Indianapolis Journal, Indianapolis, Marion County, 26 October 1887 — Page 2

S TILE INDIANAPOLIS JODRAU WEDESDiY; OCTOBER 2G, 18ST.

endeavor, and by Ilia unerring guidance w have been directed in the way of national pros peritv. To the end that we may. with one accord, testify oar gratitude for all these blessings, I, Grover Cleveland. President of the United State, do hereby designate and set apart Thursday, the twenty-fourth day of November next, He a dav of thanksgiving and prayer, to be oblrved by all the people of the land. Cn that lay let all secular work and employment be inspended; and let our people assemble in their accustomed places of worship, and with prayer sad songs of praise give thanks to our Heavenly f ather for all that He has done for us. while we inmbly implore the forgiveness of our sins and l eontinnance of Ilia mercy. Let families and rindred be reunited on that day, and let their Bearts, filled with kindly cheer and affectionate "eminiscence. be turned in thankfulness to the ionrce of all their pleasures and the giver of all that makes the day glad and joyous. And in the midst of our worship and our happiness let as remember the poor, the reedy, and the nn!ortunate, and by our (rifts of charity and ready lenevolence, let us increase the number of those who, with gratefal hearts, shall join in oar thanksgiving. "In witness whereof I bare set my hand and taused the seal of the United States to be herein to affixed. "Done at the city of Washington, this Iwenty-flfth day of October, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eightyleven, and of the independence of the United States the one hundred and twelfth. "GftOVEB CLEVELAND. "By the President: T. P. Bav-ard. Secretary of State." DIINOK MATTERS. A Reel at Ion with a String? Attachment that Failed to Work. Washington Special. Thomas G. Buskirk, of Indiana, who was appointed to the position of internal revenue agent last March, has tendered his resignation, and it has been accepted by Commissioner Miller. Although the resignation was sent in several weeks ago, nothing was said about it until today. It appears that after resigning Buskirk concluded that he would like to hold on for a while longer, and an effort has been made on the part of Senator Voorhees and other friends to induce the Commissioner to retain him in the position. For some reason, however, Commissioner Miller concluded to accept the resignation, and has done so. It is not known who will be appointed to fill the vacancy, which is a very desirable one. It is believed that no one not already in the revenue service will be considered in connection with the appointment It is understood to be Commissioner Miller's desire to take a capable deputy collector from some one of the offices of the several collectors of internal revenue and promote him to the position, and to allow the collector of the district from which the appointee is selected to fill the vacancy. It is thought no applications from

persons outsiae or tne revenue service win oe considered. The duties of internal revenue agent are very delicate and Important, and require a man who is a thorough accountant and of unusual shrewdness. Mr. Buskirk has been stationed at Cincinnati since his appointment. Senator Evarta's Colored Secretary. Washington Special. One of the most frequent visitors in the sevral departments is a weli-dressed, intelligentlooking young colored man, whose every movement indicates energy and business ability. At the Pension Bureau, this afternoon, this individual sat at the table with a mass of papers before him, and kept one or two clerks busy in explaining the atatu3 of the claims of a number of applicants for pensions. His conversation was gentlemanly, and there was nothing exceptional In his manner. "Who is that young colored fellow?" asked an Inquisitive visitor who had been watching the colored iudividual for some time, of one of the officials of the bureau. That," was the reply, "is the private secretary of Senator Evarts, and a very bright young man he is. At least, he is the only private secretary of the New York Senator who is known in this office. He may have other private secretaries, but that yonng colored chap is the only one who comes here to attend to the Senator's business. Mr. Evarts never comes himself, bat Is always represented by that young man." Indiana Pensions. Washington Special. Pensions have been granted the followingnamed Indianians: Sarah, mother of George Vanness. Pierceton; Susan, widow of John F. Jones, Howard; Samuel Harrie, Fort Rimer; Louisa A. Hinehart, Martinsville; Wm. II. Taylor, Indianapolis; Jas. J. Commins, English; Herman Nieters, Sunman; Jackson Lawiton. Ashersville; Wm. B. Ri'k, Columbus; John M. Vest, Otisco: Henry K. Butt. Deedstille: Miles Tanskley, Heltonville; Chas. W. Pavr, Madison; Jefferson Durman, Bloomingdal. Increase Joseph Crura, Bnena Vista; Wm. F. Cramer, Fairland; Wm. J. Gate, Cortland; David Jj. Hasty, Orange; Michael Sntdernian, iNorth Manchester; William Jones, West Minster; George VV. Martin, Covington; Samuel Roberts, P'.erceviile. Reissues David M. Dougherty. Medora: Bentamin F. Wiseman, Westfork; Jas. McClure, Jpencer; Jesse Wood, Pleasantville. Indiana Patents. