Indianapolis Journal, Indianapolis, Marion County, 30 January 1888 — Page 2

THE IND lAKAPOMS JOURNAI MONDAY, JAXUABT 3 0, 1880.

paratively very small. They form but an insig nifirant nart in tbe total number of those en-

furrd iu actual consptraciea; 2. 3, certainly not more than 5 percent. Th rprnaininffOj per cent of the so-called Nihilists flglit and perish at their posts without havine ever erossed the frontier. j'he list of the political convicts wbo appear in jeores of oar political trials proves it. If needful, thev are aheltered in the inland But even among those who leave the country, very few x patriate rorever. ine maiorny sees aoroaa nly a temporary refne. Than they re torn lecretly to their countries" and reanme their work anew. For all these America will not do at all, an a place of refuse, simply because so istant. For the very same reasons all the refugees who settle abroad permanently sbnn ?oioe to America as lone as they can lisip it. They are crowding in nearer places, as they all are most anxious to keen some eon oeetion with their old companions or to write i or iu party literature, ine onir moaaoi itstance a refugee can lend. The npsbot of all this is that a hardly perceptible fraction of them tettle to the new world, where they are prac tically secluded from evervthine that Is coins n in their country. Tbe fact is that of the men who took any part in the conspiracies of the last ten years there are actually in America no more than five or six individuals, ecatterea an over the States. Tbe many thousands of Russians living in America are simply emigrants, with a thin sprinkling of men who expatriated voluntarily for political preierences. wunoui oe ins; in any way connected with actual conspiracies. "The material harm the extradition practice could inflict npon the Russian revolution is ab solutely insignificant, isus its moral eaect win be a very ereat one. It will not stop or in any way diminish tbe so-called 'crimes' of the Nihil ists. If hundreds and thousands of men and women of good, sometimes hi;rh, position, eener ally of excellent education and the very best prospects in life, give np everything life, prop erty, family, happiness and join for the love of their eonowy in this 'criminal' activity, they most certainly nave very serious reasons lor so aoinr- For ten years tbe frightfully unequal stroegle has been gotne on, and thousand?, men and women, the flower of tbe nation, come to fill the places left vacant by those who perish. "Suppose the ill-informed and ill-advised Americans ratify tbe treaty and join hands with ear oppressors, wbich I do not believe; suppose all the free nations of the old world follow the example, which is impossible it will not stop one tingle hand raised to strike a blow in favor of oar country a freedom. But this would strengthen enormously the hand of the opposite faction, Supported by tbe vote of one free country tbe Kossian despotism win oe tnucn more obstinate in resisting the legitimate aspirations of the people, and much more vigorous in extirpating the slightest show of opposition. If the Americans do not wish to take the lead and set an example in supporting a dyintr-out.discredited despotism over a young, hopeful nation of one hundred millions: if they do not wish to assume npon themrelves tbe moral responsibility for riew thousands of wrecked lives, they must reject the monstrous alliance. And the more unanimously, tbe more emphatically they do it, the better it will be for tbe common cause of humanity, and the more they will approach the moment wben Russia's noblest sons and daughters shall be able to abandon the barbarous methods of warfare to which they are compelled now. S. oTEPJflAK. "13 Geovw Gardens. Hanover Gate, N. W., IiONDOW." A statement similar to the above has been tent to Senator Ilawley, of Connecticut, who is 'personally acquainted with Mr. Stepnlak, and that, together with the above, will be laid before the Senate committee on foreign relations. P. S. Heath. TELEGRAPHIC BREVITIES. Frank A. Hartley, a well known musio teacher was found frozen to deAth in an orchard near Soutbboro, Mass., on Friday night. Nelson Rowe, a well-to-do citizen of Hartford, Van Ruren county, Michigan was arrested on jSatnrday, on a eharge of attempting to burn the residence of Village Marshal Stratton, Nor. C. Charles II. Neal was fonnd, yesterday morning, in a road near Natick, Mass., frozen so badly that be died soon afterward. His pockets were torn, and it is suspected that he had been robbed and disabled, and left to perish of cold. William ITngbes, twenty-two years old. who was arrested in New York city, on Saturday, on the charge of killing James Howard, alias "Slim Jim." a 'longsboresman, in Milwaukee, in November last, was remanded yesterday, to await the arrival of requisition papers from Wisconsin. He acknowledged killing Howard, bat says ' 1 J 1 X i. 1 J JIO U1U 111 George II. Ciarkson. the Chicago drummer wbo, at Twelfth and Pennsylvania streets, Kansas City, a short time sinco, was robbed of $55 in cash, a revolver, a gold watch worth $150 and a gold chain worth $80. is about to enter suit against tbe cit7 for $5,000 damages. His claim is that the city is responsible for the safety of tbe lives and property of citizens and strangers. The case is probably without precedent. A. N. Carpenter, traveling for a St Panl firm, while rid ine on a Northwestern coab, snroute from Dead wood to Sturgis, Saturday, was struck on the bead by a fifty pound bowlder which dropped from an overhanging mountain as the coach passed. Carpenter's skull was fractured. There is very little hope of his recovery. His family lives at Minneapolis. He is distantly related to the late Matt Carpenter. F. B. Meade a prominent merchant of Pittsfield Mass., has suffered a month with a severe swelling of the fleshy part of his left band. It was supposed to be a felon, but on visiting a surgeon, on