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stands for a displacement of the eieht *e called •’Scabs" in its employ here. Immediately new* of the company's action was spread, and all the Bnica switchmen promptly ceased work. With •qnal promptness advertisements were sent by Lake Shore officials to all the morning papers, falling for fifty switchmen to apply at the company's offices for work. It is not known whether ©r not the strike is began by authority of the switchmen s union. A feature of the strike is th£t, unlike the Missouri Pacific strikers, the npsn who have gone out do not claim to be any longer employes of the Lake Shore road. They say* they have “gone out for good.” All disclaim any Intention of interfering in any way with the operation of the road. Late to-night the Lake Shore officials attempted to take out a freight train from their yard at Forty-third street There were large srpwds of people in the vicinity, and the sight ©f the moving train quickly excited their tra A rush was made for the engine, spl before any protection could be offered the engineer or fireman, both were dragged frpm their posts. Each was given a terrible beating before being allowed to escape. In addition to maltreating the engineer and fireman, the fire was drawn from the engine, and for a time it was feared the mob would be led to further and mnch more serious depredations. Trouble is expected to-morrow, especially in case the company tries to move any cars. THE STREET-CAR STRIKES. Six Hundred Men Apply for Work— Bitter Feeling Among the Strikers. Nbw York, April 17.— -The first car on the Third-avenue line left the depot at 8 o'clock this morning, and at noon twenty-eight cars were running, making trips from Harlem to Broome street and return. Policemen were aboard each car and stationed at regular intervals. Their services, however, were not required, as everything remained quiet and the strikers kept away from the avenue and depot. About six hundred men applied for work to-day in answer to the company's advertisements, and many were engaged at once. There is a deep, bitter feeling among the strikers at the Third-avenue depot, and trouble Is feared from them. Tho employment of unlicensed drivers is denounced bitterly as against the law. The railroad company this afternoon abandoned the attempt to run a car on the One-bnndred-and-twenty-fifth-street road. The cars on the Third avenue road are to stop running at £ o'clock this afternoon, it haa not yet been definitely settled whether or not cars will be run to-morrow. It is feared trouble will result if the conference between the Railroad Commissioners and the railroad company and the Empire Protective Association does not settle the difficulty. Representatives of the Third-avenue railroad and of its striking employes appeared before the Railroad Commission this afternoon Both parties were in a belligerent mood, and nothing was eccompUshed toward a settlement The hearing will be resumed on Monday. The cars were run iu at sp. m. Twenty-three ears had been run, and sixty trips had been made. About seventy new men were accepted 40-day, and they will be drilled to-morrow in the depot. No cars will be run .out to-morrow for prudential reasons. Some of the strikers to-day swore out arrest warrants for the new drivers who have no Jicenses. The president of the road says the new employes will not be discharged to make room for strikers in case a settlement is reached. A Refusal to Discharge an Obnoxious Man. Philadelphia, April 17.—Affairs in the management of the Fifth and Sixth Passenger Railway Company reached a critical stage to-day, and the board of directors was in session for several hours discussing the demand made upon the company by the arbitration committee of the Car Drivers’ and Conductors’ Assembly, Knights of Labor, that A. H. Janney, the superintendent, should be discharged, on the ground tbat he is obnoxious to the order. The penalty for mon-compliance, the demand stated, will be the tieing up of the line. The directors stated that Mr. Janney was a faithful employe, and tbat they would not discharge him. ¥ The board of directors having aereed to divest hlr. Janney of the power of dismissing employes, the members of the arbitration committee expressed themselves as satisfied, and tho matter was ended. Still Unsettled at Baltimore. Baltimore, April 17.—The car drivers who ptrnck on Thursday are still out, and there is no probability of reaching an agreement with the sompany. An effort will be made, early next week, to procure drivers under the protection of the police. So far. no disposition has been mantested by the strikers to violate the law.