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Washington, Oct. 23. Patents were to-day issued to the following-named Indianians: Nevada F. Ardery, New Cumberland, bustle; Stephen J. Austin, Terre Haute, platform scale; Sylvanus F. and A. Bowser, said Sylvanus F. Bowser assignor by mesne assignment to S. F. Bowser. Fort Wayne, storage and measuring tank for volatile liquids; John P. Carr, sr., Brookston. threhing machine; Geo. W. Coons, Indianapolis, adjustable boring machine; Joieth F. Gent, Columbus, preserving cereals; Robert Ilarttnan and J. P. Frowe, Connersville, fooi warmer; Alva T. Hood ley. Til Jen. fenceweaving machine; Hugh T. Hogan, Albion, asignor of one-half to W. 1). Gleason, Park Manor, 111., locomotive headlight; John T. Stansbury, Elkhart, hair-curler. General Notes. Washington, Oct. 25. The State Department building was draped in black this morning as a mark of respect to the memory of the late E. B. Washbcrne, who was Secretary of State for a short time daring President Grant's administration. The Comptroller of the Currency has declared a dividend of 23 per cent, for the benefit of the creditors of the Fidelity National Bank, on claims to the amount of $l!,38(i,56i). The Pension Office has been informed of the arrest and indictment, at Orrick. Mo., of John Mason, tor forgery and presenting a false and fraudulent pension claim. Samuel R. Downey, of Indiana: O. W. Farrar, of New Hampshire; Wm. H. Harshberger, of Illinois; Alvah W. Jones, of Minnesota; John F. Mahon, of Illinois, and E. II. Cummincs, of Virginia, have been annointed special examiners in the Pension Office under the civil service rules. Losses by Fire). Cairo. 111.. Oct. 23 W. R. Halliday & Co.s corn-meal mill burned this morning at 2 o'clock. The building was entirely gutted. The fire aiso damaged the roof of Sanp'a building, next door. The less on the mill will probably be 113.000. St. Loci?, Oet. 23. The saw-mill, shinglemill and planing-mill of Mr. C. C. Loomis. situated about three miles north of Little Rock, Ark., on the Iron Mountain railroad, at Loomis Station, was consumed by fire last night. The cao.e was fire in the woods, and so fierce were he flames and so rapid their advance that Mr. Loomis and bis men were compelled to seek safety in flight. So parched and dry were the roods around the mill that the flames ran through the tops pf the trees, devouring everything in their way. About $150,000 worth of fine lumber was destroyed, with all the buildings about them. Mr. Loomis puts his loss at $6,000 to $7,000, upon which there was no insurince. Mr. niair Wins Ills Salt. Kansas City, Mo., Oct 23. The case of John f. Blair, of New Jersey, against Samuel C. Suaeffer, of this city, was decided by Judge Brewer, in the United States Court, to day, in favor of tne plaintiff. The plaintiff claimed that be had employed defendant as agent in the purthase of numerous tracts of land; that be had riven him 92.880 to invest; that defendant had invested a portion and refused to hand over a balance of $32,593. Defendant claimed that he was a partner by contract, not an agent, and that he was entitled to a share of the proceeds if the investments. The court in deciding Bgalnst Shaeffer. says that "the defendant deliberately defrauded his principal, the complainint. and therefore has forfeited all the interest ind rights given hi in by this contract." Judgment was also rendered against Shaefler for 112.591 - The many remarkable cures Hood's Sarsatarilla accomplishes are sufficient proof that it toes possess poculiar curative power..

INDIANA AND ILLINOIS NEWS

Delphi's Trnnk Mystery Cleared Up, but the Mabbit Girl Is Not Found. Close of the Argument in the Hawkins Murder Trial at Kokomo An Illinois Man Contracts Glanders from a Diseased Ilorse. INDIANA. The Delphi Trunk Mystery Solved The Grand Jury to Sleet To-Day.. Special to the Indlanaoolls Journal. Delphi, Oct. 23. Interest in the Amer Green lynching of last Friday night still runs high, and is about the only topio discussed here, but there have been no sew developments to-day beyond the explosion of the trunk mystery. The lady who arrived here on Saturday night, and whose truck, checked from Fort Worth, Tex., followed on the next train, proved to be not Luella Mabbitt, but a Mrs. Hardy, of Washington township, this county. Her sudden disappearance after her arrival, and the absolute impossibility of tracing her, kept the interest in her identity and whereabouts at a high pitch nntil . the mystery was solved. At a late hour last night, however, a man called for the trunk, and demonstrated that his name was Hardy, and that the trunk belonged to bis wife, who had been visiting at Fort Worth. Securing the baggage he left immediately for his home, six miles north. The grand jury will convene to-morrow morning to take up an investigation of the lynching affair, with a view to bringing members of the mob to justice. The report that detectives are at work on the case is now generally discredited, and there have been some very severe threats against the man who may undertake to spy out who the members of the mob were. New Manufactory at Aland. Mnncie Times. Satisfactory terms were agreed upon last Saturday between one of the largest paper manufacturers in the country, and members of our Board of Trade, by which the factory is to locate here. Twenty-five aores of land has been secured to them by the Harris syndicate, situated southwest of the city. The contract for the buildings, which are to be of brick, and in dimensions are twice as large as any other building yet erected in the gas belt, will be let probably this week. All the details are agreed upon, and the contract has been signed, and in this enterprise Muneie secures one of the largest factories that has yet been located in the city, or State, since natural gas has been discovered. They will operate from 150 to 200 hands the first year, will make a market for all the straw that can be secured in this and adjoining counties, and in addition much of the wood that is now going to waste as worthless, will find a market at this factory, as wood pulp enters largely into the manufacturing of white paper, and this factory will make a specialty of fine white paper. The Hawkins Murder Case. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Kokomo, Oct. 25. The argument in the Haw kins murder case was continued to-day by State's Attorney A. B. Kirkpatrick, and he was followed by Hon. B. F. Harness for the defense. These gentlemen occupied the entire forenoon. At 1 o'clock State's Attorney J. C Blacklidge began his argument, and spoke for two hours. He was followed by United States Senator Voorhees, who ia the bulwark 6f the defense. Hon. John W. Kern will close the argument to-night. It is the general impression that the State has made a very strong ease against Hawkins, but there is much conjecture as to what the verdict will be. Judge Waugh is busy preparing bis charge to the jury. War of "Word a in Court Special to tho Indianaoolis Journal. Richmond, Oct. 23. Senator Johnson and Judge 1L C Fox had an exciting altercation in court to-day. Johnson provoked Fox, who then branded Johnson as a liar. Johnson responded vehemently, branding Fox in the Earns manner, with a few additions. Fox reached for an inkstand. Johnson defied him with his hand in his pocket, as though it held a revolver. The sheriff interfered, and the court fined both men. It cost Judge Fox $10, and the dose was doubled for Johnson. llnuter Accidentally Killed. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Kokomo, Oct. 25. Charles Baldwin, a man fifty years of age. and at one time a jnstice of the peace in Harrison township, this county, was accidentally shot and killed to-day by his son Frank, wnile out hunting, just over the lice in Tioton county. Minor Notes. The gas well at Carthage, fives miles south of Knighistown, was 'shot" yesterday with fifty quarts of nitro glycerine, and the flow increased one half. Wm. Emmons, an eig'at-year-old boy, living four miles from Vincennes, was struck on the bead by a limb blown from a tree in a high wind and killed. A telegram from Las Vegas, N. M., announces the sudden death of Miss Jennie Chester, a prominent young society lady of Elkhart, who was visiting there. Mrs. Emma Molloy has been in LaPorte for a few days visiting her old iriends and looking after some affidavits in her own and in Cora Lee's case. She appears to have no fears of the result of her forthcoming trial, and is only anxious to get a hearing as soon as possible. The case is set for the February term at Bolivar, Mo., but as there are twelve other murder cases that have precedence, it is believed that her case will not be reached during the term. Miss Jennie Stewart, of Brazil, the bride who suddenly and mysteriously disappeared a few minutes before the hour of her marriage to Mr. A. B. Warren, of Evansville, Sunday night, has been found, and the report that she bad been matried to another man Satnrday night has been confirmed. She was married at a neighbor's bouse Saturday night to Mr. L. M. Johnson, of Ohio. Her explanation is that Johnson was her choice and that the old folks were wanting to marry her to Mr. Warren against her will. James Goar, of Minneapolis, Minn., was "held up" by foot-pads in Tipton Monday night and robbed of a gold watch and chain and $40 in money. The robbery occurred late in the night, wbilo Ooar was going to the junction. He was struck on the bead with some kind of a blunt instrument and knocked senseless. He is a nephew of Henry Goar, oue of the wealthiest farmers of Tipton county. James Monabao, an Irishman, was also robbed of a valuable watch on Monday night. ILLINOIS. A Young Man Contracts a Case of Glanders from a Diseased Horse. Springfield, Oct. 25. Dr. Ranch, secretary of the State Board of Health, and a member of the local physicians' society, had an interesting ease before him for consideration this evening. It was that of Hiram L. Pierce, a young man twenty-fonr years of age, whose home is in northwest Missouri, and who is afflicted with chronic farcy, or glanders, contracted from a glaudered horse about the middle of June last. He was passing through the city to-day, en route to Eldorado Springs, and Dr. Ranch, hearing of it by accident, detained him for examination. The case is a well-marked one, but the Doctor is of the opinion that the sufferer will, contrary to the rule in such cases, recover. He has known of two cases of recovery in the State. Coal Famine at Springfield. Springfield, Oct. 23. On account of the scarcity of coal, caused by the strike of the coal miners in this district, the public schools were to-day compelled to close. The price of anthracite coal has advanced $1 per ton- and a 100 percent, advance in bituminous coal is predicted. A few days of cold weather will cause a shortage of fuel among private consumers, which will undoubtedly result in a vigorous howl. Some of the mines are still being worked, but the coal pool will not receive any orders from private consumers Brief Mention. In the circuit court of Ottawa, on Monday, John Anderson was sentenced to two years in the penitentiary for the larceny of bank checks to the amount of $31)0 at Streator. A man named Jones got one year for the burglary of a La Salle saloon. The ninetieth birthday of Hiram Brown, of Elmwood. was celebrated in Peoria on Monday, at the residence of bis o. Silas S. Brown. The

"celebration took the form of a reunion of the Brown family, and seventy-five persons, reaching to the fourth generation, assembled to do honor to the patriarch. Mr. Brown was an original Abolitionist, and was stoned for expressing his sentiments in a Congregational Church in Cummington, Massachusetts, in 1815, he being a deacon in the church. He removed to Peoria connty thirty years ago.

