Indianapolis Journal, Indianapolis, Marion County, 5 November 1887 — Page 2

THE INDIAKAPOIilS JOURNAL, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 5. 1887.

nd as an orator has no equal here. Recognizing his ability. Gladstone has frequently urged bis entering the British Parliament, assuring him that a constituency would be found for him. and The fact that ho has now taken the stomp in Ireland for home rule and in the interests of the British Liberal party, (rives weight to the opinion expressed by many of his personal friends here that he will shortly enter the English House of Commons. He possesses an independent fortune, and would make little or no sacrifice in making England his home.

ME KAISER'S ILLNESS. Possibilities Tbat Are Causing Anxiety Among the Statesmen of Kurope. Cable Special to Hew York Herald. There is at this moment a subject of great anxiety to men in government positions apart f rem Irish affairs the health of the German Emperor." Very disquieting reports have been , received here in hi eh quarters, and although the Emperor may make another wonderful rally, still there cannot be many more such recoveries for a man beyond his ninetieth year. The uneasiness which was excited all over Europe by the bare prospect of the aged Emperor's death was only faintly indicated the other day by the agitation which ran through all the stock markets and their temporary collapse. The possibility of the death of this man of more than ninety came upon Europe like a shock of earthquake. Why was this? The explanation may partly be sou eh t for at Baveno. The death of the Emperor William would create a gap in any case, but if it came at a time when his son was incapacitated by a grievous malady, it is quite clear tbat the gravity of the situation would much increase. That is the real source of anxiety today. ' Diszoise the fact as we may, there is no denying the Crown Prince is depressed by his affliction, and even his magnificent constitution is not proof against its inroads. The doctors do and say all they can in tbs way of encouragement, but the guarded letter of Dr. Morell Mackenzie, lately published, shows how seriously be regards the case. He throws upon Professor Virchow all the responsibility of defining tbe disease, wisely confining himself to the work of checking its progress. But during this period of suspense the patient cannot be well fitted to take the cares of an enormous empire npon his shoulders. In the background is the Prince's eldest son, beloved by the Eemperor and Bismarck, and devotedly attached to the Bismarckian policy. Should events call him to tbethrone, what would be the effect on the peace of Europe? This is the question that confronts European governments one to which the shrewest statesmen cannot find an answer. He Shows Himself to the People. Berlin, Nov. 4. Emperor William made his appearance at the palace windows to-day, and was greeted with enthusiastic cheers by thousands of persons assembled to catch a glimpse of him. The Emperor, who looked very pale, bowed bis acknowledgement of the greeting. GENERAL FOREIGN NEWS. Tlie Victory of the French Ministry on the Beaten Bill JDeinsive in Character. Special to the Iodianaoolia Journal. London, Nov. 4. M. Rouvier's victory in the French Chamber of Deputies on the rentes fundtag bill Is wholly a delusive one, in spite of the apparent strength in his favor. A large number of the Deputies voted with the government on thi3 occasion who are, on general principles, opposed to tbe Ministry, and who allege tbat they will reverse their seeming approval of the Cabinet at the first opportunity. They were obliged, tbey say, to support concrete financial measures, but npon abstract questions will be found arrayed against the policy of the government in every case. Jenny Lind's Funeral. London Special. Jenny Lind's fnneral will occur Saturday afternoon at Malvern, and her burial place will be in the church-yard there, according to her desire expressed long ago. I called this morning at Mr. Otto Goldechmidt's town house, No. 1 Morton Gardens, South Kensington, and was received by the old housekeeper, who has been in Jenny Lind's service forty years, and who was her maid in America and London. , Her sadness was touching, and she plaintively dwelt npon her old mistress, not at all as a celebrity, but simply as a benefactress and a good woman, bhe had just received a letter from Mr. Goldschmidt directing her to show hospitality to several arriving German friends en route to Malvern. The letter asked her to send thither the myrtle tree, which, according to German custom, Mrs. Goldschmidt received and planted in a large box on her wedding day. He intended to have it woven into a funeral wreath and buried with her. It was shown me a shrub four feet high, thickly and delicately leaved, and had evidently been carefully nurtured. The German superstition is that when the marriage is happy the wedding-day myrtle thrives. Terms ol tbe Triple Alliance. London, Not. 5. The Vienna correspondent of the Times claims to know that the triple alliance was secretly concluded last spring, but the details were finally settled in the recent interview between Signor Crispi and Prince Bismark. "The treaty, " says the correspondent, "provides for combined military - and naval action by Germany, Austria and Italy against any attempt to disturb the balance of power in Europe. It also stipulates that territorial modifications shall be compulsory before the three allied powers will consent to sign a treaty of peace. The treaty further provides for combined action for the conclusion of peace. No one of the three will be allowed to desist from war, or to treat separately without the consent of the others. It is noteworthy that the alliance also covers the Mediterranean." -The Sorrow of Werther." London, Nor. 4-Leipsic is still agitated over tbe disappearance of Dr. Jersnlem, the banker, who defrauded the Bourse ont of 9,000,000 marks, or $2,500,000. He is said to be in Vienna. This seandalous fraud brings out the fact that the absconding banker is a direct descendant of the famous suicide chronicled in Goethe's "Werner." Dr. Jersnlem went away with an associate in his crime who is a direct descendant of Charlotte Buff, the heroine of "Werther." Cable Notes. Dr. Wieland. of Wiesbaden, has been elected Bishop of Fnlda, to succeed Bishop Kopp, who has been transferred to Breslau. The Emperor of Germany is getting better slowly, and may possibly