Indianapolis Journal, Indianapolis, Marion County, 2 February 1888 — Page 2

THE INDlANAPOIiTS JOURNAL. TECBSDAr, FEBRDAUY 'J, 188B.

''schedules affecting imiorted cigar, tobacco.

liquors, silk and other articles. As far as practicable, the rule has been adopted to siake tr.e dntr low on ihi cheaper articles. and proportionately higher on the more expensive articles, ao that the burden of taxation, wnien have heretofore fallen upon persons of small means, who are dependent uron their labor, wi:l IVe, as far aa practicable, shifted to tboae who ae more able to bear them. To revise the tariff upon these principles has Wen a work of tery great labor. The Demo cratic members or tbe committee nave oeen assiduously at work daring tbe whole of this tnoDtb, and now meet constantly. They hare bad the assistance of men expert in the various manufacturing interests of the country, and of gentlemen who have made tariff-reform a lifeJon study. , Tbe bill will be more moderate than the more decided revenue reformers would prefer, but it will be in the right direction, and it is thought will commend itself to the entire country by its conservatism. Tbe reduction on sugar will be 20 per cent., or Si 1.000,000; and the entire redaction on tariff somewhere between $50,000,000 and $35,000,000 possibly $00,000,000. The alterations in the internal revenue law will be very marked. The tax on manufactured tobacco, amounting to about $20,000,000, will be abolished, and the special licenses and tbe tax on the manufacture of stills will be repealed and 11 fruit brandies made free. This will make an aggregate reduction of internal revenue of perhaps $30,000,000. So that, if the bill passes, the eotire redaction of revenue will be between $80,000,000 and $00,000,000. As to all the industries of the country that have been established nnder tbe preaent system and have now a protection no greater than seems to be necessary to prevent them from being detroyed or badly crippled, the committee has made no changes in tbe present duty; and aa to all tbe industries, the rule adopted by the committee was to remove from them as many obstructions that the present tariff pats on tbem as was possible, and 4o give them as many advantages as could be done, for the purpose of furnishing to the producers of raw material in America a horns market sufficient to take up all their product so that there might be ao increase instead of a decrease in the material produced by agriculturists in this country. And it is firmly believed that if the bill passes, there will be a large decrease of importations on account of tbe additional advantages given in the bill, and that the price bf woo I, and timber and other material produced in America will be increased and not diminished. The committee, it ie understood, are now at work revising what is known as tbe liewitt administrative bill, and adjusting the provisions to the ebsngeg made in the various schedules. And it is supposed that the entire bill will be completed within the next ten days, so as to be presented to the fall committee for discussion. It is probable that the Democratic members of the committee will not attempt to prevent a full dieenasion by the Republican members of the committee, that the bill be read section by sec tion in tbe committee, as has been usual, and that whatever tbe Republican members of the committee may desire to say, ample time will be given. But no hearings will be accorded by the committee to persons who are not members oi u, as it is Known mat tneae neanngs are simply for the purpose of confusing and deceiv ing, and to manufacture campaign capital. The bill will probably be reported to tbe House pre cisely as agreed upon by the Democratic mem bers of tbe committee, and within three weeks, possioiy sooner. THE PUBLIC DEBT, Present Condition of National Flnances-A Bed action of 815,000,000 Daring; January. Washington, reo. j. ma loiiowing is a re capitulation of the debt statement issued to-day: Interest bearing debt Bonds at 49 per cent Bonds at A per cent Refunding certificates at 4 per cent.. Xayy pension fund at 3 pr cent-.... Pacific railroad bonds at 6 per cent... 230,544,600 732,447,000 147,350 14,000.000 ti 1,023,512 Principal............ .......... Interest....................... Total 1,041,783,062 6.837.237 -. 1,048,600,299 Deht on which inter st has ceased tine maturity Principal...... ............ ........... Interest............................. $2,914,365 176,981 Total 1 Debt bearing no interest Old demand and legal tender notes... Certificates of deposit............... Oold certificates............. Silver certificates........ Fractional currency, less $8,375,934 estimated as lost or destroyed.. . . .. 3,091,346 $346,737,956 10.645,000 104.853.H71 179,321.053 6,941,825 Principal........................ $ Total debt: $648,499,805 Principal ....... Interest......... ..$1,693,177,232 7.014,219 Total $1,700,191,451 Less cash items available for a redac tion of the debt $304,749,624 ljess reserve neia xor redemption or United States notes 100,000,000 $404,749,624 Total debt, less available cash items. $1,295,44 1,827 Ueot, less easn in the treasury r b. 1, 1BS3 Debt, less cash Jan 1. 1888 1,210,211,081 1,223,598,401 Decrease of debt during the month.. 1&,387,320 Decrease of debt since Jane 30, 1887 69,217,655 $104,853,971 179,321,053 110,645,000 Cash in the trentury available for reduction of the public debtGold held for gold certificates actually outstanding. ................... Silver held for silver certificates actually outstanding... United States notes held for certifi- ' eates of deposit actually outstanding '- Cash held for matured debt and intereat unpaid ........................ Fractional currency. ...... .......... 9.928,584 1,015 Total available for redaction of the debt $304,749,623 Retire fund Held for redemption of TJ. 8. notes, arts Jan. 14. 1875. and July 12. 1882 $100,000,000 Unavailable for the reduction of the, aeit fractional silver coin 925,019,973 Minor coin. 113,617 $25,133,590 Certificates held as cash............. Jfet cash in the treasury Total cash in the treasury as shown by treasurer's general account... $35,878,727 85,230,746 $550,992,686 MINOR MATTERS. Provisions of tbe Bill to Guard Against Ex portation of Cawbelcioms Meats. Washington, Feb. L The bill providing for an Inspection of meats for exportation, reported favorably by Senator Evarts, to-day, from the committee cn foreign relations, authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury to cause careful in spection to be made of all salted pork and bacon intended for exportation, and to authorize tbe proper customs officer to give a certificate stat ing the condition of tbe meats. It prohibits giving clearance to any vessel having on board salted pork or bacon found on inspection to be unwholesome, bat it provides that meat may he exported without inspection when it is proven, to tbe satisfaction of tbe collector of customs, that it Las been properly salted and packed more than sixty days beforehand, and a certificate may be issued to that effect. It is made a misdemeanor, punishable by fine, imprisonment, and forfeitare to import any adul erated or unwholesome food or drink. Tbe Prenident is granted power to suspend by proclamation the importation of any article from any foreign country, or all products of any foreign country, whenever be becomes satisfied that any adulterated article is about to be Imported into tbe United States, or that any foreign State is making unjust discriminations against tbe importation of articles from this country. The importation of diseased or infected meat, cattle, sheep and swine is prohibited, and the Secretary of the Treasury is authorized, at the expense of the owner, to placs in quarantine all cattle, Eteep or swine imported into the United States. s Indian Pensions. Washington Special. Pensions have been granted the followingnamed Indianians: Widow of Patrick Stokes, Indianapolis; miners f David North, Lapel; widow of Samuel Mavitr. Winslow; widow of Robert Poole. Indianapolis; Thomas Bradley, Rock port; Joseph Brown, Cedar Grove; George Golding, Sparta; Wtiliam Gabbert, Bedford; John McLean, Battle Ground; William Overman, Elizabeth; Cvrus Farey. Logaosport; Andrew Cook, Bloomington; John Handy, Anderson; James Lee. Indianapolis; Francis ICeeder. Windfall; Levi MeOskey, Sholburn; Georg Sailors, Martinsville; CJeoree Billin, Westoort; Jamas MeGinnis, Seymour; Daniel Stiernogle, Coffee; Isoroe Farmer, 'rawfordsviile; Thomas Brady, Kochestfr; Henry Krieeheidorf, Lafayette; Sylvester - Cox, Sbarpsville; William Livingstone, New Richmond: Ferdinand ltolf. Fort Wayne; John Eckart, Oorydon; Martin Bruee. Cochran; John MJss, Geneva; James Ross, Crawfordsrille; Peter M'ahl. Vallonia; Lucien Barber, Sa.em Center, George Turner, Ellzabetbtown; Thomas Chambers, EvaosTille; Benjamin Mon-

