Indianapolis Journal, Indianapolis, Marion County, 24 October 1887 — Page 1

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C.WOODS 3b CO., Xo. 9 South Meridian Street, Indianapolis, Ind. DR. illLLER SENTENCED. From the Pulpit to a Pennsylvania Peni-C tentiary for a Seven-Tear Term. Philadelphia, Oct 22. The Rev. Dr. Thomas B. Miller, M. D., pastor of the Shiloh Independent Methodist Church, Fourth street, near Cambria, and presiding elder of the Independent Methodist Church for the district embraced in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware, and Maryland, was sent to the eastern penitentiary to-day to serve out a- sentence of saven Tears. Judge Arnold imposed the sentence npon' Miller after he had been convicted of causing the death of Mrs. Sarah Ellen Robinson by committee a criminal operation. Sarah Ellen Robinson lived at the homo of her mother-in-law, at 618 Fairhill street, near Sixth and Huntingdon streets. Last Jane, while she was lying sick in bed, she sent for Dr. Miller to call upon ber. After that Miller visited the house four times, coming and going secretly. Mrs. Robinson gradually crew worse, and finally the family physician, Dr. William K. Mattern, was called in. lie found that the woman had undergone an operation and that 1 she was about to die. Mrs. Robinson refused to say anything, but Dr. Mattern finally wrung from her a confession that Miller bad visited her four times. Acting on this information. Lieutenant Scott arrested Miller and took him to the bedside of the dying woman. The arrest was made about 1 o'clock on Sunday morning, Jane 27. As soon as Miller entered the room he advanced to the bedside of Mrs. Robinson and said: "Dear Mrs. Robinson, I didn't do anything to you, did II'' Lieutenant Scott interrupted him saying, "Let me ask this question;" and, turning to Mrs. Robinson, said: "Is this the man that performed the operation on you?"' and she answered, "Yes." Miller was then taken away and locked up, and that same day Mrs. Robinson died. In the trial to-day the defense set no for the defendant was that Miller was fifty-eight years of age; that he was a minister of the gospel and had been for thirty-six years; that at the time of his arrest he was pastor of an Independent Methodist church, which he built mostly with his own money, and that he had been a practitioner of medicine. It was admitted that he had treated Mrs. Robinson, but only in such a manner as any reputable citizen would treat a patient in her condition, and that he had never by the use of drugs or instruments committed criminal malpractice upon her, nor had he attempted to do so. All these matters were testified to by the defendant in his own behalf. On his qualifications as a physician Miiler siid he was a graduate of the Philadelphia College of Medicine and Surgery, and was dean of it for a while, and that he was also a graduate of the St. Louis Medical College. Millor made a personal appeal to the judge for mercy. "If you," he said to Judge Arnold, "will make the sentence short, I promise yon that I will never again practice medicine so long as I live. Since I have been in prison I have suffered mentally and physically. My family are in distress. My friends are distressed." Miller was formerly pastor of the Eden Methodist Church, at Fourth street and Lehigh avenue, and was tried on sever.fl charges. lie was expelled, and appealed to the higher church authorities, but before the second trial came off he dropped the matter, and joined the Independent Methodists. Woman Fatally Stabbed. Pittsburg. Oct. 2a Shortly after 7 o'clock to-night Mrs. Lizzie Adams, of Washington street, was murderously assaulted by an Italian named John Bosso, while, on her way home from church. Bosso was intoxicated and was annoyed at a crowd of hoodlums who were tormenting him. Finally he became so enraged that be drew a knife and turned npon bis tormentors. At that moment Mrs. Adams passed, and the frenzied man rushed upon her nud thrust the knife into her back, the long blade passing through her left lung. With a cry of pain the innocent victim fell fainting to the pavement and her assailant turned to flee. The mob of hoodlnms seized bira, however, and after betting him with sticks and stones, were only prevented from lynching him by the intervention of a number of determined citizens who rescued the bleeding and helpless man and gave him to the police. Mrs. Adams was carried to tHr home. She is in a critical condition, and will probably die. Bosso i now in jail. He is badly, but not dangerously hurt. The scene of the tragedy is one of the most lawless localities in the city. Two Hrotliers Killed by an Explosion. New York, Oct. 23. The steamer Mary burst a boiler to-day at the foot of One-hundred-and sixteenth streec, instantly killing John and Patrick Cunningham, brothers. Their bodies were literally blown to atom. Carl .Schmidt, the owner of the launch, was blown into the river, but was aaved with great effort and was found to be badly hurt. James Cunningham was struck by a piece of the boiler and severely injured. O. W. Oicott, who was in a row-boat near by, was also thrown into the river, but was rescued. There were many narrow escapes. More than forty panes of glass were shattered in Tucker's summer-house, a half block away. Many bouses at a considerable distance were severely shaken.

