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stated that be bad never believed in the constitutionality of the Electoral Commission plan, and then went on to say that he knew no better way oat of the present trouble than to bring both houses of Congress into joint convention, and there poll each house separately and decide the result In ordinary circumstances he would not deem that course as in keeping with the formation of the two bodies; but when all remedies were considered, this one seemed to him to -be the wisest eolation of the difficulty. It was scarcely possible that a body of 400 men. as the Senate aud House taken together would be, should be equally divided. As one senator, after a full study of the question, Mr. Sherman was willing to adopt the principle of the act of 1866, and surrender the superiority of the Senate in legislation, and go in on even terms with members of the House, in order to settle questions in dispute that afforded no other means of adjustment The vote would then be counted. Mr. Sherman then offered an amendment striking from the bill the clause allowing either house to exclude a vote, and providing that in case of disagreement between the two houses the question in dispute should be submitted to a join convention of both houses, which joint convention should immediately vote upon the question or questions upon which there has been such disagreement, and the decision of the majority of the members of the joint convention shall be deemed final and conclusive, and the vote shall be counted accordingly, and be announced by the President of the Senate; that while the two houses shall be in meeting as provided in this act, the President of the Senate shall have power to preserve order, and no debate shall be allowed, and no question shall be put by the presiding officer except to either bouse on a motion to withdraw, and upon questions on which the two houses have disagreed as aforesaid. * Mr. Edmunds said that the proposition of Mr. Sherman was that, in case the Senate and House of Representatives disagreed iu their constitutional and autonomic capacity as the government of the United States, there fehould be a consolidated count of heads of the seventy-six senators and 325 representatives, and that the majority of all, per capita, should determine the result. “If I were a mouse,” said Mr. Edmunds, “and had got to be eaten up by the cat at last, I should just as soon be swallowed to-day as to be undergoing a dissection in her claws for three or four days before I was swallowed. That is exactly this case. The Senate of the United States might just as well propose to the House of Representatives a biil whieh declares that, in case of disagreement between the two houses in respect of the identification of a vote, that then and there the judement of the Honse of Representatives should prevail, and be done with it. My honorable friend from Ohio [Mr. Sherman] would provide that, in case of an identification of an electoral vote which was difficult or doubtful, if the two houses, in their constitutional capacity, named in the Constitution as the ‘two houses,’ and not as the members of the two houses, disagree, that the representatives of the States shall be dissolved in the representatives of the people, and that a per capita voice shall determine the result I cannot see that there is safety in that. I cannot see. that there is constitutional right in that, for, whether the State be great or small, whether it be Ohio or Delaware, the necessity to the people of either, or each, or both of these States, is just as great, that their statehood, tbeir independence in this act, as in every other act proscribed in the Constitution, must be preserved intact and exclusive in itself.” Mr. Sherman, in reply to Mr. Edmunds, said that the only point made was that the Senate surrendered something of power. Mr. Sherman denied that; he also denied that bis suggestion was an abandonment of States’ rights. Mr. Edmunds replied at some length, and concluded by saying that he could see neither wisdom nor the constitutional propriety of Mr. Sherman’s proposition. Mr. Evarts was disposed to regard the amendment proposed by Mr. Sherman with favor, as offering an opportunity to the Senate to overcome the majority of the House by the vote of the united body. The Senate adjourned until Monday. THE HOCSE. Continuation of the Debate on the Bill Increasing Widows' Pensions. Washington, Jan. 21.—A number of executive communications were laid before the House by tho Speaker, and appropriately referred. Among them was one from the Secretary of the Treasury submitting an account of the investment of the sinking fund of the Union Pacific and Central Pacific railroads, and recommending such a modification of the act of March 7, 1878, as will authorize the Secretary of the Treasury to invest the sinking fund in other than government securities. No bills of any importance being reported under the call of committees, the House resumed, in the morning hour, the consideration of the bill to increase the pensions of soldiers’ widows. Mr. Wolford, of Kentucky, made an impassioned speech in favor of the biil, and there was mnchconfusion in the House, the members crowding around him, as he stood in the center aisle, to listen. He advocated the repeal of the arrearages limitation, but thought that to incorporate this provision on the pending bill might endanger the passage of both. He was frequently interrupted by Mr. Browne, of Indiana, and Jbe word fencing between the two gentlemen'was heartily enjoyed by the House. Mr. Reagan, of Texas, took the ground that only soldiers