Indianapolis Journal, Indianapolis, Marion County, 26 March 1888 — Page 2

THE DTDIANAFOLIS JOUBKAL, MONDAY, HATJCH 2G, 1888.

is not, as has been frequently Asserted, a rich woman. Toe national fund that was started was not completed, and she has hut little to rely noon beyond her pension. She is not responsible for tbe effort to bestow noon her and her orphaned grandcl'dren a modest residence in the city htr husband saved, and it was to be hoped that the movement which was quietly began by a few personal friends should have an equally quiet ending, bat now that tbe matter has eot into the newspapers it is only just to Mr. Hancock and to that committee that the facta should be known." RUSSIAN PETROLEUM. The State Department heedlessly Alarmed Over Operatlooe tn the Czar's Domain. Special to tbe Indianapolis Journal. Washing rox, March 25. A new period of alarm has broken out at tbe Department of State over the strides Russian petroleum is taking: iu the Russian markets, and the threat it is making to drive out the product of the United States. It is 'found that last year Russia proSoced over 600,000,000 gallon of refined oil, and that there are no less than six tank-steamers plying between Baku, where the oil is procured, and ports oa the Caspian and other seas. Immense refineries have been established at St. Petersburg. Odessa, Moscow and other cities, where ail grades of lubricating and illuminating oila are produced from the crude petroleum. At St. Petersburg there is an immense refinery, which, besides making lubricating oils of various grades, manufactures vaseline in quantities sufficient to supply the European, Occidental and Oriental countries. Tb this refinery some of the tank steamsbipa rcn. but moit of tbe oil is brought overland oo tank cars. The proprietor of this establishment told me, last summer, that bis oils would never eater into competition with tbe American product as an illuminator, lie only aspired to lubricating oils and vaseline. He said, further, that there never need be any excitement among the oil producers of tbe United States on account of the oil wells of Russia, as they could not compete with this country, because there was not the body substance in the Russian oil nesessary to make a firt-sclass illuminating fluid. The Russians have, for some time, been agitating the construction of a pipe-line, but the consul-general reports that be does not believe that it will ever amount to anything further than talk. The line proposed is to be only thirty-eight miles in length, and five or six inches in diameter such an enterprise as would cause not the slightest hesitancy on tbe part of tbe oil producers of this country. Less than 15 per cent, of tbe entire production of oil in Rnssia is exported. But the Department of State has made an extensive investigation of the subject with a view to protecting American petroleum, and seems to put a great deal of stress upon its discoveries. Oil producers of this fnnntrr rvpl nnt ATArein thTnlvn nvsr n.

fear tbat tbe country of the Czar will ever bring very much trouble upon them through its ' oil enterprises. - SUFFRAGE HYMNS. Inspiring Airs To Be Sung? by tbe International Council. Washington Special. More or lees of the coming enthusiasm of the meeting is of course visible in the subjects for discussion, but when it comes down to a search for the genuine woman's plea, tbe suffrage bymn book has to be consulted. Extracts for the audience to sing are printed on the last page of the programme, and familiar airs, like the "Star-spangled Banner,", are most disguised in this way: Tbe women for truth and for virtue will stand. And the eouutry be freed from unjust legislation, And heaven then will smile on a purified land. And the Power shall be praised that hath kept us a natioE. j. Woman's ballot is just, so than conquer we must. Concluding with the usual refrain that when this emancipation is accomplished; then 'Our Equal Rights banner in triumph shall wave O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave." "Hold the Fort," which seems to be mighty bad advice when it is considered tbat it is brought into service to describe the assault of the women on tbe retrenchments of male tyranny, starts off with an allusion to tbe sound of musical voices, and then makes tbe explanation tbat " 'Tis tbe daughters of Columbia pleading for the tight" Tbe "Red, White and Blue" turns from the daughters to the mothers in the first verse, and calls in the "Gem of the Ocean" to keep them in mind. Then it goes back to the daughters, who plainly have not captured the fort yet, and They rally from hilltop and plain," and It intimates that they will not join in the sul-siirring chorus until the banner of freedom floats. Last of all comes the grand old tune of "America," in which, in some little confusion of statement, tbe women first refuse to bow, then lay hands on freedom's altar, and then appeal to the young men of the eountry to know how long the bowing is to be continued: Sons will you longer sea Mothers on bended knee For justice pray? Rise, now m manhood's might. With earth's groat souls unite To speed the dawning light Of freedom's day. Hypercritical people object to these songs because they are confined to mothers, and daughters and sons, while husbands, and wives, and fathers are excluded. To that there is nothing to be said, because a reading of the whole byranal makes it evident tbat these unfortunate classes wero purprisely left out. However, it is only fair to say that nothing else aboat tbe proposed council is quite so bad as the hymuaL REFUTING A SLANDER. A Denial of the Story that a Majority of Congressmen Are Dissipated. Kashua, N. H., Special. Congressman S. H. Gallinger has been very much stirred by a recently published assertion that there is more drinking among the members of Congress now than there used to be. He was so much exercised over the matter that he made an investigation among his fellow-members, and an tbe resnlt he writes as follows to the Nashua Telegraph: 'I have been frequently led to remark, when this question has been under discussion, that I doubt whether any other body of 325 men can be found anywhere among whom there is more genuine courtsy and kindness, and less dissipation and profanity. As a temperance man myself I have been constantly impressed with this fact, and ara glad of an oooortunity to state it in this pnblio manner. When I read the item above quoted I hurried to Hon. Thomas M. Bayne, of Pennsylvania, one of the best men in Congress, and asked him what he thought of it He promptly replied, and I wrote "it down at the time. I have been here eleven years, and I have observed and frequently Uated tbe very reverse to the fact.' I also called the attention of ex-Governor Dingley. of Maine, ix-Governor Long, or Massachusetts, Hon. J. D. Taylor, of Ohio, and other prominent Congressmen to the matter, and they all give tbe "At a recent dinner party, where sixteen Congressmen were, seven of the number declined wine and the remainder partook of it very modirately. No man in Washington is chided because he is a temperate man, and a largo proportion of the leading men of the House 'taste not. touch not and handle not.' Unquestionably there has been a steady advance for temperance among our public men every year since the war. To-day the committee-rooms are free from l:qtaors, and drinking among Congressmen is certainly not more common than among men in other vocations. I have been here since IS S3, and have never out Once been asked to drink by a Congressman, while I have probably been asked more than a hundred times to lunch, on which occasion, with ooe exception, liquor has never been suggested. You may be sure that the reporter alluded to did Congressmen a great wrong, and I want the readers of your paper to know the real facts ia the ease." MINOR MATTERS. Exercises Preliminary to the Opening of the International Council of Womnn. Washington, March 25. Religious exercises preliminary to the formal opening of the International Council of Women, which meets here to-morrow, were held at Albaugh'a Theater this afternoon. The theater was erowded, and many h wanted to hear Miss Annie II. Shaw, who lelivered the opening sermon, were, for want of room, turned away. Miss Shaw's subject was he "Heavenly ision," and on this she delivered an eloquent, interesting and impressive sermon. The formal opening of the council commences at Albania's to-morrow. Several hundred delegates from home and abroad are here, representing various organizations whose abject is the social and political advancement of women throughout the world, and interesting lisenssions of temperance, social purity and tbe political condition of women will take place during the week. Indiana 3Ieo Mentioned for Chief-Justice. Wathittftoa fpecial. There are many people who seem to think the appointment will be given either to New York or Indian. There are ureas political reasons