be able to leave his bed in & few days, but nobody believes he will get entirely welL Mr. Alexander Delmar, an American engineer, has recovered, through a verdict in the Court of Queen's Bench, London, a judgment in the sum of $2,500,'from Robert Schielbaum, the London engineer, for libel, in having published a letter containing disparaging statements. Obituary. " Chicago. Nv. 4. Dr. Moees Gunn, fthe eminent physican and surgeon, died early this morning at his residence in this city. He had for a long time been in charge of St. Joseph's Hospital, and was well known in medical ci roles throughout the country. In surgery he was especially skillful, and the list of operations performed by him under circumstances of doubtful issue have been for a long time the admiring therne for the medical journals. - Madison, Wis., Not. 4. Hon. Philip L. Spooner, sr., father of U. S. Senator John C. Spooner and P. L. Spooner, ex-Insurance Commissioner of the State, died here yesterday, aged seventy-six years. He was born in New Bedford, Mass., and made Logansport. Ind., bis home in 1839, where he was recognized as a prominent attorney. He came to Madison in 1659, and followed the practice of law. Seymour, Ind.. Not. 4. Elkana Cobb died at his residence near this city, this morning, of chronic bronchitis: aged sixty-eicbt years. Mr. Cobb was one of tbe early settlers of this vicinity. He was possessed of large land interests. He was born in Decatur county, this State, near Greensburg. He was an ardent Republican, and was unfaltering in bis devotion to the principles of his party. Rome. Nov. 4. Cardinal Pellegrini, the last member of the Sacred College created by Pope Pais IX, is d-ad, aged seventy-five years. Murdered by His Urother-iu-Law. Cleveland, Nqv. 4. Rienzi Austin, a farmer in Dover township, about nine miles from this city, was killed last night by his brother-in-law, Murray Higgios. lliggins chased bis wife, who is Austin's sister, out of the home at midnight, and Austin, hearing ber screams, ran to her ass iftance. Higgins stabbed him in the abdomen with a pocket-knife, inflicting a wound from which Austin died this afternoon. Uiggins is under arrest. The murderer lost a young child recently, and It is claimed that he has been acting strangely.

THE SCARE AT WASHINGTON

A Poor Practical Joke Which Will Cause Trouble for Its Perpetrators. A Scheme Invented and Fat Into Execution. for the Purpose of Securing a Few Dollars from Newspaper Correspondents. A VERY POOR JOKE. The Troth About the Supposed Attempt . Upon the Life of Chief-Justice Waite. Special to the Indiauanolls Jonroak Washington, Nov. 4. Sherburne G. Hopkins, a dnde and an alleged correspondent, and Ar thur B. Sperry, an Evening Critic reporter, who were instrumental, last night, in circulating the report about Chief-justice Waite receiving an in fernal machine from an Anarchist, are held each in $1,000 bonds to answer the charge of obtaining money under false pretenses by selling false information to representatives of the press. and they may be indicted for using tbe United States mails for the transmission of explosives, and what they thought a capital joke, and, as promises to make them serious trouble. Hop kins says Sperry is in no way responsible, as he (Hopkins) made and sent the imitation machine himself, and sold the stories to correspondents; . bnt .General Boynton and Robert Wynne, of the Cincinnati Commercial Gazette, who invested $3 for the story, do not hold Hopkins alone responsible, and believe that Sperry was an accomplice. It has been demonstrated that one of the ingredients of the comnosition in the box was gun powder, and although it was dampenad and probably beyond a condition when it could be exploded at Justice Waite's residence, it was an explosive when it was deposited in the mails, and this alone constitutes a penitentiary offense. There is only one hope left for Hopkins by which he can escape severe pun ishment, and that lies in leniency npon the part of the prose cuting officers and newspaper correspondents, who were misled by his statements. The latter are not likely to be patient with him. A nam - ber of times he has circulated false but plausible stories, and made much trouble for them. His statements last night were not believed till they were partially corroborated by Chief-justice Waite. Hookins is not considered a legitimate correspondent, ana has ne standing on Newspaper Row. During the early part of the last session of Congress he was expelled from the reporters' gallery for misrepresentation to the congressional press committee, ile wrote a certificate that he was the accredited correspondent of a newspaper, when, in fact, he was never known in tbat omce. ENGLAND'S MERIT SYSTEM. How the Civil Service Is Managed in that -Country. Washington, Not. . Sir Lyon Playfair, who visited the capital as a member of the British delegation to ask the President's good offices in behalf of international arbitration as a substitute for war, has given a long and interesting account of the origin, development and condition of the civil-service system in England. The "merit" system was first applied to the Indian service in 1855, bnt in 1870, as it had succeeded so well in that service, it was introduced into nearly every department of the service. Open competition is the doorway to all places except those to which the holder is appointed directly by the - crown, and all the higher situations, which are filled in the cus tomary course of promotion of persons serving in the same department, are also excepted. There are also situations requiring special professional qualifications which are excepted from competition, and are filled by the lords of the treasury in conjunction with tbe chief of the department to which they belong. After giving many instrnctive details about classifications, salaries, promotions and requirements of applicants, he adds that between 2.000 and 3,000 appointments are made annually nnder the competitive system, and expresses surprise to Sad that there had been so few appointments nnder the system here. "You fctil)," he said, "seem to appoint fifty by nomination for one by competition. In England it is just the reverse. Most of the appointments made nnder the competitive system of England are made in the clerkships. I have already mentioned outdoor officers of customs and assistants in the excise. The postal telegraph is another branch of the service that absorbs a ereat many