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AFFAIRS AT THE CAPITAL. The Unhappy Stockholders of the Pacilic National Bank Must Pay in Full, Tim Supreme Court Holding that, Their Flea Is Insufficient Both in Law and Equity— Singular Position Occupied by Swaini. THE SUPREME COURT. Decisions in Several Important Cases, Inclu<iln(r the l’n<*iflc Naiionsl Hank. Was hi vo ton, Nov. I. —A decision was rendered bv the Supn me Court of the United States, to day. in a sene* of coses known as the Pacific National Hank oases, brought here by appeal from the United States Circuit Court for the District of Massachusetts. These were . suits instituted by the receiver of the insolvent Pacific National Bank of Boston against stocKholders of that bank to enforce personal liability for n# assessment of 100 per cent, upon the shares of both the original and th* increased capital stock of the bank standing upon its books in their names. The stockholders maintained, when the cases were tried in the court below, that they were not liable on the shares of increased capital stock held by them, for the reason that the increase of the capital of $500,000 to S9GI,GOO was unauthorized and illegal, and they were not parties to it. This court holds that the sioekholders are liable upon their shares of Increased capital stock; that the delaw and the alleged ground of relief in equity are alike insufficient, and that the judgments and decrees of the Circuit Court in favor 9f the receiver must be affirmed in all the cases, (2nd it is so ordered. This decision covers ten cases in this court and several pending suits in the courts of Massachusetts. The opinion was delivered by Justice Matthews. A decision was also rendered by the court today in the original case of the Phoenix Insurance Company et al., against Charles E. Dyer, judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern district of Wisconsin. This case, which is a petition-to this court for a writ of prohibition, arises out of an action instituted by the Goodrich Transportation Company, in the Wisconsin District Court, to limit its liability as owner of tho steamber Oconto for damages caused by fire due to sparks from the chimneys of that vessel while she was passing up Fox river on her way to Green bay. The Phoenix Insurance Company and the other plaintiffs now ask this court to grant a writ of prohibition to restrain the judge of the district court from further proceedings, on the ground that that court is without jurisdiction to grant the relief sought by the owners of the steamer. This court holds that there is nothing in the admiralty rules which warrants the jurisdiction of the District Court of Wisconsin, and that the case is clearly one for a writ of prohibition. Trio writ will, therefore, be ifisued. This court does not. however, decide the question whether or not the statutory limitation of liability extends to the damages caused by tho fire in question, so as to be enforceaole in an appropriate court of competent jurisdiction. Opinion by Justice Blatchford. Motions were made to advance and shear together, immediately after the February recess, all the cases now on the docket of the court which Involve the great telephone controversy. Counsel stated to the court that the records in these cases comprise twonty-five thousand octavo Jtages of printed matter, and that the argument, f all the cases be heard together, will occupy a week or more. The court took the motion under advisement. The records in these cases are tho most voluminous ever presented to the court. Copies enough of the record to supply* all. the justices in the single case of the People’s Telephone Company va. the American Bell Telephone Com?nny, oecnpy nearly fifty cubic feet of space. he numbers and titles of the cases are as follows: No. 113, Amos E. Dolbear vs. The American Bell Tolepbone Company, appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the district of Massachusetts; Nos. GG7 and 668, the Molecular Telephone Company vs. The American Bell Telephone Company, appeal and crossappeal from the United States Circuit Court for the Southern district of New York: No. 1092, the Clay Commercial Telephone Company vs. The American Bell Telephone Comoany,'appeal from the United States Circuvt Court for the Eastorn district of Petinrylvania: No. 1164, the People’s Telephone Company vs. The American Bell Telephone Coro bony, appeal from the United States Circuit Court for tlt£ Southern district of New York, and No. 11G5, the Overland Telephone Company vs. the American Bell Telephone Company, appeal from the United States Circuit Court for the Southern district of New York. In the case of the United States, appellant, vs. The Maxwell Land Grant Company et al. a motion to advance was granted and the cause assigned for argument at the bead of the call on the first day the court is in session after the February recess.