who had been disabled in the war, or widows who had been wives of soldiers at the time tho disability had occurred, should receive pensions. He criticised the manner in which special pension bills were passed by Congress, and stated that he would drive the petitioners to the Pension Office and make them give the proof required by law. He would not allow them to er rae here with ex parte evidence and secure pensions. In these bills relating to pensions the contest was not so much one about doing justice to soldiers as it was a contest for political supremacy, a bid for the votes of the soldiers. Mr. Punston. of Kansas (interrupting)—What right have you to impugn the motives of members in that manner? Mr. Reaean declined to yield. “The gentleman can make his speech when the time comes,” replied Mr. Reagan. “He will not interrupt me any more." He had occupied a seat in the House ■when the arrears act had passed, and he had seen Democrats urging Democrats to vote for it because it would give them the soldier vote, and Republicans urging Republicans to vote for it in order to get ahead of the Democrats. No one would doubt that, instead of the supreme and solo motive for this legislatum being to secure justice to those who served their country, another and stronger motive was to secure political supremacy. What was this to come to? He warned members that the point might be reached when pnblio opinion would revolt against voting away the money of the toiling millions in this sort of way. He asserted that there were numbers of men—he might say thousands—who were receiving pensions who had no more right to them than, he had. “I come here aa the representative of a portion of the American people. I come here to speak for them, and I do not propose that members on this floor shall challenge my right to express my convictions on great public questions. I do not expect to defeat this proposition, but, in the name of my constituents, in the name of the tax payers of this country, I propose to make a protest against tho universal, indiscriminate granting of pensions to all men and women who ask for them.” Mr. Dunn, of Arkansas, had not expected that this bill would be made an omnibus one, a Santa Clans pension-wagon, but it seemed that it was to be loaded down with amendments. He remembered a class of soldiers who had done more to earn pensions at the hands of this government than any other class had done. Ho remembered the men who had added to the public domain that vast region of country from the Louisiana : arish to the Pacific ocean, the men who had un- : oiled tho map of the country across the rockibbed mountains of the West, until it reached .‘.own to the distant coast of California. He #poke for them, and he sent to the Clerk’s desk a jbew Year’s gift for the Santa Claus wagon. The gift consisted of a proposed amendment f ranting pensions to the survivors of the Mexican and Indian wars. Mr. Matson, of Indiana, spoke briefly in favor es the bill, urging that it be passed without amendment. He incidentally replied to Mr. JReagar.’s question, and, quoting the gentleman's query, “What is this to come to,” said; “In all kindness to my friend, I say that he ought to have thought about that long ago.” [Applause on the Republican side.] Continuing, he said

that the widows of men who had lost their lives in defense of their flag ought to be provided for in a manner commensurate with the greatness of the country, and it did not lie in the month of any to say that because of this little thing, or that little thing, pensions should not be granted. Mr. Reaean thought that he ought to express his views and represent his constituents on this floor without being subject to personal taunts. The Constitution aud the laws governing the party of his constituents had sent him here, and he did not come to inquire from tho gentleman from Indiana whether or not he was privileged to debate or discuss any question. The bill was then read by soctions for amendment. Mr. Warner, of Ohio, offered an amendment providing that this act shall apply only to widows who were married before its passage. Mr. Cannon, of Illinois, offered an amendment providing that in considering the claims of dependent parents, it shall be only necessary to show that they are without means of support. Ruled outou a point of order. Mr. Townshend, of Illinois, offered an amendment as a substitute for Mr. Warners amendment, providing that when an invalid pensioner may die, his widow or minor children shall be entitled to an original pension without being required to prove that the death of the pensioner was due to his military or naval service. Mr. Townshend thought the amendment was meritorious and justifiable from every stand point. He believed in liberal pensions, not only to the soldiers of the late war, but to other soldiers of every war in which the United States had been engaged, aud no better use could be made of the surplus in the Treasury than to pay it out in pensions to the soldiers. Mr. Cutcheon, of Michigan, in speaking in support of the amendment, denied the right of the gentleman from Texas [Mr. Reagan] to impugn the motives and integrity of every gentleman who voted for an increase of pensions to the soldiers of the late war. For one, he did not acknowledge the right. He was not here to be lectured by the gentleman, and he wouldvote for any measure he wished without asking the gentleman’s permission. “I hope the gentleman feels better, Mr. Chairman,” was Reagan’s only reply. Mr. Townshend's amendment was rejected by a vote of 108 to 115, and Mr. Warner's by a vote of 105 to 126. Mr. Milliken, of