for this. Both are doubtful States, and both

are necessary to Democratic 1 access. If the ap pointment should go to Indiana, Judge Xsiolaek is looked upon as the most iiktily man. lie was a friend of Hendricks and it might be considered a good poiitical stroke for the President to conciliate tbe old followers of the late Vice-pres ident. Ex-Senator McDonald seems to be out of the question. His appointment would alien ate all the old Hendricki people and open old wounds. But there is another and stronger ob jection to him. People outside of Washington loos upon nim as a gooa lawyer wno is matting mooev in bis profession. He is a rood lawyer, but be spends bis time in Washington as the paid attorney of various interests tbat have to be legislated upOn. He is one of the leading representatives of the Mormons here. People who do this sort of work are generally called lobbyists. Possibly Mr. McDonald would not like to be called a lobbyist, but that is inst what be bas dwindled into, and no lobbyist has ever been made a Chief-justice. IngaUs Defend Himself. Washington. March 24. Senator Infills has written the following letter to a gentleman in Philadelphia who addressed him regarding his late attack upon President Cleveland: Washington, D. C., March 12, 188S. Mr. Samuel W. Wheeler, Philadelphia: My Dear Sir Accept my thanks for your kind and obliging letter of the 9th inst. When I recall the course of the Democratic party toward Mr. Lincoln, whom they habitually characterized as a baboon an I a clown; toward Grant, whom they styled a butcher and drunkard; Hayes, whom they described as a fraud and thief, and tiarneld as a public plunderer, and Arthur as a wine-bibber and glutton, it is interesting to inquire upon what theory Mr. Cleveland is entitled to absoiuto immunity from anything but pra se and eulogy. I adhere to my definition of Mr. Cleveland, and shall never hes itate to say that when he was elected to the presidency tbe public service reached low-water mark, both, morally and intellectu ally. Very truly yours, JOHN J. 1NGA&JLS. Miss Barton's Work at Mount Vernon. Washington, March 25. Miss Clara Barton, president of the American Red Cross Society, and Dr. Hubbell, field agent, have just returned from Mount Vernon, 111., where Miss Barton rendered great assistance to the tornado suffer ers. She reached there ten days after the dis aster and found tbat contributions had nearly ceased coming in. Sh immediately sent out a telegraphic notice stating the condition of the people and asking for aid, which, she says, was nobly responded to. The relief fund now amounts to nearly $100,000. Miss Barton speaks of the people of Mount Vernon in the highest terms. She says they are a brave and courage ous people, and when she left there every man and boy was at work cleaning brick, repairing buildings or building new structures. A branch of the lied Cross Society baa been organized there. The Chief and Associate Justices. Washington Special. Promotion in the Supreme Court does not in clude the chief -justiceship. Associate Justices move up toward tbe center as vacancies occur among them until the seat on the right of tbe Chief-justice's high-backed chair is reached. Hut tbere tbe movement ceases, lhe senior associate does not become - the chief. The chief-justiceship is a distinct office. It has never been filled by tbe appointment of an Associate Justice. President Washington thought to solve his diuculties with tbe court by ap pointing Associate Justice William Cushing to be Chief -justice, but Mr. Cushing declined to be promoted, and so the precedent was not es tablished. The Chief-justice receives $10,500 a year, only $o00 more than tbe salary of associ ates. Another Politician Repudiates Cleveland. tfpeclai to the Indianapolis Journal. Washington, March 25. Another Democratio central committeeman has resigned be cause he cannot support the present adminis tration. Senator-elect Jno. S. Barbour, of Virginia, will not be alone in retiring from po litical management because he is opposed to President Cleveland. Gilbert B. Towles, of tbe Columbia Democratic Club, this' city, has re signed, and states that if Hill or some other good Democrat is nominated at St. Louis, be will be pleased to reunite with the Columbia club, but with the present outlook staring bim in tbe face he cannot, as a Democrat, even by inference. give support to a candidate whom be regards as a mugwump and not as a souud Democrat. Secretary Bayard for Chief-Justice. Washington. March 25. A gentleman who predicted Mr. Lamar's appointment as Associate Justice of the Supreme Court, long