THE PACIFIC RAILWAYS. Resumption of the Investigation Interest ins Testimony of EfSnpham II. Kichols. New York, Oct 25. The Pacific railway commission resumed its inquiries at No. 10 Wall street to-day. Its investigations are about to close, and it was said by the commissioners that probably the witnesses at this bearing would be the last called. A telegram from Governor Stanford was read, in which ha desired the appointment of a court to inquire into the equities existing between the government and the Central Pacific. Effingham H. Nichols, formerly treasurer of the central branch of the Central Pacific railway, then known as the Atchison & Pike's Pak railway, was the first witness. He detailed the organization and construction of the first hundred miles of the Atchison & Pike's Peak railroad. He said he considered that the road had a perfect right to consolidate with another road, and that its grants of land should go to the road into which it was merged. The witness then explained th difficulty they had experienced in trying to fulfill the government requirements, and bad finally fonnd it impossible to felly carry out the road. Only one-tenth of the lands which were to be granted to them by the government came to them. Commissioner Anderson remarked that it seemed impossible that a road intended to be run only one hundred miles should be allowed to consolidate and run to the Pacific The witness replied that a statute permitted the consolidation. In the consolidation with the Atchison, Colorado & Pacific, among the controlling powers were Oliver Ames, R. M. Pomeroy, Erastus Corning, Cbauncey and Henry Villard, William C Wetmore, John A. Stuart, Gov. Wm. Claflin and A. S. Barnes. The road employed, among many others, Thomas A. Hendricks and Reverdy Johnson, but not when they were in office. Before the organization, vi ben he came in. four hundred first mortgage bonds were issued to those previously in power, but be has never been able to find tne reason for it; but this obligation was made conditional when he and his friends went into the company. The witness never received any of these 400 bonds. The books of the construction of the road, known as the Osborne books, were lost. Thomas M. Lother attended to the disbursements. No other money, save the bonds, the witness said, was disbursed except for compensation. The witness said tbat no bond nor dollar was distributed except for a return, but bonds were issued in consideration of loans. If $20,000 or $25,000 was pnt into the company for three or four months, a bond would be given in addition to the interest. About seventy-five bonds were so issued. Then there were bonds for what were known as "existing obligations," which were not defined. The witness got four of the bonds, as shown by the books. Governor Ames kept a memorandum of the roads transactions in a note-book. Between 1870 and 1878 the road wan in a bad way. In 1871) the first mortgage bonds had to be funded. When the witness and his friends resolved to run the road to Denver, Jay Gould stepped in and paid $250 per share fcr stock that was, according to the witness, of little value. Mr. Nichols said he believed that Mr. Gould got his information as to the road'a intention from one Joe Richardson, who was flung out of different offices on the road. After the sale was made, the witness, who conducted it, was paid $25,000 for legal services. When he went to Washington, in 1853, to see about the bill fr the relief of the central branch, Mr. Nichols interviewed the Congressmen. No money was given to Congressmen, but some was -expended in dinners for them at tb Arlington. These were given for the purpose of getting acquainted with the members and talking about the bill. Between January and July. 1870. $23.441 was expended for such incidental expenses. ' William S. Evarts was paid a fee of $5, COO. Two items of $1,000, which were charged against him, Mr. Nichols eaid, were probably for some political operations of Mr. Pomeroy. Mr. Nichols said that any inferences from the books of" the central branch to the effect that be had not paid full value for all the stock issued to him were incorrect He bad naid first at the rate of $60 a share, and afterwards $40 a share. The books showing that for 1,616 shares of stock issued at one time, and 10 shares at another, he had only paid $62,100 to the company could not be right He believed he had 901 shares of his own, 101 of hia father's estate, a part of which he transferred to Oliver Ames. Mr. Nichols said that he paid at the rate of $100 per share on such stock as be received. The books upon which the accountants of the commission had based their figures must be wrong. He could not understand why the books did not show any payment by him for 10'J shares at one time, nor could he explain why he should pay its par value for stock about January, 1870, when Gouii was about to buy in the stock at $250, and while the stuck was selling as low as 50 cents on the dollar. Commissioner Anderson astonished the witness by asking him what bad become of $131,000 charged against him on the books. The witness thought it must have been for counsel fees, dinners for Congressmen and incidental expenses. The witness thought the central branch was yet entitled to government lands 1'JO miles beyond the western terminus of the road. He did not believe the fact tbat they bad not carried their road out that distance made any difference. They had filed their maps and were exonerated from a continuance of the road. Mr. Nichols believed that the government should wipe out the accumulation of interest on all its claims against the Pacific railroads, as they have all benefited the public to a greater extent. They could then pay the principal. TELEGRAPHIC I'.REYITIES. Jay Gould's steam yacht Atalanta left New York yesterday on her way to Gibraltar. Mr. Gould will sail on the French-line steamer leaving on Saturday next The friends of James C. Flood claim that there is no reason to expect any alarming turn in his iliess, though he has grown considerably weaker for a few days past. Eugene Meuggy, a boy fourteen years old, was buried beneath an excavation of earth that caved in about 10 o'clock Monday night in the northern part of Cincinnati. When extricated he was dead. Yesterday morning a threshing machine belonging to John Glass, at work about ten miles soutbeast of Ellendale, Dak., exploded, killing two men outright and wounding three, one of whom has since died. The case of Ralph Lee, the youthful assailant of Banker Rawson, of Chicago, came up in court yesterday morning. It was represented that Rawson was not yet out of danger, and Lea was again remanded to jail to await results. On Sunday at Galloway, Ark., a negro named Collier was killed by Deputy Constable Jackson. Collier was under arrest, charged with attempting to dispose of mortgaged property, and attempted to make his escape. He was shot through the heart John Lloyd Thomas, a well-known Prohibitionist, has sent a friendly challenge to Dr. McGlynn for a public debate at Cooper Union, N. Y., on Sunday, Oct 30. on the question whether prohibition or the land-value-taxation system would result in the greater benefit to humanity. The Brainerd Rifle Club, while at practice, Monday afternoon, at Brainerd, Minn., shooting for prizes, shot and killed Wm. Monroe, an old soldier, employed as target-marker. The bail was swerved from its course by a sudden gust of wind, he being out of range some twenty feet Troops were j-esterday engaged in throwing up earthworks and perfecting a system fur defense for Fort Cnster, M. T. Two companies of infantry from Fort Missoulajreached Custer last night. 4 It is thought the troops sent to the Cheyenne agency will arrive this evening, and tbat movements at Custer will begin at once thereafter. Charles Dickens, jr., appeared for the first time in readings from nis fathers works at Chickering Hall, New York, last nighc He was introduced by Channcey M. Depew, and warmly welcomed by the audience. He read sketches of "Dr. Marigold." and ''Bob Sawyer's Party." j His method, though rather unsympathetic, is intelligent and pleasing. Joel Deitz, an advertising agent from Pennsylvania settled at Bay City, Mich., four weeks ago. Recently he has been acting strangely, and on Monday evening, at his request. Dr. Baker was sent for. As the physician was going to Deitz'a room be was shot twice, but not seriously injured, by Dettz, who had become a raving maniac Officers were summoned, but they, too, were met by bullet after bullet. Then Deitz retreated to his room. Other officers came, made slow advances to the man's bedside, and found him dying, with a bullet through bis heart

RELIGIOUS MATTERS.

