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THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL, TUESDAY. JANUARY 25, 1887.

and that Senator was known to be a friend of the administration. The Secretary of the Treasury one of the brightest men in the administration had lately sent a communication to tho Senate reviewing the conduct of Canada in this matter, and had declared it to be "simplr

brutal" The Secretary of State had used 'diplomatic language on the subject, but even be had said, oyer and over again, that the acta of the Canadian authorities wore outrages, and that the United States would demand restitution. - Mr. Gray quoted the Secretary of State aa characterizine, in a note to Minister West, the acts of the Canadian authorities as inhospitable and inhumin. Mr. Frye added that the American minister to England ffc'r, Phelps had made an unexceptional. ckar, a complete, 'and, to him, an entirely satisfactory statement of the whole case. This law, he said, had power in it He believed that the President had at heart the honor and dignity of the great Republic over which he presided. He believed that the President was in favor of protecting the rights of every American citizen. He believed that he was an honest man, and if the law were passed the power which it would put into bis hands would be used for the protection of American riehts. . Mr. Ingalls said that one object which he had in view had been accomplished. He had desired to ascertain, if possible, the purpose and intention of the committee on foreisrn relations in the proposed legislation, lie had been in doubt whether it was intended to remit the subject to the domain of diplomacy, or whether it was intended as declarins to Great Britain that its course, if persisted in, would result in war. He understood from the statement of the Senator from Maine Mr. Frye, speaking for the committee,,, as he Air. lngallsj supposed ne aid, tnat it tuis bill became a law, it was a declaration to Great Britain that she would continue these practices at her peril, ana that if they, were persisted in they must be enforced by war. The statement of facts made by the Senator from Maine constituted a casus belli under the law of nations. The continuance of amicable intercourse, under such circumstances, would be impossible. He had, therefore, desired to know whether the purpose of the bill w.as to invite diplomacy or to announce to Great Britain that such proceedings had been carried to the extremity and limit of peaceable solution. The voice was tbe Toice of Canada, but the band was the baud of Great Britain. I!'- Edmunds asked Mr. Ingalls whether he meant to say that any act which the people of th United States might consider a violation of a treaty was necessarily a casus belli. Mr. Ingalls I mean to say that declared, and avowed, and continued violation of treaty obligations, or of international law, are a casus belli. - Mr. Edmunds-It does not necessarily follow that every breach of treaty is to be followed by war. Mr. Ingalls How about a continuous, delibAra.tA willful vinlatinn rtf trnntr? Mr. Edmunds That is a different thing. . Mr. Ingalls That is this case. This trouble has got to be settled, so far as this bill is concerned, either by diplomacy or by blood. air. Edmunds lhe question here is not a question of war, but is a question of countervail ing regulations, which all nations have resorted to long before war, and which usually never come to war. Mr. Ingalls The Senator from Vermont states that the question in controversy between the two countries is merely the interpretation or construction of tne treaty of 1818. Mr. Edmunds No; 1 do not say that Mr. Ingalls I understood the Senator to say it England has always boen a ruffian, a coward and a bully among the nations of the earth, in so'.ent to the weak, tyrannical to tbe feeble, and cringing and obsequious to the strong. Her history for centuries has beeu a record of crime against the human race in Ireland, in Scotland, in Wales, against the Roman Catholics, against tho Boers of South Africa, against tiie Hindoos and the Chinese. Wherever there lias .been feeble, a weak, a helpless nation, Great Britain rhoS been there for the purpose of rapacity, and plunder and conquest England bears no good , will to this country. .