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A GBEAT NIHILIST AT HOME. Hew “Stepniak” Lives and Works in a Dingy Dwelling-Honse in London. A Broad-Minded, Sincere Man, Who Is Thoroughly in Earnest—What Rnssia Wants —His Mission to England. London Letter In New York. Tribune. In one of the dingiest squares in the West Central district of London lives “Stepniak,” the famous Russian writer and revolutionist. In a dingy; dwelling next to a dingy church—a dwelling which well represents the average lodginghouse of this region—the first floor is allotted to tbenseof the author of ''Underground Russia,” and what was evidently a drawing-room in a palmier age is set apart as the study of this latter-day apostle of freedom, who has mysteriously masqueraded through Europe. Books, papers, pamphlets and magazines in half a dozen languages comprise the chief furniture of the apartment, and at a corner desk, toiling over the manuscript of his forthcoming volumes, sits the man whom the myrmidons of tko White Czar long to immure in the subterranean dungeons of the Fortress of Peter and Paul. There is nothing about "Stopniak” to suggest the conspirator or political plotter, nothing that smacks of dynamite or terrorism, or that reminds vouof the pyramidal hats and black cloaks of the vocal villains in "LaFille de Madame Apgot. ” "Stepniak” is an educated gentleman, and one is not surprised to find that in appearance he is a typical bushy-haired and| bearded, broad-faced and flat nosed Russian, or that, like all of his instructed countrymen, he shares the natural linguistic gift, expressing himself in English, French, German, Italian, Latin, Greek and his own strange tongue with equal ease. Indeed, he is the last man in the world whom one would take for an upsetter of dynasties. He is genial, even jovial, in manner, and his high voice and near sight compel one to wonder how, in a land where every inhabitant is watched by the police as a mouse is watched by the cat, this outlawed man has worked with safety for so many years, has eluded identification, and how, even now, he passes, when he chooser, unharmed through the country where a price is set upon his head. The conclusion is natural that if the Russian police are elever "Stepniak” is equal to them in this respect, and that disguises are no leas potent in real life than they are in romance or the drama. But the chief reason why the Americau or the average European would not take "Stepniak” to be a Nihilist is that, outside of Rnssia, the general idea regarding Nihilists and nihilism is entirely at fault, and that the members of the order are wrongly classed in the category of the O’Donovan Rossas and Herr Moste of contemporary crime. "Stepniak” is an admirable representative of what are perversely called "Nihilists.” He is a broad-minded man, thoroughly in and wholly devoted to his cause. Though he looks older, he baa not seen more than thirty-four Cars, and fully half of that period a been devoted to the cause of Rcasian liberty. Who he is and what be is—that is to say, his real name and family history—will remain loDg, perhaps forever, unknown. To the world and his own associates he is "Stepniak.” It is a common thing for members of his society to sink their identity under some assumed name, and to live and die with it. "The Bird,” so called from his peculiar voice, was a compositor on the secret press in St Petersburg. For two years he lived in the printing office, never going outside the little room in which he lived and worked. This self-abnegation was necessary to the cause. His co-workers knew nothing of him save that he came to them from a distant town with creden-' tials from the local organization. His faithful but self imposed confinement caused his death, and for lack of any name he was buried as he had lived, under the name of "The Bird.” Such instances are frequent among the "Nihilist*.” "Stepniak,” like all members of the order, refuses to talk of his own history or of his own share in the active work of the revolutionists. Absolute secrecy is the only safeguard. But I have reason te believe that he is a member of the lesser nobility of "Little Russia,” and that one of his reasons for concealing his identity is to spare his family the persecutions of the Czar. But he is anxions to educate American opinion on the subject of Russia, and in a twelvemonth ha hopes to visit the States and lecture, though lie shrinks from the task of addressing an audience, oratory being unknown in Russia, where the right of public speaking is denied. For the present he is living in retirement and working upon his books, and though he is in free England, he thinks it best to keep his address as much of a secret as possible. He works in a study bestrewn with every adjunct of the writing craft, for "Stepniak” has been a professional journalist It is a chill, drizzly morning, with tho fog coming down as it can come down only itt London, and “Stepniak” sits by a bright open fire which is doing its best to add to the dismal pall of smoke that covers the metropolis in the winter time. As he talks its eyes glisten, his whole frame becomes animated, and from time to time he will rise from iis chair nnd Dace the floor with a firm, heavy i.read and determined mien. He is thoroughly in earnest, as you can see by his aspect. Indeed, earnestness is his chief characteristic, as it must be with a man who has sacrificed every worldly prospect in a long struggle with the dynasty of tho Romanoffs. "It is difficult,” he says, "for the people of Western Europe, and it is more difficult still for the people of that greater West, America, to realize the condition of things in Russia, for the land of the Cz&r is like no other country. Everything in Russia is original, and everything that original in