Appointments Made by the German Evangelical Association of Indiana. Special tu the Indiana noils Journal. i Brazil, Ind., Oct. 25. The German Evangelical Association of South Indiana, which embraces, besides, a portion of Illinois, closed an interesting session of its annual conference at Enterprise, lit, last night. Bishop Thomas Bowman presiding. Among other questions of general interest, the association put .itself on record in favor of the prohibition of the liquor traffic. The following are the 'appointments: Olney District J. Kauffman, presiding elder. Olney. V. L. Luehring; Marshall, C. F. ilathies; West Halem. J. C. Young: Lancaster. J. J. Platz: Yandaiia, F. Theiss; Gray villa, E. J. Nitsche; Mattooa. J. Fnchs; Murphysboro, J. G. Schmitzj Jonesboro, M. Speck. j . Evansville District IL Schleidercher, presiding elder. Evansville. E. Bohlaender; Rockoort, J. Mundorf: Ilnntingburg. E. R. Troyer; Louisville, C. Stockhowe; Cincinnati, C. Steer, Carmi. F. Schweitzer; Mt Carmel. G. M. Hallwacks; Terre Haute, f. V. Braekley; Brazil, Wm. Koenig; Talor, M. F. Finkleiner. Protestant Episcopal Missionary Conference. Philadelphia, Oct 25. Thera was a notable gathering of bishops, clergymen and laymen of the Protestant Episcopal Church, to-day, in St James's Church. The occasion was the first meeting of the missionary council appointed at the last general convention. The council is composed of 103 members, including all the bishops and an equal number each of clergymen and of laymen, a majority of whom were present The Right Rev. Bishop Williams, of Connecticut, primate of the church and president of the House of Bishops, opened the service with the Lords prayer. Bishop O. W. Whittaker, of Philadelphia, read the epistle, and Bishop Bedell, of Ohio, the gospel. Bishop Williams read the creed, and then Bishop Tuttle. of Mississippi, delivered the sermon, after which holy communion was administered by Bishop Williams, assisted by Bishops Whipple, of Maryland. Whittaker. of Philadelphia, Tuttle, of Mississippi, and Clark, of Rhode Island. After this service the business session of the council was begun. Bishop Whipple presiding. The Rev. Dr. Austice, of western New York, was elected secretary, and a committee of three was appointed to draft and report rule for the government of the ronnciL A recess was then taken, after which the committeo on rules submitted their report and the council proceeded to the consideration of questions submitted by the members. The report of the board of managers was read. It showed the receipts to be $402,440. As compared with 1886 this is a decrease of $17,328. The number of contribntine congregations was 2,200, while last year the number was 2,376. Rev. Cbauncey Langdon complained of the lack of interest in the missionary work, and moved tbat a committee consisting of three bishops, three presbyters and three laymen be appointed to report briefly to the present council, and more fully at the next council, what policy should be recommended for the board of managers of the society to suggest to the episcopate. This was passed. Bishop Whipple made amotion, which passed, requesting the house of bishops to create the Territory of Alaska into a missionary district; or appoint a bishop for it. A memorial was read by Kev. M. V. lennel showing the needs of increased labor among colored persons. He denied that there bad been any attempt to form an African Protestant Episcopal Church. American Missionary Association. Portland, Me., Oct 25. The forty-first annual meeting of the American Missionary As. sociation, the organ of the Congregational churches for work among the negroes, Indians, Chinese and mountain whites, began here this afternoon. The report of the executive committee says that tho work in the South is emphatically one of instruction. There have been fifty-four schools planted in these States, 6ix of which are chartered inatitntions, and are fairly entitled to the rank of colleges. Sixteen are normal and train ing schools. In these ecnools are 246 instructors and 8,640 pupils. The report then proceeds at length to note conditions and progress of the schools individually. -"In all cases the work shows decided progress and growing interest. Large additions have been made to the accommodations, and manual purely religious work that is being done, these statistics will show: Number of churches, 127; number of missionaries; 103; number of church members, 7,896; added during the year, 197; scholars in the Sunday-schools, 15,100, an increase of nearly 2,000. The churches contributed this year for benevolence, outside of their own