Indianapolis Journal, Indianapolis, Marion County, 26 November 1886 — Page 2

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INDIANA AND ILLINOIS NEWS The Daily Chronicle of Happenings of All Kinds in the Two States. I.aPorte County's Democratic Kingr—Another Katoral Gas Company Organized—Farm* er Suffocated in a Burning’ Car—Notes. INDIANA. Democratic Ring liuln In LaPorte County —Judge Noyes Cause* r. Sensation. fip-’i'ial to the Indianapolis Journal. LaPokte, Nov. 24. —Twelve years ago the Democratic party in this county came into power, and has held undisputed sway ever since until this fall. Continued success caused an abuse of power and the formation of a ring, which has governed the party with a rod of iron, chooa njr its own friends and electing them to the fat Dlaces. Tnis ring has been headed by Judge Daniel Noyes, a resident of this city and judge of the Thirty-second judicial circuit. Gradually the great mass of the party has awakened to this domination, and its independent spirit culminated this fall at the election in the defeat of three of the ring candidates, those for sheriff, treasurer, and surveyor. The principal disaffection was on the sheriffalty. For two terms previous to the recent election John It. Weaver, & young and popular Democrat, has been a candidate for sheriff, and each time has been defeated by the ring and its minions. Lie was again a candidate at the last Democratic nominating convention, and was again sat down upon, nnd a man named Snook nominated by the assistance of the ring and its allies. Mr. Weaver’s friends thereupon rebelled, and cast their vote at the election for Mr. Earl, the Republican candidate, who was elected by over six hundred majority. Mr. Weaver had been deputy sheriff for the two preceding Democrats, and owing to his popularity and efficiency, Mr. Earl, who qualified and assumed the office last Saturiay, made Mr. Weaver one of his deputies. This saused a terrible hub-bnb in the ranks of the already disrupted and damaged ring, and as a retaliatory measure Judge Noyes yesterday uotiled Weaver that he would not permit him as depity to officiate in court, which is now in session. Judge Noyes's action has caused a sensation, and will widen the breach existing between the ring ind anti-ringites. Judge Noyes says his action 8 taken because Weaver tampered with a jury vhiio deputy, some years ago. W'eaver denies ;he charge, and, on Monday, met the judge face to face, and dared and courted an investigation if the charge, agreeing to waive th 6 statute of imitation, which, the latter asserted, prevented iny action. The thinness of the charge, and ihe asserted desire of Judge Noyes to purify his :ourt, is apparent, he having allowed Weaver to >pen court, and perform other duties of the sheriff therein, whenever necessary, as long as he was deputy to a Democratic official, which he ias been for years, as before stated. What General Sherman Camp Does. Correspondence of the Indianapolis Journal. Winchester, Nov. 25.—Wishing that the samps throughout the State might know how general Sherman Camp, No. 44, located at this ilace, is prospering, I now give you a short history. Our camp was organized in July, 188 G. with twenty members, and the following officers: Captain, Fremont Garrett; first lieutenant, Archibald M. Arbaugh; second lieutenant, Oscar G. Puckett; chaplain, George Vorhis, quartermaster, Benton Austin; orderly sergeant, Albert H. Brown. We now have a membership of fifty members Our attendance at regular mee|dngs is better than any order in the. city. We give entertainments for the benefit of the camp, which are liberally patronized by the citizens. We are in the most prosperous condition, and the members are enthusiastic, which speaks well for the patriotism of the rising generation. Collision at a Crossing. gpeclal to the Indianapolis Journal. WABAsn, Nov. 25.—At Milford Junction, late iast night, while local freight train No. 7 on the Cincinnati, Wabash & Michigan railroad was switching, the caboose and two cars having been left directly over tho crossing of the Baltimore ifc Ohio road, a fright train bound west on the latter line crashed into the C., W. & M. train, destroying the caboose and two box cars loaded with merchandise. The front work 6of the B. & O. engine were carried away and the front tructc left tho rails. No one was injured, several passengers having left the caboose a few moments previous. The engineer of the B. & O locomotive assigns as a reason for his failure to stop that his whistle blew off and that he could not call for brakes. _ Brakeman Killed. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Ladoga, Nov. 25.