Indianapolis Journal, Indianapolis, Marion County, 7 September 1887 — Page 2

TJHLE TNDIANATOJJS JOURSTAIm WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 1SST.

given to inconstancy in laree cities And the number divorces. As a rule rural communities have few divorces. Divorces have been more prevalent in Sau Francisco than anywhere else. There the ratio of divorces to marriaces in 1881 reached the amazing number of one divorce to every 5.73 marriages, largely exceeding the New England rate. The ratio of the two most populous counties of Minnesota increased in ten years in one of them from one divorce in 29.3 marriages to one io 22.9, ADd in the other, from one in 19 to one in 12. For six years the rate in Cook county (Chicago;, Illinois, has been one in every P. 5 marriages. DIAMONDS ON IIIS THUMB.

Cartons and Valuable Ornaments Worn by the Chinese Minister, Washington Special. Since bis return from Europe, the Chinese minister to this country is more delighted than ever with this city. He is as brown a3 the native American, just from the seaside, and has added several pounds to his avoirdupois since be left. He brings with him some fine gems captured during his visit to Paris, for he is immensely wealthy and can gratify bis taste in that direction with the greatest case. One of these is a fine emerald, which decorated the crown of Napoleon. It is large and of a deep color, and is surrounded with a double row of fine diamonds, whose clear brilliancy set ofT tbe central gem to perfection. There are between forty and fifty of these diamonds. ' In addition to these, each of the heavy gold arms or clasps which hold the immense emerald in place, is surmounted at its point with a tiny diamond, making a unique and valuable ornament. lie wears a black skull-cap, surmounted with a red button, an insignia of rank. On the front of tbe cap he wears this costly and historical ornament. He takes a good deal of pleasure in showing it to his friends, and explaining its history, for it is of course a most rare and valuable article, and it is admired by ail who have seen it. Another curious and valuable ornament which the minister wears is a huge thumb rine. set with a large emerald and having u row of diamonds running aronnd the entire circumference of tbe ring. The material of which tbe ring is made is some frnernnt wood from bis own country, very choice and costly, as much above sandal wood as sandal wood is beyond pine. It is cut out in the form of a ring about an inch in width and just big enough to fit on bis long, tapering thumb. A row of very brilliant diamonds extends around this, running along the centre of the ring and clear around the tb'jrnb which it encases. Then at the top is a Hrge emerald, not so large as that upon bis cap, but a very large one, surrounded with a line of smaller ones. MINOIi MATTERS. List of Indianians 'Whose Applications for Pensions Have Deeo Granted.' Washington Special. Pension, have been granted the followingnamed Indianianst -.. ' Rebecca M., mother John J. Carpenter, Clinton; Sarah, widow of Robert Humphreys, Angola; Sarah, widow of Edward D. Higdon, In dianapolis; Andrew J. Landers, New Mt. Pleasant; Henry II. Crawford, Danville; Levi Passage, Hartford City; Robert Fenkle, Indianapolis; Jacob Wynde; La&eville; Thomas Mills, Camden; Samuel Scott, Sandusky; Abner Boggs, Kokomo; John S. Thayer. Delphi; Wm. G. Allen. Lafayette; Joseph Bowlin, Noblesville; John B. Sutton. New Augusta; Dalton Hinchman, alias Samuel Bnrson. Vernon; Wilson Gardner, Silverville; Michael Everly, Farmersburg; Benj. F. Chonowetb, Lynn; John Johnson. Sullivan: J. S. McGee, St. Paul; Thomas Shepherd; Pike's Peak; Harvey Deputy, Paris Crossing; John Hamilton. Dillsboroutrh; Nathan M. Clark, Covington; Charlei W. Morse, Hamlet; Sarah A. Higginbotbam, for widow John Felkner, Shoals; Cenia, widow Isaao VanBuskirk, Steinesville; Jacob Green, Steinesville; John E. Taylor, Buckskin; George M. Hettenbacb, Evansville; Christian Smelzer, Liberty; Hiram Ileiton. Maplewood; Wm. H. Morrison, Crawfordsville; SoL A. Sullivan, Wheeler; Jos. I. Payne, Worthington; John Merryman, Columbus: David Close, Riley; Henry Souden, Tarwill; Amasa Robbies, Ver non; Wm. Houston, lowers, Henry is. t. Hatter, Aurora; Leben Rathel, Oilman: David J. Sickatees, Laketon; Joel Williams, WhitelanJ; Geo. Taylor, Bryant's Creek; Rebecca, widow of Wm. Ilalstead, Logansport; Margaret C, widow of Aaron Shaffer, Prairie Creek; Sarah A., widow f Daniel Ilartys, Clay City: minors of Daniel Howell, Goodland; Sarah