THE GOULD LINES. ftetion of the St. Louis Citizens* Committee —Arrested Strikers Give Bail. St. Louis, April 17.—The members of the citizens' cojpmittee appointed to make arrangements for arbitration ot the Southern labor • rouble have written letters, similar to that ad -essed to Mr. Hoxie, to the resident directors of < ie Missouri Pacific Railroad Company, and are - *w awaiting replies. The members of the com- < ittee all say they expect the directors will take >e same view of the matter as that taken by Blr. Hoxie* in his answer to Dr. O’Reilly, and that their efforts at arbitration will be fruitless. Should this bo the case, the committee will make no further attempts to settle the strike. Messrs. McGarry, Burdette and Chase, the three strikers who were tried a few days ago for interfering with the Missouri Pacifio railroad and obstructing trains and acquitted, were indicted to-day for the same offense. Martin Irons, A. C. Goughian and Geo. M. Jackson, for whose arrests bench warrants were issued yesterday, voluntarily appeared before the Criminal Court this morning, and gave bonds in SBOO each. Tho resident directors of the Missouri Pacifio JSailro&d Company, who were communicated With by Thomas O’Reily, the president of the citizens’ committee, have replied to that gentleman’s letter, but the correspondence cannot be obtained. It is understood, however, that the directors decline to serve as, or on, a committee, and that they will have nothing to do with the matter. John W. Hayes, member of the general executive committee board. Knights of Labor, left here to night for Washington, where it is supposed he will meet Mr. Powderly. Illinois Knights Invited to Send Fiuanclal Aid. Rock Island, 111., April 17. —The following circular has been obtained from Robert Bonnet, the State master workman of Illinois: “To the Knights of Labor of Illinois: “The alarming development of power for evil In the person of Jay Gould demands the immediate attention of every person who loves his Soontry, his home, and the eood of humanity, ’he love of money, regardless of suffering, finds this greedy and insatiable monster to acts of oppression, and he has driven thousands of his employes on the Southwestern system of railroads to strike for the right to sustain life for themselves, their wives and their dear ones. On presentation of their grievances a stern and cruel denial was given. All efforts ou the part of the general xtcutive board to secure a peaceable settlement •y means of arbitration have been refused by •he treacherous dealings of Gould and Hoxie. remiums were offered by railroad officials for men of grit who meant business,’ and these railroad hirelings, without justification, shot and billed men and women. Innocent blood has been fiied, and every effort to stigmatize and render odious the name of our noble order has been resorted to An order has been issued by the general executive board of the Knirhts of Labor for financial aid to supply our brothers and their families with the necessaries of lifau Let all members of the order in this State render each assistance as is in their power, and by their aetion approve the efforts of onr geaeral officers to sustain onr brothers of District Assemblies 17, 03 and 101. “Remember that prompt aetion is aeeeesary. Lsy asids everything of a minor nature, tad led

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every assembly fall into Hne and render what aid it can. “Robert Bennett, ML J. V. Trench. See’y, W.. Georg* Ro doers, “J. J. Mahoney. J. Courtney, “John Buhlono, A B. Barker, “Executive Board of Illinois State Assembly.” Warning to Engineer* nod Firemen. St. Louis, April 17.—The following is a copy of a letter received by Louis Kelly, a passenger engineer living at De Soto, Mo.: “D* Soto, Mo., April 11, 1886. “Mr. Lon Kellr: “Dear Sir—Ere yon will receive this yon will no doubt Boe notices posted informing engineers to beware, which you will, if yon were in possession of facts that I am, give your earliest attention; for, while I am the wife of a Knight of Labor, and in sympathy with tfceir cause, I cannot, knowing that they, in their desperation to insure justice, are determined to adopt measures in the immediate future shocking in their nature and of such murderous results, any longer refrain from letting you know tbat if you persist in running, death and disaster awaits you. The Knights intend this for the last warning, after which they say the fun begins. Now, lam in ignorance concerning the details of their plan, but this much I know: They are arranging to use some agency that will instantaneouslv destroy the boiler of an engine, with no regard to either firemen or engineer, for they claim that the work will be done when and where the least suspicion will be given. I give this information cheer-, fully, for rather than know that death had been caused, I would submit to defeat. Will you please put your brothers or men on guard! I have no rest or peace at present, and cannot sloop, for horrid dreams haunt my sleep. “Yours in sympathy, A Lady Friend.” Sentencing Daw-Breakers. Galveston, Tex.. April 17.—A special to the News from Dallas says: “United States Judge Pardee, in the trial of the contempt cases, yesterday, passed sentence on the following persons who had been convicted of offenses against the Texas & Pacific Railway Company: Charles Wilson, charged with displacing a switch for the purpose of derailing an engine at Denton on March 27, sentenced to five months' imprisonment in the county jail. C. V. Bishop, for taking possession of a switch at Fort Worth, on April 2, was found guilty and remanded to await sentence. Robert Irwin and Wm. Anderson, for the same offense, discharged. Samuel Perry, intimidating: laborers, discharged on his recognizance. F. P. Lane, taking possession of a switch and preventing its use, admitted to bail in the snm of SI,OOO and the case continued. Richard Gordon, striking a switchman with a stone at night, three months'imprisonment in thecounty jail Charles Barlow, intimidating laborers by striking a negro ou the head with a stone, remanded for sentence. James Newgate, intimidating laborers in Paoli, Pinto county, case continued to the next term of the court Timothy Higgana, found guilty on Tuesday on charge bf intimidation by using abusive language, held for sentence.” Judge Pardee declares that the present strike is simply for recognition of the Knights of Labor and not for a redress of grievances. He strongly denounces the Knights, and declares that the next sentence will be more severe.

