Indianapolis Journal, Indianapolis, Marion County, 17 January 1889 — Page 2

2

THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL, THURSDAY, JANUARY 17, 1889.

Supervising Architect's -work, and when asked if he was seeking an opportunity to testify against the Architect, replied: "No, I am after that Fizzler (ineauinc Fisler) "who selected the site ior tho public building at Lowell, Mass." CONGRESSMAN IIOUK.

Tie It Complimented with a Senatorial Nomination The Kind ofDistrict lie IlallsFrom. Fpecisl to the Indianapolis Journal. Washington, Jan. 16. Congressman Ho-ak. who was yesterday unanimously made the caucus nominee of tho forty Republicans of the Tennessee Legislature for United States Senator, to be voted for as against Senator Harris, the Democratic caucus nominee, was the recipient of many congratulations at the Capitol to-day. This was a deserved compliment to the able Republican leader in his State. Colonel Honk has served with distinction ten years in Congress from the famous Knoxvillo district, which has not elected a Democratic Congressman in thirty-five years, and ho was recently re-elected for his sixth term by anoverweliningmajority, his competitor carrying but one single district or township of this precinct being lost by the sudden use of a wild mountain stream which cut a large number of Eepub- - licans off from the polls. There is but one colored precinct (the Fifth ward of - Knoxville) in Houk's district, though what colored voters there are are tirraly loyal to the party, being protected and as free as they are in Massachusetts. Hut if every colored man shonld vote the Democratic ticket, the Republican majority would remain about 7,000. Though this district was tenaciously loyal daring the war, and furnished 13,000 federal soldiers, the growth of - republicanism in it since has been marvelons. The last oil"-year majority before Houk was first elected was about 800. The last presidential majority hefore he was elected was about 4.000. Honk's last "ofF'-year majority was 10.416, and his last presidential majority, 13,515. Among tho 110 county officials of his congressional district there is but one Democrat, he being elected over a colored man, and yet Tennessee, with such strongholds as this, is ruled by Democratic State officers. If the voting and counting in all parts of the Mate were as fair as in tho Houk district, Tennessee would be as etrongly Republican as Ohio. THE GLASS MAXUFACTUIIKRS. Denial of the Report that They Are Prepart In; to Organize a Combination. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Washington, Jan 16. The report sent broadcast through the country that the object of the glass manufacturers of the United States in meeting here to-day was the formation of a trust or combination to get a "corner" on prices and control the market, proves to be utterly false. The convention soon completed its work, and only the annual reports, the election of ofilcers, a discussion of the trade for the past year, and the outlook for tho current year constituted the proceedings, together with an agreement that the Senate committee on finance should be urged to stand by the glass schedules reported in tho substitute for the Mills tariff bilL Mr. N. T. DcPauw, one of the most extensive plate-glass manf acturers in the United States, located at New Albany, lnd., said to your correspondent to-day that no trust or combination was contemplated; that while the establishment of a large number of glass factories in the natural-gas belt of Indiana and Ohio, and their continuous operation, had had tho effect of largely increasing the output of glass and depressing tho market, it was never the policy of the glass manufacturers to form combinations for tho purpose of controlling the market. Tho glass-blowers have a union which regelates the production and sale of glass ot every description to such an extent that it is not necessary for the manufacturers to form trusts, even though they were inclined to do so. Mr. DePauw anticipates a great development of the glass industry through tho resonrees of the natural-gas belt in the States named. MINOK 3LVTTKI1S. The President Gives 1'easons for Vetoing