don, Iodiananolis; Richard Hill, Lowell; Joseph

Norbison, Bloomington; Robert Elliott, Little York; John Athacd, Indianapolis; Samuel Wes ley. Rock port: William Hopper, Bryantsville: Andrew Mincer, Manc'e; Isaac Terrin, Martins ville; David Vail. Stip's Hill; William MeComb. Fairmount; William Roberts, Indianapolis; Da vid Honk. Westneid; Tbomas Fiter, Greens burg; Henry Albershardt, Indianopolis; Elijah Haywortb, Oakford; David Stone, Charleston; James Bennett, New Amsterdam; James Mullen, Lynn; Peter Davison, Elkhart; Sutherland Mayfield. Edwardsville; Moses Vest, Brownston; Samuel Dnnn. Franklin. What Curtln Wanted. Washington Special. There is enderstood to be some coolness be tween ex-Governor Cnrtio and President Cleveland, growing out of a recent disappointment which the latter encountered. It is stated, and the authority is pretty straight, that Governor Curtin had been urged for appointment to the Mexiean mission, and he and bis friends had in some way been led into the understanding that ne was to have it, but. with the proviso that he should resign within five or six months. It was found necessary to do something for General Bragg, however, aa be was kicking a good deal and was threatening to break tbe Democratic organization in Wisconsin into so many pieces that it would be impossible to get Cleveland delegation to the national conven tion out of it. There was nothing lying around loose except the Mexican mission which would nt Bragg, and it was found that he wouldn't keep till next July. As it was regarded that Cnrtin's friends in Pennsylvania would stick to Cleveland in any event, no matter what he did. and Brass's friends in Wisconsin wouldn't. Bragg got tbe appointment. The Democratic Convention. Washington Special. If Mr. W. C. Gondy has announced in Chicago that tbe Democratic convention will be held two weeks before the Republican convention. and that it will probably be held in Chicago, his statement may be regarded as based on very accurate information. One of the objects of his recent visit here was to speak a good word for Cnicago as the convention city, and to advise the President that, on many accounts, it wonid not be expedient to hold tbe convention in New York State. It had been supposed that the Democratic convention would be held later than the Republican; the leaders here have all spoken as if that was certain. But to hold it earlier would be to return to tbe old precedents. It formerly was the custom for the adminis tration party to hold its conventions prior to those of tbe opposition. The different rule hich obtains in the Democratic Dartv organ ization will permit the convention to be called earlier than June 9. The six-months rule for notice does not run in tbe Democratic national committee. Bell's Telephone Patent. Washington, Feb. L The hearing upon the petition of J. W. MeDonough, for a reopening of the ease in which Alexander Graham Bell was granted a patent for a speaking telephone, was begun to-day before the Commissioner of Patents. Tbe case has been before the department about a year and a half, and involves tbe question of priority of invention of the speaking telephone. Col. Robert G. Ingersoll, of New York; Frank Hard, of Ohio; Judge D: Humphries, of New York; W. C. Strobridge, of Philadelphia, and H. H. Elder, of New York, appeared as counsel for MeDonough, and J. J. Storrow, of Boston; Roscoe Conkling and L. W. Ferrill, of New York, as counsel for BelL It is expected that the hearing will occupy the remainder of the week. A Crank with a Bulldop. Washington. Feb. L The police arrested and locked up to-night Abraham Isaacs, a Russian Jew, of New York, who came here to collect money, which he imagined President Cleveland had defrauded him out of. Isaacs,, who is evidently a crank, said that $4,000 was due him by the government, and the President bad retained it for bis own nse. He intended going to tbe White House with a big bulldog, and demanding of tbe President that he settle accounts. General Notes, fpeclal to the Indianapolis Journal. Washington, Feb. L Hon. Will Cumbaek, of Indiana, and Representatives Browne and Owen were among those who attended the reunion of the survivors of the Thirty-fourth Congress and a banquet in honor of tbe election of Nathaniel P. Banks as Speaker of the Thirtyfourth House of Representatives, at the club house of the Republican National League here. to-night. Hon. Wm. H. English is, also, among the surviving members of that memorable con test, which resulted in the election of Speaker Banks. A marriage license was to-day issued to Charles Carlton Marsh, of Muncie, and Virginia Dustan Brown, of this city, and they were married at the residence of the bride, on G street, this evening. John Holland Marsh, of Muncie. a brother of the groom, was present at the cere mony, ihe groom is an ensign in the navy, and will visit his home on his wedding-tour. Miss Voss and Mrs. Steele were participants in a large and fashionable receptiou by the ladies of the Riggs Honse. this afternoon. Th Comptroller of the Currency has approved the Western National Bank, of New York, as reserve agent for tbe Indiana National Bank, of Lafayette. The President to-day nominated Willis Holmes, of Louisiana, to he register of the land office at Natchitoches, La. J. 1C ljowrie has been nominated postmaster at Portland, Ind. , and Marion H. Ingrim to a similar position at Winamac. Speaker Carlisle returned to town this after noon from Fortress Monroe, much improved in health and spirits. It is expected that he will take the gavel to-morrow. Tbe Comptroller &t the Currency has declared dividend of 50 per cent, for the benefit of cred itors of the Stafford Springs (Conn.) National Bank. Mo Bustles In the Salvation Army. Little Falls, N. Y.. Feb. 1. Dec 5 last there was a grand halleluiah wedding in this villaee. at which Captain Eric Von Alexson and Captain Polly Bryan, of the Salvation Army, were married. Polly was buxom and fair to look nnon. and was altogether the most prepossessing memper oi tne lemaie contingent or the Salvation Army. But Polly is now in disgrace, and the canse of that disgrace is her bustle. Captain Polly, being good-looking, refused to discard her bustle when ordered by General Moore, and in consequence she and her husband have' been ex pelled from the Army and all its branches. Captain Von Alexson and his wife Polly intimate that there has been some very erooked work in the Salvation Army, and they will make it hot for General Moore berore they get through with him. Wire and Nail Men la Conference. Cleveland. O., Feb. 1. Representatives of tbe wire and nail manufacturers of the United States are holding a meeting in this city. Among the well-known manufacturers nresens are A. R. Whitney, of A. R. Whitney & Co., New York; John Stephenson, of the New Castle NailCom5 any. New Castle. Pa.; J. H. Stollmg, of the oliet Iron and Steel Company. Joliet. I1L. and George Oliver, of Pittsburg. The object of the meeting is to form an association looking to the bettering of the interests of the business. Wnen asked whether the meeting had been called for the consideration of prices a member said: "No, they are too low now. In the past, whenever we have discussed prices, it has only resulted in reducing them. We shall consider some details in the method of manufacture, but there will be nothing which can be given to the public." Rev. Fulton Boycotted. Baltimore. Md.. Feb. 1. The Rev. Justin D. Fultoo, whose "crusade" against nriestlv celibacy has brought him prominently before thepoblic, had advertised that he would lecture in Baltimore on Saturday next, and make certain startling revelations. He will not lecture in this city, notwithstanding, for the reason that be finds it impossible to engage a ball for the purpose. His agent succeeded in renting Concordia Opera-house, but when tbe.eharacter of Fulton's lectore was made known to tbe stockholders the arrangement with Fulton was cancelled. General Sheridan Baoqneted. Boston. Feb. L The informal reception and. banqnet in honor of General Sheridan, at the Hotl Vendome, nnder the auspices of the Loyal legion, to-night, was a brilliant event. Every living member of the Legion in Massachusetts and Rhode Island was present Gen. T. G. Griffin presided over the 400 guest. There were no speeches. Among the distinguished persons present were Governor Ames, Congressman Morse, and others. After the hananet war songs and reminiscences were indulged in. That feeling of extreme debility is entirely overcome by Hood s barsaoarilla. "I was tired all over, but Hood's Sarsanarilla gave me new life and streogth." says a Pawtucket. R. I., lady. Hoods Sarssparilla is sold by all druggists, il a bottle, or six bottles for to.