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WUEX INDICATIONS. MONDAY Colder, followed by warmer, fair.weather. ARE TOD FOR GAS ?

The When hasn't got it. Not even illuminating ftas. May be you think we are not very bright, but we are. We are right under the brilliant blaze of the electric light. We'll show you clothes and hats by it to-night till 10 o'clock and more. You can buy under it as well as sunlight. OVERCOATS. Is that it? The autumn leaves and the many-colored fruits don't present a more brilliant and tempting array than our crop of Fall Overcoats. We hare them in all colors and shades known to the trade. We have them in all sizes and every prevailinS shape. We have them at different prices, and always one notch lower than you can get them for elsewhere in this market; Kerseys, Cheviots, Meltons, Worsteds. This is great handkerchief weather, too, especially if you've "god a gold in your 'ed." We hAve Pongee Silk, Hemmed and Hemstitched, in plain white, white with colored bordeio, ecru and cream, and with initials. THE WHEN : TRAVELERS' INDEX. TTANKAKEE TINE JL. (13IG- I''OUR Kail- JLi way.) SPEED, SAFETY, COMFORT and ECONOMY are assured to oar patrons. Note the changes of time. We now have daily a train for Cincinnati at 5:50 a. in., arriving at Cincinnati at 10:10 a. m. This train, with the one-half fare given every Sunday between all stations, should become popular. Another entirely new departure is our SDer.ial Sanday train for Cincinnati, departing at 4 p. m. Connects for all points East and Southeast. HUNTERS' RATES to hunting points in Wisconsin and Michigan greatly reduced. Dogs and guns carried fre. Tickets good nntil Dec. 31 for return. ONE FARE FOR ROUND TRIP CINCINNATI tickets will be sold for all trains Oct 26. 27 and 28, aud will be good returning on all trains including Oct. 20, cn account of G. A. R. day. Interesting exercises Oct. 26, 27 and 28.. The last chance to visit Cincinnati at a cheap rate this season. CALIFORNIA, and RETURN only $80. 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For Ornament and Use. Fur Rugs and Fur Mats, for sitting-room, bedroom and parlor. A warm place for the feet on a frosty morning. Ladies are specially invited to call and see these choice fur goods. . . - v - - . BAMBERGER, 1 6 East Washington Street. ME M'DONALD EPISODE. The Causes That Led Mrs.'McDonald to Attempt the Life of Her Father-in-Lam Special to the Indianapolis Journal. San Francisco, Cal., Oct. 23. There was a social disturbance during the week, in the attempted assassination of the millionaire banker and temperance advocate, R. IL McDonald by his daughter-in-law. Mrs. McDonald's attempt to shoot her father-in-law was apparently coldblooded and deliberate. She went to the Baldwin Hotel armed with a revolver and a dagger, evidently determined to commit a desperate crime, which she was only prevented from doing by her ignorance of the use of fire-arms. There had besn considerable bad feeling between her and her father in-law, resulting from his alleged interference between ber and her husband, R. II. McDonald, jr., who recently filed a suit for divorce against her. In ber answer to his complaint of disorder she charged him with most brutal conduct toward her, and also alleged that her father-in-law had attempted to take improper liberties with her. Later she brought suit against McDonald pere for a half million dollars damages in enticing her husband away from her. She has always been under the impression that her father-in-law was the main cause of the trouble between herself and husband. On the night of the attempted assassination she proposed a settlement of the troubles on the basis that she was to receive $100,000 with which to maintain herself and child. She proposed to go to Europe if ber terms were accepted. She evidently bad an alternative in store in case her terms were not agreed to, and was fully prepared to carry out the latter; but her inexperience baffled her. The general opinion of her conduct is that she Is subject to spells of insanity, and that when in these fits she suffers from delusions of ill-treatment by her husband and his father. Her perfect composure after attempting to kill McDonald, sr., is cited as a proof of her insanity. The hearing of the case' is sflt for Thursday next, when interesting developments may be made. THE CROW INDIANS. Preparations for Meeting Expected Treuble A Speedy Settlement Looked For. St. Paul, Oct. 23. Adjutant-general Vincent, of the Department of Dakota, when asked about the military preparations for meeting the expected trouble at the Crow agency, Montana, said: "Some forty of the turbulent yonne Crows have been at the Tongue-river agenoy with the view of indncing the Cheyenoes to join them, but the latter have refused to do so. A troop of cavalry and a company of infantry left Fort Keogh at noon yesterday for the Tongue-river agency, with the view of insuring quiet. Three companies of infantry are held in readiness at Fort Keogh for immediate service whenever circumstances may demand. Three troops of cavalry and two companies of infantry nave been ordered from Fort Meade to Fullock's Fork, between the Tongue-river agency and the Crow agency, for service in case of any extended outbreak by the Crows, and to prevent them, should they be disposed to do so, from breaking away in a southeasterly direction. At Fort Custer, within eight miles of the Crow agency, there are five troops of cavalry and two companies of infantry, also, one company of infantry immediately at the agency. General ltuger reached Fort Custer at noon to-day." A dispatch from Billing. M. T.. says the authorities declare that the matter will be settled the first of the week, and a fight to-morrow or Tuesday seems highly probable. The Mexican Presidential Term, City of Mexico, Oct. 23. The constitutional amendment permitting election to the presidency for two consecutive terms, after having received the approval of both houses of Congress, was officially promulgate! to-day, with all the for maii tied prescribed by law.