candidates, both male and female. We have no married women in any branch of public service. When a woman in. the service gets married she must resign." "Bnt isn't it a fact that there are still many offices in the English civil service which can be reached only through official influence?" "Yes, there are three classes of offices that are not open to public competition, and to obtain which influence, direct or indirect, is indispen sable. There are situations filled by limited competition among candidates nominated by heads of departments to which they belong, and there are situations filled by nomination, subject to a qualifying examination only, and then there are all the higher and professional offices, which are exempted irom competition, iiut. gener ally speaking, open competition is now the gate way to trie jngnsn civu service. Tnere is no farm laborer or hod-carrier in England so lowly or so wanting in influence that bis son, if edu cated to stand the test, may not pass into the service of his country ahead of nobility's off spring. And It is admitted on all hands that there never was a higher standard of educational refinement, of manners and morals, of personal character generally, and of practical efficiency than at tbe present time. ou think the country is as well served, and the personnel of the service as high-toned as when the common people were excluded?" ''The public service has been immensely im proved since it was opened to the sons of the common people. By open competition we get the best. The fittest survive tbe ordeal. I am sur prised that the principle of free, open competition, as against the principle of personal influence, could meet with any opposition in a free and democratic republic like America. I think the principle of free and open competition must grow in popularity in this country, and be extended in its application." MINOR MATTERS. Congress Will Make ao Effort to Stop the Useless Waste of Natural Gas. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Washington, Nov. 4. One of the first steps Congress will attempt to take when it assembles will be the control of the use of natural gas in Pennsylvania, Ohio and Indiana and some other States, where it has heen found in such quanti ties as to lead to its waste. I am told by a gentleman connected with the Geological Survey that reports have been received from Muncie, Anderson, Marion, and one or two other places in Indiana, and from Findlay, O., which show that more natural gas is being wasted than used, and that a recommendation will be made for a law to prohibit wastage of this valuable and desirable article of fuel and light. It iB contended by the people at the Geological Survey that Congress has a perfect right to legislate on this subject, inasmuch as the gas comes from deposits many miles in extent, running from the property of one man to another, from county to county, and from State to State, so that when a '-veil is drilled on one man's property the supply of gas may not only come from an other man's deposit, but from another State. Tbe question will bring up a full scientific discussion of natural gas in all its bearings, and the geologists will have a feast of mental re search. Indiana Pensions. Washington Special. Pensions have been granted to the following named Indianians: Mexican war Aaron Fields. Kendallville: Jas. J. Davis, Smith ville. New pensions Joshua Coshow. Lafayette. minor of Lewis Payne, Fairmonnt; Cashier Thomas, Turner; B. F. Howell. New Philadelphia; Jas. M. Neel, Zenas: Franklin Gill, Russellville; Nelson J. Ivins. Middleburg: Nelson Kirkpatnck, Muncie; Jas. R. Braddock, Wilson Branch; v. 11. Bowman. Madison; Thomas JdarKs, uono; sauauei .iy, iureica. The Coming Cabinet Changes. New York, Not. 4 A Washington special to tbe San says: "President Cleveland's Cabi net will be recast the latter part of this month. Mr. Lamar will go on to the Supreme Bench and Postmaster-general Vilas will be made Secretary of the Interior. The dispatch tales

that Don M. Dickinson, of Michigan will be the

next Postmaster-general unless be declines the appointment which has been tendered to him." General Notes. Washington, Nov. 4. Mrs. Cleveland to-day received from Mr. Fred Snllivan, postmaster at Jamaica, through Superintendent Bell, of the foreign mail service, an elaborate and extremely handsome fan made at the woman's self-help in stitution of Jamaica, of native woods, ferns and flowers, artistically arranged. In the letter ac companying the fan, Mr. Sullivan says that "it is not intended as a present, but as a first offering of what Jamaica has to give in retnrn for the great boon ol a parcel post-exchange between the United States and Jamaica, recently ap proved." Miss Belle Pnrden, of Franklin, Ind., was today given a $900 position in the Pension Bureau unaer the civil-service rules. TIIE I IRE RECORD. Nashville Business Houses Suffer to the Ex tent of About 8165,000. Nashville, Tenn., Nov. 4. About 4 o'clock this morning the building occupied on College street by Weakley & Warren as a furniture store was discovered on fire, and, owing to the inflammable character of the material, the flames spread rapidly through the building and communicated with tho adjoining buildings. The entire block from Bank alley to tbe Western Union building was one immense sheet of flame. Tbe fire department, after desperate ef forts, succeeded in limiting the devouring element within the space described. The Western Union office was seriously threatened for a while, but escaped without much damage. The followingnamed firms sustained losses: Weakly & VY arren. stock, $o0,000, insured for three-fonrtbs. Atwell & Sneed, fnrniture dealers, stock. $17,000; insurance, $10,000. Webb, Stevenson & Co., bardware, stock, $o0,000; insured for tbreelourths. lhe buildiug occupied by Ueskly & Warren belonged to Judge J. M. Lea and the Vv. W. Fite estate, and was valued at $26,000, with $lo,0U0 insurance; tbe bnildmg occupied by Atwell & Sneed was owned by B. F. W ilson, and was valued at la, 000: insured for $10,000. Webb, Stevenson v Co. 