OTHER STRIKE MEWS. Money for the Southwestern Knights— Strength of the Order In Chicago. Chicago, April 17.—1n an interview published this morning, George D. Hunter, foreman in the shops of the Chicago & Western Indiana railroad, and a Knight of Labor, says SIO,OOO was sent from Chicago to the Knights at St Louis and the Southwest this week. He said that $2,000 per day was being sent to the strikers, and that SIO,OOO more would shortly be sent from Chicago. “There are 60,000 Knights in Chicago and vicinity, and the sympathy here is very deep with the men in the Southwest. We can easily raise $5,000 per month r among the half million Knights in the country if necessary. The organization is spreading wonderfully in Chicago and elsewhere, and the membership is more diversified among different vocations than the general public hag any idea of. Os the two hundred special policemen sworn in after the massacre at East St. Louis, 155 were Knights of Labor.” Prison-Made Barrels and Boxes. Chicago, April 17.—The journeymen coopers have determined to make another move looking toward the abolishment of prison-made boxes and barrels from the market. Speaking of the matter to-day, W. H. Muldoon 6aid: “To-morrow I shall ask the trade and labor assemblies to notify the National Federation of Trades of Great Britain and Ireland of our grievances. This organization is the most powerful one in the world. It is composed of 600,000 workingmen of the United Kingdom. They know nothing of prison-made goods there, and are at present unacquainted with what we have to couteod with in this coun try from this cause. We are determined to ask their assistance. If they take hold of the matter it will mean that 600,000 workingmen in Great Britain will refuse to buv meats, lard, and other American products packed in prison-made packages. If the packer will not listen to us on this side of the water we shall be compelled to ask our brothers on the other side to help us out. Without solicitation, our friends in Canada have taken cognizance of our grievances. I know of three orders for meats received in this city that were sent to a cooper, with a request to place them in the hands of firms not using convict labor. We have at present 176 idle coopers in Chicago. They are getting well along in years, and cannot learn other trades. If they are not supported they will either become paupers or criminals.” Riotous Demonstration at Boston, Boston, April 17.—While a detail of officers was escorting a load of Italian laborers to the Hoosac Tunnel dock, this morning, a large crowd of striking longshoremen halted them and threw a few bricks at tho dray. One of the Italians drew a revolver and fired at the strikers. The crowd made a rush for the dray. The driver lashed his horses into a run and an eager race for the wharf eusued, the laborers’arrivinc first. The affair ha 9 embittered the strikers, and more trouble is expactod. Labor Notes. Tbs Governor of New York yesterday signed the bill making twelve hours a day’s work on all horse car lines in New York and Brooklyn. The Bigelow carpet mills at Clinton. Mass., employing 1,000 hands, shut down yesterday on account of trouble with its eighty striking dyers. The members of the Boston stonemasons' union are organizing an assembly of the Knights of Labor, and have resolved to demand $4 per day on and after May 3, with eight hours’ work on Saturdays. The boycott threatened by the bakers’ union, of Buffalo, against the bosses who refuse to accede to their demands went into operation last night. Out of the eighty-six shops in the city, only thirty have signified their willingness to pay union rates and obey union rules. George Ostrup was, in a New York police court, fined for scattering boycotting circulars. Two women who formerly worked in the Chelsea Jute mills were sentenced to Blackwell’s Island for abusive language to girls now at work, and in whose faces they spat as they went to work. The trouble between W. B. Thorne & Cos., hat manufacturers at Haverhill, Mass., and the Knights of Labor, which has lasted a year and a half, was settled yesterday. It is announced that the firm has acceded to all demands, and will discharge its non-union workmen and take back its old employes. Republican Nominations. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Greencastle, Ind., April 17. Republican primary eleoiion to-day, u place in nomination a ticket for the city offices, resulted in the selection of the following: Mayor, Joseph 3. McClary; treasurer, James A. Jackson; clerk, Elisha Cowgill; marshal, William E. Starr, assessor, William W. Reeves; councilman, First ward, Thomas Bayne; Second. Frank P. Nelson; Third, Patrick Martin. The ticket is a good one, and should Fed every Republics* vote ia the city.

LATEST OLD WOULD NEWS. The Bartlett Poisoning Case Ends in the Acquittal of the Accused. Prince Bismarck Delivers Another Strong Speech on the Polish Question—Cholera Scare in Italy—News by cable. -—r; — THE BARTLETT POISONING. Mrs. Bartlett Acquitted—The Facts that Influenced the Jury. London, April 17.—The Bartlett poisoning case was given to the jury to day. In closing the case for the crowo, Attorney-general Bussell contended that, from all the evidence that had been adduced, it was clearly impossible for Mr. Bartlett to have committed suicide, as alleged by the defense), and that there could be no doubt that he was killed by the prisoner, Mrs. Adelaide Bartlett, who had been maintaining illicit relations with the Rev. Mr. Dyson, and who was inspired to remove her husband because he was regaining his health. Mr. Russell dwelt upon the singular state of affaire which had existed in the family, and showed how distasteful the deceased had become to the prisoner by contrast with Mr. Dy6on. The judge, in summing up, told the jury that Mr. Dyson had taken advantagoof the husband’s maudlin nonsense to supplant him in the affections of the wife, and advised that no part of the clergyman's testimony, although he had been a witness for the crown, be accepted as reliable. The jury were out hut a short time, and rendered a verdict of acquittal. The verdict was applauded by the spectators. The • defense presented two arguments which seem to have operated upon the jury with irresistible strength in favor of Mrs. Bartlett The first was based on the undisputed fact that Mrs. Bartlett: retained the chloroform bottle for a long time after her husband’s death. It was argued that this could not have been so if Mrs. Bartlett had administered the fatal draught, and it was contended tbat the prisoner, if she had killed her husband, would have taken every pains to remove the evidence of. her crime. Besides this, it was shown that Mrs. Bartlett ’rag very anxious to have a postmortem made on the remains in order to ascertain exactly the cause of death, and that she authorized the expenditure of any amount of money to secure the best medical talent to make the autopsy for the purpose of putting the case beyond doubt. From this was inferred that her motive was to establish her innocence above all cavil. When the facts were impressed on the jury they gave the benefit of any doubt to the prisoner, as instructed by the court to do.