work, $2,322, and for their own church purposes, $16,015. The woman's bureau, in its line of work, has been especially successful. The treasurer's report showed receipts for the year, $306,761, and balance on hand of $2,193. . . Toadies' Meeting:. Special to the Indianapolis Journal Shawnek Mound, Oct. 25. The ladies of the Crawfordsville district, Northwestern Indiana Conference, held a very successful meeting at Russelville, Oct 22, 23 and 24, Mrs. Dr. Johnson, of Danville, presiding. Saturday afternoon was devoted to business reports of the different auxiliaries, etc Sunday morning the pulpit was occupied by the Rer. Joseph Wood. The children's band, in the afternoon, and young ladies at the evening session, entertained every one in an acceptable -manner, and drew full houses in spite of the inclemency of the weather. Lutheran Synod. Special to the Indiananolie Journal. Richmond, Ind., Oct 25. The English Lutheran Synod of southern Indiana and northern Kentucky convened in the First English Lutheran Church to-night It began with a sermon by Rev. D. A. Kuhn, of Edinburg, Ind., which was followed by a reception. The presence of numerous prominent ministers, from the East and West, indicates an important session. Women's Christian Association. New York, Oct 25. The ninth biennial international conference of the Women's Christian Associations of the United - States and Canada was opened here to-day. At the conference 104 delegates were present from many of the principal cities of the United States and Canada. Mrs. Fisher, of New Haven, Conn., was the president of the conference. After religious services Mrs. C. F. Beebe, president of the local association, delivered an address of welcome. Reports on the work of the associations were read. In the evening a reception was given to the visiting delegates. Cyrns Field's Fonr Fingers. New York, Oct 25. Cyrus W. Field is lyine at his home at Irvington. and it is said he will not be able to be nut for a week. While swinging his safe door shut, the other night, four fingers of bis right band were caught near the hinge. With a sharp cry of pain Mr. Feld fell backward in a dead faint on the floor of his office, pulling the door open as he fell, thus releasing the bruised and bleeding hand. His cry and the heavy fall of his body had been heard by half a dozen people in the other offices, and the utmost consternation prevailed for a few moments, when the clerks, rushing in, saw the prostrate form and pale face of their venerable employer. He was restored and removed to his home in a carriage. His physician says - he must keep quiet, as the shock may yet affect his system. Thirty Men In Pursuit of a Murderer. Mt. Steklino, Ky.. Oct 25. -Last Tuesday night, Ben Howard, wno " had trouble with his wif, and who had been separated from her for the past three months, went to Goodloe, Floyd county, where he met her, and because she would not return home with bim, while under the influence of moonshine whisky, shot her and 'left her in a dying condition. Tnis morning a posse of thirty men surrounded bim in the timber and nre exchanging shots. Tney will capture him cead or alive. Howard is a desperate man and is heavily armed, and has a bnndred rounds of cartridges. His wife was a Toineman, sister of the marshal of Salyersvilie. who ia equally courageous and swears vengeance. - Cyclone on the Mexican Cnast. New York. Oct 25. Captain Wetherell, of the steamer Thorn Hill which'arrived here from Progreso. Mexico, to day, reports that a cyclone swept over Progreso frem the northwest on the night of Oct. 12, and continued for four days. For five days there was no communication to be bad with the shore. About r twenty five vessels, large and small, were stranded, the majority loaded with perishable goods, which were destroyed. About thirty-five, houses were razed. Captain Whetherell does notknow whether an y lives were lost. Jtarge and Seven Men Lost. Port Euros. Mich., Oct 25. The steam borge Oswegatcbie, of this eity, arrived down this morning. The Oswegatchie left Bay City on Saturday night with the barges Morris and

Dolphin, loaded with lumber, for Cleveland. Sunday night, about 11 o'clock, the tow-line broke and the two barges were lost sight of. Captain Sheehan and five sailors of the barge Morris arrived here this morning on the schooner Beck. He states that the line holding the Morris and Dolphin together parted, and that the Dolphin turned over and sank almost immediately, taking Capt. G. Johnson, of East Saginaw, and a crew of six men with her. The schooner Beck rescued the captain and crew of the Morris just before she sank.

