let us look over the list of Secretaries of State, for example. No one doubts Mr. Bayard’s competency. In point of political experience he far outranks the President. Mr. Blaine was Garfield’s premier. His capacity for public duty is not questioned in his party. Hamilton Fish would have been a better man for tho duties of civil administration than his chief. General Grant, was, and Mr. Evarts overmatched Mr. Hayes in every respect. Great as Lincoln was, Mr. Seward was almost bis equal. Back of Seward were Cass and Black, vnth Buchanan. Marcy with Pieree, Webster with Harrison and Fillmore, Clay with Adams, Buchanan with Polk; and in the early history of the country nearly every President had previously served as Secretary of State. Six at least had so served—Jefferson. Madison, Monroe, Adams, Van Buren and Buchanan. The list of Treasury ehiefsns almost as strong; and when the names are brought together it is seen at a glance that in average

strength and experience the conspicuous members of the Cabinet have outranked the Presidents. The chance of going to the Cabinet for a Presdent is so slim, and the chance of eettting a good President in such an emergency is so much better than the old plan or any other plan that haa been proposed, it is not to be doubted that the succession now provided for by the Hoar bill will stand perhaps as long as the Republic lasts The Presidency of Yale College. New York Graphic. The question of the presidential succession—, not of the Nation, but of Yale College—which is now agitating the minds of the alumni of that institution, has excited a good deal of newspaper comment. The latest contribution to the discussion is made by a writer who has taken pains to investigate the character of the college for the purpose of ascertaining whether there is any ground for the supposition that the president must necessarily be a Congregational minister. The examination of this and other documents relating to the government of the institution fails to disclose any such provision, express or implied. The claim, however, rests upon the fact that a long line of precedents has sanctioned this custom, and that for this reason it would be, in the present instance, unwise to depart from the established usage. In the case of President Day and President Woolsey < it was thought necessary to ordain them as clergymen before they were installed in the presidency to which they were chosen, although they had never previously been engaged in ministerial labors. They bad both received a theological education, however, and it was only because they bad devoted themselves to the work of teaching that they had never been ordained to preach. With these two exceptions, there has never been a president of Yale College who was not at the time of his election an ordained minister, and the fact that, in the instances referred to,pains were taken to fully qualify the non-cleri-cal candidates before they assumed the duties of their office would seem to indicate that there was some law, although it may be an unwritten one, to which recognition was due. As the majority of the fellows with whom the power of selection lies are clergymen, it is hardly likely that they will depart from their time-honored custom in the present case. Miss Bayard’s Dressing. Washington Letter. One thing Miss Bayard’s tact concealed in her lifetime which may be said in her favor now. In her father’s many-daughtered household she really dressed on a very limited income, while her costumes were glowingly described by reportorial pens. She was picturesque in her style, and made ingenuity and a dramatic senso of adaptation take the place of aa extensive wardrobe. At a White Honse reception one day, when some lady was inquiring for a pin, she said, brightly, ’ Pins? I could not go out in society if there were no pins.” Her much-paragraphed costume of Queen Hortense’s Court, at Miss Dora Miller’s fancy dress ball last year, she laughingly said was studied from a picture, and evolved by the aid of “the colored prima donna of St Augustine’s Church.” Cure of Pleurisy. 90 Main Street, Gloucester, Mass., ) * April 16, 1885. 5 - Allcock’s Porous Plasters have been used in our family for the last three or four years with very beaeficial results. Previous to that time I had been subject to attacks of severe pain in my left sido. Hot cloths and liniments afforded temporary relief, but after a while the pain always returned. In the fall of 1880, after a very severe attack, I was advised by a friend to try an Allcock’s Porous Plaster on my side, which greatly benefited me. After that I tried several kinds of plasters to see which was best, and finally decided that Allcock's suited my case the best * I have worn them constantly on my ride ever since, and have nevpr been troubled with the pain, except when 1 left them off for a few days. We always keep a supply in the house, and whenever a pain seizes any of us, in any part of the body, we just apply an Allcock's Plaster, and can most heartily recommend them. James Pettigrew.

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