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ine uaiiy tnronicie vTiappenings Various Kinds in the Two States. Pneumonia C&nses Many Fatalities at Mont' pelier An Alleged Criminal Evades a Brace of Officers Other Notes and Gleanings. INDIANA. Pneumonia Claims Many Victims at Mont poller and in the Vicinity. MoNTPELiaB, Feb. L An epidemic of pneumonia began in the territory adjacent to this place about a month ago, which has caused many fatal it i as, and many are now low with tbe disease. Not only are the practicing physicians busy night and day, but several doctors who have retired have been called in to assist. To add to the burden, black measles have broken out in Keystone, a small village three miles north. A large number of children are afflicted and the schools have been closed. Epidemic pneumonia differs from the ordinary complaint in that the lungs seem to decay and the system fails to respond to the usual remedies. Officers Eluded. Special to the InCiananolis Journal, Hillsboro. Feb. 1. This morning the sheriff of McLean county, Illinois, arrived in this place, accompanied by one of Pinkerton's men, arme.d with a warrant for the arrest of Thomas Wat-" son, charged with committing an assault on Miss Neff, a sixteen-year-old girl, at Minier, III, a few weeks since. They found their man here, staying at tbe residence of his mother, and dispatched Constable James Laird to make the arrest, which he did, but Watson bluffed the officer and took to bis heels, with detective, sheriff, constables and citizens in bot pursuit. The posse have searched all day, but the fugitive had eluded capture up to this writing. Minor Notes. Edward Harrington, of Jonesville, aged fortv, was run over and killed by a J. M. & L train, Tuesday nigbt. The fifth annual fair of the Warren Tri-eounty Agricultural Society will be held at Warren, ind., on Sept 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8, 1883. At Logansporr. yesterday. John Stumhaugh, who was " arrested in December. 1887, charged with stealing clothing from the store room of Eli Greenfield, pleaded guilty and was sentenced to tbe penitentiary for hve years. The wife of J. M. Conowav. trustee of Posev township, Rush county, suddenly dropped dead yesterday at noon at her home in northwest Posay, while attending to her household duties. The cause of her sudden demise was heart disease. Frederick Dorgan. of New Albany, was fonnd dead, Tuesday morning, in tbe stable - at his father's, John Dorgan, barn. Dorgan had been subject to fits of epilepsy, and the supposition is teat be died oi the disease. His age was twentyeiEht years. Greenfield aspires to become a manufacturing town, and the Cooneil has resolved that free gas shall be furnished manufactnrers who will locate there during the present year. The Board of J rade has land and money to be used for tbe same purpose. At Osgood. Monday evening, while nlavin? with some boys, Frank McMurphy, aged about lit teen, complained that his throat hurt, and prevailed on a companion to touch it with a pin. He did so, but accidentally dropped -the pin down the boy's throat. Ho does not feci anv ill effects of it as yet A telegram was received at Crawfordsville. yesterday, announcing tbe death of Howard wusoo, at bpoxane rails, w. T. He was a son of Congressman James Wilson, deceased, and a brother of John L. Wilson, ex-receiver of public funds at Spokane Falls, and of Harry Wilson, formerly of the Lafayette Journal. The re mains will be brought here for interment. Simon Staloun. a desperate character, who lives in the bottoms ten miles south-west of Princeton, shot Constable Edsrar Snenrer through the shoulder with a rifle, on Monday evening. Spencer, armed with a search-war rant, went to Staleup's cabin, and was shot as be entered the door. The officer, who is stcrin-. pie, thn started to leave, when Stalcun turned two savage ball-dors loose on him. He reached his bugey, and as he started off was fired upon aeain, but was not hurt. Stalcup is a terror to the whole section where he lives. A sheriff's posse has gone after him. ILLINOIS. Revising the School Lawn The Committee Will Make Few Changes. Springfield. Feb. 1. The committee on revision of the school laws devoted its first day's session to bringing together the acts on differ-' ent subjects. It is eprarent that tbey will suggest but few changes. One change nnder consideration relatss to county teachers' certificates. Two grades are now issued, the first for two years, and the second for one year. It is proposed to suggest a third, of a grade higher than tbe first mentioned, to be considered professional and to run for five years. The committee will sit again to morrow, parcel out the rest of the work and adjourn probably till September. Tisbilway Bank-Robbers Arrested. Chicago. Feb. 1. "Fan" Burns and Jimmy Foster, charged with robbing the bank of Stevens & Wells, at Tiskilway, 111., have been jailed at Clinton. Ia. Thev were taken into custody, yesterday, by the local authorities and a detective from Chicago. Money found on the prisoners was identified, "today, as part of the proceeds of the bank robbery. A companion of the prisoners, supposed to be Jimmy Martin, was traced across the river to Fulton, III., but his capture was not effected. Over $5,000 was taken from tbe bank by tbe robbers. They blew open the vault and safe with dynamite, Engineer Killed by an Explosion. St. Lottis, Feb. L A boiler in Tseffe's wagonshop, at Fairfield, 111., exploded this morning and killed engineer William Cobb. The engine and fly-wheel were blown a distance of forty yards. Brief Mention. Charles Stevens, of Sparta the last of the three victims who were burned in the Rosborough coal mines, died of his injuries on Tuesday. His sufferings were intense for some time before he died. Among the Hancock county victims of the late Northwestern blizzard were Christian Glaze of Burnside, who perished in Colorado; Mrs. Green and her son-in-law, George Dow, of Hamiltan, who perished in Minnesota. The Bank of Pike County, which succumbed to hard times and an unexpected run, made final settlement on Tuesday, paying the deposuorg in mil. xno nauiiiues were iH'J.uUU, Mr. Fishell, who was cashier and a stockholder in the bank, sacrificed his individual property to pay them. N. H. Ridgely, the veteran banker, of Springfield, died on Tuesday. He was a native of the state of Maryland and was eighty-eight years of age. He leaves twelve children. Mr. Ridgely bad been engaged in tbe banking business einee 1828. and was President of the Ridgely National Bank of Springfield at the time of his death. He owned tbe Springfield gas-works, which he built, was largely interested in tbe Springfield rolling mills and street railroad lines and was a very wealthy man. Baptist Minister Frozen to Death. Somerset. Pa.. Feb. L Rev. Cornelius Rfrlr. ley, an aged minuter of the German Baptut Chureh, was yesterday found dead in a field on his farm, half way between the country road and bis bouse. He had been in Somerset on Saturday, and in the evening started home on sled of John Bruner, a near neighbor. His home is about seven miles from Somerset and half . mile from Bruner's. When he reacbed Bmner's barn Mr. Birkley said he would take the near cut across tbe fields to bis home. Tbe snow was very deep, the weather was intensely noM. and a heavy wind was blowing. Not reaching borne a search was made, which resulted in thn finding of the lifeless body, lying face downward in the snow. Mr. Birkley was about sev enty years of age, and was a prominent minis ter for many years in the German Bantist Church. A Case of Self-Defense. Louisville, Feb. L A special to the Even. ine Times from Bardstown, Ky.. says: "Last night, at the offlee of the Central Hotel. Ed. Hiekman, son of Dr. J. F. Hickman, lost his life at the hands of Dr. Joseph B. McGee, connected with the internal revenne service, formerly a dentist of this place. Dr. McGee was in conversation with someone, and Hickman, who was standing near them, made some offensive remarks to or about McGee. McGee then asked him what he said, and what he meant. Hickman repeated what he had said, and stated that he meant it, starting at McGee with an

