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called in a mntnal friend, with whom he ha* talked over the affair, and through whom he has tent a message to Mr. Blaino indicating hvs wish to become reconciled. It is related that Mr. Edmund*. in his interview with his friend, said, among other things: “I am not inclined, at my age, to hold malice toward any man. I have my family to think of, and the approaching end of my life, and don’t want to be involved it* controversy or bitterness with any one. You may say a* much to Mr. Blaine from me. In the discussion of the affair at General Arthur's house which ensued, Mr. Edmunds is said to have protested that the letter which was published in Boston on the Saturday previous was never written by him with any intor.tion of giving offense or of imputing to Mr. Blaine any such character as the newspapers had made it appear. The general construction put upon the letter was that Mr. Edmunds believed Mr. Blame a dishonest and dishonorable man. In response to this intimation the Senator replied in emphatic language: ‘T never at any time said or believed that Mr. Blaine was intentionally guilty of a dishonest act or dishonorable deed." The quotation here of this language of Senator Edmunds has given rise to the belief that if the report is accurate a reconciliation may be brought about. Some of Mr. Blaine’s friends say that such a statement from Mr. Edmunds, made as openly and broadly aB the letter which gave offense, to Mr. Blaine, would result in Mr. Biuine being the first to make advances for a reconciliation. w COL. CHARLES DENBY. An Admirer Formally Nominates Him for the Vice-Presidency. Washington Special to New York Mar. A prominent indianian, not in office, and not seeking an office, bur. possessed, nevertheless, of an octive interest in politics, and in position to know the exact situation of affairs in his State, said to me to day: “I read the tribute to Col. Charles Denby m the Star, of Thursday, with a great deal of pleasure, but I cannot approve of the suggestion of his name in connection with

the senatorship. There is a reason why he should not be drawn into that contest, but should be held in reserve, as it were, by the party for a much more important contest, of national in* stead of only State wide consequence, two years hence. I refer, of course, to the presidential race, and I think I can demonstrate to you that he would make an exceedingly strong vicepresidential candidate. Indiana will be an influential factor in the fight, and this last canvass has left us in a condition requiring that the man we put forward to represent us shall be as nearly as possible without objection. To take a leading representative of either of the factions in the State would be to re-arouse many of the differences with which the party has just been torn. We must turn, therefore, to some man not identified with any of those factional differences, but possessing traits, and talents, and alignments calculated to insure him the unitod support of the whole party. Now, can you name me a roan well known throughout the State and accepted in a post of high honor as one of her roost deserving Democratic representatives who would rise more commanriingly to the occasion than Colonel Denby? He is*a man of mature years—fifty-five probably—of ripe learning, polished in address and experienced in affair*; never an office-seeker, but always a hard and loyal party worker; a speaker of note ana a powerful and felicitous writer, and in sympathy with the best thoughts and purposes of the day. He led an Indiana regiment to the war in defense of the Union, and served with distinguished credit It strikes me that, nil of these things considered, h is the very man for tho second place on the next Democratic national ticket. I assume, of course, that Indiana will be as necessary to success then as in 1884, and that the first place will go to the East. “Colonel Denby,” bis friend continued, “is pleased with his present post, and is making a capital representative there. And this will add to the weight of bis name at home; for to succeed in diplomacy should, and does, testify to a man’s qualifications tor the highest order of public trusts. I ask you now to mark what I say. Jt is no hasty judgment; no opinion formed at haphazard and having only the partiality of friendship behind it; but the clearest6ort of conviction, resulting from a careful study of the whole situation. Colonel Denby is the coming man in the afinirs of the Indiana Democracy, and should be taken into serious account in making any slates with that State as a possible deciding quantity.”