Maine, in speaking to a pro forma amendment, advocated the repeal of the limitation clause of the arrears act, and likened the gentleman who, while favoring the repeal, opposed the repeal at this time to old Judge Stebbins, of Maine, who, while in favor of a prohibitory law, was opposed to its enforcement. On motion of Mr. Snowden, of Pennsylvania, an amendment was adopted making it a misdemeanor for any person to receive money for the prosecution of any claim arising under this act Mr. Browne, of Indiana, then offered his amendment repr-'Hng the limitation on the arrears of pension act Mr. Rodgers raised the point that the amendment was not in order, as it contained the substance of a bill pending before the House. A long discussion of the point followed, and, in order to allow the matter to be looked into still further, tho House adjourned. QUEEN, LORDS AND COMMONS. [Concluded from First Page.j above sensational statement is somewhat overdrawn. Still there is probably some slight basis for such an extraordinary announcement. Club men sometimes get excited toward the midnight hour, and some old army officers among them may havo loudly proclaimed their bellicose intentions; but it njpy be safely assumed that no well-organized movement of the character described in the Whitehall Review has thus far been inaugurated. Indifference to Irelaud’s wrongs is one of the chief characteristics of the British laborer, and the English “gentleman” seldom embarks in an enterprise of this kind unless it has the full sanction of law. The politicians have lately succeeded in working up a popular distrust of the honesty of the Irish demands, and tho possibility of civil war has been spread abroad by anti-Irish agitators, but the masses have so many ills of their own to occupy their attention that nothing short of an open outbreak in the sister isle, accompanied by copi ous bloodshedding, will ever arouse them to the point of enthusiasm indicated by the Whitehall Review. _ FOREIGN MISCELLANY, American Citizen Excelled from Germany Over the Protest of Minister Pendleton. Kiel, Jan. 21.—Peter Jepsen, belonging to Petersburg, Menard county, Illinois, has been expelled from the country by the German authorities. Mr. Pendleton, the United States minister, protested against the expulsion, but his protest was unavailing. De Lesseps’s Inland Sea. Paris, Jan. 21.—M. De Lesseps stated, at a meeting of the promoters of a North African inland sea, that Captain Laudas has gone to survey the Tunisian oasis. On M. De Lesseps’s return from Panama, iu April next, a company will be formed to carry out the project of creating the sea. Spanish Revolutionary Movement. Madrid, Jan. 21.—1 tis rumored that a revolutionary expedition against Spain is being prepared in France, and that it will depart from Marseilles. Cable Notes. Mrs. Lawrence Oliphant, wife of the author, is dead. Mr. Joseph Mayor, the well-known author of a number of scientific works, is dead. Mme Patti has arrived at Paris. She is recovering from her recent indisposition. Advices from Mandalay state that the British troops in Mandalay have taken Kunnah, and secured 300 guns. • The British Medical and General Life Assurance Company, limited, with a capital of £750,000, has suspended payment. The North German Gazette, in an editorial, is unstinted in its praises of the Pope’s successful meditation in the Carolines dispute between Germany and Spain, and says that nobody else would have been able to succeed in bringing about the peaceful settlement of the question. Business Embarrassments. St. Joseph, Mo., Jan. 21—J. W. Bailey, a dry goods merchant of this city, closed his doors to-day. Liabilities, $68,600, of which $13,000 is secured by real estate. The other assets are $45,000. St. Lons, Jan. 21.—A receiver was appointed yesterdav for the John Burns Publishing Company, doing business at the corner of Eighth and Olive streets, in this city. The assets of the company amount to $4,000, and the liabilities to $16,000. Milwaukee, Jan. 21.—The failure of J. B. Oliver & Cos., one of Milwaukee's eldest grain commission firms, was made known to the Chamber of Commerce to-day. No statement of liabiluies can be obtained. Members of the firm insist that they are ignorant as to the amount The collapse is entirely dne to the continned decline in the price of wheat, Oliver & Cos. having been among the strongest supporters of the “bull” side of the market for the past two years. - ■ ■■ ■ ■ Explosion of Molten Metal. Pittsburg, Jan. 21.— A Youngstown, 0., special says: “An explosion of molten metal in the mills of Brown, Bonnell & Cos., at noon to day, scattered debris in every direction, and hurled iron 400 yards away. John Wallace, a blacksmith, had his hip bone brofcen, and was badly burned. He will probably die. Two others were slightly burned. The cause of the explosion is not known. A serious accident also occurred at the Valley mill. Two workmen, named Richard Caddick and David Porter, were engaged in repairing the furnace stack, when a derrick above them gave way, precipitating a large quantity of debris and hot bricks on their heads. Both men were seriously injured, and will probably die. A Victory for the Democrats. Columbus, 0., Jan. 21.—The Ohio Senate adjourned this morning without reading the journal, which carries the resolution in the Hamilton county cod test cases to the table, and practically disposes of the effort to take the investigation from the bands of the committee on privileges and elections. Thk great triumphs of Maud S. are largely due to applications of St Jacobs Oil

TflE IXDIANAPOUB JOTTRHAI*, FRIDAY, JANUARY 22, 1886.

