Indianapolis Journal, Indianapolis, Marion County, 31 December 1887 — Page 2

TELE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL, SATURDAY, DBCEMBEH 31, 1887,

construed to mean fre trade, tariff for revenne only, incidental protection, or ultra-protection for protection' sake. In this regard it has the Advantage of Gray's famous hue: for while the latter, however transposed, still either means that 'the plowman homeward plods his weary way,' or that the weary plowman plods his ?ay,' while the message may mean anything." Indiana Pensions. Washington Special. Pensions bare been granted the followingnamed Indiani&ns: Mexican War Tbos. McDowell, Patriot; Jas. Tompkins, Lotns. New Pensions Msrtha Kepley, Georgetown; Phelie Paniter, Gosport; Creet Patten, Indianapolis; Sarah A. Nance, Hobbieville; Melviua Church. Sullivan; Elizabeth Kiroan, Petersburg; minor of Charles Peachey, Ilazelton: George C Waterhouse, New Albany; H. B. Dibble, Indianapolis; Arthur Wheeldon. Lakeside: I. . Lewis. Kendallville; E. E. Payne, South Bend; John Bowers, Laurel; M. Gerard. Delphi; H. Lee, Riley; J. M. Hislip, Trinity Springs. Increased R. W. Osborn, Brazil; G. B. Crittenden, Hawesville; J. L. Williams. Biliingsville; Samuel Kegerres, Windsor; II. Hepler, Bowling Green; David Fried, Corydon; W. W. Mohlar. Kenna; John ft. Leonard, Freedom; John Dartsoeb, Knox: 3L Sohn, New Albany; J. W. Chance. Laurel: J. W. Smith, Martinsville; P. Haney, Rushville; Sbadrick Montgomery. Mooroevil'.e; S. Lee. Boone ville; G. W. Freet, Crawfordsville; John Grosscloss, Washington; A. N. Coffing, Stone Bluff; D. H. Welton, York Center; H. Blake, Mount Elna: D. Anglemeyer, Gravelton; Jacob Willrnan, Fort Wayne; Moses Sellers. Montgomery; J. F. Henry, Morgantown; N. Pearce, Martinsville; H. N. Smith, Millport; W. Robinson, Brookston; L, Starborough, Noblesville; Jos. Igert, Milltown; D. Hay, Fnlton; John Kennedy, Keystone; G. W. Shnll, Princeton; J. 1L Miller, Mitchell: G. W. Wilkes, Dugger; Herman K'.einegore. Fort Wayne; G. Ward, Bean Blossom; Wm. Herndon, Corns ttavilla. Jones's Coming Appointment. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Washington, Dec 30. It is very generally accepted, even among the local aspirants, that John Paul Jones, formerly of Indiana, and Senator Voorhees's nephew, will be appointed United States district'attorney for the Distrietof Columbia. Attorney-general Garland makes it a rule to say nothing about any appointment in his da partment until the announcement comes first from the White House, so he is unwilling to discuss the matter further than to say that he does not know that anything has been settled about the appointment. It is well known in Washington that Senator Voorhees and Mr. Garland are very intimate, and that the latter will do almost any thing the former wants has been shown in a number of appointments made in Indiana. Mrs. Jones is also known to be on very familiar and favorable terms with the Attorney-general. The only objection made to Jones by District people is that he has not been in criminal practice.