—As train No. 33, conductor Shields, of tho L., N. A. & C. railway, was leav.ng Bainbridge, at 8:25 p. M., the engine broke loose, letting Andrew Nelson, a brakeman, fall on the track. His head and left foot were cut off. Nelson was aeed # thirty-two, and leaves a widow in Lafayette. He was formerly a conductor on the Chicago & Great Southern railway, and had been on the road three months. John S. Black, undertaker at Bainbridge, took charge of the remains. Another Natural Gits Company. Special to tue Indianapolis Journal. Hartford Citt, Nov. 25. —The Hartford City Natural Gas and Oil Company was organized in this city yesterday. Two thousand one hundred dollars has been subscribed toward siuking a gas well. Tho following directors were elected by the company: J. H. Dowell, H. B. Smith, Abe Wiler. .T. Coortright, W. B. Casey. H. M. Campbell. William Carrol, B. M. Bovd and S. li. Patterson. The company represents a capital stock of $25,000, and operations will be .comme need at once. Minor Notes. The Salvation Army at Crawfordsvillo has be*m reiuforced by several persons from other paints in this State. The E**v. Ilenry Tegeder. Catholic priest at Cedar Grove, died on Wednesday. He had been tick but a short time. Elder Jonathan Vanoleaye has been the pastor of an old-school Baptist church in Brown township. Montgomery county, for forty years, during which time three houses of worship have been erected. On Wednesday, a twelve year-old son of Robert tioodneer. residing near Milroy, while out hunting, accidentally discharged an old horsepistol. the contents entering his head above the eye, making a mortal wound. The Notdesville Gas and Improvement Comn.my expect to commence drilling for gas in a few davs. The men At the head of the company are live, enercetic people, and have ample means. They confidently expect to develop a sufficient flow of gas to induce new manufacturing institutions to locate in that town. Andrew Hernice. formerly turnkey at the county jail at Wabash, was found, yesterday morning, lying in a ditch at Gries’s slaughterhouse, unconscious and covered with blood. He had apparently been stricken with paralysis, nnd was unable to help himself. He was taken to his home, and to-night lies in a critical condition. In the saw mill of Peabodv & Cos.. at Columbia < ity, yesterday morning. Frank Kyle, an employe, .stepped back against a shaft which was in rapid motion, and was caught and thrown so •violently against the wall that his recovery is

said to be impossible, He is mangled consider ably about the limbs. Kyle is thirty years of age and married. • e ILLINOIS. Farmer Seavey Suffocated In a Horning Freight Car. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Mt. Carkoll, Nov. 25.—Upon the arrival at this place of freight train No. 13. from Chicago, last evening, smoke was discovered issuing from a car in the middle of the train. Investigation showed that the car contained M. V. Seavey, from West Libertyville, 111., and several horses and fowls, and a quantity of furniture, billed to Dows City, la. A lot of hay in the car was found to be on fire, evidently ienited by a lantern which was fonnd broken on the floor. The stock was dead, suffocated by the smoke, and Mr. Seavey was found on bis knees, near tho door of the car, living, but bo much overcome that he breathed only a few minutes after being taken ont. Seavey was about fifty years of age. Telegrams were sent to his friends announcing his death. Buried in a Caving Well. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Bloomington, Nov. 25.—11ey Ostrander, a resident of Lilly, Tazewell county, met a terrible death last evening. Ostrander, Cyrus Zimmerman and George Zimmerman were engaged in cleaning aD old well on what is known as the Obermever farm, near Lilly. Ostrander descended into tho well, and the two Zimmermans worked the windlass at the top. The well was forty feet deep. Ostrander was at the bottom, saw that the walls were giving way, and cried out to be taken no. The men at the top began winding the windlass as rapidly as they could, but when Ostrander was about one-third the way up, the walls caved in and buried him, alive, underneath fully twenty feet of earth. The work of rescuing him is going on, though but little hope of finding him alive is entertained. Ostrander leaves a widow and one child. The Savoy Accident. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Champaign, Nov. 25. —The last victim of the Savoy catastrophe, on the Central road, Mr. JohD McDonald, was buried to day in Urbana. The inquest is still in progress, bnt the responsibility for the accident is fixed on no one yet The evidence shows that conductor Evans did not know the wild train was on the track, and conductor Jenks and eneineer Neer aid not know that Evans’s train was five hours late and liable to be on the track; neither did they slow up their tram, as required when nearing stations, nor did conductor Evans put out signals, as required by the printed rules of the company. Dense darkness and floods of pain, added to all these, probably, a sufficient reason. Brief Mention. The Lincoln Prohibitionists will give a banquet Thursday evening, Dec. 9, and speaking and singing will be indulged in. Dr. A. Patterson, of Durand, under indictment for causing the death of Mrs. Frank Shiek, by malpractice, died on Wednesday morning. John Venable, of Pleasant Hill, a young farmer, shot himself on Wednesday aud died a few hours later. Dissipation is said to be the cause. Most of the $3,926 received by Champaign county from the United States on account of swamp lands will be paid to the attorneys who helped the county to get the claim settled. There are more pensioners in Vermillion county than in any other county in the State, except Cook. It has 498 invalids, fifty-eight widows, six minor children, thirty-one dependents, one survivor of the war of 1812, seven surviving widows of 1812, making a total of 601. At Springfield, on Wednesday, a court-martial returned a verdict in the case of Ernest E. Greathead, of Company D, First Regiment, Chicago, changed with desertion of his company while on picket duty during the recent strike. He was found guilty, discharged from the service, debarred from re-entering the service for a period of three years, and forced to forfeit all pay -E-.w bin u DAItT WEATHER BULLETIN. Indications. Washington, Nov. 2G, 1 a. m. Special Indications for Twenty-four Hours from 7 a. n. for Indiana—Occasional light snow, warmer. For Ohio and Indiana—Occasional light snow, warmer, variable winds generally southerly. For Illinois—Generally fair weather, southerly winds, becoming variable. For Michigan and Wisconsin—Occasional light snow, warrnes, variable winds. Local Observations. Indianapolis, Nov. 25. Time. Bar. ;Ther. i Hum. Wind, j Weather Rain. 6A. M... 30.03 21 87 Rwest'Olear 2p. M... 30.10; 21 GO Sweat Lt snow * 10 P. M... 30.30 j2l 7G NwestiOlear. * *Snow too small to measure. Maximum temperature, 28; minimum temperature, 20. * General Observations. War Department, > Washington, Nov. 25, 10 p. m. > Observations taken at the same moment of time at all station*. ' w $ 3 w i~ 3 §1 B- ? § 3 g - 3. a STATIONS. So I c ~ 2 S’ i : 5‘ I l_ J__ j_s _i_ New York City 29.641 37 Nwest .65 Lt. rain. Washington City... 29.98 37 Nwest .23 Lt snow. Vicksburg. Miss 30.33i 43 .S’east Clear. New Orleans, La... 30.36 47 N’east ..... Clear. Shreveport, La 30.33 45 S west [Clear. Fort Smith, Ark...j30.17j 39 .S’east |Clear. Little Rock. Ark... 30.25: 39 Calm ..... Clear. Galveston. Tex 30.30 53 South Clear. Memphis. Tenn 30.30' 38 S east Clear. Nashville, Tenn 30.31! 31 West Oiear. Louisville. Ky 30.32 j 28 Nwest Clear. Indianapolis. Ind... 30.30: 22 West Cloudy. Cincinnati, 0 30.30 25 West Lt snow. Pittsburg, Pa 30.09 j 27 Nwest| .08 Cloqdy. Oswego, N. Y 29.75 33 North: .27 Lt snow. Toledo, 0 30.16, 19 West .01 Cloudy. Eseanaba, Mich 30.11. 20 Nwest Clear. Marquette, Mich... 130.08 20 West j .02 Lt snow. Chicago, 111 30.22 20 Swest Clear. Milwaukee. Wis 30.14 20 West Clear. Duluth, Minn 130.22 11 Swest Clear. St. Paul, Minn .30.26 11 West Clear. LaCrosse. Wis 30.28 17,West Clear. Davenport, la |30.26j 18;Calm Clear. Des Moines. la 30.251 lHlS’east j Clear. Keokuk. Ia 30.24! 24 North Clear. Cairo. 11l 130.28 33'South !Clear. I Springfield, 111 30.27| 28;West .....Clear. St. Louis. Mo '30.26: 34 South Clear. Lamar, Mo |30.17, 33 South Clear. Leavenworth, Kan.. :30.14! 33;S’east Clear. 0maha,Neb........ 30.17 j 2/ Calm .....Clear. Yankton. Dak 130.20 19 East Clear. Moorehead, Minn.. '30.25; 6 South Lt snow. Bismarck. Dak..... 30.30; l-' 1 Nwest .02 Clear, Fort Buford. Dak.. 30.30 lo Nwest Fair. Ft.Assiniboine.M.Ti3o.32 ; 21 Swest ..... Clear. Fort Caster, Mont.. 30.37, 25|S’east Cloudy. DeadwoodL, Dak.... ! | I North Platte, Neb.. 30.24 34 Nwest Cloudy. Denver, C01........(30.28j 37:Nwest ..... Clear. W. Las Animas. Col 30.29 32 West Clear. Dodge City, Kan —130.26 37 West [Clear. Fort Elliott Tex... 130.14; 34 Nwest 'Clear. Fort Sill, Ind. Tar.j30.24l 55 South [Clear. Fort Davis. Tex |30.19i 44 Nwest 'Clear. E) Paso. Tax 30.28! 43 West Clear. Salt Lake City. T J. T 30.51 j3l S’east SClear. Saloon-Keeper Shot Dead. Jersey City, N. J., Nov. 25.—Patrick Hayden, a well-known politician and liquor dealer of this city, was shot and killed, this afternoon, in his saloon, by James Cavanaugh, ac oil peddler: Hayden was standing at the bar, when Cavanaugh entered the room, with a revolver in his hand. Hayden at once went toward him, when Cavanaugh exclaimed, “Now I’ve got yon, and am going to kill you,” and began firing. A struggle ensued, resulting in the disarming of Cavanaugh by bystanders. A Delicate PresentFor lady or gentleman, a box of Cashmere Bouquet Soap is always in good form.

THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 1886.