-The memory of two defeats ranking, I dare say, in the breasts of Englishmen. When I say that Great Britain is cot friendly to this country, I mean that the ' ruling classes are unfriendly to this country. Her course has been always one of wrong. insolence and outrage. England cheated the South with false hopes of recognition, and injured the North by violations of neutrality. Her course in the treaty of Washington was actuated solely by a fear of the consequences to that country in the next war in which she might ..be en2ged if she permitted the principle which she established to stand undenied. I believe that there is no special reciprocity of eood will on tbe part of America towards Eneiand. There jjrr lew AtnencHUB who uu nut repre tvmenoo. There are few Americans who do not recognize the fact that the course of England towards this conntry has been one of insolence, and suspicion, and outrage from the beginning, of our national existence. . If I rerd this transaction aright, there is no purpose on the part of Great Britain to secure a peaceful solution, a pacific interpretation of the doubtful provisions of the treaty of 1818, but rather a deliberate purpose bo far to foment tbe irritation and discontent between Canada and the United States as to prevent that pacification in the immediate future which would be inevitable if both peoples were left to the operation of the natural laws of trade and society. I see very plainly what the purpose of Great BritairWa been in the matter. She desires to rend'rwmTossible for free, friendly, reciprocal relations, political and otherwise, to exist between Canada and the United States. Therefore, I was glad to hear of the interpretation placed on the proposed leeielation by the Senatorlrom Maine Mr. Frey, that, so far as he is concerned, it is to be a declaration to Great Britain recognizing her agency and her power I in the matter that she persist further at her peril Mr. Hoar declared it to be his opinion that the proceedings of the Canadian authorities in this matter were undertaken for the purpose of interfering with a matter which is purely of our own concern. It was not that Canada might catch fish without molestation; it ww that she mieht sell fish without the interference of tbe American tariff police. He regarded this attempt by a foreign power to enforce upon us, against our will, a certain domestic policy, as one of the' most emphatic and flagrant acts of hostility that could bo committed short of actual war. He did not understand, however, with the Senator from Kansas, that tho object of this measure was to bring about either war or further diplomacy. It was merely saying to the British government and the Dominion of Canada that so long as they attempted to interfere with our dotmacTi ivMnffAmAnri in rniR whv. hi i i i j ii ir iiipt should not be permitted to sell their fish or other products in the American markets at all He declared that, so far from this being a warlike iisure, ik tos a unguis w v'""" u . 'Congress were to declare as it had the right to ' declare that the British government had violated the treaty of 1818, that that was a" casus belli, and that it was the duty of Congress so to treat it, it would set the two countries by the ears and lead to the expenditure of much treasLi T .- i. tL. C&mm4a " 9 T T ; , nr ana ujuuu. uui ius cvua.o ui wo umiou States and its committee on foreign relations lid nt think of entering on that ground. America would be always ready to meet emer gencies when they arose. The committee nn foreien relations was acting in the most peaceful way. and on the side of peace, so as to furnish opportunity to the government of Great Britain to reflect upon the question how much this was going to damage her commerce. The committee wanted to present an opportunity for cool reflection. It would not be necessary for the President of the United States to issue a proclamation of embargo, or a proclamation of entire suspension or commercial relations with Canada, or with any other port of Great Britain, lit was quite sure that when Canadian fishermen found that there was no market in the United States for a pound of their fish they would at once consult the pocket nerve, and it would be fonnd qnite easy to arrange all difficulties without resorting to the war-making power. There was no war in this measure. There was peace in it, and nothing eke. But, if the troubles were allowed to eo on, there would be war in them and war beyond the control f Con cress. The first blood that would be drawn in a contro versy of this kind on the Canadian coast, would be the tocsin of war. The people of the. United States would be plunged into war by it just as rapidlv as thev had been by John Brown's raid on Harper's Ferry. And they would go into it unanimously. American fishermen would find in the defonne of their nehts jut as much support on the Gulf of Mexico as on tho coast of ...Maine, It was, therefore, worth while for both countries to arm themselves with all the powers ci law that might be necessary to prevent a con fltct between individuals, by which a war might

be precipitated beyond the power of Congress to control The Senate could not afford to stand still under those circumstances. Tbe committee on foreign relations had felt that it would not be excusable if, in such an exigency. It declined

