Indianapolis Journal, Indianapolis, Marion County, 8 February 1888 — Page 2

THE IKDIANAPOIiIS JOURNAL. WE DN"ES DAY, FBBRUABY 8, 1888.

tfict every district where the receipt are less than tbe expenses. The Secretary of the Treasury ia authorized to fix the salaries of the col lectors and suveyors each year, commensurate "with the character of the duties performed, the alary la no case to exceed $5,000. This provision doos not apply in cases where the customs eQeer now receives a fixed salary and is not allowed to retain the fees. Indiana, Patents. Special te tbe IndlanaooUs Journal. Washington, Feb. 7. Patents issued to Indianans tc-day as follows: Beavers, Jeremiah V., Mount Summit, lineholder. Hill. James, Wilkesbarre, Pa. assignor to L & L. Pump Company, Goshen, step-ladder; Jones, Geo. S., Laconia, combined saw-filer, gauge and gummer; King, James, Sandusky, wire fence: Looker, Win. C, and J. Newlove, Union Mills, plnmb level; Lynn, Mirabeau N.t Rising Sun, assignor to Lynn Engine Company, Dayton, O., steam boiler; Moore, William, Moony, saw file adjusting weight; Rariden. Francis M-, Wayne town, assignor of one-half to A, R. Heath, Covington, car coupling Shoman, Grant W., Lake Station, harvester; Straugbn, Alanson W., Lineolnviile, straw-stacker. General Notes. Washington, Feb. 7. Speaker Carlisle has ordered that the wires used exclusively for stock: purposes be taken out of the corridors of the Bouse. There is, besides, a telephone connection with a down-town broker's office, which is likely to be removed. ' Senator Sherman has telegraphed his acceptance of the invitation to respond to a toast of the "Lincoln day" banquet of the Ohio Republican League at Columbus, on Feb. 13. : Tbe President has been compelled to decline an invitation to attend the dinner to be given in New York, on Thursday evening next, in honor of ex Governor Tilden, for the reason that he has arranged to give a reception to the army and navy on that evening. Tbe President to-day signed the act providing for printing the eulogies delivered in Congress on the late Gen. John A. Logan.

BREWSTER'S FOLLI. A Big Marble Baildia? Kept Empty for Years ; . Because of an Old Man's Whim. New Yohk, Feb. 7. There was an executor's tale at the Real Estate Exchange, yesterday, of 1 a piece of property with a reniarkable history. It cor.sisted of Nos. 627 and C23 . Broadway and 136 and 198 Mercer street, covering a plot fifty feot wide by two hundred feet deep. Seabury Brewster, who made a fortune in dry goods, bought It in 2351, intending that the ineome from it should make his declining days comfortable. ' He still owned it at the time of his death, in 1884. The property was boarded np during the latter half of toe thirty-three years that intervened, because f oe owner thought it ought to bring a higher rent than anyone could offer him. His friends tried to argue him out of his purpose, but he replied that he had made up his mind to get his own figure or nothing, and was not to be turned from that determination. As years went by the property became known among real eastate agents as Brewster's folly. The old man rather enjoyed the comment his action excited, and , paid without a murmur the yearly taxes levied aernst it, amounting while it was vacant close to $'20,000. The long period of vacancy damaged the neighborhood. Here was an unsightly place, which, apparently, no tenant wanted, and the block in Broadway below Bleecker street thus lost character in some degree among business men. Wben it at last became commonly understood why the property;was vacant, so much-damage had been done the block that it was not easy to repair it- All this time ' Brewster made his home at the New York Hotel, where he bad very comfortable bachelor Quarters, and from which he could stroll down . past bis property, and get, as often as he liked, whatever grim satisfaction there might be in looking upon his work and contemplating the wrath of the neighboring tenants, who looked on his big, empty, five-story, double-width marble building as it some uncanny influence proceeded from it There was at one time talk of trying to bring the old man into court on a auit for damaees, and witnesses were ready to prove that the neighborhood had suffered by bis conduct, and that other property owners were, therefore, entitled to redress. Mr. Brewster's friends think that he would rather have enjoyed the notoriety of such a suit, for he never sboaned publicity in regard to this whim. Wben be died, the building had been so long tenantless that tbe executors found that it would not readily rent They were hampered, moreover, by their inability to make long leases, and as tbe property was to be sold, tbe executors were unwilling to load the new owner with any obligations to tenants. About a year ago various persons were found to rent the premises at a shade below lease prices, and to agree to move on thirty days' notice. Tbeybave been paying at tbe rate of $14,000 a year. The property sold for $2-48,500. TELEGRAPHIC BREVITIES. The anti-Monopoly League, of which W. A. A. Carsey is bead, bave issued a call for a national convention to be held in New York city on Aug. 1 next ." Henry E. Reese, cashier and bookkeeper at the Continental Hotel, Philadelphia, was arrested at his desk yesterday, charged with embezzling $3,000 and upwards. He confessed. . On Monday, at'Sandy Ridge, Ma. Jeff Harrison was instantly killed by Wm. Farmer, with a shot-gun. Farmer was ordered to cease coming to Harrison's house, and in revenge laid in ambush for bim. Tbe murderer is at large. ' ' A laborer named Oneill, residing at Thirtieth and Smallman streets, Pittsburg, quarreled with his wife yesterday morning. He palled out a revolver and shot her, killing her instantly. He then shot himself through tbe head. The wound js considered fatal. The insurance companies lost $1,500,000 by fires m Montreal last year, which is two or three times as much as they received from premiums. One company ia already closing up business in Ontario, and it is not unlikely that one or two more Will follow their example. A recent telegram from Plainfield, N. J., sa id that the heirs of the late John Roach were about to sue the United States for $2,500,000 damages resultiog from the government's refusal to accent the ships built for it by Mr. Roach. His ton, Garrett Roach, said last night that he knew of no such action as in contemplation. At Atlanta, Ga., yesterday, Bob Cloud, colored, waylaid his wife and a negro named Henry Phelps, in an alley, and fired with a shotgun, taking off the top of Phelps's skull and killing him instantly. With the contents of the other barrel he fatally wounded his wife. Cloud then surrendered to the police. , -William Saloue, a negro desperado incarcerated in the Vicksbnrg jail, attempted to escape, Monday night, and had burrowed through the wail, and was about to drop to the ground, when the watchman fired twice at him, both shots taking effect in tbe head. He dropped to the ground mortally wounded, but with vigor enough left to swear eternal vengeance on his elayer. . An on provoked murder is reported from Waco, Tex. Bert Andrews, eighteen years of age, an attache of Doris & Colvin's circus, was laid over at that place by sickness, and, on regaining strength, obtained work chopping wood in the suburbs. In a quarrel with a young farmer, Geo. Blankenship. the acrobat, used circus language pretty freely, and the farmer retired. Andrews resumed work, but after a few minutes, dropped dead with a eharge of buckshot in his back. Blankenship told John Garrison of the affair and then fled tbe country. Richard K. Fox, proprietor of the New York Police Gazette, was arrested yesterday, by Inspector Williams, ebarged with violating tha penal code by encouraging prize fighting. He went to headquarters with tbe inspector, and then immediately started for the Tombs police tonrt The technical eharge against Air. Fox is that of aiding and abetting priza fighting in defiance of Iaw,'of holding stakes, publishing the details and preliminaries of fights, and making his office the rendezvous for men beat on violate ing the law. The hearing was adjourned until Tuesday. The Coys of Columbas. Columbus, O.. Feb. 7. The cross examination of Algernon Gianvilie, witness for the 8tate In the tally-sheet forgery eases, was continued to-dy. and will be resumed to-morrow morning. His examination included a close review of the direct testimony, with a view to bave bim contradict or impeach himself, but through tho long sitting there were no extravagant variations from bis direct testimony. The evidenoe produced is little more than an elaboration of that which has already been given, together with the identification by the witnes of some private papers which passed between Columbus and Chicago parties In the prosecution, and the eontenu of which were not disclosed. Ax.1 sufferers from Lloci disorders can use Ayer's arapar;lia with assurscce of c ure.