Jefferson Oavta'a Tonr. Macov. Ga, Oct. 25. The day opened in Macon with damp, drizzly weather. The event of the day incident to the arrival it he Davis family was a reception to Mrs. Davis at the fair ground, whre a vast multitude of ladies gathered to nay their respects. To-nigbt a reception on a grand scale was given in honor of MUs Winnie Davis by the Thalian Club, which was largely attended by the elite of the city and State. Governor Gordon and staff arrived today from Atlanta, and to-morrow Jeff Davis will review the old veterans from all parts of this and adjoining States. Fully 30,000 visitors are in the eity. Tho Carpenter-iMuuiley Fight. Special to the IndiaraDOlis Journal. Fort Wayne, Ind,, Oct 25. A private telegram from Broughton, O., gives the second chapter in the desperate shooting affray of last night W. W. Carpenter, who was most seriously injured, died of his wounds at 4 o'clock this afternoon. J. A. Plumley, the other party to the altercation, has been lodged in Paulding county jail, at Paulding Center, O. He is held without bail to answer the charge of murder. Plum ley's most dangerous wound was in the breast, but this is not likely to prove fatal. Steamship News. Hamburg, Oct New York. 5. Arrired: Gellert, from Moville, Oct 25. Arrived: New York for Glasgow. Furnessia, from Grayesend, Oct. 25. Arrived: from New York for London. Queenstown, Oct 25. Arrived: from Boston; Spain, from New York Denmark, Palestine, New York. Oct 25. Arrived: Elbe, Bremen; Westerutand, from Antwerp. from Paying: for Chattworth. St. Louis, Oct. 25. John S. Steven, the attorney of the Toledo, Peoria & Warsaw railway, with headquarters at Peoria, says the company has, np to date, settled with the relatives or legal representatives of forty of the people who were killed at Chatsworth. and with sixty of those who were injured. The highest amount paid out on death loss was $2,000. A Cheeky Hribe-Taker. Montreal, Oct 25. In the bribery hearing this afternoon Senator Thtbodeau admitted that he had taken and kept for bis own use $1,500 to forward the wishes of the St. Lawrence sugar refinery to be permitted to lay pipes to its works. He said he would have asked for $20,000 if he had thought he could get it. Mormons Decline the Oath. Salt Lake, U. T., Oct. 25. Of twelve Mormon jurors summoned in the Third -district Court, to day, eight refused to take the oath required by the Edmunds-Tucker act, tnough all had taken the commission oath and voted at the August election. - MASONIC RESPONSIBILITIES. A Nice Old L,ady Inqnires Abont Her Tinsbaud's. Scottish Rito Cul'.etiD. The middle-aged lady with a black alpaca dress, worn shiny at the elbows, and a cheap shawl and a cheap bonnet, and her bands all puckered up and blue, as though she had just got her washing out, went into the office of a prominent Mason a few days ago and took a chair. She. wiped her nose and the perspiration from her face on a blue checkered apron, and when the Mason looked at her with an interested, brotherly look as though she was troubled, she said: "Are you the boss Mason!" He blushed, told her he was a Mason, but not the highest in the land. She hesitated a moment, fingered the corner of her apron, and curled it ud like a boy speaking a piece in school, and asked: "Have you taken the whole 233 degrees of Masonry?" The man assured her that there were only thirty-three degrees, and that he bad only taken thirty-two. Tte other degree could only be taken by a few wbo were recommended to the grand body. The lady studied a minute, unpinned the safety-pin that fastened her shawl together and put it in her mouth, drew a breath, and said: '"Where does my husband get the 200 degrees, thenl" The prominent Macon said he guessed her husband never got 200 degrees, unless he had a degree factory. He said he didn't understand the lady. "Does my husband have to sit np with a corpse three nights in a week?" she asked, her eyes flashing fire. "Do you keep a lot of sick Masons on tap fcr ray husband to sit up with the other tftree nights!" The prominent Mason said he was thankful that few Masons died, and only occasionally was one sick enough to call for masonic assistance. When a Mason took sick away from his home, or when his family desired it, the brethren were only too glad to sit up with him; b;it tbere were so many Masons and so few sick that it was only once in two or three months that a brother was called upon to sit up with any body. "But why do you ask these questions, matiami" said the prominent Mason. The woman picked the fringe off her shawl, hung her head down, and said: "Well, my husband began joining the Masons about two years ago, and be has been taking degrees or sitting up with people ever since, and he comes home at all hours of the night smelling of beer and cheese. I thought at first the cheese was the result of going to the morgue to help carry brother Masons home after they were found in the river. I have keot a little track of it, and I figure that be bas taken 233 degrees, including the Grand Sky Fugie degree, which he took the night he came in with bis lip cut and his ear hanging by a piece of skin." "Oh, madam," said the prominent Mason, "there is no Sky Fugie degree in Masonry; your husband has lied to you." "That's what I think." said she, as a baleful light appeared in her eye. "He said he was taking the Sky Fugie degree and fell through the skylight. 1 had him sewed up and be was ready for more degrees. After he had taken. I should think, abont a hundred and fifty degrees, I told him I should think he would let np on it, and put some potatoes iu the cellar for winter, but be said when a man once got started ho had to take them all, or he didn't 'amount to anything. One time I wanted a new hat to wear to church with a feather on, and be said feathers were all nonsense, and the next day he brought home a leather case with a felt coal scuttle in it, d nd a feather on it tbat could n't have cos t less than $10, the way that I figure millinery. And when he put it ou and I laughed at his ridiculous appearance, he begau to throw his arms around, and I asked him what was the matter, and he said it wa& the grand hailing sign of distress, and if I didn't look out an avenger wonld appear from adark closet and run a toad sticker through me for a scoffer. He must have spent a fortune on the last 150 degrees. "One morning he came home with his coattails split right up the back, and his pants torn just as though a dog had chewed them, and one eye closed np and a wad of hair pulied right out of bis head, and he said he had been taking the 200th degree, but he wouldn't tell how it happened, because it was a dead Becret. Sometimes a brother Mason comes home with him early in the morning, and they talk about a full flush, and they act full as they stand on the steps and talk about pat bands and 'raising em out' and 'calling' and 'bob-tail flush.' One night when be was asleep, I heard bim whisper. I raise yon $10,' and when I asked him what it meant he said they had been raising a purse for a poor widow. Another time be raised up in bed, after he had been asleep, and shouted, 'I staud pat,' and when I asked him what he meant he said he was ruined if I told it. He said be bad spoken the password, and if the brethren heard of it they would put bim out of the way, even as Morgan was put out of the way. Mister, is 'I stand pat,' your password!" The Mason told her tt was not That the words be had spoken was an expression used by men when playing draw poker, and be added that he didn't believe that her husband was a Mason at all, but he had been lying to her all these years. She sighed, and said, "That's what I thoueht when he came home with a lot of ivory chips in his pocket. He said be used them at the lodge to vote on candidates, and tbat a white chip elects and a blue rejects a candidate. If you will look the matter up and see if he has joined the Masons I will be obliged to yoof He says tbat be bas taken all the 223 degrees, and now the boys want him so join the Knights of Pythias and the Odd-fellows. 1 want to get out an injunction to prevent him from joining anything else until we get some underclothing for winter. 111 tell you what I will do. The next time be savs anything about Sky Fugie degrees and consistory nonsense 1 will take a washboard and make bim think there is one degree in Masonry that he haa skipped, and now goodbye."