* OUR RECKLESS PRESIDENT, The Risks He Takes in Going; to mid from tlie Washington Railway Station. Washington Special. If the President or any member of his family ever meets with any serious accident it will most likely occur in the vicinity of the railroad tracks below the Sixth street station of the Pennsylvania railroad. The President never goes through the station. He slways gets on and off the train below the station. The crossing below the station .is one of the most dangerous in the city. There are many tracks there, and shunting engines are constantly tearing up and down. Last night when he came home from the Bartholdi ceremonies he pot off below the station, and went across these tracks in the dark to Sixth street, where his carriage was waiting. Mrs. Cleveland was in the carriage, and was nearly frightened to death by the plunging of the horses. The White House driver with difficulty keot the powerful team from running away. The horses nearly bolted twice before the President was able to get mto ihe carriage. Suppose the team had bolted down on to the track in front of a shunting engine! The President when he leaves Washington never sends word when he is comine down to the train. He always comes at the very last moment, and iuvariably down across these dangerous tracks. He appears to have o perfect horror of going through the station where Garfield was shot. His avoidance of the public in Washington in every possible way is one of the marked incidents of his life here. SWAIM'S SINGULAR SITUATION. Retired on naif Pay, Y r et Preventing Any Succession to the Advocate Generalship. Washington Special. The curious case cf General Swaim is up again before the War Department, and will probably reach the Presideatin due course. Swaim wants the recent court-martial proceedings, by which ho was suspended on half pay, reopened and reconsidered. His attorneys have elaborately set forth the irregularities of the trial. There is one irregularity that both the department and the President would like a chance to reconsider, and that is the sentence by the operation of Vvhteh we have a. Judge Advocate-general on haif pay on the Army Register and no Judge Ad-vocate-general in fact. The supposition is that pome arrangement has been tacitly agreed to by which Swaim will enable the government to gat out of a hole and pull Swaim out at the same time. Under the present state of things the department must go twelve years without a Judge Advocate-general, and when that time shall have expired it must aeain take Swaim, if he is yet alive. It was at first thought he might bo got *id of by having Congress abolish the office, but this was found to be beyond' the power of Congress, The only way a life position can bo thus disturbed is by enacting a law declaring tbe place vacant with the death or permanent retirement of the incumbent. Otherwise, Congress ould change ah life positions at pleasure. But

Bwaim may as well be pulled out of his hole now and set to work, as the government is getting the real punishment. MINOR MENTION, Condition of tho Public Debt—Decrease of #12,000,000 During October. Washington, Nov. L—The following is a recapitulation of the debt statement issued to day from the Treasury Department: Interest-bearing debt $1.153.443.112 Interest 8,093.561 T0ta1.... * $1,162,436,673 Debt on which interest has ceased.... 12,316,435 Debt, bearing no interest 549,433,862 Total debt and interest $1,724,419,463 Debt, les- available cash in the Treasury. Nov. 1 1,407.131,147 Decrease of debt during the month.. 13,201,619 Cash in the Treasury available for reduction of debt 217.28®,315 Total cash in Treasury 451,068,033 General Notes. Washington, Nov. I. — The President to-day appointed David L. Bunker, of Massachusetts, to he United States consul at Demarara; Oliver H. Gallup, of Nevada, to be register of the land office at Carson City, Nev., vice W. E. Copeland, declined. The oleomargarine law went into effect to-day. The demand for stamps has been very great. Congressman Miller thinks that one hundred million pounds of the substitute for butter is manufactured annually for home consumption, to say nothing of tne amount exported. Martin B. Casey, a clerk in the Treasury Department, who died suddenly on Saturday night, was to day found by a post-mortem examination to have commirted suicide. Poison enough to have caused the death of two men was found in his stomach. He was a sufferer from disease of the heart, and the severity of the pain of his disorder is assumed to have led to the suicide. THE.FIRE RECORD. Darning of a Number of Business Blocks at Rockford, 111.—Loss #IOO,OOO. Rockford, 111, Nov. I.—A disastrous fire occurred here to-day. The fire broke out in the large four-story frame building occupied by the Northwestern Oat-meal Company. The buildings destroyed are tbe M. Johnston oat-ireal mill, Barlett & Cos., flour and commission warehouse; A. L. Bartlett’s mill and grain warehouses, N. C. Thompson Manufacturing Company’s warehouse, and'the residences of Mrs. P. Doyle and William Halley. It is estimated that the loss will reach fully SIOO,OOO, with insurance amounting to about $50,000. The largest losses are those of the oat-meal company. They bad a large stock. The building they occupied was a four-story wooden house, and it burned like a tinder-box. The fire department was called promptly, but as a strong wind was blowing from the south the department was UDable to govern tho firo. Losses During October. Indianapolis Rough Notes. The “loss record” for October shows the fire waste in the United States to have been about $9,500,500, or about $2,750,000 in excess of the losses during October, 1885. There were eight fires with aggregate losses of These were: Salisbury, Eastport: Me., $800,000; Farmington. Me.. $300,000; Chicago, $230,000; Cleveland, $200,000; Pauxsutawney, Pa., $170,000; Taunton, Mass., and Des Arc, Ark., $150,000 each. The fire losses reported in Indiana were $207,900, Illinois $733,600, Ohio $834,450; elsewhere in the United States, losses of SIO,OOO and upward only, $6,242,000. Total in the United States, $7,997,950. Cauada losses, $502,000. Total in United States and Canada, $8,499,950. The timber fire near Dunserth, D. TA NARUS., embracing 200 square miles, causing a loss of $1,000,000, together with other destructive timber and prairie fires, brings up the losses in the United States to near $10,000,000 for the month. There were 152 losses of 810,000 and upward, and twelve of from SIOO,OOO to $1,000,000. The large fires in smaller cities and towns show the deficiency in fire departments to be the cause of excessive losses in most cases.