THE METROPOLITAN'S MONEY

President Means Placed Under Arrest bj Order of the District Attorney, On a Warrant Charging Misapplication of More than $200,000 Stockholders Likely to Lose from 20 to 40 Per Cent. Cincinnati, Feb. 7. The silence of the tomb prevails at the Metropolitan Bank this morning. It is located in, a new brownstone structure called the United Banks building, and occupies the western half, . at the southeast corner of Third and Walnut A wide . vestibule is used jointly by it and hy its neighbor In the eastern half of tbe building, tha Citizens' Natio nal Bank. This vestibule, of course, is open this morning, but the door leading from it into the Metropolitan Bank is closed, and placarded with the announcement that the bank is in the hands of the Comptroller of the Currency, acting through Mr. Sanders, the United States National Bank Examiner. A few clerks can be seen through the glass in the door, and a single watchman lounges at tbe door of the sumptuous room of the preeident Small groups of people enter the vestibule and look for a moment on tha vacated quarters of the great bank, and read therein a lesson of the power of tbe national government All e onnected with the bank say this would not have happened if the government . had not cansed the arrest of tbe ex-vice-president It is true that the arrest moved tho other banks to withdraw their offers of - assistance, but it may be that tbe government acted mercifully in diverting their money from the Metropolitan, for the charge made in the warrant for Mr. DeCamp's arrest does not necessarily cover all that maybe in possession of the government More serious ebarges than certifying to a false statement of tha condition of the bank may be brought to the notice of . the grand jury, which, by the way, will begin its sessions in a day or two. Mr. DeCamp had no difficulty in procuring bondsmen to join him on his bond, which was placed at $20,000, and be was kept in custody only while the bond was being prepared. Another sensational feature has been added to the Metropolitan Bank suspension. . It is tbe arrest of Hon. Wm. Means, the president of the . bank. , The warrant was issued this morning, but was cot served in the usual manner, out of regard for Mr. Means. District Attorney Burnet notified him, after 12 o'clock, of the issuance of tbe writ, and arranged for Mr. Means to go voluntarily with his bondsmen to the commissioner's office at 2 o'clock. With the Fidelity cases fresh in mind, and with the proof they gave of the relentless power of the government where there has been a plain transgression of the law, this arrest caused a decided sensation. Mr. Means has had a leading position among business men for a number of years; has been reputed quite wealthy; served a term as Mayor, when be was elected, not by a party vote, but by a combination whose support was a compliment to their candidate. To have a man of such prominence nut in peril of imprisonment causes a profound feeling. There is a fairly well authenticated statement that the examination of tbe bank's books and papers shows a gross violation of the banking law in loans to officers and others connected with the bank very largely in excess of the limit allowed by the law to any one. It is possible that this wrong-doing may have been carried to such an extent as to imperil the bank's solvency. At this time it is not thought that other arrests will be made, but of this no one ean speak with certainty, because there has not been time for a thorough examination of the bank's affairs. President Means appeared this afternoon at the office of United States Commissioner Dorger, with . Henry Hanna, May Fechheim, Patriek E. Roach and C M. Holloway as sureties, and gave bond for his appearance in the sum of $20,000. The charge against bim in tbe warrant is the misapplication of upwards of $200,000 of the funds of tbe bank. Michael Ryan, one of tbe directors of tbe Met ropolitan Bank, attributes the failure to the weakening influence of the increase of the capital. He said that of the $500,000 increase offered only $200,000 was sold, and the remainder was-used as collateral for loans, thus becoming a debt of the bank. Moreover, as the stock was offered too freely for sale, the directors thought it best to keep up its market value by buying it, and here again, in time, was a source of embarrassment An evening paper publishes an interview with E. L. Harper, in which be eays he knew, last summer, that the bank's stock was being used as collateral on loans for the purpose of speculation in real estate. He added that a bank examiner who knew how to examine could have discovered that then. In his opinion. nine-r tenths of the bankers of the country could be 1 put in prison to-day for technical violation of the law. as he had been. The United States grand jury has been dismissed for a week, to enable the district attorney to prepare tbe Metropolitan cases. The indictment against Mr. W. H. Chatfield, late director in the Fidelity bank, was nollied to-day. It was the same as that against Mr. Pocue. . There is nothing much but gossip about the great Metropolitan Bank failure to-day and tonight It is the theme of themes. When E. L. Harper went down, there was no sympathy for him. It is quite the reverse in the case of President Means. The feeling is strong in his behalf. His position, politically