Russia is an anomaly. With us freedom is but the name of an unknown state, and government only another word for plunder, corruption and unparalleled tyranny. You wonder that the Russian people have submitted so long! They could do nothing else. And, besides, my countrymen are, above all others, a pa tie n* race. Indeed, one may ask if their patience has not ceased to be a virtue and become a fault. The Russian people may be divided into two classes, the oppressors and the oppressed. Everyone who is not with the government is against it and the government is only a gigantic system of bureaucracy which exists by robbery, outrage, and every other form of rampant despotism. It is a system of unbridled officialism. From first to last, from the highest to the lowest, the officials are tyrannical and corrupt, with power almost autocratic, seeking and holding their positions merely for the sake of plunder, and responsible only to their superiors, who wink at their misdoings because they receive the larger share of spoils. Why do not the people rise? How is it possible for tbe people to rise in a country where the right of assemblage is forbidden, where the press is gagged; where the priests are henchmen of the court; where the schools are little better than barracks, and the universities are under martial law; where so serious a crime as petitioning the Czar is punishable with death, while the most villainous murderer is imprisoned for only fifteen years at most; where a child of ten can be arrested for holding false political opinions; where the sanctity of the home is unrecognized by the authorities and violated by them every hour of the day or night; where it is impossible for half a dozen people to enter or leave a house together without the interference of the police? Under this condition of things it has been impossible for the people to rise, for it has been impossible for them to meet and plan a risiug. They are bound iand and foot. In Russia no man knows what a lay or an hour may bring forth for him. At any noment he may be arrested for complicity in a political plot and sent to the gallows or to Liberia without a trial. An anonymous letter to the police, the denunciation of an enemy, the possession of a forbidden book —say one of Huxley’s or Herbert Spencer’s—is sufficient to deprive a man of life or such liberty as a Russian may be said to possess. "When the late Czar Alexander emancipated the serts he received the applause of civilized Europe. It was thought to be a graeious act, worthy of an enlightened age. Russia hailed it as the dawn of anew era. But what has been the result? Millions of people have been emancipated from a slavery to aso c&iied freedom

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which has burdened them with regpensibiHttes they ■are notable to bean and for the nonfulfillment of which they are afflicted with punishment unknown to slavery itself. Russia is a peasant state. The inhabitants of all the cities and towns make only 10 per cent, of the populations, and one half of tbe towns are agricultural. And oar peasants are our tax payers. They, and not the wealthy folk, ‘ supply the revenue of tho state, and they are taxed far beyond reason and justice. The taxes are so imposed that they fall due just before harvest time, when the people have not yet turned their crops to cash. At the best of times they have barely enough to live on after they have paid the government demand; how much worse then must it be when they are asked to pay their taxes at just that season of the year when they nave no money? You would think that it would only bo rational on the part of the government to postpone its days of collection until tbe harvests have been gathered and sold. Bat the Russian government does nothing that is rational. Year after year efforts nave been made to so postpone the date when the taxes fall due. But to no avail. For then the officials would be bereft of an excuse for plundering tbe peasants and appropriating their crops in tbe name of the law. And understand that in Russia everything is done by the officials as they think best, or rather, as they find the best chances for plunder. At one time banks were started to assist the peasant%so that they conld lay up money through the year to meet the taxes as they became due, but just as these institutions met with favor from the men they were designed to benefit, and their coffers began to fill with savings, a decree was issued—which is only another way of saying that it was carried out—appointing a government official at the head of each bank, and the officials at once appropriated the funds. "In Russia there is no public opinion, because there are no means of formulating one. The peasants, who form nine-tenths of the population, are densely ignorant, and the educated classes suffer ceaseless persecution unless they enroll themselves prominently on the government side. What are called the ‘Nihilists’ are chiefly the educated people, for there can be no harmony between despotism and enlightenment. The educated classes have taken up on behalf of the peasant tho battle which the peasant is unable to fight for himself, and for this they are persecuted boyond the power of an aiien people to believe. The authorities recognize the might of education and the fact that its spread is dangerous to tho existing order of things. For this reason a ban is placed upon learning, and nothing is taught but what is approved by tbe Ministers of the Czar. Everything is done that can be done to ruin the peasants materially and tho educated classes morally. To thinking Russians and to our ambitious youth, life is but a dreary span of years, without hope, without any of those incentives for the future which men in other countries enjoy. Already one generation