Distillery Hurned, Louisville, Ky., Nov. I.—A Courier-Journal special sa>*3: “John Thixton’s distillery, near Owensboro, burned to night. The large warehouse, containing 2,100 barrels of whisky, also burned. The estimated loss is $75,000. The fire was incendiary.” Fire at Sullivan, lod. Fpecial to the Indianapolis Journal. Sullivan, Ind., Nov. I.—Last night two fires occurred here. W. H. Crowders’a hay press, with 200 tons of hay, and O. J. Dudley’s stable were burned by incendiaries. Loss, $3,500. The hay press was insured for $1,700. TELEGRAPHIC BREVITIES. John Graham, colored, a magistrate residing fifteen miles southeast of Memphis, Tenn., was assassinated, on Saturday night. He was shot down by unknown persous as he stood ia the door of his dwelling. Esterbrook & Cos., of New Haven, the only manufacturers of oleomargarine in Connecticut, have suspended, as they regard the government tax as prohibitory. From eighty to one hundred persons are thrown out of employment. M. Bartholdi has obtained from the United States Circuit Court, of New York, an injunction, restraining one Godfrey Rossberg from making or selling any representations of the statue of Liberty. M. Bartholdi has the sole right to make likenesses or figures of the statue. The investigation into the accounts of exTreasurer Carter, of Pittsfield, Mass., so far, shows a deficiency of $30,000. The Selectmen have accordingly attached Carter’s property and citeo him into court to prove his accounts. The suit is a civil action to recover, aqd no criminal proceedings will be taken against him. Yesterday afternoon, at the Anchor Barrel Manufacturing Company’s works, eight miles below Detroit, George Wells, married, aged thirtytwo, fell into a huge vat of boiling water, and the flesh was literally scalded from his bones. Bo lingered in terrible agonv for eight hours, dying last night at the hospital, where he had been removed. Catherine Taswell, aged fifty, colored, the wife of John Taswell, coachman for George Pbiller, the president of the First National Bank ot Philadelphia, was found, on Sunday evening, outraged and murdered, in an old spring-house, near Haverford College Station. She left home at 7 o’clock to attend church, but did not get there. There is no clew to the murderer. Two unknown men, evidently tramps, were run over and killed, yesterday morning, thirtyfive miles from Cincinnati, on the L &N. shortline, by au ebst-bound freight The men were riding on the dead irons, when the train broke in two. Left on the front section, they attempted to jump off, and were run over by the rear section, and instantly killed. A photographer at Rio, Wis., took a picture of the wreck early on Thursday morning. He secured a good negative, for which he was offered $2 by a railroad man. Being a poor man, he accepted. The railroad man immediately destroyed the plate. Now the photographer is beside himself with chagrin, as he could nave secured a big price for it from Eastern illustrated papers. It was the only negative that was taker.

Burned to Death iu His Home. Cleveland, 0., Nov. I.—A* an early hour this morning the house of Loui. : Lichleichner, at Steubenville, 0., took fire on tbe lower-floor. The family slept upstairs, am. they were not awakened until the flames had gained considera tie headway. Lichleichner opened the stairdoor to go down, but was overcome by heat and smoke, and, falling downstairs, was burned to death. His wife and children escaped by leaping from a window iu their night-clothes. H ell Qualified. Pittsburg Dispatch. If current stories about the Prince of Wales have any truth, it appears that he is qualified to try the device of paying off his debts by bringing a theatrical troupe to the United Staten.

TUTS INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 1886.

STEWART’S GREAT FORTUNE. How the Millionaire’s Widow Has Disposed of Her H usband’s Vast Estate. The Relatives Provided For and One-Half the Property Given to C. J. Clinch—Judge H il ton Named as Trustee and Executor.