Sherman's Attitude Toward Lamar, Special to Cincinnati Enquirer. Senator Sherman said to-day: "I do not feel at liberty to discuss outside of executive Evasions my reasons for opposing the nomination of Mr. Lamar for the United States Supreme Court vacancy. "You see," continued the Senator, "that I carefully avoided entering into the res sons in my letter to the Buckeye Club. The subject Lad been mnch talked about, and my people felt a deep interest in it. It had been reported in Ohio that I was going to vote for confirmation, so I felt it proper that I should tell them bow I should vote. I do not know how other Senators may vote if I did I could not apeak of it but I shall vote against his confirmation. Of course, people all over the country are interested in the matter. I don't know what the Democrats could have been thinking of. There are enough reasons why he should not be confirmed which force themselves upon you without my discussion." Liberality in Briefs. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Washington. Dec 30. Another installment of the briefs filed by Robert Lowrey, of Fort Wayne, in his contest of Representative White's seat, was distributed broadcast to-day. Nearly every politician, statesman and newspaper man, and many merchants in this city, have now received copies of these briefs. An extraordinary effort is being made by Lowrey to form public opiuion. The liberality in the matter of briefs was explained to the Journal correspondent tonight, by a printer, who said the two briefs, consisting one of thirty-five pages and the other of thirty-two pages, were printed at the Government Printing Office at public expense. Inasmuch aa Lowrey is his own attorney, and the practice of the House is to vote money to pay attorneys' fees in contest, he has in his case, what lawyers generally have, a simple fee, a retainer which the people will pay. Million Dollar Banks. Washington, Dec 30. The following-named banks have been added to the list of banks authorized to receive deposits in excess of $1,000,000: The Third National Bank, of Cincinnati; the Citizens' National Bank, of Cincinnati. The number of these depositories has nearly doubled since Secretary Fairchild inaugnrated his present policy of dealing with the surplus. General Notes. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Washington, Dec. 30. Captain Wm. H. Rexford, ordnanee storekeeper, United States army, has been appointed to act as inspector of certain medical property at the Indianapolis arsenal. A marriage license has been issued to Nicholas J. Luebkert, of this city, and Mary E. Meyer, of Richmond, Ind. Ex-Representative Anderson, late of Greenville, O., called upon the President to-day. Mrs. George Viele, of Evansville, will arrive in this city next week and will be the guest of Mrs. John W. Foster. She will assist Mrs. Foster on Monday, Jan. 9, at her afternoon reception, from 4 to 5. Miss Eleanor Foster is in Watertown. N. Y., spending the holidays with her sister, Mrs. Dulles. Mrs. G. W. Conrad, of Marion, O., who has been ill here for some time, is at the point of death to-night. Her daughters, Mrs. S. R. Dnmble and Mrs. Clark Turney, have arrived from Marion, and are at her bedside. Mrs. Conrad is about eixty-eieht years old. Discriminating Quakers. West Chester, Pa., Dec. 30. The color line has been drawn in this ancient Quaker town, which was almost the borne of anti-slavery and the underground railway, in a way that has outraged a large portion of the colored population as few other discriminations against it have ever done. The hotels and saloons have combined and have raised the price of every drink of whisky sold to a colored cnatomer from 10 cents to 15 cents, and no colon d citizen will be served with a glass of beer here unless he pays 10 cents for it. The price of all drinks sold to the white people remains as usual. Leading colored men denounce the discrimination as a plain violation of the equal rights amendment of the Constitution, and declare that they will have the question tested in the courts. ' Kind of Reduction Chattanooga Wants. Chattanooga, Tenn.. Dec. CO. At a meeting of the Chamber of Commerce to-night, the following resolutions were adopted: Resolved, By the Chamber of Commerce of Chattanootra, that our Senators and Representatives in Congress be requested, first, to favor raising the necessary revenue for the support of the government by a tariff upon import so adjusted as to prevent unequal burdens and encourage the development of our material resources, and at the same time afford just compensation to labr; second, that it is the sentiment of the neonle of Chattanooga and the territory contiguous thereto that no redaction sh mid be made in duties on coal, iron ore or their produets, as such reduction would be vitally detrimental to the interests of larse sections of country of which it is the commercial center. Brief Revival of a Supposed Corpse. Clearwater, Minn.. Dec. 30. Wiilie Baxter died of diphtheria on Monday. On Tuesday his body was made ready for the coffin, and the family retired from the room. Half an hour '.ater some one returned to the apartment and found the boy up and drossed in his everyday clothes. He insisted that he was not dead, anil was not going to die. However, in about an bour, during which time he talked cheerfully to those around him. and seemed to be getting better, he suddenly fell over, and was stone dea . in an instant. Rubber Manufacturers In Conference. Boston, Dec. 30. A convention of the Rubber Manufacturers' Association was held to-day. The members say that the business does not interest the public. Retail dealers, however, think that an increase in the price list of rubber garments r ; "e the outcome, while many employes believe that the convention is for the purpose of roaming a concerted effort to reduce waees. Nearly every rubber manufacturer in the country is in attendance. After diphtheria. scarlet fever.or pneumonia. Hood's Sarnaparilki will give strength to the system, and expel all poison from the blood.

