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to return to Washington, bnt without any anparent effect His son has rande several visits to Detroit recently for the purpose of making an effort to induce his father to return to Washington and take his seat in the Senate on the 4th of December, but be, too, failed to make any impression upon the mind of his eccentric sire. Now the suggestion of cutting off the Senator’s pay is being discupsed, for the purpose, it is said, of forcing him to return when Congress assembles and perform the duties for which he was elected. It is thought that if his sl3 a day is cut off as a source of revenue he might be forced back. A formal complaint may, therefore, be made, charging that the Florida Senator is absent and is not entitled to compensation as a Senator. There is a law which provides that the pay of a member of Congress shall be deducted from the monthly payments of each month for each day that he has been absent from the Senate or House, respectively, unless the absent member assigns as a reason for such absence the sickness of himself or of some member of his family. This law has. however, never been enforced, but the proposition to apply it to Senator Jones in order to force him to return is being discussed. It may be that a formal complaint of this character will be filed with the Secretary of the Senate with a view to stopping Mr. Joues's pay. He conld possibly assign as the reason for his absence that he La been, and is yet, "lovesick." Senator Jones’s terra in the Senate will expire on the 3d of March next, when his pay as Senator will necessarily stop. It is not probable, in view of bis eccentricities, that he will be elected to succeed himself. MINOR MATTERS. Secretary Whitney Orders the Discharge of Civil Employes In the Navy-Yard. Washington, Nov. 26.—Secretary Whitney has issued an order for the discharge of all the employes in the civil establishments of the Washington navy-yard, with the exception of a foreman and clerk for each department of the yard. The Star to night says: "When the Seeretary issued his order turning the yard over to the Ordnance and directing the discharge of employes in the departments abolished by the order, advantage was taken of the provision for keeping enough force to pack up the goods of the different branches and to retain tlie civil establishments in the various departments. The work of packing up will be done hereafter by employing laborers, the Secretary not believing in retaining clerks, watchmen and messengers for laborers' work. A dozen employes under the Bureau of Yards and Docks and about thirty under the Steamengineering Bureau will be included in the discharges, as well as employes under other bureaus which have been abolished." General and Personal. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Washington, Nov. 26.—-Secretary Manning to-day approved the bond of Louis J. Wisener, surveyor of the port of Michigan City. The bond is for SI,OOO. Judge Richardson, of Evansville, is here. Joel W. Hiatt, of New Harmony, superintendent of the Clerk’s document-room of the House of Representatives, has received a memorial, signed by a large number of influential citizens of Indiana, which he will present to the joint congressional committee on library, of which Senator Voorhees is chairman, asking for an appropriation for a statue to Robert Dale Owen, the Hoosier statesman, who orignated the idea Os the Smithsonian Institution here, and who was a member of its first board of regents. John A. Davison of Stip’sHiil, Ind; Joseph R. Griggs, of Roekport; Alvin Russell, of Butler’s Switch, and Jacob Bollinger, of Tell City, were to day admitted to practice before the interior Department The English postoffice department in London having decided that American postal cards addressed by a label machine cannot be delivered in that country, the Postmaster-general will request the British postal authorities to reconsider their decision. The postal treaty provides that nothing shall be attached to postal cards except A postage stamp.

HEED’S STEALINGS. Forgery Added to the Crime of Embezzlement —The Exact Amount Not Yet Known. Boston, Nov. 26.—1 t has been discovered that William lteed, late treasurer of the South Boston Horse-railroad Company, who is now under arrest for the embezzlement of over SIOO,OOO, also added forgery to his crime, the signatures of President Hersey to certain certificates being pronounced forgeries by that gentleman. Hitherto it bad been believed that most of the stock overissued by Reed was issued during the late President Crosby’s administration, and that fraud was made possible by Mr. Crosby’s habit of signing certificates in blank. It is now stated, however, that a large proportion of the certificates outstanding, and which are mostly held by brokers as collateral for margins on stocks, bear President Hersey’s signature. Mr. Hersey states tbnt for all certificates signed by himself he has a duplicate check which will enable him to identify every certificate he has issued. It is believed that there are about 400 shares of over issued stock outstanding. The directors have not yet derided whether or not they will prosecute Reed for forgery, but they will probably hold a meeting within a week, when a course of action will be mapped out. It is learned that stock of the Mexican Telephone Company, of which Reed was also treasurer. lias been overissued to the amount of s!>.SCO. Although the par value of the stock is SSO per share it is now quoted at $l5O, and the loss bv the overissue would probably fall little short oi $15,000. To offset this, however, a director states that the company is indebted to Reed for money advanced for construction, and that the actual loss to the cc • ipany will not exceed $1,500 or $2,000. Reed is known to have made false reports to the directors of the condition cf the railroad company, increasing its assets and reducing its liabilities, and the amount of his embezzlement therebv was enlarged several thousand dollars. Nothing can be ascertained as to the exact amount of his pilferings. and no statement cau be made until the expert completes the examination of the company’s affairs. Convention of Railway Section Foremen. f’oi'Non, Bluffs. la., Nov. 26.