open knife in his hand. He collared McGee,

cursing him at tbe same time. McGee then pulled his pistol and fired three shots at Hickman, two taking effect in tbe hips, the third tak ing effect in the head, killing Dim instantly. Both parties belong to good families, and the affair is very lamentable. McGee gave himself no immediately, and will have his examination trial this morning." LABOR INTERESTS. The Reading Company Starts one Mine and Makes a Fallnre la Another Effort. She kak do ah, Pa.,'Feb. L The William Penn colliery made a successful start to-day, having over 300 men at work. The advisory committee worked hard this morning importuning tbe men to stay away from the mine, but in only a few instances did they succeed. Coal was hoisted and prepared all day at a lively rate, and it is said shipments will begin to-morrow. Unsuccessful attempts were made to resume worK at the Reading collieries this morning, hut few bands responded. The engineers, carpenters and blacksmiths threaten to strike and stop the mines which have partially resumed unless the company advance their wages. Should the pump engineers go out, much damage to collieries will result Wages of Tnbe-Works Employes. Pittsburs, Feb. L Tbe general movement among pipe manufacturers to secure a reduction of wages is attracting attention. Present wages are hot govered by any scale, and although the matter is considerably mixed the move is considered to be an effort to fix a uniform scale. It is evident that there is dissatisfaction among the manufacturers, and great difficulties will be eneonntered in fixing a uniform scale, owing to the different manner in which the work is done. Two thousand pipemill men are already idle on account of the reduction. If all tbe mills in this vicinity were to close down it would affect at least 12.000 men. The Knights of Labor control the majority of the tub works in the country. Master Workman Doyle, of District Assembly 53, stated today that he did not think the men would accept a reduction of wages. Leaders of the tube workers favor the forming of a national district assembly, Knights of Labor. Shoe-Workers Locked Oat. Cincinnati, Feb. L About 3,000 men, women and girls employed in shoe manufacturing business are locked out in this eity. The manufacturers, at a meeting held to-day, agreed upon this course of action. The origin of the trouble was a keeping-back of the wages of tbe twelve girls in Blacker, Gerstle & Co.'s manufactory, last Saturday, which the firm claimed had been paid to them improperly by a mistake in estimating their work. Their fellow-workmen took up tbe girls 'cause, and sent a committee to settle the matter. The firm refused to see the committee, whereupon the other employes of the firm struck. The mannfacturers claim that the employes violated an agreement that manufacturers should be expected to treat with but one committee, and that the committee on wages. Try in e to Call Out More Miners. Wilkesbarre, Pa., Feb. L The third day's session of the convention of district assembly No. 16 was largely attended, at Pittston, to-day. Considerable business was done, but very little was given to the press, A committee of five from the Schuylkill region were admitted to the convention this morning. It is known that they are present for the purpose of urging the convention to call out the miners in the Lackawanna and Wyoming regions. They claim that if this can be accomplished it would soon close tne long contest Capital Concludes to Strike. Charleston, W. Va., Feb. L A correspondent was informed by a coal operator of the Kanawha regions, this evening, that the mines would shut down in a few days for a reduction in tbe price of mining coaL This is a case of operators striking against the miners. The result will be anxiously awaited. There is a large supply of coal on band, and the operators feel somewhat independent of the diggers. A 10 Per Cent Redaction. Johnstown, Pa., Feb. L The 10 per cent reduction' in wages at the Cambria iron-works went into effect to-day, being accepted in all de partments except the wire mill. These men are still considering the proposed reduction, but no trouble is anticipated by the company. Over 10,000 employes are affected by the reduction. Non-Union Men Beaten. itoc hester, jn. i i'eD. l. As three non union employes of Byrnes, Dugan & Hudson, shoe manufacturers, were leaving their hotel on their way to work, this morning, they were knocked down and severely beaten bvagang of strikers. There were eight or ten men in the gang, and tbey were armed with clubs. TELEGRAPHIC BREVITIES. Dr. Courtney, of St Paul's Church, Boston, has accepted the bishopric of Nova Scotia, to which he was elected at Halifax, yesterday. Hartley & Graham, New York gun manu facturers, bid off tbe Remington armory at $lo2,000, at tbe sale by order of the court in Ilion, N. Y.. yesterday. Joseph Mocci, an Italian barber, shot and killed his wife, yesterday, in the Italian quarter in Smith street, New York. The shooting was tne result or a quarrel. Aloeei is still at large. In a dispute growing out of an effort by City Marshall Bowman to arrest Barton S. Boberts, at Centralia, Mo., yesterday, the former shot and killed the latter. Bowman immediately gave himself up to the officers. In tbe case of James W. Sykes, of Chicago, who is charged with issuing fraudulent warebouse receipts for grain, and thereby defrauding the Merchants' Loan and Trust Company out of nearly $100,000, the jury, after being out twentythree hours, reported a disagreement. Pleuro-pnenmonia prevails among cattle on Staten Island. New York, to an alarming extent. Dr. William Rose, of Stapleton. who is connected with the State Board of Health, said he feared the disease would become epidemic. During the past two weeks fifty-three head afflicted with tbe disease have been slaughtered. In the case of E. A. Wentworth, at Waterville, Me., who was shot and killed by his young son, last Sunday night, the coroner's jury yesterday found that the shooting was unintentional. The father was tryiog to wrest the pistol from the boy s band when it was discharged. Wentworth was abusing his family at the time. Eugene Zimmerman, formerly a director of the Fidelity National Bank, of Cincinnati, who was in Europe when he was indicted by the United States grand jury for complicity in the wrongful transactions in that bank, has returned. Yesterday morning he went before Judge Sage, .pleaded not guil'.y, and gave bond in tbe sum of $20,000. Arrangements have been made by the centennial committee, of which Dr. H. W. Andrews is chairman, for the proper commemoration of April 7, the anniversary of tbe settlement at Marietta, O. Senator Hoar and Hon. J. Randolph Tucker will deliver addresses, an the annual meeting of the State Historical and Archaeological Society will be held at the same time. . , Robert B. Barnett, a plumber doing business on Grant street, Pittsburg, was arrested in Alleghenay last night, on charge of be ing implicated in the game in which William old and prominent citizen, $10,000. Detectives Perkins made the arrest claim to have recent bunco Murdoch, an was robbed of snd Todd, who overheard a conversation in which Barnett acknowledged that he was one of the swindlers. Barnett protests bis innocence, and says he was drugged. The Goods Found at Brownibnrg. Mt. Pleasant, Ia. Feb. 1. Dispatches yesterday in reference to goods seized at Brownsburg, Ind., supposed to come from the hospital at Mt Pleasant, do injustice to tbe steward and the authorities here. The goods were shipped by one Miller, supervisor of the mail department, and were traced to hint and all recovered by tbe sheriff of Henry county, so that there is no loss to the State. Mrs. Ramon and Her Son in Court Chicago, Feb. L Mrs. Rawson, the wife of banker Rawson, and her son, William Ralph Lee. were brought into Judge Clifford's court to-day to answer to the charges preferred against them. Young Lee pleaded guilty to an assault with intent to kill, and was remanded to jaiL Mrs. Rawson pleaded not guilty to the charge of conspiracy in the assault Stocks of Liquor Seized. Des Moines. Feb. 1. Under a decision of Judge Given, that permits to sell liquor for legal purposes can be used only by the persons to whom issued, the stock of every wholesale liquor firm in the city was to-day seized. Eseh firm does business ender a eompauy title, and the judge's ruling forbids such latitude..