and socially, are in his favor. He has been a public-spirited citizen, and has devoted his energies freely and energetically to the public service. He has served as an exposition commissioner, and in the opera festivals and musio festivals he has always been prominent either as an official op a supporter. He has been president of tbe Duckworth Democratic club, and more recently was president of tbe Ohio Democratic club. He was one of the founders and has always been an ardent supporter of tbe Queen City club, a high-grade social club. As Mayor of Cincinnati he showed wisdom, and by bis contact with the masses in that capacity endeared himself to them. In fact, he is almost universally popular. No man in Cincinnati is better known. As a politician he took strong grounds early for a pure ballot and was prominent in tbe Committee of One Hundred when that body was doing its greatest work. All this counts' in bis favor and adds to the surprise that he should possibly be guilty of a grave offense. The bank was guarded to day by officers, and no one, except such as had immediate business with the concern, was permitted to enter. The beautiful ana costly appointments of the banking-house, and the splendor of its architecture and ornamentation contrast strongly with tbe Badness of tbe sitution of the once promising bank. One of the results already felt from this fresh failure is the increase ot investments in building associations, which shows strongly with all the associations that met to-night. The feeling in financial matters among small depositors is quite strained, and suspicions against a national bank could be very easily aroused. It is said that quite a number of building associations bave their deposits in the Metropolitan. Examiner Sanders refused to give a list of them to-day. They will lose nothing, and the laying-out of their money ' for a few weeks will be the only inconvenience they will suffer. It is considered beyond a donbt tbat every depositor will bo paid in full, and it is believed the stock will realize from 60 to 80 per cent, on its face value. It is not known to-night whether any more arrests will be made. Yesterday it was agreed between Miss Josie Holmes and tbe district attorney, all the authorities concerned having consented, that Miss Josie Holmes (who is still in jail) should appear in the United States Court plead guilty, and receive a sentence which the court would afterwards suspend, she, in tbe meanwhile, to be liberated from prison. When the time came today for this proceeding. Miss Holmes, through her attorney, informed the district attorney that for the present she had changed her mind, and that she would not enter a plea of guilty. The significant thing in the conduct of the government to-day was the giving the grand jury a recess of one week, in order to let tbe government prepare some fresh cases tbat it ad to lay before that body. Everybody understands that these eases are those of President Means, Cashier DeCamp and perhaps one or two other officers of the bank. Harper Knew All About It. Cincinnati, O., Feb. 7. E. I Harper, the eonviot who is serving time for his operations in eonnection with the Cincinnati Fidelity bank, in conversation, to-day, expressed himself at length about the break of the Metropolitan, and has mr.ny reasons to offer as to why he knew the crash would come. Mr. Harper ts enjoying good health, and is dressed in the usual prison atripes. He is among about two hundred prisoners who do not eat at the regular table with tbe other prisoners, but who have meal tickets and draw rations. The quality is tha

same as that which is given to other prisoners. There are other convicts who receive better treatment and secure more privileges than are granted to Harper. DAlIf WEATHER BULLEXiy. Indications. Washington, Feb. 81 a. h. For Indiana, Fair weather; colder in southern portion; slight changes in temperature in northern portion; light to fresh northerly winds. For Ohio Colder, fair weather, preceded by locat snows; light to fresh westerly winds, becoming variable. ' For Lower Michigan Fair weather, followed by light snow, colder in southern portion; slight changes in temperature in northern portion; light to fresh northwesterly winds, becoming variable. For Upper Michigan and Wisconsin Fair weather, followed by light snow; stationary, followed by slowly rising temperature; light to fresh, variable winds. For Illinois Fair weather; colder in southern portion; a slight rise in temperture in northern portion; light to fresh northerly winds, shifting to easterly. Local Weather Record. Indianapolis, Feb. 7, 1888.

Time. Bar. Ther. R. ILjWind. Weath'r Preo. 7 A. M... 29.81 32 74 South Cloudy 0.00 2 P. M... 29.69 37 80 Sweat Thrtng T 9 P. M... 20.96 20 86 N'wst Cloudy T

Maximum thermometer, 37; minimum thermometer, 20. Following is a comparative statement of the condition of temperature and precipitation on Feb. 7, 1388: ' y - Tern. Precip. NormaL..... .............. .......... 35 0.12 Mean 30 O.OO Departure from normal............. 5 0. 12 Total excess or deficiency since Feb. 1. 5 0.67 Total excess or deficiency since Jan. 1. 170 . 0.76 Plus. T Too small to measure. ' 7. P. M. The cold wave flag was ordered hoisted. The temperature will fall 15 to 20 degrees by 10 P. it. on Wednesday. General Observations. Washington, Feb. 7,9 p.m. Stations. Bar. tTherlWind.