FOREIGN .MISCELLANY. Prince Bismarck Delivers Another Strong Speech on the Polish Question. Berlin, April 17.—The final debate in the upper house of the Prussian Diet ou the bill to Germanize Poland was the occasion of a strong speech by Prince Bismarck. The Chancellor, in replying to the charge of a Polish member, Herr Kiochielski, that the government policy of extermination would never cause the Poles to feel discouraged, denied that he was an enemy of the Polish people. He said that he only wanted to protect the Germans;, that the bill in question aimed solely at tho raising of the barrier against Polandism. lie claimed that by the authority and influence of the Polish nobility and clergy entire villages had been forced to become Polandized. After making this speech tho Chancellor walked to his home, and was followed by an immense crowd who cheered all the way. Cholera in Italy. Vienna, April 17.—Cases of cholera are reported from Trieste. The outbreak of the disease in Italy is said to be more serious than was at first reported. The authorities tpere, it is alleged, are hiding the truth regarding the ravages of the disease. The Austrian authorities have again established a cordon on the Italian frontier, and every precaution will be taken to prevent the spread of the epidemic. A post-mortem examination of the bodies of soldiers who have died here showed that their death was caused by typhus fever, and not by cholera, as had been supposed. De Lessops and the Panama Canal. Paris, April 17. — M. De Lesseps, iu an interview to-day concerning the report on the Panama canal made by Hon. John Bigelow to the New York Chamber of Commerce, said that the statements mpde thereiu were absurd. M. De Lesseps stated that he would positively guarantee that the canal would be opened in 1889, and that it would then have a depth of six and one-half meters. The further deepening of the canal would be carried on according to the receipts from traffic, as was done in the deeping of the Suez canal. Reduction in Cable Tolls. London, April 17.—A confereuce of the representatives of the Anglo-American Telegraph Company, the Direct United States Cable Company, the French Cable Company and the Western Union Telegraph Company as lessees of the American Cable Company was held yesterday, when it was defined that on and after May 1 the cable fate to and from all places in the United States east of the ninetyseventh parallel of longitude to all places in Great Britain, France and Germany shall be 12 cents per word by the cables of those companies. _ The Belgian Labor Troubles. Brussels, April 17.—The Belgian government has appointed a commission to inquire into the recent labor troubles, and to study and report upon the economic situation of the coutry. The commission is composed of five members, who are presided over by M. Perraez. M. Emilio Lavelye, tho well-known writer on political economy, is a member of the commission. The other three members are professors of political economy. Cable Notes. It is stated that owing to family pressure the King of Bavaria has stopped the building of palaces, and is retrenching in every way. Ha will pay his debts, it is asserted, in yearly installments of £550,000. The Russian Ministry has ordered the author ities of all the universities in the empire to at once adopt means for the immediate r.nd permanent suppression of all forms of political agitation by young students. The epidemic of measles is spreading throughout the highest German circles. The seven members of the Crown Prince's family affected by it have all recovered. The Prince himself furnished tho severest case in his family. Troublesome Times for Democratic Officials. Special to tho Indianapolis JournaL Vinoknnks, Ind., April 17.—The lot of Democratic office holders in Knox county is not a happy one, •ha proven by the troubles of Treasurer Hollingsworth, Auditor Dick and Coroner Edward W. Cooper, the Utter being now in jail, on a charge of presenting fraudulent bills for coronial services. Hollingsworth is under arrest for embezzlement, and Dick is still S9OO short, And now Cooper is on the list of unfortunates, with none to show a spark of sympathy. He was arrested this afternoon, and Mayor Wilhelm, after hearing the charge, fixed his bond at $250. Cooper spent two or three hoars in trying to get someone to go on his bond, but everybody declined, and he is now in jail. He is serving his first term, and is the Democratic nominee for a second, bnt this probably cooks his political goose, as it is not his first escapade. New Thing tn Snake Literature. New York, April 17.— The folio wine from Lewiston, Me., is published here: “For six month* a young man named Ferguson, residing ft! Graft! Fails, had been In tailing health, do-