JjABOR matters. Officers of a Miners* Association Resign in Order to Join the Knights of Labor. Pittsburg, Nov, 25.—At a meeting of the Pittsburg branch of the Miners' Association, at Banksville, Pa., last night, President Costello, Vice-president Galaeher, Treasurer Taylor and Trustees Strobie, Allsop and Carnes tendered their resignations in order that they might join the Knights of Labor. This action may result in adding 3,000 members to the latter organization, but prominent members of the Miners' Association state that the old organization will continue in existence, and that State President Harris will be in the city in a few days to reorganize the association and elect new officers. The retiring officers will act as organizers for the Knights of Labor. A Contest That Is Sure to Come, Cincinnati Sun. “The printers and Knights of Labor will come to war in spite of everything," said the foreman of the composing-room of one of the leading dailies of this city, yesterday; “and I’ll tell you whv. The Knights of Labor are admitting to their order workmen who are ‘rats’ in the printing trade, and the union men will not stand that sort of thing. You can understand, being a newspaper man, how we feel when, after layiue down onr rules and protecting our interests as skilled laborers as much as possible, the larger order extends the helping hand to the men who have never learned their trades, and support them in working against us, who are bona fide skilled laborers." “Well, do you not think that these men need protection as well as those who have been so lucky to be able to spend four or five years in learning their trade?” “That is a hard question to answer. However, I can only call to mind the history of the newspapers of the country. There is not a paper in the United States —at least in the West—which, after discarding the union system, has prospered. The printers have secured for themselves exactly the rights which the Knights desire to secure for all workmen. Therefore, it is hard for them to give up their organization, because it insures them a proper recompense for their work. There are several trades that are in the same fix.” “How do you think this little difficulty ought to end?" “I have nothing to say," was the answer, “for Ido not desire to be quoted in this matter. But I will say that the Knights of Labor will have a hard time in downing the printers, and I do not believe they will ever do it. My idea is that after awhile the printers will see the desirability of joining the Knights. At the same time the latter will see the desirability of forming such a coalition, and will make concessions which are absolutely necessary.” “What is the nature of these concessions?" was asked. “It is this: Each trade has its own rules, based on technical knowledge, and a general order cannot understand nor control them. What we ask is that we and every other trade be allowed to make and govern the rules for themselves, and that we must have, or there will be a fight. It is like the United States government exactly. Each State must retain the right to make laws for its internal government, and that is what we are fighting for. That is all.” General Worthy Foreman Griffiths. Special to the Indianapolis Journal Chicago, Nov. 25.—Richard Griffiths, general worthy foreman of the Knights of Labor, upon whom an operation was performed last night for cancer in the face, lies very low, and his death is believed by his friends to be not very far distant. Mr. Griffiths was among the very first to go into the Knights when the order started, and he has held for many years a position second only to that of master workman. In that time he has distributed hundreds of thousands of dollars, being the trusted agent of the general executive board in several great strikes. A movement is on foot among the Knights to raise a fund sufficient to meet his necessities and give him the extra care and attention his condition requires. Coke-Workers and the Knights of Labor. Pittsburg, Pa., Nov. 25.—The convention of coke-workers of the Miners'Association at Scottdale to-day resolved to insist made some time ago, and to invite the Knights of Labor to elect delegates to a joint convention to be held on a date to be fixed by the master workman of the latter organization. It was also decided to allow the operators until Dec. 25 to consider their demands. Seven assemblies of the Knights of Labor met at Everson to-night and resolved to leave the matter of striking with the executive board. The proposition for a joint meeting was acceptable to the Knights of Labor. A Beer Boycott. Detroit, Nov. 25.—The trades council and district assembly of the Knights of Labor, representing about seven thousand members, last night put a boycott on the beer brewed by the Voight, Kling, Stroh, Gobel and Hauek brewing companies, the object being to break up the brewers’ association, which has been engaged in a long war with the brewers' union. The employing brewers talk of arresting some of the most prominent instigators of the boycott for conspiracy. Strike of Stove-Molders Ordered. Pittsburg, Nov. 25.