of noble youth has been swept away by the gallows or by exile. The severest tortures are brought to bear upon political prisoners, tortures that would have beeu a disgrace even to the dark ages. The innocent suffer with the guilty, if a man can be called guilty whose deed is calculated to effect the rescue of his country and the freedom of his race. But the authorities know no such thing as innocence. If they suspect a man, even without cause, he is doomed, and no earthly power can save him. The government is as blind as it is perverse and cruel. Its continued oppression, which grows worse year by year, is goading the people to desperation. The flower of Russian manhood, the flower of Russian intellect ia being wiped out by a hand we are powerless to stay. Against this barbarism our only resource is secret warfare. They call us ‘Nihilists,’ and seek to impress the world that we are the friends and brothers of those despicable fanatics—of whom you have some in America—who preach the absurd doctrines of so-called ‘Socialism,’ and seek to overturn the fundamental principles of civilized life. It is false! We have no connection and no sympathy with these demagogues. Our strife is for freedom, constitutional government and a representative Parliament. Give us these and the Czar may retain his throne. Onr organization embraces the best elements of tbe Russian people, and so much of her intellectual strength; so much of all that is most noble, generous and intelligent, so much of her vital vorce as is not buried among the thousands of Siberian exiles. One thing is certain. We cau never gain our freedom by peaceful methods, we can secure it only by war. If we are not successful in our generation our sons and daughters will carry on the struggle. Posterity will gain what is denied to us. A struggle lias begun which will never end until Russia is as free as England. "My mission in England is to educate public opinion in our support, and I have already met with a success which surpasses my expectations. My books, ‘Underground Russia’ and ‘Russia Under the Czars’ are eagerly read, and I am at present engaged upon two more works—The Storm-Cloud’ and ‘The Russian Peasantry.’ The press has met me with great kindness, and the London Times has opened its columns to my pen, thus creating great indignation in Russian officialdom, where the Times is regarded as the greatest power in England. The English people have treated me with unbounded hospipitality, and last week a ‘Russian Society’ was formed by some of the leading men and women of London with tho object of supporting us in our straggle with an oppression of the extent and nature of which you free Americans can little dream, though the very best book, by a foreign writer, that I have ever seen on Russia is by an American; it is Noble’s ‘Russian Revolt.’ "I welcome, and shall always welcome, any opportunity to inform Americans of the state of affairs in Russia, and to gain their attention, sympathy and support, and to inform them that we ‘Nihilists’ are patriots—not desperadoes and demagogues—and that if our system of secret warfare is thought unworthy of modern civilization, tell them it is the horrible oppression we suffer that makes it so, and that it is our only means of revolt.” Man and Wife Murdered. Clove rd ale, Cal., Jan. 23.—Details reached here to-day of a double murder, the victims of which are a prominent farmer, Jesse C. Wickershall, and wife. The tragedy occurred at Mr. Wicbershall’s ranch, about twenty miles from this town. The scene of the murder was visited by Deputy Sheriff Criglea, and Wickershall was found sitting in a chair in the dining-room, dead, with the blood oozing from a wound in the breast and from another in the head. Mrs. Wickershall was found dead in the bed. her hands and feet bound, and a wound in her breast. The valuables on both bodies were intact, showing that robbery was not the object of the crime. All the wounds were inflictod with a shotgun. Strong circumstantial evidence points to a Chinese cook employed by the murdered couple, who is nowhere to be found. It is believed the Chinaman took the •arly morning train on Tuesday at Cl overdale, for San Francisco, and embarked on a steamer that sailed from there for Hong Kong on Wednesday. A Jealous JLover Commits Suicide. New York, Jan. 23.—Geo. F. Langbein, jr., son of Counsellor Langbein r has for some time post been visiting Mrs. Jennie Noll, who some time ago got a divorce from her husband. The woman seems to have been encouraging other admirers, of whom Langbein became jealous. To-night he caught her bidding an affectionate adieu to a young man. A quarrel ensued and he drew a revolver and shot himself, oausing instant death. Cracking a "Brilliant” Yonng Man’s Skull. Louisville, Ky., Jan. 23.—A Courier-Jour-nal’s special says; "Ex-Senator George Swope, while engaged in a drunken row at Curdsville, Ky., was struck on the head with an axe handle and fatally injured by Thomas Linkens. Swope was once a brilliant young fellow, who has killed his man, served in the Legislature, and is under indictment for house-breaking.” Auditor Brow Keinnstated. Des Moines, la., Jan. 23.—Governor Larabee this afternoon approved the official bond of Auditor Brown, and reinstated him in office. Brown was removed from office about ten months ago, Governor Sherman claiming that he had not made a complete accounting of all moneys and funds belonging to the State in his possession. lllnens of Clara Morris. Washington, Jan. 23.—During the performance of." Camille" at the New National Theater, this afternoon, while Clara Morris was dressing for the ball-room scene, she fainted, and remained unconscious for several minutes. Medical aid was summoned, and, after a wait of forty-five minutes, the play proceeded.