RECALLING GARFIELD’S DEATH. i Treasury Clerk’s Plan for Protecting the Life of the Cate President Arthur. Washington Special to New YorkTribr.no. A Washington friend of the Tribune has resuscitated an interesting relic of the excitement prevailing at the capital at the time of President Garfield’s death. When it became apparent that President Garfield’s death was but a question of a few hours, an admirer and stanch follower of the late ex-President, consulted with a frieDd, then a Treasury clerk, as to the best means that could be adopted to protect the life of General Arthur, who was not even to know that he was to be surrounded by faithful guardians. Besides, he was not to consider himself under any moral obligations to bis self-constituted protectors, who were to resort to every possible expedient and preter.se to be within reach of him wherever he should go. Os course, this was only possible if some person of high social or political standing could be prevailed upon to assist tu .he plan. Both men were enthusiastic and energittio and they soon succeeded in securing the verbal consent of sevsral prominent officials in the Treasury, the In;erior Department and others. The Treasury elerk, however, in a spirit of mistaken zeal, and without the knowledge of his confederates, constituted himself the “secretary” of an organization which he styled the “National Minute Men >f America,” and as such bad the following pompous circular printed in the dead of the night and distributed broadcast over Washington the next day: THE PRESIDENT IS DEAD. LONG LIVE THE NATION! Washington, D. 0., Sept. 19. 1881. (Midnight.) Follow citizens—ln th© name of the now headless £runk of the Republic you are called upon to join, at ibis minute’s no'ice, the “Holy Alliance of Vigilam-s,” lu order to shield and guard, until Congress provides, the one and only life that stands at this hour, under the Constitution, between order and anarchy. Let us sec to it thst peace b© to the ashes of him now canonized in the hearts of his countrymen, and that his sacred dust shall not he scattered to the four winds by fa etious or revolution. God reigns, and the government at Washington still lives. Address Secretary National Minute Men of America, 208 bi Thirteenth street, S. W. The object of the scheme being defeated by this untimely and preposterous circular, the movement died out as quickly almost as it had been organized. It may be said, however, in justice to the originator of the plan, that it bad at least the good effect of putting those in the immediate surroundings of the newly-installed President ..poo their guard until the excitement had largely subsided, and the army of cranks \vhich always infest Washington had been considerably reduced by vigorous police measures. The projectors never asked or obtained any recognition from President Arthur, and amoDg their friends the subject afterward became a prolific source of eood-natured jokes and taunts. The Treasury clerk has been permitted by the present administration to HDply his talents in a less circumscribed atmosphere than that so disastrous to “offensive partisans,” while his friend has completely lost his identity among the thousands of government employes. NEW STORY OF GARFIELD. HSs Belief in the Supernatural—llls Vision of His Dead Father. Washington Special to New York World. I heard anew story about General Garfield the other day which has never appeared in atiy of his published biographies. He nas a mystic to a certain extent He had superstitions, and in conversation with his friends said that be had strange gifts of foresight His maternal grandfather was the brother of the celebrated Unitarian minister Hosea Ballou. This grandfather had the gift of second eight His predictions

are matters of family history, handed down by the descendants of the Garfields and Ballouß. Two of Garheld’s sisters are said to be mediums ofm ore than ordinary power. General Garfield himself was a believer in spiritual communications. The authority for this is Mrs. A. G. Riddle, the wife of the district attorney here. Mr. Riddle was one of General Garfield’s most intimate friends. General Garfield beean the study of law in Mr. Riddle's office. Mr. Riddle was his chosen biographer in the presidential campaign of 1880. Mr. Riddle is a lawyer of high standing in Washington, who has been employed as a special assistant Attorney general in a number of prominent cases. General Garfield was a frequent caller at the house of the Riddles. He has told both Mr. and Mrs. Riddle that one day his father appeared to him when he was a very small bov. The story is interesting merely because General Garfield told it and believed it, as there is nothing in the outline of the story as given by him to make any particular appeal to one’s credulty. General Garfield’s father died just before tho son was two years old. Yet for a long time General Garfield says he retained a distinct and lively recollection of his father. One day about six months after his father's death, as others fix the time, the boy, as Gen. Garfield many times related in after life, was at play alone near the cabin when his father came up to him smiling, and in his then well-remembered way and ordinary dress spoke to him cheerily, called bun “My son” or “my child” and laid his hand endearingly on his head. The child, in his eager joy at his father's return, ran into the house, calling his mother in his piping, loud, childish tones to come out. saying. “Father has come back!” The boy immediately turned back to where he had left, as he had supposed, his father the instant before, only to find vacancy and silence. At not finding him he was utterly overcome, and cried with the abandon of a heartbroken child. His mother has often related the incident what he said and did on this occasion. Mr. Riddle, in closing the little account he gave me of this story the other day. said: “I have heard the General relate the incident, the memory of which was as fresh and as real to him as any well-remembered incident of his lil j.”