S., widow of Wm. Story, Sullivan; minors of Jacob Holby, Terre Haute; James Hager, Alfordsville; John Spellman and Sam Wells, California; Jonathan . Ilszlett, Butler; Gex A. Engleman, deceased, Mifflin; Isaiah Dennis, Hitchcock; Geo. Jones, Lafayette; Riley Brooks, Chestnut Ridge; Jas. Graves. Decker; Sanford Williams, Sparksvilie; Thos. Trueblood, Seba; John Hamilton. Indianapolis; Jerry Sullivan, North Vernon; Wm. R. McClenne, Somerville. Increase Henry W. Ballard, Medaryville; Philip Kissel, Six Mile; Wm. T. Rubey, Richmond; Joseph Drash, Huntinzburg; Thomas Whitmore, Eagletown; Amos' J. Stephens, Rushville; Major A. Jones, Medora; John Nelson, Anderson; Oscar Mcliwain, Warren: Charles S. Symonds, Wolcottville; James A. Twiname, Indianapolis; Samuel M. Fereuson, Vevay; Lewis Lawrence, Cambridge City; John Lee, Clinjpn; Wm. Tout, Putsboro; Thomas F. Burris. Fortville; Miner Richards, Anderson; Felix Noble, Schooner Point; John Thompson, New. Albany; Robert B. Frederick, alias Fred Stebens, Lafayette; Tbnmas D. Smith, Lafayette; William Ilolleo, Mount Prospect; John Wilson, Albion; -Thomas A. English, Oakland City; Wm. Sohnelle, Zipp; Laban B. Settlson, New Albany; Daniel M. Maxwell, Dana; Daniel H. Scherer, Veedersburg: James W. Rich, Columbus; Z. Neely, Brewersville. Reissues, etc. John J. Titzer, Evansville; Geo. W. Collins, Vincennes; Elisha Maples, Terre Haute; Jesse M. Hamerick, Greencastle; Wm. L. Thompson, Harlan; Wm. F. Penson, Clinton; Wm. P. Rocers, Steps Hill; Meredith Caller. Prairietown; James M. Iloskins, Brazil; Wm. Paxton, Crawfordsville; B. J. Q. Gresham, Lionviile; El;as Corns, Elston; Ira Mory, LaPorte. Business or the 1'ateot Of Sice. Washington', Sept. 6. -Benton. J. Commissioner of Patents, in Hall, bis synopsis of . his annual report furnished the Secretary of the Interior, says that at the end of the fiscal year ended June 30 last, the office was well up with the business in . charge. The number of applications for patents of all kinds received during the fis cal year was 40,678: for the fiscal year ended "June SO, 1836, the number was 33,408. The Commissioner renews the recommendation of his predecessors, that the Patent Office be furnished with more room and greater facilities, and that the model ball and library rooms be restored and repaired. Referring to the defalcation of financial clerk Levi Bacon, deceased, the Commissioner says that the shortage was $31,091, against which were found due bills, miscellaneous memoranda, etc., amounting to 15.011. From the aggregate of the due bills, $8.GC8 have been collected, leaving $22,432 as the present deficiency. The number of patents granted during tbe year, including re-issues and designs, was 21,732. Number of trade marks registered, 1,101; number of labels registered. 3S4; number of patents expired, 12. 7S2. The receipts of the office aggregate $1,150,046. Expenditures, $981,644. Surplus. $103,401. Indiana Patents. fpecla! to tbe Iudianarolfa Journal. Washington, Sept a Indiana patents were granted to-day as follows: Charles Bennett, Manchester, assignor of onehalf to C. Arkenbere, Milan, churn; Benjamin F. P.erger and I. Sousiey, South Bend, wheel cultivator; William Buuday. Cartbairn, machine for making wire and wood fencing; William Dunkle, Linden, corn planter. lartin A. Etsenhour, Plymoutb. cultivator tooth; Geo. S. Faulkner and G. K. Pope, Indianapolis, gas-pressure regulator and cut-off; Joseph Imler, Garrett, well-drilling machine; Samuel F. Kniss, .Warsaw, gate; Andrew J. Sonner, Milltown. harae coupling; Cyrus Stephens and G A. Carter. Louis Creek, straw-rope machine; Chas. O. Wilder, Indianapolis, Indicator attachment for chucks; Jacob Wintrode, Huntington, picket fence. New Presidential PostofKces. Washington, D. C Sept. 6. Acting Postmaster-general Stevenson has directed that tbe following fourth-class postoffices be made presidential on Oct 1: Anbem. Cai; Hammond. Ind.; Kingsley, la.; Ammondale, Ellinghood, Meade Centre, Ness City, Scott, Smith Centre and Svracnse, Kan.; Foxcraft, Me.; Manchester, Mass.; Alma. Charlevoix and Norway, Mich.; Charleston, Mo,; Hay Springs and Nelson, Neb. ; Homestead and Sharpsville. Pa.; Johnson City, Tenn.; Texarkana, Tex.: Manchester and Pocahontas, Va., and Hurley, Wis. General Notes. Washington, Sept G. -The President to-day appointed Samuel T. Williams, of Maryland, to be United States secretary of legation at Brazil. He also signed the commissions of tho following naval officers: D. L. Braino, to be rear-

admiral. Georsre Brown, to be commodore; H.