$100,000 WORTH OP LIBEL

The Queer Storj That Lies Behind a Salt Brought bj a Young Russian Kobleman. New York, Feb. L Baron Louis Cremers has filed suit against tbe Press newspaper for $100,000 damages, on account of alleged libel published in that journal Dee. 10, 1SS7. Behind the suit there is an unusually romantic story. No suspicion attaches to the title or social standing of Baron Cremers. He is the son of Russia's Rothschild, tbe great St Petersburg banker, whose wealth is at least $40,000,000. Moreover, Baron Cremers is the nephew of the Russian minister at Washington, Baron de Struve, and is a lieutenant in Russia's aristocratic cavalry regiment, the Fifteenth Hussars. Tradition says the regiment is rarely sent into action, and is consequently dubbed "the dead heads," but no aspersion on that score can cling to Baron Cremers. He is a tall young man, of well-knit, athletic frame, and the scars of old wounds that seam his forehead under the blonde curl3 attest that he has seen service in the field and in tbe dueling arena. A World reporter yesterday found Baron Cremers in the office of his counsel. Having consulted with his lawyer, the Baron consented to make a statement. "I have no vindictive purpose, he said, "in this prosecution, but I want the opportunity to vindicate myself from an atrocious calumny. I regret that I must introduce the name of my wife, from whom I am now separated, and who is largely responsible for tbe painful circumstances that have arisen." "Well Baron, what bout the alleged libeir inquired tbe reporter. "Here," he replied, as he drew out a printed extract, "is an infamous letter written from jail by a socialistic shoemaker, who was arrested on the charge of assaulting his own thirteen-year-old daughter. I regret to eay that this man was a protege and pet of ,ny wife. Learning that we had separated, tie wrote to her from prison, saying that I had betrayed his daughter. The man's name is James Jewell, who was arrested on the sworn statement of the girl Elizabeth. There is evidently a conspiracy in the case, for the girl was inducsd to prefer a charge against me and exculpate her unnatural parent; but within a day or two she retracted the accusation and admitted that her father was too blame. It is humiliating to be mixed up in any way with such an infamy. Jewell is held for trial, hut I want the earliest opportunity to vindicate myself." "How did you happen to be involved in such a case?" "Ah, thereby hangs a long tale. A year ago last November I was married to Vittorna Cassini. It was a foolish union. I never knew what her father's name was. I admit that she fascinated me, yet the proposal of marriage came from her, although it was not lean year. I took pity on her helpless condition and financial embarrassments, for she was practically deserted by her friends. I entertained towards her the most ardent, pure and sincere devotion, yet we were only a couple of weeks married when she told me she could not possibly love any man. About the same time 1 began to learn that prior to our marriage my wife had displayed an extraordinary infatuation for actresses. She had aiso been editor and proprietor of a publication called the Stage Gazette, and bad been in the habit of going out in boy's clothes to see the town. An illustrated account of some of her exploits was printed in a Saturday serial. Did not these circumstances or disclosures disturb the harmony of your relations?" "X was nonestiy devoted to tne woman, and when she told me of her peculiar temnerament. I replied that if such were unfortunately the case, still, although it would be a calamity to me, so long as she loyally adhered to me. and did nothing to discredit my family or myself, I should accept such share of friendly feeling and gratitude as she could give me. She disclosed to me other serious errors of her life before our marriage, but I assured ber that if she would lead a true and loyal life now I would condone the past and trust my future in her hands. We lived for a time at the Belvedere and other costly hotels, and in a boarding-bouse at Forty-eighth street I allowed her a good income, giving her at one time as much as $2,600 to "do as she pleased with, but when I remonstrated against her extravagant habits she retorted that she was my wife, that she must have every luxury, and that she did not care a snap where I got the money. I was dependent on my father, and he was extremely liberal until she contrived to poison his mind against me. In my first communication home, I painted ber as an angel who would guard me against all temptations, and myself as a wild young cosmopolitan, sadly in need of such a saving influence. My father wrote her a letter of seventeen pages, and she neglected to reply until she decided to undermine me with my own family. She actually turned me out of a flat I had furnished for her." "Where did the shoemaker come into the drama?" He was my wife's acquaintance, not mine. This fellow ; Jewell made her shoes. Immediately after our marriage she became exceedingly friendly with him, having known him for a long time previously. He was a Socialist, a theosophist, and swelled up with all sorts of theories. She frequently called npon him, remaining sometimes from noon until 7 P. m., and even taking him to the theaters. For instance, she took the shoemaker to see Sarah Bernhardt. To this acquaintance I naturally objected with a good deal of emphasis, and endeavored to dissuade ber from continuing it. She positively disobeyed my wishes, declaring that Jewell was a man who might well be taken for a model of humanity in fact, her ideal of the modern civilized man. He exercised a very potent, and, in my opinion, anything but beneficial, influence on the conduct of the Baroness, to such an extent that she adopted in their entirety his fierce and bloodthirsty anarchistic and socialistic theories, all of which were utterly abominable and repugnant to me. However, as I found it impossible to induoe her to give np the acquaintance of tbe shoemaker, and tbe subject was a constant source of irritation and heartburning, I consented to meet this Jewell rather than lead a cat-and-dog life." "How did he impress you? "As a decidedly malodorous individual, yet I cultivated his acquaintance assiduously in the hope of mitigating an evil that I could not wholly get rid of. As the fellow was in a state of abject poverty, I gave him orders foe shoes and I recommended bim to my friends. The first time I met him was during the Christmas holidays of 18S6. His daughter assisted him in bis business, but I never spoke a word to ber in my life, beyond the ordinarv good morning, or good evening, addressed jointly to her father and herself. The shoemaker's adroit letter, seeking to fasten bis crime on me, is infamously false, but I must take cognizance of it in order to vindicate myself. In his communication to my wife there is a thread of candor with a web of wiles and lies." "Do you propose to seek a divorce?" "That is something to be considered later. We are separated, and I may seek legal relief from my fetters. But I want, first, to vindicate myself from Jewell's atrocious charge, and if possible to prevent the names of my relatives from being dragged through the mire. I wish the consequences of my credulity and folly to fall on my own head." Obituary. New York, Feb. L Hon. G. W. Schuyler, a descendant of Gen. Phillip Schuyler, and a well-known politician, died at Ithaca, to-day, aged seventy-eight. He was a trustee of Cornell University. George I. Finklo, leader in the famous antirent war in the Hudson and Mobawk valleys, in 1844-'45. died to-day, aged eighty. Minneapolis, Feb. L Prof.Wm. McFarland. one of the oldest actors in the country, was found dead in bed yesterday. McFarland supported Macready when the great Englishman was in tftis country, and later the elder Booth, Adams, Edwin Forrest, and all of the old-timers. He has been a resident of this city about two years. Galveston, Feb. L Cyrus W. Oberly, one of the best-known journalists of Texas, and, for several years past a staff correspondent of the News, died suddenly this morning, at Houston, aged forty-eight. Deceased was the younger brother of Civil-service Commissioner Oberlv. He served with Terry's confederate rangers. " The Mugwump Notion. Philadelphia Press. Tbe mugwump notion that the President has fully atoned for the recent election outrages by bis party in Mississippi by demanding tbe resignation of the United States marshal in whose district they occurred is ingenious and novel, to say the least. It is much as if tbe directors of a banK atoned to tbe defrauded depositors of the conrrn by demanding the resignation of the cashier who squandered their money. However, H tjea very little to satisfy the mug wumps nowadays. Mr. Griffiths at Pardae. Lafayette News. The abilities of Hon. John L. Griffiths to hold his place oj the legislative floor against all Dem ocratic comers are we I Known to any one wno is acquainted with political happenings at tbe State Capital. That he is an eloquent and witty stump orator is also recognized. Yesterday at