Three Private Pension Hill. Washington, Jan. 16. The President today returned to the House three vetoed private pension bills. One granted a pension to Charles E. Scott, who served in the army four months and sixteen days at the clo.se of the war, and who claims a pension fof partial blindness resulting from, camp itch contracted in July,' 1S05. The President vetoes this bill because ho is satisfied that the impairment of Scott's vision was not the result of any incident of his anny service. . Another, granting a pension to E. J. Angheim.who claims a pension upon an alleged wound of his left leg,1 the President thinks the proof in tho ease establishes the fact . that before enlistment the beneficiary had a sore ou his leg and that whatever disability has existed since his discharge arose from causes present before enlistment, and, not beinz chargeable to his. military record the bill is vetoed. In the third bill, granting a pension to Thomas B. Walsh, who claims a pension for rheumatism contracted in Mai. 184K, tho President find? that Walsh deserted in November. 1S1: wa restored to duty in May, ISfiTi.and that the evidence fixes the appearance of disability ranrplained of at a date near the return ot the beneficiary after desertion. In thee circumstances the President says, in vetoing tho bill, the proof of f disability, such as it is, is as consistent with its incurrence during desertion as it is with the theory that the beueiiciary suf- : fered therefrom as tho result of houorablo military service. I General Notes. reeial to the Indianapolis Journal. Washington, Jan. 1. W. D. Kenworthy, of Oskaloosa, la., who stumped Indiana dnring the recent election for the Republican ticket, and who formerly lived in Henry.couuty. is here. He is a candidate ' for reading clerk in the Fifty-first Congress. - II. H. Miller, of Sandv Springs. Ind., has requested a position in the lino for the 01ney Republican Club, numbering 150 men, at the inauguration of President Harrison. The Secretary of tho Treasury, this afternoon, accepted tbo following bond oilers: Registered 4 l-2s. 1.140,000, at $1X0; $113,000 at Sl.OS 7-S; 300,000 at Sl.OS 3-1. It is stated that tho nomination of Gen. Newberry to be postmaster at Chicago, which was confirmed by the Senate yesterday, was made by the request of the Senators from Illinois, with the understanding that he will resign on March 5. Vice-president-elect Morton, and Mrs. Morton are expected here to-morrow. Wheat and Flour on Hand. St. Louis, Jan. 16. The millers association have issued a private circular for distribution among its members, which gives the following interesting and important information regarding the amount of wheat and flour on hand in six States Missouri, Kansas, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio and Michi- . gan and, also, the condition and acreage of the growing wheat crop of these States. The reports come from 154 winterwheat mills. Tho amount of wheat held by these mills is placed at 1.900,000 bnshels more than one year ago, and of Hour 200,000 barrels, orCO.OOO barrels more. The average acreage of wheat planted in Missouri is 300, and its condition 100; Illinois, JS acreage and 100 condition: Kansas. 144 acreage and 100 condition. The other States tverage 94 to 98 in acreago and condition. Of the amount of wheat in farmers' hands, Missouri reports it larger, three States 8.13 about the same and others say smaller. Fatally Shot by an Outraged Husband. Osage City, Kan., Jan. 16. Gen, R. McConnell, a leading lawyer and prominent member of the G. A. R., was shot and fatally wounded, to-night, while leaving the residence of the Hon. James 3fcManes, In the fashionable part of the city. Mc-M-nrs did the shooting. He had returned home unexpectedly, and appeared to have reason lor believing that the General had lecn indulging in improper conduct with Mrs. McManes. McConneli received a bullet in the back, and another in the bin. Ho was picked up by the excited neighbors who came rushing out at the sound of the faring. IcManesgave himself up. He says there is good ground for thinking the relations between liis wife and the General had been flagrant, and long continued.