THE BIG AND LITTLE POWERS

Irksome Ties and Barriers Which Mast Soon Be Swept Aside bj Bloodshed. That Is the View Taken by One Writer, While Another, Who Has Traveled in Galicia, Failed to See any Indications of War, THE EUROPEAN OUTLOOK. Belief that tlie Relations of the Powers Are Such that War Is Inevitable. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. London-, Dec. 30. The conviction is rapidly solidifying that the already strained relations of the various European powers with one another are fast becoming unbearable, and that the irksome ties and barriers must Boon be swept aside with the inevitable consequence of bloodshed. The Standard, discussing the situation in an exceedingly serious strain, concludes that there must be an armed struggle on the continent in the near future, or else there must be, on the part of weaker the powers, an abject submission to the will of the stronger. Nothing in the nature of a middle course, the Standard believes, will suffice, while a continuance of the present state of things Lmust necessarily lead to the bankruptcy of the leading European powers, both in bone and sinew of finance. Sir A. Paget, British embassador to Vienna, who has been in London several days, paid a visit to the Foreign Office this afternoon, and spent three hours in consultation with various prominent officials of the department, one hour of which time was devoted to a private conference with Lord Salisbury. The embassador is on the eve of his return to Vienna, and will bear with him to his post of duty important dispatches particularizing the views of the British government on the present crisis. These documents are understood to convey to the Austrian government information tbat England will support the triple alliance against Russia, but to stipulate that the integrity of Turkey must re main inviolate. The Berlin National Zeitung. in an article on the political situation, says: ''Germany neither expects nor desires war. Prince Bismarck has thrown into the scale the decisive word in favor of peace. It is hardly probable that Russia will be in a position to force war upon Germany and her allies. The chances are, therefore, that peace will prevail, although this peace cannot be taken as synonymous with the restoration of European tranquillity a fact for which Russia must answer to the world. No War Preparations in Galicia. New York, Dec. 30. The World's London special says: Much has been said by the papers here about the strained condition of things between Austria and Russia, and of the excitement in Galicia. War has been predicted to take place early in the spring by many Conservative journals. But a special correspondent of the Chronicle, who has just returned from a thorough investigation of the condition of affairs in Galicia, has made a report which is anything but alarming. He says: I have just returned from a week's visit to Galicia, whither I went to assure myself by personal observation of the truth of the reports concerning the Austrian and Russian war proparations that have been causing so mnch alarm during the past few weeks. Speaking briefly, I am bound to say that I saw nothing from one end of Galicia to the other and I traversed the whole country from west to east and back again to justify the smallest alarm. Moreover, the same was the case, as far as I was able to see, on the other side of the frontier, which I crossed and inspected for some distance. In the light of information thus acquired the reports published by the Polish and ienna papers, to the effect that the Russian positions on the frontier have been greatly strengthened, both by men and material, can only be described as gross exaggeration. I was able to assure myself that there had, at all events daring the past two or three weeks, been no increase in the Russian frontier force. Although I am naturally unable to say what is the state of things at any great distance from the frontier, yet there could be no question, however, of the falsity of the statements that large bodies of Russian troops have been brought close up to the Austrian frontier. "As for the mucb-talked-of strengthening of the Austrian forces in Galicia, it Is scarcely too much to say that nothing of the kind has taken place. Or if any addition has been made to the Galiciau army it is of the most insienificant character. In any case I should say that there are not more men in J3alicia now than there were in the spring of last year. There is, in short, absolutely nothing to justify the fear that war is imminent, oris being actively prepared for. The wooden hats and barracks scattered along the Austrian railway lines, about which so much has been written, have not apparently been increased since last year. As for the inhabitants of the frontier districts, they seem to be under no apprehensions that wai like operations are imminent. Nor did I hear a word containing any menace of Russian military movements. Altogether, Galicia looks singularly peaceful. GENERAL FOREIGN NEWS. English. Capital Reaching; Out In Search of Trade and Profit In Africa. Brussels, Dec 30. The Mouvement Geographique says: "Advices from Zanzibar are to the effect that the British East African Association has concluded a treaty under which the Sultan of Zanzibar cedes to the association for fifty years sovereignty over the territory between Port Wanga, at the mouth of the Oumba river, and Vitu. a distance of over thirty-five kilometers. This will facilitate the openine of routes to Victoria Nyanza, and shows that Englaud is desirous of founding a colony which will extend her influence to the source of the Nile. It is probable that when Stanley returns he will be asked to undertake this work of extending civilization." Not Major Bishop, bat Major Robert. Cork, Dec. 30. The name of the official accused of assaulting three young girls is Major Robert, not Major Bishop, as previously reported. Major Robert has not yet been arrested, owing to the fact that the Mayor has been informed that the magistrates have met and taken coenizance of the case. The Mayor has, in consequence, decided to forego interference in the matter, and will leave the police to conduct it in their own way. Don Carlos's Reserved Rights. Paris, Dec 30. Don Carlos, in reply to en address from a French "Loyalist delegation" which recently waited upon him, said that although devoting himself to the service of Spain, he reserved his rights to the French throne as head of the Bourbon family. Don Carlos enjoined the delegation to trust in Providence, and not to take part in revolutions, which he declared to be ruinous to both church and state. Gladstone on the Irish Rent Rednctions. Paris, Dec 30. -The Temps to-day published an interview with Mr. Gladstone, in which the ex-Premier described the Irish land commissioners' rent reduction decree as a "tremendous decision." and said he was thnnder-strnck at the news. He also said that the Tory Cabinet, having alienated the tenants, would now alienate the landlords. After the Manner of Lin erg. Madrid, Dec. 30. During the performance in the theater at Carthagena this evening a broker occupying; one of stalls committed suicide by exploding a dynamite cartridge. The concussion extinguished all the lights in the house, and the audience, becoming panic-stricken, fled from the building. During the excitement over one hundred pereons were more or less injured. Mr. Sexton's Illness. Londov, Dec 30. The'condition of Mr. Thos. Sexton is critical The crisis of his disease has not yet passed, and the worst is feared. A large number of persons called at bis apartments today to ascertain bis condition and to proffer sympathy, but no one was admitted to his bedside. Cable Notes. The Russian press censors excised the Russian article in the November number of the Century Magazine. The French government has conferred the decoration of the Legion of Honor upon Cardinal Rampolla, the papal Secretary of State. Dr. Mackenzie has returned to London from San lie mo. He is inclined V take an optimistic view of the German Crown Prince's case. The Pope yesterday received the Portuguese, Ge.-man, Saxon and Dutch envoys. All pre

sented to his Holiness autograph letters and gifts from their sovereigns. Rome is crowded with pilgrims. The Pope has conferred the grand cross of the Order of Pius IX upon all the special envoys sent to congratulate his Holiness upon his jubilee. The inhabitants of the Zeta valley are suffering from a famine. The prevailing distress has never been equaled in that part of the country. The Duke of Torlonia, Syndic of Rome, has been dismissed for requesting the Vicar of Rome to convey to the Pope the city's jubilee greetings. It is stated that the Panama Canal Company has arranged with the Credit Lyonnais to provide the company with funds until the issue of new obligations. On the voyage from New York of the White Star line steamer Adriatic, which arrived at Queenstown to-day, one of the cabin passengers, named Chitty committed. suicide.

DAILY WEATHER BULLETIN. Indications. Washington. Dec 31 1 A. m. For Indiana and Illinois Rain and snow; brisk to high variable winds, generally southerly, and shifting to northwesterly, rising, followed by falling temperature, followed by clearing weather Saturday night. For Ohio Warmer; snow turning into rain; brisk to high southerly winds, followed on Sunday by colder, clearing weather and northwesterly winds. For Michigan and Wisconsin Warmer; snow; brisk to high easterly winds, becoming variable, followed on Sunday by colder northwesterly winds. Local Weather Record. Indianapolis. Dec. 30. 18S7.

Time Bar. Ther. R. H. Wind. Weath'r Prcta 7 a. M... 30.63 6 81 East. Clear 2 p. M... M0.3t 20 72 S'east Lt.Sn'w T 9 P. II. . . 30.10 20 93 S'eastLt.Sn w 0.10

Maximum thermometer, 21; minimum thermometer, 5. Following is a comparative statement of the condition of temperature and rain-fall for Dec. 30, 18S7: Tem. Precipit'n Normal . 33 O.ll Mean 15 O.IO Departure from normal..... 18 O.Ol Total excess or deficiency since Dec. 1. 54 0.4 I Total excess or deticiencv since Jan. 1. 107 13.58 Plus. At 6 P. M. the folio-wing message was received: "Heavy snow-fall is indicate! for the vicinity of your station for the next twenty-four hours. Gkeely." General Observations. Washington, Dec 30. 9 p. M. Stations.

JK.F. Weather Clear. ...... Fair. Clear. .. Clear. .'Clear. i Cloudy. ;Fair. Clear. Cloudy. Cloudy. . . -. . Cloudy. T Hain. .01 Cloudy. T j Rain. .01 Cloudy. .101 Rain. Tj Cloudy. T-Cloudv. .02 Cloudy. .10 Snow.