A PEACEFUL DAY IN LONDON

The Police Make No Attempt to Interfere with the Workingmen's Meetings, Bat. Canse It To Be Fully Understood that Violence Will Not Be Tolerated, and the Demonstrations End in Talk and Noise. Twelve Hundred of the Unemployed Pay a Visit to Westminster Abbey, And Alternately Cheer and Hiss a SermonWilfrid Blunt Defies the Police in Ireland and Is Taken to Prison Cable Notes. NOTHING BUT NOISE. The Alleged Worklnemsn Hold a Number of Meetings Without Interference. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. London, Oct 23. To the astonishment of everybody, and no one more than the Socialists and alleged unemployed workers themselves, the police permitted the projected meetings which they had previously all but prohibited, to be held in Trafalgar square, Clerkenwell Green, and other places to-day. The crowds at all of the meetings were enormous, bat there was no attempt at violence, and what little disorder there was was so slight as to call for no especial activity on the part of the police. The speeches at the different stands were violent enoush to have incited men to riotous demonstrations who had not half the causa to rebel against society that these men profess to have, yet beyond the applause of the multitudes indorsing the sentimonta of the speakers there occurred nothing to denote that the advice of the leaders was heeded by their followers. The enthusiasm, always at high temperature, was raised to white heat by the assertion of some of the speakers that if the police had not permitted the meetings bloodshed would have inevitably followed, and the truth of this statement seems to be generally admitted. Tne absence of rioting, however, was by no means due to the peace ful disposition of the crowds. The police were amply prepared to quell any disturbance that might arise, and pains were taken to have the mob made aware of their precautions and determination to avail themselves thereof. Everybody is convinced that the police acted wisely in permitting the meetings while holding the mob in check, as they gave the blatant orators opportunity to open their safety vclves, and exhaust the pressure of their feelings in words strong enough to have stirred any mob to violent deeds, yet which excited nothing more harmful than approving shouts. The storm is past, and the damage it inflicted is not apparent. Extraordinary Scene in Westminster Abbey. Special to the IndlanaDoMs Journal. London, Oct. 23. Several thousand unemployed men marched in a body from Trafalgar square to Westminster Abbey, this afternoon. Their leader carried a red flag. Twelve hundred of them were admitted without opposition. The red flag was left in charge of the verger. Many kept their hats on, whistled, and sat upon the pedestals of the statues. Others mixed with the regular audience), bat the greater. portion the latter departed as coon as practicable, leaving the strangers in almost sole possession. The unwelcome visitors offered no violence, but showed their disregard for the place by indiscriminate conversation, tobaccochewing, copious expectoration, etc. Durine the first lesson they crew bolder and loudly jeered the reader, drowning his voice. This conduct was repeated at the second lesson. Canon Prother preached from the text, Romans xii, 1: "I beseech you, therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable, unto God. which is your reasonable service." He argued that the punishment of law-breakers was necessary for the good of the community. This evident application of the personal argument was not favorably received. There was disorder and cries of "Oh, bosh!" The preacher made an earnest appeal for order, and exhorted his hearers to try to uproot evil and plant good in its place. Some one cried out, "That's what we are going to do." and there were shouts of ''Hear!" "hear!" and cheers. Canon Prother, realizing that the ordinary style of sermonizing would not be accepted by his novel audience, now threw his notes asida, and addressed himself directly to the unruly crowd. He declared that while legislation alone could provide a remedv for their hunger and suffering, everybody could feel and express sympathy with them. This seemed to strike the crowd in a humoreus sense, for there was derisive laughter and cries of "That's all we shall get," etc. The Canon went on to say that charitable agencies might do much. This was greeted by a cry. "We don't want charity; we want work." The preacher got alone better when he declared himself in favor of State aid for the destitute. At the close of the service, however, the audience summed up their opinion of the proceedings by vigorously hissing as they marched out They were loudly cheered by their comrades outside as thev made their reappearance. The whole body then marched noisily back to Trafalgar square, where speeches were made in which the leaders denounced the chureh for its failure to alleviate the condition of the poor, and condemned the police for their brutality. There were several arrests made, the charges registered against the prisoners being "brawling and stealing." V7ILFRIO BLUNT Alt RESTED. He Persists in Addressinc an Irish Meeting, and Is Placed in Jail. Dublin, Oct 23. At Woodford, County Galway, to-day, a home-rule meeting was to be held, under the