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Station, Benton county. demolishing the village end killing or injuring nearly the entire population. The wires are all down, and no definite information is obtained. Nearly all the buildings in St Cloud demolished by the cyclone were small frame houses occupied by workmen, who were absent, and only their wives and children in the houses. The pecuniary loss will reach about $60,000 at St Cloud. More damage was done at Sauk Rapids, where the property destroyed was of a more valuable character. It is impossible to obtain details from there or Rico's station to-night Governor Hubbard to-night received the following message from State Senator Buckman, at Sauk Rapids: “Our town is in ruins. Send ns aid. “Buckman.” Governor Hubbard at once sent messages to the Mayors of all cities and large towns in the State, asking that steps be taken at once to secure money and things needed, and forward them os speedi'ty as possible to Senator Bookman for the destitute. A brief dispatch has just been received, saying that between forty and fifty bodies have been recovered from the ruin* at St. Cloud, and the search is not completed. The town presents a scene of the utmost desolation, as seen by the light of flickering lanterns, and the groans of the wounded and lamentations of those who have lost relatives are heartrending in the extreme. Not before daylight will the full extent of the havoc be known. Among the injured is ex-Sen-ntor Hulburt, formerly of Binghamton, N. Y. He is not expected to live. The Storm at Other Points. Chicago, April 14.—The Inter Ocean's Council Bluffs special says: “A cyclone struck the town of Coon Rapids this afternoon, and laiH the town in ruins. Telegraph wires are all down, and no particulars are obtainable.” The Inter Ocean’s Exira. la., special says: “A cyclone struck Exira and the country south of here to-day aboat 4 o’clock, wrecking the home of Mr. William Binther, late first assistant doorkeeper of the lowa Senate, and a schoolhouse near him. The storm then took a northeasterly direction and wrecked the home of Milton Donnel, a Mr. Reynolds, Virginia Smith, James Patterson and Nicholas Marvis in its track. The storm was accompanied by a severe hail, which did no damage other than to break window-glass and .righten women. Trees wore twisted off and -down rouud like straws before the wind. Only >4e boy was hurt, and he not seriously. RELIGIOUS MATTERS. Annual Meeting of Muncie Presbytery—Reports From Churches and Mission Work. Special to the I#dianapolis Journal. Muncie, April 14.—0n Tuesday evening the Muncie Presbytery convened in the Presbyterian Church of this city, and was organized by the election of Rev. John Q. McKeehan, of Hartford City, moderator, Rev. L. P. Marshall, of Peru, clerk. Rev. Marshall preached an able sermon to a large and appreciative audience. The Presbytery ia composed of the counties of Miami, Wabash, Grant, Blackford, Jay. Randolph, Delaware, Madison, Hamilton and Noblesville. There were present delegates from all these counties—about thirty in aIL This morning the Presbytery respened in the basement of the church. The forenoon was given to the bearing of reports from the pastors of the several charges. These show the work in all its departments to be in a flourishing condition. Tho business of the ses'sion was held this afternoon. Rev. Geo. A. Little, of this city, and Eldar J. E. Ramsey, of Tipton, were selected as commissioners to the general assembly, to beheld at St Paul in May. The Woman’s Home and Foreign Missionary Society of the district also convened in the audi-ence-room of the church this morning. Mrs. Geo. A. Little presiding. After devotional exercises, reports were heard from the several auxiliaries in the presbytery, and were followed by an excellent paper written for the occasion by Miss Nettie Bowman, of Marion, upon “The Image and the Superscription.” The afternoon session was one of much interest, papers and discussions being had upon the following subjects: “Persia,” by Miss Eva Donaldson, of 'Vabash; “Home Missions," by Mrs. Mary Coddington, of Union City; “A Missionary Society of 1986,’’ by Miss Frances Effinger, of Peru; general discussion on “Methods of Works.” The meetings were well attended by residents of the city. A lunch was served in the basement of the church to day. This proved quite a pleasant affair, as it enabled strangers to become acquainted. The delegates chiefly returned to their homes this evening, a few remaining for ' he morning trains.