before it was actually decided upon, is authority for the state ment that Mr. Bayard could have had that ap pointment had he desired it. He says that Sec retary Bayard will be offered the chief-justice ship, and will accept it. There is a rumor from another source of the same kind, coupled with the statement that Ministsr Phelps will succeed Mr. Bayard as Secretary of State, and from still another source comes the report that Speaker Carlisle is likely to bt appointed Chief - justice. . Condition of Mr. Mills. Washington, March 25. The improvement in the condition of Representative Mills, chair man of the committee on ways and means, which was noted yesterday, has continued steadily to day. His illness consists of a severe cold, accom panied by neuralgic headache. As Mr. Mills needed rest and quit, and as members of Con gress were constantly calling on him to discuss tariff matters, his physicians forbade any one seeing him last night. Ibis fact gave rise to ru mors of an alarming, though fortunately entire ly unrounded cbaracter. Old Tippecanoe's Portrait. Thorntown Argus. An interesting bit of history is connected with the portrait of William Henry Harrison that the Kentucky Senate agreed to loan the Cincinnati centennial. It was painted in loiQ. At the time the W big party, in the person or Mr. Har rison, defeated Martin Van Bcren and Birney. Kentucky was the banner Wbie State, and the White central committee presented this picture to the Legislature in honor of the occasion. Now it goes back, temporarily, to Ohio to grace the walls of the coming exposition. Business Man Charged with Forgery. Detkoit, March 25. Joseph B. Kemp, an upholsterer, doing business on Clinton street. was arrested yesterday, and taken to Ionia, by Sheriff Liee. of that county, on a charge of foreerr. Sheriff Lee had a warrant aworn out by the Murphy Jlattress and Spring-bed Company, of this city, based on a note of $40, to which Kemp is alleged to have forged tbe name of Murphy & Co., and used it in payment of a bill for lumber at ionia. Sheriff lee, however, ex hibits several notes which bad been given into his possession, all of which were claimed to be forgeries executed by Kemp. Kemp was xuauaeer of a contract which Murphy & Co. had at the Ionia prison, but resigned his position in September last. It was part of Kemp's duty to purchase lumber of various parties. The bills were sent on to tbe firm, in this city, and a check for the amount returned, 'lhe indorse ments on some of the checks are alleged to be forgeries. Mr. Murphy said, last night: "We have found, recently, tbat many of these bills are plainly fictitious. 1 he amount reaches up into the thousands. We catuot tell, as yet. what it will prove to be. " Suggestive Hints from Jay Gould. New York, March 24. To a Tribune reporter who asked Jay Gould, yesterday, what waa the motive for the attack made by Kansas Pacifis bondholders upon Messrs. Gould and Sage as trustees, Mr. Gould replied: "The motives behind this assault are a newspaper, a cable com pany and a woman. That is aU I have to say at present aa to the causes. instigating the suit. I may, in good time, tletermine to apeak my mind more freely. Mr. Gould added that be was always ready to nave tne management or tne trust ventilated in court or submitted to arbitration. At the close of the interview Mr. Gould said: "I have said a good deal more, perhaps, than is necessary, but it may be about time to let certain people and interests see that it is not always necessary to keen silent while other people do all tbe talking." Mr. Gould also said that the Missouri Pacific waa worth 150, and ali per eent. dividend would doubtless be declared Monday. The Tariff on II em p. Lexington, Ky., March 2t At the court-house in this city, to-day. tbere was a meeting of Kentucky hemp-growers, which wai addressed by E. A. Hartshorn, of Troy, N. Y., on the sobject of tariff on hemp aod the result to their product in this State if it is put on the free list Hartshorn is a practical flax spinner and claims to have sent a million dollars into Lexington to pay for hemp. He said he had never sent an order here which would not have been sent to Europe had not the Kentucky product been protected by a tariff of $25 a ton. This was because freights from European seaports to his works. 150 miles inland from New York and Boston, were lets vban from Lexington to the same points. Mr. Hartshorn made seme strong tariff arguments, denying tbat the tariff made the nessaris of life higher or robbed the people. Tbe argument was listened to attentively by a large number of blao-grajt farmers.