auspices of the British Homerule Union, to protest against coercion. The government proclaimed the meeting, and sent a large body of troops and police to the town. .There was a great crowd of people from the surrounding country. The platform was in a large field. Wilfrid Blunt, the philanthropist, formerly a Conservative, was to preside, assisted by James Iiowlauds, M. P., and other British members of Parliament. When the speakers mounted the platform. Judge Byrne, the divisional magistrate, forbade Mr. Blunt to bold the meeting. Thereupon Mr. Blunt defied the police, who were at once ordered to clear the platform. Several policemen seized the bold speaker, who violently resisted, being thrown from the platform. Twice he cried out loudly, "Are you such cowards that you do not dare to arrest me?" The district inspector replied, "I arrest you." Mr. Blunt was marched off under a heavy eseort of police, with his wife following. The people pressing npon the officers and blocking the way, the latter were ordered to charge npon them, which they did, injurine many. M. Rowlands, who was left with his confreres on the stand, called for three cheers for Blunt, which wre heartily giveD. The Fusileers restrained the crowd and kept them from making any outbreak. Mr. Blunt was taken before two magistrates and commanded to refrain from holding any meeting, but tne English member refused to comply with their demands and was retained in custody. This evening Mr. Blunt and another prisoner were conveyed to Loughrea jail. Durine the row at the platform Constable Connor threw his baton into the air and refused to charge upon the peode. He was afterwards arrested. Two meetings were afterwards held on the outskirts of the town, at which Blunt's arrest was denounced. The Daily News, referring to the arrest of Mr. Blunt at Woodford, says: "In the arrest of Mr. Blunt the conduct of the government is absolutely lawless, the meeting being called by the English Home-rule Association." The Times

hopes that Mr. Blunt will be treated as one of the pnblicans who usually do work for the National League. . ' TERROR OF THIS SULTAN.

Turkey's Ruler In Constant Dread of loosing His Life by Violence. Sew Tort Telegram. For many years the Sultan has been afraid to leave Yildis-Kiosk. Not only has he not visited a single town in any part of his empire, but he does not even venture to go as far as Stamboul or to take a sail on the Bospborus. He is afraid that an attack may be made upon his person or that a mine may explode under bis feet The law of his religion compels him to perform his devotions every Friday in a mosque, and in former times the Selamlik was always celebrated with great solemnity at Stamboul. Since Abdul Ifamid s accession this ceremony has been performed at the mosque nearest to the palace, on which occasions the road is always kept by a double line of troops, and no spectator is allowed to show himself, either in the street or along the houses. And in order to make assurance doubly sure a new mosque is now being built close up to the palace to enable bis Majesty to attend the religious services without setting foot out of doors. In other respects Yildis-Kiosk is to all intents and purposes a fortress. Whole brigades of spies swarm about the city, entering the restaurants and drinking saloons, and even finding their way into private dwellings. People are conscious of being watched by these minions of the palace, wherefore all f.cnversation in public turns upon the most trivial and commonplace topics. Fire works and the use of explosives are prohibited. The military are only supplied with blank cartridges and are not allowed to practice target-shooting. Some time ago a couple of practical jokers found nothing better to do tnan to write insulting letters to the Sultan and Grand Vizier, and from that day to this there has been no local post delivery in Constantinople. Any one having a private or business message to send must either intrust it to a servant, or, if he happens to be without one, must hire a horse and spend half a day over a trifling matter that could have been settled in two minutes. How encouraging to trade and commerce! No people in the world are so devoted, so patient, and so respectful as the Turks. At the beck of the Sultan millions would rise up to defend him. And yet these are the people whom he distrusts, while seeking shelter and protection in the midst of his most generous foes. He lives in constant apprehension of being poisoned; his food is regularly subjected to a chemical analysis, and in order to secure the fidelity of his guardians he dare not refuse one of their wishes. In short, he overwhelms them with presents and favors in order to earn their gratitude. VICTOR nUGO'S HOME. The Poet's Children Will Soon Move Into Another Hoots. Cable Special to St. .Louis Post-Dispatch. The children of Victor Hugo will be obliged to give up their father's house. lie lived in a leased house owned by the Princess De Lueigaan. She would never sell, because its tenant gave the property such value. Hugo, a short time before his death, began to plan for building a new house. This plan the children have not been able to carry out They canDOt renew the lease of the present house without paying three times the present rent, 600. This they consider too