New York. Nov. I.—The will of Mrs. Cornelia M. Stewart, the widow of the late millionaire dry goods merchant, was filed for probate today by ex Judge Horace Russell, Mr. Henry Hilton’s son-in-law. Citations were immediately issued to the heirs and next of kin, made returnable on Nov. 13. In the instrument Mrs. Stewart bequeaths $20,000 per year during life to her brother, Charles F. Clinch; to each of her sisters, Anna, Emma and Julia, she leaves an annuity of SIO,OOO a year; to her niece, Sarah N. Smith, she leaves $250,000; to Cornelia S. Butler she leaves $200,000. and to each of her children, Lawrence and Charles S. Butler, $50,000; to Kate A. Smith, 200,000; to each of the remaining children of Sarah N. Smith, namely, Louisa, Ella. Bessie and James, $100,000; to each of the children of her deceased sister Louise (formerly the wife of Charles E. Butler) namely, Rosalie, Helen, Virginia, Lillian, Maxwell and Prescott, $50,000. All the rest of the estate, reai and personal, she bequeaths to Charles J. Clinch, now of Paris, and Henry Hilfon, of this city. None of the legacies are to be payable until three years from the final probate of the will, nor any of the annuities until six months after such probate. The executors of the will are * Charles J. Clinch and Henry Hilton, and the witnesses to the instrument Henry E. Davies, James Henry Work and Edward B. Hilton. The will is dated July 5, 1877. In a codicil to tbe will she revokes tbe bequest to Henry Hilton of one-half of her residuary estate, and, instead, bequeaths to him ote half of the residue of her property and estate, in trust, to collect, receive, hold, manage, control and sell, and apply the same to the following purposes: To complete the St.ewart Memorial Church now in course of erection by her at Garden City, L. I.; to supply it with all that is necessary to make it a free church and a cathedral for the Protestant Episcopal Churcb of the diocese of Long Island, N. Y.; to endow it with such money as will maintain it forever, with provisions for the bishop of the diocese and bis assistants; to construct two buildings to be used os schools and seminaries of learning to be attached to such cathedral, and to endow them with such money as will sustain them forever. and to erect such other buildings as the cathedral, and seminaries, and schools may rerequire. All these buildings are to be erected on Mrs. Stewart’s lands there, known as Hempstead Plains, L. I. These buildings, when completed. are to be conveyed to the use, forever, of the Protestant Episcopal Church, of the diocese of Long Island, or to the corporation known as the Cathedral of the Incarnation, in tbe diocese of Long Island. All the one half of her residuary estate so devised is to be applied for the above purposes. If any heir becomes a party to any proceeding to interfere with the will, the provision in the will in his or her favor to be canceled. Tbe codicil of the will is dated May 27, 1878. By another codicil Mrs. Stewart authorizes Mr. Henry Hilton, in regard to the share and portion of her property devised and bequeathed to him in trust, to lease and dispose of it from time to time as be shall deem expedient; all such acts to be valid and as effectual as if made by the testatrix, and all expenses to be allowed him without further proof than that they were actually made. Judge Hilton is empowered to divide any surplus among the legal heirs. He is empowered to appoint or substitute a trustee or trustees to act in his place for any desired period, and at will to revoke such appointment and by will to appoint bis successor, provided, however, that the said trust shall not continue longer than the lives of Kate A. and James C. Smith, named in the will. By another codicil, dated May 31, 1883, Mrs. Stewart bequeaths to Sarah N. Smith and her heirs ope equal part of the share in the estate granted to her nephew, Chas. J. Clinch. She gives $23,000 to be distributed by the executors among her household servants living with her at the time of her death. The last codicil is dated Nov. 30, 1885. After stating that the Cathedral and St. Paul's School at Garden City has been completed and endowed, it revokes all former clauses to tbe will and codicils thereto, except that the trustee is empowered, at his discretion, to build and endow a seminary of learning for women as described in previous codicils, and to ereot such other institutions and buildings connected with the Cathedral as may be necessary. Absolute title to tbe property is vested in the legatees to convey and transfer the property in accordance with the provisions of tne will ana codicils. •

How the Millionaire’s Bones Were Ran somed. W. A. Croffut, in Washington Post. At a dinner given to thirteen gentlemen in New York, two years ago, I heard the gruesome story. It was toid quietly to three t>f us. at the end of the table, by a member of Judge Hilton’s family—told with considerable circumstantiality, in broken bits and snatches, between stories, and laughter, and songs. “It was a couple of years anterior to that, I think,” he said, “that the bones were finally ransomed. Judge Hilton persistently refused to consent to it—refused to have anything to do with it—and at last, when Mrs. Stewart declared herself unable any longer to carry the burden of the ghastly thought that the poor remains of her husband were being carted around the country by a gang of thieves, 6he defied her lawyer’s scruples and concluded the negotiations. She gave $25,000 instead of the $50,000 at first demanded. The bargain was made through a lawyer who seemed to have no other briefs, and who probably got a good fraction of the ‘swag.’ The ghouls insisted that tbe money should be delivered to them on a lonely hill in Winchester county, at the dead of night, and thither, in accordance with their directions, a relative of Mrs. Stewart journeyed alone in a wagon, which he drove himself. At a spot in the country road which had not been designated or described, the driver was suddenly halted by a horseman, masked. The mysterious messen-

ger led him through a by-lane to the billtop, where, after certain ceremonies to insure their safety, they received the $25,000, examined it, and dragged a bag of bones from another buggy near by and surrendered it to the keeping of the solitary traveler. Before they disappeared down one side of the hill they commanded him, on peril of his life, to turn about and descend other slope. He did as he was bidden, and got to New York before morning. The next night the bones were committed to the vault under the great Cathedral at Garden City, which had already been connected by a secret wire with a chime of bells sure to ring and alarm the town it it was disturbed. Business Embarrassments. Providence, R 1., Nov. L—The Turkey Red Dyeing Company assigned to-day. Liabilities, $04,000; assets, $92,000. Boston. Nov. I.—Carl Brothers, boot and shoe manufacturers, of Campello, have suspended. Their liabilities are probably heavy. Milwaukee, Nov. L— L. Abrahams & Cos., wholesale clothiers, were closed up on attachments to day. Liabilities, about $30,000; assets unknown. The creditors are mostly local firms. Toronto," Out, Nov. I.—Charles Worth & Cos., wholesale boot and shoe dealers, have called a meeting of creditors. The firm’s direct liabilities are placed at from $50,000 to $60,000. Losses entailed by branch stores form the principal cause of the trouble. Montreal, Nov. I.—-The absence of Adam Darling, a wholesale importer of china, and proprietor of a retail establishment, has caused much comment here. As soon as Darling’s departure became generally known James Denning, of Benning & Barsaloud. who is a creditor for a considerable amount, took steps to protect his interests, and made arrangements to have the business placed iu liquidation. Darling had