BEADY TO ATTACK THE P0E

The Italian Garrison at Massowah Expect an Attack by the Abjssinians. An Incident That Throws Doubt on the Good Faith of the Elijah Tor? Leaders' Sapport of the Eitchie Bill Cable Xotes. THE ITALIANS IN AFRICA. Rasaluia Arrives at Ghlnda, and an Early Attack la Expected. Rome, March 25. Advices from Massowah say that an early attack by the Abyssinians is expected. Rasaluia. tbe Abyssinian general has arrived at Ghinda. King John is at Aznefas. This dispatch confirms the generally entertained expectation tbat the month of March would witness a decisive turn in the ItaloAbyssinian conflict. In fact, it would be next to impossible for the expeditionary corps to move at all after the setting in of the warm season. Tbe Italian beadqnarters and base of operations still remain located at Massowah, and a line of forts extending crescent-like around and in advance of Massowah, from Arkiko to Saati, at a distance not greater than twenty-five miles from the coast. - The Italian outposts have not yet climbed over the first slopes of the Abyssinian plateau, which rises to the region of eternal snows. Very likely they never will do it, especially during the hot season of tbe year. On tbe other hand, tbe Negus's soldiers will not come down from their mountainous heights to fight the Italians, covered by the fire of the many forts they have built and armed with big guns all along the semicircular line of their defenses, running from Arkiko to Massowah, with its inland centre at Saati. The only enemy in sight is assuredly the scouting squadrons of the terrible Vollo-Gallas cavalry, which their queen has herself led into the camp of her suzerain, the Negus of Neghest, the sine of Kings of Ethiopia. Some travelers have computed tbat the Gallas cavalry numbers 50,000 Horsemen, but it seems, according to. Dr. . Rohlfs, an authority in regard to Abyssinian affairs, that the whole country could hardly furnish 25,000 horses. At any rate, the Gallas are the Cossacks of Africa, Brought up among horses since their infancy they are better centaurs than the majority of Abyssinians. In the Gallas country it is held as a disreputable thing to go about afoot instead of on horseback. The people are nomads, and this explains why so little is said about them by travelers. But it is generally admitted, says one of the latter, Mr. Roger d'Hericourt, tbat the Galla race is the finest in Afrrca. Their country is situated southeastward of Abyssinia proper, to which the Gallas are more or less tributary, according to the whims and fancies of their ruler, usually a queen, who takes unto herself one or more prince consorts. The Gallas horses are of short stature, but are very fine and spirited. They are often mounted by the wives of tbe warriors, who gallop at the left or the right aide of their husbands in the middle of n battle. Tbe arms of the Gallas, like those of the Abyssinians, are the lance, sword and shield. A piece of calico, abundantly impregnated or soaked with rancid butter or stale bacon, is sufficient commonly for the support of Gallas soldiers. Tbe richest among them wear trousers, with another garment like the Scottish kilt. Their hair ia sometimes freely floating on their beads and sometimes knotted m three cords, but it is always perfumed with butter. This explains how the approach of Gallas horsemen is always known in advance, even when they cannot be seen at a distance, for they are detected by their nauseating" smell. Such are the terrible Vollo-Gallas Abyssinian horsemen. One of their chiefs. Ras Govana, is the most popular man in southeastern Africa. Govana, now a very old man, although quite able to lead his squadrons to battle, began life as a hostler. He commanded some irregular troops, or partisan corps, when Theodoros conquered tbe Gallas and Choa countries. Govana, at the head of twenty thousand horseman, was the only Abyssinian who dared to hold on against the ferocious Negus, who had pat a price on Govana's head. But the latter was a . kind of Garibaldi for his soldiers, and no one ever tbouzht of gaining the golden treasure promised by Theodoros. After the British war Menelik made of Ras Govana the second man in the kingdom, and appointed him Viceroy of the Gallas and the other countries he had conquered. He is practically independent of the Queen of the odo-Gallas, as well as of MenelifcKigf v otioo,-rrk.iji liiti uotad H'rri with the care of his son, whose life was threatened by the intrigues of the Ankober court. Ras Govana concealed the young man in a remote village, where he is considered and treated as if be were tbe son of a common peasant. The old warrior looks exactly like a biblical personage, and, when not on tbe battle-field, he would be taken for a very peaceful man. But he is 'transfigured1 at the hour of fighting, and Le will prove to be a dangerous enemy to the Italians if they commit the blunder of penetrating further into Abyssinia. BALFOUR'S LATEST UTTERANCE. The Critics Think It Indicates Bad Faith as to the Ritchie Bill. Special to the Indianapolis Journal London, March 25. Mr. Balfour's speech at Staleybridge, last evening, has attracted a great deal of attention. In declaring Ms belief that America is the most conservative n ition in the world, the Irish Secretary explained that the term conservative was -applied to the affection of the American people for their instiutions. This remark and its explanation have caused considerable distrust of the government's sincerity in introducing the local-government bill and other reform measures and a great deal of speculation among amateur . politicians as - to what the ministerialists really intend to do. The adherence of the Americans to the institutions handed down by tceir forefathers. Mr. Balfour said, is a remarkable example of national pride and national strength, and in respect of this, the truest form of conservatism, America stands first in rank in the civilized world. England. owing to the strength of her institutions, is only slightly behind the Republic. Tbe general opinion is that if Mr. Balfour's speech means anything at all, it indicates tbe intention of the government to make as few and as slight changes as popsible in the existing institutions of England, no matter what it may promise to do. GENERAL FOREIGN NEWS. William O'Brien Tries to Address a Meeting; and a Riot Results. Cork, March 25. Mr. William O'Brien ad dressed the tenants of the Ponsonby estate, at Youghal, early this morning, and attempted to organize a meeting which the government, by proclamation, had forbidden to be held. Subsequently be mounted a car and began a speech to the assembled crowd, but the police dragged him down and charged upon ' the people with drawn batons. A serious melee ensued, during which several; were wounded on both sides. It is alleged tbatmany of the police were stabbed. Captain Plu nkett. in charge of tbe police, was thrown down and severely beaten and cut about the head; Mr. O'Brien escaped to tbe house of a priest, and later harangued a crowd in a stable. The, noli c and military are patrolling the streets of Youghal to-night. f 1 j Mary Anderson's Success in London. London, March 25. At the close of Mairy An derson's final performance at the Lyceum' Thea ter, last night, 'she was called before the curtain and cheered for fully five minutes. Miss Ander son was much affected by the ovation. In' a neat speech, begun in a tremulous tone, she thanked her audience, and promised to return to the scene of their appreciation and affectijon in a year or two. meanwhile taking a much-deeded rest At the close of the soeech the applause and cheering was renewed with, if r.AsihU. greater enthusiasm than before, manyjof the audience continuing their shouts of "Go.t hi you, Mary," after the actress had retiredf from new. Fifteen Soldiers Browned. otKi.i.N. jiarca -x low-iying districts along r r , a. t . ... J the banks of the rivers Elbe and Vistulaare in undated. The village of Dornitz is isolated in the midst of a great lake. A number of koldiers from the garrison, after arduous efforts, succeeded in reaching the place with aupijTlies of food for tbe inhabitants, but fifteen off them were drowned in the attempt. Further attempts to relieve numerous villages ia a similar position are being made. The floods, it is estimated. cover 200 square milrs of territory, and J alarming rumors of the extent of damage done fare circulated. I Cable Notes. The - heaviest snow-storm of the sea son is raging in Wales and the west of Scotland Dr. Bergmann visits Emosror Frederic every bunday ia order to reassure German ho are