much of a good thing, and so have bought another house in the same avenue, where they propose to reproduce a faithfully as possible the saloon and chamber Detween which the poet divided his closing years, and to transfer thither all objects associated with him. It is said that Victor Hugo's landlady is engaged in negotiations for the sale of her house to some American speculator. As yet the rooms in which Victor Hugo lived have been left undisturbed, just as they were on the day of his death. Of course, however, the family when they move, in a couple of months, will leave nothing but the bare walls. Any One bnying the house as a show place w'll, therefore. have to provide an imitation of all the fittings and furniture. ' Under - all ' circumstances it may be doubted whether the speculation would be a good one. There was an idea of opening a subscrintion for the acquisition of the house, but as the public have lately been annealed to for the erection of a great statue to put in the Place Victor Hugo the project has (been abandoned. I understand that Victor Hugo has left sufficient manuscript to occupy his literary executors for many years. Altogether, great and small, they are stated to have numbered no less than three hundred thousand. The "Fin de Satin" and "Choses Vues," already issued, are to bo followed successively by an important work relating to the difference between men and animals, and a play entitled "Lea DeuxJumes." The other manuscripts are too miscellaneous to be issued separately. They will be arranged in one volume, to be called "Ocean." SUCCESSFUL NEGOTIATIONS. Agreement Reached Concerning the Status of the New Hebrides and the Suez Canal. Paris, Oct 23. The negotiations for conventions regarding the New Hebrides islands and the Suez canal have been concluded, and the conventions will be signed to-morrow. The Suez canal con vention provides that the canal shall be kept open in time of war; that no act of hostility shall be permitted at either of its approaches, or on its banks, within a zone to be determined by an international commission on supervision; that belligerent powers shall neither embark, nor disembark troops or war material on the canal, or in the ports of access, and that if Egypt proves unable to compel respect for the treaty she will appeal to Turkey, who, in concert with the signatory powers, will take the necessary measures to enforce obedience. It is reported that Germany, Austria and Russia already approve the Suez convention. The New Hebrides convention confirms the agreements of 137S and 1383, and provides that any action necessary to maintain order shall devolve upon the English and French men-of-war, and that France shall evacuate the military posts. GENERAL FOREIGN NEWS. Mr. Chamberlain Announces that Ho Will Make No Speeches While in America. Special to the Indianapolis JournalLondon, Oct 23. Mr. Chamberlain, having completed his arrangements to sail for America next Saturday, it is announced that he will make only a brief visit to New York, and then proceed to Washington. After leaving Washington he will make a tour of Canada. It is asserted that he will make no public speeches while in America, and this is probably true with regard to the United States, but it is thought to be doubtful that he can resist the temptation to indulge in his propensity for public declamation, to which be will unquestionably be subjected in Canada, and likely the Orangemen of Toronto and Kingston will be told the oft-repeated story of the good Ulster men and the bad National Leaguers. Irish Bishops and the British Government. Rome, Oct 23. Monsignor Persico, the papal envoy to Ireland, has returned to this city. It is stated that at an audience had with Cardinal Rampolla, the papal Secretary of State. Mgr. Persisco declared that bis reception in Ireland could not have been more satisfactory. The political situation in that country, be said, was unchanged, the Roman Catholic bishops finding themselves unable, even in tho interests of the church, to alter their attitude toward the British government It is reported that Cardinal Simeoni. prefect of the Propaganda, Mgr. Persico and Father Gnaldi, who accompanied the latter to Ireland, will, however, continue to seek data to serve as a basis of mediation, which the Fopa is anxious to offer. The American Exhibition. London, Oct 23. The American exhibition will be closed on Oct 31, after wtich date Buffalo Bill and his Wild West show the man and the feature that have prevented the exhibition from failing completely will go to Birmingham, and thence to Manchester. The close of the exhibition will be marked by a meeting of prominent Americans and Englishmen to discuss the question of international arbitration, conspicuous Englishmen who have promised to attend being Cardinal Manning, General Lord Wolseley. the Marquis of Bristol, John Bright and the Earl of Derby. Mr. Gladstones Health. London, Oct 23. Despite the alarming reports concerning Mr. Gladstone's health there is absolutely no causa for apprehension. lie is