to act in a matter of so great importance. Mr..Evarts argued in support or xue Dili, which, he said, was not in the nature of a men ace, or tending at all in that direction. It was the duty of Congress, he said, to take the subjeet away from local disturbance, irritation and re sentment So far from the bill tending to war or tending to ambrage,it was intended to have a contrary effect It was an immediate announce ment to the people that they bad only to trust their protection, not to personal resentment, but to the government of the United States; and when the opening summer should bring about a recurrence of the fishing season and of the fishing dangers, the question would be removed from that theater of collision, and, u not concluded, it would be under the control of both governments in a deliberate consideration of what should be done in order to have stability of in tercourse, and in order to eive stability to the peace and dignity of the two great nations, the United States and Great Britain. Mr. Hale declared himself earnestly in favor of the bill. Its provisions were not harsh, but moderate; not rash, but well considered; and he believed that those provisions, when enacted into law and carried out by tbe executive, would be efficacious. Tbe situation for a year past bad been simply intolerable. Aggression on Amer ican fishing interests by the Dominion authori ties had been persisted in against every expostu lation and entreaty on the part of tbe United States. They were such as had never been submitted to since the infant days of the Republic. He was bound to believe that those aggressions and those assaults on the rights of American citizens high-handed as they had been had not been brought about by accident, but were tbe result of deliberate premeditation and predetermination. It these acts did not cease, that was the end of the negotiations, aud there most be some other process resorted to. The last dread process is that appeal to the most formidable tribunal declared hostilities war. He thoueht the proposed retaliatory measures would bring our neighbors to their senses, but, until the American Congress should send this note not of menace, but of warning these things would continue. Mr. Vest said: "It goes without saying that if the rights of the humblest citizen of the United States shall be attacked by any foreign power, there would exi6t a unanimity of sentiment on the part of the people of the United States that those rights should be protected, and that the glory and honor of tbe American people should bo preserved. Aa the Senator from Alabama has very well said, there will be do geographical or sectional difference if this issue is ever made, and it will be found that the men who were- arrayed against each other in battle so lately will stand togather in solid phalanx in defense of these rights and honor. But, Mr. President, all this talk which runs to meet any such thing as. war with the other great Englishspeaking people of the world is to be deprecated. It is enough for ua to meet any such contingency when it is absolutely impossible to avoid - it As for myself, I can safely say that I have no sort of prejudice in favor of England or her institutions which prevents me now from saying that I would not hesitate one single instant as to the consequences if the issue of individual rights "or uational honor be presented to this Congress or the people. But it becomes us, Mr. President, to consider well every step we take in regard to this most seri ous complication.' England was not without Bome pretense of right in her construction of the treaty of 1818. In relation to these fishery difficulties, Great Britain stood to the United States preciselv as the United States had stood in rela tion to Mexico when the difficulties on the Rio Grande brought about the Mexican war. Every intelligent man knew how local prejudices and contiguity fanned into name difficulties which, of themselves, might be susceptible of adjustment Of all the calamities that could befall either country, a war between Great Britain and the United States would be the greatest. The pending bill, for which he expected to vote, comes before the Senate in the nature of a proposition for a commercial em bargo. If not war, it was the half-sister of war. Still, he would vote for the bill because it con tained & provision that the President should have discretionary power in the matter. He would not vote for it as a mandatory bill. He would not take the responsibility of saying that the President should declare this embargo while negotiations are still pending and while Senators kuew the full results of what a war with Great Britain might mean. It was well enough to talk in a rhetorical style about a war with Great Britain. When they came to the matter of mil itary resources there were some things which had better be said in secret session. The world in arms could not conquer the United Slates on its own soil not five such worlds in arms. The people of the United States were invincible in any such struegle as that But, in a maritime war, who could answer for the result? Who wanted to run tho risk of throwing down the gauntlet of battle in any such contest? Who wanted to in vite