MORB ABOUT MAUD MILLER, Statement of the Priest Who Married the Poet’s Daughter to Her Theatrical Manager. Chicago, Jan. 23.—Regarding a statement made in a New York telegram, to the effect that the daughterof Joaquin Miller was married hare to' the theatrical manager, J. L. McCormick, ad interview is published hare to day with Rev. F. J. Cogland. The reverend gentleman said that on the 9th inst. Miss Miller, accompanied by Mr. McCormick, came to the house and asked to be married in accordance with the rites of tho Catholic Church. She volunteered a statement that she had previously gone through the form of marriage with a man named Mackaye, but that she had sinee ascertained that she bad never been really married to him, and, as a consequence, had never lived with him, nor did he seem to be anxious to live with her as her husband. Miss Miller, who was a total stranger to Father Cogland, had previously obtained a license to marry, which she exhibited to the reporter, and which ia in the usual form, as follows: The People of the State of (Illinois. To any person legally authorized to solemnize marriages, greeting: Marriage may be celebrated between Mr. Joseph Loudon McCormick, of New York, in tbe State of New York, at tbe age of thirty-five years, and Miss Maud Murray Miller, of New York, in the State of New York, at the age of twenty-one years. The marriage license w&a signed by Mr. M. W. Ryan, clerk of the county court "Ido not desire,” said Father Cogland, "to add anything to the report of the matter which appeared in the New York Sun. That report ia substantially correct, but I deny having said that Miss Miller and Mr. McCormick were ‘not legally married,’ or tbat the marriage ‘was void in law.’ as the license from the State attends to the legal part of the matter. I never reflected whether the divorce was or was not obtained. If I had reflected, before the ceremony, that a divorce had not been obtained, I would have declined to perform it. My view of the first marriage coincides with tbat expressed by Mgr. Preston, which, according to the Sun, is "as follows: ‘Mgr. Preston did not tell Miss Miller that a marriage was void in law because the priest had been deceived about the bridegroom’s baptism, but he told her that the church did not' recognize or bless such a marriage.’ Both Miss Miller and her companion appeared to be in a state of absolute poverty,” continued Father Cogland, "and Miss Miller represented that their being married would lead, to greater economy, and urged to have the ceremony performed immediately, as they expected to leave for Detroit this morning. They were actually stranded, and what tranks and goods they had remaining were detained at their hotel. Their appearance certainly seemed to bear out their statement, as they were most poorly and lightly dad for the winter season. She appeared to be acting from strictly conscientious motives, and stated that ahe had been imposed upon by Mackaye.” "Would the fact of his not having been baptized make any material difference in the eyes of the church?” "Certainly. A dispensation is necessary in such a case before the marriage ceremony can be performed. I saw no written opinion from Dr. Hanghton, but a statement was made to me by Miss Miller, to the effect that Dr. Haughton had denied that Mackaye was ever baptized. If he had been baptized in any church, the ceremony of marriage would be valid in the eyes of the Catholic Church.” A New York telegram says: "Miss Miller was first married about a year ago, in the Catholic Church of the Holy Cross, in this city. When she thought of gettine married to McCormick she wrote a letter to Father Preston, rector of St. Ann’s Church, asking him about the validity of a marriage contracted with a man not baptized. Father Preston said to-day that he wrote an answer to Miss Miller, in which he gave no opinion on tbe nullity of her marriage. He simply said that a marriage could not be had, according to the laws of the church, with a person not baptized, without a dispensation, and added that the question was one for decision by the local ecclesiastical where Miss Miller resided. Father Preston said that even though Miss Miller’s marriage with Mr. Mackaye was invalid in the eyes of the church, she couid not have the marriage ceremony performed again by a Catholic priest until she got a divorce. The Catholic Church does not recognize divorce, bnt it recognizes the laws of any State in relation to marriage, and, in the present case. Miss Miller being married to Mr. Mackaye according to law, she could not be married again in the Catholic Church until that marriage was legally annulled. "At the lodgings of Miss Miller and McCormick, at No. 88 Sixth avenue, it was said to-day that they had moved. Arthur Loring Mackaye. Miss Miller's first husband, declined to say whether or not he would apply for a divorce.” Miss Miller was seen to-day by a reporter. While admitting the marriage ceremony with Mr. Mackaye, she denied that the marriage was ever consummated, and asserted that her conscience was clear. She furnished the following, which is the text of the letter sent her by Mgr. Preston, who is chancellor and vicar-general of the archdiocese of New York: Miss Maud Miller: Madame—Your letter of the 28th inst. is received. A dispensation from the impediment of mixed marriage was obtained by Rev. W. F. Brady from this office, on Feb. 4, 1885, for yourself and Arthur Mackaye, a baptized Protestant. If it is absojiteiy certain, aud can be proved, that Arthur Mackaye was never baptised, then, as far as the church is concerned, your marriage with him was null. It is not, however, in my province to pronounce as to the nullity of your marriage, and this should be done by the ecclesiastical authority to which you are now directly subjected. Yours, Taos. S. Preston, Vicar general. International Fair Association. St. Louis, Jan. 23.