—The railway section foremen of North America met in convention at the Pacific House, in this city, Nov. 25 and 26. and organized the Brotherhood of Railway Section Foremen of North America for the mutual benefit of the railway section foremen, embracing all foremen between the Atlantic. A Pacific; also, to bring more proficiency in the track department, for the better protection of the traveling community at large and for the safety of their fellow employes on tram service. The following officers were elected: M. Melnter, first grand chief foreman, Mount Auburn, la.: A. B. Coughlin, vice grand chief foreman, Stanberry, Mo.; ’M. S. Scanlon, grand secretary and treasurer. Council Bluffs; R. A. Oren, secretary and treasurer of insurance department, Mount Auburn, la. The grand secretary’s office is to be located in Council Bluffs. There were several representatives of track appliances present at the convention. and delegates present from all over the United States. The convention adiourned to meet in Couucil Bluff* the first Wednesday and Thursday after the first Monday in October 1887. Fatally Stabbed by Her Husband. Chicago. Nov. 26.—Mrs. Laura Jansen, residing at No. 231 Oak street, was stabbed three times by her husband, Henrv Jansen, about 3 o’clock this morning, and cannot live through the day. According to her ante-mortem statement, which she gave in an almost inaudible whisoer, sho was awakened about 3 o’clock this morning bv her husband, who had not retired, and who, when she rose up, immediately stabbed her as related. He was arrested shortly afterward, and is evidently insane. Mrs. Jansen was the widow of a man named Ernur, and was married to Jansen one year ago. ‘ My time Is up,” said the doctor to the patient, whom he found using Dr. Bull's Cough Syrup, And be was correct, for that cough was soon a thing of the past. Pries 25 ceuts.

A STRIKE’S INSIDE HISTORY. How Twenty Thousand Men in Chicago’s Packing-Houses Were Duped. Interesting Review of the Late Stockyards Troubles—Action of Barry and Butler— What Was Done by a Solicitous Pastor. Chicago, Nov. 26.—The News to-day prints the following: Labor troubles in the stockyards began with the Lake Shore strike in April. Then the eight hour question was raised in the pack-ing-houses, generally attributed to A. C. Foster,, the then superintendent of Swift & Co.'s slaughter-house. It was said that Mr. Foster had been instructed to prepare notices to the effect that the eight-hour day would be adopted by the firm. These notices were to be posted only in case the men decided upon a strike, but Mr. Foster is charged with having posted them without Mr. Swift’s sanction. The other firms were compelled to follow Mr. Swift’s action, which, it will be remembered, was held to be unexplainable at tbat time. Mr. Foster subsequently became a candidate for sheriff before the Republican convention, but was defeated for the nomination. Then he dropped out of Swift & Co.’s employ. Some hold that his resignation was asked by the firm, while others claim that he resigned voluntarily in order to become manager for the Marquis de Morse new packing establishment in Kansaß City. A great many of the old men who have not yet presented themselves for work since Powderlv’s famous order will find employment under Mr. Foster. After the eight-hour day had been established there was no organized effort on the part of the packers to return to the ten-bour system until Oct. 1, many rumors to the contrary notwithstanding. The men at first worked with a will, and actually succeeded in accomplishing as much work in eight hours as they used to do in ten. But this proved only a spurt, and such a condition of things occurred in the early part of October that the packers felt called upon to organize. The Packers' Association was formed, and Oct. 14 was fixed upon as the date for the. resumption of work at the basis of ten hours a day. Supposing that they would be backed by the Knights of Labor, the men rebelled and all went out, except the beef butchers, who had a contract with the firms of Armour, Swift and Morris requiring four days’ notice before opening of hostilities. Despite this agreement the beef butchers of Armour & Cos. were ordered out on the following Thursday by District Master Workmnu Butler, who deliberately broke the existing contract. T. P. Barry also arrived upon the scene. He statod to newspaper reporters that he had been instructed by Powderly to settle the difficulty, and to members of the Knights of Labor he said that he bad simply been sent to investigate. The convention at Richmond was then in session, balloting for members of the general executive board, and Barry had his own election in view. At the same tome Butler had made his debut in the town of Lake politics under the guidance of Commissioner "Buck” McCarthy. Butler bad been notified by Master Workman Gaunt, of the Butchers’ assembly, of the existing agreement, but, as has been said, he ignored it. The butchers of Armour & Cos were loath to obey Butler’s order, but the presence of Barry, who was a member of the general executive board of the order, reassured them to a certain degree. The executive board of the local assembly, however, concluded to get Mr Powderly's views, and it sent the following telegram: T. V. Powderly. hichmond, Va.: Has executive board of district 57 power to repudiate agreement made by the executive board of local assembly 7802. and in a clause of which rends: "One day shall be considered sufficient time for calling a meeting of both parties of first and second parts, and no definite action shall taken inside of three days after such a meeting! Have they the power to call out men governed by this schedule, without complying with this clause, that are working eight hours a day?