Whitewater Presbytery. • ,'uclal to the Indianapolis Journal. Shelbyville, April 14. Tho Whitewater '.'alley Presbytery met at the First Presbyorian Church in this city last evening at 7:30 o’clock, at which time a sermon was delivered by the retiring moderator, the Rev. George A. Mclntosh, of Liberty, Ind. After the sermon the Presbytery was organized by electing Rev. F. W. Weatherwack moderator and the Itev. 1L F. Almstead, of Rising Sun, and Elder Reuben Pender clerks. On the call of the roll by the stated clerk, Rev. D. R. Moore, of Brookville, the following ministers were found to bo present: Revs. D. M. Stewart and James D. Thomas, of Rushville; Rev. S. S. Potter, of Cincinnati; Revs. J. H. EschmyerandT. L. Hughes, Shelbyville; Revs. Joseph R. Walker, Wiliiam Torrence and James White, of Greensburg; Rev. J. M. Hughes, of Richmond; Rev. Thomas H. Hench and Daniel Volz, of Connersville; Rev. F. N. Weatherwack, of Lewis viile; Rev. H. F. Almstead, of Rising San: Rev. G. A, Mclntosh, of Liberty; Rev. J. P. Engstrom, of Mt. Carmel; Rev. F. C. Hood, of New Castle. The following elders were present: E. P. Ferris nnd J. Fisher, Shelbyville; William Hodges, Homer; W. A. Pueh, Rushville; George H. Grans, Richmond; W. S. Higgs, Union; J. Hill, Dunlapsville; W. H. Green. Brookville; V. Martin, Liberty; W. Armstrong, Mt Carmel; R. Pender, Knightstown; W. F. Lilly, Hagerstown; J. W. Vickers, Ebenezer; G. W. Day, Bainbridge. Rev. D. R. Moore, of Brook villa, tonight, preached an interesting sermon on the subject of “Home Missions.” Baptist Foreign Missionary Society. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Tkrke Haute, April 14.—The Woman’s Baptist Foreign Missionary Society of the West assembled in annual convention this forenoon. This society embraces all the territory west of the Allegheny mountains, east of the Rocky mountains, and north of the Ohio river. There are about 100 delegates present, mostly from Illinois. Indiana and Ohio. The president, Mrs. A. J. Howe, of Chicago, opened the convention with a short address. Mrs. A. M. Bacon, of Chicago, corresponding secretary, made her report, showing a remarkable advance in home and foreign mission work during the fifteenth year of the organization. Thera are twenty foreign missionaries, as follows: Nine in Burmab, three among the Tetugu, two in Assam, and six in China. The reports from these show conversions to have been numerous. The report of Miss E. E. Hough, of Chicago, treasurer, showed the finances to be in good condition. Miss Mary E. Thompson, missionary to South Wales, addressed the convention, as did Miss S. J. Rigby, of Basseim, Burmab. Several other missionaries were present. To-night Mrs. E. W. dark, mt Assam, and the Rev. Dir. Jeffery, of Indianapolis, addressed the convention. • Piles, fistula, rupture and stricture radically eared. Book of particulars 10 cents lu stamps. World’s Dispensary Medical Association, Buffalo, N. Y

St. Louis after killing several persons on the Illinois side of the river. The papers presented upon which to make a requisition were declared informal, beeanse based upon the verdict of a coroner’s jury instead of an indictment or a complaint before a justice of the peace. # _ Hoxie’s Telegram to Gould. New York, April 14. —The following dispatch was received at the office of the Missouri Pacific Railway Company this morning: “St. Louis, April 14. “Two hundred and seventy eight trains were moved yesterday, containing 4,368 loaded cars, an increase of forty-eight trains and 1,047 loads over the same day last year. Quiet at all points. The following special dispatch was received this morning: “‘Spsingkixld, 111., April 14. “ There is little or no probability of the coal miners making any trouble, as they are anxious to work. Among the persons killed at East St. Louis, last Friday, was the ring-leader at the last strike at the Springfield Iron works, and a leader of a riot in w'hich three of the iron-works men were killed.’ “H. M. HOXII.” Mr. Jay Gould said this morning that he did not think that the news from St. Louis was of special interest, as the system was working along in about the ordinary way. OTHER LABOR NEWS. Connersville Strikers Threaten to Resort to Violence to Prevent Men Working. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Connersville, Ind., April 14.—The furniturefactory strike here has assumed rather a serious phase. Last Monday 100 employes returned to tho Cooley-Morrison factory, having adjusted their differences. They receive an advance in wages in some departments. The 300 strikers of the other three factories are still out. Yesterday morning the strikers congregated at the approaches to the shops of Munk & Roberts and the Connersville factory and attempted to persuade the “scabs" who have been returning to their benches and those new-comers who have found employment here, numbering perhaps some twenty in each of the two shops, to quit work, but as mild means failed them, they, by threats of violence, forced eeveral to return to their homes. Others who were intercepted by the strikers refused, in the face of threats that if they went back in the morning there would “be blood shed,” and they would only get through the lines over the dead bodies of the strikers who guard the approaches to the shops. Many of the strikers who guarded the approaches to the shops were armed with clnbs. It is known that some of those who were intercepted, but went through the lines, are determined not to stop work, and have armed themselves for defense, and it is feared there will be blood shed. • Action of Washington Workingmen. Washington, April 14.—A largely-attended mass-meeting of workingmen was held here tonight, at which resolutions were adopted calling for the enforcement of the eight-hour law in government workshops; tendering sympathy to workingmen everywhere in their efforts to secure a shorter work day; declaring that the railroad strike now in progress in the Southwest, emphasizes the injustice of the relations at present existing between labor and capital, and that, os supporters of law and order, we condemn all acts of violence and destruction of property, but at the same time denounce as murder the coldblooded shooting down by hired thugs of innocent and unarmed men, women andjchildren, and these dastardly murderers, instead of retarding or impeding the work of unification among the industrial classes will only bind more firmly in one universal brotherhood the wage-earners of the country, and that organized labor will not rest until the perpetrators of these diabolical and murderous outrages are brought to trial, conviction, and adequate punishment administered. Representative O’Neil, of Missouri, presided, and on the platform were a large number of members of Congress. Speeches indorsing the resolutions, urging the workingmen to organize, and promising their influence and support in securing the legislation demanded, were made by Senators Biair and Eustis and Representatives O'Neil, of Missouri, For&n, of Ohio, and Farquhar, of New York.