's building was owned bv E. W. Cole, valued at $24,000 and covered by in surance. The total loss aegrecates about $6d,000 on bouses; insured for $43,000; on stock, $102,000; insured for about SSo.COU. During the progress of the fire the walls of tbe building adjoioing Bank alley fell in and quite a number of neople are known to be in jured, some probablv fatally. Amoner the wounded was a son of J. B. JHoore, about htteen years of age, skull terribly crushed and will die; Wm. Steward, sien painter, left leg badly frac tured: Bradford Nichol, band injured, besides a fireman and a number of others more or less in jured. Others are believed to be covered by the debris, which the workmen are now remov ing. I he telegraph wires in nearly all direc tions were burned, and over a hundred telephone wires destroyed. Other Fires. Cincinnati. O.. Nov. 4. A telegram from Castalia, a village near Sandusky, O. , says tbe business part of tbe town was burned yesterday by what is thought to be an incendiary nre. John Bixbv loses, on general store and resi dence, $35,000; other losses make the total $15,000. Insurance, about one-half the loss. St. Louis, Nov. 4. The mixing and engineroom, also the planing-mill and box factory of the Mississippi glass-works, were destroyed by fire this eveninc Damage, $60,000, which is covered by $100,000 insurance on the entire works. Kansas Citt. Nov. 4. The Huggins Cracker and Confectionery Company's establishment, on St. Louis avenue, near tho junction of Union avenue, was burned late to-night. Loss, between $75,000 and $100,000; well insured. Philadelphia, Nov. 4. A bnilding occupied by File & Arbet as a p'.aninr-miu. and V. XV. Mudd as a sash, door and blind factory, was burned to-night. Loss, $oU,uua TELEGRAPHIC BREVITIES. Thomas Wallace, a convict in .the Essex pen itentiary at Caldwell, N. J., was shot in tbe head and instantly killed, Thursday, night, by one of tbe guards, while attempting to escape. Tbe metal semisphere found in the cellar at the scene of the St Louis explosion, supposed to have been a bomb, was the bulb of a hanginglamp. There is no ground for believing the catastrophe to have been anything but a gas ex plosion. At Thibodeaux, La.fvesterdav, a negro striker named Mose Hughes shot and seriously wound ed Richard Forest, a prominent planter. Hughes, with loO of his friends, resisted arrest., and it became necessary to call out the Opelousas Guards, who lodged him in jail. Hearing of Mrs. Lillie Garrett, charged with the murder of her two imbecile step-daughters. was begun at Spencer, Medina county, Ohio. yesterday. But one witness was examined when Mrs. Garrett waived further examination and was committed to jail without bail. Arthur B. Campbell, book-Keeper for the Ar mour Packing Company, of Chicago, was ar raigned in court yesterday for tbe embezzlement of $3,200 from the company, and sentenced to two and a half years imprisonment. Young Campbell comes of an excellent family, is thirty years of age, and married. Nothing has been heard of David Scott, the missing member of the papsr manufacturing firm of Vernon Brothers a Co., of .New York. So far, the expert accountants find that the firm will lose about $110,000 through Mr.Scott. Another attachment was taken out yesterday against the Ivanhoe Paper Company, of which Scott is president. Early yesterday morning, near Albany avenue, a lonely part of Chicago, Police Officer Keecan was found lying dead on his back, with a wound on his forehead, evidently made by some blunt instrument. Tbe officer had been murdered while on his beat When found this morning he still clasped his revolver in his hand. but it had not been discharged. There is no clew to tbe murderer. The grand jury of the Memphis Criminal Court yesterday returned twenty-eight bills of indictment against Wharfmaster P. H. Kahrmester. The charges are embezzlement and lar ceny. Tbe amount of his defalcations as given in indictments is $50,000. The indictments charge him with collecting wharrage from Ohioriver steamers and failing to settle with the city. He is absent from the city. Patrolman H. Splace, fiftv-aeven years old. killed himself yesterday at bis borne, No. 16 .ast Une-uundred-and-twentieth street, Jew York. He put a revolver in his mouth and sent a bullet into his brain. He had been on the police force since 1861, wa3 the father of a large family of sons and daughters, who are all married, and was not known to have any family or financial troubles. Albert M. Brnsstar, of Baltimore, an extra letter-carrier, is nnder arrest charged with the murder of Michael J. Beisler, an imbecile boy. Brusstar went home, Thursday nieht, nnder tbe influence of liquor, and the noise of some children playing prevented his going to sleep. He became very angry and beat Beisler aoout the head. He then picked the boy up and threw him down stairs. The boy was put to bed, but died in a short time. Experiments with Nitro-GIycerine Shells. New York, Nov. 4. Yesterday, at Sandy Hook, Sergt. D. Smolinoff made experiments in firing nitro-glycerine from a 100-pound parrot rifled gnn, using eighteen pounds of service powder for a shot. The shells used were of about ninetv-two pounds weight, and were cnargea witn nve pounds of mtro-clycerine each, and provided with the inventor's ignitor. The gun was fixed in an ordin ary cradle, and tbe shots were directed against a fourteen-inch-thick target of wrought iron. At the first firing the shell exploded on ' the impact of the target, making a depression about lour inches deep and displacing the target about three inches. Some fragrants of the shell were scattered over tbe fortress, scanner those inside. The second shell exploded, making a crack in the target about fourteen inches long and one-fourth of an inch wide, and broke two rivets, one three and a half inches and the other two and a half inches in diameter. The third shell also exploded, making an impression about hve inches deep. After the three shots the tar get was found displaced about eighteen inches and torn on! from the wooden base to which it was fastened. Up to this time this tareet had stood all kinds of shots, even gelatine-filled shells. The inventor believes that if he could have had steel instead of iron shells the target would have been blown to fragments. Dr. Parker at Cincinnati. . Cincinnati, Nov. 4. On his arrival here to day, the Rev. Dr. Parker, of London, England, was cordiauy received oy au the leading Protestant ministers in this eity. Dr. Parker will remain here over Sunday, and on Sunday evening will preach a sermon at tbe Music Hall. to which no admission will be charged, but after the services a collection will be taken for the benefit of the varions charities of this city. Coughs and Colds. Those who are suffering from coughs, colds, sore throats, etc.. should try Brown's Bronchial Troohes. Sold only in boxes.