—Nearly twenty presidents and executive officers of State boards of aericulture and fair associations and expositions in Missouri. Illinois, Kansas, Indiana, Wisconsin, and tbe Dominion of Canada, have united in a circular which will be printed here to-morrow, addressed to officers of all agricultural associations and expositions throughout this country and Canada, heartily indorsing the International Association of Fairs and Expositions, and earnestly inviting and urging them to join that association, as such action cannot be other than beneficial and profitable to all concerned. Tbe next annual meeting of the International Association will be held at Indianapolis, on Feb. 3 and 4, and the signers of the circular request that application for membership be made by or before Jan. 31, and that all members send representatives to the annual convention. Judge Brewer’s Recent Decision. Leavenworth, Kan., Jan. 23.—The liquorsellers and brewers are rejoicing over the decision of Judge Brewer, of the United States Circuit Court, in the case of the State against John Walruff, the Lawrence brewer, to the effect that the State should pay Walruff $50,000 for his brewery or let him proceed with the manufacture of beer. In effect, the decision declares that the State must pay for all property rendered useless by the prohibitory law, and the decision covers not only brewers and distillers, but vineyards, which aggregate an immense amount in value. The county attorney, Mr. Wheat, has been served with a writ requiring him to appear before the State Supreme Court and show cause why he should not be removed from office for refusing tn enforce the prohibitory law in Leavenworth county. Tli© Payne Bribery. Columbus, 0., Jan. 23. — Represenative Cowgill, chairman of the legislative bribery investigation committee, speaking of the letter of Senator Payne to that committee, this morning, said they were not investigating that gentleman, and that he would not be called to give evidence before the committee; that they had heard of no charges against him personally, in connection with the alleged bribery cases. The committee will resume business next Tuesday. Chasing Dynamiters with Bloodhounds. Atlanta, Ga., Jan. 23.—Cartersviile, the county seat of Barlow county, is in a state of intense excitement. Last night someone placed a dynamite cartridge on the front veranda of United States Commissioner Collins's house and caused its explosion. This morning a telegram reached Atlanta, requesting, immediately, a pack of bloodhounds, and stating that dynamiters had been at work and escaped. A reporter of tb* * ’•nustUntion went to Cartersviile,

end reports that tbe exploeion damaged the house considerably, and seriously shocked Mr. and Mrs. Collins. The explosion awoke everybody in town, and the wildest excitement prevailed. Tobe Jackson and his brother Sam were at once suspected because the commissioner bad just bound the former over for violating the internal revenue law and the local anti-liquor laws. Sara Jackson was captured, and is n<rw in jail. Tobe is still at large and is being chased by bloodhounds. LABOR MATTERS. Fourteen Firms Still Hold Out, but Profess a Willingness to Arbitrate), New York, Jan. 23.—Sixty Cuban cigarmakers, employed in the factories of S. Jacoby mid Ottenburg Bros., quit work to-day and decided to remain out until the lock-out was declared at an end. They have no grievances against the manufacturers’ association except their action in closing the factories against the union men. The strippers and bunchera. employed by John W. Love - returned to work this morning, and the cigar-makers and packers, numbering, in all, 105, will go to work on Mont day. This leaves fourteen manufacturers holding out against their employes. Otherwise the situation remains unchanged. The United Cigar Manufacturers’ Association met to-day and discussed the lock- out. They received a delegation of the general labor union, and told them they were willing at all times to submit the differences to arbitration. The employes announced to-night that the 10 per cent tax had been paid by all tbe branches of the union in the New York district for the benefit of the men out of work. This money will be paid out next week. Three progressive union members refused to become members in the international union, of the firm of Kerbes & Cos., and were discharged. All Qaiet in the Coke Region. Pittsburg-, Jan. 23.