INDIANA AND ILLINOIS NEWS Great Temperance Revival Among the Miners of the Brazil District. A Locr-Hanler Fatally Injnred by & Stnpid Companion—Drank Chloroform Instead of Whisky—Stabbing at Evausville. - INDIANA. Great Temperance Revival Among the Miners of the Brazil District. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Brazil, Jan. 2L—A remarkable temperance revival is in progress at Coal Bluff, a mining village about ten milos northwest of the city. This is the place represented, in appeals for help to Mrs. Nichols, president of the Woman’s Christian Temperance Union of Indiana, as hav ing “seven saloons in a radius of 300 feet, all selling on Sunday and without license.” The awakening began a week ago, under the management of Mr. J. E. Martin, president of the Vigo County Temperance Union, and an employe of the Terre Haute nail works. The attendance on the meetings, beginning with eight, is now so large that the dancing hall, the largest room in the village, has been thrown open gratuitously by its managers for the accommodation of those desiring to attend. It is filled twice a day. Out of a mining population of 200, 142 have signed the pledge. Two or three sa-loon-keepers have followed suit themselves, pouring out their stock of liqaors on hand, and earnestly entering into the work of reformation. Mr. Martin is a plain, earnest man and worker, and is “of the people,” and easily understood by them. He wiil go from Coal Bluff to Fontanette, at the invitation of operators and miners there, and will be accompanied by many of the Coal Bluff miners, as soon as his work among them has been accomplished. He says many of tho miners have told him that their bill for liquor often reached from $lO to $35 a month. The miners appear so grateful that they have asked him to move to their midst, become one of their number, and help them to keep their pledges, and he talks of so doingAn Ex-Treasurer's Shortage Compromised, Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Anderson, Jan. 21. — A compromise judgment was reached to-day in the Madison Circuit Court in the suit of the county vs. ex-Treasurer George Ross and his bondmen. Ross went out of office iu August last, his accounts showing a shortage of $71,700. Suit was at once begun by the County Commissioners against him and his sureties to recover the amount In the meantime the shortage has been reduced by the payment of $25,000 by Ross, leaving a balance of $46,700 yet due. The sureties were intending to fight the suit and prevent judgment going against them as long as possible, in the hope that by some hook or crook they would escape payment altogether. Some of the'clearerheaded, however, were anxious for a compromise, and the following was finally agreed upon: The bondsmen let judgment go against themselves without further litigation for $47,076.66, being the balance due from Ross, with 6 per cent, interest from Aug. 15, 1885, waiving relief from valuation and appraisement laws, bearing 6 per cent interest, and payable in one, two and three years in equal installments. Failure to pay the installments as they fall due subjects the whole debt to immediate execution. The Commissioners i emitted the 10 per cent penalty provided in the statutes in cases of defalcation. The assets of Mr. Ross not yet disposed of witt" bring from s£s,ooo to $20,000, which will leave about s3o,ooo'for the bondsmen to foot up. (£f the twenty-seven men on the bond, not more* than sixteen are now solvent, but it is thought they will be able to pay the judgment Exciting Election for Postmaster. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Columbus, Jan. 21. —An election for postmaster was held here yesterday, in accordance with instructions from Congressman Matson. The candidates were G. E. Finney, editor of the Herald, and John H. Rush. Finney was tho candidate of the local ring, ard was generally supported by the saloons and the bummer element Rush was supported by the Irish and the Catholic Church generally, with many outside friends. The contest was bitter and personal. Money was used freely and whisky flowed like water, the voting being continued until far in the night. The result was a majority of 183 for Finney. The wild rejoicing and insulting behavior of Finney’s friends only increased the exasperation already felt, especially by the Irish, wbo are very sore, and the end is* not yet. To render the situation more pleasing, 'Finney, through his paper, has heaped unstinted abuse upon Matson ever since Cooper was appointed last spring, but, according to his pledge when ha ordered the election, he must now recommend Finney for appointment The thought that he will silence another enemy, however, will make the swallowing of thi3 bitter pill less difficult The Street Will Contest at Rushvllle. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Rushvillk, Jan. 21.—The most important civil suit that has been tried here for years is now in progress. George Street, a farmer worth $50,000, died, leaving no children. His wife died soon after. By the terms of his will about half of the estate was to be held by Butler University as trustee, and the proceeds to go to the Christian Missionary Society perpetually, to be expended in preaching the gospel in this State. The nephews aDd nieces of Mrs. Street are contesting the will. Mr. Street accumulated his wealth by shrewd business management. He made his will at seventy-seven, and died at eighty-five. Six days were occupied in the examination of witnesses, and the argument is now in progress. The ground has been hotly contested by both siaes, and the court-room was crowded with spectators. A peculiarity of the trial is that no church member was allowed to sit on the jury, lest he should feel an interest in seeing the will sustained. Funeral of Mrs. J. B. Barnes. Special to the Indianapolia Journal. Fort Wayne, Jan. 21.