To this question Mr. Powderly vouchsafed no direct reply, but he did send, so it appears, an answer to Mr. Barry, who asked the executive board of the local assembly the following day regarding the existence of the agreement with the packers. Mr. Barry investigated the matter, and found that Master Workman Butler bad made a mistake. Mr. Barry wanted the butchers to return to work, but the damage had been done. Mr. Butler, as usual, made evasive replies, being always prone to advance his own political chances rather than the strike. Nobody wag in reality looking after the interests of the 18,500 men who had been allured into a strike. In the meantime the packers were making extensive preparations for a long fight. The more determined the packers showed themselves, the roora desperate became that portion of the strikers which hung nbout the yards. When things looked bad for the men Mr. Barry had been re-elected member of the general executive board, and then be concluded upon immediate steps. But here he met with determined resistance on the part of the packers, who would not recede from the position taken. On the night of Friday, Oct. 22. Mr. Barry informed the reporters that the strike was on and that it was now a question of endurance. This was immediately after a conference with P. D. Armour and S. W. Alierton. Mr. Barry then made bis threat of a geoerai boycott. While he was talking loud about extreme measures other men were trying to heal the breach between employers and employes. Notable among them was Father Flannagan, pastor of St. Ann’s Church in Englewood. He sent the following to the general master workman: St. Ann’s Church. T V. Powderly, Richmond, Va.: In behalf of the 20,000 employes of the Union Stockyards, and their families. I send this telegram to say that something must be done, and done at once, or the misery and suffering of these people must endure in the near future will be fearful to contemplate. The packers are fully determined that, under no circumstances. can they afford, here in Chicago, to work on the eight-hour-a day basis, while in the rest of the country work is done on the ten-hour-a-day basis, while they are ready to do so just as soon as the shorter day becomes universal, so that all may stand on the same level. At the same time they are resolved to carry on their business. They are importing and will continue to import foreign workmen, and unless this disagreement he immediately settled this immense army of workmen, some of whom have labored here many years, many of whom have their homes and families here, will find themselves replaced by others, and never be tsken hack. You are known all over this conntry as a man of rare good judgment, cool and self-poised, and judicious on every side, and I have no doubt that were you here, or would take this matter in hand, you would settle a difficulty so full of dreadful possibilities in a very short time, and settle it effectually. In your whole life I do not think you will ever again even have an opportunity of doing such a service to so vast a number as in this instance. I believe it is your duty to do what you can in the interest of peace and humanity, and I am confident you will regard it in the same light. It is for this reason, and this lone, that I speak this word. I have been pastor of this church and in this neighborhood for many years. I am thoroughly conversant with the circumstances and the condition of the great majority of these people. 1 clearly foresee the poverty and suffering that are sure to follow, and the crime and bloodshed that will almost certainly follow in the wake of this strike if it be permitted to drift along to the inevitable catastrophe. P. M. Flannagan, Pastor St. Ann’s Chntch, Fifty-fifth street and Wentworth avenue, Englewood, 111. Barry was immediately telegraphed to order the men back to work, but he did not do so until the following Sunday. Among the most violent opponents to this order were Master Workman Butler and his immediate followers. It is said that be told Barry that the order to resume work would cost him 2,000 votes at the approaching election. Mr. Barry was stunned at this revelation of politics in a matter concerning the daily bread of nearly twenty thousand people, and he divested Mr. Butler and the executive board of tbe district of all power to create another strike, instituting the famous committee five, which was to tide all difficulties over till after tbe November elections. This committee was to have complete authority in Mr. Barry’s absence in regard to all matters connected with stockyards labor troubles To this same committee Mr. Barry stated that he had seen Messrs. Kent and Fowler, and tbat between Nov. 7 and 10 the men employed by these firms were to evince a spirit of discontent. About

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tbAt time these men were to go out on an eighthour strike, but they were not to get past the offices of the firms before they were to he ordered back at the rate of nine hours’ pay for eight hours’ work. It was supposed that the other bouses would follow the precedent thus set The men were ordered back upon two orders—one to the pork-stickers, providing for ten hours’ work, and the other for the beef butchers for eight hours’ work. It appears that Armour's beef men misunderstood the order, and went back at the ten-honr svstem. The firms of Swift and Morris conld not compete with Armour under the circumstances, and notified their men that they would have to return to the tenhour day, too. The local cattle butchers’ assembly decided that it would not be policy to strike, and appointed a committee to secure tho best terras possible. This they did in having wages raised from $24 to $27 a week for the butchers, other wages being increased in proportion. Mr. Butler, who in the meantime had become convinced that he was fighting a losing fight politically, disagreed with the cattle butchers. The committee of five appointed by Mr. Barry was overthrown, and a committee of twentv-three, of which Mr. Butler was made chairman, was instituted. This