New York city 30 Philadelphia, Pa... 30 Washington City... 30. Charleston. S. C j30. Jacksonville, Fla..--jSO. Atlanta, Oa ISO. Pensaeola, Fla ,30. Titusville. Fla 30. Montgomery, Ala... 30, Vicksburtf, Miss.... 29 New Orleans, La... .'3D. Shreveport, La.....i2U. .44 18 West. 24 North 20 .20 42 SO 32 22 N'wst 34 Neast 44 Calm. 34 East. 50 East. G2 Kast. 1 2t 24 42 S'east 48 Seast .90 OO 80 58 S'east 48 South 36 East 40 S'east GO South 54 South 40 S'east 20 S'east 28! East, j 20 'S'east I Fort Smith, Ark... 7 Little Rock, Ark. . Galveston. Tex.... Palestine, Tex . Memphis, Tenn Nashville, Tenn... Louisville, Ky . Indianapolis, Ind.. Cincinnati. O 21 29 30. 29. SO. ,80 8 SO 90 OG 14 I30 'HO. 10 30 24 20SS'ea3t 22'SVast! 26 Calm.j 2 S'east! -12 N'wst j 1$ '.S'east! 2, N" east! 20 S'east .Ol Snow. (Fair. .02 Cloudy. T Clear. .20 Snow. ICloudy. .98 Shot.-. .O2.t?now. Fair. .30 Snow. f.34'Suow. .02 Snow. OGjSnow. .04 j Cloudy. .36 Snow. .02 Snow. X'ioudy. .IO Cloudy. T Cloudy. .28 Kain. -OH Kain. .01 1 Rain. .04! Rain. Tjliaiu. iClrfudy. TISnow. .08 Snow. T riear. .04 Snow. .02 Snow. .04 Snow. Fair. 1'jSnow. 14'Snow. TIClondy. .....1 Cloudy. TjSnow. Cloudy. (Fair. 1 Cloudy. .12 Snow. .04: Cloud v. I Cloudy. Pittsbunr. Pa I30. Boise Citv. I. T 129 40 8S Oswego. N. Y 30. Calvary, X. W.T...30. Toledo. O !30. Miiinedosa, X. W.T.'30. 4G 2S 32 18 Kscanaba. Mich 'SO. Prince Atithur's L'g'30 32 G. North 22 S'east 24 S'east 20East. 14; East. Chicago, 111 Milwaukee. Wis.... Duluth, Minn ... St. Paul, Minn..".... 29. 29. 9S 04 30 29 84 88 La Crosse, Wis ..... j 29. Davenport, Ia......j29. 10 S'east' 22 S'east1 24 S'east 40 South! 0 Des Moinos. Ia. 129 Concoraia, Kan :29 GO! 32 Keokuk, Ia I'J9. Cairo. Ill !29. 7U 20 S'east! o 40iSouth 2 s South 34 'South 34 S evt 3(:South 30 S'east 4 North 24 Calm. 10 East. -lONorth 4 Neast Springfield. Ill j29 St. Louis, Mo (29. Sprinefield. Mo 29 so 70 64 50 50 Leavenworth, Kan. . 29. Omaha, Neb 29. Valentine, Neb 29. Yankton, D. T 29. 7g; 20I Moorhead, Minn !29. 9 84 t.Mch.inney. Wy.T 29 Bismarck, D.T 29 921 9G FortBuford. D. T.J29. OiXeasti Ft.Assicaboine.M.T 3). 141 8 North 8 Swest 8!sjeast G N'wst lO North G North 18; East. 28, North Fort Custer. M. T. . 30. OS 32 921 Qu'Apelle. N. W. T.:30 Deadwood. I). T 129. Cheyenne. Wy. T... 29 G2 GG 02 4 38 34 North Platte, Neb.. 1 29. l'enver, Col :29 W.Las Animas, Col. 29 Dodge City, Kan 129. 40, N'wst! Fort Elliott. Tex.... 29. 42, South 20 N'wst 24 West. 24;South Santa Fe, N. M. 129. Montrose. Col 29. 80 20 49 Bait Lake City.U.T.29, T. Trace of rain. Severe Snow-Storm. St. Paul, Dec. 30. Within the last twentyfour hours the temperature has risen twentytwo degrees in St. Taul, and at 7 o'clock this morning the thermometer stood at zero. It continued to rise slowly all day. Throughout the Northwest almost as gTeat change took place, while in some sections there was a change of thirty-eight degrees. A driving snow-storm set in at 10 a. m., and is still raging. Lieutenant "Woodruff, indications officer, stationed here, says the storm was central in Nebraska this afternoon and was moving eastward Stty miles an hour, the snow-belt extending fro?n Calgary, N. W. T., to St. Louis. By to-morrow morning the storm will reach the Ohio valley, and will be felt in the extreme East by to-morrow night. Heavy snow is indicated for Minnesota. Dakota. Wisconsin, Kansas, Nebraska. Iowa. Illinois and northern Indiana and Ohio. It will cease here by to-morrow night and be followed by a cold wave. I'ostoflice Robbed by Masked Men. Pittsburg, Pa., Dec 30. Abont 11 o'clock last nipht four armed and masked men entered the postofSce and general store of C. F. Thompson & Co.. at Finleyville. fifteen miles from here, on the Baltimore & Ohio railroad, and at the muzzle of a revolver compelled the clerk to open the safe, which contained $600 in cash and ?50 worth of postage stamps. After emptying tho safe of its contents, the robbers bound and gagged the clerk and then rode away. The clerk was found some time later in an exhausted condition. About nineteen dollars' worth of stamps were found on the Brownsville road, near this city, this morning. There is no clew to the thieves. Are These Ives's Missing Books? Jersey City, N. J., Dec 30. The books found recently in the Hackensack river, and supposed to be the accounts of Dater, Timpson & Co., of New York, are in the possession of Norman L. Rowe, a Jersey City lawyer. Today a gentleman who represented himself as Samuel D. McGill called on Mr. Rowe and claimed the books for the firm. Mr. Rowe refused to deliver them, and said he would retain them until their ownership , was proved. Mr. Rowe, in making his examination ot the books, discovered an entry referring to Henry S. Ives, and Mr. Rowe is of opinion that the books belong to Mr. Ives. A Stubborn Prize-Fight. Troy, N. Y., Dec. 30. The hardest and longest prize-fight which has taken place in this vicinity for years was fought at a" road-bouse across the river at an early hour this morning between Con Dugan, of Brooklyn, and Jack Harding, of Philadelphia. In the fifteenth ronnd Dugan was knocked down twice, but previous to that time be seemed to be the better man. Both men now fought desperately, and in the -twentieth and last round Dugan was again knocked down, and failing to rise in ten seconds, the battle was decided in favor of Harding. Botti men were severely punished. New Ground for Divorce. Chicago. Dec. 30. Charles H. Tallmadge filed a bill for divorce this morning, and advanced a hitherto unheard of ground for his application. For some time after his marriage peace reigned in the household. At stated periods the husband gave the wife money for the household expenses. But instead of using it for this purpose she threw it away ic speculation on the open board of trade Soon Tallmad ire's home was desolated, and the husband avers that when he told his wife she must stop speculation she left the house, and has not returned. Senator Blackburn Not 111. Louisville, Dec. 30. There appears to be no trnth whatever in the report sent ont from Washington concerning the health of Senator Joseph C S. Blackburn, as it is denied by intimate friends who have been with him during the past week. He was present at a banquet at Eminence, Ky., last night, made a speech and participated with the heartiness usual to him upon such occasions. He is at Frankfort to-day, where the legislative session was inaugurated.