such a contest, however high his patriotism or his military ardor, if he stopped to think for one moment of the enormous loss not only of life, but of property, which would follow from any such struggle! Mr. Gorman thought the bill did not go far enough. It failed to strike at the only point id which Canada was vulnerable that was the ex clusion of its cars and engines,, by which its trade passed through this conntry. Mr. Kiddleberger opposed trie bill because it was in the nature of a treaty with Great Britain. He wanted no treaty. An amendment offered by Mr. vest for the ap pointment of a commissioner to take testimony in regard to tho losses and injuries inflicted by British authorities upon Americans was lost yeaa 17, nays 27. The bill was then passed yeas 45, nays 1 (Riddleberger). LOGAN'S PEDIGREE. No Foundation for the Story of Indian Blood ' Among; Hie Ancestors. Washington Special. One of the widest circulated of recent para graphs is the one recounting the story of an old doctor in southern Illinois who sets, up the theory that General Logan was affected in his characteristics by the alleged Indian blood of his father's first wife. This doctor has spun a fine physiological theory that children of a second wife often resemble or have the traits and char acteristics of the first wife. He evolves this theory in order to support his declaration of the traces of Indian characteristics in General Logan's make-up. There is not a shred of basis for the very ancient doctor's theory. General Logan was the son of n Irishman born and brought up in Ireland. His mother was of Scotch parentage, born and brouebt up in the State of North Carolina. She belonged to the Jenkins family. Her brother was one of the early Lieutenant-governors of Illinois. Supposing the doctor's theory true concerning the influence of the first wife upon the children of a second, there would be nothing then to give General Logan any Indian traits. The first wife of General Logan's father was the daughter of French parents. They were a pure French type. They lived at Cape Girardeau, where a numcer of French refugees settled. Her people were quite rich that is to say rich for that period. She (the first Mrs. Logan ) inherited a large property from her people. Her fatners first wife, whom he married in New Orleans, had a mother who was part .trench and part Indian. She only lived about a year. The daughter that married General Logan's f&ther was the offspring of the second marriage. The whole story about the Indian antecedents can be traced directly back to General Logan's father's father-in-law's first wife, which makes it pretty remote from General Logan. It would take a very large amount of physiological analysis to trace any effect from this distant point to nim. Tbe large property of Gen. Logan's father's first wife went to her own children. Gen. Logan never laid any claim to this property. It was only a short time before his death that be received a letter from some Western attorney concerning property left by the first Mrs. Logan, asking him if he desired to put in any claim. The (general replied that he did not, and left the property, as he has always done, free to the im mediate descendants. MINOK MATTERS. Preparations for Ilearlug the Telephone Cases llefore the Supreme Court. Washington, Jan. 24 The Supreme Court room was crowded with spectators and mem bers of the bar when tho court assembled at

12 o'clock. It is not yet known whether Mr.

Justice Gray will take part in the hearing of the telephone case or sot. He is absent from ms seat on tbe bench this morning, but his absence is said to be due to other causes. Two of the justices of this court have delivered opinions in these cases in the courts below, namely, Justices Gray and Blatchford. There is present an extraordinary array of counsel representing the various telephone companies. There are, also, present a number of telephone officers, experts and inventors, including Professor Bell. It may now be stated that Mr. Justice Gray will not sit in the hearing of these cases and will take no part in their decision. The argument will probably not begin before 3 o'clock, as the conrt has not yet finished ren dering decisions, and there is another case to be disposed of before the telephone cases can be taken un. After a long colloquy between the Chief-justice and counsel for the respective companies, with regard to the time and order of argument, it was decided that Mr. Maynadier should open for the defense in the Dolbear case, Mr. Peckham in the Molecular case and Mr. Lysander Hill in the Drawbaugh case. Mr. Storrow will then open the areuraent for the Bell Telephone Company. The Chief justice notified counsel that the court, in view of the importance of these cases, had decided to postpone the usual February recess one week, and allow counsel two weeks' time for this argument that i3, from to-day until a week from next Friday. General and Personal. Special