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But when the spectators are per sonaliy interested in the various hordes, when large sums of money are involved, and when the faith of the different parties is so great they are willing and anxlonB to support it with still greater sums, the excitement is increased ten fold. All this element of interest, and more, the author of "Ben -Hur" adds to bis vivid picture. He makes the reader acquainted first with the two principal contestants, and excites his sympathies especially in behalf of one of them. Besides the mere interest in the contest itself, the righting of wrong, the punishment of insolence, the meting; out of justice, all depend on the issue. The dramatic attraction of a duel is centered in it Besides all this, the principal actors in this scene belong to different and antagonistic races, wbo add all the fervor of race prejudice to the enthusiasm with which they champion their favorites. The word-picture is familiar to all lovers of fiction, and yet, perhaps tbat is too broad a statement In the pnblie library there are a dozen or so copies of the novel, and so great is the demand for the book, it is almost imoossible to get one of them. Messala is a Roman, Ben-Hnr a Jew. The characters of the two men, all that was to be decided by the chariot race, can only be under stood by reading the novel. Messala's horses are of undoubted prowess. Tbey have already been victors at the Circus Maximus at Rome. The skill of their driver is well known. Ben Hur is not so well known. He is himself a dark horse; his Arabian bays have never before been entered. It seems almost impossible for them to win, but, to add sufficient likelihood to the. v.nt i-.i A t.-k avalfan in turret, in t Vi A ,.1i.p ih author describes their training by the Jew, and hints at some of their high-bred qualities. He paints the sensitive, spirited and powerful Arabian steed with one or two vigorous touches of the pen. "Small bead, luminous eyes, neck like the segment of a bended bow. and mighty chest, curtained thickly by a profusion of mane, soft and wavy as a damsel's locks." The day to take place at the circus at Antioch. The evening before Ben-Hur awakens great interest in himself by causing immense sums of money to be wagered in bis behalf. There are six contestants entered, each one of whom is represented by a color which all ' of bis well-wishers wear. The Jew's color is white, the Roman's colors are scarlet and gold, and so well does Ben-Hur succeed in attracting attention to himself that the white badge bold their own with those of scarlet and gold worn on the day of the games. The day arrives. At midnight the gates are thrown open and the rabble rush in to doze awav their time and . breakfast in their seats. Tbere they sit and wait patiently till the other trials of skill ace over. The great contest does not begin till 3 o'clock in the afternoon. At that time the wealthy, who have reserved seats, arrive. The race itself, the dash for position, the exciting chase six times around, Messala ahead, Ben-Hur following, the sudden discomfiture cf some of the contestants, and the dropping out of others. Ben-Hur's final dash and tbe brilliant move by which he not only wins the chariot race but overthrows his enemy, all these things must be read in General Wallace's narrative to be understood. It is a brilliant word-picture, and a fitting though difficult subject for the brush of the painter. A painter has attempted to bring this scene before the eye, and bas done the subject justice. In one of the rooms of tbe Washington Park Club-house is to be seen E. J. Austin's "BenHur's Chariot Race." So realistic is this work of art, it seems almost as though a photographer had caught the scene right in the oritical moment, when Ben-Hur is overthrowing his enemy. At the right are seen the high walls of the circus, the wild and shouting populace on the seats umnK uiiuijr vipiuio LiiruiiK" iu ciuuui ui uusi; at the left are the three pillars, the last'difficult turn around which marked the victory won. In the background, dimly visible through the cloud of dost, is the astonished charioteer who has managnd to come in third, but who seems to bo reining in bis horses to keep clear of the deeper ate work iu front of him; in the foreground are the eight steeds and the two drivers. Ben-Hnr has suddenly wakened his wild Arabs to their best efforts; has suddenly called forth the reserve of power he has been saving while his opponent has been urging his steeds to their ntmost; with one magnificent stride the Arabs dash rtast the "Roman horses. takin? off Mes sala's chariot wheel as they go. The haughty Roman is thrown headlong, the Jew stands erect, the very picture of coolness and conscious power. The painting is one of great power and vigorous actiou, a- well as of perfection of historical detail Every one of the Arabian horses seems to be flying through the air, every line of form and of expression is full of determination and of victory. The one a' the right, perhaps, is best of ail; be hugs the earth, skimming along its surface in one long, flying leap; ears thrown back, eyes dilated, nos trils distended. Messala's steeds, on the other band, seem overcome by surprise. They seem to be rather rearing in the air than accomplishing anything: their attitudes and general expression betoken confusion. The , picture was painted in Chicago. It seems very appropriate in the Washington Park Club-house, as it calls to mind so vividly the antiquity of racing as a pastime, and the difference between the sport two thousand years ago and the way it is eonducted to-day. Accounted For. New York Snn. 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