j Pr. jWeather .10 Rain. .12 Foggy. Cloudy. Clear. .04 Clear. ' Clear. ..... Cloudy. ..... Cloudy. Clear. . Fair. ..... Clear. Clear. !...-. Clear. ; .01 Clear. .02 Cloud". ! Fair. ..... Clear. I Cloudy. ! .16 Rain. I .24 Bain. ..... Cloudy. ..... Cloudy, i..... Cloudy. T Rain. ! Clear. ... . Clear. .20 Snow. ! .02 Clear. ..... Clear. ..... Clear. ..... Fair. T Clear. ..... Clear. ' ..... Clear. .08 Cloudy. ..... Clear. ..... Clear. ..... Cloudy. ..... Clear. Clear. . .... Cloudy. ..... Clear. .....ICloudy. Cloudy, . . Cloudy, ..... Ciear. , .06 SnT Fair. ..... Clear. T Cloudy. Clear. ..... Fair, .02 Snow. ..... Cloudy. . . Clear. .08 Snow. ..... Cloudy. ' T Fair;, ..... Fair. -jf. , CleaViT Clear. ' ..... Clear. ', ; Fair. . : ..... Clear.'; Faifc ' ) T Snow.K : Clear, f ! ..... Cloudy,-

KowYork city 29.84 38 Neast 38!North 36 1 North 52Swest Philadelphia, Pa... Washington City... 29.88 29.90 29.92 Carleston, b. U. .... San Antonio. Tex.. Jacksonville, Fla... Atlanta, Ga Pensacola, Fla...... Titosville. Fla 29.88 29.98 58 iSouth 58 South 52 South 29.92 29.92 62 1 S'east 30.O4 66;S'east 58South 58 South 60 iS west Montaromerv. Ala... 29.90 29.84 29.88 29.76 29.84 29.80 Vicksburg, Miss. New Orleans, lt&Shreveport, La. . . Fort Smith, Ark. Little Rock, Ark. Galveston, Tex... Palestine, Tex.... 58 South Neast N'wst 46 48 64 29.88 ISouth 29.80 Oi South 70 ! South Brownsville, Tex... 29.88 29.78 29.82 Memphis, Tenn... 48! West. 46iWest Nashville, Tenn.... Louisville, Ivy.... Indianapolis, Ind. Cincinnati, O . 29.80 42Swet,t 29.96 20N'wst 40 S west 29.76 29.74 Pittsburr, Pa....... 40-South 40North Boise. LT 30.04 Oswego, N. Y ... 29.70 32 12 22 S'east Calgary, .N. W. X... Toledo, 0.Minnedosa,N.W.T, Escanaba. Mich.... 29.84 29.70 East. Swest 3O.10 30 N'wst 29.74 2! North Prince Arthur's L'g 29.78! 6West. 6 ! West. Chicago, ill Milwaukee, Wis.... Duluth, Minn...... St. Paul, Minn La Crosse, Wis..... Davenport, Ia...... Des Moines, Ia..... Concordia, Kan.... Keokuk, Ia.. ....... Cairo, 111..-. Springfield, 111...... St. Louis, Mo...... Springfield, Mo Leavenworth, KanOmaha, Neb Valentine, Neb Yankton, D. T Moorhead, Minn Ft. McKinnev.W.T. Bismarck, D. T Fort Buford. D. T... 29.86 29.82 29.82 29.80 29.94 West. West. East. West. 12 6 O 2 16 29.96 N'wst N'wst 30.04 29.98 29.98 North N'wst N'wst N'wst N'wst 8 40 12 29.84 29.9S 29.94 22 30 29.92 30.04 Neast 16 4 8 2 20 26 16 4 4 14 20 10 32 24 North North 30.06 29.96 Neast 30.06 30.02 North N'wst 29.62 Calm 30.06 N'wst 29.96 29.88 N'wst Neast North Ft.Aesinaboine, M.T Fort Custer, il. T-. Qu'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, Tex Salt Lake City, U. T. Santa Fe, N. M Montrose, Col...... 29.80 30.16 30.40 N'wst Calm. N'wst S'east 29.76 29.86 29.76 29.80 29.94 38iS'east 32 1 Neast 24! East. 36iNorth 29.82 29.90 29.86 38 North 50 50 36 32 30 Swest 29.88 30.04 29.90 29.98 West. Neast North Calm. T Traces of precipitation. The Walking Match. New York, Feb. 7. At the end of the first forty-eight hours of the match Albert led with a score of 238 miles twenty miles behind -the world's record of 258 miles, mad by Bowell in 18S2. His score, however, was twelve miles ahead of the highest record made by a winner of a six-days' race. The full score at 2 o'clock was: Albert, 238 miles; Panchot, 235; Guerrero, 233: Hart, 226 miles 6 lapB; Herty. 222:6; Golden, 221:5; Moore, 215:2; Strokel, 210:2: Day, 201; Cox, 194; Noremac, 190; Connors, 181:2; Dillon, 172:6; Vint, 170:2; Sullivan. 167:1; Sinclair, 160; Taylor, 160; Collins, 15L4; Tilly, 146:5; Stout, 134. - Dismissed Their Pastor for Smoking. Boston, Feb. 7. The dismissal of its pastor for smoking shows that the town of Mendon, though more than 250 years old, hasn't changed since the Pilgrims founded it. Rev. Mr. Wassail did not get enough happiness out of his salary of $350 a year, so he sought solace in the pipe. Somebody discovered him in this wicked practice, and his shocked parishioners forthwith decided not to hire him any more. His fall from grace also loses him a gratuity of $200 a year and free house rent Steamship News. New York, Feb. 7. Arrived: Arabic, from Liverpool; Ethiopia, from Glasgow. Queenstown, Feb. t. Arrived: Lord Gougb, from Philadelphia. Southampton, Feb. 7--Arrived: Rugia, from New York for Hamburg. Moville, Feb. 7. Arrived: Sarmatian, from Baltimore for Glasgow. An Honor for Father Baas. Detroit. Feb. 7. Very Rev. Father Francis Haas, O. M. Cap , a provincial of bis order, who has resided at the Capuchin Monastery in this city since 18S5, has been raised to the dignity of a definitor, or'one of the council of six tbat assists the euperror-eeneral to govern tbe order. It will be necessary for Father Haas to reside in Rome. He is the first member of the order in America so honored. . , - Death of a Famous Trotter. Cleveland, Feb. 7. The chestnut mare Clemtnie G., one of the fastest and moat valuable trotters in America, died on the farm of W. J. Gordon, of this city, as 10 o'clock on Mondaynight. Clemmie G. was a handsome specimen of horse fieah. standing sixteen hands high. She had a record of 2:15. which she made at Providence, R. L, Sept.. 10, 18S4. x The Russian Gendarmerie? Odessa Dispatch to the London Daily Sews. The indenendent corp of the gendarmerie in Russia consists of 616 staff and superior officers 28 ordinary officers, and 7.325 privates. Of these, 154 officers and 3,115 privates aro attached to the different railway services. The remaining officers and men are divided into three divisions, aadi are engaged in various special services. These men are usually chosen from the ranks for their superior Intelligence and physique, and the wbo'o corps of officers and men are undoubtedly the most thoroughly and deservedly detested body of public servants in the imperial system. They have raised the profession of blackmailing to the standard of a fine art. - " - - The Way They Talk. Pittsburg Chronicle. One of the points in favor of a new trial for Coy and Bernbamer, the convicted election forgers, at Indianapolis, was that one of the jurors at the hotel wbere they took their meals had one drink of whisky and another had two. Judge Woods knew the Hoosiers too well to believe that that amount of whisky would affect either their minds or morals. ' Too Independent for Bis Party. Philadelphia Press. The Hon. Bourke Cockran, of New York, is altogether too independent and courageous to enjoy any extended career as a Democratic Congressman. That much is made clear by bis manly speech on Saturday in defense of a Republican member from Indiana whom tbe Democrats bave resolved to unseat as a means of gelting control of the House by State delegations. Mr. Cockran will have either to 1st his independence go or go himself. To create an anpetite. and give tons to the digestive apparatus, use Ayer'a Sartapariila.