—The situation in the coke regions continues quiet, uo disturbance having occurred since Thursday. Sheriff £ywart has had an understanding with the strikers, and they have promised to resort to no violence in the future. Asa result of this a large number of deputies and police have been discharged. The attempt to eject the Hungarians from their houses will not be made at present, as the weather is so cold that such treatment of the strikers would, in the opinion of the officers, be exceedingly ill advised. At the Connellsville convention, this morning, the strikers reported that of the 10,000 ovens in the region -less than 1,000 were in operation. Not Guilty of Conspiraoy. East Saginaw, Mich., Jan. 23.—^Thetrial of State Representative P. B. Barry, for conspiracy, in leading the strikers at the time of the millmen’s strike in the Saginaw valley, last summer, ended this morning, the jury bringing in a verdict of “not guilty,” after being out twentythree hours. This is the leading criminal case against Barry, and the others will probably be dropped. While it will have an effect on civil cases, the trial was made under the conspiracy law, Barry being charged with inciting a riot. THE SIGNAL SERVICE. War Department, ) Office of the Chief Signal Officer, > Washington, Jan. 24, la. m. ) Special Indications for Twenty-four Hours from 7 A. m., for Indianapolis and Vicinity— Warmer, cloudy weather and local snows. For the Ohio Valley and Tennessee —Local snows, generally followed by fair weather, slowly rising temperature. For the Lower Lake Region—Fair weather, followed by local snows; warmer, variable winds, generally easterly, falling barometer: For the Upper Lake Region—Fair, warmer weather, followed during the night or on Monday by local snows; variable winds, generally shifting to southerly; falling barometer. For the Upper Mississippi Valley Fair, warmer weather, followed by local snows; winds generally shifting to southerly, falling barometer. For the Missouri Valley—Fair, warmer weather, followed during the night or on Monday by local snows: southerly wluds, falling barometer. Local Observations. Indianapolis, Jan. 23. Time. Bar. Ther. Hum. Wind, j Weather Rain. 6a. M.. 30.50—7.0 91 North|Fain ...... 10 a. M . 30.50 0.3 83 N’east Fair. 2P. M.. 30.42 11.0 64 East 'Cloudy 6p. M.. 30.38 13.0 70 N’east Cloudy 10 p. m.. 30.33 14,2 86 N’eastjCloudy Maximum temperature, 14.2; minimum temperature, —8.4. General Observations. War Department, ? Washington, Jan. 23,10 p. m. j Observations taken at the same moment of time at all stations. 2*5 f? 3 STATIONS. If : gfe §f £ g 23* ? New York City 30.49 13:North Clear. Washington City... 30.50 18:Nwest Cloudy. Vicksburg, Miss.... 30.14 28[North .01 Lt. rain* New Orleans, La... 30.06 51 North .18 Foggy. Shreveport, La 30.18 27 North .01 Lt. rain. Fort Smith. Ark... 30.24 24 West Cloudy. Little Rock, Ark... 30.21 17,North Cloudy. Galveston, Tex 30.11 42 Nwest Cloudy. Memphis, Tenn 30.17 18 North .01 Cloudy. Nashville, Tenn 30.17 19 North .32 Sleet. Louisville. Ky 30.32 18 North .07 Lt. snow Indianapolis, Ind... 30.35 13 N’east Cloudy. Cincinnati, 0 30.36 15 N’east .01 Lt<enow Pittsburg, Pa-. 30.42 14 East Cloudy. Oswego, N. Y 30.57 —2 S’east Cloudy. Toledo. 0 30.47 5 East Clear. Eseanaba, Mich 30.45 —8 Swest- Fair. Marquette, Mieh...'30.37 —6'Swest 'dear. Chicago, Ili 130.44 5 West Cloudy. Milwaukee, Wis... . 30.48 —7 Nwest Clear. Duluth, Minn 130.42 —l3 Swest Clear. St. Paul, Minn 30.43 —l4 S’east doudy. LaCrosse, Wis [30.44 —4 South ..... Lt snow. Davenport, la (30.45 —5 N’east Cloudy. Des Moines, la. 30.41 0 S’east Cloudy. Keokuk, la 30.40 —4 East dear. Cairo, 111 30.28 12 North .06 doudy. Springfield, 111 30.37 S N’east doudy. St. Louis, Mo 30.37 4 ! North doudy. Lamar, Mo 30.29 13(East .....doudy. Leavenworth, Kan.. 30.36 618'east Cloudy. Omaha. Neb :30.37 —2 South dear. Yankton, Dak 30.32 —5 S’east dear. Moorehoad. Minn.. 30.34—13 .South Clear. Bismarck, Dak j 30.19 —9|S’east Clear. Fort Buford, Dak.. ;30.02 —2 East Lt snow. Ft.Assiniboine,M. T'29.80 2 East .05 Lt snow. Fort Custer, Mont.. 129.79 7;North doudy, Deadwood, Dak 29.98 37 Swest Clear. North Platte, Neb.. 30.18 11 South Clear. Denver, Col 30.10 41iSouth Cloudy. W. Las Animas, Col 30.11 30 Calm Clear. Dodge City, Kan— 30.22 6 South Clear. Fort Elliott, Tex... 30.26 22 South Clear. Fort Sill, Ind. Ter | Fort Davis, Tex 30.16 34 East Clear. El Paso, Tex 30.19 511 West Clear. Salt Lake City.U. T,30.09i 47;South Lt. rain. Mr. Tilden’s Testimony Is Wanted. New York, Jan. 23.—Counsel applied to the United States Circuit Court to-day for a subpoena for Mr. Samuel J. Tilden, to obtain his evidence in behalf of Samuel Mitchell and James St. Claire, administrators of the estate of John P. Mitchell, of Marquette, Mich. The application recites that in April and May, 1867, Will L. Wetmore, acting for the New York Mine Company, made three notes of $5,000 each, which were discounted by John P. Mitchell. The notes have never been paid, and no information about the affairs of the company can be obtained. As Mr. Tilden owns 14,660 shares out of the capital stock of 20,000 shares, it is thought possible that he can enlighten the creditors. The Ohio Senate. Columbus, 0., Jan. 23.—The Republican members of the Senate met at 10 a. m.. with all tbe Democratic seats vacant, the Clerk not being present. The President appointed Senator Ford to that position, and after a call of the house, showing tbe Republican members present, an adjournment was taken to Monday at 10 a. m. The Democratic Senate hue adjourned to 4 p. m. of that day.