for some time been encaged in heavy lawsuits against the estate of his late brother, William Darling. The case had been before the Toronto courts for a number of years, but shortly before his departure a settlement was effected and $43,000 was paid him. His book-keeper says he went to Toronto to settle this suit, and that he expects Darling back daily. New York, Nov. I.— An attachment was granted in the Supreme Court, to day, against the Francklin Land ard Cattle Company, on application of Gordon Ounard, of England, who has an unpaid overdue note for $139,000, made by the company over a year ago. A number of attachments have previously been issued. A DISCHARGED MAN’S VENGEANCE. A Dibuissed Customs Employe Attempts to Take Collector Beattie’s jjife. New York, Nov. I.—Surveyor of the Port of New York Beattie was shot about, noon to-day, in his office, at the custom-house, by a’ discharged inspector, who fired five or six shots. Tbe Surveyor’s would-be assassin is Louis Bieral, a man who gained some dis' inction in the war of the Rebellion. He was for about a dozen years attached to the custom-house. About a week ago the Surveyor dismissed him from the service, it being proven that he was in the habit of exacting money from poor immigrants at Castle Garden, where he was lately stationed. The specific charge on which he was removed was compelling an immigrant to pay $2 duty on a sewing-machine. He came to the office about noon to-day and gained entrance to the Surveyor’s private office, in the back of the building, fronting on South William street. At 12:20 o’clock tho reports of the pistol shots were heard by Private Secretary Louis Nichols and Examiner Thomas Hyatt. The discharged inspector rushed instantly out of the private office, pistol in hand, and ran through the corridor to the exit into Hanover street. A man attempted to stop him, and he yelled, “If you touch me, I’ll kill you.” The man stepped back, and Bieral ran along to Beaver street, into which he turned and ran to the Cotton Exchange. A number of citizens followed in pursuit. Finding escape impossible, the man turned and ran into the arms of a policeman. He was trembling witn fear and seemed to anticipate that his pursuers would harm him. He said to the policeman: “For God’s sake arrest me.” He was taken to the Old Slip station-house and locked up. He described himself as being seventy-two years old, married, and living at No. 859 Sixth avenue. He said he was a native of Brazil.

Meanwhile his victim was being cared for. The news of the shooting, greatly exaggerated, spread rapidly. A large squad of police had all they could do to keep tne corridors clear. Large crowds of anxious inquirers surged around the doors. A number of physicians appeared to render aid to the wounded man. A surgeon attached to the custom-house was promptly on hand, and, after examination, he concluded that the wounds were not of a dangerous character. One bullet passed through the palm of the right hand, and a second penetrated the thigh. So far as a hurried examination could disclose, the latter bullet took a downward course, and lodged in the muscles of the upper part of the leg. Surveyor Beattie remained conscious and endured the pain with great fortitude. He spoke calmly to those who were admitted to the room, and made close inquiries of his medical attendant as to the nature of his injuries. The faot that be was not mortally wounded, and had not received five bullet wounds, as was at first reported, wss speedily communicated to the surging crowd in waiting, and relieved their anxiety in a marked manner. Coroner Levy tcok the statement of Surveyor Beattie this afternoon. He said the prisoner was removed from the post of inspector on his recommendation, as he had illegally taken money from an immigrant girl. The Surveyor was sitting at his desk when his door was thrown open and the prisoner entered, with a pistol in his hand, exclaiming, “Now, by —-, I’ll teach you.* He fired three shots, two of which took effect, one through the fleshy part of the Surveyor’s left hand and the other struck the crest of the ilium, glancing in an inward and upward direction. This ball has not yet been extracted. The prisoner, when captured, was perfectly calm, admitted the shooting, and added that he did it because Beattie refused to listen to the men who went to him to appeal for his reinstatement. The prisoner was taken before the injured official, who identified him. Bieral saiu: “Yes, I’m the one that did it. He took the bread and butter out of my family’s mouth.” The prisoner was subsequently taken to the Tombs Police Court, where he confessed to Justice Murray having fired the shots, and said he did it because he had discharged him without cause. He was born in Valparaiso in 1814, anti came to this country when fourteen years of age. When twenty-five years of age he enlisted on the friggate Columbia for a three years’ cruise around the world, during which he assisted in burning three Chinese towns for firing on American ships. He next speculated in horses, at which he accumulated considerable money, and in 1840 went to California, where he added to bia wealth. He met John Morrissey, Bret Harte and others there. He was a friend of Bill Poole, who was shot. He served in the First California liegimeot in the war of the Rebellion, aDd at the battle of Ball’s Bluff rescued Colonel Baker's body and killed the slayer. For this he was given a medal and a pension of S3O a month. He haa been in the custom-house twenty-five years, receiving his first appointment through General Hancock and General Sickles. He denies the charge of taking $2 from an emigrant girl, for which he was discharged, and says that after shooting the surveyor, he turned the pistol on himself, but was so nervous that the bullet went through his hat. He was held to answer for the shooting. The wounded man retained consciousness throughout, and, as soon as it was considered safe, was put into an ambulance and taken to his home. The ball was probed for to-night, but was not found. The fact causes no concern to the doctors, as no internal organs are be’ieved to be hurt. At a late hour he was quiet, under opiatea