CONVIVIAL MANNING. His Pleasant Custom of Getting Superlatively Drunk Twice a Year. New York Sun. A Southern gentleman, familiar with Minister Manning’s habits of conviviality, gives an interesting account of his methods in this direction: “Mr. Manning is afflicted with this sort of thing regularly twice a year. It comes upon him irresistibly, and he prepares systemmaticaily to submit to it. He will go to his barber and get a clean shave, then put on his best clothes (and he is a connoisseur in sartorial matters), and after that will take a long, vigorous waik. He is a haLdsome, lordly-looking man, and on this preliminary walk you might mistake him for a member or some royal family traveling incognito. He then goes to his room, locks and bars the door, and at the head of his bed he places a stand on which lie arranges as comprehensive an assortment of liquors as he can procure. There will be good old brandy, Kentucky rye. absinthe, sherry for contrast, and perhaps claret and a big bowl of punch. The fine clothes are doffed and an embroidered night gown put on. Then, with af good novel in hand, Manning goes to bed and begins on the punch. He makes no provision for food, and drinks at one kind of liquor until it is all gone or his stomach refuses to take more of it. Then be attacks something else for a change, and so he keeps on for four or five days. Then, after a deep sleep, he rises, opens his door, and calls in his physician, under whose charge he remains for a week or more, as sick a man as yon cau imagine. Then some fine morning you will see him out walking down the street again, smooth shaven, erect, well dressed, a king among men. There are few men of greater ability in the diplomatic service today. Except on these two gemi-aanual obliquities Manning never drinks, and he might be looked upon as a Prohibitionist.” The Latest from the Minister. New York, Nov. 30.-—The Herald’s City of Mexico special says: “Minister Manning has been at the legation but once since the 18th. He remains confined to his room, and it is publicly stated on the street that he has been on another spree and has had an attack of delirium tremens. Prominent Americans are talking of sending a statement of the facts to President Cleveland if Mr. Manning does not appear at the legation tomorrow.” What Mr. Manning Says. St. Louis Globe-Democrat, Yesterday. An interview with General A. G. Greenwood, of the City of Mexico, in yesterday’s Globe-Dem-ocrat concluded as follows: “Returning to the subject of the reports about Mr. Manning, Geueral Greenwood said he felt it his duty to acquaint his friend with their nature. He immediately wrote and sent the following dispatch, the last sentence being inserted at the request of the Globe-Democrat representative: “St. Louis. Nov. 28, 1886. “To Minister Manning, City of Mexico: “Newspaper reports to your detriment are widely circulated. I have contradicted them. If you wish to make any explanatory statement telegraph it to the fit. Louis Globe-Democrat, at the expeuse of that paper. A. G. Greenwood.” “In response to the invitation contained in the above the following disoatch was received by the Globe-Democrat yesterday: “City of Mexico, Nov. 29,1886. “Gen. A. G. Greenwood, Care of Globe-Pemocrat, St. Louis: “If you mean that the reports are disgraceful to my character or position, they are untrue. I caught a severe cold, went to my apartment, took a stimulant., end have been confined to my bed with pneumonia ever since. My physician is still attending me. “T. C. Manning."