THE NEWBURG VICTIMS. Three Bodies Recovered—Weeks May Be Required to Reach the Others. Whreling, W. Va., Jan. 23. —The bodies of three victims of the explosion in the Oriel shaft, at Newburg, W. Va., which were found yesterday, were brought to the surface to-day, and after being viewed by the coroner’s jury were taken in charge by undertaker Berber, to be prepared forburi&L Their names are: Daniel Miller, the eager, whose station was at the bottom of the shaft; L Timmons, the fire boss, and his son William, a trapper. The bodies were terribly mangled, and were crushed beyond recognition. The recovery of the bodies proceeds very slowly, on account of the many difficulties encountered. So far, the exploring party has been able to enter the main heading only about 300 or 400 feet Fears were felt to-day that another explosion might take place, on account of the rapid accumulation of gas, but the repairs being made to the ventilating shaft are expected to avoid thin. This morning an excursion party of experts, composed of J. Little, of Shawnee, Grant county, superintendent of the Big Vein mine, of the Elk Garden region of ex-Senator Henry G. Davis’s mines; G. H. Richards, superintendent of the Gaston mine, at Fairmonnt; Robert Jack, superintendent of the West Fairmount mines, and Superintendent Laxton, of the Oriel mine, descended the shaft, and remained down for two hours. Mr. Richardson has explored further than any one that has yet been down. He reports the place full of gae, and in a very dangerous condition. There is also great danger of the pump, which has thus far been keeping the mines clear of water, breaking down, owing to the debris at the bottom of the suction pipes. Should this happen, it will greatly complicate matters, and in order to avoid it, all efforts are being directed toward clearing this rubbish away. The experts have decided that to recover the bodies, without causing further explosion, it will be necesßrrv to rebuild the broken bulkheads. This makes, in all probability, the recovery of the bodies the work of several days, if not weeks. As far as known, the miners were working in four parties at the extreme limits. Large crowds have been at tbe mine all day, excursion trains having been run from all near-by stations. False Reports from Nanticoke. Wilkesbarre, Jan. 23.—A sensational report was sent from here to various papers throughout the country, this morning, to the effect that another light was seen last Dight by the rescuing party at slope No. 1 of the Nanticoke mines, and that the entombed miners were heard from. The officials of the company deny the report as a base falsehood. It will be weeks before the men are reached, And the mine inspectors, who made an investigation of the fatal slope yesterday, are all of the opinion that the entombed men have died long ere this. TEhEGRAPHIC BREVITIES. Joseph Bates and wife, an old conple residing on a farm near Thorold, Ont., were burned to death in their house yesterday. The cause of the fire is a mystery. At Sherbourne, N. Y., yesterday mornine, Russel Palmer, aged forty-five years, and Charles Newton, aged fourteen, were killed by the explosion of a powerful engine boiler while baling hay. Hans Jennsen, the German-American manager of a flax factory at Norburg, who was expelled from that town by the government, has made application to the government to resume his German citizenship. Joseph Leitner, a well known and influential man, residing near Joliet, IIL, was driving home on Friday night, when he ran into a snow-drift with sufficient force to throw him from his sleigh and render him insensible. When found he was frozen to death. A collision occurred on the Catawissa branch of the Philadelphia and Reading railway, yesterday morning, by which two men were instantly killed and two fatally injured. Two freight trains going in opposite directions were, by a mistake of the officials, sent out on a sinele track. Alice Halter, a prepossessing girl of fourteen years, was arrested at Buffalo, N. Y., Friday night, on a charge of arson. On Thursday night she desired to go to a party with the family of her employer, John J. Berger. They refused to take her, and in revenge she attempted to set the house on fire. The first suit of the Chicago Reform Alliance, to compel the saloons of that city to close on Sundays, in compliance with the State law, was tried yesterday before a justice of the peace and a jury. The fact of a saloon being open was conceded by the defendants, but the jury returned li verdict of not guilty. The board of directors of the St Paul Trust Company, in making an examination into matters pertaining to the estate of the late W. L. Culbertson, discovered a shortage in the accounts which it is claimed has been traced to C. L. FoSs, treasurer and secretary, and he has been arrested for embezzlement When arrested he was getting ready to leave the city. The shortage is said to be SI,OOO. Obituary; Niagara Falls, N. Y.. Jan. 23—Alvah Check, aged sixty-one years, proprietor of the Spencer House, and manager of the International Hotel, died of typhoid pneumonia at 3:30 o’clock this mornine. He was widely known throughout the country. Rainvibw, Minh., Jan. 23.—Hon. W. E. Warding, president of the Eainview Bank, formerly judge of the Racine. Wis., District Court, ahd later a member of the Wisconsin Legislature, dropped dead of apoplexy to-night. Staunton, Va., Jan. 23.—Rev. Dr. J. P. Strider, professor of moral philosophy and belles lettres at the Washington and Lee University, died here to-night of softening of the brain. Losses by Fire. Pittsburg, Pa., Jan. 24.—Between 12 and 1 o’clock this morning Scott Brothers’ planingmill, on Water street, caught fire, and in less than an hour the building and stock was a mass of smoldering ruins, The loss is $12,000; insurance, $5,000. The origin of the fire is a mystery. Kingston, Ont, Jan. 23.—There were three incendiary fires here last night the most serious being that in Skinner & Co.’s drug store, whore the loss amounts to $20,000; fully insured. The incendiary was caught, and proves to be a son of R. M. Horsey, a leading merchant Incendiary fires have been very frequent for some time past, but the authorities have been unable to detect the perpetrators. Hung Herself with a Skein of Yarn. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Rushvillk, Ind., Jan. 23.—Mrs. Uriah Gor don, mothor-in-law of County Auditor J. K. Gowdy, committed suicide at her home, near Arlington, early on Thursday morning, Dy hanging herself with a skein of yarn. The funeral will occur to-morrow. She was one of the most highly respected women in Rush county. Indicted for Embezzlement. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Elkhart, Ind., Jan. 23.—The grand jury has found an indictment for embezzlement against City Clerk Middleton, who absconded some time since and went to Canada. He had voluntarily returned. He has given bonds for his appearance in court to answer the charge. Work Resinned at Roach’s Shipyard. Chester, Pa., Jan. 23.—Work was commenced at Roach's shipyard, to day, on a steamship for the Brazilian mail steamship line. This is the first vessel started at tbe yard for over a year. Banks Victimized for 914,000. Kansas City, Jan. 23.—A well-dressed young man, styling himself J. Whitney, came here recently and opened an office, being ostensibly in the cattle business. He opened accounts with several banks, and deposited a number of drafts signed by Omaha banks, aggregating $14,000. Two weeks ago he cashed these, and left the citv.