—1 tis stated to-night by Stove-Molders' Union, No 14, that a strike in Dellaven & Co.'s stove foundry had been sanctioned, and that it would be ordered within the next forty-eight hours. The trouble originated several weeks ago, when the men asked for a general advance and were refused. The firm employs over one hundred men. Labor Notes. Philadelphia Record. Delegates representing 25.000 workmen met recently in Newcastle, England, to form a federation to promote the eight-hour movement. The organized carpenters of New York want a law passed by the Legislature to prevent pawnbrokers from taking mechanic's tools as pledges. The manager of the elevated railroads of New York give it out that a system of power by electricity is to be perfected and will soon be put in operation. The trade-unionists of New Jersey will not send an influential delegate to Columbus next month. The preference in that State is for the Knights of Labor. Eighty-eight firms or mills are engaged in the hosiery lockout in New York, where between 8.000 and 9.000 wage-workers are usually employed, Loss of wages so far, $300,000. The workingmen of New York expect to gain important concessions from the new Mayor on account of the big labor vote they polled. They will ask a right enforcement of several laws now a dead letter. Barrv and Carleton saw the seven condemned Anarchists in Chicago the other day, and told them that the action taken at Cleveland would be sustained by the order. Just what assistance is being rendered is not stated. The Knights in the knit-goods mills at Amsterdam, N. Y., held a meeting, and refused to go to work because of the refusal of their employers to make terms with their executive committee. The sum of $5,000 has been received. The introduction of bunching machines into the cigar trade is giving the cigarmakers something to discuss. It is impossible to keep the machines out, but it is hard for the journeymen to see their bread and butter vanishing from view. The letter-earners and collectors, when they heard of the commission sitting in the New York postoffice, were granted a request to be beard outside, and told stories of favoritism, alleged bribery and intimidation which, if true anti made public, will ereate a stir. The English and French manufacturers are strongly in favor of the government protecting the canal system agaiDSt railroad invasion, and believe that hauling by cafial will increase during the next few years. In this country it is not safe for a canal to be found out after mghtfalL A marked revival has set iu is the iron, steel, woolen and coal industiies in Great Britain. One firm refused an order of 15.000 tons of plates and ancles for ship building, and another bouse was offered enough work for a year, but both

were declined because foreign manufacturers believe there is an upward tendency in prices of work. Idle iron and steel works will shortly be put in operation. A shipment was made recently from South Wales of 38,140 tons of steel blooms for the United States. Large quantities have been forwarded also from Scotland and the northwest and northeast coasts. Welsh blast furnaces that have been idle for years are being put in blast. The executive board of the salespeople of New York, Brooklyn and vicinity, have issued an apoeal to the order not to purchase goods of any kind on Sunday, nor after 6 o’clock tn the evening. They are making a vigorous effort to put an end to evening and Sunday buvine. and thev have the earnest co-operation of the Knights of Labor everywhere. One St. Louis firm has just taken an order for nuts and bolts for 220 miles of road. Last year one order was for 430 miles. George Westinghouse, the inventor, will put $200,000 in an eight-story office building for his various companies in Pittsburg. The Sieelton (Pa.) works have 3.543 names on their pay-roll. The St. Louis Wire Company contemplates the removal of its entire works to Pittsburg, and will erect a 150-tons-per-day blast furnace. Col. A K. Owen’s co-onerative colony to be established in Sipaioa, Mexico, is attracting a great deal of attention among reformers of all hues throughout the country. It is backed by such men as ex-Secretary Windom. who has been instrumental in securing the promise of two thousand heads of families to remove there. Manufacturing establishments are to be established. Money enough has been raised to build factories, houses and mills and start a town at once. The matter has teen brewing for three or four years. Philadelphia will send a very respectable and intellectual contingent. The New York Labor Bureau will report in its next issue on strikes, boycotting, the eighthour movement, Saturday half-holidays, apprenticeship and manual training schools. The lowa Labor Bureau is investigating the screen system, wherein much injustice is alleged to be done to miners. The Kansas Labor Bureau has a full report ready on the shark money-lenders who charge high rates of interest for money. The Pennsylvania Bureau is investigating the condition of labor in the mines, scrip payments and company stores. The total result of these investigations will be to throw a flood of light upon the grievances from which labor, organized and unorganized, suffers. The trades-unionists p'ropose to organize upon a footing that will give them more control within themselves, and more influence without. On Mav 18 a national convention of thirty-two trades-unions was held in this city representing 367,736 members in good standing. Since then trades-union conventions have been held all over the country. It is now proposed to hold an annual trades congress for the formation of trades-unions, the organization of trades assembles. councils and central unious in every city in America, and to fonnd State trades assemblies, or congresses, to influence State legislation. The basis of the representation will be from national unions, one delegate for 4,000 members; two delegates for more than 4,000; three delegates for 8.000 or more; four delegates for 16.000 or more; five delegates for 32.000 or more, and so on. The carpenters, coal miners, cigar-makers, iron-molders and iron and steel workers are at the bottom of the movement. California, New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio and New Jersey have abolished the contract system in their penal institutions. The