Rev. Staunton Finally Resigns. New York, Nov. I.— Rev. Benjamin P. Staunton. of the Fort Greene Presbyterian Church, Brooklyn, has resigned his oharge. It will be remembered that the Presbytery of Brooklyn, after trying Mr. Staunton sos conduct unbecoming a minister, found him guilty and then formally forgave him. This last action enabled him to keep his standing in the Presbyterjan Church, and theoretically his situation as a minister is as good as it was, but socially the minister bad much to bear, and last Sunday he sent his resignation to Trustee Watt, who kept the matter secret It was laid before the church session on Monday, and accepted with thankfulness. Steamship News. Liverpool, Nov. I.—Arrived: Bavarian, from Boston. Glasgow, Nov. 1. —Arrived: State of Nevada from New York. Havre, Nov. I.—Arrived: La Normandie, from New York.

New York, Nov. I.—Arrived: Alaska, from Liverpool; Fulda, from Bremen. Condon, Nov. I.—The Steamer Baltic, from New York, Oct. 23, for Liverpool, passed Bow Head at 11 o’clock thi3 morniug. Strikers* Sentence Confirmed. Pittsburg, Nov. I.—The State Supreme Court to-day affirmed the*decision of the lower court in the case of the twenty-four coal miners who were convicted of conspiracy for being connected with the great coal strike of the Monongahela valley, last year. The miners were sentenced to nino months* imprisonment in the Allegheny county work-house and were released on bail pending the decision of the Supreme Court. Philadelphia Society Note. Philadelphia Record. Mrs. George W. Childs has anew O.og*—* lovely Dandie Dinmont, one of the most perfect of his kind—which was brought from Europe expressly for her. His name is “Tot.” Rf.d Star Cough Cure does not derange the stomach. It is free from noxious ingredients.

INDIANA AND ILLINOIS NEWS The Daily Chronicle of Happenings of All Kinds in the Two States. A Huntington Man Mysteriously Murdered— Anniversary of Elder Sweeney’s Pastorate—Driven to Forgery by Poverty. INDIANA. Ihe Throat of n Resident of Huntington Cut by Unknown Parties. Special to the Indianapolis JournaL Huntington, Nov. I.—At 11:15 to-night, Harry Vandevender was stabbed in the neck by unknown parties. His jugular /ein was severed, causing death in a few minutes. No disturbance was noticed on the street, and no one was visible near the wounded man when the deod was discovered. Two men were seen running in the street soon after Vandevender was found, and officers are now in pursuit. Suspicion rests on a couple of young men of this place. Vandevender was a young married man and leaves a family. Anniversary of Elder Sweeney’s Pastorate. Special to the Indiatianolls Journal. Columbus, Nov. I.—The Christian Church of this city this evening celebrated the fifteenth anniversary of the pastorate of Elder Z. T. Sweeney. The capacious tabernacle was handsomely ornamented with natural flowers and appropriate mottoes. There was music and short addresses by the pastor and others, after which refreshments were served by a corps of young lady members, and the occas’on was one of thorough enjoyment to all. Since Elder Sweeney took charge of the church, fifteen years ago, it has prospered as it never did before. The membership has increased to several times what it was. A fine new building has been erected, aud it is widely known as one of the most flourishing and influential churches of that denomination.