INDIANA AND ILLINOIS NEWS

The Daily Chronicle of Happenings of Various Kinds in the Two States. Serious Result of Drying Djnamite on a Stove ETansville Policeman Killed bj a Brother Officer Notes and Gleaninss. INDIANA. Crawfortlsvllle People Dry Dynamite on a - Stove with the Usual Kesalt. Special to the Indianaoolis Journal. Cravfokdsvlle, Deo. 30. A aerioas accident occurred at Martin's ice-honse, two miles north of this city, this morning. Preparations were being made to put in a new stock of ice; the old ice left over from last season was being removed, and in doing this work dynamite cartridges were frequently used. Charles Coombs laid one of the cartridges on a stove in a small room adjoining. When the cartridge became sufficiently hot it exploded with disasterous effect, the occupants of the room being ignorant of the fact that such a thine was upon the stove. The following persons were injured: Perry Endicott, frightfully cat about the head and face, having thirteen gashes; B. F. Snyder, severely cut about the head; Will Martin, hit in the face and one cheek badly injured, also one eye. Three other men were also more or less injured. The men were broueht to this city and their wounds dressed. Slain by a ISrother Oflicer. Evansville, Dec 30. At 3 o'clock this morning Joseph Ziegler, policeman, shot and killed Abraham Smock, another policeman. Officer Ziegler was patrolling bis beat, when be saw two men leave a residence in the northeastern part of the city, and upon seeing that the officer saw them, they started to run. The officer pursued them into an alley, firing a shot into the ground. This caused one of them to stop, and officer Ziegler, thiuking the man was about to shoot, fired and killed the stranger. Going to the prostrate man, he found him to be officer Smock. The other man, officer Cahill, then came up And explained that they were oil duty and on a little ''lark," and did not want to be discovered. Officer Ziegler has not been arrested. Smock is well known in Indianapolis to old members of the police force and fire department, having served for several years as a member of the latter force. He went to Evansville seventeen years ago. lie has a brother-in-law. Lafayette Doudy, livine here, and also a sister living at No. 425 West New York street Kvansville's Cheap Coal. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Evansville, Dec 30. The press dispatch sent out from Louisville to the effect that there is great scarcity of coal in the Ohio valley does not apply to the lower Ohio valley, of which this city is the center. Tnere is no scarcity of coal here, there being sixty coal shafts within twenty miles, six of which are within the city limits, Evansville being situated over two heavy veins of rich bituminous coal. Hich prices elsewhere never affect Evansrille materially, the average price for coal for steam-making purposes being 75 cents per ton the year ronnd. Charged with Arson. Special to the IndiatiaooUs Journal. Richmond, Dee. 30. A negro wood-chopper named Ambrose Matthews was arrested to-dsy, eight miles south of the city by Sheriff Bond, at the instance of the marshal of Troy, O., who says he burned a half dozen houses ia and near there and then fled Minor TSotes. The Republicans of Montgomery county will meet in mass convention on Saturday, Jan. 28, to select a new central committee, and transact such other business as may come before the meeting." The followine are the new officers of Ilenry Howard Post, O. A. II., at New Ross: P. C, T. L. Munhall: S. V. C, A. B. Crawford; J. V. i- C, W. II. MeVay; Q. M.t Gilbert Gray; O. D.. tiauif) iium; sajuiBDi, idiid 1 oweu; inaiuo guard, Wm. Cline; Sergeant. A. Wright. Frank Bruder, eight years of age, son of C. F. Bruder, of the New Albany Fire Department, in attempting to get on a train in the yards of the New Albany fc Chicago railroad, fell and was run over. The left leg was so dreadfully crushed that death ensued in two hours. The ladies of the M. E. Church of Angola, have just held a successful art loan exhibition, and a series of evening entertainments for the benefit of a church building-fund. On the evening of the grand concert, Mrs. C. H. Brown, cf Kokomo. took the leading part, and her singing deliehted every listener. Over $300 was realized for the fund as the result of the enterprise. Mrs. Hannah Ellis, of Roakport. met a horrible death by fire Thursday night. She was more than seventy years old, and a helpless paralytic, and was left in her room by the family sitting in an arm-chair by the fire. No one visited her room for half an hour, and when she was discovered her clothing was all burned off of her and the chair was almost burned up. She was speechless, and her suffering was terrible. She died within an hour without regaining consciousness. Prof. E. M. C. Hobbs, of the American Normal College, at Lopansport, Ind.. did not flea from Logansport, as was reported to eome papers. He dispo3od of Lis interest, packed his household goods and was at least ten days in getting things in shape to ieave that city. He did not leave the State, but simply came to Indianapolis to attend the State Teachers' Associotion, at which place he has been the past week. The reports contain false statements that have been maliciously told. ILLINOIS. A Decision Involving the Legality of Prcferences in Assignments. Special to the Indlanaoolis Journal. Danville, Dec 30. On Dec. 14, George Silverman, a merchant in this city, by a written bill of sale transferred all his propsrty to one Daniel Cohen, aa trustee, with power to sell the goods, and out of the proceeds to pay certain creditors, to-wit: 1L B. Claflin & Co., $3,300; Daniel Cohen, Silverman, $1,700: Daniel Cohen, $1,400, $5,800; Mrs. George Myers Singer, $780; and Simon Rosenbaum, $141. This left a very large itors out in the cold, and for number of credseveral days there was a rushing about of lawyers and creditors, threatening Silverman and denouncing the sale as a fraud. A few days ago J. V. Farwell & Co., of Chicago, filed a petition in the county court setting up the fact of the sale, and aver ring that it amounted in law to an assignment with preferences for the creditors named; that the preferences were void under the statutes of Illinois and the court should take charge of the property for all the creditors. A certiorari wis issued for Silverman & Cohen, and a hearing was had a few days ago. Judge Evans took the case under advisement, and yesterday he delivered a written opinion which was very able and exhaustive. Judge Evans reviewed all tb authorities on the subject, and held tbat the sale amounted to an assignment under the revised statute; that the preference given certain creditors was void, and that the property should be held under the statute regulating assignments for the benefit of all creditors alike. Considerable interest was manifested by local attorneys, in the case. An appeal will likely be taken, and the litigation will likely be bitter and protracted. Brief Mention. William J. Ammen, the Republican nominee for State's Attorney, in Douglas county, wti elected at a special election, held on Thursday, byT25 majority. Alonzo L. Cnmmings, editor of the Galena Press, and Miss Mary Bishop, sister of Gen. J. W. Bishop, of St. Paul, Mine, were married on Wednesday evening in the latter city. Charles Hall, of Shelbyville, while officiating as Santa Clans at a Sunday-school festival Wednesday night, was terribly burned from his clothing catching fire from the lights on the tree. Morgan Sexon, one of the oldest residents of Shelby county, and a well-known local Democratic politician, died Wednesday night, at his home, in Ash Grove township. lie was the first supervisor chosen in this township, and had held several responsible positions. Henry Raster, a well to-do citizen of St Elmo, Fayette county, left home Wednesday night, without bis bat or coat, and has not since been seen. A party of .over 100 men have been searching for him since without success, it is thought Kaeter is demented. He was very thinly-clad, and it is feared he has frozen to death. E. W. Gilbert & Co.'s dry goods store at Aurora caught fire on Wednesday night from a Christmas tree ignited by a gas-jet. The loss