system prevails in eighteen States. The lease system prevails in only one Northern State—Nebraska —bnt it prevails in ten Southern States. Twen-ty-seven States have a greater or less Dumber of prisoners at work on the public-account system. Eight States have some portion of their convicts at work on the piece-price plan, and two of them their entire prison force. The available prison statistics cover 108 penal institutions in fortyfour States and Territories, where 57.331 inmates are confined. Os this number 52.729 are at work. Os these 14.939 are at work under the contract system, 9.291 are leased out. 2.980 are employed on the piece-price plan, 16,679 are era ployed on public account, kndß.Bso are employed in prison duties. There are 883 prisoners out of 2,060 making boots and shoes ip the Illinois orisons, and in six Western States, viz., Indiana, Ohio, Michigan, Wisconsin. lowa and Missouri, 6.854 are employed in shoe factories outside of prisons, and 1,431 in prisons. Those who have officially investigated the relations Detween free and convict labor state that there are strong grounds for the opposition of organized labor to the whole convict-labor system. TELEGRAPHIC BREVITIES. Mrs. Joseph Hazeltine, of Sanborn, D. TANARUS., was lost in a blizzard on Monday night, and when found was so badly frozen that her recovery is doubtful. Her husband is somewhere in Montana. A widow named Pemberton, residing four miles north of Russell. Kan., was accidentally shot and killed, yesterday afternoon, by her son, aged sixteen. Another case of “didn’t know it was loaded.” Two children named Meisal were frozen to death ten miles north of Mandan, D. TANARUS., while looking for lost stock. Two young men, brothers, named Sims, were frozen to death while returning from work. Clement Snyder, proprietor of a beer carder, at Tiffin, 0., and a ward politician, shot himself through the heart yesterday. He lived forty minutes after committing the act, and when asked his reason only replied. “I am sorry.” He celebrated his fifty-fourth birthday last Tuesday. The heavy cloth curtain which, during the daytime, covers the electric ligltf lenses on the Statue of Liberty, at New Yorkycaugbt fire on Monday night and fell on the light wood-work of the staircase in the interior of the statue. It was only by the hardest work that a bad fire was averted and the great statue saved from ruin. A cowardly and inhuman murder was committed about four miles southwest of Paris, Mo., Tuesday night, just at dark, a colored man, Owen Moore, being the victim. Moore had beea hauling wood to Paris. He was riding on the running gear of his wagon on his way home, and when near his house was snot by an unknown man in the right leg. Another load was emptied into h’s left leg, above the knee. Then the murderer beat his victim’s head almost into a pulp with the gun, breaking the skull. Not being satisfied with his savageness, he then cut Moore’s throat from ear to ear, slashed him across the face and across the left side of his head. Moore lived nearly an hour in this condition. Business Embarrassments. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Bloomington, Ills., Nov. 25.—F. C. Roberts, proprietor of the Roberts Hotel, of this city, failed in business to-day, the sheriff taking possession of his place by virtue of a confessed judgment of SSOO. Roberts's liabilities are $1,600, and his assets probably half that sum. New Orleans, Nov. 25.—Tho failure of E. L. Hudson <fc Cos., one of the largest commercial firms at Brandon, Miss., is reported. No statement of their assets or liabilities has been made public. Macon, Ga., Nov. 25.—Jacob Maas, of Cochran, has assigned, with liabilities between $40,000 and $50,000, and assets about the same amount. Sad Result of Mistaken Identity. Buchanan, Mich., Nov. 25.—Several weeks ago the body of a man was picked up near tbe depot in this city. It was supposed to be that of Mr. Beardsman, a Berrien county farmer, and word was sent to his wife. Mr. Beardsman was not the victim, but when he returned to his home to-day, he found bis wife’s black hair changed to snow white and her mind shattered so she did not know him. The identity of the body ha3 not yet been discovered. Attempted Wife Murder and Suicide. Wichita, Kan., Nov. 25—An aged man named Jefferson Bromley, who kept a railroad boardiDg-bouse on Water street, in this city, as -the result of a quarrel shot his wife with a bulldog pistol, and then placed the pistol to his own head and sent a ball through his brain, from the effects of which he immediately expired. The wife, it is thought, may live. Both were grayhaired and aged, and no reason is known for the crime further than that they quarreled often and bitterly. Arouse the faculties, stimulate the eircnlalation, purify the blood by using Ayer’s Sarsaparilla.

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY. Names of Members Elect, with Their Districts and Postoffice Addresses. The following is a list of the members of the General Assembly, as appears npon the face of the returns. As is known, the seats of many are contested, and the political complexion of the Legislature as it shall finally be determined may not be shown in this list: The Senate. REPUBLICAN HOLD-OVER SENATORS. DeKalb and Noble counties—N. Ensloy, Aubnrn. Delaware and Randolph—J. W. Macy, Winchester. Elkhart—W. T. I >avis, Goshen. Fayette and Henry—J. N. Huston. Connersville. Fountain and Warren— A. Marshall, Harveysburg. Hamilton ank Tipton—C. C. Duncan. Sharpsville. Hendricks and Putnam —L. M. Campbell. Danville. Kosciusko and Wabash—George Moon, Warsaw. Lagrange and Steuben—J. S. Drake, Lagrange. Marion—F. Winter, Indianapolis. Total—lo. REPUBLICAN SENATORS