spite the care of the physicians, none of whom could fathom the cause of his decline. Among many odd symptoms was that of a peculiar choking sensation, which was not understood until a snake thrust its head ont of the young man’s month. The sick man called his sister, and when next the snake’s head appeared, she seized it, and, with a quick pull, landed the venomous reptile at her feet Her action killed her brother. The tail of the snake had grown into the young man’s body, and in tearing it away, a blood vessel was broken and the young man bled to death.” ——l ■■ ■ '■ 1 ■ NATIONAL CAPITAL TOPICS. [Conclnded from First Page.] him liis own seat in the House.” Hurd’s friends here are boasting that they will defeat Lowry’s nomination, and that they wiil do it by turning all of Hurd's supporters in Ohio out to work with their friends in the Fort Wayne district.” The reputable Democrats and Republicans here all say Lowry’s vote acaiitst Hurd was the most commendable one he ever cast in Congress; that, as a member of the House committee on elections he studied the case thoroughly, knew that Hurd had no legal claims for the seat, and cast his vote conscientiously. A Sight to Make Democratic Blood Boil. fipeci&l to. the Ir.dianaDolis Journal. Washington, April 17.—1n the office of the Supervising Architect of the Treasury, to-day, the Journal correspondent had pointed out to him two new appointees—one, O’Brien, from New York, and the other Carrier, of Vevay, Ind. They were being instructed in their duties by a colored man, who has been notified of dismissal, but is retained a month to instruct the new employes. The colored man is paid $3 a day, while Cartter gets about $1,260 and O’Brien $l,lOO a year. The Democrat who pointed out this picture said the colored man was far superior to those he was instructing, so far as accomplishments were concerned. Miscellaneous Notes* fipecial to the Indianapolis JournaL Washington, April 17.—T0-day's Post observes: “Representative Houk, of Tennessee, who is a small man, distinguished himself yesterday again by saying that a remark made by Representative Johnston, of Indiana, was untrue. Mr. Johnston, who is a big man, with a record as a cavalry officer, declined to have any personal conflict with the other gentleman for the reason of size, but the little incident amused tne House.” The President haa appointed James Lidgerwood, of New York city, to be member of the Board of Indian Commissioners. The United States consul-general at Rome has telegraphed the Secretary of State that there were sixteen deaths from cholera at Brindisi, from April 8 to the 16th inst. Mr. Trenhoim, the newlv-appointed Comptroller of the Currency, has arrived in Washington, and will formally assume the duties of his new office on Monday next. Dr. Hamilton said to-day that there was a steady improvement in Secretary Manning's condition. He sits up for several hours every day, and has recovered the free use of his limbs. He is gradually gaining strength, and will soon be able to walk. He is also very cheerful in spirit and frequently chats and jokes with his attendants. State Senator Weir and the other LaPorte citizens who have been here as witnesses in the Marshal Hawkins confirmation investigation, left for their homes this afternoon. It was stated at the Postoffice Department today that L. A. Kirkwood, of Muncie, who was recently appointed a postoffice inspector and ordered to the Pacific slope, will likely be made chief of postoffice inspectors for that division. J. R. Leightv, of Blair, Ind., a cadet at Michigan Military Academy, is in the city. Miss Kate Scott, an Indianapolis young lady, well known as a local pritna donna, will sing at a complimentary concert to be given here next Tuesday by the GeorseLown orchestra, an organization of wide distinction.

THE DAILY WEATHER BULLETIN. Indications. War Department, f Office ok the Chief Signal Officer, > Washington, April 18, la. m. ) Special Indications for Twenty-four Hours, from 7 A. m., for Indianapolis and Vicinity— Fair weather, nearly stationary temperature. For the Ohio Valley and Tennessee—Local rains in Tennessee, fair weather in the Ohio Valley, slight change in temperature, winds generally southeasterly. For the Lower Lake Region—Fair weather, nearly stationary temperature, southeasterly winds. For the Upper Lake Region—Light local rains, followed by fair, warmer weather, winds generally southerly. For the Upper Mississippi Valley—Fair weather, nearly stationary temperature, winds generally southerly. For the Missouri Valley—Fair weather, followed by local rains, winds, becoming variable and generally shifting to slightly cooler westerly. Local Observations. Indianapolis. April 17. Tin-.