—The funeral of Mrs. J. B. Barnes, wife of the superintendent of motive power and machinery of the Wabash, St Louis & Pacific railway, occurred in this city today, and was largely attended by officials from the whole of the Wabash system, and by enough shop-mon and delegates from railroad engineers’ brotherhoods to make it one of the largest seen here for many months. The pall-bearers were selected from heads of departments in various shops under Mr. Barnes’s control. The floral offerings were noticeable for their exquisite richness. General Manager Talmage, and members of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and shop men all along the whole line made rich contributions of flowers. The leavetaking of Mr. Barnes with his dead wife was so tender as to melt the spectators to tears. Two hundred shop men marched in line behind the hearse to the cemetery. Fatal Stabbing at Evansville. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Evansville, Jan. 21. —A fatal cutting affray occurred near the tile works, one mile from the city, to-day. Tho place is a den of tho worst description, low criminals and fallen women making it their headquarters. Bob Washington was quarreling with and beating his mistress, Annie Lawson, when John Pleasant stepped in as peacemaker and was knocked down for his pains by Washington, who then proceeded to make a foot-ball of Pleasant The latter sprang to his feet, and drawing a dirk, plunged it into

Washington, an inch below the heart He then twisted it in the wound, making a terrible hole. Pleasant made his escape, and it is believed he is hiding in the city. Washington received medical attention, bat his wound is fatal A Blockhead's Fatal Work. Special to the IndianaeOils Journal. Wabash, Jan. 2L—Jacob and Henry Christman, two Hermans of limited intelligence, residing in this city, this afternoon set out to haul logs from the woods on bob-sleds. When the sleds were partially loaded, and while skidding a log, it slipped, rolled back, caught Jacob Christman and bore him to the ground, wedging his legs beneath the sleds. The log lay upon his hip, and he appealed piteously to Henry for assistance. After vainly endeavoring to move the log over the legs of the prostrate man, his companion stupidly rolled it across his abdomen, breast snd head, crushing his countenance beyond recognition, smashing the frontal bones and inflicting injuries that will result fatally. In explanation he stated that he was afraid to leave Jake with the log upon him, and knew of no other course to pursue. Drank Chloroform Instead of Whisky. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Wabash, Jan. 21.—Intelligence has been received here of the tragic death of Charles McCarty, a painter of Roann, this county. McCarty had been on a protracted drinking bout, and, calling at the office of Dr. Bradbeck, drank from a bottle which he supposed contained aicohol, but which held chloroform. After reaching home, he was seized with a violent retching and vomited blood and sections of the membrane of the stomach. He refused to offer any explanation, and physicians were unable to afford him any relief. He died in intense agony, his stomach being completely destroyed. Fled to Avoid Arrest. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Marion, Jan. 21.—Hi Hendricks, a well-to-do farmer, for some time suspected of the Owen murder, committed on the 19th of August, has confirmed suspicion by sudden flight His alleged destination is California. For some' time detectives have been weavine around him a web of evidence that would soon have resulted in his arrest, and, as is now thought, his conviction Owen’s wife and two sons were tried for the murder and acquitted. Minor Notes. Twenty one fine horses were shipped from Kokomo to Philadelphia on Tuesday. Central Christian Church, of New Albany, will call Elder Stein, of Charleston, 111., to the pastorate of that church. David Jacobs has been sent from Steuben county to the penitentiary for twenty-one years for the murder of Jacob Bixier. Victor H. Monroe has retired from the editorship of the Seymour Republican. James E. Moore will succeed to the position. Robert Tilford, seventy-two years old, a wellknown farmer, died on Wednesday at his home in Washington township, Clarke county. Judge C. R. Pollard, recently appointed to the Montana district, arrived at Delphi yesterday from the Territory, en route to Washington. Henry Glasgow, a deaf and dumb man, attempted suicide by cutting his throat with a razor in a Jeffersonville saloon. He made an ugly but not fatal gasb. William Callender is charged with stealing $Bl from a widow named Thompson, who resides near Cyntbiana. Callender has fled, and his whereabouts is unknown. A street railway is to be built from Terre Haute to the neighboring village of Macksville. The road is to be used for hauling coal, that article being abundant at Macksville. The School Board of Princeton has issued a card notifyine “a certain widower to cease his visits to the public