LABOR INTERESTS. Annual Meeting: of the Interstate Convention of ailners and Mine Owners. Pittsburg, Feb. 7. The annual convention of the Interstate Association of Miners and Mine Owners was called to order at old City Hall at 11 o'clock this morning by President S. N. Yeoman, of Indiana. Over 400 delegates, representing 200 pits in the States of Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois Maryland, and West Virginia, were present at the opening session. After a brief address by President Yeoman, in which he complimented both sides for maintaining the scale adopted at Columbus, O., last year, a committee was appointed to examine credentials. The balance of the session was taken up with a discussion as to whether the half dozen delegates from Illinois and West Virginia would be allowed in the convention, as it was understood that the operators of the two States referred to had withdrawn from the agreement. The matter was finally left in the hands of the committee on credentials and the convention adjourned for dinner. Previous to the opening of the convention the operators met at the Monongabela House and decided to insist that the relative basis of mining be taken, for the standard, the same as last year. The wage question was not considered, but it was rumored tbat! tbe operators would ask a reduction. It is understood that a majority of the miners are willing to accept the old rate, although a few want an advance. The meeting developed considerable opposition to the Knights of Labor on the part of the Indiana operators, who threatened to withdraw f rom th association unless they were permitted to control their own mines. - When the convention re-assembled in the afternoon quite a breeze was caused by the committee on credentials reporting a resolution providing tbat where districts were , represented by miners and not operators the miners should not be entitled to a vote, and that tbe same should apply to operators from districts not represented by miners. The resolution created a heated discussion, and immediately after its adoption, ten delegates, from West Virginia, Maryland and the low-erade division of Pennsylvania, withdrew from the convention. The committee on credentials reported in favor of extending the courtesy of the convention to these delegates, and giving them a voice but not a vote. Tbe matter of permanent organization was taken np and resulted in the election of Alex Dempster, president of the Spring Hill Coal Company, Pennsylvania, ehairman; Chris Evans, of the American Federation of Miners, secretary, and Patrick McBride, of Ohio, assistant secretary. Tbe secretary then read his annual report, after which the convention adjourned till 7:30 o'clock. Previous to the opening of the afternoon session Col. W. P. Rend, an extensive operator, addressed the delegates and created a sensation by charging tbe Northwestern railroads with conspiring with the. Illinois operators to shut out Eastern productions from the markets in tbe Northwest. - The night session lasted until after 11 o'clock, and the entire evening was taken up by a discussion on the admission of delegates from the Knights of Labor into the convention. This fight was started in the convention at Columbus last year. The debate was decidedly hot and protracted, and finally resulted in the convention deciding to admit tbe delegates a9miners, but not as Knights of Labor. An adjournment was then taken until to morrow morning. ' The Reading Strikers. Pottsville, Feb. 7. John Lee, chairman of the railroaders' executive committee, returned this evening from the conference with the general board of the Knights of Labor at Philadelphia, greatly elated at having both the railroaders' and miners' strikes indorsed by tbat body. He at once set to work to strengthen the strike lines, and finds the railroaders solid, but the miners need encouragement, and to hold them together they will share the relief fund. "The action of the general execntive board in approving both strikes," he said "brings the. whole country to the aid of the men, and they are sure to win. I think there will soon be a propostion to settle from the company." i Secretary Cahill received altogether yesterday and to-day, over $1,900. This money will be distributed wherever there is need for it. There has been a great increase in the receipts in the last few days, and the collectors who are out have only just commenced making remittances. This is not all the money coming to the aid of the miners, for John L. Little, of St Clair, and Robt Mages, of Mahanoy City, representing tbe miners alone, are receiving money from the Wyoming region and other sources. Chairman Lee is preparing to send out eleven more collectors two to Pittsburg, two to Chicago, three to Louisville, two to Washington and two to New York. They will report to his office. The company collieries are making but little progress with tbe green bands employed. Packer No. 2 received four ear-loads of mule's on Monday. William Penn is running as usual, and shipped 150 cars of coal to day. Shenandoah. Feb. 7. Strikers and police are both happy to-night, as this was pay day. The police were paid at noon, while the strikers were assembled about quitting time to get their portion of aid distributed. This amounted to abont $20 apiece, some cash and others in part store orders. Not an effort was made by the strikers to molest the non-union men to-day. Instead they now greet one another pleasantly, and the best of feeling seemingly prevails. There is no sign of any further riotous proceedings, and it is not expected that any will be made. - A Tjockont Practically Ended. Cincinnati, Feb. 7. District Master workman Hugh Cavanaugh, of the Knights of Labor, . said to an Asociated Press reporter to-night that the shoe lockout that has been on for a week has been practically settled. At a mass meeting to-day, with twelve hundred shoemakers present, Mr. Cavanaugh spoke for an hour, ' showing tbe shoemakers the folly of their position in refusing to abide by the agreement entered into by the district executive board last December. The matter was finally placed in the hands of the district executive board, who, after a short conference with the joint executive board of shoe locals, waited on tbe manufacturers' association and obtained an agreement declaring the lockout over, pending tbe decision by the gener al executive board as to the legality of the rules entered into last December. Mr. Cava naugh says that the outlook for a settlement is favorable, as the impression prevails in labor circles that tbe general execntive board can decide but oneway. - : ' - A Laundry War. Springfield, 111., Feb. 7. There is a fierce war being waged between the laundries of this city. It was begnu a few days ago, and they are now washing collars and cuffs at the rate of two dozen for 1 cent and shirts for 2 cents each. The Chinese laundries have refused to cut the rates, so far, and declare they will quit rather than work for nothing. It is thought by some that the fight is a scheme to run the Celestials out.