opposed to Dr. Mackenzie. Dr. Mackenzie hopes to be able to pay a short visit to his London patients in a wees or two. Emperor Frederick has asked permission of Queen Victoria to confer upon Dr. Mackenzie the decoration of the Star of Hohenzoilern. Statutes have been published at St. Petersburg sanctioning the formation, within fonr months, of a company to construct and work naphtha in conduits from Baku to Batoum and Poti. Emperor William left a personal fortune of $12,500,000. His will bequeaths a large portion of this sum toward the increase of the crown treasure, and the bulk of the remainder is divided between Empress Augusta, Emperor Frederick and the Grand Duchess of Baden. In the election at Marseilles, yesterday, for member of the Chamber of Deputies, M. Pyat, Irreconcilable, recejve 40.204 votes; M. Herve, Conservative, 23.633: M. Fouquier, Opportunist, 12,440, and General Boulanger, 955. In the election at Laon General Boulanger received 45,089; M. Dourner. Radical, 26,808, and M. Jacqnemart, Conservative, 24,670. Another ballot is necessary. ' Mr. Smyth, the agent of the Equitable Insurance Company, whose arrest at Londonderry was reported on Saturday, was taken into custody just as he was boarding the steamer Devonia for New York. After paying bis fare he bad only 2 left. He is charged with forging medical reports. Mr. Orr, the superintendent of tbe Belfast ageney, who was also arrested, ia said to have obtained 2.000 in a similar way. .

DAILY WEATHER BULLETIN. Indications. Washington. D. C, March 26,1a. m. For Indiana, West Virginia and Ohio Fresh to brisk easterly, followed by variable winds; warmer, followed by colder; rain or snow, followed by fair weather. , For Illinois southerly, shifting to fresh to brisk northwesterly winds; colder, light rains or snow, followed by fair weather, with a cold wave. For Wisconsin and Michigan Fresh to brisk northeasterly, backing to northwesterly winds; higher on tbe lakes; slightly warmer; rain or snow. " Local Weather Report. Indianapolis, March 25, 18S8.

Time. Bar. Ther. R. H. Wind Weather Pre e. 7 a. m... 30.09 30 98 East. Lt. Rain 0.25 2 p. M... 29.94 36 82 East. Lt.Rain. 0.5O 7 P. M... 29.90 39 92 East. Threat'g 0.02

Maximum thermometer, 39; minimum thermometer, 26. Following is a comparative statement of the condition of temperature and precipitation on March 25, 1888: Tern. Piecip. Normal 40 0.12 Mean 35 0.77 Departure from normal.... 5 0.65 Total excess or deficiency since Mar. 1 127 0.21 Total excess or deficiency since Jan. 1 374 1.90 Plus. General Observations. Washington, March 25, 9 P. M. Stations I Bar. Therl Wind. i Pr. Weather New York city 30.54 Philadelphia, Pa 30.54 30 ! South

Cloudy. .02. Snow. .14 Rain. Fair. Clear. T Cloudy. .14 Cloudy. Cloudy. .01 Rain. .02 Cloudy. .58 Rain. .04 Cloudy. 1.84 Clear. .22Clear. .66 Cloudy. ..... Cloudy. 1.24 Clear. .96 Rain. .16 Rain. .02 Cloudy. .02 Cloudy. .02 Cloudy. .04 Cloudy. Clear. ..... Cloudy. Cloudy. .14 Rain. .02 Cloudy. , T Snow. ..... Hazy. .02 Rain. .10 Fair. . T Snow. .14 Cloudy. .02 Snow. .02 Rain. .22 Rain. .26 Cloudy. .01 Rain. Foggy. Cloudy. ' .84 Cloudy. .Ol! Rain. ,02Cloudy. .08 Cloudy. .12;Snow. .02iSnow. T I Cloudy. .06 Snow. ..... Cloudy. .24 Snow. T Cloudy. .... Fair. ..... Clear. Clear. IFair. Cloudy. IFair.