to tbe Indianapolis Journal. Washington, Jan. 24. Representative John ston to-day presented in the Honse a memorial of the Indiana Tile and Drainage Association, asking the Indiana delegation to work for the passage of Mr. Hatch's bill establishing experi mental agricultural stations. Mr. and Mrs. William H. Woods, of Evansville, are in the city, tho guests of Representa tive and Mrs. Kleiner, on Capitol Hill Tbe resignation of Major George M. Lockwood, of New York, who has been chief clerk of the Interior Department for the past seven or eight years, was accepted to-day by Secretary Lamar. Major Lockwoos placed his resigna tion in the hands of the Secretary when the latter took charge of the department, and at tne latter's request has remained in the department up to the present time. Major Lockwood has made arrangements to go into business in New York citv. Mr. F. N. Bassett for several years postoffice inspector, and recently stationed at Chicago, has resigned. The First Comptroller has disallowed smother claim of Col. John S. Mosby for a refund of fees, etc., improperly, as he claims, turned into the treasury while consul at Hone Kong, araountins to about $0,000. Coionel Mosby's claims against the government, which have been disallowed, amount to $12,000. GENERAL FOREIGN NEWS. Concluded from -First Page. of rioting or emergency of whatsoover character, without calline upon the police of other dis tricts, the military being retained in sufficient force to prevent the necessity of invoking outside aid. Riot In a Theater. Brussels, Jan. 24. A riot occurred in a theater at Ghent during the progress of a Flemish play representing a French Republican occupation of Belgium in an unfavorable licht. At a pre-arranged signal a body of workingmen and Socialists in the audience began to hoot the actors. This resulted in a fieht between the workingmen and Socialists and the tradesmen and middle-class people. The "Marseillaise" was sung, and for a time the theater was the scene of the greatest disorder. The police were summoned and quelled the disturbance. Many arrests were made. , Queensland Swept by a Tornado. LoNDON,Jan. 24. Dispatches from Brisbane, the capital of Queensland, state that that colony has been swept by a fearful cyclone, accompa nied by a rainfall of such extraordinary copious ness that twentv inches of water fell in a short time. The result has been disastrous floods. In the city of Brisbane some of tbe thorouch fare's are submerged to a depth of twenty feet. The city is entirely cut off by the floods from its suburbs. The reports say that many persons have been drowned. i 7 Fightinc In Tonqutn. Paths, Jan. 24. A dispatch from Tonquin says that Colonel Brissand has carried the rebel position at Mikae Than-Hoa, and that 500 insurgents were killed. The French were pur&uing the rebels. Cable Notes. Bishop Watterson, of Columbus, O, was granted a special audience by the Pope on Sunday. A St Petersburg dispatch says the Czar and Czarina are arranging for a tour of Europe in the spring. It is reported that the Pcpe declined to confer his blessing upon Dr. Windthor3t on the lalter's seventy-fifth birthday. Mr. Gladstone will contribute to the Nine teenth Century, in February, an artiele entitled ' Notes and Queries on the Irish Demand." Advices from Zanzibar sav that Count Toleky's Austrian expedition forth exploration of central Africa, which arrived at Zanzibar last June, has started for the mainland. Turkey has recalled the Governor of Crete. owine to opposition of the peqple to his administration, and has appointed Anthonulus Effendi, a more popular man, to replace him. At a conference of Scotch coal miners it was resolved that if the demand for an increase of six pence per day was not granted, all coalroiners in Scotland would strike at the end of the week. Dispatches from Odessa state that the Russian Executive tribunals of that province have dis missed all the Jewish assistants. Notaries have also been ordered to discharge their Jewish clerks within two months. The London Standard's Berlin disDateh savs that Count, Von Moltke has declined to contest a Berlin seat in the Reichstae. although ha has been Invited by and assured of the support of coin tne conservatives ana the National Liberals. Fatal Boiler Explosion. Pittsburg, Jan. 24 A battery of four steel boilers at Snang, Chalfant & Co.'s steel and iron worss, at iXitnaboroush, six miles east of Allegheny City.exploded with terrific force at 5 o'clock this morning, completely wrecking the bar mill department, killing one man instantly, aud seriously injuring a number or others. The concussion was so ereat that it shook the houses for miles around, (shattering windows in the vicinity of the mill and awakening the residents of the borouch, who rushed in terror from their houses, scantily clad, to learn the causa. For some time after the explosion it was impossible to tell what damage had been done, the shower of dust, brick