SAMOA, IIAYTI, AM) PANAMA

Official Statements as to Complications in Which Our Nation Is Involved. The Action of Germany in Samoa Said to Be Clearly Wrong The Surrender of the Haytian Republic The Panama Peril. THE SAMOAN TROCBLKS. Secretary Whitney's Instructions to Admiral Kimberly IJayard' letter to Count Arco. Washington. Jan. 1C Among the correspondence concerning affairs in Sa-noa, referred to in President Cleveland's message and transmitted to Congress yesterday, and which was presented to the Senate to-day, are tho following instructions to Admiral Kimberly from Seretary Whitney, contained in a cablegram dated Jan. 11. 1880: Commander Mullan, of the Nlpslc, telegraphs by way of Auckland, New Zealand, that a force was landed at tfamoa from toe German fleet, which resulted In an engagement between the troops of Mataafa and the German forces and the defeat of the latter. lie report' that the Germans, in retaliation, bombarded towns disregarding protest and neutral rights, and that the property and lives of American citizens are in danger, lie stronply wyes the sending of reinforcements. The German government claims that the German forces were first attacked, ami that war now exists K'tween Germany and that portion of the natives of Hamoa engaged in the attack upon the Germans. The German government invites this government, in tho common interests, to join in establishing order in Samoa, giving1 assurance of careful respect for our treat v rights. The United states government is willing to co-oierate in restoring order in Samoa on the basis of the full preservation of American treaty-right and Samoan authority as recognized and agreed to by Germany, Great Britain and the United fetatea, and has so informed the German government. You will at once proceed to amoa and extend full protection ana defense to American citizens and property. You will consult with the American vice-consul, examine his archives and otherwise Inform yourself as to the situation and all recent occurrences. Protest against the subjugation and displacement of the native government of amoa by ennany as in violation of Kltivo agreement and understanding between treaty Kwers, but inform tho representatives of the German and Uritish government of your readiness to co-operate In causing all treaty rights to be respected and in restoring peace and order on the basis of a recognition of amoan rights to independence. Endeavor to prevent extreme measures against the Samoans, and to bring about a peaceful settlement. If such arrangement can be made upon that basis, you will report the Ranie for approval, and you will inform the government, as soon as possible after your arrival in Samoa, of the condition of affairs and the prospect of a peaceful adjustment, and whether Germany was acting impartially between the opposing forces wcn the late conflict occurred. Whitnet. On Jan. 12, Secretary Bayard addressed a communication to Count Arcot the German minister to the United States, in reply to a statement giving the German version of tho Samoan difficulty. The statement of Count Arco is substantially as follows: The German forces were landed in Samoa after the German commander had given notice of his intention to commanders of the American and British men-of-war, tho reason for the landiug teing that German plantations were in danger. Upon landing, the Germans were attacked by the Samoans, under the command of Klein, an American citizen, and lost lif ty, killed and -weaned. A state of war was therefore announced by Germany, and as an American is alleged to have leen in command of the attacking Samoan force, Count Arco is instructed to make complaint to the United States. The treaty rights ot the United States and all the rights of the treaty powers shall bo respected under all circumstances. The German government begs the United States to Join them in ai active effort to restore calm and quiet. In response, Secretary Bayard says that he at once communicated to you tho Count, on becoming aware of the allegations that the Samoan forces were led by an American named Klein, that he had no knowledge whatever nor reason to believe that Klein was a citizen of the Uuited States. "I was certain," continues the Secretary's letter, "that he was not and never had been in any way connected with its public service, nor acting under color of pretense of its authority. The instructions given to officials of this government at Samoa have never in any way deviated from those made public, and which were well known to Germany and Great Britain to maintain neutrality in Samoan affairs and conline action to good offices in the maintenance of peace and order in those regions and securing protection for American citizens and their interests." Tho Secretary says that before he received the German instructions, orders had been given by the President looking to tho protection of citizens of tho United States and their property, and that it was with entire readiness that ho