MINOR MATTERS. Secretary Lamar Busily at Work Preparing His Annual Report. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Washington, Nov. 30.—Secretary Lamar is busily engaged in writing his annual report, and now has it nearly completed. He writes and dictates the entire report himself, and his discussion of the important questions coming before the Interior Department, as shown in his last annual report, indicates that the Secretary himmakes himself thoroughly familiar with the public affairs which he administers. His views on the Indian problem are forcibly expressed and will be the feature of the report this year. He advocates a generous policy on the part of the government towards its wards, while at the same time recommending such measures as will result in their becoming independent of the fostering care of the government. His well known policy in regard to the public lands and the railroads will be presented in perhaps a stronger light than last year. Evansville’s City Debt. Washington Special. Three years ago last April tha city of Evansville, Ind., defaulted the interest on her bonds, and shortly afterward, all efforts to compromise or adjust the matter having failed, the bondholders appealed to the courts. Judgment against the city in due time followed, and now the debt, principal and interest taken together, amounts to nearly 52.000.000. The bondholders have agreed to accept new bonds for this sum, bearing 4 per cent interest, and a settlement on that basis is likely to be effected within the next sixty days. The old bonds are held principally in New York aDd Portland, Me. It will be some time, however, before the credit of the eity recovers from the effects of the attempted repudiation of her just debts. Contest of Mr. Glover’s Sent. St. Louis, Nov. 30.—lion. John M. Glover arrived in this city this morning from Washington, and was immediately served with a copy of the notice and petition of Nathan Frank's contest for his seat in the Fiftieth Congress. The face of the returns from the district which Mr. Glover and Mr. Frank contested gave the former a majority of 100. The notice of contest is a lengthy document, and in it Mr Frank claims that be was actually elected by a majority of 500 votes, and wonld have received the certificate of election bad it not been that the following frauds were committed on election day: Nou-reinstate-

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ment of legal voters upon the registration lists, the counting out of legAl voters, and the counting ot illegal ballots cast for Mr. Glover. A Malicious SU'ry Contradicted. Washington, Nov. 30 United States Con-sul-general Wailer has reported to the Department of State the results of his tour of inspection of the American consulates in Great Britain. The Consul-general refers to the pub lication. in a New York paper of recent date, of an article in which it is alleged that an American consul in Great Britain is in possession of trust funds for which he is ur.able or unwilling to account; that he is in social disrepute, and that it is proposed to brine hft ease jo the attention of her Majesty’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Consul-general Waller says that he has made the most rigid and searching inquiries into the allegation, and as a result announces that the sterv is malicious and unfounded; ihat there is no consul in the district who does not enjoy the esteem and confidence of the community in his social and business relations, and sustains the dignity of his office. Art and the Secret Service. Washington, Nov. 30.—Officers of the secret service recently seized a fac-siraile painting of a $5 United States note as being a violation of the laws against counterfeiting. The painting was on a wooden block, and was so well done that it looked as though the note was lying on the wood and could easily be removed. The chief of the secret service division thought the painting should be destroyed. The artist, however, protested against this as unjust. He represented that the painting was a work of art. and was worth about SSOO. Some of the Treasury officials are of opinion that the artist is right. The question has been referred to the Solicitor of the Treasury. It is understood that a number of those paintings arffin existence. The Public Debt. Washington, Nov. 30.—1 tis estimated at the Treasury Department that the public debt statement to be issued to-morrow will show a decrease in the debt for the month of November of a little over $1,000,000. The small amount of reduction is principally due to the fact that nearly $14,000,000 was paid out during the month for pensions alone. The receipts during the month were about $27,000,000 and the disbursements about 124.000,000. In November of last year the receipts were about $25,000,000 and the expenditures about $23 000.000. There was an increase of about $4,000,000 in the debt in November, 1885. Patents for lndlanlang. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Washington, Nov. 30. —Patents were issued to Indianians to-day as follows: Max J. Ahlgrim, Rose Lawn, calf weaner; Geo. S. Black, Indianapolis, guide roll for band saws; Elijah Bunch, Richmond, wire twister: Jno. P. Enders, Pimento, wheelbarrow: Jesse P. Fuleharn, Richmond, fertilizer distributor; Isaac It. Gilbert, Charlestown, wheel plow: Milton C. Jett. Washington, clod crusher and pulverizer: Geo. C Pyie, Cuyahoga Falls. 0., assignor to American Electric Headlight Corapanv, Indianapolis, electric arc light; Meinrad Runisby, LaPorte, spark arrester; Josiah G. Swain, Martinsville, horse-tail holder: William Tritch, Corunna, gate; Edmund Zoller, Indianapolis, cuff-button and holder. Appointment* by the President-. Washington, Nov. 30.—The President made the following appointments to-day: Edward Cushing, to be collector of customs for the district of Belfast, Me.; Josenh E. Moore, to be collector of customs for the district of Waldoboroueh, Me.; Philip W. Downes, to be general appraiser of merchandise for the district of Baltimore, Md.; William M. Neal, of Franklin, ImL. to be agent for the Indians of the Lemhi agency, in Idaho.