was illegal, according to the constitution of the Knights of Labor, because it disregarded the order of the general executive board. It was plainly Mr. Butler’s intention to have another strike. After Swift’s men had ratified the agreement two drunken Bohemians carried the discontent fnto the houses of the firm. Some of the dissatisfied men at once laid down their tools, a rush was made to other houses, but the men of Armour and Fowler remained firm. The following day was election day. and everybody who was on a strike voted for M. J. Butler. The latter called out Armour’s men on the Thursday succeeding the election. Master Work man Gaunt objected, but he was told by E. J. Condon that the order had been sent with the Michigan agitator’s sanction. When Mr. Butler was asked, the following morning, why he had issued the order, he appeared amazed, and said the executive board of the cattle butchers was responsible. Investigation proved that Butler’s name was attached to the order: "Per W. G Marshall, secretary of District 57." It is too well known how quickly the strike became general, how Mr. Barry appeared for the second time, and how he began to equivocate again when it was attempted to settle the responsibility for the strike. The conservative element soon Raw that the order to go out was illegal, bnt Mr. Butler’s followers did not stop. Master Workman Gaunt. E. B. Harper, and Thomas Dolan were expelled from tne order. Harper, it was claimed, betrayed the FowlerKent scheme to Armour, while it is known tbat the packers’ Association had someone in the committee of twenty-three managing the strike. W. C. Marshall, on the other hand, was in reality the favurite of Kent, holding a responsible position in the Chicago Packing and Provision Company. He has just now returned to his old position. While both Barry nnd Butler were juggling with the men, A. A. Carlton, the special messenger of Mr. Powderly, came, and he reported promptly to his chief what he found. Theh came Powderly’s order of Nov. 10, which was suppressed for four days because it was disagreeable to Barry.

ARRAIGNING A LAWYER. Henry R. Garrett Charged with the Embezzlement of Twelve l’hoosand Dollars. New York, Nov. 26.—Lawyer Henry D. Garrett, who was arrested some days ago, was arraigned in the Police Court to-day, charged by Mrs. Rosaline Charpentier with the embezzlement of $12,000, intrusted to him by her with which to effect a settlement with tho claimants against the McCardle estate i.i California. Mr. Garrett came into prominence last spring through being engaged to prosecute the claims of the wrecked passengers ot the Cunard steamer Oregon, which sank off this port, one day last spring. He is a member of the bar of high standing. He was married in July to the daughter of a prominent politician, and went on a wedding trip to Japan, via San Francisqo. Before he married, Mr. Garrett boarded with -Mrs. Charpentier. The complaint alleges that Mr. Garrett was engaged to marry her daughter Eugenia, and through that fact she was led to intrust him with the care of her business. He is alleged to have represented to McCardle that the claims of the heirs could be purchased for $3,000 each, and as he was to go to California on business he could settle the claims while away. Mrs. Charpentier alleges that she has since beon told by a Mrs. Pearsall, one of tbe heirs, that the claims were purchased by Garrett for $75 each. To this complaint Mr. Garrett replies, charging an attempt at black-mail and do nying that he had ever received the $12,000, or that he was ever engaged to the daughter. The latter in court to-day swore that she saw her mother pay the $12,000 to Mr. Garrett, and he told her mother the mony was to pay the McCardle heirs with. Mrs. Charpentier corroborated her daughter’s testimony, and added that she gave the lawyer $350 besides for the expense of the trip. Mrs. Pearsall testified that she received $75 from Garrett, and not $3,000. Burial of H. M. Hoxle’g Remains. Des Moines, Nov. 26 —The funeral of the late H. M. Hoxie occurred here to-day. A special train of six cars, on the Rock Island road, brought the body and the funeral party from Chicago, reaching here about noon. In the party were representatives of all the leading railroads entering Chicago. A special train of seven Pullman coaches arrived from St. Louis about the same time, bringing tho leading officials of the Missouri Pacific and some forty of the leading business men of St. Louis, headed by ex-Governor Stannard. The funeral exercises were held at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, &Dd were conducted by Kev. Dr. Van Antwerp. At the grave the exercises were simple and brief. Mr. Hoxie’s remains were buried at the side of *his only child, little Seward, who died in 1861. The two' special trains returned to Chicago and St. Louis this evening. Deadly Fight Between Partners. Albuquerque, N. M., Nov. 26—A horrible tragedy occurred near Hackberry, A. TANARUS., this afternoon. Charles Spencer and Charles Cohn, partners in stock-raising, were going to town in a wagon, when a dispute began over a settlement of accounts, and they fought two hours. Spencer threw a whisky bottle at Cohn, striking him in the face, knocking him down and cutting a frightful gasli. The latter, frenzied at the assault, rushed upon his partner with a pocket knife, and stabbed his body in several places and also severed the jugular vein. Cohn took the dead partner to town, and gave himself up to the officers. Settling the Claims of the Heirs. Milwaukee. Nov. 26.—The Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Panl Railroad Company has settled about half of the damage claims growing out of the disaster at East Rio, on the 28th ult. The husbands of Mrs. Scherer and Mrs. Johns, of Winona, Minn., have each received their money. The amounts given cannot be ascertained, but the first settlement was made at the rate of $3,000 each. The law provides that the damages in each case shall not exceed $5,000. A commercial traveler for a New York house has filed a claim for the loss of anew trunk and four quarts of whisky. A Run on a Hank Promptly Met. Davenport, la., Nov. 26,—Same excitement existed here to-day over the generally circulated rumor that the German Savings Bank was insolvent At the oponine of the bank, this morning, quite a crowd gathered at the doors. They entered the bank only to find their demands for money promptly met The friends of the bank improved tbe occasion to make deposits freely. There a not a shadow of foundation for the rumor, which is believed to have been started by interested parties. Milts Bnrned. Boston, Nov. 26.—Charles Draper & Son's two rubber boot-liniug mills, situated a mile apart, at Canton, were burned about the same time to-night It is believed they were set on fire. The loss is $35,000; insured for two-thirds. * • 11 ' Clothing Failure. Mii.waukf.k, Nov. 26.—L. Abrahams & Cos., elotnine manufacturers, failed to-day. Liabilities, $60,000,