Saturday, a bullet was extracted wbich lodged in his band twenty-five years ago at the battle of Antietam, Sept. 7, 1SG2, where Meade was shot twice, one bullet taking effect In his leg and the other In his hand. He never experienced any trouble until now. Preferred Death to Imprisonment. Cleveland, Jan.1 29. Eugene Tafel. principal of the Fulton street school, at Columbus, O., who absconded last Friday with $800 which had b een intrnsted to him to pay the teachers under his control, shot and killed himself in a room at the Johnson House, here, this morning. The ballet from a 32-ealibre revolver passed directly through bis head, going in one temple and coming out of the other. Death must have been instantaneous. On the bureau in the suicide's room were fonnd three letters, one of which was addressed to Rev. Mr. Spabr, president of the coiumous Doara oi education, it was as ioilow8: '- Dear Sir I am here with only two alternativespenitentiary or death. I will choose the tatter. Please carry the news to my poor wife, and she will probably tell you Low I was addicted to gambling. I hare but f 50 of the money; the balance I lost on Friday, Friday flight and Saturday in a gambling place on West Broad etreet, kept, I thick, by a certain Ijong & Wyatt Maybe some can be recovered from them. Do with my bodv as you please. I have aa uncle in Louisville, Ky., who miifht be notified. lie is rich, and so is my father. IVobaoly they will do something for my wife. My node's address is Carl Tafel. corner of Maine and Preston, drurtrist. My father's address is Julius Tafel, Nuremberg . Bavaria. 1 have, Mr. Spahr, no xcuse for my conduct except an insane, -ungovernable disposition to gambling. I thank you for all you, s I see through toe papers, do for my wife, Yours, B. T. Tafel arrived here by an early train and shot himself soon after he had written the letters foand in his room. Ingalls on Cleveland in IS 85. Kansas City. Jan. 23. The following letter. written by Senator Ingalls. of Kansas, to a friend in this city, will be made public to-morrow by the Times for the first time: Washington, D. C, March 25. 1895. Dear Mr. Blank I was glad to receive yours of the 19th. We are still waiting on the President, wbo moves with great deliberation, listens to everybody, and does as he pleases. His principal nominations, so far, have sui prised Democrats as much as Kepnblicans, bat they are generally strong men, whose selections will be approved by the conservative forces of the country, lie has no imagination or sentiment, and his policy will not be sensational or atartliug, but if he keeps on as he han begun bis administration will grow iu popular favor. He is selfpossessed and confident, and exhibits no perturbation or timidity. Good humor prevails, though there is much inaudible grumbling among Democrats at the delay in "turning the rascals out." But if Cleveland can stand the racket for the next twelve months he will bring his party to its knees, and become a strong leader. He has a great opiortanity, and evidently intends to improve it. Yours, J. J. IXOAtXS. A Natnrml-Gas Combination. Pittsburg, Jan. 28. Twelve of the fourteen, companies operating west of Pittsburg have formed a natural gas association. The Standard Oil Company i interested in the combination. Tbe seal of rates for consumers will amount to about 80 per cent, of the cost of coal. "As glare? the tiper on his foes, Hemmed in by huuters. spears and bows, '. At d. ere he bound upon the ring, ' tseieets the object of his spring." So disease, in myriad forms, fastens its fangs unon the human race. Ladies wbo suffer from distressing ailments peculiar to their sex, should use Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription. It is a positive cure to the most complicated and obstinate cases of leucorrhea, excessive flowing, painful menstruation, unnatural suppressions, prolapsus, or falling of the womb, weak back, female weakness," antoverslon, retroversion, bearing-down sensations, chronie congestions, inflammation and ulceration of the womb, inflammation, rain and tenderness in ovaries, accompanied with "internal heat."

TIIE FIGHT AGAINST WHITE

The Coming Debate in the House Prom ises to le a Notable Political Event. The hi ne of Arfforaent the Democrats Will FollowCharacteristic Tactics of a Washington Democratic Newspaper. THE WHITE CASE. The Debate Promises to Be Notable Striking; Illustration of Democratic Sleanness. Special to tbe Indianapolis Journal. ' Washington, Jan. 29. Preparations are being made by members on both sides of the House for arguments which are to be made dur ing the week on tbe Lowry -White contested election. A very warm debate is anticipated, and it is not unlikely that two or three days will be consumed by it The Democrats have reached an understanding by which the various points they intend to try to make in the case have been distributed among them. Mr. Johnston, an ex-Confederate from North Carolina, will argue the point that Lowry is entitled to the seat, and is to bring up as law to back his claim the practice in . the British Parliament, where, he says, it is held tbat when one candidate to a seat is declared ineligible, the candidate receiving the next highest legal vote east Is entitled to the seat. He acknowledges that the rules aud practice are different in this country. There are no precedents showing parallel cases on record in the American Congress, bearing oat any of the vital points at issue in this case. A great deal of anxiety is being shown by Lowry and his attorneys. As I stated several days ago, a number of Democratic members have announced that they could not conscientiously vote to unseat White, as both a matter of principle and law was involved, and he was fairly entitled to his seat. An evidence' of this nervousness is shown in the coarse being pursued by the Washington Post, the Democratic organ. Almost every day for weeks it has contained