A Wesleyan Denounces the Knights* Syracuse (N. Y.) Special. The following letter has been sent to Jay Gould by the president of the Wesleyan General Conference, and on account of the position and prominence of its writer will undoubtedly attract attention: “Wesleyan Methodist Publishing-house, ) Editorial Department. > Syracuse, N. Y., April 10, 1886. } “Mr. Jay Gould —Dear Sir: I feel constrained to write you my congratulations for the stand you have taken against the would-be despotism of the secret banditti known as the Knights of Labor. Unless the growing power of these secret combinations are some way broken onr country is ruined and its business enterprises destroyed. What is needed is men of principle and of nerve to stand against this rising secret communistic power which threatens the annihilation of the rights of property. I have the honor to represent the Wesleyan Methodist connection of America as president of its General Conference and editor of its literature. I thought that it might be a source of encouragement to you to know that there is sympathy for you under the assaults made upon your name and property by the secret works of darkness. The great necessity of the times is light poured from the press, the pulpit and the rostrum on the true character, tendency and workings of the secret orders which threaten to undermine every interest, financial, social and religious. “Yours encouragingly, N. Wardneb." Action of Youngstown Trades Assembly. Youngstown, 0., April 14—At a meeting of the local Trades Assembly, last night, resolutions condemning Jay Gould were passed. The Assembly blame him for the death of the people at East St. Louis. They resolved that the cowardly and murderous assault of Gould’s hirelings deserves and should receive speedy and just punishment. The Assembly pledges financial aid to the strikers. The resolutions closed as follows: Resolved, That the time has arrived, and we insist that Congress should at once take steps to prevent the issuing of watered stocks on theiailroads of the country. thereby preventing the imposing of unjust rates on the people of the country, which fleece all alike, both the employes and the people at large. Resolved, That any common carriers or corporations engaged in transportation, and who are working under charters granted by the State, who shall refuse to submit such matters to arbitration, shall, for such refuse*, forfeit their charters. Nobody Must Work Except Knights. Chicago, April 14.—The members of the Switchmen’s Union, working for the Michigan Southern railway in this city, are greatly dissatisfied with the retention, by that company, of eiebt men who were taken on during the strike of 188 L General Yardmaster Jones has been presented with a petition setting forth that unless the eight are discharged by Saturday noon a strike will then be inaugurated. One of the switchmen said to-night: “There are about seventy-five of us in the employ of the company, and if we quit work it cannot move an engine or take out a freight train, because experienced men can’t be found to take our places.” Mr. Jones lias not yet informed the men what action the company will take with regard to their demands. The Strike of Milwaukee Tailors. Milwaukee, Wis., April 14—Five out of tweuty-six retail tailoring establishments in the city have signed the scale presented by the men, but the others have refused. Work is accordingly suspended in all shops except those which have signed. The increase demanded by the men ranges from 20 to 30 per cent, exclusive of extras. A meeting of the Merchant Tailors' Association will be held to-night, when a bill of prices will be prepared and submitted to the consideration of the men. A leading tailor said in case a satisfactory adjustment could be made betweeu the two scales, the larger establish-

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ments would probably sign, but the prices demanded would practically bar the smaller establishments out It is expected that the number of men on strike will be largely increased to-day by the going out of the shop tailors, those already out being principally ja#rneymen who have been making custom work. Street-Car Strike in Baltimore. Baltimore, April 14.—The driver* employed on the Frick line of street-cars struck to-day for $2 for twelve hours’ work, and, at 11 o’clock, all the cars, fifty-five in number, were “tied up.” Since the passage by the Legislature of a law making twelve hours a day’s work for all employes of street railways, the men on this line have been naakiog but SLSQ per day. The company runs the “bob-tail” style of cars, and the driver has double work to do. The line runs through the most fashionable portion of the city, and the strike has already caused considerable inconvenience. After tying up their cars the men announced their determination not to allow any one to take them out. Pickets were stationed and arrangements made for a firm stand, bnt President McLane called on the police authorities, and shortly after noon six cars were started from the stable under police protection. There were threats of violence, but the entire reserve police force was ordered out, and the crowds that gathered at various points along the line were dispersed, and no attempt was made to obstruct travel. To-night there are no cars running, but the officers of the company will start as many cars as possible in the morning. There seems to be a possibility of a general strike being ordered tomorrow on ail the lioes using tho “bobtail” cars, and all the police in the city are held at the station-houses to quell the disturbanoe that many fear will ensue. Western Nail Association. Wheeling, W. Va., April 14.