accepted the invitation of Germany that the United States should 'join iifan active wa3f to restore c 'in and ?uiet in those islands." The Secretary urther says: I received, also, with expressed satisfaction, your assurance of the intentions of your government to maintain and carefully respect the treaty rights of this government under all cir cumstances, and this, as I stated to you, necessa rily included respect ror the existence of Samoan autonomy and indeleudence, which is the basis of the three treaties made with the United States, Ger many and Great Jlrltaln, the first named being earliest In date. The protocols of the conference on Pa moan affairs held in this city In the sum mer of 1887, by the representatives ot tho United Mates, Germany and ureal isniaiii van uiscioso that, although the conference did not produce an a greemcnt as to a complete plan of government for that community, nevertheless, on certain jMmts, all three governments coincided, and one of these- was the freo election by the Samoans, according to their own will and custom, of a king. It would seem most opportune if such an election could now practically be held, and I feci assured that it would do much toward ending the turbulent and bitter discontent which has led to the shocking internecine warfare among these islanders, and finally involved them in a deeply regrettable conflict with German forces, which is sincerely deplored by tho United States. Rear-admiral Kimberl v, commanding our naval forces in the Pacine, has been ordered to Jroceed in his flagship, the Trenton, to Apia, and . have great confidence in his wisdom ana benev olent discretion, as well as in that of the naval commander of tho other national vessels which have-been scut by their respective governments to Samoan waters to promote a satisfactory ar rangement, and I take it for granted that the same spirit of comity and perception of tho canal rights of all three treaty powers which induced your government to invite the active co-operation of tho United States, in restoring law and order In Samoa will caiie instructions embody ing tbo same principles of friendly Justice and considerate moderation in framing a plan of settlement to be sent to the German officers in commaud of the iimerial forces in that region. There is no obscurity in the several treaties and none whatever in the understanding proposed by the United States and first arrived at between the treaty iowers in June, 1880, and since then from time to time set forth in their correspond ence, on Jan. 17 last the views or tnis govern ment were fully conveyed to the government of 'Germany by my instruction of that date to our minister at Ieiliu, and have since that time undergone no change, ami no intimation of dissent therefrom by the government of Germany has since tuat time been received. In a communication dated Apia, Dec. 3 Inst, Commander Mullan describes to Sec retary Whitney the attack of Malieota upon Tamasese's strong fortifications, just back of I.utuanna, and his success. He says that Malieota's ammunition was exhausted, and the attack was carried' on with axes, clubs and tho butt ends of nlles. resulting in a slaughter unparalleled in bamoan wars. The commander says that it is apparent to tho thoughtful and unprejudiced mind that the aspirations of tho Samoan people for a liberal and progressive government arc incompatible with German ideas of govern ment 111 Samoa. After their numerous in ternal wars and revolutions the party of liberal opinions would bo triumphant wero they not interfered with by outside influ ences and bv the nresence of the German men-of-war abreast of their fortifications as a daily reiterated menace and warning, especially so on tho eve of a battle. Jan. 5 Vice-consul Blacklock telegraphed as follows to Secretary 'Bayard, via New Zealand: Three German war ships undertook to disarm Mataafa, and landed, at night, a force to prevent retreat. Mataafa's men were fired on and forced to fight. The Germans were routed, and twentv killed and thirty wounded. The Germans swear vengeance, and arc shelling and miming indis criminately, regardless or American property. Protests arc unheeded The natives are exas perated, and foreigners lives and projerty are 111 tho greatest danger. The Germans respect no neutral territory. Americans in a boat, flying an American flag, were seized in Apia harbor by an armed German boat, hut released. An adinlral with a sqaaron is necessary immediately. A dispatch front Commander Mullan cor roborates this telegram. The same tayt Jan. o, becrctarv Bavard telegraphed. Miuistcr Pendleton to lay this matter before and also informed Count Arco ot tho mat ter, i On Jan. 7 Minister Pendleton telegraphed tjiat Count Arco would make a statement to the becretarv. aud that he the minister! had been informed that the reprcprcsenta-

tions of the United States would not be