B. Robeson, to be captain, and B. F. Tilley and B. S. Richards, to be lieutenant-commanders. Information received at the Department of State from Mexico is to the effect that the United States Opresentative at Piedras Negras has made a thorough investigation of the recent murder of J. H. Duval, an American citizen, at San Rosa, showing that the Mexican authorities have taken proper steps for the punishment of the murderers. The Department of State has received copies of a recent contract made between the Venezuelan government and Cuenca Creus, of Venezu ela, for tbe establishment of telegraph commu nication between enezuela and the United States. A telegram from Major-general Terry says that General Crook reports the Utes all on the reservation and everything quiet for the pres ent. O At the Navy Department, to-day. nothing was known of the reported transfer of Rear Admiral Luce from command of the North Atlantio squadron to tbe Naval War College at Newport. It was stated that no change of this kind is likely to be made unless at the Admiral's express request. Commodore WalKer returned to the city today and is acting as Secretary of the Navy, relieving Commodore Harmony, who will now take his vacation. BUSINESS TROUBLES. Tlie Assets and Liabilities of Ives X- Co. Shown by tbe Assignee's Report. as is rw York, Sept u. wm. JN. Cromwell, as signee for Henry S. Ives & Co., made his report to the Superior Court this afternoon. It is a voluminous document, filled with tables and figures. The liabilities are $17,666,175.16; the nominal assets are $23,664,268.37 and the actual assets $11,122,010.76. Secured creditors' bills payable, amount to $1,673,820.90. The liabilities ou stock loaned amount to $1,010,000. The amount due to unsecured creditors is $9,580,116.35. In the assets the figures are as follows: Stocks, nominal value, $22,703,804.61; actual value, $8,411,687. Bonds, nominal value, $1,249,6G0: actual value. $1,219,695. Sundry debts, nominal value, $401,929.65; actual value, $401,927.65. Bills receivable, nominal value, $1,196,609; actual value. $1,086,310.29. Sundry assets, nominal value, $58,075; actual value, $1,189.0G. Borrowed stock, nominal value, $54,250; actual value, $54,250. The assignee says that the books of the firm appear to be in good form and regularly kept. and that the report was made up by an expert accountant unacquainted with the assignors. The assignors did not prepare and file their schedules, and he, therefore, with the best obtainable information, prepared and filed these. The property comprises almost entirely stocks, bonds and bills receivable of tbe several corporations with which Ives & Co. were connected, and in which their investments were made. These are the Cincinnati. Hamilton & Dayton, the Cincinnati, Wabash & Michigan, the Dayton & Michigan, the Torre Haute & Indianapolis, the Mineral Range, and the Dayton, Ft Wayne & Chicago railroads. Owing to this failure of the assignors and to tbe large deposit balances and other indebtedness which they owe these companies (except the C, W. & M. railroad) the credit of the companies, the assignee declares, has become greatly impaired, although the physical condition and the earnings of the properties were greatly improved under tbe management of the assignors. Legal complications have sprune up. and the investment public has become disturbed by many injurious rumors and assertions. These things have so unsettled confidence in these properties that the securities of the assigned estate are rendered almost entirely unmarketable t this time; then, too, the large indebtedness to these companies of the assignors diminishes the value of the securities. The assignee adds: "All of this large estate is out of loans to creditors and held by them as collateral security, except the Hancock and Calumet stock and about 30,000 shares of the Dayton, Ft Wayne & Chicago Railroad Company's stock, and a small amount of miscellaneous notes of small value. These loans are being called daily, and the securities are being offered for sale. The assigneehas no means of protecting tbe estate aeainst such sales, and is dependent on bis ability to induce creditors to suspend sale until confidence in the securities is regained by re-estabiishment of the companies, or by finding other parties with more confidence than tbe present holders to take up and carry the loans." - Tbe assignee says further that tbe value of the securities is largely depressed just now because of the uncertainty as to where the control of the companies will finally lodze. and whether they will be worked in harmonv or fall into hands at war with each other. The cause of the difference in the schedules between the nominal and actual values arises, he says, from the above and the general depreciation in tbe market value of the securities. The good marketable securities on tbe loans are being disposed of to reduce the loans and save a large interest charge. He adds: "After application of such securities to the loans, t&e creditors bold the securities with which the assignors were connected, and which I have described above, and in every instance, with trifling exception, there will exist large balances (in proportion to the marketable securities so held) on tbe loans, against which the assignors' securities will remain, and unsaleable at this time." The assignee adds that-"the large equity in the loans is liable to be swept away if the creditors do not forbear and co-operate with the assignee in saving the same." It is claimed by those who have studied this document of Mr. Cromwell's that the actual assets, including only the firm's equities in the hypothecated securities, is only about $400,000. Among tbe debtors to tbe firm are Albert Netter, $180,000; secured by C, H. & D. stock. Among unsecured creditors named are: H. S. Ives, as trustee for the Terre Haute & Indianapolis Railroad Company, $100,000, and F. H. Short, treasurer Terre Hante Sa Indianapolis Railroad Company, $1,315,734.78. The Wheeler Failure at New Ilaven. New Haven, Sept 6. Developments to-day in tbe E. S. Wheeler & Co. failure have been very meagre. Tbe formal assignment was made this morning, Samuel 31. Galpin, secretary of the New Haven Wire Company, being named as assignee. The liabilities are variously estimated at from $1,000,000 to $2,000,000. and the local banks are said to hold Wheeler's paper for the following amounts: Mechanics' National Bank, $40,000; City Bank, $S0.000; Yale National Bank, $27,000; First National Bank. $170,000. The National Tradesmen's Bank holds a large block it Wheeler's paper, as do the Merchants' National 'and New Haven County National banks. Brown Brothers & Co.. of "New York, are reported heavy carriers of Wheelers paper, and a strong belief prevails tnat is held in quite large amounts in most of tbe principal cities throughout the United States. Wheeler & Co., with a capital of $300,000, were rated "B," and for the past five year3 have done a yearly business of from $1,000,000 to $5,000,000. Dun & Co.'s agency expresses belief in the probability that the firm will be all right in a short time. Four Per Cent, for Harper's Creditors. Cincinnati, Sept C. From the report of J. II. Stewart, trustee of E. L. Harper & Co., filed in the Probate Court it appears that the firm held no real estate, and that the face value of assets, consisting of stocks, bonds, cash, etc., was $136,098. while the appraised value was $3,610. The other assets were book accounts of .the face value of $1,171,733, appraised at $94,131, making the total appraised value of assets $103,202. The total direct liabilities are $1,462,744; indirect liabilities as indorsers, $1,692,073. Among the debts is one of $358,000 from E. L. Harper, and it appears this firm indorsed for Harper's other firms. The firm of E. L. Harper & Co. was an iron commission firm. The showing would give creditors about 4 per cent on their claims. Other Fallnres. Cleveland, Aug. 6. Alderdice, Bishop & Co., owners of a rolling-mill at Warren, O., made an assignment to-day. The mill was not yet completed, but was being equipped with fine machinery and would have been started within a month. Loss by fire in Pittsburg last July was the primary cause of the assignment Tho assets and liabilities are not given. Cincinnati, 6., Sept 6. The Charles Stewart Paper Company, manufacturers and dealers in paper and paper stock, assigned this afternoon. A rough estimate places the liabilities at $100,000 and the assets at $75,000. Herman V. Becker was to-day appointed receiver of the dry goods firm of Blackwell & Horman. The application was made by Mr. Blackwell, who alleges in bis petition that the account between the partners is unsettled. Pekin, 111., Sept a C. A. Becker, dry-goods merchant, and Grotop & Becker, dealers in clothing, have confessed judgment for over $13,000. The liabilities are estimated at $30,000 to $40,000; assets, $20,000. Baltimoke, Sept 6. Smith & Wicks, tincan manufacturers, made an assignment to-day. j Assets, $50,000; liabilities unknown.