—The Western Nail Association’s annual meeting here to-day was largely attended. The members refuse to say what was done concerning the compromise with locked-out workmen. No change was made in the selling card of nails. Officers were elected as follows: President, J. N. Vance, Wheeling; first vice-president, C. L. Fitzhugh, Pittsburg; second vice-president, W. H. Wallace, Steubenville, O.; secretary and treasurer, George Ware, Wheeling. The members indulged in a banquet at the McClure Hotel after the meeting. The following was adopted: Resolved, That we reaffirm our adherenoe to the scale of prices known as the manufacturers’ scale, and assure the workmen who have accepted it, and are now working under it, of our entire satisfaction with the Tesult of what was considered a doubtful experiment, and we pledge ourselves to abide by all obligations assumed in their behalf. Brakstnen Ask an Advance. Chicago, April 14.—A committee of six, representing the freight conductors and br&kemen on each of the divisions of the Rock Island rail way, called to-day on General Superintendent Kimball, and formally requested a 10 per cent advance in wages. Mr. Kimball said that he thought the Rock Island paid as good wages as other roads, but that he would investigate the matter and report to the committe as soon as possible. The men did not intimate that they would strike. Brother Dunbar's Ten Per Cent. Philadelphia, April 14.—Secretary Turner to-day sent the following telegram to Mr. Powderly: “Brother Dunbar offers 10 per cent, of the gross receipts of each production of his play for the benefit of our suffering brothers in the Southwest. Shall I acceptf* Mr. Powderly replied: “Will acoept Brother Dunbar's proposition. Funds should he sent you.”

Labor Notes. The employes of the Kittanning Iron Company’s Rebecca furnace, at Kittanning, Pa., have struck for an advance of 10 per cent, in their wages. The men and operators are jery quiet, and the outlook for an adjustment is not very encouraging. All boss carpenters in Milwaukee belonging to the Builders’ association have been notified by their men that, commencing May 1, they will be expected to pay ten hours’ wages for eight hours’ work. An answer is demanded by Saturday of this week. A largely-attended meeting of the furniture manufacturers of Chicago was held yesterday, for the purpose of considering the advis n bility of inaugurating a system of “spotting"employes who take part in the strike or lock-out, and of refusing to re-engage them. The proceedings were kept secret. The furniture manufacturers of Pittsburg and Allegheny have received formal notice that cabinet-makers and upholsterers demand an advance of 20 per cent, on li piece-work, and a reduction of daily labor to eight hours per day, on and after May 1. The movement is not confined to Pittsburg, but is general throughout the country. Manufacturers interviewed say the demauds will be granted and the price of furniture advanced. TELEGRAPHIC BREVITIES. J. L Case yesterday sold his celebrated stallion, Pballas Chief, to C. C. Lyford, of Minneapolis, Minn., for $50,000. At Eastland. Tex., in a quarrel between John and Thomas Ellison and W. G. Hardin, Thomas Ellison was killed, aud Hardin fatally, and John Ellison slightly wounded. H. S. Roy, teller of the Bank of Montreal at Stratford, Ont., has been missing since last Saturday. It is alleged that he is a defaulter to the extent of several thousand dollars. At San Marcos, Tex., in a quarrel over a game of ball among a number of schoolboys. Polk Edwards, aged seventeen, stabbed Ed Stonefield, aged twenty, in the breast, causing death in a few minutes. Edwards is still at large. Isaac Rodgers, a clerk in the employ of a Philadelphia firm of cloak manufacturers, was arrested yesterday, charged with the embezzlement of upwards of $20,000 belonging to the First National Bank of Chester, Pa., while employed as a clerk of the bank. Dick Baker and son. James Baker, of Knox county, Kentucky, were killed yesterday at Flat Lick, Ky., by Elliott Baker and a man named Feriruaon. Daniel Baker, a brother of Dick, was also fatally wounded. An old feud crowing out of a lawsuit was the causa Elliott Baker is a nephew. Throueh the efforts of Dr. Mary Walker, Dr. W. H. Hale, of Washington, D. 0., who was held at Pittsburg, on a charge of conspiring to defraud was released yesterday morning. his creditors having agreed to accept notes at twenty and sixty days for the amounts due them. Dr. Hale left for home in the afternoon. Steamship News. New Yore, April 14.