ELECTED. Cass—A. R Sehrover, Logan sport. Howard and Miami—B. F. Harness. Kokomo. I.ake and Porter—Mark L. DeMott, Valparaiso. Parke and Vermillion—Robert B. Sears, Newport. Tippecanoe—Jasper M. Dresser, Lafayette. Wayne—Henry U. Johnson, Richmond. Benton, Newton and Jasper—Simon P. Thompson, Rensselaer. Lawrence and Jackson—W. N. McDonald, Seymour. Hancock and Rush—A. M. Kennedy, Rnshville. Total—9. DEMOCRATIC HOLD-OVER SENATORS. Boone Clinton and Montgomery (2) —D. C. Bryant, Frankfort; S. Peters. Bowers. Carroll, White and Pulaski—E. B. Sellers. Monticell o. Clark, Scott and Jennings—A. G. Smith, North Vernon. Clay and Owen—f. H. Fowler. Spencer. Decatur anil Shelby—F. 51. Howard. St. Paul. Floyd and Washington— John S. Pay, New Albany. Fulton and Marshall—V. Zimmerman, Rochester. Hancock. Marion and Shelby—Leon O. Bailey, Indianapolis. LaPorte—Morgan Weir. LaPorte. Marion—W. C. Thompson. Indianapolis. Vanderburg—Wo. Rahm, jr., Evansville. Vigo—P. Schloss, Terre Haute. Grant and Madison—S. S. Shirley, Marion. Total—l 4. DEMOCRATIC SENATORS ELECTED. Adams, Jay and Blackford—S. W. Hall. Geneva. Bartholomew, Brown and Monroe—W. C. Duncan, Noblesville. Brown, Johnson and Morgan—James F. Cox, Martinsville. Crawford, Orange and Harrison—James M. Andrew, Paoli. Dubois and Perry—Oscar A. Trippett, Jasper. Daviess and Martin—C. K. Tharp, Washington. Franklin, Union and Ripley—S. E. Urmston, Brookville. Greene and Sullivan—Liberty P. Mullinix, Worthington. Knox and Pike—William W. Berry, Wheatland. Dearborn, Ohio and Switzerland—Francis M. Griffith. Vevay. Huntington and Wells —J. H. C. Smith, Bluffton. Allen - James M Barrett. Fort Wayne. St. Joseph and Starke—Timothy E. Howard, South Bend. Allen and Whitley—T. B. McDonald, Columbia City. Spencer and Warrick—Hiram W. Logsdon, Rockport. 4 Clark and Jefferson—David McClure, Jeffersonville. Posey and Gibson—J. W. French, Mount Vernon. Total—l 7. House. REPUBLICANS ELECTED. Benton and Warren—George E. Nolin, Boswell. Clinton and Tippecanoe—Robert Carrick, Frankfort. Daviess—VV. R. Gardiner. Washington. Delaware—Joseph S. Buckles, Muncie. Decatur—W. R. Pleak, Adams. Elkhart—John E. Thompson, Benton. Fayette & and Henry—William Grose, New Castle. Gibson —J. M. Alontgomery, Princeton. Grant—M. S. Friend, Hackleman. Greene- John D. Alexander, Bloomfield. Hamilton—Lafayette Ousler, Noblesville. Hendricks—Jacob H. Fleece. North Salem. Henry—William A. Brown. New Castle. Howard—John A. Loop, Kokomo. Jasper and Newton—lsaac D. Dunn, Test. Jefferson—John W. Linck, Madison. Kosciusko—Daniel Miher, Sidney. Lagrange—John Kelley. Brighton. I.ake—Joseph A. Little. Lowell. Montgomery—Hannibal Trout, Crawfordsville. 51 organ —Alfred W. Scott, Martinsville. Noble—Hiram McCrea, Kendallville. Parke—George W. Hobson. Marshall. Porter—Nelson Barnard. Westville. QRandolph —Jonah L. Catey, Carlos City. Rush—Thomas M. Green. Rnshville. Steuben—E. A. Davis, Angola. Tippecanoe—Job Osborn, Farmers’ Institute. Wabash—Warren G. Sayre, Wabash. Wayne (2) —Joseph A. Commons, Centerville; E. B. Reynolds, Hagerstown. Huntington—C. E. Briant. Huntington. Clinton—David J. McMath. Pickard’s Mills. Vanderburg (2) —Jacob Covort and Philip Kline. Orange and Crawford—S. B. A. Conger, Paoli. DeKalb—Jacob B. Leeghty, Blair. Fulton—W. I. Howard. Rochester. DeKalb, Noble and Elkhart—W. M. Van Slyke, Gosport. Pike—Joseph Stubblefiold. Carroll—Charles Harley, Delphi. V T arrick—Edward Gough, Boon villa. Perry—Henry Groves. Boone—Jame3 H. Kelly, Now Brunswick. Fountain—Prior Coates. Harveysburg. Gibson, Knox and Vanderburg—R. L. Mackey, Vincennes. Hancock—Rev. W. T. Ackman, Fortville. Hancock, Shelby and Marion—Sidney Conger. Flat Rock. Marion (3) —John L. Griffiths, John Cavon, William Morse. Indianapolis. Ripley—Donald MeCallum, Benham’s Store. Spencer—Samuel Kercheval, Kercheval P. O. V igo—Wesley Glover. Terre Haute. Washington—L. B. Sinclair, Salem. Total—ss. DEMOCRATS ELECTED. Adams and Jay—S. S. Selvev, Dunkirk, Adams, Jay and Blackford—Elisha Pierce, Hartford City. Bartholomew—James T. Galbreath, Columbus. Brown ami Monroe—C. P. Werrell, Bloomington. Cass—L. B. Custer, Logansport. Clark—Willis L. Barnes, Charlestown. Clay-—William Connelly. Clay City. Dearborn—Omer F. Roberts, Lawrenceburg. Dearborn, Ohio and Switzerland— George S. Pleasants, Vevay. Dubois and Martin—Thomas M. Clark, Shoals. Dubois. Orange and Lawrence—Thomas B. Buskirk, Paoli. Floyd—Charles L. Jewett, Netv Albany. Franklin—Samuel S. Harrell, Brookviile. Franklin, Union and Ripley—Thomas W. Sunmau, Sunman Station. Harrison—Smith Askren, Corydon. Jackson—William H. Shields, Rockford. Johnson—Jacob L. White. Franklin. Knox—Mason J. Niblack, Vincennes. LaPorte—William Blinks, LaPorte. Madison —Frank P. Foster, Anderson. Marshall—Charles P. Killison, Plymouth. Miami—Jabez F. Cox, Peru. Owen—John S. Montgomery, Quincy. Posey—William H. Whitworth, Mount Vernon. Pulaski and White—Simon Weyland. Pulaski, Starke and LaPorte—Sylvester Bertram, Knox. Putnam—John R. Gordon, Greencastle. Shelby—Charles Major, Mhelbyville. Sullivan—James B. Patton, Sullivan. Wells—Levi Mock, Bluffton. Whitley—Martin I. Garrison, Columbia City. Scott and Jennings—Charles W. Crusou, Scottsburg. Allen —(2) W. M. Shambaugh and Austin M. Darrach. m Cass and Miami—Charles G. Cox, New Waverly. Clark, Floyd and Jefferson—John R. Cushman, Madison. Clay. Putnam and Montgomery—F. J. S. Robinson. Marion—(2) John Schley and Daniel Foley, Indianapolis. St. Joseph—f 2) William H. Stull, South Bend, and Edward H. Metzger. Pleasant. Lake. Tipton—James I. Parker. Tipton. Sullivan, Vigo and Vermillion—John T. Beaslev. Stillivan. Vigo—Cornelius Meagher, Terre Haute. Total—4s. Snra in ary. Senate—Republicans, 19; Democrats. 31. House —Republicans, 55; Democrats, 45. Democratic majority on joint ballot, 2. A Hint to Preachers. Brooklyn Citizen. If our Dreachers would take the trouble to mil*, their dissertations with fresh air they would bo amazed to find how much effort it would savt them, mu6cularly, vocally and sensationally, in keeping their congregations awake. And they would measurably destroy the charters of the irreligious societies. Five Lives Lost by an Explosion. New York, Nov. 25. —The boiler of the tugboat Sunbeam exploded this afternoon at the foot of Eiehth street, East river, sinking the tug and instantly killing five men. From what can be learned of the accident, it appears that while the tug was making fast to the schooner James