editorials showing careful preparation by Lowry's attorneys, and bearing the design of foxy politicians in favor of the contestant. To-day the Post has a long screed, which heads its editorial page, and attacks Captain White's military record in tbe most vicious manner. It makes the assertion that Captain White was discharged from the army for the good of the service, and tries to cast a suspicion upon bis soldier record, against the proof of officers who beat testimony in hi behalf. This is published to prejudice White in tbe House. It is very likely, now that this matter has been opened, that Lowrys unsavory connection with soldiers during and at the close of the war will be brought np in debate in the House. If this is done, he will find, bis friends say, that he has cast a boomerang. A great deal of interest is' being shown in this contest, and it is to be one of the events of the session. An Outrageous Partisan Decision. Washington Special to Mew York Tribune. The action of to-day in the contested election case of Lowry against White, of Indiana, indicates a determination on the part of the Democratic majority of the House committee on elections to go to any extreme of partisan unfairness which may promise to aid the Democratic party. Tbe committee decided by a vote of fourteen to one that Lowry, who received only 15,416 votes against White's 17,900, is not entitled to the seat. It was truly a great occasion for eight Democrats to vote that a Democrat, who was defeated by a majority of only 2,481, was not entitled to a seat in the House. The man who voted to give the seat to Lowry is O'Neill, another Indiana Democrat. Lowry having thus been thrown out of court, tbe Democratic majority of the committee voted solidly for a motion declaring Captain White's seat vacant on the ground of ineligibility. One Democrat, Mr. Heard, reserved the right to change his vote when the case comes before tbe House if he shall become convinced that the oral testimony in regard to Captain White's naturalization was admissible. That is the sole ground of the decision against Captain White. A majority of tbe committee concedes that the testimony offered was sufficient, if admitted at all, to sustain the claim of his naturalization. The Republican members unanimously believe that tbe oral proof of naturalization in such a case is admissible, and they will submit a strong report in favor of that view. It is stated on what seems to be good authority that several prominent Democrats in the House agree with tbe Republican minority of the committee on this point, and that they will both speak and vote in his favor when tbe case shall be submitted for discussion. One of them was heard to say that the judgment of the maiority of the committee was not only bad in aw, bnt tbat the effect of it would be injurious to the Democratic party, which always has professed the greatest solicitude in behalf of the tights of naturalized citizens. He regarded this ease as a peculiarly strong one, and one which ought to appeal to the sympathies of every man of foreign birth wbo has become a citizen of the United States. The records show tbat Captain White cams to this country before he bad reached the age of twenty-one years; that he declared his intention to become a citizen of tbe United States in 1S58; tbat he enlisted as a private soldier in the Union army at tbe outbreak of the war and was elected captain of his company; that he testified his devotion to his adopted country by shedding his blood in her defense on tbe battle-field of Shiloh, in April, 1862, at which time Messrs Crisp, Barry, Johnston of North Carolina, Moore and O Ferrall, who voted against him today, were fighting to destroy tbe Union; that he was honorably mustered out of military service; tbat he received a certificate of full naturaiization in 18C5; that he subsequently was eleetedto a municipal office as a Republican in the Democratic city of Fors Wayne; that he has at all times been a good, law-abiding citizen wbose character is above reproach, and whose standing in the community in which he has spent thirty years or more of his life is of the highest. Why did the Democrats reiect these claims? Well, the majority of the Representatives in Congress from twenty States are Republicans, a3 tbey now stand, and therefore if the duty of electing a President and Vice-president of the United States should devolve npon the House of Representatives next winter, tbe Republican candidates would be successful. But the seats 1 of one Republican Representative from Indiana and two from California are contested by Democrats. If the latter should be awarded to Democrats and the Indiana seat should be contested before the people and won by a Democrat, the representations of nineteen States in the House would be eontrolled by Democrats. Of course, they could not then elect a Democratio President or Vicepresident in the House without a resort to unlawful means. But there is a vacancy in Michigan to be filled by a special election next month. If the Democrats carry tbe district they will control the Michigan representation in the House, and it is known tbat no stone is to be left unturned to attain that end. With In diana, California and Miehigan thus transferred to tbe Democratic column, that party would control twenty States and be able to elect a President and v ice-president if tbe choice should be left to the House. It remains to be seen whether all tbe Democrats in the House can be kept in the party traces. MINOR MATTERS. Indiana Republicans Taking; m Lively Inter est la Major Rathbone's Political Success. Special to tbe IndiasanvIIs Jonrna. Washington, Jan. 29. Occasionally the Indianians iu Washington go outside of their local dominions in coneresssonal campaigns, and take a keen interest in securing victory for certain men. At present the Washington contingent of Republican Hooslers are exercising themselves to a degree in the interest of Maj. E. G. Rathbone, of Hamilton, O., now State Senator from that district. Major Rathbone was ehief of tbe special agent division in the Pension Office dur ing tbe commissionership of Colonel Dudley, has frequently taken part in the campaigns in Indiana, and is quite well known throughout tbe State. He is a young man, bat has won distinction in various ways. He was engaged in the secret service on the Bee-line before be came to the federal service in Washing ton, and proved himself trier, as here, to be one or tne nest trained aetectives in the whole country. His recent sueevstfnl ran tor the State Senate at Hamilton showed that he brings into hi political work all of tae UUnt he