schools, as thev are extremely obnoxious and disagreeable to both teachers and pupils. ” While Geo. Wheeler, of Franklin township, Floyd county, was driving home, his team became frightened and ran away, upsetting the wagon and throwing Mr. Wheeler out, inflicting injuries that may prove fatal. The remains of Maurice Brown, who went West a short time ago for his health, and died, will arrive at Terre Haute to-day and will be buried ou Sunday by the McXeen Rifles, of which company h 9 was a member. Lester Webster, eighty-six years old, and belonging to the Connecticut branch of the name to which Daniel and Noah Webster belonged, died at his home, two miles southeast of South Bend, on Tuesday. He had lived in the county since 1835. Ellis Pickering and John Underhill, two New Albany boys, quarreled over the occupancy of a seat at Main-street M. E. Church. The misunderstanding was settled on the street near the church, the Underhill boy putting the Pickering boy with a knife over the right eye, inflicting serious wounds. Marion Welcome, a young man residing with his parents in Greene township, Madison county* was yesterday fined $125 and sentenced to two years in the State prison for highway robbery. On the night of March 21, Welcome and a confederate named Kirk Givens, assaulted and robbed Branson Smith, a Greene township farmer. Givens was given his trial at the October term of court, and received a six years’ sentence. ILLINOIS. A Peculiar Damage Suit Which Is Attracting a Great Deal of Attention. Decatur, Jan. 21.—George Brown, an attorney of Decatur, is the plaintiff in a curious damage suit now on trial in the Circuit Court The defendants are the Chicago, St Louis & Pittsburg railroad and the Pullman Car Company, and the action is to recover $50,000, growing out of the alleged negligence of the defendants named. Brown’s wife died in May last, and the body was embalmed and sent to Zanesville, 0., by way of Indianapolis, accompanied by Mr. Brown and the father of the deceased; also, by four other relatives. The party were asleep in the palace car as the train passed throngh Indianapolis, and in some manner the corpse was put off and left in the depot, the relatives going on through to Columbus. The corpse remained at Indianapolis twelve hours, and when it finally arrived at its destination the remains were in a bad state, the time of the burial had to be changed, and friends could not look at the remains. The defendants claim that they performed their duties, and are not guilty of negligence. The case occasions mnch interest because of its peculiar circumstances. Illinois Man in Trouble In Kansas. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Bloomington, Jan. 2L—Dispatches from Eldorado, Kan., state that W. O. Brown, formerly a prominent vonng man of Benjaminville, this county, is in jail at Eldorado, charged with embezzlement. Brown has been postmaster at DurachenA, Butler county, Kansas, and, it is claimed, has misappropriated postal funds. He is also charged with having sold mortgaged cattle. Brown fled from Kansas, and only a day or two ago was captured at Huntington, Ind. He is a member of a much respected family of Benjaminville. Brief Mention. Thomas Spencer, boots and shoes,“at Ottawa, has failed for $7,000. The Kankakee Insane Asylum uses one hundred tons of coal daily. E. M. Pike, of Chenoa, has been elected president of the Illinois Tile-makers’ Association. James P. Roberts, a boot and shoe dealer at Peoria, confessed judgment on Wednesday for $5,500. For the twentieth successive year George W. Brown has been elected cashier of the Bank of Vandalia. James Elza is in jail at Decatur, charged with passing a fifty-dollar counterfeit bill on W. R. Whittaker, a merchant Michael Pagfa, of Barton, loaded his sled with hay to drive to Quincy, and was found by the roadside insensible, having fallen off the load. He died a few hours later. He leaves a wife and eleven children, the oldest sixteen years.

WASHINGTON MISCELLANY. [Concluded from First Page.] contesteeand their attorneys. Ex-Representa-tive John Ellis, of Louisiana, is attorney for Mr. Kidd, and Judge Harris, of Virginia, for Mr. Steele. The committee ordered the papers printed, and they will be returned from the Government Printer and be ready for consideration within two or three weeks. Those who have considered the merits of the case from verbal statements, say Mr. Kidd’s ground for contest is not tenable, and that the report of the committee will, beyond question, be against him. State Dinner at the White House. Washington, Jan. 21.—The diplomatic corps were given a dinner by the President to-night at the White House, it being the second series of state dinners of the season. The Viscountess Das Nogueras sat on the right, and Mrs. Romero, wife of the Mexican minister, on the loft of the President at the table. Miss Cleveland sat opposite, and on her right was the Portuguese minister and on her left the Italian minister. The other guests were the British minister, the Hawaiian minister, the Peruviau minister, the Russian charge d’affaires, the Swiss minister, the Belgian minister, the charge d’affaires of Austria-Hungary, the Mexican minister, the German minister, the charge d’affaires of Costa Rica and Salvador, the Netherlands minister, the French minister, the minister of Sweden and Norway, Colonel Cassidy, tho Brazilian minister; the Arcentine minister, the Japanese Minister, the Venezuela minister, Mrs. Carter, Mrs. Fall, Miss West, Miss Love, Mrs. Laughton, Mrs Cassidy, Mrs. Utely and Mr. Belmont Arguing for a Bankruptcy Law. Washington, Jan. 21.