—Arrived: Wyoming, from Liverpool; Labrador, from Havre; Devonia, from Glasgow. Glasgow', April 14. —Arrived: State of Nevada, from New York; Hibernian, from Philadelphia. Queenstown, April 14.—Arrived: City of Ricnmond, from New York. Philadelphia, April 14. Arrived: Ohio, from Liverpool. Hamburg, April 14.—Arrived: Suevia, from New York. Burglar Shot Dead. Cincinnati, April 14.—Alonzo P. Kendall, living with his wife in a cottage at Lockland, 0., shotand kill'd a burglar who, with two others, was entering his room, shortly after midnight last night Mr. Kendall spoke twice to the man, asking what he wanted, and was answered with an oath. When the burglar, already inside the window, attempted to draw a weapon, Mr. Kendall shot him in tho head with a shot-gun, killing him instantlv. Mr. Kendall is over seventy years old. The Mayor wili not arrest him. Colonel East’s Probable Appointment* Washington Special. Colonel Hughes East, private secretary to the late Vice-president Hendricks, will in all probability be appointed Secretary of State for Utah. He certainly will be if it is agreeable to Governor West, who is expected here to-morrow. Don’t neglect a cough and let it remain to irritate your lungs when a safe and Speedy remedy can be had for 50 cents in Dr. Bigelow’s Positive Cura

INDIANA AND ILLINOIS NEWS The Daily Chronicle of Happenings of All Kinds in the Two States. Mysterious Murder at Hagerstown—Knox County Politics—A Clerk Steals $20,000 with Which to Buy Furniture. INDIANA. Mysterious Murder at Hagerstown—Young Man Found with His Skull Crushed. Bpecial to the Indianapolis Journal Richmond, April 14—Hagerstown contributes one more to the catalogue of atrocious crimes Little more than a fortnight has elapsed since the murder there of Kitty Bates by her brute of a husband, and now Isaac Wimmer, a wellknown young miller, is found, at 2 o’clock in the morning, in an alley, wonnded unto death, which resulted, at 3 o’clock this afternoon, without his regaining conscionsness, and no one is able to tell whence or from whom the fatal blow came. He was struck in lj|e back of the head with some blunt instrument that literally caved in his BkulL There was a long scalp wound on the top of his head. Ho came of a good family, but was given to drinking and gaming, and it ia suspected that he was struck at a gambling den and carried to where he was found. He had recently been dressing burs at Knightstown, and returned from there yesterday. His parents removed from Hagerstown to Greencastle to educate a younger son, who graduated from DePauw University quite recently. Coining Meetings at Acton Camp-Ground. Bpecial to the Indianapolis Journal. Shelbyville, April 14— The trustees of the Acton Camp-meeting Association met yesterday in the city of Greensburg, at the residence of Hon. Will Cutnback, to transact business preliminary to the year’s meeting. There were present the following-named members of the board of trustees: George M. Wright and Milton Robyns, of Shelbyville; Mr. Budd, of Indianapolis; Will Cumback, of Greensburg Superintendent W. H. R. Reed and Vice-president Pye were also present A great deal of routine business was transacted, but the only points of public interest were the fixing of the time for the regular May meeting and the beginning of camp meeting. The' May meeting was fixed for Tuesday, the 18th of May, that day being selected as most convenient for the church people of the neighboring cities. The lecture course will begin on July 27 and last for ten days. Camp meeting proper will commeuce on Aug. 7 and continue the usual length of time. Rev. Sam Jones, the revivalist, is under engagement to be present on the first dav, and will most likely remain several days. He will doubtless be accompanied by his fellow-1 jborer, Sam Small. The arrangements for the lecture course have not been fully completed, but it may safeiy be said the following speakers will be present: Prof. J. C. Ridpatb, of Indiana University; Rev. Dr. Carter, of Chattanooga; Bishop Mallalieu, of New Orleans; Gov. J. B. Foraker, of Ohio; J. B. Murdock, the famous Shaksoerean reader, or Cincinnati; E. E. White, LL D., and J. H. Bayless, D. D. s os Ohio; Prof D. S. Jordan, of the State University; W. J. Marshall, of Massachusetts; I. H. McConnell, D. D., of Indianapolis; Senator Harrison; Col. J. P. Sanford, of lowa, and Gen. Jasper Packard, of Indiana. The last three will speak on “Soldiers Day,” it being decided to give one dav especially tojthe veterans. The Chatauquans will also have one day, with distinguished speakers. Tho W. C. T. U. will have one day, with Miss Frances Willard as principal orator. A committee was appointed to confer with the Knights of Pythias with reference to setting apart one day for that popular order, represented by several of their best speakers.