Purdue Mr. Griffiths made his debut in La

fayette as a lecturer and chose as his subject "Disraeli." The subject of the lectore would indicate that it was not altogether disconnected with polities. Mr. Griffiths addressed an audience twice as large as usually congregates to hear the "Sunday lecture," a polite 'term for a sermon. He spoke far over an hoar and was followed with the closest attention. He closed with an antithesis of tbe characters of Gladstone and Beacon s field, replete with beautiful word-painting and indicating a masterly character-analysis of the two men. As he con eluded, although against all precedent and custom, the students applauded long and loudly.

DAIXr WEATHER BULLETIN. Indication. Washington, Feb. 21 a. m. For Ohio and Indiana Warmer in southern portions, stationary temperature in northern portions; generally fair weather; light to fresh winds, generally shifting to east and south.. For Wisconsin Fair weather, followed in northern portions by light snow: wsrmer. followed in northern portions by slightly colder; light to fresh southeasterly winds, becoming variable. For Illinois Warmer, fair weather, followed by local rains in southern portions; light to fresh east to sonth winds. For Lower Michigan Fair weather; slight changes in temperature; light to fresh variable winds. Irftcsd Weather Record. Indianapolis, Feb. 1, 1SS3.

Time. Bar. Thor. R. H. Wind. Weath'r Pree. 7 a. M... 30.30 30 83 NeastlClondy. 2 p. if... 30.33 31 84 NeaetiCloudy 9 P. m... 30.39 32 91 East. Cloudy.

Maximum Ihermon eter, 33; minim am thormom eter, 29. Following is a comparative statement of the eondl'on of temperature and precipitation on Feb. 1, I09S2 Tern. Pree i p. formal. 26 0.13 Mean 31 o.OO Departure from normal 5 0.12 Total excess or deficiency since Feb. 1. 170 O.lli Total excess or deficiency sine Jan. 1. 170 0.21 Plus. General Observations. Washington, Feb. 1, 9 p. u. Stations. Bar. Ther!

.J Pr. Weather Clear. ; ..... Cloudy. . ..... Clear. ..... Cloudy. 1 ..... Clear. 1 ..... Cloudy. i Fair. Clear. ..... Clear. Fair. .....Cloudy. (Clear. .02 Rain. .04 Cloudy. ..... Cloudy. .14 Cloudy. .28 Rain. Clear.