General and Personal. Special to the Indianapolis Journal Washington,Vov.3o. —Coionel Hughes East, private secretary to the late Vice-President Hendricks, and at present receiver of tho United States land office at Yankton, D. TANARUS., is in the city on official business. He was at the Interior Department to-day, and will have a conference with the President before he returns, to the Northwest, which will not be udder a week or ten days. He is looking hale and hearty, and says his family are well pleased with their new home. Postmasters have been appointed at new offices in Indiana as follows: Edward F. Geltion, Bolivar, Wabash county; Peter Hoffman, Noxid, Pike county. Indiana postmasters of the fourth class have been commissioned as follows: John C. Webb, Bird’s-eye; Win. J. York, Center Valley; Erastus E. Eads, Newbern: Chas. L. White, Oswego. The President’s message again formed the onlv subject of discussion at the meeting of the Cabinet to-day. All the members were present. It is understood that the message is complete, with the sinele exception of that portion relating to the naval establishment. The conferees on the interstate commerce bills, with the exception of Representative Crisp, who has not yet arrived, assembled to day, and spent some time in reading over the testimony taken upon the subject of interstate commerce, preparatory to entering upon a discussion of the merits of the House and Senate bills. The House sub committee on appropriations has made such progress on the sundry civil bill that no doubt is entertained that the measure will be ready for the consideration of the foil committee next Monday morning. The arguments of counsel in the French spoliation claims cases were concluded before the Court of Claims this afternoon, and the first fourteen cases on the calendar were submitted for decision. These are test cases, and involve the general question of the government's liability for the damages claimed. C. P. Jacobs, of Indianapolis, Is at the Ebbitt. This evening’s Star, in reviewing the field for the organization of the Fiftieth Congress, says Postmaster Dalton, of the House, has the cordial indorsement of Indiana, besides strong friends among old members in delegations of other States. A rtispatch from the United States Minister at Paris as to the proposed international exhibition of rail ways and connected industries, to be held in that city from May to November next, informs the Department of State that F. W. Wes ton. editor of the American Engineer, No. 23 La Salle street, Chicago, has been appointed Commissioner-general of the exhibition for this count.-y. The Secretary of the Interior has directed that Frank A. Bidwell, of Mitchell. D. TA NARUS., and Geo. W. Vennnm, of Jamestown, D. TANARUS., be no longer recognized as attorneys or Agents before the Interior Department or any bureau or office connected therewith. Obituary. • Boise City, I. T.. Nov. 3f —The wife of Lieutenant Frank B Andrews, and daughter of Maj. William H. Powell, U. S. A., died at Boise barracks. last night. New York. Nov. 30.—Dr. Carl T. Lieboldt, one of the best-known homeopathy specialists in this city, was found dead, this morning, in bis bachelor apartments in the Union Dime Savings Bank Building. Bis death was caused by apoplexy. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Martinsville, Nov. 30.—Amos Stont, a highly honored citizen, died at his home in this city at noon to-day, of congestion of stomach and brain. Last night he was seized with crampines in his stomach, and morphine was administered to relieve him, but shortly after taking he received a stroke of paralysis in the throat, his tongue became powerless, and be never rallied. Mr. Stout was born in Floyd county, Indiana, in 1813, settled in Lamb’s bottom, Morgan cou.ity, in 1836, and has been a resident of this county ever since. He was a large land owner. Colorado’s Vote on Congress. Denver. Cok, Nov. 30.—The total vote for Congressman, as given by the State canvassing board, to-day, is: Symes, Rep.. 27,732; iieed. Dna., 26,929; Murrav, Prohib., 3.597. Symes’s plurality is 803. a? against 6,726 two years ago. The vote of the State was 6.393 less than in 1884. Bilious complaints, constipatie tusea are alireiieved and cured by Aye