suffering from one of bis usual colds consequent upon exposure to draughts, etc.. while traveling, which is somewhat aggravated by hoarseness resulting from the exactions of bis series of speeches, but all reports agree that he is much better to-night, and the indications of his complete recovery within a few days are unmistakable. The Walls of Jerusalem. St. Petersburg, Oct 23. Excavations in Jerusalem on ground belonging to the Russian government have resulted in the discovery of remains of the ancient town wall and the position of the gates of the town during the lifetime of the Savior, through which the Savior passed to Golgotha. Grand Duke Sergius, president of the Palestine Society, invites subscriptions to a fund for the purpose of preserving these relics. A GREAT FORTUNE IN GERMAN!. Citizens of Reading sLay Claim to an Estata of $30,000,000. Reading, Pa., Oct 23. There are fifty or more people in Reading who claim heirship to John George Spang, who died about sixty years ago, leaving an estate in Germany valued at $30,000,000. To-day they were thrown into a state of hopeful expectancy by the receipt of the following from the head of the police department of Bremen: "In answer to your letter of Sept 11, 1837, about John George Spang, I will inform you that in the matter you mentioned examination has been made about hi m, but as far as we know nothing positive can be said till relationship is proved, and nothing sooner can be done." This communication, written in German, was addressed to John B. Kalbacb, a cigar manufacturer. He is a great-grandson of Span g's 6ister. Spang, so the story goes, saved the life of General Knyphausen in Philadelphia during the revolution, immediately after the battle of Brandywine. Knyphausen gave Spang $100,000 for his service and persnaded him to go to Germany with him. Spang engaged in the iron business there and died intestate without a living relative in Germany. His millions, it is said, have since been in the government's hands. The Spangs of this vicinity claim that they can prove relationship to the original John George. Mrs. Charles A. Seidel, who died this week, claimed the right to a full fifth. Mrs. Daniel Miller, the wife of a wealthy business man of Reading, is said to be entitled to a tenth, and so on through the list Many unsuccessful effort to raise a fund to employ counsel have been made, and Mr. Kalbaeh, in view of his let' ter, will make another attempt to secure a part of the great fortune. .

Losses by Fire. Special to the Indiananoli Journal Springfield, O., Oct 23. Fire last night caused the loss of the dwelling, barn and all out-buildings on the farm of John Ho wells, three miles west of this city. The fire caueht in the barn, and the dwelling was partly consumed before the sleepers were awakened. Mrs. Howells barely escaped in her night apparel. Eleven horses, fifty tons of hay and grain, vehicles, tools and farming implements were consumed in the barn. Two of the eleven cremated horses were valuable, and two Jersey calves consumed were registered. Five separata bnildings were consumed. Not even a change of clothing was saved from the dwelling. Mr. Howells is president of the Mad River National Bank here, and the wealthiest farmer in the county. The loss is $15,000; insured in the Ohio Farmers' for $6,000. Terre Hautb, Ind., Oct. 22. The cattlesheds and malt-house of the distillery were burned this morning, causing a loss of $5,000; insured. As the distillery is not in operation there were no cattle in the sheds. An honr later Carico's livery stable burned to the ground. All the horses and vehicles were saved. Loss, $2,000; insured. Morristown. Ind., Oct 23. The . tin shop owned by William Roberts, and a tenement-house adjoining, were destroyed by fire this morning. Loss, about $5,000; partly insured. " Park River, D. T., Oct 23. Cargill Bros, elevator burned here to-day, with 40.000 bushels of wheat Loss, $18,000; fully insured. Chicago, Oct 23. Fire to-night destroyed four ice-houses in Lake view, belonging to McGinness & Boyle. Loss, $17,000. Shocking; Tragedy in Iowa. - Des Moines, la, Oct 23. A shocking tragedy occurred at Maxwell, Story county, last night Perry Ackers started out, last evening, about 5 o'clock, bent on destroying somebody. He borrowed a revolver from a hardware store on pretext that he wanted to shoot a dog, but be went straight to the office of Justice of the Peace Schmeltzer, and, asking him if he was ready to take his medicine, administered it without further explanation, shooting him in the left lower jaw, the ball passing down and out by the shoulder blade. He next entered the office of Mayor French, and, stealing up behind him, sent a bullet into bis brain. The Mayor never uttered a word, but died within an hour. The murderer then passed into the street, his crimes as yet being unknown, and meeting several citizens he talked in a threatening manner about evening up old scores and brandishing his revolver freely. Passing on to the entrance to Odd-fellows' Hall, he said good-bye to the postmaster on the way, remarking that he was going to hell, and then shot himself, dying immediately. Ackers was a shiftless fellow, wbo bad been for some time an object of suspicion, but no one expected any such startling tragedy as came. A Coming Convention of Labor Parties. St. Louts, Oct 23. Preliminary arrangements have been made for the holding in this city, about the middle of December, of a conference of all labcr political elements or factions in the country, at which will be present representatives