TERRIBLE MINE EXPLOSION. Frightful Result of the Carelessness of an Anthracite Coal Digger. Twelve Men Fatally Bruised apd Burned, and Scores of Others Horribly Scarred and Maimed for Life—Some Pitiful Scenes. Special to the Indianapolis JournaL * Wilrksbarre, Pa., Nov. 26.—At ten minutes past 7 o’clock this morning a terrible explosion of fire damp occurred at the ConyDgham shaft, owned and operated by the Dela ware & Hudson Canal Company, and located in the Second ward of this city. The block breaker rises in the centre of a field off a main road, which was today covered with six inches of snow. About fifty men had gone down into the mine and were sitting in groups about the bottom of tbe shaft, which is nearly 800 feet below the surface, waiting for orders to go to work. No work had been done yesterday on account of Thanksgiving. While the miners were engaged in genial chats about the happy holiday, the thundering report of an explosion rang through the dark corridors, and in a second the frantic men hurried to the foot of the shaft, all anxiously peering upwards. In less time than it takes to tell it the deadly east flame circled around their heads, and agonizing screams rent the air. Many fell at once in a heap, while others, less injured, dropped on their keens and stuck their blistered heads into the stream of water that ran along the gangway. The fact that the men were in such close proximity to the bottom of the shaft, rendered their removal to the surface an expeditious matter. In two hours all were safely taken up.

As they came up to the surface, two or three at a time, the horror-stricken crowds at the mouth of the shaft peered anxiously at the faces of the men. It was impossible to recognize any of them at that time. In some instances the skin had been ripped off in masses, leaving the purple flesh exposed, which in turn was begrimed with coal dirt to an extent that made the facial disfigurement horrible to look at As each man was lifted from the cage a thick blanket was at once thrown completely over him and he was hurried away to one of the neighboring offices. Subsequently all were placed in waiting vehicles and taken to their respective homes. All sorts of conveyances were sent to the scene of tbe disaster. It was a cruel sight. Many of the sufferers were passed into common coal carts and jolted over rickety roads and pavements. Your correspondent talked with Mike Clinton, one of the men who escaped injury. He said: "We were all at the foot of the shaft, waiting for orders to go to work. It was about ten minutes past 7. The inside boss had not arrived. Most of the men were seated in groups. Suddenly a terrific explosion was heard, and in an instant we were all thrown down on the bottom of the gangway. Some of the men drove their faces into the running water. The water was up to the rail, and we did not know whether we could work until it was removed.” A laborer uamed Cornelius O’Boyle walked to a chamber across which a little board was stork veith the word "Gas” on it. He either did not see it, or was careless. Anyway, he went in with his open lamp, and this set fire to tbe gas and caused the explosion. Fire bosses William Evans and William Williams, both Welshmen, were taken out terribly burned. Inside foreman David McDonald went down after the explosion, and was overcome by fire damp: he will recover. The explosion was the most serious that has occurred in the anthracite coal fields this year. It is now definitely known that forty-two men are severely bnrned and others slightly injured. Twelve of the men will die of their injuries. The scene at the colliery while the injured men were being taken from the shaft was terrible. A crowd of several hundred persons had gathered at the mouth of the shaft, amoog them the wives, and mothers, and daughters of the injured men. As they were taken out of the pit they were brought to the engine-house, and the women made desperate efforts to gain entrance. Their entreaties and frantic demonstrations of grief were heartrending, but they were sternly kept outside the building while the blackened, scorched and bleeding victims of the disaster were wrapped in blankets soaked in oil. The floor of the eneine-hotise was covered with writhing human forms so disfigured by the fire as to be unrecognizable. As fast as possible they were taken to the hospital or to their homes, and so rapidly was the work done that by 9 o’clock every one had been taken out and carried away. The recovery of the following is belived to be hopeless: Hugh Sweeney, aged twenty-seven, laborer, unmarried; Edward Kerns, aged twenty-nine, laborer, unmarried; Richard Coulter, aged twen-ty-six, miner, wife and family; Condy S. Hannon, aged thirty-one miner, wife and large family; Thomas O’Brien, aged thirty, miner, wife and large family; Cornelias Boyle, aged thirtyeight, miner, wife and family, reported dead; John Cannon, aged forty, miner, wife and family; Christopher Brundage, aged thirty-five, laborer, unmarried; Michael O’Brien, aged thirty, laborer, unmarried; Daniel Ferry, aged thirtytwo, miner, wife anvl large family; John Dougherty, aged tnirty-one, laborer, unmarried; Denis McCabe, aged forty, miner, unmarried.