possesses in tbe secret-service and business

life. He is a true and active friend, and never loses strength when onca he possesses it. He made the best race last fall that any Republican has ever made in the Seventh Ohio congressional district, and it is claimed that he is the only man who can surely defeat Campbell, the nreaent Congressman from tbat district. Li Representatives Little and Morey have been mentioned for the nomination, but both have been defeated by the present incumbent, while Rathborne has never made a failure in anything he attempted. Tbe Major is well known in Washington, and would be given material as sistance in his campaign should he receive tbe nomination, and those here from tbe district say that he can have it if he will ask for it Indiana Pensions. Washington Special. Pensions have been granted the followingnamed Indianians: .Mexican War Catharine Sahm, Washington. New Pensions Ursley Overshimer, Kossuth; S. Holland. Spartanburg: R. Imler, Monticello; W. A. Edsoo, Greencastie; W. Deowood, Indi anapolis; J. S. Rogers, Elizabeth town; o. isFuson, Rockville; J. W. Arthur. Mooney; A. O. Behm, Lafayette; C. Smith, Sellersbarg; W. N. Stewart. Kiebland; J. Hoffelfinger. Heller's Corners; W. H. Cooper, Indianapolis; Wm. Thurman. Boggstown; Wm. Boggs, Butler's Switch; C. V. Anderson, Tipton; Robert Beadles. Stendam: G. W. Dobson. Kirklin: Oliver Ivey; Balbec; Enoch Chapman, Huron. Increased:. A. J. Jacobs, Bloomington; J. Woolton, Farmland; C. K. Eliis, Crawfordsville; J. N. Israel, Indianapolis; A. R- Knapp, Jasonville; H. S. Vincent, Portland; J. F. Graham, Brown's Valley; G. M. D. Key, Engby: A. Hendricks, Decatur: D. W. Hilligoss, Lebanon; L B. Clift, Bean Blossom; W. J. Thomas, Keek's Church: W. S. Uaycocs, Forest Hill; Jesse Elkins, Heltonvil!e; John Stoops, North Manchester; A. Myers, Osgood; D. C Patridge, Rockport; J. A. Reynolds, Sparksville; D. T. Eaton, Ballstown; J. S. Jones, Chrisney; J. Q. Patrick, Spencer. Senator Ingalls on Prohibition. Washington Special. Senator Ingalls, referring to tbe bills to provide for prohibition in the District, which are soon to eome np before tbe District committee, -of which he is chairman, says: "I will put these people to the test. . There is great need of a shaking np among those gentlemen who preach prohibition all day and drink champagne all night I pledge you my word that those people will either have to fish or cut bait. I am going to prove their sincerity. As a matter of fact, I don't see anything wrong with prohibition. It works very well in Kansas. The prohibition people have tbe prohibition law that's what they wanted and the whisky drinkers have all the whisky they want. There seems to be no reason for complaint there. Both sides ought to be perfectly satisfied." ' Catholic Bishops Talk Temperance. Washington, Jan. 29. Bishops Ireland, of Minneapolis, and Keane, of Richmond, made temperance addresses, to-night, at the Bijou Theater, to tbe largest audience tbat perhaps ever assembled here to listen to an address on this subject. Both bishops made short but eloquent and forcible addresses, appealing to their hearers to use every effort to put down the crying evil that bad brought misery to so many mulions, and is now threatening ruin to the youth of the land. General Notes. Special to the Indianapolis Journat Washington, Jan. 29. Eb Henderson and Mr. and Mrs. Dan F. Mustard left here on the 3:30 B. & O. express, this afternoon, the former for his home at Martinsville, where he will be present at tbe marriage of his daughter, on Wednesday, and the latter for their home at Anderson. Win. R. Brownlee, late editor of tbe Anderson Democrat, now United States Land Office receiver at Larned, Kan., arrived here last night. Mr. Brownlee has had some contentions with the register of the office in which he is receiver, and the matter has been brought before the General Land Office. Tbe presence in Washington at this time of Mr. Dan F. Mustard, of Anderson, has created some gossip by Indiana Democrats here in wbich his name figures for tbe nomination for Treasurer of State. Mr. Mustard says he is not an aspirant to political honors, and that he is cut of politics and devotine himself to bis business, wnicn is hanking. He was elected for two successive terms as auditor or Madison county, and his popularity gare him more than the full strength of his ticket. ' He is a man pos sessed of fine business qualifications, is liked by everyone, and there is a disposition on the part of bis f riend3 here to posh him to tbe front for a State nomination. Mr. Mustard is accompanied on bis visit to tbe capital by his wife, who is a charming lady, and they are the guests of Mr. and Mrs. Newton, formerly f Anderson. HiUsign Charles U. Marsh, United states naw, will be married to Miss Jennie Brown, at the home of tbe bride-elect, on G street, this city, at 8 o'clock next Wednesday evening. Marsh is from Muncie, and entered the Naval Academy in 1875. He has been on tbe Pacific slope and in Alaska on survey and deep-sea sounding duty for many months, and has just arrived here. Col. W. W. Dudley will, it is thought, get a favorable report from the Senate committee on District of Columbia during