LETTERS FROM THE PEOPLE. Facts and Flgmres Rearing on the Tariff. To tne Editor of the Indianapolis Journal: It sometimes happens that figures, when properly manipulated, produce results that amount to surprising revelations. I have been looking into an abstract of the last census, which was taken in 1880, from which I find that the entire population of the United States in tbat year was 50,155,783, of which there were engaged in all kinds of occupations 17,392,099, which is equivalent to .346 per cent, of tbe whole population, or a small fraction over one third of the entire people; the other two-thirds being composed of women, children, and other persons not engaged in any occupation. . I fnrtber find that there were engaged in agriculture, 7,670,493; in manufacturing, mechanical trades and mining, 3,837,112; in professional and personal services. 4,074.238; and in trades and transportation, 1,810,256. . Dividing these several numbers by the total number engaged in all kinds of occupations, 17,392.099, we get the following per cents, respectively, to-wit, omitting the third decimal, or thousandths figure: Engaged in Agriculture........ ........ ..44 per cent. Manufacturing, Mechanical Trades and Mining 22 per cent. - Professional and Personal Services. ...23 per cent. Trades and Transportation. .........10 per cent. Now the most apparent deduction from tne above per cents, is that tbe per cent, of persons engaged in agriculture in our country is too high; and the per cent engaged in manufacturing, mechanical trades and mining is too low. the agricultural per cent, being exactly double the other. ' It would be far better for the American farmer if his proportion were materially less, and the manufacturers, mechanical tradesmen and miners, materially more. The two per cents, added together make 66, the average of which is S3; and that is the desideratum to which each porportion should approximate. On-thlrd or

about 33 per eent of our people engaged in agriculture can produce enough food to support all; not only themselves, but the other two-thirds also. The per cent of persons en gaged in professional and personal services, 23. and in trades and transportation, 10. taken together make 33 per Cent, or about one-third likewise; and these, perhaps, would not bear much it. crease; at least, it would soon adjust itself to any change madtfi in the - proportions cf the other classifications mentioned. But what has ail this process of calculation got to do with the tariff? Why, it is this: maintain our protective tariff, foster and build np our manfacturing industries, develop our mines and resources generally, until more and more of our people will be induced to engage therein, and the disproportion now existing between agriculture "and the other classifications will be bo reduced and modified that the tillers of the soil will have a ready market here at home for all their surplus food products which they have to spare, and wilt not be dependent on foreign markets for an opportunity to dispose of what overplus they may have on hand each year. . . Of all men living on Ameiican 6oil the farmer should be more solicitous to preserve the protective tariff tban any other class, because it will prevent his occupation from becoming overcrowded, and will enable him to bave a ready market for his grain and vegetables at home, instead of being compelled to ship his wheat to foreign ports; to Liverpool, England, for instance, there to undergo compulsory competition with the wheat of India. Eeypt and Australia, raised by the cheap labor of "those countries, a species of pauper labor which he cannot procure, and would not use if he could. Self interest, it strikes me, should prompt the farmer to prefer protection to home industries of all kinds, and a ready market at his very doors, instead of paying ocean freights to reach an ever declining market on the other side of the Atlantic. V. R. NORRIS. fcHKLBWlLLE, Ind., Feb. 6. The Long and the Short of Is. To the Editor of the Indianapolis J on mall I want gas. I want it bad and with the least possible delay. I was in favor of letting the Standard Oil Company come in practically on its own terms, and I yet believe that would have been the best thing then, and best for all time, but the cry of monopoly was raised and that company refused to come on the terms we demanded. There is a world of cheap humbuggery in calling names, and nothing is easier than to call any man or set of men monopolists who happen to have more money than we have, and who can therefore do a larger business. We call the Standard Oil Company a monopoly in its oil business, because it practically controls the oil business of the country. Yet the people get cheaper and better oil than ever fcdfore. We call the Western Union a monopoly, yet it goes right along cheapening rates all the time; and since the railroads of the country have fallen into a few "systems" fare and freights are cheaper than ever, and accommodations better. When Doxey came and proposed to bring us gas under the ordinance I was for Doxey. When the Indianapolis company bought Doxey out and proposed to bring gas under the ordinance I was for the Indianapolis until one day it said: "See here. Standard Oil gone, and - Doxey gono and all the other fellows are too feeble to do justice to the subject, now give us absolute control for three years, and do it quick, or we will never budge another inch," then I went back on them. That was worse than the Standard Oil by half. Then the question of cooperation arose. I have no faith in the principle, as a rule, but some good men said they could make it go, and they went to work, r They have spent much money and promise to bring ns gas in due season. The Indianapolis thought they could not or would not, but the thing looks more like they wili, and now the Indianapolis comes forward and says: "We take it all back; we will come if yon will only do so and so." For my part I think we bad better take them at their word. They said they would not, now let them alone. It would hardly be fair now to those who, taking them at their word, have undertaken to supply gas at ordinance rates and under ordinance restrictions. If that was the only chance I might think otherwise. What they now ask seems to me to be worse than the Standard Oil proposition. I don't want to hurt anybody. If they can't afford to come, under the ordinance, and others can, I guess we will have to let them stay out. U. S. Sks.