answered until full details had been received by Germany, and that Couut Berchau. Under Secretary, informed him that men landed from one ship only were engaged in tho fight. On Jan. 11 Secretary Bayard sent a message to Mr. Blacklock that proper measures had been adopted "for protection of American interests in Samoa and to preserve Saraoan independence. Ad miral Kiniberlv, with the frigate Trenton, starts at once.77 THE DISPUTE WITH IIAYTI. Official Correspondence Relating to the Seiz ure of the llaytian Republic. "WASniNGTOX, Jan. 1C The President to day sent to Congress correspondence concerning the seizure of the vessel Haytian Bepublic. In a letter to Minister Preston, dated Nov. 28, 18S8, Secretary Bayard takes the ground that the seizure of the vessel was irregular; that she should bo restored to her owners, her officers released, and adequate compensation made to both. Ho says that it is unnecessary to discuss the charge of attempting to run a blockade, for whether a valid blockade did or did not exist, it is clear that tho Haytian Republic had, and could havo had no notice of it. The legality of the tribunal which examined .1 1 . 1 i 2. .1 ; , rue cnarges against; me vessel is ucuieu, and it is declared that its proceedings had scarcely a feature of formality ami regularity, and that no opportunity' was given for defense. After expressing the belief . . m t a 1 that the vessel was capturea outsiac or Haytian waters, the Secretary says: The rights of persons and property of Ameri can citizens engaged in business in llayti cannot lc punnitted to become the foot-ball of contesting factions and their evanescent authority, and tho protecting arm of the United. States will le interposed for their security. Iiytnis it is not Intended to include cases of deliberate intermeddling in local conflicts, but merely to rescue our citizens who may be caught in the eddies of local sanguinary emeutes. The voyage of the Haytian Republic was commenced, on Oct. 4, from the United States, with peaceful and lawful intent, and with no knowledge of Haytian disorders or desire to mingle in Haytian disputes. Tn conclusion, tbo SecTPtarv expresses the coniident expectation of the President that the vessel will be released and an investi gation commenced to ascertain the injuries indicted upon her owners, the captain, officers and crew. On Dec. 7, Secretary Bayard addressed a letter to Secretary Whitney, the result of which, as is well known, was tho sending of the 1 antic and Galena to I'ort-au-1'riuce to recover thecaptured vessel. On Dec. 8, Secretary Bayard, replying to a note from Minister Preston, says: 'Tho proposition c ontained in your note now under repl3. inai me iiayiien iiepuouc mkjuiu uo, placed under guard of a United States manr 1 a x I- .1 1 oi-war, orougut xo icw hhk, aim iuno libeled by the Haytien government, in the United States District Court, is declined, and the decision of the President, as already communicated, will be carried into effect. For testing a ny rights known to the law. the courts of the United Mates are open to foreign governments, their agents, or to private parties, and can alone decide what matters are therein justifiable." ON THE ISTHMUS. Grave Results Expected to Follow Suspenklon of "Work on the Canal Washington, Jan. 16. -Mr. Adamson, the United States consul-general at Panama, on the 2d inst., received a communication from the Secretary-general of tho Depart ment of Panama, stating that although the local government would do all in it 3 power to preserve peace and order, it feared that disturbances of the public peace inii$ht fol low tho suspension of work on the Panama canal, which suspension is expected soon. In transmitting this information to the State Department, Mr. Adamson says: v 'We ap pear to be on the verge of a crisis, and grave results may well be apprehended. Forttuiateiv. mere are comparatively iew Ameri cans employed upon the canal, but these few ii i .i : 1 :j im x win sureiy uemauu my aiu. uaiuver may occur. 1 shall do my best for the protection of American interests here, and hope to merit a continuance of the kind support heretofore given me." The Secretary of State, m his report to tho President, says: It will be retnem bered that in 18tt5 it became necessary for the United States to send sufficient force to the isthmus for the purpose of performing their duty, under the treaty, to suppress disorder at that point." The President, to day, transmitted tho correspondence to Congress. TELEGRAPHIC BREVITIES At the annual meeting of the trustees of Kacine College, night Kev. W. L. McLaren, uisnop 01 unicago, was eiecrea waruen. At Dallas. Tex., vesterdav Tom Anirns. a hackraan. shot and killed Bradlev. a Pro fessional base-ball catcher. Jt is said there is a woman at tho bottom of the affair. At Louisville, Ky.. Charles Dilger was mi vwf rf Tniirnfr in thr iirfit. i f cr a in the killing of Officers Kosenberg and Jones live months aco. and his punishment fixed at tteatn. 