KewYork city..... Philadelphia, Pa... Washington City. Carleston, S. C San Antonio, Tex.. Jacksonville, Fla Atlanta, Ga.. ...... Pensacola, Fla...... Titosville, Fla Montgomery, Ala... Vicksborf, Miss ... . 30.2S 30.34 30.38 30.26 30 Calm 50 East. 3U.08 30.20 30.20 30.22 30.16 30.16 62jCalm 62 ! East. 60 'East. 30.14 30.O4 30.12 Shrevenort, La... 60 Fort Siiith, Ark... Little Rock, Ark... 30. 18 30.18 29.98 54 54 58 58 60 BO Neast Galveston, Tex..... Palestine, Tex ...... Brownsville, Tex... Memphis, Tenn Nash rille, Tenn.... Louisville, Ky...... Indianapolis, Ind... Cincinnati, O....... Pittaburr, Pa. Boise, LT Oswego, N. Y Calgary, N. W. T... Toledo, O Minnedosa, N. W. T. K scan aba. Mich. ... East. Neast 30.10 30.D6 North 30. 18 30.28 30.36 Neast North Neast East. Cloudy. Cloudy. Cloudy. 38 36 32 30.38 30.42 30. 40 30.06 30.36 30.44 30.44 30.24 Cloudy.j Cloudy. Cloudy. Fair. 34 32 38 28 Neast North N'wst N'wst Cloudy. 20 Neast Neast Cloudy. Cloudy. Cloudy. Cloudy. Uazy. 30 24 28 24 North Sonth 30.38 Prince Arthur's L'g 30.32 East. Chicago, ill Milwaukee, Wis.... Duluth, Minn...... St. Paul, Minn La Crosse, Wis..... Davenport, Ia...... Des Moines, la..... Concordia, Kan.... Keokuk, Ia Cairo, 111 Springfield, 111.. .... 30.40 30 East. Cloudy. Foggy. Cloudy. Clear. 30.38 36 S'oast 30.28 26! Neast 30.24! 24S'east 30.38 24 S'east Foggy. 30.34 30.26 30.18 30.28 30.30 30.34 30.34 30.20 30.24 28 East. Cloudy. Clear. Foggy. 34 S'east 46 Calm. 28 East. Foggy. Cloudy. Cloudy. Cloudy. Clear. Cloudy. Cloudy. 32 Nsast 30 East. 32: East. bt. Lonis, Mo..... Springfield, Mo.... Leavenworth, Kan Omaha, Neb....... Valentine, Neb.... Yankton, D. T.... Moorhead. Minn.... SO S'east 40 S'east 30.24 42 South 30 08 30.16 44 Calm. near. Fair. Clear. Clear. Clear. Clear. 36 Calm. 30.20I 29.96 20 South Ft. McKinnev.W.T. 40 28 30 30, NVst: Bismarck, D. T Fort Buford, D. T. 3a 20 Neast 30.14 30.30 Neast Ft. Assinaboine, M.T North Cloudy. JTort Coster, il. T.. Qn'Apelle, N. W. T. Rapid City, D. T... Cheyenne, Wy. T.. . North Platte,. Neb.. Denver, Col........ W. Las Animas, Col. Dodge City, Kan... Fort Elliott, Tex... Fort Sill, I.T Fort Davis, Tex.... El Paso, T.ex Salt Lake City, U. T. Santa Fe, N. M..... Montrose, Col...... 30.14 30.14 34 24 West. r-air. S'east: Cloudy. 30.66 38 West. Clear. Clear. 30.06 38 West. 30.14 36 1 East. Clear. 29.96 30.02 30.16 30.06 30. 14 30.06 30.08 30.08 30. 04 30.08 48 N'wst Clear. Clear. Foggy. Foggy. Cloudy Clear. Fair. Clear. Fair. Fair. 42 East SO South 52 S'east East. 56 60 50 32 40 34 North North .02 S'east S'east S'east T Traces of precipitation. Meteorological Summary for January. Indianapolis, Feb. 1. Mean barometer, 30.250; highest, 30.94, on. the 16th; lowest, 29.71, on the 1st; monthly mean range, L23. Mean temperature, 23.3; highest, 59.8, on the 6th; lowest, 6 below zero, on the 16th; monthly range of temperature, 65.8; greatest daily range, 32.1; least daily range, 8.7; mean daily range, 17.3. Mean daily dew-point, 17.2; mean daily rela Hive hnmidity, 78.4 per cent. Prevailing wind, northwest; total movement, 4,862 miles; highest velocity, 24 miles (from th northwest), on the 26th. Total precipitation, 2.81 inches; nnmber of days on which .01 inch or more of precipitation fell, 10. Number of clear days, 5; fair days, 14; cloudy days, 13. Snow-fall during month, 2:0 inches. Frosts on the 14th and 16th. C. F. R. Wappenhans, Obs. Slg. Ser. A Free-Trader's Tribute. Boston" Transcript. One of the most cogent, logical and lncid defenses of protection, as embodied in tbe present tariff, which has recently appeared is Senatoi Edmunds's paper on the subject in the last nom ber of Harper's Magazine. It is a calm, thorough and instructive exposition, carefully guarded in expression, and will prove a more ef ficient campaign document for thoughtful and reflecting men than any yet produced. Sometimes Make a Close Guess. Detroit Free Press. Two months hence the signal service will pre diet: "Spring, followed by summer," and th prediction will probably be verified. Steamship News. New York, Feb. L Arrived: Nevada, from Liverpool; Bohemia, from Hamburg; Holland, from London. Don't Wait Until your hair becomes dry, thin, and gray before giving tbe attention needed to preserve its beauty and vitality. Keep on your toilet-table a bottle of Ayer's Hair Vigor the only dressing you require for the hair and use a little, daily, to preserve the natural color and ' prevent baldness. Thomas Munday, Sharon Grove, Ky., writes : " Several months ago my hair commenced falling out, and in a few weeks my head was almost bald. I tried many remedies, but they did no good. I finally bought a bottle of Ayer's Hair Vigor, and, after using only a part of the contents, my head was covered with a heavy growth of hair. I recommend your preparation as the best hairrestorer in the world." "My hair was faded and dry," writes Mabel C. Hardy, of Delavan, 111.; "but after using a bottle of Ayer's Hair Vigor it became black and glossy." Ayer's Hair Vigor, Sold by Druggists and Perfumers. Pimples and Blotches, So disfiguring to the face, forehead, and neck, may be entirely removed by the t-se of Ayer's Sarsaparllla, the best and nafest Alterative and Blood-Purifier ever discovered. Or. J. C. Ayer it Co., Lowell, Mass. Sold by Druggists ; $1 ; six bottles for S 5. ATTE WERE THE LARGEST PURCHASERS IT f V the eity at the auction sale of damaged dry goods on Meridian street. W. C. VAN AKSDEL CO., lOU and 111 South Illinois st