THE AN DOVER HERESY. Professor Smytha Files a Reply to the Charges Preferred Against Himself and Colleagues. Boston, Nov. 30—Prof. E. C. Smythe today filed with the board of visitors of Andover Theological Seminary a reply to the amended charges preferred against him and four other professors, and which were made public on Nov. 13. The professors were notified to answer on or before the 27th, and a meeting of visitors was called for the 29th to consider the reply and fix a time for the hearing of the charges. However, on the 27th the professors, acting under the advice of counsel, instead of replying to the charges, took exception to the ruling of the board of visitors mads on the 25th and 26th of October, and praved that said amended complaint be dismissed. Last evenine the board of visitors held a meeting, and after an informal discussion voted that the prayers of the respondents to dismiss the amended complaints be overruled, and the respondents excepted through counsel. It was also voted that a further hearing be held in Boston on Dec. 28. The replies of the professors in detail to the amended charges were made public to-night over the signature of Professor Sravthe, tbe replies, of the others beine almost identical with his. After calling attention to the number and character of the charges brought against him, Professor Smythe says: “Such accusations have no terrors to me. I welcome them if, for any reason, yon deem such scrutiny necessary or useful. The more searching the examination into the accusations now preferred the better. I shall be pleased to expedite and facilitate such examination to the full extent of my power.” BUSINESS EMBARRASSMENTS. Formal|Asslgnment of Shipley, Doisey & Cos., • A Cincinnati Dry Goods Firm. Cincinnati, Nov. 30.—Shipley, Doisey & Cos., wholesale dry goods dealers, who recently obtained an extension from creditors, to-day assigned to S. C. Tatum, whose bond was fixed at $400,000. Murray Shipley, senior member of the firm, also made an individual assignment, giving up all his property. Tho bond of his assignee is $50,000. The statement of assets and liabilities has not been made up, but rumors are current that the assets will pay from 24 to 33 per cent of the debt There are no preferences. The firm is one of the largest in the city, and has hitherto been regarded as one of the strongest. The attorney of the firm says the asrignment is a mere formality to enable the firm to arrange its affairs. Business will not be interrupted. The firm had become embarrassed by increasing its stock very considerably and bv slow collections. Tbe bond of the assignee vras fixed at SBOO,OOO, and for Mr. Shipley's property, at SSO;000. Mr. Murray Shipley stated that he had been trying to form a joint stock company, so as to put the business on anew basis, but he failed, and assignment was the next best thing. Other Failures. New York, Nov. 30—Louis A. Davis, dealer in leather goods, made an assignment to-day to Isaac Goldstein, with preferences amounting to $2,500. Milwaukee, Nov. 30.—The wholesale millinery house of William Swale & Cos., the oldest in the city, made an assignment this afternoon to Thomas Beecher. The assets are estimated at $50,000. The liabilities are unknown. New York. Nov. 30. — The schedules in the assignment of D. Kellogg Parker and Charles A. Clark, wholesale grocers, which were filed today. show liabilities of $246.GG2; contingent labilities, $154 346: nominal assets, $406,545: actual assets, $223,306 Chicago, Nov. 30.—F. A. Hill & Cos., who for some time have cut quite a figure on the Board of Trade, have failed. This morning attachments were taken out in the Superior Court against the firm bv Baldwin. Wren & Farnum for $812; Schwartz & Dupee, $1,162; Poole & Sherman. SI,OOO. and Lindblom & Cos., $1,281. An attachment was taken ont by Logan & Dnnne for sl.#oo. and garnishes to the amount of $2,000 were served on the Continental Bank, where Hill & Cos. had money on deposit