Knox County Politic!. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Vincennes, April 11-—The political situation is still interesting, and it is probable that tomorrow will bring developments of a sensational character, it being rumored to-day that the commissioners will not only cause suit to be brought on Treasurer Hollingsworth's bond, and proceed against him on impeachment, but that his bondsmen, or some of them, will petition for release, while the grand jury is expected to return an indictment against him for embezzlement. James A. Deck, the auditor, and nominee for re election, is also in danger of impeachment, and, altogether, it looks as if there were about to be fun on the Wabash. _ A Fireman Badly Injured. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Fort Wayne, April 14.—This afternoon a team of horses belonging to the fire department, ran away with a loaded wagon. CharlesThiem, hosecart driver, who was in charge of the team, was thrown out His right log was caught between the wagon and a derrick post, near the government building, and was nearly crushed off, the leg hanging by a shred. The doctors think he has a chance for life if there are uo serious internal injuries. Poisoned by Wild Parsnip. Bpecial to the Indianapolis Journal. Terre Haute, April 14.— -Several small children, residing near Coalbluff, in this county, were poisoned to-day by eating wild parsnip. A five-year-old daughter of J. H. White died soon after reaching home. The other children will recover. Minor Notes. Jacob Bader, a well-known New Albany business man, has died of diabetes. The Board of Health of Evansville has ordered all the school children to be vaccinated. Martin Kimbell, a Louisville gambler, who started a keno bank at Jeffersonville, has been arrested and is in jail. At New Albany, August Biel, a German boy, attempted to commit suicide by jumping from the stage of the wharf-boat, but was restrained by Capt. Hiram Reamer. It is rumored that the Western Union telegraph office at Jeffersonville will be closed May 1. There is not enough business to pay, is the reason given by the company. Clarence Kelly, son of Mr. Charles Kelly, of Jeffersonville, who disappeared from home several days since, is still missing. It is now believed that he was drowned in the back water. The funeral of Noah S. La Rose, of Logansport, was conducted on Tuesday. The deceased was an old and wealthy citizen, and belonged to no church. By request, Judge D. P. Baldwin delivered an address at the grave. Mr. Amenon Jones, of the Murdoch Hotel, Logansport, and Miss Lillie Marsh, daughter of the city treasurer, were married yesterday morning. Both are prominent young society people. The bride was formerly a popular society belle of Crawfordsville. Thomas Sbna, an ex-policeman of Vincennes, was found dead in his bed, early yesterday morning. He bad been tending bar for John Kilfort, over whose saloon he roomed, and he retired in his usual health at midnight. He probably died of excessive drink. Frank Douglass, the supposed burglar, who was captured on Sunday night by Owen Sullivan, a Wabash postal clerk, while endeavoring to enter bis residence, was discharged by Mayor Stephenson yesterday, there being no evidence to support the charge against him. Mr?,. Joseph Pleas and Superintendent Samuel Cappick, of White’s Manual Labor Institute, south of Wabash, will arrive from Indian Territory to-day with twenty-five Comanche and Arapabo Indian children for edncAtioc at the school, the United States government bearing the expense. Another hand of Sioux children, it is expected will be brought during the summer. Two toughs, giving their names as John Jackson and Louis Bourchould, and claiming to bail from Pittsburg, were c&uirht in the act of rob bin* H. M. Landy’s store, at Clymers Station,

Cass county, Tuesday night. Pour men were engaged in the burglary, but two of them made good their escape. The two that were captured were brought to Logan sport and lodged in jaiL A number of shots were exchanged, but no one was injured. Mrs. Elbert H. Shirk, wife of the millionaire banker and landowner of Peru, fearful that ghouls will visit the tomb of her husband at night, exhume the remains and hold them for the payment of a heavy reward, has employed William Payton, at a salary of SIOO per month, to keep vigil from 6P. m. to 6a. m., till next April. In addition to this compensation, Mrs. Shirk provides Payton with a comfortable cottage near the cemetery. Payton began duties on Monday night ILLINOIS. A Poverty-Stricken Clerk Steals 920,000 Worth of Railroad Tickets. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Bloomington, April 14.—J. A. Biggs, a clerk in the office of the auditor of the Lake Erie & Western railway in this city, was arrested to-day on the charge of stealing railroad tickets. He confessed to stealing and sending them to Thomas Duuo, a ticket-scalper in St Louis, and J. T. Turner and B. Walker, of Kansas City. On checking over the tickets 285 were found missing, and it is presumed he took them all. The tickets stolen are over the Lake Erie & Western and the Chicago & Alton to St Louis and Kansas City, and then over different lines to California; their estimated value is about $20,000. Biggs had stolen an old stamp from the office, with which he stamped the tickets. He offered in extenuation the statement that he was poor and needed money to bny furniture. He is about forty-five years old, and has a family. He was formerly on the Missouri Pacific. His bail was fixed at $5,000, and he was placed in jail in default. No Indictment In the Aldrich Case* Shklbyvillk, April 