INDIANA AND ILLINOIS NEWS

Opening Session of the State Woman's Sunrage Association, at Evansvillc. A Circus Tram Thrown from the Track Trying to Collect an Old SubscriptionState I. M. C. A. ConTention Notes. INDIANA. Annual Meeting of the State Woman's Suf frage Association. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. - Evansville, Nov. 4. The Indiana Woman's Suffrage Association assembled in convention here this afternoon, being called to order by Mrs. Helen M. Gougar, of Lafayette, president of the association. The afternoon was devoted to preliminaries for the reception and assign ment of distinguished female speakers, who ar rived this evening in the persons of Miss Snsan B. Anthony and Miss Ida A. Harper. Mrs. May Wright Sewall, of Indianapolis, will arrive to morrow. The venerable mother of Gen. Lew Wallace was expected to address the convention this evening, bnt she was delayed, and will not arrive until to-morrow. This evening Mrs. Gougar addressed an immense audience in the Cumberland Presbyterian Chureh, upon the subject of "An Unrestricted Ballot" Her lect ure was received with marked attention, and aroused the greatest enthusiasm. To-morrow evening Miss Anthony will deliver an address in reply to the recent article of Senator In galls in the Forum. State T. M. C A. Convention, gpacial to tbe Indianapolis Journal. Crawfordsville, Nov. 4. After the usual opening exercises, the State Y. M. C. A. con vention was addressed by Rev. E. A. ScholL of South Bend, npon the urgent need of Y. M. C A. work in all parts of the State. J. W. Cromwell, vice-president of the associa tion, presided in the absence of the president. Last evening an address was delivered by Rev. E. A. Scholl, of South Bend, in addition to the other exercises. The responses to the address of welcome were made by G. W. Cobb and C D. Meigs, of Indianapolis. A business meeting was held this morning, and H. H. Wright, of DePauw University, was elected president of the association; secretaries, M. A. Brannon, Crawfordsville. and r. A. Brown, of New Albany. lhe praise service was nnder the charge of Z. T.- Esmond, of Elkhart. Written reports were received from tbe associations. ''The Model Workers Bible Training Class was discussed by C. K. Ober, M. B. Williams and I. E. Brown. The meeting this afternoon was held in the First Cbnrch. A praise service was conducted bv F. A. Brown, of New Albany. "Association Work Among Railroad Men"1 was ably handled by R. M. Hays, of Fort Wayne, and G. W. Cobb, of Indianapolis. "The Association the Proper Guardian of Athletics" was tbe subject of a paper read by 1m Fremont Swain, of Indi anapolis. "Quiz" was conducted by M. 13. Will iams, State secretary of Georgia. The meeting this evening was held in the Methodist Church. Musical selections were given by a male choir from New Albany. "Suc cessful Association Work in Small Towns" was the subject discussed by I. E. Brown, State Sec retary of Illinois. Frof. J. M. Coulter, of Wa bash College, delivered an interesting address on the important work of the Y. M. C. A. The meetings to-morrow will be held at the First Church. Terrific Explosion Near Muncie. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Muncie, Nov. 4. This morning, about 2 o'clock, a large quantity of nitro-glycerine exploded in a small house, lined with iron, which was situated in the woods, belonging to John M. Graham, about three miles east of the city. The shock was perceptible for a distance of sev eral mi!es. as telegrams were received here early this morning, making inquiries about the cause of the report, from Union City. Winchester and other places. Muncie was the distribut ing point for the State of Indiana, and whenevera gas-well was drilled and required "shooting" the nitro-glycerine was furnished from this place. Where the house once stood is a hole several feet deep , and fully twenty feet in diameter. Large trees were torn to pieces. A terrible battle in which grape and canister were burled through tbe timber, could not leave the trees for rods away in a worse condition than tbey are to-day. The largest piece of the iron house yet found is about as big as a silver dol lar. The cause of the explosion is not known. Circus Train Thrown from the Track. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Brazil, Nov. 4. John Robinson's circus and menagerie is in hard luck. Recovering from its disaster at St. Louis, yesterday, in which one life was lost, several coaches wrecked and twen ty or more beasts liberated, the consolidated train of twenty-seven extra long Barney & Smith coaches was again wrecked on the Vandalia, near Cleveland, eight miles west of Brazil, at about 8:30 a. m. to-day. The train earried nineteen tableau wagons, forty-two cages of animals, and 400 men and women. The wreck occurred at a sharp curve while the train was making fair speed. Three or four coaches left the track and were piled up in confusion. The wreck caught fire and was consumed, but the rest of the train, in cluding tbe animals, was saved. Fortunately no lives were lost, though several persons were more or less seriously injured. The show was en route to winter quarters in Cincinnati The loss sustained in yesterday's wreck and to-day's will aggregate, perhaps, $100,000, covered by in surance. Tbe St. Louis Bridge and Tunnel Com pany, as well as the V andalia, will be called on for considerable damaees. Trying to Collect an Old Subscription. Special tu the Indianapolis Journal. Wabash, Nov. 4. Two or three prominent citizens of Wabash, including J. S. Daugherty, president of the First National Bank, and E. S. Ross, twenty years ago subscribed several hundred dollars stock in a corporation known as the Northwestern Telegraph Company. An assessment of 5 per cent, was soon afterwards paid, and it was agreed that no more should be levied until the lines of the company were completed. The project collapsed within a