and roorter completely shuttiue the mill from view. When the debris had settled it was found that the fireman, Geo. Patterson, had been instantly killed. His body was mangled almost beyond recognition. William Corville, an employe who was given work four days aeo, was picked up from under the boiler's in a dying condition. He was scalded with steam, and will not recover. He came here from Bethlehem, Pa., last week. Birkley Knocton, a puddler, was hit on the head with fivin" bricks ana painiuuy injuria, m. la. jUihhGlland, a helper, had one leg hurt and was otherwise silently injured, beveral others received sliirht burns and bruises but were not seriously hurt. Thedamaso is about $30,000. ; Imitated Constantly ' liut never equaled. Colgate's exquisitely-per-iumea uasamer uouquec touet soap. J. N. Case, of Heart Prairie, Wis., says he has fed corn a good many years regardless of the smut that it mieht contain, and without harm. His theory is that cattle can safely eat such corn providing they are fed salt habitually and sufficiently, ana are well supplied with water. ' Best oyster stew in city Schaffker's. Best can oysters Schaffxek's. Best can.oysters Sohaffnek's. ' '

IHDIAKA AND ILLINOIS NEWS

The Daily Chronicle of HappeniDgs of All Kinds in the Two States. Lawlessness at Logansport The Recent Out rage at Westfield Natural Gas Fonnd at NoulcsTille Notes and Gleanings. INDIANA. Lawlessness at Logan sport The Toochs of the City in Foil Control. Specfal to tbe Indianapolis Journal. Logansport, Jan. 24. Never before was this city as completely given over into th hands of a lawless element as at the present time. Saturday night and Sunday morning several gangs of toughs took in the town, cursing and fighting. and assaulting whoever came in their way, and up to date no' arrests have . been made. Two young men w became here from Frankfort were setjupon and terribly beaten. Charles Planck, a young stone-cutter, while on his way home early in the morning, was assaulted, beaten in sensible and robbed, and now lies in a precarious condition. On the North Side a gang of fifteen started for a dance. Before they got under headway a fight was started, and before it ended a half dozen of the participants were terribly beaten and bruised. A young man named Dunham had his forehead laid open to the skull by a wound two icehes in length, which may result seriously. Several others who participated in the fight are laid up at their homes. This is th fruit of bad whisky, which is 6old here at all hours of the day and eight, Sunday not excepted. It ii also partly attributable to the demoralization of the police force. On one beat there have been three dismissals within two months, because of the scandalous and outrageous practice of the men who were relieved and who had been appointed a9 a reward for service rendered the city Democracy. In several werds citizens have been forced to hire police at their own expense to watch over their premise. ! Th Outrage at WestlelcL Special to the Inclianarol' Journal. Nobi.es vi LI.E, Jan. 24. Yesterday was a day of great excitement among citizens of Westfield, in this county. Mrs. Emma Northan, returning home from Sheridan on a train on the Air-line, which arrives at Westfield at, 3 A. M. , started to walk alono from the railway station to bar father's home, a distance of about half a mile. Sho had gone but a little way when she heard some one running after her. On turning to see who her pursuer was, 6he found bim to be a negro, whom she recognized as Rigdon Whitfield, a resident of that town. Her acsailant immediately seized her by tho throat and made known his intention to commit an outrace. A strusgio ensued, in which the lady was thrown to the ground, when the tried to loosen the grasp on her throat, but the wretch got her finger in bis mouth and bit it almost off. She then became unconscious, and lay in the mud for an hour or more before recovering. She. then aroge and walked to the house of Abel Doon, near by, and told tbe story of the crime. She then went to her father's house, aud Mr. Doon procured a warrant and Whitfield was arrested. A preliminary examination was had, and Whitfield was held to bail in the sum of $500, iu default of which he was snttojaiL Mrs. Northon it a daughter of V. M. Arnett, and a lady of good character. She is in pitiable plicht and bears marks of great violence, finger-prints showing strongly on her throat. The citizens were greatly excited, and talk of lynchinc was indnlcrd, but wiser counsel prevailed, and Whitfield is now in jaiL The Blackwood Wife-Murder Trial. Special to the Indiait&uolis Journal. Brazil, Jan. 21 The trial of James Blackwood, the Cordonia miner, for the murder of his wife, Nov. 16, account of which was pun ished in the Journal at the tune, began to-day in Clay Circuit Court Tho day was occupied n impaneling a jury, preliminaries, etc Messrs. Holliday and Byrd have beeu appointed attorneys for the defense. One