14. — The grand jury ndjdurned to-day, without finding any indictments against persons supposed to have been implicated in the hanging of Miss Georgia Aldrich at Windsor. Brief Mention. There is a serious outbreak of smallpox at Cartni. Calvin Moore, an old resident of Mattoon, died on Tuesday of asthma. At Clinton John Gustafson, a Swede, attempted to cut bis throat with a shoe knife. He is insane. Elmer Roberts, a well-to-do farmer of Tivoli, Peoria county, thirty years old, hanged himself. Despondency over the death of his wife. One hundred and sixty acres of laud have been purchased for the use of the Insane Asylum at Springfield. Sixteen thousand dollars was paid for it. At Rockford Cora Adams, a pretty young woman, threw herself into Rock river in a piqn© after some petty quarrel with her lover, Frank Schecker, and was drowned. Alfred Gannon, a farmer near Vandalia, who was arrested on last Saturday, charged with having drowned his six-year-ola stepson, and was discharged for want of evidence, has been rearrested^ William McAllister, living near Jacksonville, drowned himself in an unused well on his farm. He fretted over financial difficulties, which were more imaginary than real, as he was in good circumstances. John G. Miller, Democratic candidate for sheriff of Greene county, while electioneering at Fayette, in the eastern part of the county, got into an altercation with a young man by the name of Frank Canned?, and shot him with a pistol in the shoulder, it is thought fatally. Lewis Bunn, a Bloomington pioneer, died yesterday at the age of eighty. He was a native of Ross county, Ohio. He leaves a widow and four children, who are B. H. Bunn, of Oregon; Thomas J. Bunn, postmaster of Bloomington; William Bunn, of Warrensburg, Mo., and Mrs. John Larrimore, of Harrisonville. In the Gillies creamery at Bigfoot, the centrifugal cream separator, while in motion at the average speed, suddenly burst, the fragments flying with such force as to instantly kill James Peterson and fatally injure Chester Hauser. One of Thomas Alton’s legs was fractured in two places, and James Blake, Edward Bowman and William Zell, boys, were seriously eut and braised. An examination of the pieces showed that the accident was due to defective material in the machine. The Bauer-Meyers Baby. Pittsburg, April 14.—The now celebrated Bauer-Meyers baby case, iD which two women claimed the same child as their offspring, came up again this afternoou on the petition of Mrs. Bauer for a writ of habeas corpus to obtain possession of the infant. Judge White ordered Mrs. Meyers to restore the child to Mrs. Bauer, whom, the court decided, was the mother. The order created considerable excitement in court, and it was found necessary to take the child from the Meyers family by force, as they refused to relinquish it Mrs. Meyers, one of the claimants, is now serving a term in the work-house for perjury.

THE TYPE-SETTING CONTEST. Perkins Bftll in the Lead, with Divine Second ami Oswald Close Behind Him. In the type setting contest for the State championship at the Zoo Theater, last night, there was an increased number of spectators, among them being McCann, of the New York Herald, the champion of the United States. The record for the two hoars last night, with the aggregate net for the total eight hours since the beginning of the contest, is as follows: FIRST HOUR. SKC’D HOUR. m . , CONTESTANTS. j B Gross Net. Grossi Net. 8 Hours Heerman 1,540 1.510 ! 1.704*1.661 12,713 Oswald. 1,708 1.561 1,720,1.577 12,833 Perkins 1.832 1,637 *1.813; 1,701 13,475 Sickles 1.690 1,649 1.743 1,721 13,032 Walla 1.657 1.599 11.686 1.547 12,404 Divine 1.886 1,768 ;1,848,1.534 13,090 Heerman worked under the disadvantage of being quite ill last night. Perkins, wno has been in the lead from the start, is now 400 ems ahead of Divine, who holds second place by a narrow margin, with Oswald close behind him. Divine, in his proof on the second hour’s work, made a bad omission, and in making the correction put the words in the wrong place, causing him to lose over 300 ems on his gross work. THE CITY IN BRIEF. The annual meeting of the congregation of Tabernacle Church will be held this evening. Marriage licenses were issued yesterday to Wra. Jester and Florence Mintzlis, Levi Clark and Anna Steinwender. In the suit of Joseph Parent against Jennie Parent, the divorce was granted the defendant by Judge Howe. instead of the plaintiff, as erroneously stated yesterday. The Aurora Furniture Company was incorporated yesterday. The capital stock is $12,000. The directors are Henry P. Bparth. L E. Bernkamp, Henry Doarter, Gerhart Witte, George Frank, Edward Holthowk and J. C. Schiller. A fire caused by dying sparks damaged the frame tenement at Nos. 65 and 67 South California street —owned by George Woods and occupied by the families cf Philip Seitz and Frank Ott—to the amount of S2OO, yesterday morning. Building permits were granted yesterday to John Holland to build a S7OO cottage on Ohio street near State; to Mrs. E. A. Pullis, to build a $2,000 brick dwelling at No. 65 North Illinois street; to Henry Khnke. to build a $2,200 frame dwelling on Peru street, between Cherry street and Christian avenue. Various permits were granted for repairs and additions. Nancy Eurich has brought suit for divorce from Frank Eurich. Her complaint states that they were married Oct. 19, 1882, and lived together about two weeks, when he abandoned her without cause, and has since refused to live with her or contribute to the support of her and a child, a girl three years old, the fruit of this marriage, the custody of which she asks.