HAUNTED Br HIS VICTIM. Horrible Sufferings of a Woman Murderer Sentenced to Death. Special to Globe-Democrat. George Dunham heard tbe sentence, "Guilty of murder in the first degree," pronounced against him at Woodbury, N. J., a few minutes before midnight Saturday, after a somewhat sensational trial for the killing of his mother-in-law, Barbara Kandle. Dunham is a young fellow in his twenties, and all through the trial he maintained an appearance of sang froid tbat excited, the interest of everybody who paid any attention to - the trial. Since the dread verdict, bis bearing of indifference has given place to one of abject terror tbat has formed a most striking contrast. To-night he is a complete wreck, haunted by his victim and crouching in vain from it in the corner of bis cell, and gazing with dilated eyes for its oncoming. All day long he has been tbe victim of his haunting fears, and a more terrible, yet pitiable object than he, would be hard to imagine. When the jury on Saturday night, within a few moments of midnight, pronounced him guilty of murder in the first degree, he was carried rather than led back to his cell to pass a sleepless night. The clothing he bad worn during tbe trial was taken from him and bis old clothes substituted. He was placed in the cell on the npper tier of tbe west corridor. There he moaned and tossed through the night, unable to gain any sleep, while Constable Yaricks, who, at the suggestion of Prosecutor Perry, had been placed to watch him, kept his weary vigiL Dunham was no and about at dawn, pacing wearily np and down the narrow confines of his ceiL All day long he was nervous and excited, and when, shortly after noon, officer Yearicks endeavored to give Dunham some of the medicine in a glass . of water, Dunham looked at it earnestly for an instant, threw his head back and refused to touch it. With great difficulty Yearicks finally coaxed him to gulp it down, but he would not touch the glass. Yearicks then withdrew, pushing the iron bolt into its socketwith a thump. Shortly after dark, to-night, there came from tbe cell an unearthly groan, followed by the heavy stamping of Dunham's slippered feet on the iron floor of his cell, and the sound of his body thumping against the iron walls of his celL Yearicks opened the door quickly and found Dunham again crouching in the far corner of his cell, his eyes intently fixed upon the bed. . The officer got him to lie down, but the scene was enacted again and again. Not a word could be got from the prisoner. Finally Yearicks peruad dd Dunham to sit in a chair in the corridor. The chair was close to the partition. Between the two corridors, about eight feet from the floor, bars are placed. The prisoner from the other side climbed up to see Dunham. The murderer caught sight of the faee, sprang up with a wild cry and broke for the iron stairway, crying, "Who's there? Who's there?" Yearicks got him back to tbe chair, but he could not sit still, and at last he was put baek in bis cell. While the haunted man's jailers were discussing his strange actions to-night, there came from his cell a wild shriek accompanied by awful groans and a terrific crash. The attendants rushed into the jail. Officer Yearicks opened the door once more, and there stood poor Dunham, tbe picture of abject fear and woe. "Oh, oh, there she is!" he half groaned, half screamed. He stood in the corner of his cell, bis eyes blazing, his breast heaving, and every nerve quiekened to the wildest activity. His fiery gaze was riveted upon the bed he had completely wrecked, and he seemed to be looking for something terrible to come from it As the wreck was being removed and the slats rattled together, be was sent into another paroxysm of fear and bad to be held to keep him from doing himself bodily harm. Tbe wrecked bed was removed, and nothing left in the celL Then Dunbam became calmer. He is to be sentenced on Thursday. - Josie Holmes, Harper's Girl. Cincinnati Special. This morning, too. Miss Holmes, the exchange clerk of the Fidelity Bank, who was indicted and arrested for making false and fraudulent entries in the books of tbe bank with intent to deceive the officers, will be arraigned in the United States Court. She will, by agreement, plead guilty of tbe charges set forth in the indictment against her and be released upon her own recognizance. Sentence will be deferred deferred indefinitely, and thus the young woman of whom much has been said and more written will gain her freedom after almost six months of close confinement in the big jail up on Sycamore street, ...:- This is not at all an unusual procedure on the part of the government. Miss Holmes' testimony for the government in the trial of Assistant Cashier Hopkins was very valuable. It Is a long-established precedent in prosecutions conducted by the government that a witness under indictment, called to testify in behalf of the government, shall never be prosecuted. Tbe method of releasing Miss Holmes is one by which tbe law, to a certain extent, is satisfied, and all its forms gone through with. Mies Holmes will simply plead guilty, sentence will be indefinitely deferred by his Honor, Jndge Sage, and the young woman will be released on her own recognizance. Miss Holmes has been in jail for a long time, an to her release will be as welcome as tha