the present week on hie bill graffting right-of-way for a cable street railway in this city. The bill passed both houses in the last Congress, but there was not a final concurrence on tbe amendments one house made in tbe bill as it came from tbe other. Harry A. Orth, of Lafayette, who arrived at the Ebbitt the other day, intends to spend sev eral weeks in Washington. Railway Accidents. Cambridge, Neb., Jan. 29. The train known as Flyer No. 1, on the Burlington & Missouri road, was wrecked at this point this morning. The flyer was going West, and upon reaching Cambridge struck a misplaced switch, wbicb ran into a car loaded With hogs. Tbe engine was badly smashed, and several cars were ditched, "but no one was killed. The following were injured: C F. Born, Granville. Ia.; Mrs. H. G. Terrill, McCook, Neb.; Miss Fannie Bloom, Denver; K. Gallagher, Granite, Col.; Conductor u JJell and Engineer Mclnrey. Jestjp, 6a, Jan. 29. The second section of a passenger train ran into the first section near bcreven, on the Savannah. Florida & Western railroad last evening, killing engineer Devine and seriously injuring his fireman. Four sleeping-cars were burned. The Louisiana Repnblicans. New Orleans. Jan. 29. The Times-Demo crat to-morrow will publish an interview with ex-Governor Warmoth, in which he states that he has decided to accept the Republican nomination for Governor and that he will make a thorough canvass of the State and use every effort to nave the full Republican vote polled. He believes that with a free ballot and fair count the Republican ticket will be elected. The Governor said, further, that they did not propose to stand any countingout business. It is understood that the Republican State central comrniitee will place Maj. Andrew Hero on the ticket in place of Mr. Minor, and tbat H. Bonzano will be named as candidate for State Treasurer. Fatal Accident at m Crossing. Cincinnati. Jan. 29. At 9 o'clock this morn ing a fatal accident occurred at Dixon. Ky., a small station twenty miles south of here. Two buggies, each containing couples, were on their way to tbe village church to attend a funeral. In attempting to cross tbe track a north-bound passenger train struck the first buggy, throwing the occupants, Henry Conrad and Miss Katie Cahill. to tbe ground. Both were brought to this eity and taken to tbe Good Samaritan Hospital. Conrad died at 5 o'clock this evening. Miss Cahill is still alive, but in a precarious con dition. The Stock of Anthracite Coal. Philadelphia, Jan. 29. The Publie Ledger. in its financial artiele, to-morrow, will say: The situation of the anthracite coal trade has not changed materially daring the past week. All fears of a coal famine have been dispelled by the largely-increased output of Anthracite in the Wyoming region. The receipts of coal from that region in this city and vicinity have been sufficient to quiet the anxiety of consumers and dealers, and tbe anthracite trade, both wholesale and retail, is now at least quiet, if not dull." Steamship News. Halifax. N. S.,Jan. 29. Arrived: Polynesian, from Liverpool. London. Jan. 30. The steamer Princess, from Philadelphia for Liverpool, arrived at Queenstown to day. New Yobk, Jan. 29. Arrived: Germanic, the Queen, fro Liverpool; Lydian Monarch, from London; Albany, from Japan and China; La Champagne, from Havre. How foolish are the endeavors of parties to introduce new remedies for coughs and kindred complaints when they should know that the pecple will have Dr. Ball's Cough Syrap and nothing else.

INDIANA AND ILLINOIS NEWS

The "White Caps" Persuade Charles Crecelius to Depart from Evil Ways. Minister Charged With Stealing: a Load of Hay Westhrook Murder Trial Terminates in a Verdict of Guilty Gleanings. INDIANA. A Derelict Hnsbaod and Father Soundly Punished by the "White Caps." Boston, Jan. 29. Charles Crecelius, nephew of two well-to-do and respected farmers, living near here, was taken out, last night, by the "White Caps," and treated to fifty lashes on the bare back. He has been married for some time, and has four children. About a year ago Crecelius suddenly deserted hi3 home, taking with him an nnmarried girl named Lazwell, whom he induced to elope. Their flight became known to the girl's relatives at once, and pursuit resulted in her capture and return home after an absence of three days. ' Mr. Lazwell armed himself and started oat to kill Crecelius, but the latter received timely warning and fled, remaining away until a short time ago, his wife meanwhile being without means of support. It became known that he was in the neighborhood, and the "White Caps" determined to punish him. Accordingly, last night about half a score of the regulators, having learned that their rian was at the house of gne Morgan, called there, all being disguised and heavily armed. Crecelius met them, revolver in hand, but the weapon was taken from him. He was then taken ont to a tree near by and tied up, the fifty lashes being administered with a will to the screaming cap tive. He was then directed to go home to bis wife and children and take care of them, the "White Cap" spokesman informing him tbat any attempt to leave tbe neighborhood . would be frustrated and visited with greater punishment still. He promised to do as ordered, and was set at liberty. Dates for County Fairs, fipaclal to the Indianapolis Journal. Marion. Jan. 2a The Fair Managers, Build ers' and Exhibitors' Association of the counties of Grant, Blackford, Huntington, Wells, Whit ley, Kosciuseo, Wabash, Madison, Tipton, How ard and Miami met here to-day. The purpose of the meeting was to adopt a uniform list of premiums, to prepare a schedule of dates for the county and district fairs in the circuit, and to transact such other business as might be necessary. The dates for fairs in the district in terested were fixed as follows: Tipton, Aug. 14 to 17; Xenia. Aus. 21 to 24; Hartford City, Aug. 21 to 24; Marion, Aug. 