AN EXCURSION AGENTS SWINDLE. Servant Girls Victimized on a Glittering Offer of a Cheap Ride to California. Last Wednesday a man came to the Grand Hotel and registered as J. R. Williams, saying that he had come to the eity for the purpose of organizing a California excursion. He made arrangements with the' Indianapolis & St Louis road for the transportation of twen-ty-two persons, who would constitute the excursion party. Having concluded this arrangement! he rented an office in the Stewart Place, and advertised in the papers that hie excursion would be for the benefit of servant girls, who, if they would pay $5 in advance for their ticket, would be guaranteed transportation to California, and paid a rebate of sls after arriving them The man was successful in obtaining the necessary number of girls to constitute the party, and whou it is probable, had each paid the required amount. The police, however, investigated the matter, and, while they were satisfied that the man bad no other intent but to defraud his customers, they could make no arrest, as he had signed a contract with the Indianapolis & St Louis agent for the purchase of the tickets. These tickets were to have been bought on Tuesday morning at 11 o'clock, hut it was then discovered that Williams could be nowhere found, and the police were greatly chagrined over their defeat He had victimised the servant girls to the extent of over $75, and had skipped hil board bill at the Grand Hotel, amounting to $lB. The police have made a diligent search, but no traces of the missing agent could he found. PERSONAL AND 80CIETT. Robert Mitchell, of Princeton, is In the city, stopping at the Grand Hotel Maj. H. H. Woods, of Michigan City, is in the city, a guest of the Grand Hotel Hon. W. M. Ridpath, of Brazil, is in the city, and is stopping at the Bates House. Mrs. Johnston, of Walnut Hills, Cincinnati, is visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Hubbard. Mrs. R. R. Morris, Mrs. L. T. Leman and Mrs. H. A. Marlott, of Richmond, visited the city yesterday. Mrs. Kate De Camp, Mrs. T. H. Funnelle and Miss Moliio M. Hoover, of Frankfort, were in the city yesterday. < . Rev. Dr. Marine, the former pastor, will spend next Sunday with the Central-avenue M. EL Church, preaching both morning and night. Gerard Reiter, of Vincennes, candidate for the Democratic nomination for Auditor of State! is in the city, looking for supporters. Rev. E. P. Wise has tendered his resignation as pastor of the Fourth Christian Church, to take effect in June, and will return to Butler University to continue his studies another year. W. W. Parsons, president of the State Normal School, was in the city yesterday. Ho reports that the attendance at the Normal School is very m uch larger this year than it has sver been before. The Mikado tea given at the residence of Dr. H. R. Allen, last night, was decidedly one of tho most unique and gorgeous social events whioh has transpired in the city for some time. The whole house was richly decorated with all sorts of Japanese banners, screens, parasols, fans, and numberless pieces of bric-a'braa The hail on the upper floor of the hoase was the most abundantly decorated part, and exhibited a true artistic sense or harmony in the combination of the many brilliant colors. The various booths were also appropriately decked, and near each wera large stands of richly-scan ted flowers. There were three booths—a home-made candy booth, one where Japanese bric-a-bric, and one where fresh flowers and bonquets were sold. The tea-rooms and the coffee-rooms were also handsomely decorated, and coffee, chocolate and cake were served gratuitously to all the visitors. There were also many othe? f eaWrhrufHtre eutWtsiill*” meat which obtained considerable success in a financial way. principal among which was a pair of scales in charge of the little girls. In the evening the attendance numbered about 200, and the musical programme consisted of scenes from the ''Mikado,” in costume, with orchestral accompaniment, which was furnished by a number of members of the Mendelssohn Society’s orchestra. Miss Jessie Meek, as YumYum, Mr. Willard as Nauki-Poo, and Mr. W. 81 Kirk as Ko ko, rendered their parts with excellent taste, Miss Meek, in particular, being the recipient of several encores. The entertainment was given for the benefit of tho Training-school for Nurses, and netted about S3OO for that purpose. Hotel Arrivals; Occidental Hotel: T. H. Harrison, Lebanon; C. Wells, Michigan City; M. L. Ledlemyer, Vincennes; J. G. Grunter, Holden; E. Shumack and wife, NoblesviJle; L. A. Stockwell Cloverdale; James Gilbert, Westfield; C. C. Edmunds, Plainfield; Richard Muls, Mooresville; J. M. Coburn, Columbus. * * x • Bates House: Frank Q. Derbert, Peru; W. J. Craig, Blufft.on; W. D. Ewing, Evansville; Samuel J. Brash, A. S. Kwapp, Columbus; A J. Crawford. Joseph H. Briggs, Andrew Grimes: G. R. Grimes, W. 0. Ball, Terre Haute; W. V. Stuart. L. L. McCormick, Lafayette; E. D. Palmer, Richmond; S. G. Detchon. E. Simpson, EL Voris, J. Leuellen, Crawfordsville. Grand Hotel: J. W. Larkin, Terre Haute; Mrs. A. D. Lawton, South Bend; George Thuthice, Columbus; P. W. Yard, Frankfort; David E. Beem, Spencer, A. H. Hollon, Richmond; A, H. Brown. Michigan City; B. F. Ibach, Huntington; Charles A. Morrison, Fort Wayne; A. Duvall, jr., and wife, Greencastle; J C. Bliekenstaff, North Manchester, H. A. Kerns, Mrs. J. Frazer, Mrs. S. S. Brady and Miss J. Collins, Perryville; Miss Mary Cliff, Miss Mollie F. Haggerty, Terre Haute; Mrs. D. E. Moore, Prince ton; A. J. * ox, Logansport; W. M. Hedges, Andrews. The New York Bribe-Takers. 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