The drafts went to the Chicago clearing-house, and were paid. When they reached Omaha, they proved to be forgeries. The Chicago clearing bouse has called upon tbe banks there to make good the loss, but this they decline to do, and a lawsuit will probably result. The matter has been kept secret hitherto. Whitney hM probably made good his escape. THE CALIFORNIA STORM. Heavy Damage to the Railway Lines Between San Francisco and Los Angeles, Los Angeles, Cal., Jan. 23.—There is no communication yet with San Francisco, where* heavy storm is raging. The storm is expected to reach here to-night. Great damage to rail* road tracks and other structures as yet only par tially repaired is feared. All telegraph lines be tween San Francisco and San Jose are down. The demoralization of wires is far worse than ia the flood of 1884. Trains all began running on time to-day, except to the north. Large forces are working rapidly from here northward and from Mojave south. The $15,000 iron bridge ia Saledad canyon is totally wrecked. One piece of the long bridge at Kent is destroyed, and so are fourteen bents of tbe Tejunca bridge. Bridges between Wilmington and Long Branch, south of here, are gone, and also the bridge over the New river, on the Santa Anna braneh. Thirty bridges have been partly restored. It will be seven day 9, at least, before trains can go north. Mrs. Kate Lyttle and a Mexican named Refuga were drowned in the Hood. Mrs. Lyttle had left her house, but went back for jewelry, and a floating house struck her and she was lost. Several hundred families had to leave their homes, but most of them have since returned. Mails for San Francisco are sent hence via Deming, Albuquerque and Mojave. Much damage was done in the surrounding courtry, especially about Colton and San Barnaruino. The California Southern railway, between Colton and San Diego, is washed out worse than two years aeo, and is badly cut up in the Canyon Pass. Through trains are expected to run by Tuesday. Six bridges are gone in the vicinity of San Bernardino. It will be weeks before travel can be resumed. Consul Lybrook Mortally 111. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Richmond, Ind., Jan. 23—The parents of Albert Lybrook, United States consul at Algiers, were to-day admonished by cable to come at once if they desired to see him alive, as he if dying with consumption. He was a deputy is the county treasurer’s office when, in June, 1879, Ambrose Hewitt’s grandfather, Ambrose Ruby, sent the two boys to France with a shipment oi horses, which Col. John A. Bridgland, then United States consul at Havre, was to dispose of, if they were not already contracted for the French cavalry service. Colonel Bridgland took a fancy to Albert, and the more he saw of him the more favorably was he impressed, and finally proposed to take him in his office. Remaining with Colonel Bridgland until he was succeeded by Consul Glover, he was, in turn, retained by the latter, his efficiency rendering him almost indispensable as vice-consul, as he had in the meanwhile been regularly appointed, and he was still there with Colonel DuFeau when he was himself appointed consul at Algiers. Stricken with Paralysis. Special to the ladianapolia JournaL Greenoastle, Ind., Jan. 23.—Wm. Bridge* a prominent business man of this city, ant trustee of Greencastle township, suffered a stroke of paralysis as he was going home to dinner to-day, and fell heavily to the icy pavement; He was taken into a neighboring house and his physician summoned, who pronounces bis condition very critical. He is unable to speak, and perfectly helpless. The Baby’s Bangs. New York Commercial Advertiser. Much surprise and amusement were caused, a few days ago, in a Fourth-avenue car. A baby about eighteen months old made frequent efforts to pull off its hat. At last it succeeded, when, greatiy to the astonishment of the occupants, the little one’s false bangs fell to the floor. Prospective; States. Huron, D. TANARUS., Jan. 23.—A private letter received here from Washington says an agreement has been arrived at by leaders of both parties providing for the admission of Dakota, Montana and Washington Territories, and that the plan will be carried out in a few weeks. Steamship News. London, Jan. 23.—Arrived: Grecian Monarch, from New York. New York, Jan. 23. —Arrived: Baltic, from Liverpool; State of Pennsylvania, from Glasgow; Ems, from Bremen. Assignment at Cincinnati. Cincinnati, Jan. 23.—J. Walker Bros. & Cos., manufacturers of paints and oils, assigned today. Liabilities, $35,000; assets, $25,000. A recent traveler in England reports that fully one-balf of the wheat and other grain is cut with the sickle in many localities. 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