®. Bar. Ther. Hum. Wind, j Weather Rain. 6a.m .. 30.15 56.0 86 S’ oastjCloudy 10 a. m.. 30.19 66.0 68 S’oast Cloudy 2 p.m . 30.17 73.0 50 South Fair 6p. M.. 30.16 70.0 59 East Fair. 10 P. n.. 30.19] 62.0 72 East Clear. Maximum temperature, 72; minimum temperature, 55. General Observations. War Department, I Washington, April 17.10 p. m. > Observations taken at the same moment of time at all stations. a H 3 g> s r S' ®s. j 2 2 eu er2, £ STATIONS. 5 5 j g * SI : SB- ? Now York City 30.51 46: East Clear. Washington City... 30.47 52:East Clear. Vicksburg, Miss 30.04 64 East Clear. New Orleans, La-. - 29.98 65 East Clear. Shreveport, La 30.01 69 Nwest Clear. Fort Smith, Ark... 30.04 66, N’east Clear. Little Rock. Ark 30.05 64. East Clear. Galveston, Tex..... 30.01 OGiSouth Clear. Memphis, Tenn 30.09 58 N’east .03 Cloudy. Nashville. Tenn 30.11 07;S’east Cloudy. Louisville. Ky 30.16 68 East Fair. Indianapolis. Ind— 30.19 (>3jEasb Clear. Cincinnati, 0 30.21 68;S'east Fair. Pittsburg. Pa 30.38 58 S’east Clear. Oswego, N. Y 30.38 60;South Clear. Toledo, O 30.27 59j8’east Cloudy. Escanaba, Mich 30.22 39 South Cloudy. Marquette, Mich... 30.14 52;Swest .... Clondv. Chicago. 11l 30 24 62:South Cloudy. Milwaukee, Wis 30.22 47;S’east Cloudy. Duluth, Minn 30.14* 48|S’east Clear. St. Paul. Minn 30.10 GOiS’east Clear. LaCrosse. Wis 30.14 61 S west Clear. Davenport, Ia 30.14 62, S’east loudy. Des Moines, la. )30.12 63:Calm Clear. Keokuk. 1a......... 30.13 62 S'east Fair. Cairo, 111 30.11 58 N’east .84 Thret’ng Springfield. IIL 30.15 62 South Cloudy. St. Louis. Mo 30.15 Lamar, Mo 30.13 62; N’east Clear. Leavenworth, Kan. -3 '.ll 62 S’east Clear. Omaha. Neb 30.09 62S’east Clear. Yankton, Dak |29.98 68|South Cloudy. Moorehead, Minn.. 22.98 58jS’east Clear. Bismarck, I>ak 29.85 60 East Fair. Fort Buford. Dak.. 29.87 53 N west Cloudy. Ft.Aasiniboine,M. T 29.98 44|Swest Fair. Fort Custer, Mont.. 29.96 40 North .31 H'yrain. Deadwood, Dak.... 29.88 58;Calm Clear. North Platte, Neb.. 29.91 63 S’east Fair. Denver, Col 29.85 GOlNwest Clear. W. Ijas Animas. Col 29.86 65 South Fair. Dodge City, Kan.... 29.96 62 S’east ..... Fair. Fort Elliott. Tex... 29.99 62 S’east Clear. Fort Sill. Ind. Ter.. 30.01 68 East Clear. Fort Stockton, Tex. 29.91 75 S'east Fair. El Psao. Tex 29.80 71 Calm Clear. Salt l*ake City, U. T 89.00 39 North .24 LA rain. Professor Foster’s Supplemental Programme. Leavenworth, Kan., April 17.—Professor Foster say, in to-morrow’s Times, that during the great storm period from April 25 to 29, a hurricane will organise on or near the gulf and sweep op the southeast Atlantic coast, and that about the same time e cold wave will anpear in the Northwest, and run down into the Southern States, followed by heavy frosts a* far South a* Tennessee and southern Kansas,

OUB NEW YORK FEPILLBTON. Written for the Indianapolis Journal. Tnblenax at the Metropolitan Opera-House. The tableaux lately given in New York under the lead of Mr. Harry Cannon, man of fashion and artist (known among artists as Le Petit Pistolet, also as Harry Popgun), were very fine. A gold frame was erected across a generous stage in the small room of the ball room, at the Metropolitan Opera-house, which was dangerously overcrowded. The first picture was 11 Wine, Women and Song,” by H. Schneider. Miss Jeanne Borrowe, a very young, pretty girl, was the woman. She was dressed in a flowing robe of yellow satin and brown velvet; in her right band a golden goblet, and in her lap a guitar—signifying wine and song. < Second Picture— ‘'Media," N. Siebel, Miss Edith Draper, a beauty. Her dress, a white robe of momie cloth, classically arranged at tho neck, and with a deep garnet sash. Her bare arms were very fine. A dagger in her right hand, and the other arm extended, betrayed a study of Story’s famous statue.' Third—“ Duchess of Devonshire,” by Gainsborough. Miss Fannie Walker, about to be married to Mr. J. Howard Wainnght, presented this beautiful picture iu a gray brocaded dress, with pink roses, over a pale yellow skirt, which was “kilted up to the knee.” * A white powdered wig and blr.ek hat surmounted her pretty face. Fourth—Miss Julia Van Duser, as “Madame Roland, the Last Days of Captivity.” Goupil. If Madame Roland was one-half as well dressed as Miss Van Duser we suspect it was not in her last days of captivity. A gray polonaise, over a skirt of red and white satin, betrayed modern Paris rather than the last days of captivity. The “Marseillaise” was played; a wooden table, tin cup and chair gave the picture a certain reality. Miss Van Duser’s fine flowine light hair hung over her bare neck, and she looked very handsome, more like Mrs. Langtry, however, than like the powerfully logical Roland.