Poverty Pleaded in Palliation of Crime. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Richmond, Nov. I. — S. E. Hawkins, a young man, accompanied by his wife, who proves to be well connected at Hamilton, 0., tried to realize on some notes, calling for SO2 and $18.50 each, with Judge Fox’s name forged to them, on Saturday night, and when apprehended at the depot, this evening, made do denial, pleading urgent need on money is extenuation. Charged with Murder. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Madison, Nov. l.—A man giving th# name Geo. D. Long, of Rising Sun, was arrested twelve miles above Madison, last evening, for murdering and robbing Charles Gordon, a school teacher, whose body was found in the river here two weeks ago. Long desperately resisted, but was to-day placed in jail, at Carrollton, Ky,, for preliminary trial. Miss O’Neill’s Assailant Sentenced. • South Bend, Nov. 1. —In the Circuit Court, to-day, John Hempenstatt was sentenced to fourteen years' imprisonment for attempting the murder of Mies Ida O’Neill, near here, a few weeks ago. Miss O’Neill is recovering. Minor Notes. The five-year-old daughter of Stephen G. Baldwin. of Marion, was burned to death on Sunday while her parents were at church. The little girl rolled up some leaves in the yard and Bet them afire. The flames communicated to her clothing and she was literally roasted alive. Andrew Garner, an employe of the Wabash Importing Company, while currying a Belgian stallion, yesterday, was seised by the animal and frightfully bitten about the head and shoulders, the brute picking up and shaking him violently and dropping him into the manger. The prompt arrival of assistance only saved his life. On Saturday night, at Columbia City, Peter Goodfellow and a couple of companions imbibed too freely of spirits and were earnestly engaged in painting the town. Officer Herbeft Housel attempted to quiet them. They turned in and undertook to give him a thrashing, when he drew a revolver and shot Goodfellow, the ball taking effect in the base of his skull, causing fatal injuries. Housel is under arrest. On Sunday morning four pi©n forced their way into the residence of William McKinney, who resides near Lafayette. McKinney resisted, but the men got inside. McKinney’s gup ipissea, When one of the party began firing a revolver. McKinney finally got his gun to work and nred as the men retreated. One man fell, shrieking with pain, when his companions gathered him up and drove off. No trace has beep found of the injured man, and it is not knoWP how badly he is hurt. Charles Henderson, a noted three-card-monte man, who, some time since, with a confederate, fleeced William McClintio, a Bartholmew county farmer, out of $3,000, is under arfest at Columbus. After swindling McClintiC, Henderson went to Kentucky, and at Shelby vilte beat Muson Hedden, eighty years old, out of $3,300 by toe same scheme. A few days after the latter feat Henderson was arrested at Louisville, but was released on $250 bail. Qn Wednesday he was again arrested and held to bail at Shelbyvill9, Ky. Sheriff Brum, of Bartholomew county, proceeded to Kentucky and brought Henderson to Columbus for trial on charge of swindling McClintio.

ILLINOIS. A Young White Widow Wedded to nn Ugly and Coal-Black Negro. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Marshall, Nov. I.—Marshall is becoming a regular Gretna Green for Terre Haute couples of mixed color who desire to try wedded life, and cannot be wedded at home, owing to the miscegenation laws. Saturday afternoon three persons—two women and a man—drove into town in a buggy, coming over from Terre Haute. The man was a coal-black negro, short in stature and remarkably ugly in feature. The women were Mrs. Alice Turrell, a flne-lppking White widow of twenty-twi>, and her tj)other. The man. whose paihe is Charles Field, Was united in marriage to Mrs. Tofrell. Immediately after the ceremony the jtetty returned to Terre Haute.

Brief Mention. Rutland G. A. R. post, No. 292, is making arrangements to have a camp-fire and festival on or about the 10th of November. Richard Wnyers, a farmer, residing near Alton, committed suicide by hanging. No cause is known for the act, except the death of an infant child two days ago. The body of Mrs. Henry Scbeick was found in tho river at Dixon on Sunday. It is supposed she jumped from the foot-bridge. She was about fifty-eight years of age and supposed to be slightly demented. She had been missing since last Thursday morning.

The annual distribution of carp by the United States Fish Commission, through the Illinois £4ate Fish Commission, will take place inNoyemnir. Applicants can get the fish free in Washington, and are only obliged to pay the express charges from there to point of delivery. John Switzer, living five miles northeast of Vandalia. was out nutting on Sunday, accompanied by three of his children. One of the children, a girl twelve years of age, had her clothing to take fire from a burning brush-heap, and before her father could reach her fche was so badly burned that she died three hours afterward. Counterfeit Silver Dollars. Minneapolis, Minn., Nov. I.—Detectives Suinlan and King arrested, last night, James iudlp, alias McDonald, a notorious counterfeiter afid crook, Who has been passing and disposing of in various ways, for the past few weeks, in this city, finely counterfeited silver dollars. This spurious coin is nearly a perfect counterfeit of the genuine, the only difference being . that it is a trifle lighter. Some SI,OOO of this stuff was found concealed in A cave near Cedar lake. Hindel confessed to the detectives that