A Substitute for Sugar. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. New York, Nov. 26.—The Evening Post says that a company has been formed in London and Antwerp for the manufacture of saccharine, a newly discovered substitute for sugar. It is a chemical product of coal tar, is far sweeter than sugar, and though it cannot yet be manufactured as successfully as sugar, yet its great sweetness makes it possible, by mixing small quantities of saccharine with larger quantities of cheap glucose, to produce a compound sweeter and cheaper than suear. The new product is expected to disastrously affect the sugar industry. Saccharine was discovered accidentally, seven years ago, by Dr. G Fahlberg, a chemist of New York, but it is only lately that, practical methods of manufacturing it were devised. Obituary. Cleveland, 0., Nov. 26—Edward Sheldon, cashier of the Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railway Company, died here to day. He was sixty-two years old and one of tho earliest railroad men in the West. Vancouver Barracks, W.T., Nov. 26.—Maj. Frauk E. Taylor, of Light Battery E, U. S. A., died suddenly, yesterday afternoon, of rheumatism of the heart. He leaves a widow and five children. He was appointed second lientenant of the First Artillery in 1861. The body will be sent East for burial. Steamship News. New York, Nov. 26.—Arrived: Aller, from Bremen. Queenstown, Nov. 26 —Arrived: Republic, from New York. London, Nov. 26.—Arrived: Assyrian Monarch, from New York. Southampton, Nov. 26, Arrived: Eider, from New York from Bremen. Incendiaries "Lost In the Woods.” Natchez, Miss., Nov. 26.—A report reached hero to-day of the lynching of the three incendiaries in Franklin county for burning Harrison Colcate’s cotton-gin house. There was a lot of cotton stored in the giu-bouse, and the negroes had stolen several bales of it and fired the building to conceal the theft They were arrested, and while being taken to jail were lost in the woods. _ Early yesterday morning a drunken tinker named Craft entered a saloon at Sturgis, D. TA NARUS., with a revolver in each hand, and "held up” everybody. finally shooting the bartender, Puck

Paterson, in the abdomen. He returned an hour later and attempted the same proceeding, when everybody opened fire on him. He was hit several times, but it is not known with what result. Paterson will probably die. REFORM IN MEXICO. Action That Will Have Important Inflnence in Developing the Country’s Commerce. Citt of Mexico, Nov. 26. —An important economic reform was formally proclaimed today. A movement has been going on for some time for putting an end to the system of taxation whereby the States collected duties on national and foreign merchandise in transit through their respective territories, a system which has been pronounced by railway managers more harmful to the development of the internal commerce of the country than any other plan that could have been devised. In May last a constitutional amendment was submitted to the States for bidding the imposition of transit duties, import duties on products of other States, and on the exportation of merchandise, either mnu factured articles or products of the soil. The amendment also forbids the States to assign special routes for the conveyance of goods of native origin, as has heretofore been done; also, to put a higher import duty on foreign goods than will be fixed by the federal law. It is expected that Cougress will fix a uniform tax of 5 per cent, advalorem. This amendment having been adopted by the majority of the States, has received the sanction of both Chambers of Congress, aud was to-day proclaimed in the usual form, being read at various points in the city and copies of it posted on walls. The ceremony took place between 9 o’clock and noon, troops forming part of the official procession through* the city. No more important economic reform has ever been put in operation in this country, and it will undon otediy lead to a large expansion of trade, both foreign and domestic. It is regarded with great favor by the business community as one of the chief acts of the present administration. MR. STONE TALKS. The Pennsylvania District Attorney Criticises Some Points of Mr. Cleveland's Letter. Pittsburg Dispatch. When the letter was shown to Colonel Stone, last evening, he said: “I have no desire to reply in the same strain as the President's letter. I have no desire to pettifog the case. It is the first intimation I have ever heard made that any charges were ever preferred against me, or that any of my friends ever interfered in ray behalf, either directly or indirectly. I snopose, perhaps, he refers to the campaign speeches I made in the campaign of 1884, but in those speeches I never said a disrespectful word of Mr. Cleveland, or a single word at which any offense could have been taken. Possibly some of my friends may have requested that I be retained under this administration. If they did, it was without my request. I never requested any one to ask that I be retained, and I repeat again, distinctly, that I never before this moment ever heard that any charges bad been preferred against me. “In reply to the allegation that there is no