few months, and the stockholders had forgotten about tbe mat ter, when to-day a person claiming to be tbe representative of the company appeared and no tified them tbat tbe remainder of tbe subscrip tion must be paid. The demand, on advice of attorneys, was refused, and it is not probable the case will ever be litigated. It is stated that the creditors of the defunct corporation are en deavoring to make the stockholders liable for their claims. The Green Mnrder Trial. fpecial to the Indianapolis Journal. Peru, Nov. 4. The examination of witnesses fo r the State in the Wm. Green murder case closed at noon. Some twenty-five witnesses have testified and were subjected to a most vig orous cross examination, revealing only trifling discrepancies and those relating to distances and the exact time as to the killing. The main testimony regarding the killing and the manner of it is harmonious. The evidence is very damaging, and it is hard to see how Green can combat it on a plea of self-defense. Interest in the case is unabated, and the court-room is constantly crowded. Mrs. Naucy Green, who arrived yesterday from Hebron, O., is constantly at 'her son's side. Death of an Old Newspaper. Special to tbe Indianapolis Journal. South Bend, Nov. 4. Tbe St Joseph Valley Register was sold at sheriffs sale this afternoon, and was bid in by the Tribune Printing Com pany, of this city, who will consolidate the paper with the Tribune. The Register was founded by the late Vice president Schuyler Colfax fortytwo years ago, and owned by him for twenty years. Of late it became a money-losing con cern, tbrongh tne printing business being over done in this city, and the mortgages on its daily. weekly and Sunday editions and its job office and book bindery were foreclosed. Death of Rev. John Kobe. Franklin Republican. Rev. John Robe died at his residence, on the Three Notch road, in the north part of this county, on last Sabbath, Oct. 30. Two weeks previous, as he was returning from church, be received a fall. Mr. Robe being an aged gen

tleman, this injury proved fatal. The funeral

services were held on .Monday at Mount Auburn M. E.' Church, and the remains were buried in the Sbiloh Cemetery, near W averly. Mr. Robe was born in Ireland, October, 1808. Two years afterward his parents, Andrew and Marv Robe, came to tbis country and settled in Cumberland connty, Pennsylvania. At tbe ace of ten his mother died, and he was apprenticed tn & lilacVamith and worked at that trade for a time. On account of bis father's failing health' the son, John, returned o the farm. In IWi they came to Indiana, and tne next year nis father died. In 1835 Mr. Robe was married to Miss Catharine Messersmitb, and settled on the little farm where he resided until his death, Mrs. Robe, his wife, havinc died in April, 1877. Mr. Robe was of Presbyterian parentage, of "the straightest sect" When quite young he be came a member of the Methodist episcopal Church, and he oftentimes in hi life related his peculiar Christian experience. While yet young be was licensed as a local preacher. iJis labors were attended with marked success, and he filled several appointments as supply. lie was ordained deacon in 1S84 and elder in lsoo. Mr. Robe was a brother to William Robe, of . Morgan county, who was assassinated at tbe time of the late war. Another brother is Rev. James Robe, of Kalamazoo. Mich. He bad accumulated some prop erty, which he disposed of by will, with Ira T. Gregg and John W. Kobe as execu tors. One-third be beoufeaioed to the Ministers Aid Society of the S. E. Indiana M. E. Conference: oce-third to foreign missions, and onethird to relatives. Uhns another pioneer, who was full of energy and integrity has passed away. Minor Notes. Howard Taylor, a miner, was caught under two tons of sand-rock and instantly killed in Whitmore's mine, at Washington. He was forty-six years old and leaves a widow and nine children. The drill in well No. 2, belonging to the Greenfield Gas Company, yesterday penetrated Trenton rock eighteen feet, and a strong flow of gas was struck. The quality Js said to be su perior to any yet found in tbat field. A gentleman from English. Crawford connty. reports that about twenty-five ."White Caps paraded the streets of that town, Thursday night. Several persons were notified to either reform their bad habits or leave the community. but no ono was flogged. Frank Snyder, of Pierceton, aged sixteen years, while out hunting, accidentallv shot him self, causing death shortly afterward. He saw 6ome game and jumped out of a buggy, dragging his gun with him, which was discharged, tne contents taking effect in bis bowels. District Assembly No. 3115, Knights of La bor, the oldest assembly in New Albany, at one time attaining a membership of 800, but now re duced to seventy, bas decided, without a dissent ing voice, to close operations. The charter and secret work of the order will be sent to head quarters. John IL Taylor was shot while standing in his doorway at his home in Palmyra. Harrison eounty, a few days ago. by some one in ambush. Mr. layior went to Corydon yesterday and made an affidavit against T. R. Collin, charging him with having fired the sbot. It is alleged that Cullin had threatened Taylor's life. ILLINOIS. Increasing Interest iu the Testimony In the Carman Abduction Case. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Urbana, Nov. 4. Increasing interest was manifested to-day in the Josie Carman abduc tion case, in the Champaign Circuit Court. The current of sentiment is strong against the de fendants, and their attorneys strove hard to break the force of the testimony against them. They especially tried to save Mis. Shutt by proving hr good character. The testimony of the abducted girl is hard to break down. A night session of tbe court was held to listen to the closing plea of the prosecution. Found. Guilty of Murder. Ottawa, Nov. 4. The trial of Geo, Bolzer, a Streator bottle-blower, for the murder of a com rade, a few months ago, was completed in the Circuit Court in Ottawa, yesterday. After a short consnltation the jury returned a verdict of guilty, with hanging as the punishment. The crime was committed last summer. Both Bol zer and his victim, Hau, were bottle-blowers. Bolzer had been making some violent and in sulting remarks to Han's wife, and upon his return home Hau was Informed of what bad happened, and called Bolzer to account. In the altercation that followed Bolzer sbot Hau. The evidence showed tbat he had on several occasions threatened the life of Hau. Awnrdod 5,000 Damages. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Danville, Nov. 4. William B. Oliphant, a dealer in plumbers' and gas-fitters' supplies, Chicago, was awarded a verdict for $5,000 against the Danville Gas-light Company, in the Circuit Court, to-day. On the night of Aug. 19 last, while the complainant was eroine to th de pot, he fell into a gas-pipe trench and broke his ankle. He sued for $10,UU damages. v Brief Mention. The board of trustees of the Normal Soldiers' Orphans' Home has selected Dr. M. B. Cole as successor to Dr. J. L. WThite, who held the position of physician and surgeon for many years. Isaac Kempner, a clothier of Litchfield, com mitted suicide on Thursday by shooting. Noth ing is known as to the cause. He was sixtynine vears old. He was in business in Chicago for ten years. He leaves a widow and four children. The remains will be taken to St. Louis for interment. William Helton, a witness for the defense in the Keller murder case at Shelbyville. started home Monday evening in company with George Jacoby, a witness for the prosecution in the same case. On the way the two got into a dispute about the case, and Helton fell out of the wagon. He lay paralyzed until Wednesday night, when he died. A warrant is out for the arrest of Ja coby. An attempt was made, Thursday morning, to wreck the Jacksonville Southeastern railway construction train, conveying men and material to a point five miles below Walnut Hill, where the track is being laid on tbe extension to Driver's station. The attempt was made by placing ties below and above the rails on a sharp curve. It was just coming daylight when the train reached the point, but tbe brakeman discovered the Obstruction and the train was stopped within a few yards of it. Over one hundred men were'on the train, and contractor Collins savs that if they had been running fifteen miles an hour instead of five a wreck would have taken place. Mysterious Death of a Priest. Wilkesbarre, Pa.. Nov. 4 Rev. Zenon Loshawicz, Catholic priest of the Greek chnrch in charge of tbe Kingston chapel, two miles from this city, was found dead in bed at a hotel here this morning. He came to the hotel at midnight and slept with another preacher named Cyrill Droppa, in charge of the Lutheran Chnrch at Nanticoke. Both men formerly lived at She nandoah. The death of the priest is shrouded in mystery. An investigation is now being made. Steanifeiup News. New York, Nov. 4. Arrived: State of Ne braska, from Glaseow; Ems, from Bremen. Southampton, Nov, 4. Arrived: Leerdam, from New York for Amsterdam. London, Nov. 4. Arrived: Milanese, from Boston. THE FEACK DELEGATION. English Papers Poke Fun at the President's Reply and Criticise IDs Exaggeration. London Special. Some of the newspapers devote much space to the international peace conference held at the White House yesterday. Tbe Daily Telegraph says it does not expect much from conferences or memorials, but rather from the growth of civilization and good feeling in the two coun tries. The same spirit, which has broken up dueling in the two countries would always favor arbitration as a means of settling disputes. It says: "There was a time when American feeling was very bitter aeainst ns. No Fourth of July ora tory was complete without a fling at the British race. W e were at one time assailed for our in solent attacks on slavery, while from 1860 to 1861 we were abused all over the North for our supposed sympathies with the confederates. The rancor of these old tunes has died away, lne United States, techy and wayward in their in fancy, have erown up into calm and self-respect ing manhood. They are less sensitive to impertinent criticism of European Paul Prys. "Disraeli said of a public man: fcie nas tbe right to be conceited. He bas done something.' America is in this position. It has achieved irreatness. and bas dropped bombast ana bounce. The valor and endurance diaplayed on both sides during the great war. tbe heroic patience with which taxation is borne, m order that the Nation may shake itself free of debt; the energy that has in thirty years built up a magnificent fabric of national prosperity, all tend to make America not the fretful child of fifty years ago, but the grown adult of the present time, moving toward its future destiny with calm pride. It is

in this equality of the two great sections of the Anglo-Saxon race, and In their ever-growine affinity that we find tbe best security for peace." The Standard takes nearly the same view, and is inclined to poke fan at the English employed both by the memorialists and by the President. It says: "But though tbe style of the memorial presents an odd mixture of pomposity and commonplace, the sentiments to which it gives utterance are unimpeachable. It is unnecessary to reproduce them here, nor can we do more than refer in passing to more brief and perhaps more business-like expressions of opinion by John Brieht. Lord Wolseley, the Marquis of Lome and Earl Granville read on the preceding day at tbe closing of the American exhibition in London. . . '")D?TePlT made by President Cleveland - to the British peace and arbitration committee waa isconie, and perhaps a trifle oracular, but be also joined, as might be expected, in the pious,' if somewhat vacuo hope that the killing