7 t a m a Miss Bella Moore, a voung actress whose last appearance was in Toronto last Februa a i aryt aieu yesieruay ar. uer noino m Cincinnati. She was married to Mr. W. A. Gregg. She lied from consumption. The recent advance in freight rates to all points west of tho Missouri river has compelled three large trunk factories in Kacine, is., to shut down lor an mttclinite period, and 300 hands are thus thrown out of em ployment. At Cleveland. 0 yesterday. Miss Chris tina Martin, aged thirty-seven, was given a a wenlthv brick-maker, acred sixtv-siic. She asked $50,000 damages for breach of promise. A man who will give no account of him self was captured running wild near James town. Kv.. on Saturday. He was living on ' A 1 1, 1. A. 1 tt roois. nuts anil oerries, ana couia noi xeii his name. He is sixty years old, and much weaweneu dv exposure. 111s case is oeing investigated. At Sunshine. "Wavne Conntv. Pennsyl vania, on Monday Mrs. John Greer, wife of a lumberman, killed her baby and then committed suicide, using a revolver. She left a note stating that sho loved her hus band dearly, and requested to he buried in the same cotnn with her babe, iso cause is assigned for the deed. Charles C. Tinkler, of Cincinnati, the youth who forged three checks upon three banks and obtained lo,000 last September, was arraigned upon 0110 indictment yesterday and pleaded guilty. Col. W. L. Kobin6on, a prominent manufacturer and a friend of the Tinkler family, made an earnest ap peal, for clemency. J ho judge will pro nounce sentence fcaturday. Wise Ante-Nuptial Arrangement. New York, Jan. f. Baron Clement Bedlitz.au officer. in the German army, is to marry Cornelia C. Koosevelt, an heiress whose income is at present 18,000 per year. Under the laws of Germany the Baron would be entitled to her personalty. To obviate possible trouble of that kind, tho Baron was willing to enter into an antenuptial contract renouncing all right to her property which he might have under 1 m law ot uenuaiiy, wnere iiiey are to reside. The matter was so settled in the Supreme Court, to-dav, before Judge O'Brien. The girl's mother brought the action, and the court made the agreement binding. Tho Baron is a handsome young man of thirty. His fiancee is nineteen aud very pretty. Te marriage will take place about the end ot this month. Losses by Fire. Special to tho Indianapolis JournaL Tipton, lnd., Jan. 1C The retail grooerv store at the Junction, belonging to E. 0. Elliott, was burned, to-day, entailing a loss of 4,0:X; 110 insurance. The lire originated from a burnintr can of oil, and the flames spread so rapidly that nono of the books of the store could be saved. Kent. Minn.. Jan. 16. The Minneapolis & Northern elevator imrnea to-night, to gether with 50,000 bushois of wheat. Loss, $3,O0O. Obituary. St. Faui. Minn., Jan. 16. Dr. Abclard Laernon, United States collector of customs, died of heart disease at 10 o'clock yesterday morning. . Cataruii Is caused by scrofulous taint in the blood, and is cured by Hood s Sarsana rilla, which purifies and enriches the blood and irives tbe whole system health and strength. Try this "peculiar medicine." It is prepared by 1;. 1. liooa cc to., Lowell, Aiass.

INDIANA AND ILLINOIS NEWS

The Daily Chronicle of Happenings of Aarious Kinds in the Two States. Explosion of a Gas Machine in a Dentist's Of fice Investigating the Death of a Wealthy Fanner Railroad Legislation. INDIANA. A Dentist's Gas Generator Explodes, Injur ing One Man and Wrecking the Office. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Columhus, Jan. 16. A terrific explosion occurred this afternoon in the laboratory of Dr. J. W. Frail's dental office in this city. D. R. Prall, a brother of the doctor, was engaged in generating "laughing" gas, when the vnlcanizer exploded with great force, making a report that shook the large build ing in which it was located and startled the people in the business part of the city very much. Mr. Prall. who happened to lo the only occupant of the room was temporarily . paralyzed by the idiock and received a slight cut on the head from a piece of the flying fragments of the machine. His injuries are not thought to be serious, although he is now suffering greatly froru nervous prostration. The furniture in the room was badly wrecked and tho windows wero blown out. A part of tho machinery knocked a huge hole in the ceil ing ot the room. A too heavy pressure 01 steam was the cause of the explosion. Justice to 3Ir. Moulton. Special to the Indianapolis JournaL GnKKNsnuKG, Jan. 16. Tho publication in tho Journal to-day of an article copied from the Louisville Courier-JournaL in relation to Kennedy, who is serving a term in prison as the murderer of David Baker, at this place, in,lSS4, does great injustice to a worthy citizen of this city who is just now recovering from the recent loss of an arm by accident. lhe article m question states that Recorder Moulton was arrested for the crime and afterward re leased. Tho truth is that some of the persons who saw the shooting said that the man who did it looked