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Tippecanoe County Requested to Pay $28,000 for Indexing Legal Papers. Agitation for Sunday Observance at Hartford Citj Peculiar and Fatal Cattle Disease An Objectionable Son-in-Law. INDIANA. A BUI for Indexing Which Astonished Tippecanoe Commissioners. Special to tbe Indianapolis Journal. Lafayette, Aug. 6. The street corner, office and hotel talk in Lafayette is the bill of Thomas J. Barnes, county auditor, for indexing papers in his office. When the new court-house was built, the commissioners made a written contract with the clerk and auditor to refile and inder certain papers 'in their respective offices. Tbe clerk was to receive 3 cents per entry, and tbe auditor, on account of having extra work to do in tbe matter, was to receive 5 cents per entry. The clerk's claim amounted to $4,600, and is now pending in the courts, the commissioners refusing to allow it The auditor has just presented his claim. It is a stunner a rapsnoozer, as the small boy says, aggregating $23,495.45. The board of commissioners passed the bill for two days, in order to catch its breath. It will, In all probability, be djsallowed, and go into court The contract was made by a Democratic board of commissioners, the auditor being a Democrat The clerk is a Republican. Monday's Fire at Anderson. Anderson, Sept 6. Tbe large head ing factory of Frank & L. D. Adams, located at the crossing of the Bee-line and Panhandle railroads, in this city, burned last evening. In addition to the factory two acre3 of heading staves were consumed. Three Bee-line cars loaded with heading bolts, and the residence of Thomas Trueblood were also burned. The heading was stacked out flush with the railroad tracks, and a Panhandle passenger train set fire to the heading. A strong south wind swept the flames through the high stacks of dry heading into the factory. The workmen had to flee for their lives, though many of them returned and succeeded In saving the belts and saws. The location of the fire was a mile from the city, and could not be reached by the water mains. The fire department responded, and kept the fire from spreading. John Williams was overcome with beat, and was carried away in a dying con dition. Frank Spelce, the engineer, narrowly escaped with his life. The loss will amount to $25,000 on stock and machinery, principally on stock. There was $1,000 insurance - on machinery in the Hope, of New Orleans, and $1,000 in the Louisiana, of the same city. Trains on the Bee-line were considerably delayed, passen gers and mails being transferred. There was no insurance on Trueblood s house. Reorganization of the Madison Marine Ways. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Madison, Sept 6. Yesterday a new com pany was incorported by the name of Madison Marine Railway Company, with a paid up capi tal of $25,000. The board of directors chosen was M. A- Sweeney and James JV. Sweeney, of Jeffersonville; James Hill, Samuel M. Strader and Charle3 A. Korbly, of Madison. M. A. Sweeney was elected president and C A. Korbly secretary. Mr. James Hill and Mr. D. G. Phil lips having purchased tbe marine ways and eo. moment from the old sbin-vard corn pan v. sold them to the new company. The old company will remain in possession of the yard until the work now on hand is finished. The new company will at once put the marine ways in complete repair and add a large amount of new machinery. The Messrs. Sweeney are of r the well-known firm of M.A. Sweeney & Bro., of Jeffersonville. The Sunday Question at Hartford City. - Special to the Indianaeolis Journal. Hartford Crrr, Sept 6. Pursuant to call, a citizens' meeting was held in VanCleve's Operahouse for the purpose of considering the ques tion, "Shall We Have a Civil Observance of the Sabbath?" Several citizens made short speeches, tbe burden of which was that there existed a growing laxity of morals in Hartford City; also, s tendency to make of Sunday a holiday. "Res olutions were adopted condemning the running of excursion trains into the city on Sunday, and several committees were appointed, among which was a committee of twenty-five to repcrt violations of the Sunday law to the proper authorities. There is a latent opposition to the movement among another class of citizens, which is growinjr, and the probabilities are that hot times are ahead for somebody. On Trial for Murder. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Bloomington, Sept 6. The trial of Charles Leaz, for the murder of Phillip Dix, was commenced in the Circuit Court this afternoon. Tbe case was brought here from Owen county, where the crime was committed more than a year ago. About sixty witnesses are present to testify on the respective sides. The jury was soon impaneled ana tne statements made, but no evidence of importance was introduced. The trial will require about fonr days and will excite great interest Dix and Leaz were slightly intoxicated and got into an altercation over a boy who was with them, Leaz having struck him, for which Dix denounced and struck him (Leaz), when Leaz drew a knife and fatally stabbed Dix. The defense will allege self-defense. - A Colored Centenarian Dead. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. . , Winchester, Sept 6. At an early hour this morning Willis Perry, of this city, died, at the advanced age, it is supposed from the best information that can be obtained, of fully one hundred years. He was born in North Carolina near that celebrated spot known as "Beard's Hatter Shop," and was there held as a slave until about the year 1835, when he purchased his liberty, paying therefor $1,200. He at once came to this State and rented a farm near this city, whereon he worked out the price of his liberty. He was industrious and frugal, and from renter became owner of some of the .best land to be found ic Randolph county. Seriously and Perhaps Fatally Cut. Special to the Indiananolfs Jonrnsc ' j Martinsville, Sept 6. Near Pine City, in the west part of this county, a serious cutting affray occurred on Saturday night Oscar Brown, of .Toppa, Hendricks county, was struck four times with a knife in the hands of a young man named Allison. Brown was cut on the arm, in the back, his left collar-bone was cut almost half in two, and a very dangerous gash made in the left side of his abdoman. The physician fears that inflammation will take place in the gash in his abdomen, and that death will result Brown was very drunk. It is said that Allison has left tbe country. Sheridan Will Have Gas. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Sheridan, Sept 6. The contract for furnishing the pipe to lay the gas-mains here was let to day to a Pittsburg firm. Work will be commenced on the mains at once, and Sheridan will use gas for fuel the coming winter. A very reasonable scale of prices has been adopted. The Sheridan tile factory has been using the gas to burn tile for the past week and pronouncs it superior to any other fuel for that purpose. Minor Rotes. t Rev. N. W. Heermans, of Ottawa, 111., has accepted the rectorship of Christ Episcopal Church, Madison. The eighth annual reunion of the Society of tbe Fifty-seventh Regiment Indiana Volunteers will be held in Richmond, Oct. 11 and 12. Rev. A. Marine, of Trinity Church, Lafayette. has reconsidered his acceptance of the call to Trinity Church, Cincinnati, and has accepted tbe call to Lincoln, Neb., provided Bishop Bow man places no obstacles in the . way of his transfer. R B. Mitchell, a Wabash railway eneineer. was robbed while on board the cars, of a gold watch and some money, in all amounting to about $400. Sheriff Gray, of Miami county, was telegraphed the particulars, and is in search of the thief. Treasurer-elect J. M. Turner, of Randolph county, was yesterday qualified to take charge of the office. His bondsmen, seventy or eiehty in number, represent many of the best citizens of the county. M. Harlan Ruby will act as his principal assistant Amos White, brakeman on the 'Bee-line, was run over and killed on Monday, at Mnncie. He was making a coupling m the vards when be fell in front of a stone car, and was cut completely in two. Strange to say, he remained

alive for over an hour. He piteously beeped bis friends to kill him. White was about twenty-seven years of age, unmarried, and a resident of Lawrence, The" postoffice at Still well. "LaPorte county, was burglarized night before last, and some $30 worth of stamps, ail that the office contained, was carried off. A general store is conducted in connection with the office, but none of the goods were disturbed. : A centennial celebration of the formation of the Constitution of the United States will be held at Lynn, Randolph county, on Sept 17. Old settlers and Grand Army posts are especially invited. Addresses will be delivered by Gen. T. M. Browne, and General Grose; ex-Senator Harrison is also expected to be present. The nineteenth annual reunion of the One-hundred-and-twenty-ninth Indiana Volunteers will be held at Warsaw. Oct S. All ex-soldiers of northeast Indiana, and especially members of Hovey'a division, Twenty-third corps, are invited to be present Communications addressed to E. G. Melundy, at Fremont, will be promptly answered. John Federspeil, a wealthy blacksmith at New Haven, five miles east of Ft Wayne, committed suicide last night, by hanging, in a barn. He had accumulated a fortune of $40,000. A few months ago he lost $5,000 by indorsing for a friend, and since has been very despondent It is thought this has so preyed on his mind as to unsettle it He leaves a widow and two children. When he went away Sunday morning the children urged him to be home Monday to see them start for school. He said: "Yes, but you will go to my funeral instead of to school." He

- was forty years of age. ILLINOIS. A Peculiar Disease Which Is Causing Ileavy Losses to Farmers Abont Danville. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Danville, Sept 6. Avery peculiar and fatal cow disease has been raging among the cows in tbe south part of this county. During the past few days about a dozen cows -bave died in Georgetown township alone. Dr. J. C. Stewart, of this city, assistant veterinarian, has made an investigation and pronounces the disease hematuria, a fatal disorder brought on by insufficient pasture and impure water. The State authorities have ordered Dr. Stewart to go to Fairmount, this county, and investigate a fatal disease among the cows of that locality. An Objectionable Son-ln-Law. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Marshall, Sept C. A wedding which recently occured in Johnson township is causing considerable of a sensation. The contracting parties were Wash Edmonds, or Ryan, as he was sometimes called, a mulatto, and Miss Mary Harris, youngest daughter of Thomas Harris, of Bellair. Wash was born a slave in South Carolina, and was brought to Bellair by Capt Seaman and Lewis Ryan, officers of the Sixtythird Illinois Infantry, when only twelve years old. He was apprenticed to Mr. Adams, a blacksmith, and was so diligent and industrious as to accumulate several thousand dollars and a two-hundred-acra farm after coming to manhood. He is universally respected in the community, and was considered quite a catch by all tbe pretty country girls. Harris threatens to shoot his objectionable son-in-law on sight, but there are not wantine many who declare that such a proceeding would be highly dangerous, as Ryan is a dead shot and can "draw" quicker than any other man in the neighborhood. Three Men Fatally Injured. Mt. Vernon, Sept 6. At 9 o'clock this morning a thresher engine on the farm of Wm. Bumphus, at Garden Springs, twelve miles from Mount Vernon, exploded, Injuring five men, three of them fatally. Bumphus was blown nearly to pieces, another had both legs blown off and a third had an arm blown off. Brief Mention. W. F. Fren, agent for a medicine company, was fined $100 in Pekin for violation of the State law prohibiting the sale of medicine without a license. O. E. Burdick, a grocer in Rockford. confessed judgment on a note in favor of his wife, Laura Lv Burdick, for $1,875. Burdick recently purchased the store of Lipe & Scblantz. The sheriff is in possession. The debts are due Chicago wholesale grocers. ' The first fox-and-wolf drive of this season will take place near Monticello next Friday. Eight cnbs were recently captured in the timber between Tolono and Monticello, but the old ones escaped. The projectors of this chase expect to secure them in the round-up. Texas fever has developed in a herd of 250 cattle pastured south of Quincy.. It is supposed to bave been intrcducod by a car-load of Western cattle received Aug. 25. Thirteen native cows have died, several are missing and others are sick. A strict quarantine has been established. The Rev. J. S. Hutchinson, pastor of the United Brethren Church at Decatur, has publicly renounced that faith and has nnited with the Baptist Church. He has been in Decatur a year and is one of the brightest ministers in the eldership. The church is now without a pastor. Hog cholera is becoming a very serious thing in Henry county. Tha disease exists in Kewanee. Asco, Loraine, Edford, Phenix, Andover and Wethersfield townships. Thousands of dollars' worth of hoes have died, and farmers in Kewanee and Wethersfield townships, where the disease is of a more virulent nature, are losing hogs at the rate of from ten to twenty bead a day. THE INDIAN WAR. A Miserable Fiasco How It Is Regarded in Denver. Denver Republican. The Indian war is ended. Governor Adams marched his forces on to Garfield county and will now march them back again. And for what? Three white men bave been killed, the Indians have been treated most dishonorably and the State ha3 been put to a needless expense of several hundred thousand dollars, probably half its annual income. Has the situaeion in Garfield county been bettered? Not a jot Before Kendall and Givembell West were turned loose upon tho mountains and valleys of that fruitful region Colorow's band were simply peaceful trespassers offensive, it is true, but not dangerous. Now, though temporarily subdued, tbey are aflame with all an Indian's burning desire for revenge. The utmost alertness and watchfulness on the part of the small force of United States troops to be stationed at the proposed cantonment at Rangely will be necessary to prevent them from returning to Garfield county at some future time horrid in their war-paint and thirsty for blood. Not for some time will a feeling of security pervade the White-river valley. Therefore we say that the situation is worse in every respect, to say nothing of the injury the war has been to Garfield county. It will not do for the people of that section to deceive themselves. They have made a serious mistake which they should set about correcting as soon as possible. It would not be a bad idea as tbe first step in this direction to eit upon Kendall and his cowboys at the first opportunity. A community cannot make rapid progress toward a calm and prosperous civilization so long as such men rule it. As we understand the settlement which was reached by Governor Adams and General Cook, the Indians are to be paid for the stock which was taken from them, out of a fund which is as much their property as the stock was; the two Indians for whom Kendall has warrants are to be turned over to Garfield county by the agent, and for the better protection of the settlers a cantonment is to be established at Rangely. It is hardly worth while now to show that it would not have been necessary to pay the Indians for stolen ponies nor for the State to pay the cost of a riotous attack of cowboys and troops upon tbe redskins if Kendall had cone to the aeency with his warrants in the first place. We bave said that before. But it is imperative that the folly of this war against tbe Utes should be remembered by the people of this State; that the lesson should ever stand as a warning to future emotional and vacillating Governors if it shall be tbe misfortune of the State to have any more. The whole business has been a disgrace' to the civilization of a State which possesses the finest educational system in tbe Union. An Abused Man. Philadelphia Press. Fred Douglass, upon his return from Europe, declared that he bad been better treated by the best society abroad than he had been in this country, and his statement is ably supported by the fact that he hadn't been back a week until some malicious person started a report that he had joined the Democratic party. No Man Is Safe Nowadays. Detroit Tribune. There is something inexpressibly sad in connection with the dethronement of Shakespeare by Ignatius Donnelly. Who knows, when a few more generations shall bave passed away, but Wendell Phillips will be tbe accepted author of tbe Georgia Glenn bill! Steamship News. Baltimore, Sept. 6. Arrived: America, from Bremen.

THE GERMAN CATHOLICS. The Attack on the Knights of Labor Rcpu- - diated An Enthusiastic aiass-JIeetinjr.