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Indorsing Entirely Ail that WasCIaimed Therein A Merry Christmas Bay. Miss Louisa Eaible'g Pleaenre Upon Davie Obtained a Long-Desired Relief from . Bodily Ailments Statement Not Stronjj Enough to Suit Her. Cincinnati Enquirer, Jan. 5. J 'Yes," said Miss Raible, in response to rn inquiry, "every word that has been said is true, and even more than has been said.". "You indorse it, do your "Indeed I do, and I wish it could be stated more strongly. As I have said, I can't remember a Christmas time in my life until the last tbat I was able to enjoy." "And last Christmas "Why, last Christmas I felt as strong and well well as I could be." Before that" "Well, before that I had doctored continuously. It did not seem that I could get any relief. Instead of getting better, I was all the time getting worse," LOTTISA EAIBLK. KO. 40 MOORS STREET. "How are you affectedr - ' "I suffered from terrible pains in the head, especially over my eyes. My eves were always weak and watery, and whatever I looked at would blur. It was almost impossible for me to read any length of time on this account, because I could not keep my eyes fixed on any one object any length of time without water coming into them. My nose at the same time was stopped up. Large scabs continuously formed, which, when I would pick them from it, would break the membrane and cause it to bleed. "I suffered," she continued, "from pains In" aiy lungs, coughed a great deal, and raised considerable slime, somewhat frothy. Severe pains 'attacked me in the right side, and at times my heart would beat violently so violently that, with the pains in my side, I breathed with the greatest difficulty. "During all this period of illness." she went on, "it seemed that the slightest exertion would tire me out; my limbs would tremble and I would feel scarcely able to stand. My appetite was gone, and it seemed that what food I did eat would not digest, and I became very thin. ' "I can say to you," she concluded, with some warmth, "that since the very first time I went to Dr. Blair I have improved, until I feel now that I am like another person. I am strong and well now, and glad to be able to make this statement." i Miss Raible lives at No. 40 Moore street, and her statement can easily be verified. DOCTOR FRAN KLYN BLAIR LATE OF NEW YORK CITY, . Has Permanent Offices at 203 North Illinois Street, INDIANAPOLIS, IND., Where he treats with success all enrable cases. Medical diseases treated successfully. Consumption, Bright's Disease. Dysyepsia, Rheumatism, Malarif andauNiSltVOCS DISJSASES. All diseases peculiai to the sexes a specialty. CATARRH CURED. Consultation at office or by mail, $1. Office hours 9 to 11:30 a. m., 1 to 4 p. m. and 7 to 9 p. m. (Sundays included.) Correspondence receives prompt attention. x No letters answered unless accompanied by fous cents in stamp 3. ; : flowers that bloom in the spring. The "tra-la accompaniment will - be furnished by the exchange clerk, her family and her friends. Important to Naturalized Citizens. Chicago Times. The contested election case of Lowry against White has brought out certain facts of special interest to all naturalized citizens. It behooves all such to see that their naturalization papers are of record. This is important in many cases other than elections to office. The fact that a naturalized citizen has long been known af such by his neighbors that he has frequent! voted or held some minor office is not alwayf sufficient. The General Laud-office requires in acquiring title to land the production of certified copy of final declaration. Therf is in courts a reluctance to admit secondary and oral proof of citizenship because of the fact tbat naturalization is a court and judicial proceeding, and the facts should be of record. Many naturalized citizens whose papers, and the records of the same, have been destroyed by fir have found it to their advantage . to take out new papers. It is said that the debate in the Lowry-White ease developed the fact that there are four members of tbe House who could not retain their seats if compelled to make strict legal proof of naturalization. Spurgeon Denies the Abbott Story. Nashville Special to Louisville Courier Journal. In an interview with the Memphis Avalanche reporter in December, Miss Emma Aobott, ' among other things, said: "Among the best friends I bave ever bad are - enrolled Henry Ward Beecher, Dr. Chapin, Dr. Talmage, Dr. Swing and Mr. Spurgeon. These were not ol the opinion that my profession carries with it danger to good morals." When Rev. W. A. Candler saw this he sent s copy of the interview to Mr. Spurgeon and asked bim regarding his being a frieud to the. stage. Mr. Spurgeon's answer has been re ceived, and he says: So far a I can eharge my memory I bave nevet heard of Miss Abbott. I am decidedly of the opinion that the stage is tbe enemy both of good morals and religion. It has not improved the lady's truthfulness, if she mentioned me as enrolled among her friends. She may be a very excellent person, but I know nothing of her. Yours truly, C H. SPUBGEON. Can't Avoid the Issue. Detroit Mall. Tha dominant party in Congress may use up the whole session trying to unite its members on a compromise tariff measure, but this will not prevent the President's message from goiog into tbe coming campaign as the party's declaration on that issue, especially if Mr. Cleveland be renominated. Democrats in Congress may temporize, dally and dodge all they please, they can't undo what tbe administration has done. A prudent man is like a pin, his head prevents him from going too far. To prevent a coogh from going too far, we should say: Use Dr. Bull's Cough Syrup. M'T Allow your Clothin & Paint, or Wood work. washed in the old h yy wrecking way. Join that larce rmv o sensible, economical people, whs from experience hjvr; learned that James PyJes Pc.-ihne, used a? directed oa,eAuh' p3.kage, 'sYe time, Ubor. rubbing wcr and cai, Your Clothes are wot n out move by washing than wearing. It is ta your advantage to try Peariine. JAMES PYU3, Mew York. void Evexralnns.

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