dispute that I addressed meetings in somewhat that same strain, namely, abuse of the administration, I say, there is dispute. I deny the President’s allegation, and challenge him to prove it And allow me to add, parenthetically, that at none of those meetings was I either noisy or unduly enthusiastic; neither did anyone at either of those meetings to my knowledge, or within my hearing abuse or misrepresent the administration. “In reply to the statement that he accepts as true the statement of Mr. Stone, that the time spent by him in thus demonstrating bis willingness to hold profitable office at the hands of an administration which he endeavored to discredit with the people and which had kindly overlooked his previous offenses, did not result in neglect of ordinary official duty, I submit that that part of the President’s letter is neither a proper nor a just interpretation of my letter. I submit that my letter to the Attorney-general was respectful and sincere. “In reply to the allegation that I and others are not to suppose that party lines are so far obliterated, etc., as stated in the letter, I have only to say that this strikes me as a departure by the President from his previous utterances and evidence that the Democrats have at last achieved the victory over the mugwumps for which they have so long and assiduously labored . “In reply to the last paragraph of his letter, that upon full consideration of ‘all that he has before him’ he is constrained ‘to deny the application of Mr. Stone for his reinstatement,' I submit that my letter to the Attorney-general does not contain An application for reinstatement, but is simply and only a denial and contradiction of the charge that 1 neglected my official duty. “I shall make no further reply to this letter. I recognize it as a refusal to reinstate me simply because lam a Republican. Personally, I was not anxious to be reinstated. I was contending for fair treatment only, and submit to the people whether I have obtained that. If in order to hold an office under this or any other administration I would be compelled to refrain from expressing ray opinion publicly upon political questions they may take the office. I do not want it. I have been educated as a Republican, and free speech is one of the earliest rights that party taught me, and if officeholding is incompatible with that, I don’t care to hold office.”

The Blaine-Edmundg Incident. New York Times. The true story of the meeting between Mr. Blaine and Mr. Edmunds Droves that even a frigid Senator can be chilled and a presidential candidate lose his head, all within so short a time as thirty seconds. The details of the incident were described by Clayton McMichael after the ceremonies at the church were over, and as they here appear they are not likely to be denied by Messrs. Edmunds, Blaine and McMichael. The committee, soon after entering the Arthur residence, were introduced by Mr. McMichael to the other distinguished gentlemen present. “I hardly need introduce you. gentlemen,” exclaimed Mr. McMichael, when Senator Edmunds and Mr. Blaine confronted one another. The Senator frankly replied: “Certainly not,” and with a courteous bow, extended his right hand. Mr. Blaine uttered no reply whatever. He simply bowed low. very low indeed, and passed on without seeming to even notice the outstretched hand. “I presume that was proper,” he said, sotto voce, to McMichal, when he was beyond the Vermonter’s hearing. “If you ask me that for my opinion.” replied McMichael, very deliberately, and weighing every word, “I shall say no.” The answer was received in silence. Blaine's nimble instincts told him that something had occurred which never ought to have occurred. Naturally, neither he nor the Senator cares to discuss the subject for the benefit of the public. A Fable from Esop, New York Suu. When Ursus the Bear was King of the Beasts —the elective principle then prevailing in the Therocracy—the Jackass, an obstreperous and calcitrant 6ort of beiug, was for a time Court Favorite. To all the Beasts who had given their voices to Ursus, the high favor which the Jackass onjoyed at Court was mo3t disagreeable. They pointed out to Ursus that the Jackass was an unpopular and obstinate Beast, given to expressing crank ideas with his heels. “His voice is peculiarly attractive to me,” Ursus observed to the remonstrauces of the older counsellors, “because it is always singing my praises. Besides, the Jackass, unlike so many of the Beasts of my kingdom, doesn’t pursue the spoils.” Id listening to the voice of the Jackass, Lisas grew to forget somewhat the Beasts who bad set him to rule over them. “This conduct was the more remarkable," said Reynard the Fox, who was a passing shrewd observer, “because everybody, unless it was Ursus himself, koew that the Jackass would not control the next national convention.” Tired of Monotonous “Goodness.” Boston Record. Treasurer Reed also was a man of sober and strictly moral habits. Just to change the luck which is pursuing the good men so sharply, a dissolute roysterer ouehfc to go wrong for once^ Hood's Sarsaparilla, acting through the blood, reaches every part of the system, and in this way positively cures catarrh.