Chicago, Sept C Tbe resolution denouncing the Knights of Labor was to-day reported back unfavorably to the convention of the German Roman Catholic Central Union. The committee to which the matter was referred gave, as a reason, that the time was not opportune for any such resolution. Rev. John Meyer, of Winona, Minn., arose and advised the delegates not to say anything about the subject The convention bad been misrepresented. There had been accounts of their proceedings yesterday published in the English papers this morning that would make one's hair stand on end. Mr. Mitchs, of St Paul, the originator of the Knights of Labor resolution, opposed the report .of the committee. He said he had heard addresses of Socialists at a Knights of Labor meeting in New York, and thought Catholio workmen should be protected from such dangerous influences. He did not care whether the time was opportune or not If his ideas were right they should he adopted. In a moment there were a number of delegates on tneir tees, all anxious to advise the convention to keep hands off. Then a brief but intense silence ensued. - Rev. Dr. Paopert begged the convention to let the subject alone, as it did not belong to their province. A St. i'aul delesrate said that local societies might exclude Knights of Labor, but the Central Union ought not to meddle with the affair.' After some further talk, delegate Mueller, of Cleveland, moved to cut off debate, which was carried. The report of the committee killing the ob noxious resolution was then adopted unani mously. Later in the day a resolution recom mending that local societies imitate the example of the Toledo Catholics and establish intelligence offices for the assistance of German Catholic workingmen, was adopted. The other proceedings were not of a striking character, everybody apparently looking forward to the mass-meetme at night in Battery D Armory, where it had been rumored a bitter anti-Irish feeling would crop out There were over 5,000 people present in Bat tery D Armory, about one-third being ladies. The audience was enthusiastic and wonderfully unanimous. The chairman, ex-Lieutenant governor Spannhorst of Missouri, who made an address, declared that the Germans would cling to the customs inherited from their parents. If the Germans, he said, did not possess the capacity for making and accumulat ing vast amounts of money, they certainly bad inherited a firmness and worth and truthfulness of character that raised them above those who did possess the faculty of obtaining offices. He hoped that . the present would be the starting point for annual national Catholic conventions. The church should be independent of the state and enjoy the liberty it had in this country. Aside from President Spannhorst's reference to people who had the faculty of getting offices, there was, to the surprise of many, no allusion that could be construed as an expression of race antagonism. The proceedings, in brief, consisted of a number of set addresses by well-known priests and laymen, mainly in advocacy of the continued use of the German language in America, a religious system of public education, and the establishment of exclusively Catholic workine people's associations. The session concluded with the reading of a letter of congratulation from Herr Windthorst, the leader of the Catholics in Germany, and the introduction by Dr. Tappert of the following resolutions, which were rapturously applauded and adopted: We, G,000 German Catholic men from all parts of the United States, gathered at the first German Catholic conveution of America, now in session at Chicago, think it our principal and first duty to express most heartily and sincerely our congratulations to his Holiness, Pope Leo XIII, the only father of Catholic Christianity, on the occasion of his approaching golden priest's jubilee, and to acquaint his Holiness of our deepest submission under ,. his infallible ministry as the representative of Christ and successor to St. Peter. In connection with our most respectful homage on the cc anon of the jubilee of tho highest shepherd, we declare ourselves in full accord with tbe wish of bis Holiness to have his territorial sovereignty restored, ss stated in the oomanin cation , of his Holiness, to C ardinal Rairp .-Ila, the .State .Secretary of his Holi. ness, date! Jt.'y, 1887. A?a this jtibiiea of the llolr Father btome, rr e:ntime, a vear of jubilee for whole of Ciristendom by the fulfilment of the demand of his Holiness, as peaceful as it is jut. Second Being German Catholics in America, we connect the attachment to the holy church and attachment of our adopted fatherland with the approbation of German ideas. We therefore tell our wisest and highest shepherd, as well as our American-born fellow-citizeus, that we simply, by our clinging to our German mother tongue and to our good national habits, are able to fulfill our duties to both of you that is , to be good Catholics and good American citizens. Third Based on the princjp'e warranted by experience "to whom the school belongs belongs the future," we express our most hearty approval to our German Catholic priests for their successful efforts to preserve and nurse the true religion and the German language by the founding and maintenance of parish schools. We also request the o'ergy and people to continue in the common development and perfection of a tchool system that affords in its combination of piritual cultivation and religious moral education the only sure guarantee of a good education of our youth. Fourth To ti e honorable representatives of the Garmin Catholic press, the editors and publishers, we give our fuUsst acknowledgement and our most hearty thanks for their strictly united conneetion in the German Catholic Press Association, and for the beautiful first production of it, the jubilee edition to honor tbe Holy Father, Leo XtH. Before tbe united German Catholics of America, we ask these German missionaries to continue fighting the bactles of God with united firmness, with genuine German perseverance, to the gle ry of the holy church, and for the general benefit of our brave German Cat hollo population. Fifth Considering the labor question, we wonld like to advise German Catholic workmen that, thinking we have found a real remedy agaiust this social illness, to reduce this subject from the heights of a world's question, where agitation has brought it, back again to the circle ot national and Christian apprehension, to have confidence in themselves, that their sound common sense, together with tLe religious moral principles ot the Catholic Church, will find the remedy that will be according to timely and local circumstances. We ask all Christian employers to take care of their workmen and to try to advance their financial and moral welfare with all their might, for only by sensible and Christian holding together can the interests of both employers and workmen can be advanced. Sixth Taught by experience that only a close connection between priest and people can have a useful effect, especially in Catholic congregations, we beg the German Catholics of America, with all our heart, to be firm in their filially surrendered confidence to their priests, to be in perfect harmony with them, and in loving obedience to their orders, not alone to take interest in the prestrvation and development of the religious and social associations already constituted, but especially to establish, with the aid of their priests and under the strict condition of only Catholic membership, other such pure social associations where, in distinction from the religious indifference of the worldly social clubs, our Catholics, young and old, have a sound religious' and not less