from all sections of the Union. The object of the conference is said to be to harmonize all the factions of the Labor party under one banner for the campaign next year, and to adopt a goneral platform. Another purpose is to decide upon a new name one in which the word labor will not appear. The National Freesoil party is the name which it is thought will be adopted. It is expected that Henry George will be a prominent figure in the conference, and that it will adopt his land theory. It is also expected that the conference will fix a date and place for holding a national nominating convention. If this is done an effort will bo made to have the convention held here. Mr. Garrett Talks Loudly About Thieves. Baltimore, Oct 23. Robert Garrett and party started this morning on their trip to the Pacific coast and Mexico. They go through to Chicago without stopping. Just bafore the train started, Sergeant at-arms Johnson, of the Philadelphia Common Councils, had a few words of conversation with Mr. Garrett, and those on the platform were greatly surprised to hear the the ex-president of the Baltimore & Ohio railroad say in a loud voice, "The thieves! They stole my telegraph." He was much excited, and his friends hurried him into the car, but just as the start was made he called out to a friend, "Don't let Jay Gould capture Maryland before I get back." It is not known when Mr. Garrett will return. Methodist Foreign Missions. LiNCOLN,Neb.,Oct22. The eighteenth annua 1 meeting of the national 'committee of the Woman's Foreign Mission Society of the Methodist Episcopal Church has been in session here for three days. There are twenty-seven delegates nresent. representing the nine districts of the United States, which embrace the country from Maine to California. The reports of the officers show the society in a flourishing condition. The collections for the past year amounted to $190,000, an increase of $23,000 over the previous year. The board will remain in session all of next week. Case of Supposed Child-Stealing. Louisville, Ky., Oct. 23. Last Thursday afternoon little Frances Lambers, the five-year-old daughter of Mr. Frank Lambers, of this city, mysteriously disappeared from the company of her associates with whom she bad been playing near her home, Ud to this date nothing has been beard of her. and it is thought that she is being held somewhere for si ransom. Her parents are well-to do. and advertised this morning a reward of $500 for information of the child's whereabouts. Obituary. Pittsburg, Oct 23. Daniel Kennedy, financial editor of the Pittsburg Dispatch, and well known throughout the State, died this evening of typhoid fever. Chicago, Oct 22. The Hon. E. B. Washburue. ex-minister to France, died at the house of his son, Hempstead Washburne, in this city, at 4 o'clock this afternoon, of congestion of the heart and brain.

'A:-COMING CABINET CHANGE

The President Will Soon Appoint Secretary Lamar to the Supreme Bench, And Mr. Mnldrow Is Likely To Be Made Secretary of the Interior An Indiana 31au Named for the Latter's Present Position. The Commissioner of Patents Finally Settles a Long-Pending Qaestion. A Possible Stumbling-Block in the Path of the Prohibitionists Knock-Down in tha Treasury General Washington News. i A CABINET CHANGE. Seoretary Lamar to Go to the Snprema Bench and Be Succeeded by Mr. Maid row. Special to the Indianapolis Journal Washington, Oct 23. It is reported to-night that the President will appoint Secretary Lamar to the vacancy on the Supreme Bench within a few days. Assistant Secretary Muldrow is looked upon as the coming Secretary of the Interior, and friends of Mr. Stockslager, of Indiana, at present Assistant Commissioner of the General Land Office, are working in bis interest for Muldrow's place. Mr. Stockslager is one of the most popular officials in the Interior Department, and his experience in the Land Office would be of great value in the high position his friends are trying to secure for him. It is said that he has excellent backing for tha place, and bis record in the department will be of great value in inducing the President to promote him. LETTERS-PATENT, Each Application Can Cover bat One Separate and Distinct Invention. Washington, Oct 23. The Commissioner of Patents has rendered an important decision settling (n the negative the long disputed question, can aa applicant embrace in one and the same application for letters-patent more than one distinct and separate invention? The case.ia point was that of Austin Herr, who applied for a single patent covering both the machine and process for separating garlic from wheat The following is a brief synopsis of the Commissioner's decision: ' ' "The use of a machine for the purpose for which it was constructed is ' the thing enjoyed under letters-patent, but the machine itself is the thiug patented. A method or process, such as the law recognizes as patentable, must have an existence independent of the machine or apparatus by whioh it is carried out If the resalt is simply the act of the mechanism itself, so related to it that it cannot exist independently of it and is the sole utterance of the machine, a process or method does not exist; it is simply the fnnetion of the machine. A process, to be patentable, must be wholly independent of tha apparatus; the