Fifth—“ The Sibyl.” F. S. Church. Mrs. Frank Worth White is a beauty of the Second Empire. She has been the great rival of Mrs. James Brown Potter in private theatricals. She is not so distinguished or aristocratic a beauty as Mrs. Potter, who is one of the handsomest women in the world, but still she is a red and white “peachblow” beautjr, dressed in pale Nile green crape. She leaned forward, consulting a figure of a sphinx, behind whom burned incense, (why?) With her hair half falling from a knot, a wreath of OAk leaves and arms bare, she made a beautiful picture of a pretty woman, but it might have been Flora, or Euphrosyne, or anybody but a Sibyl. She was not a figure to prophesy, but to inspire valentines. Sixth—Was a “Flower Market.” Hugo Solomon. Miss Marie Reed and Miss Susie Day interpreted this pretty' picture. The latter, in the simple gray of a poor Parisian soubrette, with cap and apron, was a fine foil to the pompadour beauty in piuk brocade, who bought her violets and roses. The musical accompaniment was “Du Bist nie eine Blume." Seventh—“ Peasants Crossing a Field.” Breton. This was the best of all, interpreting the fine style of Breton, his simplicity and bis coloring well. Miss Lena Post, a majestic figure, Misses Martha nnd Mary Otis, with a background of the field poppies and wheat fields which Breton loves, their coarse blouses, wooden sabots and fresh, ingenuous faces, reproduced the picture with wonderful accuracy. The music was “The Peasant’s Wedding March.” . Eighth—The “Ladies Waldegrave,” by Sir Joshua Reynold. This picture brought cut Mrs. Richard Irvin, the fine aristocratic granddaughter of Beverly Johnson, of Baltimore, whose daughters were a “dream of fair women.” Miss Edith Parsons and Miss Effie Borrowe supported her. They were all in powder, and the dresses the color of spring flowers, pale yellow and pink and a heavenly blue, recalling the style of the prince of portrait painters. They are winding silks Tor embroideries, these pretty Waldegraves. The music was a prettv, old fashioned minuet. Altogether this was a charming and idyllic thing. Easy to produce, also. Ninth—“Uarda,” the daughter of an Egyptian King. This was a very fine copy of Sickel’s picture, and an admirable reproduction of thebeautifnl dumb girl of Ebers’s fascinating romance. Mrs. Henry Eggleston, a magnificent brunette, one of the married belles of the winter, was dressed in gold cloth and pale green. She wore a deep yellow turban, aud a diamond snake in her dark hair. She was apparently going up the steps of the throne. Music, “Turkish March," which was as near to Egypt, geographically, as it was possible to get, and very appropriate iu local coloring. This was an orientally rich tableau, with much to commend it Tenth—Portrait by Titian. Miss Julia Appleton, now Mrs. McKim, has always made people talk of the old masters. She is a splendid beauty, “massive,” very large and very gorgeous, and she has been painted by Porter, which is the modern immortality of a great beauty. She dressed for the Vanderbilt bali as Berengaria. and a noble figure she looked now in brown and green, a robe embroidered with jewels, and her whole person sparkling with jewels. Her really Titanesque red hair ami fine complexion made this a great success. She was a trifle too large for the frame, and looked out of drawing. But the music, played “I Duo Foscari,” and we seemed to see Venice. Eleventh —“Louis'*,’/ by Richter. Miss Lizzie Lawrence, sister of Mrs. F. Worth White, was a splendid reproduction of the Queen- of Prussia. She is going down a stately staircase. The dress, a white satin, with crimson imperial mantle, a curious sort of cap tied under the chin, a diamond star in the hair, one hand pressed to the breast, the other holding her mantle. She looked the part of that lovely Queen whom the Prussians worship, who said to Napoleon when he offered her a rose, “Yes, your Majesty, but this is not Magdeburg.” Twelfth —Portrait, court of Philip X. Velasquez. This was a piece of heroism on the part of Miss Georgia Remsen, who made herself ugly to be correct to the picture. Thirteenth—“VintageFestival.” Alma-Tadema. The new sensation of the winter has been Miss Mabel Wright, who stepped from East Nineteenth street into fame as a blonde beauty one bail night. A vineyard and a pretty woman always go well together, a large oak wreath on her head, a long robe fell from her shoulders to the ground. Miss Duer, the excellent young amateur actress, the descendant of Judge Duer and Mrs. Frank Wnite, each supported this maid, with stringed instruments in their hands. This was the last and not the least good of the tableaux. The “March of tho Priests,” from Athalie, was then played, and the very fashionable group of spectators went home. Mrs. Richard Irwin entertained the performers at supper afterwards. All the fashion was present: Mrs. McKeever, Mrs. Henry Parish, jr., Mrs. Clews, Mrs. De Lancey Kane, Mrs. Eliot Johnston, at whose house occurred the “War of the Roses;” Mrs. Griswold Gray, Mrs. Coleman Drayton, Mrs. Eliot Roosevelt, Mrs. Hoffman Miller, the Misses Webb, Creighton Webb, lady killer, Elisha Dryer. William Star Miller, Henry Eggleston, the Misses Van Auken, Mrs. Ortne Wilson, Mrs. Woolsey, Mrs. Jaffrey, Mr. Buckholst Cutting, Mrs. Davies, Mrs. Parsons, Mrs. Lawrence Hopkins, Goold Redmond, Mrs. Victor Newcomb, and others of the new and old sets now commingling in New York like the ingredients of a well-constructed punch bowL Mrs. 0. E. Harvibr.