301 I East. Washington Citv... 30.48 Charleston. S. C... 30.22 32 62 I East. South iS'east San Antonia, Tex.. 29.66 Jacksonville, Fla... 30.16 68 64 S'east Atlanta, Ga 30.08 Pensaeola, Fla. '29.92 Titusville. Fla. 30.18 Montgomery, Ala... 29.94 56 IS'east 68 68 63 68 70 62 S'east, S'east S'east Vicksburg, Miss 29.68 New Orleans, La... 29.78 Swest South Swest Shreveport, La . 29.66 Fort Smith, Ark 29.62 54 54 N'wst: Little Rock, Ark... 29.62 Galveston, Tex 29.72 Palestine. Tex 29.64 West. 66 outh 62 60 Swest East. S'east Memphis, Tenn 29.54 Nashville. Tenn 29.82 Louisville. Ky 29.86 58 56 IS'east; Indianapolis. Ind... 29.90 Cincinnati. 0 29.98 Pittsourg, Pa 30.18 38 East. 42 1 S'east 38 East. Boise, I. T 29.92 42 North Oswego, N. Y 30.46 Caleary, N. W. T... 30.30 24 S'east 20!Calm. 32 NT east 16Neast 22 East. 14 Neast 32! East. 28! East. 14 1 Neast 22 1 Neast Toledo, 0 30.10 Minnedosa, N. W. T. 30.32 Escanaba. Mich 3O.20 Prince Arthur's L'g 30.32 Chicago, 111 29.92 Milwaukee, Wis 29.98 Duluth, Minn 30.16 St. Paul. Minn 29.92 La Crosse, Wis 29.94 Davenport, Ia 29.80 Des Moines, la..... 29.76 Conoirdia, Kan..... 29.72 22 Neast 32! East. 32 j Neast 32North 50; S'east 58 South Cairo, TU.r;.. ..i.,r.Um ?n: Springfield. Ill 29.72 St. Louis, Mo 129.66 SprineHeld, Mo 29.60 54 34 24 22 22 South N'wst N'wst Leavenworth, Kan. 29.70 Omaba, Neb 29.84 Yankton, D. T 29.88 Moorehead, Minn... 30.10 North I Neast I North Bismarck, D. T 30.22 Fort Custer, M.T.. 30.38 Cheyenne, Wy.T... o0.14 North Platte, Neb.. 30.02 Denver, Col 30.08 14 16 j North '8i North 16N'wst 14West. 26!Neast 26,North 44 1 North 54 Swest 56 1 West. 28 N'wst 28Swest W. Las Animas, Col. 29.96 Dodge City. Kan... 29.94 Fort Sill, I. T 29.80 Fort Davis, Tex 29.64 El Paso, Tex 29.68 Salt Lake City, U.T. 29.84 Montrose, Col 29.64 T Traces of precipitation. Hote One-tenth of an inch of melted snow equals One inch of snow. . Severe Storm in the Northwest. St. Paul, March 25. Coming as it did, just when people were looking for signs of spring, the severe snow and wind-storm which raged all to-day in northern Wisconsin, Minnesota and Dakota, seemed especially unpleasant. It approached from a southwesterly direction, being driven along at a thirty mile-an-hour gait. Tue snow, which is very heavy and packed closely, has fallen to a depth of from three to five inches. In St. Paul it began falling at 10 o'clock this morning and continued until dark. Street-car travel was abandoned and pedestrians experienced great difficulty in making their way about the streets. Tbe temperature remained comparatively mild. Trains on most of the roads centering here are from one to seven hours late, while traffic on tbe Hastings & Dakota and the St. Paul & Kansas City has been wholly abandoned. The storm appears to have been especially severe in southern Minnesota. In places the railroad tracks are covered from five to fifteen feet and country roads are well nigh impassable. Losses by Fire. Stevens Point, Wis., March 25. S. Glover and Son's warehouse and the grocery store of J. P. Chester, adjoining, were destroyed by fire to-day. Loss, $20,000; insurance, $3,000. Cleveland, O., March 25. Fire at Utica, O., early this morning, destroyed Wilson's Hall, Smith Brothers' grocery, Thatcher's shoe store. George O. Bannon's cotiou store, the Presbyterian Charcb, Dunlap & Co. 'a clothing store and John Dnnlap's residence. The buildings, which were in tbe heart of the village, were all frame. The loss is $35,000. Peoria, 111., March 25. The public library building, one of the finest in the city, belonging to a private corporation, wss damaged by fire to day, to the extent of $5,000, and all its " occupants, merchants, doctors, lawyers and dentists, suffered considerable loss, mostly . by water. Tbe public library was not reached by the fire, except in the reading-room and store-rooms, but half of its 30,000 volumes were removed and thrown in a confused Bteap in a public hall near by, and the other half were drenched by water, so that the library, which is run by the city, free to the public, sustains a heavy loss. Covered by insurance to the extent of $3,700. Engineer Latimer Dies of Apoplexy. Cleveland, O., March 25. Charles Latimer, for many years chiaf engineer, but lately consulting engineer of the New York, Pennsylvania & Ohio railroad, and one of tbe leading spirits in the international institute for the preservation of weights and measures, died here this afternoon, of apoplexy. Mr. Latimer was in many respects a remarkabb man. He possessed the power of locating mintrals or running water beneath the earth's surface by simply walking over them witb a forked witcn hazel twig in his bands. His powers with the divining rod bad been put to prrotical tests in tbe location of valuable depos'ta of coal at various places in Ohio. He was sixty-one years old. m Steamship New. New York, March 25. Arr?ved: Ohio, from" Liverdool; La Bretagne, fron Havre; Rotterdam, from Rotterdam; Britannia, from Marseilles. m London,' March 25. The etesmer La " Gascogne, for Havre, was signded off the Lizard to-day. .- Banker Drexei Dead. New York, March 25.-Joseph W. Drexei. the banker, died to-d.ty, t his residence in this city, of Bright' disease, ft the age of fifty -eight years. - ' A Pnblic Seuefactor. SomerTille Journal. j The man who can't aing. but thinks he can sing, and yet refrain from singing, is a good deal more worthy of pension than a widow of the war of 1S12.