BLIND TOM. Interesting Facts About the Famons Pianisfc —lie la Declared Mentailj Unsound. New York, Nov. 26 —Dr. J. W. Rannev, as a commissioner in lunacy, and a sheriff’s jury heard testimony to day in the application of Charity "\\ iggins, the eighty-year-old colored woman who is the mother of “Blind Tom,” the celebrated negro pianist, to have her son adjudged insane and incompetent to care for himself. Blind Tom is now in Virginia, under care of General Bethune, who owned tbe Wiggins family in slavery and hae had charge of Blind Tom for twenty years. The Virginia courts decided in a similar application in that State that Tom was a resident of tbis State, and accordingly Judge Donohue, of the Supreme Court, granted the application of Mrs. Wiggins for a commission to decide his sanity. Mrs. Wiggins is suing General Bethune for an accounting of the money he has received during the last twenty-three year.* through exhibiting Tom in this country and in Europe. Mrs. Wiggins, in her testimony, said she had twenty children, of whom eight are dead. Four died before the war. Tom was bora May 25, 1849, in Georgia. He was born in slavery. Slaves could not legally contract marriage, but Tom’s parents were married. Tom left Georgia directly after the emancipation. She said that. Tom did not have thfc knowledge that otner children had, and does not to this day. He was born bhnd. He never could dress himself, and be always bad to be led around. He knew nothing about the war, and the witness thought fiat he knew nothing about slavery. Woen he was two years old if he heard a dog bark he would imitate it. The family were astonished by his first trial on the piano. While sitting at the table the piano was heard, and the family ran into the room and found him playing. After that, whenever he heard the girls play, he would play as they did. Tom could play anything. Mr. John G. Bethune took Tom everyday to have him taught He was then a little over two years old. When Tom was seven years old he was carried away. He was never taught anything but music. When tbe witness saw him last, one year ago. he recognized her. When any money was given him he would throw it away. He never forgot anything when he learned it He was always amused by hearing other children cry when they were whipped. Tom always listened carefully to the ticking of the clock. He would imitate the pattering of rain drops on the piano. Prof. Joseph Poznaucki, who taught music to Tom, said that he was an extraordinary person, but of unsound mind. In describing his way of teaching Tom, the professor said he had two pianos in one room; the witness would play a selection on one, Tom would listen for a while, get up, walk around, stand first on one foot, then on the other, pull his hair and knock bis head against the wail. Then he would sit down and play a very good imitation, with addition* of his own. He had a prodigious momory. Joseph Eubank, the treasurer o? the Blind Tom Company, was with him for twelve years. Tom was a powerful man. He was offended with a professor of music, and began to rub his hands together. Tom knocked the professor off the stool and threw the witness out of the room. The company took in an average of $3,000 per month clear profit. He believed the profit was about $25,000 per year. Tom never received a cent from tbe company. Lawyer A. J. Lercho, of Virginia, testified that Tom is insane and had no property except an interest in a suit for $220,000, in Virginia, his flute worth $175 and $lO worth of clothes. The verdict of the jury was that Blind Tom was mentally unsound and incapable of managing his own affairs.

“English as She Is Spoke." New York Star. A Boston man tells how few in England un derstand American English. “1 had not been in Liverpool an hour,” he says, “when I became convinced that I had much to learn about the English language. When I entered my hotel I asked the young woman who received me, ‘What are your terms?’ and had I spoken Choctaw she could not have understood roe less. •What do you charge a day?’ I next ventured. ‘Charge!’ she replied, vaeuely, and I tried again. ‘Ah! you want the tariff?’ she said at last, and sure enough I did. Now, if I had used the word ‘tariff in that sense in Boston it would have been considered slang. I.tried in vain to get * pair of suspenders, as they would show me none but those for stockings, but succeeded finally in buying some‘braces.’ I mieht prolong the list ad infinitum, but enough iB shown to warrant the publication of an English-American dictionary of synonyms for the use of travelers.” A Call to McDonald. Evansville Courier (Dcm.) If Mr. McDonald would omit his usual everyday interview, at which he almost always manages to get in an unfriendly word about Cleveland, his friends in Indiana would feel that they bad something to be thankful for. Another thing, if Mr. McDonald would cheerfully admit that he has had as many honor* from his party as he has earned, and step out of the race for the senatorship. he would relieve his friends of an unpleasant spectacle that seems inevitable if he continues on the track —that is, of seeing him pushed off without the ceremony of thanks and good-bye. Interrupted by Death. Boston Herald. There seems to be a fatality about the receptions at the White House. The President and Mrs. Cleveland have been constantly interrupted in their social observances by the death of some public man. Lor! Lor! St. Louis Republican. Mr. Stone is a very small Pennsylvania Republican, but be receives some fortuitous dignity as the recipient of one of the most dignified and crushing rebukes ever administered. A New Crime. Pittsburg Chronicle Telegraph. The President say a Mr. Stone was suspended for “noisy enthusiasm.” The list of crimes for which Republican office-holders can be bounced is steadily growing. Interesting; Suggestion. Alta Californian. Tobacco waste and “stub*" are now used in making paper. . Perhaps, sir, this sheet which you now have in your eye you once had in your mouth. A mass convention of Knights of Labor aud trades-union men last night nominated George E. McNeil for mayor of Boston. gj ✓gfe |s SPECIAL I ® J ft*™* *AKlrts ® Powdsß NATURAL FRWT f fLAVQRa j MOST PERFECT MADE Prepared with strict regard to Purity, Strength, and Healthfulness. Dr. Price’s Baking Powder contain* no Ammonia, Lime or Alum. Dr. Price’s Extract*, Vanilla, Lemon, Orange, etc., flavor deliciously.