hundred wit nesses Lave been summoned and the trial bids fair to be sensational. Blackwood maintains his innocence, but does not appear to be much concerned as to the result II says he had rather hang after a fair trial, if he cannot es tablish his innocence, tlian to eo to the penitentiary for life on a plea of guilty. Tbe murder was revolting and brutal in th extreme, and the bulk of the evidnnee, as afforded bv circum stances a3 well as by testimony before the erand urv, is against Blackwood. W hen arrested, his hands, f-ot and clothing were covered wish blooa. lhe reeling agninst rum was po strong ne. was taKen to l erre Haute tor fear or a mob. The conrt-rooia was crowded to-dav. Mrs. ilackwood was quite respe?tablv connected and a ceneral interest is manifested in the results of the trial. Natural Can at Nobtesville. Special to the Indianapolis Journal NoBLESvitiLE, Jan. 24. The Noblesville Gas and Improvement Company to-day have the best gas-well in the State of Indiana. Gas of the finest quality was found at the depth of 847 feet, and in quantities sufficient to light eight towns of the size of Noblwsville. The pressure at the well is at least 200 poundd to the square inch, and the supply is thoueht to be inexhaustible. The whole populace are wild with enthusiasm. and declare that Noblesville will- now enjoy a greater boom than Kokomo. Experts say the well compares favorablv with the famous wells at Findlay, O., and that we have thebest gasfild in this state, ine company will perfect ar rangements for lightine the well at the earliest possible moment and will at once ar range to supply factories with fuel and light The stock of the company cannot be bought today for ten times its cost There are also very strong indications of an excellent quality of oil, and it is believed that oil bomids in the imme diate vicinity of the well. The Trenton rock was found at 840 feet and gas escaped before coire into the rock. Drilling was continued seven feet into the Trenton rock, and the company then decided to cease drilling for fear of disastrous results if drilling was continued deeper. Costly Railway Wrck at Lafayette. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Lafayette. Jan. 24. An expensive wreck oc curred in the yards of the Louisville, New Al bany & Chicago railway this afternoon. A heavy freight train dashed in on a side-track upon which was standing a locomotive and train, the latter engine being off the track. The engines came together with a frightful crash, and when they stopped the boiler ends were jammed so closelv together that a hand could not be passed between them. Tne cab of ona engine was literally destroyed: also the tender of the other locomotive. Two cars were thrown from the track into the canal, and fifteen or twenty others more or less damaged. The engineers and firemen escaped by jumping. Marlon's Gas Well. Special to the Indianapolis Journm. Marion, Jan. 24. Last Thursday work on the natural gal well at this place was suspended, at a depth of 887 feet, having penetrated the Trenton rock. There was a moderate supply of gas that would probably have supplied a hundred stores, but the quantity was not satisfactory. This afternoon, at 4 o'clock, the well was 'shot" with 125 pounds of nitro-elycerine. with the most satisfactory results. The flow was at least quadrupled in quantity, and is steadily increasing in volume. The contractors pronounce it I the best well they have developed in the State, and ara willing to wager that it 13 the

best eas-well in Indiana. The quality is unexcelled, and it burns without smoke or odor. Gaa stock doubled in value this afternoon. A supply for all manufacturingheating and lighting purposes is now assured. Tbe work of sinking another well will be commenced at once. Lafayette's Salvation Soldiers. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. LAFAVETTE.fJan. 24. Considerable furor was created here to night The Salvation Army has been having trouble, and a delegation started out to wait on the City Council and ask police protection. A large crowd quickly gathered and followed them, hooting, jeering and crying "Haugthem! "Hang them!" The Council was not in session, and when the army returned the crowd again took up the cry. Some missiles were thrown, and for a time it looked as though the members would meet with personal violence. Six policemen maintained order at their hall tonight, and they were not molested further. - Safe-mowing at Knicrhtstown. Special to tne Indianaoolia J aurnaL Knightstowjj, Jan. 24. Last night, a few minutes after 12 o'clock, when John Eagan, the night telegraph operator at the Panhandle depot at this place, had closed the office and retired to his bome, two squares from the depot, to get his Innch, burglars effected an entrance to the office through the rear window and, drilling a hole iu the safe, inserted powder, blew the door open aid extracted $123 of the company's money all there was in the safe. Damage on the Upper Wabash; Wabash, Jan. 24. Last night the ice began moving in the upper portion of the Wabash riv