TELEGRAPHIC BREVITIES. Boston Republicans last night nominated Thomas N. Hart for Mayor. The thirteen-year old son of Joshua Miller, of Enfield, N. Y., was found hanging by the neck in a halter in a barn, yesterday afternoon. His death is thought to have been accidental. A mixed passenger train going west collided with an east bound freight, early yesterday morning, between Parker and Lennox. D, T. Both engines are total wrecks, and the engineers and firemen were killed instantly. No passengers were injured. A stav of execution has been granted in the cases of W. H. L. Maxwell, Preller’s murderer, in jail at St. Louis, and the Chinese highbinders, who were under sentence to be hanged Jan. 1. until Feb. 1. in order that a transcript of the cases may be finished before an appeal is taken. At Pittsburg, last night. John Multon, an iron-worker, assaulted John McKenna, a saloonkeeper. and beat him so badly that he is not expected to live. Multon then turned upon Mrs. McKenna, and in the struggle which ensned she was quite seriously injured. Multon was arrested. Thomas Collins, leader of the Lake Shore switchmen, during the recent strike at Chicago, has had an old indictment of nine years ago revived against him for theft. He has been arrested twice for attempted train-wrecking, and will now be prosecuted on the old charge to insure his conviction. President R. G. Head, of the International Cattle-range Association, has addressed a letter to President Cleveland, urging the latter to incorporate in his message a recommendation for the extermination of contagious cattle diseases, and asking indorsement of the Reagan inter state commerce bill. O'Donovan Rossa now states that he resigned from tbe headship of the Fenians. He did so because the order had bound itself “not to sanction any attack upon Canada or any other territory on this side of the Atlantic, unless England be at war with America.” Rossa says he would not be tied down that way. Thomas Dnrhing arrived at Easton, Pa., Monday night, from New York, and while walking over the Lehigh Valley railroad bridge, near Phillipsburg, either fell or was thrown from that structure by a locomotive to the ground below, a distance of eighty feet He was taken to St Luke’s Hospital, where he now lies in a critical condition. Losses by Fire. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Williamsport, Ind.. Nov. 30.—The farm dwelling, occupied and owned by Wra. Foster, two miles west of West Lebanon, was destroyed by fire this morning. Loss, SI,BOO. The property is supposed to have been insured in the Continental tor $1,500. Raleigh. N. C., Nov. 30 —This afternoon fire broke out among a quantitv of cotton on the city cotton platform, and about 1,000 bales were destroyed. Loss, $50,000; insured. Charleston, S. C., Nov. 30.—There was a serious fire at Aiken this morning. Eight buildings were destroyed. The total losses are estimated at $24,000. and the insurance at $22,000. Syracuse. N. Y.. Nov 30.—Several barns of the stock-farm of J. W. Allen, at East Syracuse, were burned this morning. Fifty-seven head of fancy cattle were burned to death, and a large amount of grain, and hay, And a number of farmine implements were destroyed. The loss is $40,000. New Orleans, Nov. 30.—A fire at Bay St. Louis. Miss* last night, destroyed properties of Bojarin, Breath, Higgins and Delerey, a residence and drug store, and the Stockton Hotel and out-buildings. The residences of Mrs. Villare nnd the Misses Wagoner were badly damaged. The loss, which is estimated at $25,000, is parcovered by insurance. Three Lives Lost In a Fire. Mason. Neb.. Nov. 30. Mackendieoff’s large general merchandise establishment burned last night, and J. J. Hoagland, Malcom Miller and a

son of a man named Mackendieoff perished in their alee pi nf; room on an upper floor. Macken dieoff saved himself by jnmpine from a window, but the fall broke one of his lees. The loss and insurance bare not yet been ascertained. MOURNING CREDITORS. A Far-Western Speculator Suddenly Departs, Leaving Over $300,000 of Unpaid Debts. Denver, Col., Nov. 30. —The Rocky Mountain News says: “Rumors became current upon the streets, late last night, that F. L. Carter Cotton, manager of the North Poudre Land and Canal Company, and also an extensive real estate operator at Fort Collins, had absconded and left creditors to whom large amounts were due. A statement of the facts, as learned from a gentleman of standing in financial circles in northern Colorado, and who is in a position to know, is that for some weeks past Mr. Carter Cotton’s numerous creditors have been becoming uneasy and were suspicious of bis movements and transactions. One weea ago Thursday a number af them corralod him in his office. After some talk Mr. Carter Cotton made pretext to go out, locked his creditors in, and has not. since been seen about Fort Coliina The creditors got ouv by climbing over the transom. Flow Carter