was $4,000 to' stock and $2,000 to the building. Insurance is held in the Mississippi Valley, Illinois Mutual, Buffalo German.' Williamsburg City Fire, Niagara, and the American companies. Losses by Fire. New Orleans, Dec. 30. Fire started yesterday afternoon and destroyed half of the town of Houma, in Terre Bonne parish. A strong wind from the south was blowing and in a few moments the fire was beyond control. The flames crossed Main street, and in a short time every building on either side of the street to the northern limit of the town was destroyed. The burned buildings include twenty-eight business houses and one hundred dwellings. It is believed the loss will exceed $100,000. The insurance is insignificant. A hundred homeless families are being cared for by their more fortunate neighbors. Portland, Me., Dec. 30. Two buildings on Commercial wharf, occupied bv Cnshing 6c McKinnev, Walter Freeman, Leou & Skilling, Geo. Trefton. W. Studlev, E. S. Willard. J. W. Trefton and George Lovitt, all fish dealers, were burned early this morning. Loss, $30,000, partially insured. Muncie. Dec. 30. Thursday morning, about 1 o'clock, fire broke out in the office of A. L. Johnson & Co., dealers in bard-wood lumber, destroying it, together with papers amounting to $3,000; insurance $,"i00, in the Springfield Fire and Marine, of Massachusets. New York. Dec. 30. Fire at 632 Broadway this morning caused losses as follows: Sfeimer fc Fieldstein. French flowers and feathers, $15,000: M. Samuels, hats. $10,000; B. Levy, handkerchiefs, $5,000; William M. Hart, $3,000. Greenfield. Ind., Dec. 30. The residence of George W. Duncan was burned to-nicht. Loss, $2,000: insurance, $S50, in the Underwriters, of New York. The fire caught from a natural-gas stove. Danville, Va.. Dec 30. The sash and blind factory of N. Part-e & Co., at Walnut Cove, N. C, was horned last night. Loss. $25,000; insur