agreeable atmosphere, especially as in such associations is it possible to discuss the questions of the dav and to take a united position regarding them. Seventh We feel encouraged to recommend with all our hearts the St. Raphael's Association for tbe protection of German immigrants to our countrymen, because just now the American-German Githolics ' have begun to raise the funds for the foundation of a German-Catholic emigrant establishmentthe Leo House showing the glory of American-German sacrifice, and to be an everlasting monument of the gold en priest s juDiieo ot the loly J; ather. Pope .Leo XIII. - WILL NOT SUCCEED BEECJIER. Myron W. Keed Says lie Shall Not Co to Brooklyn Ills Eastern Trip. Interview in Denver Kepublican. Rev. Myron W. Reed will not go to Brooklyn. He does not at the present time desire to sit in Beecher's pulpit Mr. Reed was waited upon by a reporter last evening and asked about the matter. Mr. Reed has just returned from a two months' visit East "No, I don't care to go to Brooklyn," said Mr. Reed. "I do not think Plymouth Church a desirable place for any man just now. Perhaps some years henee a man might want the position, but just now Beecher's reputation would overshadow anyone who went there to preach, and he would always be compared to Beecher, with the comparison on a descending scale." 'Have you ever been really asked to go to Brooklyn?'' "No, I have not. The newspapers bave done the most of that I have some very good friends on some of the Eastern papers in Indianapolis, Cbicatro and other places and tbe report once started went very readily through the papers all over the country." "Have you ever received any official call to Plymouth pulpit?" "No; the most I got was some six or seven months ago. It was an invitation to supply the pulpit for one or two Sundays. There has been no call tor me to take the pastorate. I suppose from the way the thing comes up in tbe newspapers every once in a while that I have some friends in Brooklyn who would like to have me come there, but I have received no call there, and I don't think I should care to accept it if I had one. I have been interviewed by newspaper men all over the country." "I suppose this does you no harm." "No, 1 don't suppose it does." "You will remain in Denver, will youl" "Yes. I like tho city and like tho State- I

think both bave a great future. I am getting along very pleasantly here. I have a good chnrch, with good people, I don't know why t should care to change it I don't really believe Mr. Beecher himself, if he should come to earth, again, would find bis work just now as successful as it rtsed to be. To take Beecher's pulpit; would be like taking Theodore Parker's pulpit No ordinary man no man, perhaps would be equal to it" Mr. Reed is looking splendidly after his Eastern trip athletic, portly, with a splendid healthy color, and an expression on his face as if he owned the earth and a part of New Jersey. "How did you enjoy your trip?" asked the reporter. . "Very much. I found New England looking as it used to look and I felt at home as if it was my country and I owned some of it The old country grave-yards bring up memories of the honest, inoffensive old citizens who sleep in them. I visited old Salem again, which is a wonderful town with its quaint old gable houses, it3 East India museum and its Witch Hill You can see the old warrants for the hanging of the witches." "Then there is Magnolia, where I went, near the reef of Norman's Woe, celebrated in Longfellow's 'Wreck of the Hesperus.' All along the Eastern coast and Cape Ann are beautiful places, made famous in poems by Longfellow and Whittier. I went to Gloucester and visited the fishermen's quarters. I went to Boston and got a dinner at Young's, which was worth getting. The waiter seemed to know just what I wanted. I don't suppose I ate a piece of meat an inch long all the while I was in Massachusetts. I

lived on bluefish and other fish, and I must say I had a good living." - "Did you visit Lo- Lawrence, Lynn, acL the manufacturing tow. . ; "Yes. I found tbe Lowell factory girl, thm Yankee girl who wrote essays, stories and poetry and edited a factory girl's paper had vanished. , There are a few Yankee girls in the factories, but not many. Frer' radians and other foreigners have Buppliec place. This FrenchCanadian element st me as a new thing in New England. The I. uch-Canadiansseem to be j filling up the factory towns. They are not very j American in their character. ' They live in ar town for years and never become citizens." . "How did the factories strike you?'' "Rather pleasantly. They seem to be getting along well. There are not many strikes this year there. We all felt a great deal of interest in the convention when Henry George downed the Socialists and Ana- Chi us.' "Haskell is going to leava town?" "Yes. I understand so. I am glad of it There is a good deal of confidence in Henry George and Powderly in the East Henry George is a great man, a strong reasoner. We can let his land theories go, perhaps. But he is a man who can give a reason for everything. The workingmen have a good deal of confidence in him." "What about Dr. McGlynn?" "Dr. McGlynn is thought a great deal of, but he isn't as great a man as George. He is very rhetorical but not so great a reasoner. There is an impression that McGlynn has been talked about too much. The newspapers have said too much about him. I find a very healthy spirit among workingmen through the country. The Anarchist and extremist elements are being repudiated. Powderly and George both deserve a good deal of credit I find another thing East It is what might be called an American feeling. It is not a Know-nothing feeling. It is a feeling against the importation of Anarchists, re vol utionists, lunatics and paupers into this country, in favor of American common schools and the American system of government I find a eroat many Germans who believe in this American ; movement" "Did you examine the Dro.lt-sbarine move ment?" "A little . at Wilhmantic. Conn. It works welL It is not wholly co-operative. The men get regular wages and there is an understanding as to what share of thfe profits the proprietor shall take, and the men employed are also given a share. Then if there is an unusually good year the employes get a somewhat larger share. i found Connecticut a very interesting State. The old settlers used to abhor tobacco. Their sons and grandsons are now raising tobacco, selling it smoking it and chewing it. Con necticut is a net-work of factories. Then I visited the South. I bad a good time at Little Rock, Ark. The First Presbyterian minis ter there said to me: 'You were a soldier, weren't you?' 'Yes.' I said. He then said he was one of Morgan's men and bad served his time at Camp Douglas. He wanted me to preach for him, which I did. I met Senator Yoorhees there and I had a congregation made up largely of confederate brigadiers. majors and colonels. I bad a good time and tbey seemed to like my preaching. I guess this instance of a Southern soldior who is a preacher inviting a Northern soldier-preacher to occupy bis pulpit is about tbe only thing of the kind that has occurred lately. " 'I founa," said Mr. Reed, "a very good feel ing in the South. Some of tho plantations are run on a co-operative system. I found the proprietors all right and the colored people happy and contented. No one was loing any kicking. The State looks 50 or 100 per cent better than it did before tbe war. Everyone seems to be satisfied with the condition of things." Johnny's Keverence for Ace. Mt. Vernon Kepublican. In one of our Sunday-schools last Sunday, the teacher incidently spoke of Methuselah. 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