Cotton got away is not known. Next day he was seen iu Denver, and here all traces of him ceased. His indebtedness has been figured up by Fort Collins bankers at $305,000. _ Threatened Trouble with Night-Riders. Stoutland, Mo., Nov. 30. —The White Horse Company, or Bald Knobbers of Miller county, have commenced their work again. A few nights ago they visited the house of Jack Lett, colored, and administered to him a severe whipping. Lett's brother, while the Bald Knobbers were at their work, put in an appearance with a rifle, which he discharged in their midst, unhorsing one of their number, and, it is thought, killing him. He was picked up by his companions, who hastily carried him away. Serious trouble in the courty with the night-riders is expected, for they have left warnings at several houses. The citizens have all armed themselves, however, and are ready to give them a warm reception. Gone with 835,000, Special to the lmlianawolis Journal. Pori land, Me., Nov. 30.— Howard Blackstone, discount clerk of the Canal National Bank, has absconded with $25,000 of the bank's funds. His downfall is attributed to speculation dating back to 188 L In a letter to his wife, from New York, he inclosed the deed of the house and land which he owned in Deering. valued at $6,000. requesting her to turn it o\ r to the bank and inform the officers of his crime. He stated that he was a defaulter and an exile. A Surprising Verdict. Millwaukee, Nov. 30. —The sealed verdict in the case of Wm. Kuhl vs. ex-Sheriff John Rugee and ex Deputy Sheriff J. M. Greding was opened in court this morning. The plaintiff was awarded $5,000 damages. The award was made on the ground that Kuhl was detained in jail an unreasonable time before the warrant was issued against and because he was not treated properly. Kuhl was arrested in the fall of 1881 on the supposition that he was the notorious Lon Williams. The arrest was made by Greding. who was at that time a deputy sheriff. The verdict causes general surprise. The Hoke Extradition Case. Montreal, Quebec, Nov. 30. —1n the Hoke extradition case, to dny, the depositions of the cashier, teller and book-keeper of the Peoria National Bank, taken a # t Peoria, 111., were rejected by the court on the ground that they were not dated and contained no jurat. The accused was remanded for four days, to allow other depositions to be sent. A Migratory Cattle King. Ottawa, Ont., Nov. 30. —Morton Frewen. acattle king, had an interview to day with the officials of the Department of the Interior. He proposes to remove his stock from the United States, and bring 40.000 head of cattle into Canada next spring, if satisfactory arrangements in regard to grassing territory can be made with the Canadian government An Eccentric Preacher. From Reminiscences of Methodists. Rev. William Barnes was an Irishman, noted equally for his power and his eccentricities. He wore a shirt collar of stupendous size and a curly wig. Jhe latter article of decoration was the Eubject of some unfriendly criticism, and this coming to his ears he prefaced his Sunday sermon with the following remarks: “Braithren: I understand ther’s some of ye that don’t like it because I wear a wag. Now, I’ve made up my mind to wear it or not, list as the congregation says. Here I am; look at me. This is Billy Barnes with the wiig. And this—” at the same moment snatching the offending wig from the top of his bald pate —“this is Billy Barnes without the wag! Which way will ye have him?” In ~ the roars of laughter and vociferous responses—“ Brother Barnes with the wig!” that ensued, the wig critics of the old union were utterly d’scomfitted. But he was once the chief actor in a stranger performance than this. He had just begun bis prayer when a wasp alighted between his huge collar and the back of bis neck. The half-ex-pressed petition ended suddenly in a grunt, and with a terrified but resolute face he proceeded to take off his coat aod vest. UDreef his ample cravat and remove the expanse of collar. By this time, however, the wasp had gone lower, and Mr. Barnes accordingly took off hia shirt, The insect having been captured and crushed, the preacher remade his toilet with the utmost nonchalance and resumed his broken prayer, to which he added thanks that he bad been “delivered from that naaty wasp—the ammisaary of the daivil.” ♦

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