ance $3,500. The Are was accidental. Vermontville. Mich., Dec 30. The Central flonring-mills were burned early this morning, together with 1,000 bustiela of wheat. Loss, $10,000: partially insured. Rahway, N. J., Dec. 30. The carriage manufactory of Iletfield & Jackson was burned today. Loss, $25,000; partly insured. Obituary. Mitchell, Ind., Dec. 30. John V. Smith recently editor of the Mitchell Commerce, died at his home in Mitchell, last Tuesday, with consumption. He was born in Lawrence county. Nov. 7. 1831. He enlisted in Company I, 120th Regiment Indiana Volunteers, served through the Atlanta campaign, and afterwards was in the pursuit of Hood. After the war he was retained in the service for provost duty until 1SC6. He was after the war a merchant at Odon, and has been the editor of the Clarksburg Spy. He established the Bedford Journal, and in 1SS4 he purchased the Mitchell Commercial. He was a Mason and G. A. R. man. Crawkoudsville, Dec. 30. Mrs. Elizabeth Thomas Parson, sister of Mrs. Joseph F. Tuttle, died last night at the residence of President Tattle, of Wabash College. The deceased was born in New Jersey in 1810, and was the daughter of Rev. Barnabas King, formerly of Rockaway, N. Y. Last evening she was writing cards of remembrance for friends on New Year's, when she was suddenly stricken, and died at 10 o'clock. No arrangements have been yet made for the funeral, as President TutUe is in New Jersey. Serious Panic Among Children. Chicago, Dec 30. A horrible panic occurred to-night among a rowd of little children attending the annual holiday celebration of the Haymarket mission in Seamen's Hall, corner of Lake and Denplaines streets. The mission is conducted bj'the First Congregational Church, through a superintendent. Richard D. Lay. The location is just haif a block from tie scene of the Anarchist bomb-throwing, and most of the half hoadren present were drawn from the sqnalid tenements in the neighborhood. The little ones were passing up and down stairs when a shivering youngster attempting to poke the fire in the hall, overturned the stove. fcuperintenaent Lay thoughtlessly yelled 'fire!" fire!" and a wild rush by the children followed. They were met by others coming in, and all were wedged in the narrow stairway. Scarcely any escaped without being crushed or trampled upon, but so far as is known there is only one fatality. Emil Way. aged nine, who can not live. Two sisters, Lillie and Louise Lemker, aged ten and twelve, are very seriously hurt, and the eldest may die. A boy named William Sanders is the only one else heard to have been seriously injured. The superintendent was at once placed under arrest. The Charges Against Could and Sage. New York, Dec. 30. District Attorney Martine to-day filed the following memorandum in the matter of the charges made against Jay Gould and Rassell Sage, by the bondholders of the Kansas Pacific Railroad: This is an application to present to the grand jury a charge of larceny against Jay Gonld and Kussell Sape, tindfr Section 51 of the penal eode. In my opinion, the acts, with the commission of which the defendants stand charged, constitute a crime. A possible obstacle to a successful prosecution of the persons complained of is the BTatute of limitations. Yet there are strong reasons for believinj? that this obstacle is not insurrnonntable. The statute under which it is sought to prosecute may be so construed as to enabld the people to proceed, notwithstanding the statute of limitations, and such construction would have much support in reason and common sense. The question is so close a:id the interests involved here, as well of the people as of the defendants, are so impoitant, that it seems proper to leave the determination of this question of law to the courts, and in order to effect this result, the facts should be laid before the crand jury, aud, if proven, an indictment found and tried. Business I'mbarrassments. Vincennes, Ind., Dec. 30. Ecker & Tepper, toy and notion dealers, assigned to-day. A. W. Williams, assignee, took possession this evening. The liabilities are estimated at $0,000; assets not known. The creditors are in Cincinnati, New York, Chicago. St. Louis, and other cities, with small indebtedness here. New York, Dec. 30. Alexander F. Reid, dealer in twines, made an assignment to-day. Preferrencs, $14,580. The schedules in assignment of William and Harry Chalmers, linens, show liabilities $100,894; nominal assets, $23,051; actual assets, $10,451. Duluth, Minn., Dec. 30. N. O. Nelson, a prominent merchant and real estate dealer of Two Harbors, Minn., has assigned. Liabilities, between $50,000 and $00,000; assets, about the same. Boston. Dec 30. II. Porter, Smith &Co.. assigned to-day. Liabilities, estimated, $45,000. Shocking Brutality to a Wife. El Paso, Tex., Dec. 30. John Connors, who resides in El Paso, but keeps a saloon in Paso del Norte, was arrested for beating flis wire on Christmas day. The case is one of shocking cruelty. Finding her husband in a rage, Mrs. Conners bid in the cellar. He found her and beat her nearly to death with a chair. The list of wounds comprises two ribs broken, one of them puncturing the right lung, the right arm broken in two places, the nose bro':en, the left hand cut in warding off a blow a.med at her with a knife, the breast-bone broken, about twenty distinct minor cuts about the face, bead and bands, and the body bruised and blackened from head to foot. Conners struck the woman twice with a chair, Monday morning, while she was lying in bed with wounds received on Sunday. Conners then crossed to Mexico, but returned today and was arrested. The woman is in a critical condition. Money Talks. St. Louis, Dec. 30. The board of directors of the St. Louis Jockey Club held a meeting tonight, and after giving the differences existing between Latonia, Kansas City and St. Louis in racing matters, and the clashing of dates, a full discussion, decided to hang up $75,000 in stakes and purses for their spring meeting. This is $30,000 more than they originally designed to offer, but they say that Latonia and Kansas City have declared war against St. Louis and that the battle will be fought out on the money line. All purses will be raided from $400 to $000. The directors also elected Capt. C W. Bellaire, who has been the racine editor of the Republican for several years past, superintendent of the grounds and manager of the track. He will accept the position. 1 . Steamship News. Glapoow, Dec 30. Arrived: Carthagenian, from Boston. London, Dec 30. Arrived: Lydian Monarch, from New York. Baltimore, Dec 30. Arrived: Vancouver, from Liverpool. Boston, Dec. 30. Arrived: Ionia, from Liverpool Kansas, CephaQueenstown, Dec 30. Arrived: Adriatic, from New York. The steamer Lord Gough, whose non-arrival has caused much anxiety here, has been sighted of Kinsale head. All weiL The Democratic National Convention. Chicago. Dec. 30. It is now believed that Chicago will not secure the Democratic National Convention. Congressman Wm. L. Scott, of Erie, Pa., who is supposed to Epeak for President Cleveland, has written to a gentleman in this city announcing tbat the President dssires to have the convention held in New York, and therefore it is very likely that the national corn-

mittee will so decide the matter. The Chicago committee, however, will go on with their work and do the best they can under the circumstances to secure the convention.