29 to Sept. 1; Anderson, bepU 3 to 7; Warren, Sept 3 to 7; Wabash, Sept. 10 to 14; State Fair. Sept 17 to 22; Montpelier, Sept. 18 to 21; Fairmount, bept. 24 to zs; JNorth .Manchester, Oct. 2 to 6. Persecution ana Prosecution. Special to the Indiananolis Journal. Cobydon, Jan. 23. Information came from Leavenworth to-day that Rev. Hobson, a wellknown minister of Crawford county, was under arrest at that place for stealing a load of hay. If Rev. Hobson's side of the story is true, how ever, he is being persecuted instead of prose cuted. He says that he bought a load of hay of a lady named Hartman, and while m the barn loading it on his wagon, a son of Mrs. Hartman came in and assaulted him with a club. He had him arrested for the assault, and Hartman, in tarn, had Hobson arrested for stealing the bay. Font Play Suspected. Special to the IndlaaaooHs Jcarnau Nobles ville, Jan. 29. The wife of James Trittipo, residing near Germantown, died very suddenly yesterday. There is a strong suspicion that she was poisoned, and tbe coroner has been called on to investigate the matter. State Politics. MONTGOMERY COUNTY. CrawfordsvilLiS, Jan. 23. The Republicans of Montgomery county met in mass convention, this morning, at the court-house, for tbe purpose of organizing for the coming campaign, by selecting a new county central committee and selecting delegates to attend the district convention to be held at Terre Haute on next Thursday. The meeting was called to order by John H. Humphries, chairman of the last Republican central committee, who, in a short speech, announced the object of the assemblage. L. J. Coppage was chosen chairman of the meeting, and T. H. B. McCain secretary. The first business was the selection of the new county central committee, which is as follows: Jas. Wilson, Dr. J. A. Ensminger. J. N. Sanders, II. M. Billings, Albert Yount, James M. Smith, T. F. Pattoo, S. W. McCormick, T. J. Armstrong, J. R. Bonnell, J. A. McClelland, D. W. Rountree, T. H. Ristine, J. J. Billingsly, Jas. Hutchinson, D. H. Martin, J. S. Brown, W. L. Fraly Dr. J. A. Berryman, J. A. Maxwell, W . W. . Woody, F. O. Maxwell, G. H. Gray. J. C. Routson and T. M. Rose. The new committee met and organized by electing John H. Burford chairman; T. H. B. McCain, secretary, and John S. Brown, treasurer. The committee will meet on the second Saturday of each month. Twenty-five deleeates and alternates were then chosen to attend the district convention at Terre Haute. Speeches were made by Hon. M. . White and Hon. P. S. Kennedy. GRANT COUNTY. Marion. Jan. 28. The members of the new Republican county committee met here this afternoon and organized by tbe election of George Osborne as chairman, and Wilson Addineton as secretary. The convention for the nomination of county officers is set for Saturday, Feb. 25. PARKE COUNTY". Rockville, Jan. 29. The Republicans met yesterday afternoon and reorganized for the campaign. The central committeemen from the different townships were selected, and Charles W. Stryker was chosen chairman of the county central committee by acclamation, with John R. Musser secretary. Delegates to the Congressional district convention at Terre Haute, Feb. 2, were named. Minor Notes. Members of tbe Episcopalian Church at Knightstown are taking steps to build a church there in the spring. Mrs. Allen W. Smith, an old resident of Wabash, died on Saturday, of pneumonia, aged sixty-five. She had been a resident of Wabash county for over forty years. The funeral will occur on Tuesday morning. A son of H. R. Tinsley. at Crawfordsville, was seriously in jured by being thrown against a rail sticking in a bank of snow, while coasting on last Friday. The rail was broken off. so great was the force with which he was thrown against it. Samuel B. Emison, one of the wealthiest and most prominent farmers in Knox county, died on Saturday morning of cancer of tbe stomach. He leaves a widow and eight children, six of whom are down with the measles and unable to attend the funeral The physicians of Knightstown are said to have formed an association agreeing to furnish each other the names of those wbo are bad Day, these names to be pat on a black list, and-no medical service rendered them unless their fees are paid in advance. Members of the Standard Oil Company have leased 4,000 acres of land in Madison county for the purpose of drilling gas wells to supply Richmond with gas. As per contract, 50 cents per acre per annum and $100 for each successful well drilled is paid the lessor. The Colfax Courier, with inverted column rules, announces that after a service of two years it lays quietly down to rest. The Courier was a good local paper, and though it has to die, its conductors have no cause to be ashamed either of its life or the manner of its death. Saturday morning, while hooting, Frank Albright, a young man of twenty-four, residing two miles east of Wabash, accidentally shot himself through the head, inflicting a wound which proved fatal in ten minutes. Albright's brother was with him at the time of the accident. A vestibule train westward-bound on the Fort Wayne road struck a sled at Hobart on Saturday, breaking it to pieces. Tbe sled contained Charles Miller, a farmer, and his wife. Both were thrown out Mrs. Miller was not hurt at all, but her husband was very serionsly, if not fatally, injured. Howard Baker, a wealthy and highly-respected farmer living near Shoals, died on Satarday, after suffering intense agony since Saturday last- At tbe time of the accident he wai unloading hay from a sled, when be slipped and fell on one of the standard of the sled, wbich penetrated his abdomen five inches. . The Republicans of Noble township, Wabash ceonty, have nominated tbe following candidates for township officers: Trustee. Marcus CL.Cory;

justices of the peace. Wm. L. Russell. Jacob L. Bailors and George V. Small; constables, W. F. Lines, Wm. Williamson and Ezekiel Lowry.