—The judiciary committee of the House continued, to-day, the hearing of arguments favoring the passage of a national bankruptcy bill. Mr. Frailey, of Philadelphia, president of the National Board of Trade, opened with a speech supporting the Lowell bill. He was followed by John A. Gano, of the Cincinnati Chamber of Commerce; W. P. McLaren, of Milwaukee; J. F, Supple, of the Baltimore Board of Trade; ex-United States Senator Henry W. Corbett, of Portland. Ore.; A. Foster Higgins, of the New York Chamber of Commerce, and D. M. Bradbury, of the Indianapolis ’Board of Trade. The general tenor of the arguments was strongly in support of a uniform bankruptcy law. Relief for National Banks. Washington, Jan. 2L—The House committee on banking and currency to-day considered the bill introduced by Mr. Wilkins, and generally known as the McPherson bill of last session, and after prolonged discussion agreed to report it favorably to the Honse, by a vote of 7to 4. The bill provides that any national bank shall be entitled to receive from the Comptroller of the Currency circulating notes not exceeding the par value of their bonds deposited to secure circulation. At no time, however, shall the total amount of such circulating notes exceed the actual paid-in capital of such national bank association. A minority report will he male by Chairman Miller, Messrs. Snyder, Wocdbnrn and Brumm. Benefit Fund for Railway Postal Clerks. Washington, Jan. 21.—Representative Blount to-day introduced a bill to provide a benefit fund for railroad mail postal clerks. It authorizes the Postmaster-general to deduct 50 cents per month from the salaries of these employes, which shall be invested by the Secretary of the Treasury in United States bonds. From this fund employes disabled through disease or injury may be paid a sum not to exceed $25 a week during the continuance of their disability, or in case of retirement for the same reason, may be paid a gross sum. In tho event of his death in the servico, a gross sum shall be paid to his dependent relatives. Merely a Senatorial Joke. Washington, Jan. 21.—During the course of some badinage in executive session, yesterday, a Democratic senator facetiously expressed a wish that the executive sessions might be held with open doors. The wish was re-echoed by one or two Republicans, and one of the latter formulated it in a resolution, which was offered and laid over under the rules for one day. When the subject was reached in executive session today, the author of the resolution, who i3 understood to be General Logan, withdrew it without debate. General and Personal. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Washington, Jan. 21.—General Browne, in the Honse, to-day, presented petitions of Alex. C. Walker and eighty-five other ex-soldiers and citizens of Wayne county, and of Captain H. H. Darter and 120 other citizens of Delaware county, for passage of a bill granting a service pension to all Union soldiers and sailors of the war of the Rebellion. V. J. Cord, of Warsaw, and J. F. Pratt, of Indianapolis, are here. Commissions were to-day issued for the following Indiana postmasters: Amos R. Woods, at Flora; Francis D. Louden, at Maxinkuekee; Thos. J. Bnrress, at Ward. Miss Elliott, of Indianaoolis, is in the city, the guest of Miss Joseph, daughter <sf Hon. Antonio Joseph, delegate from New Mexico. A po3toffice has been established at Blackburn Station, Pike county, and Eugene O'Brien appointed postmaster. J. W. Culbertson and daughter, of Indianapolis, and Miss Culbertson, of Richmond, are here seeing the sights. Mrs. John C. Beall held her second card reception this afternoon, assisted by a number of ladies. The hostess wore a becoming toilet of escurial red silk, with draperies of gold-bangled tulle. Mrs. J. M. Wilson, who presided at the chocolate table, wore a handsome robe of crimson brocade, trimmed with black-thread lace; Miss Annie Wilson, pearl satin, and brocade; Miss Lizzie Shellabarger, Venetian red silk, with rosary trimming; Miss Mary Shellabarger, pale pink silk- There was a large company present Mrs. Beall’s teas have given her a pleasant introduction to Washington society. TELEGRAPHIC BREVITIES. At Parkersburg, W. Va., on Tuesday, Thomas Stafford, a wild young man, fatally shot his elder sister during a quarrel and escaped. Cass H. Roby, the original owner of the town site of Ashland, Kan., was shot and killed, early yesterday morning, by W. E. Foster, daring a street melee. The shooting, it is claimed, was accidental. Foster was held for manslaughter. The coroner’s inquest over the remains of Frank Knoch, of Detroit, his wife and their two children, whose chaired bodies were found in the ruins of their home, Dec. 16, ended yesterday, the verdict being that the parents came to their death by a revolver in the hands of unknown persons, and the children came to their death by unknown means. At Chicago, yesterday, the Pinkertons arrested J. F. Hale, who is charged with committing a number of forgeries on Illinois and lowa banks by means of forged drafts on Chicago banks. In his valise were found drafts on sixty • five different banks. He is said to have served two terms in the New York State prison, where he was known as Robert Bowman, alias J. CL Hagan. Mrs. John E. Naylor, living