TJELEGKAPHIC BREVITIES. A special from Lima, O., says a natural gas explosion destroyed an oil derrick and the tanks. Gene O'NeiL the pumper, waa burned to death. John F. Fnllen, a Chicago mechanic, attempted to walk out from the city to bis home in Lakeview, Tbursdav night, during the blizzard. He was frozen stiff. Governor Lwe, of Michigan, has designated Tuesday, Feb. 14, as the date of the special election in tbs Eleventh district, to choose a successor to Congressman 3Ioffatt, deceased. The Catholics of Richmond, Va., held a massmeeting in the Cathedral hall, Thursday night, in eelebration of the Pope's jubilee, at which speeches were made bv Right Rev. Bishop Kan and others. A resolution was adopted thanking President Cleveland for the honor which h paid the Holy Father on the occasion of hit golden jubilee. The Secret of a Strike. Kew York Bon Editorial. The secret of the great strikes and tbeii lamentable failures is simple enough, and here it is: Under the inspiration of a few soulless and inflated wretches, such as have got control of the Knights of Labor, an association of employes meet, and are told that they most strike. The reasons vary, but they are often trivial, and, perhaps, unjustifiable or fallacious. But that doesn't make aoy difference to the labor losses. They art, enough to inflame the spirits of their unfortunate dupes to the point desired. Other inflammatory and stimulating arguments, also mostly lies, are heaped before them. They are told tbat there is an enormous fund of money to carry them through the struggle. Loud applause. A telegram is read, saying tbat the men at the other end of the line will ear tbeir boots before they give up. Great enthusiasm. The whole district is said to be unanimous and hot for a gene.-al revolt, and no snrrender is the watchword. Frantic cheering. All the surrounding labor organizations art with them heart and soul, and ready to stand by them, if the struggle should assume such proportions, to their last dollar. Sensation. And so on till the bo? sea tongues tire of lies and their imagination fails to invent new incentives, and the assembly adjourns in jubilation at the prospect of pnttinr these great imaginary forces in motion to crush their so-called enemies. All this is the work of the most heartless set of unprincipled impostors that have appeared in mcdern times. And when such knaves ar driven from influence in the ranks of organized laborers, the fi rst and most indispensable stea in progress from the present state of decay and dissatisfaction will have been accomplished. Railway Travelers Badly Injured. St. Petersburg. Pa., Dec 30. A mixe1 train on the Pittsburg & Western railroad dropped off a thirty-foot trestle, near this place, to-night. The wreck took fire from a ear stove, and was consumed. The followine passengers were badly injured: Joseph Hulling. Edinburg; John AtKinson. Parker; D. Hilliard. Ediabnrg: A. Kiser, Elk City; W. Hann, St. Petersburg, and D. White. Fox burg. Government Storekeeper Killed. Lexington, Ky.. Dec 30. To-day, at Curley't nistiliery, ten miles from this city, James A. Hunter, United States storekeeper, and S. C. Card well, book-keeper of the distillery company, engaged in a shooting affray, in which Hunter was instantly killed. It was ocrasioned bv a dispute as to the individual rights of either party about the distillery premises. Drifting Oat to Death. New York, Dec. 30. Four coal barges broke from their moorings at Seventy-sixth street, North river, to-night, and at last accounts three of them were floating out to sea on the ebb tide with, presumably, about a dozen men on board. The fourth was caught, and tugs are searching for the others. The Price of Nails. Pittsburo, Dec. 30. The reduction in the price of nails from $2.25 to $2 per keg, which was decided upon at the meeting in this city last Wednesday, was made by the Pittsburg manufacturers, independent of the Western Nail Association. The Evolution of Politeness. LiOninville ITonrienJonrnaL On the first seal of the State of Kentucky the two figures are hugging. On the present seal they are only shaking hands. In the course of time these two worthy gentlemen1 will be merely bowing to each other. "Did n't Know ft was Loaded" May do for a stupid boy's excuse ; but what can be said for the parent who sees Lis child languishing daily and fails to recognize the want of a tonic and blood-purifier? Formerly, a course of bitters, or sulphur and molasses, was the rule in well-regulated families ; but now all intelligent households keep Ayers Sarsaparilla, which is at once pleasant to the taste, and the most searching and effective blood medicine ever discovered. Nathan S. Cleveland, 27 E. Canton St., Boston, writes : " My daughter, now 21 years old, was in perfect health until a year ago when she began to complain of fatigue, headache, debility, dizziness, indigestion, and loss of appetite. I concluded that all her complaints originated in impure blood, and induced her to take Ayer's Sarsaparilla. This medicine soon restored her blood-making organs to healthv action, and in due time reestablished 'her former health. I find Ayer's Sarsaparilla a most valuable remedy for the lassitude and debility incident to spring time." J. Castright, Brooklyn Power Co., Brooklvn, N. Y., says : "As a Spring Medicine, I find a splendid substitute for v' old-time compounds in Ayer's Sars. ;lla, with a few doses of Ayer's Pills. :er their use, I feel fresher and Btront. .0 go through the summer." Ayer's Sarsaparilla, prepared Br Dr. J. C. Ayer & Co., Lowell, Mass. Price $1; six bottles, $5. Worth $5 a bottle. LTbFaTFyM agazine Leading Articles, Dec. 31. 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