of men may be put a stop to by a process of international arbitration, bnt even in the few worda pronounced by the President we observe a tone of exaggeration which seems destined to stultify the utterances of all those wno pledge themselves to abstract principle. If the literary circles of Boston have smiled at tbe perversions of the Queen 's English put into the mouth of Sir Lyon Playfair, some of the English membera of Parliament who accompanied must likewise, if they have any culture or ordinary memories, have experienced a sense of amusements when tbey heard President Cleveland claim for 'the people of my country' tbat they boast they can exhibit more vietoreis of peace than any other nation. For some people history is very modern, and we suppose the President thinks the peaceful victories of Greece, of Rome and of Europe generally in the age of tho renaissance and since mere trifles not to be considered. "It must not be thought that it is in any carpinespirit we indicate blemishes in the otherwise useful performance of these excellent people; but when an object avowedly difficult is being

pursued it is greatly to be desired that people should not be prejudiced against an endeavor to overcome the difficulty through any exaggera tion in the language of those who are engaged in combating it." Knew the Gentleman lie Banged. New York Tribune. The following story is told by one of the men in charge of the electric lighting on the train which carried President and Mrs. Cleveland on their recent trip in the West, and he asserts it is a positive fact. Early one mornipg the train stopped for water at a little way station in Ohio. At the depot was an elderly farmer who showed great curiosity to see tbe President. Can't I see Mr. Cleveland!'' he asked. "No, he's asleep and no one can see him," was tbe response. 'I wonld like so mnch to see Mr. Cleveland," persisted tbe old man. Something in his tone struck his interlocutor, and he asked: "Do you know Mr. Cleveland?" "No," responded the farmer, "but I was well acquainted with a gentleman he hung in Buffalo some years ago." The story was afterward told to tbe President. who enjoyed it heartily. DEAFNESS AND RUNNING EARS. Their Rational Treatment by Dr. A. B. Barker. Science is constantly making new discoveries. As our knowledge increases, our treatment of diseases becomes more rational. Perhtps no greater revolution has taken place in the science of Medieine than in Aural Surgery." It is not generally understood that the EAR is folly as delicate an organ as the Eye, f o many will allow experiments upon this organ by an ignorant pretender who would recoil f rozu anything much less serious proposed for the Eye. Deafness, within itelf,.is not a disease. but a symp tom of something producing it. The diseases gener ally met with in treating the ear are: Inflammation of the auricle, or of the canal leading to the tympanum (ear drum) or the drnm itself, polypus, tumors, ulcers, inflammation of the eustachian tube, par alysis or atrophy of the auditory nerve, scrofula, catarrh, skin diseases, etc., etc. Deafness, like blindness, usually commences in one organ. There are many who are deaf in one ear and not aware of it, while others try o conceal the fact, until from sym pathy, both organs become involved, which may impair the health, besides making the patient gloomy, distrustful and nervous. The majority of ear diseases are chronic; commencing insidiously, giving no warn ing of their approach, impairing the hearing so gradu ally that it is not detected until the second stage. The curability does not depend so much npon the de gree of deafness, length of standing, or age of patient, as it does upon the source from which it emanates. OCR RATIONAL. TREATMENT consists of. the introduction of electricity, gases or vapors, accompanied by such medicinal agents as each particular case requires, together with constKu' ional treatment. It is not attended with any pain or inconvenience whatever; can be earned on at home after one interview. As evidence of our success we ask those inter ested to investigate the references to be had at oar omce. RUNNING EARS. A discharge from the ear, however slight, is indica tive of a destructive inflammation goixg on within. The delicate parts of the ear are constantly bathed in the foul discharge, and before one is aware, the organ of hearing is totally destroyed. This frequently oc curs with children, who roften bear pain without complaining. There is a prevailing opinion that the discharge ought not be stopped, that it will injure the child to do so. This is a grave error; the sooner it is stopped, the better chance the child will have to re gain hearing. Let it continue and you take the chances of consigning the child to a deaf and dumk asylum, an idiotic institution, or the grave. This is not overdrawn; for the ear is separated from the brain by enly a very thin shell of bone, which inflammation destroys, and the disease extends to the membranes of the brain, which causes death or makes the child an idiot. The remorse of many fond parents who allowed what they thought a harmless discharge from the ear to continue until it was too late, will more than justify this statement. When the discharge is once fully established, no spontaneous (or self) cure need be looked for, as the inflammation becomes chronic and deep-seated, some times extending to the bone, and even to the brain. causing fatal resulcs. We can positively cure every case, if necessary, ' without seeing the patient, therefore if you cannot come, write for question blank. RETURN VISIT OF A. B. BARKER, M.D. SPECIALIST. EYE, EAR, NOSE, and THROAT Scientifically adjusts SPECTACLES AND ARTIFICIAL EYES. Office : 15, 17 and 19 MARTIN DALE BLOCK. (Entrance 51 1-2 N. renn. st, N. of P. Oj lie courts investigation and comparison. " Consultation free and invited. fXTWill positively visit no other place in the State.