the stuff is made by a well-organized p &n „. 1 cated near Omaha. Hindle has served a tern f I the Wabasha penitentiary for safe-blowing, if I also confesses that a gang had been organized y burglarize several of the prominent banks anl business houses in St. Paul and Minneapolis to! morrow night. Other arrests may follow. W ANOTHER STRIKE AT CHICAGO. Six Thousand Packing-House Employes Idj, Because of a Difference About Wages. Chicago, Nov. I.—The threatened strikj among the beef men at the stockyards w| commenced this morning, and nearly six tho* sand men are now out from the slaughter, houses of G. F. Swift & Cos. and Nelson Morris The trouble is over the adoption of the tenhour system, the men refusing to work the two extra hours without additional pay. In th*js two houses there r.re no hogs killed, and the employes say they cannot accept the ten-hour system. Each of the firms employ about thro* thousand men, and at present many of then are congregated about the streets and corner* near the big-houses, but there is as yet no ir.<k cation of any trouble. There is no indicatloj that the police will be called upon to proteg the two houses, but it is yet too early to deter, mine the intention of the two firms. At 9 o’clock everything was quiet Further particulars are to the that Swift’s men sent a communication oj Saturday, and insisted on having an increase o% 50 cents per day should the firm return to thi ten-hour system, and this was agreed to. Thij morning, when the beef butchers went to work they found that foreman Welder, of Swift’s, h*4 discharged James Matthewson, one of the cons mitteemen. They also found that the wages o{ the laborers had not been increased, and so they struck. They insist now on having Matthewson reinstated and also a return to the eight-hoar day. On hearing that Swift’s men were out, the butchers employed by Nelson Morris went out A crowd went down to Smith’s machine shop anfl compelled men there to strike. After tail they went to the Armours, for the purpose o| calling his men out, but this move was anticl. pated by the firm, who got a force of polieett guard the principal entrances, and the crowd was kept away, A member of the executive committee told a reporter that unless the two firms gave in, all the employes in the yards would bn called out. • Between 200 and 300 men in Libby, McNeill A Libby’s canning establishment also went out The reason alleged was that Morris’s establishment partly supplies the canuing firm with beet, A meeting o| the strikers was held late thil afternoon. No one except Knights of Labor were admitted. Fully a thousand non-unioh strikers congregated on the outside, anxiously awaiting the action of the Knights. Severs] speeches were made, and wild applause greet*] every reference to the eight-hour day. A mo* tion to make no compromise on anything short of eight hours was carried by a unanimous vote. A committee was appointed to take charge o| the strike, and given full power to act. A Knight of Labor explained to-night that the men haa b3en offered the reinstatement of the discharge mm, but would now hold out for a return to tht eight-hour system by all the beef houses. H 6aid the proprietors would be given until Satjfr day to decide whet they would do, and, if they persisted in runping ten hours, a general strike would probably be ordered, which would inoludi Swift’s, Morris’s and also Armour's slaughter houses. Strike in a St. Louis Pncking-llouse. St. Louis, Nov. I.—A card was posted tl Whittaker's pork-packing-house, in East St, Louis, this morning, notifying the employes tht hereafter ten hours would constitute a dark work, at the prevailing wages. The employe* have been working cine hours per day heretofore. At noon the men held a meeting to coif aider what action to take, and pursuant to iq agreement among themselves, demanded of their employers that the present hours of label be cot changed. The employers refused to comply with the demand, and the men, at 1 o’clock, refused to go to work. There is little excitement over the strike, and no trouble la anticipated. The strike is a very quiet affair. The men no iifted the firm this afternoon that they wool; work ten hours for eleven hours’ pay, which ii equivalent to an advance of 10 per cent. This the firm has not accepted, and so the matte! stands.

Another Negro Prince. Pall Mall Gazette. London is shortly to be honored with the visit of a really black prince, blacker than Cetewayq. His name is most euphonious, such as Theodore Hook himself would nave delighted in—Dieoulok Koramokoko. He is the son.of the great Seogar lese Emperor Samory. His age is but nineteen His tastes toward European ladies are said to to barbaric. His stay in Parifc, where he Wat tty? aamireu of aU admirers, who were legion, ffiaf account for this. He takes a most intelHgSnt terest, it is said, In all he see©, and bis observa* tions prhve bim to be possessed of good mental qualities. Bis manners are gentle and affablt. He wears the national costume, consisting and loose pantaloons, a silken vest and a cloak Q rich velvet, purple in hue. A sort of silver tlssa 1 smoking-cap forms his headdress. Like the lfttl King C'tewayo, Diaoulok Karamokoko keeoM diary. An enterprising Parisian editor has s6Ci| this naturally remarkable production, ana it rumored has even obtained permission from thk affable prince to publish extracts from it. Dying Among Strangers. There arrived rrom St. Louis on tho 11 o’clocll train, last night, and old man entirely helplssi from paralysis and in a dying condition. H< gave his name as Calvin E. Christy, and said hi formerly lived in Elkhart co’ aty, this State His relatives are all dead, and for eight month! he has been confined in the] St Louis HopltaV where he claims to have received such inhumai. treatment that he asked to be sent to this city, lie was sent to tho City Hospital. Pursued tbe Wrong Man. Pat Smith, who works about the St Elm? saloon, was attacked by two strangers about dark last evening, one of whom hit him and raq> He gave pursuit, and in bis excitement Henry Gowen, whom, be took to be one of thl men, and struck him a heavy blow over tfcj bead, Crowen drew his revolver, and to shoot him, but tbe weapon failed to dill charge. He had a warrant otfb fo* Smith’s arrest St. Jacobs Oil is the antidote to pain, tk matter by what it is caused.

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