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A Sixteen-Year-Old Boy Accidentally Shoots and Kills His Brother. . The Desperate Effort of a Despondent Union Citj Man to Kill Himself Wood-Hauler Accidentally Killed Gieaninffi. INDIANA. Terrible Scene In the Parlor of a Peru Residence Slain by His Brother. $ecial to the Indianapolis Journal. Pbru, March 25. A fatal acoident occurred, this evening, at the residence of J. Kuch. His two sons, Fred and Karl, were playing at ''Indian scoots." when Karl, who was snapping a supposed unloaded revolver at his brother, discharged the weapon, the ball striking Fred in the forehead, killing bim instantly. , The revolver had been unloaded, but Fred, during the evening, had placed a live cartridge therein, from which he received his death a few moments later.. The shooting was done in the presence of the horrified parents, who ara nearly crazed with grief. Fred was aged twelve and Karl sixteen. , ' Determined to End Ills Life. Social to the Indianapolis Journa , Union City, March 25. Lewis Wisner, a teamster, aged thirty-nine, living on Carter street, this city, attempted to commit suicide this morning. Mr. Wisner is a quiet and industrious citizen, and by hard work and economy has provided a small home for his family. An epidemic of measles is now prevailing in town, and himself and five children are down with the disease. This so preyed oo his mind as to develop melancholy insanity. ' The attending physician noticing this, and fearing that he would do himself or children an injury, had carefully, as he thought, removed from the room everything with which he could wound or injure himself or others. This morning at 3 o'clock he left bim in care of an attendant, but in a few minutes after, and while the attendant was in another room, he arose from the bed, and.- taking a heavy sickroom utensil, dealt himself a violent blow on the head, knocking himself down and fracturing the vessel. He then seized a sharp fragment and began hacking bis wrists and arms. When tbe attendant interfered he attacked him, wounding his bands and arms. Being a strong man, be threw his attendant off, as also a neighbor, who had arrived to assist. He then gave himself an ugly stab in the neck, severing the external jugular vein, from which he lost a large amount of blood. He was finally secured, the physician recalled and his wounds dressed. He was again left with attendants at 6 o'clock, but an hour later he tore the dressings from his neck and lost more blood. The wound was again closed, and he bas passed the day quietly, but is still melancholy and inclined to suicide. Unique Entertainment at Greensburg. Special to the ndianapoIis Journal. Greensburo, March 25. A history of the rise and progress of afternoon parties in this city, for ladies only, is a history of the rise and progress of the indignation of the husbands of the lady participants. Hon. Will Cumback determined to offer his fellow sufferers an opportunity of retaliating in kind, and yesterday being bis fifty-ninth anniversary, he Invited to his residence, to celebrate the event, the fifty-nine gentlemen whose wives had attended these parties. The spacious apartments were arranged in magnificent style for the occasion, and by 8 p. M. the last guest had arrived. A bountiful repast was served and each guest found on his plate an elegant card, on one side of which was his name, and on the reverse a quotation relating to some peculiar characteristic of the recipient, which he was required to read aloud, and which provoked peals of laughter at his expense. After supper toasts and speeches followed in quick succession, and the fun grew fast and furious' until midnight, when the guests retired in exultation to confront their discomfited wives. Colonel Cumback was the recipient of a number of costly tokens of affection from his friends, and, in response to persistent calls, said that he bad lived here for thirtj-five years and that nothing delighted Ills aonl mora ibn tn believe that he has the respect and confidence of his neighbors. Tbe party and the mode of entertainment were unique, and are declared to be without a parallel in the history of this city. Matrimonial Troubles in Court. Special to tbe Indianapolis Journal. Rushville, March 24. It seems that a great many matrimonial difficulties are being adjusted in the Rush Circui t Court this term. Three divorces have been granted this week, and another case for divorce was filed in the clerk's office to-day by prominent persons. Another case is on the docket for this term, involving a prominent young school teacher of Ripley county on account of his failure to fulfill his promise of marriage. The suit is brought by a young lady of Richland township, this county, and will attract a great deal of interest on account of the importance of the persons interested. The divorce case which occupied the attention of the court to-day was filed by Stephen O. Harrold against his wife, Mattie Harrold. Mrs. Harrold is visiting in Iowa, and was absent to-day, when tbe case was called. Harrold is tbe third man from whom she has been divorced, and the fifth to whom she has been married. She is over forty years of age, and is probably the wealthiest lady in Rush county. , Yoong Man Accidentally Killed. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Marion, March 25. Lastevening Will Sparka, residing ten miles northeast of this place, received fatal injuries by the turning over on him of a load of wood. Sparks died this morning. Kis age was eighteen years. SIl nor Notes. J. H. Lewis, owner of the Fowler Era, has admitted Wilbur Morgan to a half ownership in the paper, and changed its name to the Benton Republican. On Saturday articles of agreement were signed at Marion by the terms of which Abram Reese, of Pittsburg, will erect a steel-rail factory that will give employment to four hundred men. Owen Griffin and Charles Young, the two boy burglars who broke jail at Marion, last Tuesday, were recaptured on Saturday and returned to the bastile While at large the young rascals were in biding with a farmer near Lafountaine. Tbe Hendricks County Republican announces " the nskue of George C. Harvey as a candidate for the position of colonel commanding tbe Indiana division of Sons of Veterans. Mr Harvey has served as deputy prosecutor of Marion and Hendricks counties, and is at present city clerk of Danville. James W. Pierpont, an employe of tbe Ohio Falls car-works, at New Albany, who had a wife and four children, was run over and killed by a J., M. & I. passenger train, near Jefferson ville, while walking on tbe track and paying no attention to the advancing train. His family resided in Scott county until two weeks ago, when they removed to Jeffersonville. Mrs. Jerome Allen, residing near Peru, died on Saturday of lung fever, aged forty-three. She was probably tbe largest woman living in Miami county, if not in the State. Her weight was 383 pounds, and was not manufactured for circus, but was a woman of solid flesh. The undertaker who had charge of the remains was compelled to send to Detroit and have a coffin made to order for her. It will be impossible to get the casket inside a hearse, and a springwagon will be used for the occasion. George Parker, who was given 100 lashes on his bare back, by the Crawford county White Cap?, a few days ago, ia reported in a dying condition, as tbe result of his cruel punishment. It is stated that his back waa so borribly gashed from tbe whipping that the shoulder-blades and backbone were laid bare. Parker is a powerful man, weigfiiug 180 pounds, but he was tied face foremost to a tree, by twenty men, escb one of whom gave him five lashes with heavy, elastic hickory switches. Parker ia charged with not properly providing for bis wife, to whom he has been married about one year. ILLINOIS. Gleanings from Exchanges and Culling from Correspondence. Gov. Oglesby has appointed E. C. Rossiter. of Kewanee, a member of tbe State Board of Education, to succeed Alfred L. Atwood, resigned. Rev. J. A. Souders, the Hamilton schoolteacher who expelled four young ladies from sebool for dancing, has been called to the pastorate of a church' at Rock Island. An examination of the boons of the past county officer in Hancock county reveals shortages m all, to a more or less extent. In one ease tbe shortage waa paid wfcea found, and all other arrearage will be paid or settled by the