xeiegates to the various conventions were chosen, and the meeting w&a one of the most en thusiastio and harmonious ever held in that townsnip. At a meeting of Evansville's new board of police commissiners F. D. Morton, one of tbe most prominent young colored men in southern Indiana, was elected secretary for a term of three years. He was an applicant before the State officers for tbe position of police commissioner, but was defeated. The board is now Republican. On Wednesday, at Ilartsville, William Spragg, aced nineteen, fell in a fit. and did not rally from it till Friday nisht, when suddenly he arose from his bed, saying he had been called by the Lord to preach the gospel, and went out on the streets in his night clothes and preached for three hours before he could be persuaded to desist. The old settlers of Wayne township, Henry county, met in convention yesterday and organized a historical society with the following officers: Dr. Wilson Hobbs, president; J. Lea Furgason. vice-president; T. B. Desm, secretary; W. M. Heaton, treasurer. The constitution and by-laws of the county historical so ciety were adopted. At the annual meeting of the Shelby County Fair Association tbe following officers were elected: President, John Blessing; vice-presi dent, -13. S. Sutton; secretary. Walter Elliott; treasurer, John Elliott; superintendent. Lea Powell; directors. Jacob Mutz, Thomas Anders. Nicolas Bailey, Sam Strap, Jerre Dagan, Isom Wray, William Pond. Jesse Shaw. J. R. Tomlinson. George W. Holmes, Hiram Cole, George W. John, Thomas Linville and E. IL Stanley. ILLINOIS. The Westbrook Murder Trial Ends in the Jury Condemning the Prisoner to Death. Decatur, Jan. 28. In the Circuit Court to day the jury in the case of Wm. E. Westbrook, charged with the murder of Joseph Gross, a saloonkeeper at Blue Mound, this county, last July, brought in a verdict of guilty, and fixed the death punishment. The verdict was a general surprise, not because the accused was not be ieved to be guilty, but because there has never been an execution in this county, and people were of the belief that no jury would break over the precedent. Westbrook is a young man, twenty-two years old,1 and lives at Stoniagton. He threatened to expose Gross for selling liquor to a minor, unless paid $25. He wrote Gross a letter to this effect and, meeting him a few daya later, hot words ensued. Westbrook attacked Gross with a large pocket-knife and inflicted several wounds in his abdomen, which proved fatal. The jury was out but a few moments, agreeing on tbe first ballot as to tbe guilt of the accused and on the second ballot as to the punishment Westbrook received the verdict very coolly, and never moved a muscle of his face. He must have been . fearfully surprised, however, as he expected to get off with ten years. A motion for a new trial will be argued before Judge Smith on Tuesday next. Petition In Mackln's Behalf. Galena, Jan. 29. The wife of Joseph Mackin, now in Joliet prison for "fine work" in the Chicago elections, has been in this section of late on business connected with her efforts to secure the pardon of her husband. The lady was at Savanna, Thursday, under the name of Mrs. Neigleson, of Chicago, and secured the name to her petition of HI. H. Welch, now of that place, one of the jury who convicted her husband. From Savauna Mrs. Mackiu came to Scales Mound, this county, to secure the signature and aid of James Carr, the Assemblyman from this district. Drief Mention. James Drew, H. A. Hawks and Theodore Gross will open a bank at Atwood, March 1, with $50,000 capital. The Illinois Society of Engineers and Surveyors concluded its annual session at Springfield after electing C. G. Elliott, of Gilman, president. The Illinois Miners' Protective Association reelected Daniel McLaughlin president, and resolved to prosecute F. R. Fisher, superintendent of the Old North shaft, near Springfield, for slandering him. Dr. J. S. C. Cussirjs, postmaster at Owaneco, was arrested on Friday, charged with illegal parentage. The fifteen-year-old daughter of John Fox, a farmer, gave birth to a child a few days ago, and sank rapidly, but before she died accused the Doctor with being the author of her ruin. Cussins, who gave bail, denied the charges. FEBRUARY MAGAZINES. Readers with no literary pretensions who are conscious of a dissatisfaction with magazine poetry are apt to hesitate in the expression of such views, feeling, modestly, that the fault may lie in their own inferior powers of appreciation. These persons may experience gratification in knowing that so competent a critic as Richard Henry Stoddard has put their ovtn vague dis taste into words. Speaking of the poetical contributions in the February Atlantic, Mr. Stoddard says: "The fault that we find with most of the maga zine verse of the time, English as well as Ameri can, is tbat it is poetical without being poetry. It lacks lenniteness, it lacks sufficient motive, and it lacks (as a rule) human interest. It is seldom or never written from real feeling, from strong personal emotion. What the readers of our magazines want supposing they want poetry at all, which we do not believe is not subjective verse, but objective poems. What a godsend to the best of them a lyric like 'The Burial of bir John Moore' would be, or Tbe Battle of the Baltic.' or 'Lady Clara Vere de Vere.' What do they care about 'Carnations in Winter,' coucernmg which there are four stan zas here by .Bliss Carman; about 'The Gifts of the Fates,' concerning which Mr. Paul Hermes has written over two pages of very blank verse; about 'No Songs in Winter',' which Mr. Thomas Bailey Aid rich has noted in thirteen lines; or about 'Endymton,' in which Mr. James Russell Liowell does not celebrate theLiatiman shepherd, as one might not unnaturally imagine, but writes a mvstical comment on Titian's 'Sacred and Profane Love'? Metrical