Sick Great Men. Althonch ex-President Chester A. Arthur was never a Wall-street man in the proper sense of the word, he has enjoyed great popularity among Wall-street men ever since the days of his Collectorsbip of the Port of New York, and the present condition of his health is causing great anxiety to hosts of his old Wall street friends. The reticence in regard to the nature and progress of his illness makes things only worse, for people argue that if there had been nothing to conceal the truth would have been plainly told. The facts that his daughter Nellie has been called home from school, that his son Allan remains day and night in his father's apartments, and that no one can get any information from the attending physician, Dr. George Peters, in regard to his patient’s condition, are by no means encouraging indications of the probability of Mr. Arthur's recovery. It is curious to observe how prevalent is the dosire to conceal the actual condition of prominent people when they are sick. The tendency is not peculiar to America. It seems to be universal, and it has everywhere the same result, namely, that when the patient is dead the doctors are abused, the relatives aad friends of the deceased

are pronounced to be either fools or knaves, ant the settlement of the post-mortem affairs of tbs dead person very much embarrassed. In the case of William H. Vanderbilt, for instance, it wm known for nearly three years that a brain disease was making alarming progress with him, but none of the members of his family or his business associates would acknowledge the fact to each other, and everybody surrounding him was working as hard as possible to keep the facts out of the newspapers. Yet it was known that Vanderbilt was sometimes sitting for hours at hi# library table, with his mouth open and watering, his jaw hanging on one side and his eyes staring into vacancy, without anybody or anything being able to rouse him from his semi-paralytic condition, unless it were Chauncey M. Depew coming with some extraordinary statement is regard to the family’s railroad interests, or some trotiing-horse chum calling in to say that somabody has somewhere a horse which is likely to beat Maud S.’s time. Os course, in this case, the condition of Vanderbilt's sudden death did not have any important result, for his will was made, all business matters were provided for, and neither the family interest Dor the interests of the corporations he had control of have suffered. But suppose the will had not been made, what would have been the result of the death of this man, both for his family and for the corporations he was interested in? As said above, this tendency of concealing the actual condition of prominent people who happen to be sick is universal. Quite recently, for instance, the Duchess of Connaught became very sick, but Queen Victoria, her mother-in-law, ordered the publication# of the bulletins stopped until the Duchess began ta improve, when, of course, anxiety on the part of her friends and persons dspendent on her would be over. Rioouo.

A Woman of Society. The spring exhibition of paintings at th Academy of Design is just now attracting the attention of society people. There' is one picture that draws a great number of people about it; not so much for its excellence but because it is a portrait of Mrs. Henry Clews. It is painted by B. C. Porter, the Boston artist, and is well done, but no artist, however clevor, could quit® do Mrs. Clews justice, who is one of the most beautiful women in New York. I may say in America. Everybody knows Henry Clews, tho Wall-etreet banker, but not everyone has had the pleasure of seeing his handsome wife. Kentucky is in many respects a remarkable State, it has given us our finest bred horses; our—shall I say it?—whisky! Illustrious statesmen in Henry Clay and Anson Burlingame, a famous actress in Mary Anderson, but chief amonp its attractions rfre the handsome women. Mrs. Henry Clews is a very handsome Kentuckian. As a child, her lovely face and form attracted marked attention. As she grew older, Lucy Madison Worthington became everywhere an acknowledged belle, overwhelmed with attentions and beset with suitors. Among the many claimants for her hand was Mr. Henry Clews, a bright young Englishman, who soon became her husband. The world knows how he has prospered. Mr. and Mrs. Clews enjoy one of tho most delightful homes in New York*, a few doors out of our famous avenue. The house abounds with every accessory that abundant wealth and exquisite taste can supply. Paintings, bronzes, tapestries, huge plants and palms stand about in brass pots, liveried footmen move to aud fro, and presiding over all is the fair hostess. Tall and queenly in bearing, with dark hair, eyes with a lurking laugh in them, ® bright tinge to her complexion that come and goes as she converses; the features unusually regular and small, delicate in quality, pure in outline; a fine month, with peArly teeth, and the most delightful smile. Added to this is a most courteous manner. You meet her a stranger, and, partiug, think over the delicate way she said this or did that, and fesl she is your friend. Her costumes are always most elegant Mr. Porter’s portrait represents Mrs. Clews descending a flight of stairs in a white satin ball toilet; one clove is held in her hand, and she bears the noble air of grace which all have noticed who have watched her enter a ball room or glide into her box at the opera. Mrs. Clews is particularly happy in her domestic life, and two remarkably bright boys are the idols of both father and mother. Mrs. Florine Thayer McCray, author of “Wheels and Whims," that bright story of love and tricycles, is now visiting New York from her home in Hartford, and is the recipient of many social favors. There is soon to be published another novel from her pen, much more pretentious, which will doubtless be eagerly read by the many admirers of her work. Mrs. McCray is young, pretty and siyiish, a decided blonde, very petite, an almost impossible personnel to those acquainted with the deep thought and often metaphysical analysis seen in her writings. C. E. Harvibr. Dr. Woodrow Escapes by 8 to 1. Augusta, Ga., April 17.—The Augusta Presbytery, in session at Waynesboro, by a vote of 8 to 7. refused to prefer charges against Rev. Dr, Woodrow, of the Columbia Theological Sem inery, for his theories on evolution, which, it is charged, are not in accordance with the interpretation of Scripture by the Presbyterian Church. Rev. Dr. Adams notified the Presbytery that he would table the charges against Dr. Woodrow now, but would become prosecutor before the presbytery which meets next August Hoaxing the Canadians. Toronto, Oot., April 17.—The citizen* here were hoaxed by the publication, to-day, in the News, of George Washington’s farewell slightly altered, and purporting to be the farewell address of bir John Macdonald. It created a sensation till the hoax was discovered.

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