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London Cable Special to New York Tribune; A returning traveler from Italy tells me that .nothing affords Mr. Blaine more amusement than the Democratic and mugwump comments on his refusal to allow his name to be presented to the national convention as 'a candidate for the next presidency. "These gentlemen," said Mr. Blaine, "seem to think, or wish their readers to think, that I withdrew my name as a sure method of securing? a unanimous nomination, now wise they aret How much better they know my plans than I myself know them! They are, of course, the persons whom before all others I should take into my confidence." I judge from what my returning traveler tells me that among tbe mugwumps it is Mr. Godkin especially who contributes to Mr. Blaine's enjoyment. Perhaps the flavor of Mr. Godxin'a wisdom cannot be fully appreciated till it has become moldy. A voyage across tbr Atlantio ripens it, and Mr. Godkin read among the catacombs ia more comic than Mr. Godkin on his adopted soil. Such. I gather, ere Mr. Blaine's opinions. As his retirement appears to be still a matter of ! dispute, I may refer you to some earlier evidence. The day before Mr. Cleveland's free trade meesage reached Paris I sent you a dispatch relatiug to Mr. Blaine's intentions. It was eent by his authority, and anybody who will read it, even Mr. Godkin, can see that Mr.. Blaine had then resolved to withdraw his name as a candidate. His friends then in Europe hoped he might reconsider his determination in consequence of Mr. Cleveland's message and his own reply. Tbat message was and is regarded by Americans here as suicidal. Mr. Blaine's answer made him, in their judgment, a necessary candidate. Hie name became a flag. He was the foreordained leader in the battle between American protection and English free trade. Such views were pressed on him. He agreed that Mr. Cleveland's message had insured the election of the Republican candidate, but his resolve could not be shaken. He persisted in refusing to be a candidate, thongh deeming the nomination his own or any other Republican's equivalent to an election. His letter of declination followed. He has been gratified by the expressions of regret that the letter elicited, but bis purpose remains what it was when the letter was written. Mr. Blaine and family are still in Rome. My friend appears to have heard him liken the Eternal City to Milwaukee, so new are ninetenths of the Rome of to-day, with its long rows of cream-colored bouses. His health and spirits eontinue good. He is likely to be in London in May. LIKE ANOTHER PEOGOTTY. . Aa Indiana Farmer's Sad Wanderings la Chicago Searching for Bia Child. Chicago Journal. Michael Burjanek is a hard-working and well-to-do Polish farmer, who lives near North Judson, Ind. His only daughter was the pride of bis heart, and the belle of the country-side. No skating-rink was complete without her, and the young rustic who could take ber to "meeting" was envied by all bis companions. She was seventeen, years old, with brown hair, bine eyes and rosy cheeks, and a term at a boardingschool had given a polish to her manner which made her a pattern for all the North Judson maidens. Her indulgent father brought ber to this city last fall, fulfilling for her the ambition all Hoosiers have to visit our exposition once a year. Somehow she got lost and he has never seen her since. The distracted father searched high aod low, but could find not the least trace of her, except to hear once of a person being seen on the street who answered ber description. Since tbat time the farm has been neglected, while at frequents intervals be bas spent weeks in this city looking for his loved Annie Josie. He bas haunted all places of amusement and resort until now he almost despairs of ever seeing her again. From a hale and hearty man he bas become almost a shadow, his clothes banging loosely around a much shrunken form. Deep care lines are graven on his face, and bis once erect form is bowed and weakened by grief. For tbe past .week h has been searching tbe North Side in company with some of Captain Sch sack's detectives It ia believed by them that the girl is on the North Side, and that she was spirited away for immoral pur . poses. The heart-broken father has offered s reward, but has gone back home almost despair ing of ever seeing again the face which wss fot seventeen years the joy of his heart The Authors' Readings, Washington Special in Boston Advertiser. Tbe frank people who have atteoded the authors' readings here assure their friends privately that the performances were pretty stupid. J. W. Riley, Edward Eggleston and T. N. Page are the only ones to whom, it is said, it was possible to listen with much interest. 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