writings like these are not (we venture to think) what the readers of magazines want, though tbey are of fered to them month after month, and year after year, ad libitora and ad nanseum. Whenever Lowell comes under the condem nation of so unsparing a judge, the genera reader may at least have tbe courage of his con victions in regard to minor poets. No such criticism holds good with the prose contributions which, as usnal, are of a merit that leaves no room for complaint. "The Sec ond Son," Mr. Aldrich's and Mrs Oliphants's se rial, finally reaches an end, and leaves tne curious reader uncertain as ever where the work of one pen began and tbe other ended. A serial of deep interest is E. H. House's Japanese story, "Yone Santo." Tbe dissection oi tne missionaries who are there "chiefly to look down upon the heathen," is rather cruelly but very deftly done. One of the most interesting papers of the number is a study of Madame Neckar, by James Brech Perkins. "The Marriage Celebration in Europe," by Frank Gaylord Cook, is an article wbicb shows the result of much study and research in its preparation. The biographical sketch of Felix Bohot, the French artist, which opens the February number of Harper, is accompanied by wonderfully faithful and effective reprodnctions of a number of his etchings. Tbe frontispiece, "An English Jetty," is in particular a fine specimen of the engraver's art. A pleasant sketch, descriptive of Quebec as it is to-day, is con tri bated by C, H. Fernham, and profusely illustrated. F. L. Hagadorn writes of "Ship Railways Ancient aod Modern" in an article that shows the result of careful study of the subject. "RamMings in the West" is a chapter of Gen. Randolph Mercy's gossipy reminiscences of army life. In "So cialism in London." by J. IL Rosoy, a glimpse is nao at tne ciass or people which go to make up tbe communistic mobs that gather now and then in that city. The notable feature of this issue of the magazine is Senator Edmunds's paper on "The Tariff. Not 'for Revenue Only,' but for Protection and Development." It is a reply to the free-trade article written by Henry Watterson in the January number, and although that effort is unduly dignified by so serious a response, tbe paper is so strong and plain a presentation of the benefits and necessity of protection that an abler advocate of freetrade theories than Mr. Watterson must be called upon to refute the argument. Whatever may be the opinion as to the merits of Mr. Howell's fiction, there is no room for dispute as to the ebarm of his descriptive writing. A Little Swiss Sojourn" mingles accounts of e very-day life with bits of historical lore in a wav that is altogether entertaining. The fiction of the number consists of William Black's serial. Iu far Lochaber." and an excellent short story. "Louisa Pallant, by Henry Jaraea. Oth er articles are. "Oo the Ootposts," a sketch by Edmnnd Kirke, of -frontier life in Tennessee and Kentucky during the revolution; "The Amer-

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A very entertaining and in structive article in the February issue is that by Professor Shaler on "Volcanoes." Tbe historj of Vesuvius is given from the time of the eruption of A. D. 63 to tbe present ime. A translation of letters from the yoangei Pliny, descriptive of the first eruption is a feature of the paper. In "The Law and thf Ballot," Joseph B. Bishop urges the adoption ol measures for the purification of the ballot and tbe breaking down of machine politics. In graceful though somewhat rambling essay en titled "The Lantern Bearers," Robert Louis Stevenson finds opportunity to give his opinion of realism in fiction, and a most uncomplimentary opinion it is, E. H. and E. W. Blaehfield give tbe concluding chapter of their studies of ancient armor, and William James contributes an essay entitled "What the Will Effects." There is the usual complement of fiction and verse. The first number of a new monthly journal comes from Washington, D. G, and bears the title, Congress. It is not, as might be supposed. of a strictly political ' character although it ia indirectly so but is "devoted to the arts of civilization, and to the promotion of the inter ests of the American people by urging govern ment aid for such arts. Among other matters specified in the salutatory for which favorable legislative consideration will be sought, are a restoration of tbe coast-survey system, aid for the mercantile marine, improvement of rivers and harbors, coast defenses, and reform in the Indian policy. Among the subjects discussed in this issue are: "American Shipping" "Treaties with Indians," "Indigent Soldiers of the Re public," "Science in Ballooning." "Where the Sun Doe Not Set," "Bridging the Skies," Tales of Civilization," "Weather Predictions," and "The Labor Party," Names of well-known writers appear in the list of contributors. All the contributors to the February Lippincott are women. The complete novel is one of Mrs. Wistar's translations from the German of E. Werner, entitled "The Snell of Home." Mrs. Belva Lockwood tells of her "Efforts to Become a J-iawyer. ' fine ascrioes tne passage or tne bill admitting women to practice in the Supreme Court of the United States largely to the efforts of Hon. Joseph E. McDonald, at that time a Senator. Other contributors are Helen Uray Cone, Charlotte Adams, S. M. B. Piatt, Amelie Rives, Edith Thomas, Agnes Repplier and Ella Wheeler Wilcox. The magazine adds a new feature of interest by offering prizes for the best answers to a series of one hundred questions of a literary character, the first twenty of which are published in this number. The only fault found by young readers with Mrs. Burnett's serial, "Sarah Crowe," which has run through three pumbers of St. Nicholas and is concluded ia the February issue, is that it ends too soon. 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