at Ninth arid Vine streets, Cincinnati, having read the description of the tattoo marks on the body found at Nashville. Tenn., says she things it is her cousin, Robert Martin, whom she describes as a goodhearted, roving young man, reckless in disposi tion. She says he was a plumber, and that Lis father, John Martin, is a prosperous plumber in Montreal About two months ago, W. P. McGrath and Miss Lillie M. Gray, of Louisville, both minors, eloped. The bride’s parents seized her, and would not allow her husband to see her. They secured a divorce before the young people ever lived together. On Wednesday night MeGrath, who i& the son of a magistrate, stole his divorced wife from her home, and took her to Corydon, Ind., where, this afternoon, they were again married. The Irish National Long net _ Chicago. Jan. 21. —This morning the executive committee of the Irish National League continued their session, President Egan being in

the chair. The number of State representatives present was quite as large as that of yesterday. Amongthe matters discussed was the proposed memorial to the memory of the late Vice-presi-dent Hendricks, and a sum of S4OO was sub* scribed to the fund. A committee was appointed, which drafted a cablegram, which was forwarded to Mr. Parnell, congratulating tha Nationalist party upon its success, and pledging unswerving support to the cause of Irish nationality. THE FIRE RECORD. The Tompkinsvilte Cotton Fire Does Damage to the Amount of slso,ooo—Other Fire*. New York, Jan. 21.—The fire in the cotton storehouses at the American docks, Torapkinsville, S. 1., which broke out yesterday afternoon in storehouse No. 7, is still giving troubla Daring the night the fire spread into warehouse No. 8, and by morning the walls had fallen, making a total loss of 10,000 bales. It is not probable that any further damage will be done, as the warehouses are separated by wide alleys. The losses are now estimated at $150,000; fully insured, Chester, Pa., Jan. 21.—The Delaware oil works.were entirely burned out last night. The fire started from an explosion and burned all night Nearly all the buildings employed in tho manufacture of lubricating and paraffine wax were burned. The loss is about $40,000. St. Joseph, Mo., Jan. 21.—At 11:30 last night fire broke out in the rear part of the retail boot and shoe store of Mayer & Bennet Tho Are got under great headway before the fire department arrived at the scene, and the flames had communicated to the second story of the bnilding, which is a three-story structure. The fire was finally subdued, however, before the building suffered any great damage. The loss is about $30,000 on the building and stock: the insurance is $25,000. St. Paul, Jan. 21.—The Winnipeg stores of Cameron & Cos., tailors; Mrs. Stovall, millinery; V. G. Low, books, and Brydon & Mclntosh, pianos, were burned this morning. Loss, $25,000; one-third insured. During the fire a ladder broke, and a fireman named Canfield had a shoulder dislocated. Another fireman had his spine injured, and will die. Terrible Death of a Little Boy. Maryville, Mo., Jan. 21.—A horrible accident occurred Tuesday night, at 6 o’clock, at £hs residence of William Gaskell, six miles east of Maryville. Mrs. Gaskell was called out of the house for a moment, leaving her two children alone, the oldest one bemg a boy of three years. She was shortly alarmed by the shrieks of the children, and upon running into the house found the eldest child upon the bed enveloped in flames. Before she succeeded in extinguishing the fire nearly one-half of the boy’s body, from the stomach to the lower part of the thighs, was burned to a hard brown crust, and he died soon afterwards. It is supposed that while lying upon the bed the little fellow set fire to his clothing with a match. Arrested on a Prisoner’s Confession. Racine, Wis., Jan. 21—A sensation was created to day by the fact becoming known that Louis Christiansen, who is serving a short term in the Waupun penitentiary, for alleged complicity in the assassination of Michael Schultz, a prominent citizen of Racine, has confessed, implicating John Santry, John Broderick and a man named Dally, or Hughes. Santry has been captured at Michigan City, Broderick at Mobile, and Hughes at New Orleans. The statement is made that the four were the hired agents pf ethers. Office of New York <te Bai/timobb I Transportation Company. ) Having been troubled for some time with a bad cough, I had occasion to try a bottle of Dr. Bull’s Cough Syrup. In less than twenty-fou* hours I was entirely relieved. I recommend thi3 medicine to all my friends, for I shall not be without it in jny family. E. W. Steevx*. will Most perfect made Prepared by a physician with special regard to health. No Ammonia, Lime or Alma. PRICE BAKING POWDER CO., CHICAGO. (SOI.D IWfIT IX cans.) ST. LOUIS PeaSuNC THE BEST TIIIIG KNOWN FOR Washingand Bleaching In Hard or Soft, Hot or Cold Water. IABOa,TIME and SOAP AM AS* Rives universal satisfaction. No family, rich or poor, should be without it. EWARE of imitations designed to mislead. PEARLINE in the labor-saving compound, and at* ways bears the above symbol and came of JAM Est PYLE, NEW YORK. Indian vegetable PILLS CURE All Bilious CompMa They are perfectly safe to take, being Ptrmaur vegetable and prepared with the greatest care from the best drugs. They relieve the sufferer at once by carrying off all Impurities through tha bowels. All druggists. 35c. a Bo*.