er, and, owing to the heavy rains, the flood caused great damage iu Wells county, several costly bridees being swept away, and at Bluffton the Toledo, St Louis & Kansas City railroad bridge was partly destroyed. Traffic was suspended: It is feared that several dwellings were swept into the flood at remote points, and advices are anxiously awaited. Figrht Between Cigar-Makers. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Richmond, Jan. 24. John Hookeymeyer and Lou Liss, cigar-makers, got into a wrangle, this afternoon, over some points in their trade-union, and Liss cut Hookeymeyer badly on the head aud in the face before detective Paige, seeing the next thrust rieht at the wounded man's throat, rushed in and separated the ants. belligerSuicide of an Insane Man. Special to the Indianapolis Journat. SoLiiiVAX, Jan. 24. Dora Hill, of Carlisle, thU county, to-day shot himself in the left side, near the heart, and died instantly. He was thought to have been insane for some time past, but was uot dangerous. Funeral of Mrs. Voorhees. Terse Haute, Jan. 24 The remains of Mrs. Voorhees arrived here last evening, and were taken to the residence of Hon. William Mack, an old friend and neighbor. Tbe furneral will occur at 10 o'clock to-morrow morning. MinoPr Notes. The New Castle Natural Gas Company expect to award the contract next Saturday for sinking their well. Jerome Marshall, a New Castle saloon-keeper, died on Sunday night, after a very brief illness of serpentine alcoholism. The dead body of E. G. Gottshall. of Royal Center, Cass county, was found under a trestlework north of Logansport, Sunday morning. The neck of the unfortunate man was broken. He was thirty-five years of age and leaves some property. The barn situated on the farm of Mrs. McNew, three miles north of Knichtstown, was entirely consumed by fire on Saturday evening. Two horses were burned to death, aud grain and farming implements were lost The fire was thoueht to havB originated from a cigar stumn neglirently thrown away by one of the boys of the family. Loss, $1,500: no insurance. ILLINOIS. Four Tlnndred Dollars' Worth or Litigation Over a Two-Dollar Hog. Special to the Icdlanaoolts Journal. MAttoon, Jan. 24. Two farmers of Garrett township, Douglas county, engaged in a lawsuit four years ago about the ownership of a sho&t worth $2, and the courts have been tusseling with th problem ever since. Last week Judge Bttssett sustained the plaintiffs objections to the issuance of an execution against him upon a judgment obtained by the defendant in the Cir cuit Conrt, and the case now stands a dead-lock. The result to both parlies to the suit is a parallel to the celebrated lowa rair case, the costs now amounting to nearly $100. s Brief Mention. The break-up of the last few days leaves the wheat in Champaign and Douglas counties, uncovered for-the first time since winter set in. It is in good condition and looks as green as when the first snow fell. Two cimens of the village of Tonti, named James Phelps and Grant Pool, became involved in a quarrel on Sunday afternoon. Phelps cut pooi with a krufe, killing the latter. Phelps has not yet been captured. Mrs. Martha Greene, of Galesburg. met a terrible death on Sunday from scalding. While near the stove she was taken with a fit, aud in the paroxysm pulled over upon herself a huge kettle filled with boiling water. An important case was under consideration on Satnruay in the county court at Lincoln. Several persons have petitioned to have Sugarcreek widened for a distance of ten miles to reclaim swamp lands, oeverai remonstrances were made to tne petition, ine scneme is to construct acanat teu miles in length and sixty feet in width, which, if carried out. will entail a cost of $.'500,000. The wolf hunters are preparing for" another chase, and Feb. 2 has been selected as the date. W. S. Howell, of Isewman, will have charge of the north line, John B. Carter, of Brocton, of the east line; ack IVarce, of Oakland, of the south line, and B. F. Coykendall. of Brusny Fork, of tne west line, a general invitation win be ex tended to sportsmen in every part of the conntry io participate in me next nunt. Piles Cured by Liebig Co.'s Arnicated Extract of Witch Hazel Prof. E. M. Hale. M. D., LL. D.t of the Chi cago Medical College, says: "It has extraordi nary power over this disease." , Prof.' Sidney liineer, of the University Aledical College, Lon dou, says: "I have found it singularly success ful." Beware of worthless imitations. Also cures rheumatism, catarrh, neuralgia and female sufferings. 3 "'Sty MOST PERFECT MADE Prepared with strict regard to Purity, Strength, and Uealthfnlness. Dr. Price's Baking Powder contaicfl no Ammonia, Lime or Alum. Dr. Price's Extracts, YaRiua, Lemon, orange, etc., flavor deiiciousiy. 1

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