process is that which brings into existence the product or result It must be re garded as settled by the highest authority that an apparatus and a process are separate and distinct inventions. Whenever the original invention is such that, with its mutually co-operating parts, it retains distinctive character and identity, and the : improved parts have not become distinct subjects of invention, art, or manufacture, such original and co-operating parts may be embodied in one patent. If the progress of art bis not subdivided such parts or elements into distinct aud well-recognized subject of invention and manufacture, and they have not been identified in the arts and industries as representing distinct subjects, the improvements can all be included in one nateut The fact that the courts have held valid patents covering a multiplicity of inventions forms no reason why the Patent Office should continue to issue patents comrrehending distinct and separate inventions. While there is no statutory declaration. Congress has recognized distinctly and clearly the natural classification of the arts as existing in four great divisions, and that a single ana distinct invention, clearly belonging in one class, ought not to be joined in tbe same patent with an invention belonging in another. The statute vests the Commissioner with large discretion in establishing a proper classification of inventions, which discretion has been recognized and setttled in numerous decisions of tbe courts. Whil. a patent may not be null and void for the reason that' it embraces two inventions, this fact furnishes no excuse why the principles which underlie the patent system should be disregarded or tha discretion of the Commissioner should not be exercised in accordance with those principles. The law requires that each invention shall ba carefully examined to determine its novelty and usefulness; the examination must go back as far as knowledge of tbe art extends. It would be impossible to conduct with certainty and promptness the vast business committed to tha office in a systematic manner, examine the inventions of sixty millions of people, survey tha wide and extended field of art, and determine their novelty and usefulness, speedily and satisfactorily, without tbe definite and settled rules governing the natural and proper classification of patentable subjects." PROHIBITION'S BANGER. Antl-Llqnor Laws May Become Impossible Without Compensating Dealers. Washington Special. Mr. Samuel W. Packard, of Chicago, who has been sent here by the Prohibitionists, claims to have discovered a serious condition of affairs for the anti-liquor men throughout the country., He was at the Supreme Court to-day and moved to have the Kansas liquor cases reopened. To'day he received authority to act ia the other cases on the docket also, there being four from Iowa and one from Atlanta, Ga. Mr. Packard said to-night: 'The question of the constitutionality of prohibitory legislation enacted since the adoption of the fourteenth amendment, in so far as It attempts to interfere with rights or to deprive a man of the use of his property in existence at the time of the passage of the prohibitory law, without making him any compensation, has never yet been decided by tha United States Supreme Court "In looking over the docket to-day I. discovered, however, that two cases coming up from Iowa, involving the Iowa prohibitory law, had been decided by a divided court. It seems that Judge Brewer, of Kansas, had remanded these cases to the State court on the ground that the brewers and saloon-keepers under the facts shown in the case were not entitled to any protection under the fourteenth amendment "He did not assume to overrule the celebrated decision be had made in tbe Walruff case, but he contended that this case required him to go further in the protection of wnat the liquor men claimed to be their vested rights than he felt justified in going. But it appears that four of the judges of the United States Supreme Court were of opinion that the cases should sot have been remanded. "Now, if the contention of the liquor men in these prohibitory cases now before the court should be sustained by the Supreme Conrt it will have the effect to overturn all prohibitory laws, local option or otherwise, enacted since tha adoption of the fourteenth amendment in so far as they attempt to prohibit the use of distilleries, breweries, and saloons owned aud in use at the time of the passage of such laws, and would also make it impossible to enact any such laws in the future unless provision was made for compensating the liquor men for the loss of their property. "The only war to overcome this serious obstacle to tbe progress of tbe prohibition movement would be by a constitutional amendment" KNOCKED DOWN IN THE TREASURY. Lord Herschells Astonished While on a Visit to Secretary Fairchild. Washington Special. Lord Ilerschel. of England, visited Secretary Fairchild in his ofQee in the Treasury Depart ment this afternoon, and the two gentlemen were engaged in a profound discussion' of the silver question, when they were interrupted by a disturbance in an adjoining room. At tha same time the Secretary's door was thrown open and a tall man rushed in. He held bis bands over his face aud excitedly called upon the Soar