H. Deputy, of Bath, Me., her boiler blew up with a terrific report, instantly killing four of the tug’s crew, and knocking overboard and drowning William Hodgkins, one of the crew of the schooner. Two others were knocked down by the force of the explosion and slightly injured. Two mutilated bodies were recovered near the scene of the accident and sent to the morgue. The Nnn of Kentnare Dying. New ork, Nov. 25 —In Roosevelt Hospital, where she has lain suffering for several months, it is thought that Sister Mary Frances Clare, the Nun of Kenroare. is now dying. Sister Clare entered the hospital at the request of Dr. Sands. She was known to be afflicted by a complication of beart and liver troubles, together with a slight dropsical malady. Since she left the convent on the west coast of Ireland, from which she gained the now world-famous name of Nun of Ken more, by her remarkable energy in behalf o' tt -rying populace of thatcountry during the famine of 1880 and 1881, she has been incessantly at work among the poor. To her is due as much credit in arousing American interest in Irish affairs as to any orator who has appealed to the -ople ot this country for the cause. A Clt man's Wicked Brother. Toronto. Not. 25. —1n the trial of the case of Zebre Mercier against the Rev. Father Lynch, for seduction, to-day, tbe defendant testified that he was absolutely innocent of the charge. The defendant’s brother. Peter Lynch, was called and was asked whether he (the witness) was the guilty party. The judge insisted upon an answer. and the witness finally replied in the affirmative. The sister of the plaintiff deposed that she had accidentally been an eye-witness of proceedings involving the guilt of the defendant. In bis evidence Peter Lynch produced a receipt for $125. purporting to have been signed by the plaintiff on being banded money by Peter Lvneb. The plaintiff has commenced criminal proceedings against Peter Lynch. * Steamship News. New York, Nov. 25.—Arrived: Nevada, Spain, from Liverpool. Care of Apple Trees. Country Gentleman. The present is a good time to trim apple trees. When the object is to raise a good crop of excellent quality, trim the trees in the month of October or November. In October, befoie the leaves fall, one can easily pick out the diseased limbs by the leaves, which are not so thrifty in appearance, and also by their color. Cut out all such limbs this autumn. If the tree has borne fruit largely, and tbe top has stopped growing, and a few sprouts have started from the main limbs, leave part of them which startout on the upper side of the limb to make anew top. Iu a few years you can improve your trees in thrift and bearing conditions. Where the trees are from eight inches to fifteen inches through, and have been largo bearers, and the owner intends to graft the next year, they should have all sickly limbs trimmed out this month. Leave some thrifty sprouts that grow on the upper side of the limbs, for such make a stronger tree and better bearer. Regarding tbe varieties to graft, the grower should be governed by the market to which he sends his fruit. When the native tree bears apples which have any bitter taste in them the grafter should use scions from some kind that has a strong acid taste, like the Baldwin.' Never use sweet scions or those of a mild sour, for those do not exercise so strong an influence over the tree. Cuttings or Slips. Vick’s Magazine. When I was a boy nearly everything was increased from slips, and I am not sure that the more modern and cow general practice of taking cuttings is more successful than the old plan of slipping off short axillary roots with a heel, instead of cutting them with a knife. If ever I feel the least doubtful as to which method is best, 1 try both ways, and after some little experience in • this line, .1 find the balance in favor of the slips. Milky plants, such as eaphorbia jacquiniaeflora, often fail as cuttings. but short growths stripped off grow well. Pinks, carnations, cloves and mule piuks, or.osma tauncum, small veronicas, etc., we propagate quite successfully from slips under cap-glasses or hand-lights on a sandy border, Hollow-stalked pansy cuttings generally fail to grow, but the same growths slipped off at the crown and inserted deeply in sandy soil grow quite freely. Os course, facilities for the rooting of cuttings are now greatly improved, yet for hardy plants, more especially, I believe we might return to the old-fashioned habit of planting slips of many things with advantage, and especially when cuttings have been tried, and failed. Large profits do not always depend upon large crops One may grow an extraordinary large crop, but the expeuse of so doing may balance the receipts. Low prices also have an influence when crops are good in all sections. The profits depend upon the securing of the greatest amount at the least possible cost. unqualifiedly indorsed by the State Assayer of Massachusetts.

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