like Deputy Recorder P. 11. Moulton, but no one ever charged him with the crime, nor was ho ever sus pected or arrested. Wealthy Farmer's Mysterious Death. . Special to the IndianapoUs Journal. Fort Wayne, Jan. 1C William Adair, a prosperous farmer of Pleasant township, near this city, died yesterday under sus picious circumstance. Tho deceased controlled considerable property, over tho pos session of which there has been a fiercelycontested lawsuit, and this fact gave rise to a rumor of foul play, A delegation of farmers to-day called on Coroner Atellhorn to make an investigation of the death, and that officer has gone to clear up tho mystery. Disease Among Sheep. Special to the Indianapolis Journal Wabasii, Jan. 16. The disease known as "scab" is prevailing among the sheep north . of this city. A fine llock owned by Mr. Samuel Specher was attacked. Tho wool on the hind quarters of the animals, in advanced stages of the disease, drops from tho hides, and in a few months the sheep die. Active measures to prevent the further spread of the malady will be taken. - -Harrison County Farmers Institute. Special to the Indianapolis JournaL Corydon, Jan. 16. The farmers of Harri son county held an institute at this place yesterday and to-day. Interesting papers were read by Professors Smart and Latta, of Purdue University: Hon. W. W. Stevens and wife, of Salem: Miss Richardson, of In dianapolis, and others. Minor Notes. Benjamin F. Webber, of Rochester, is al leged to have collected $1,000 of his part ners money ana aecampea. On Tuesday John Pontius, a well-to-do farmer, of Geneva, Adams county, was fatally kicked on the head by a vicious horse. Rev. George F. McGee. pastor of the Christian Church, at Madison, has accepted a call from Richmond, Va., and will vacato his present pulpit on Jan. U7. , William Heller, one of Elkhart oldest citizens, fell dead in his yard from heart disease Tuesday night. He was one of that city's lirst business men, and was seventyeignt years of age. Isaac Kres. a railroad emnlove. fortv-fivo years old, was fatally crushed by an engine on the Pittsburg road at Fort Wrayne Wednesday. His injuries are of sucli a nature that he cannot recover. t.-' i. hm.iaa! : i ... riuuu. 1111 1111 Kiuii, u (jiuucci ciuzeu 01 Harrison township, Bartholomew county, died on luesaay.at the age of seventyeight years. Mr. Whittington was highly Tpsneeted. and was well known nil nvpp tht county, having served a term as sheriff sev eral years ago. At the annual meeting of the stockholders of tho Greensburg Limestone Company, yesterday, II. II. v ooley, Icobert llazelrigg. Jesso M. Thomson, Samuel B. Eward and Wm. C. Patton were selected as directors. All are old members, except Mr. Patton. who takes the place of his father, Nathaniel Patton, lately deceased. Tho sudden and mysterious death of John Dohn Donnell, of North Judson, three .weeks ago, aroused suspicion, and the coroner had the body disinterred and tho stomach sent to Indianapolis for chemical examination. An analysis disclosed the fact that quantities of strychnine has been administered to him, but by whom is unknown. At Seymour, on Tuesday, while James Fleetwood and his wife and infant child were riding in a wagon; a wheel struck a log and Mrs. Fleetwood and her baby were thrown out of the wagon in front of tho wheels, which passed over the child's head, crushing it into a shapeless mass. The mother is crazed, it is feared, beyond recovery. A singular coincidence in deaths is reported from Terre Haute. Mrs. Charles M. Daggett died there at 10 o'clock on Saturday night. The news was telegraphed to Mrs. N. B. Folsom, her sister, at Salt Lako City, and the family received a reply the next day telling them that Mrs. Folsom had died at 2 o'clock Sunday morningfour hours after the death of Mrs. Daggett. UXINOIS. The House Seeking to Kegulate Sleeping-Car Kates and Railroad Fares. Springfield, Jan. 1C In tho House, to-day, a bill was introduced to regulate sleeping-car companies, prohibiting a charge of more than $1 for twenty-four hours' sole occupation of a lower berth, or seventy-five cents for tipper berths. The bill also prohibits a greater charge than $1.50 for a section or $3 for a state-room for the same period. In the Senate, bills wero introduced reducing railroad fares to two cents per mile, preventing public officials from receiving railroad passes, preventing railroad employes from giving freo passage to any person, and repealing the stringent conspiracy laws passed last year as a result of the anarchistic riots in Chicago. Rrier Mention. A child of Charles Niille, of Moweaoua. was accidentally smothered to death Monday night. George W. S tames, an old resident of Macomb, was killed, on Tuesday, by falling from his bam loft and breaking his neck. Rev. Geo. C. Noyes. D. D., pastor of the First Presbyterian Chnrch. of Evanston, for more than twenty years, died on Tuesday, of pneumonia. George Armstrong, a negro imbecile, living in a hut near Shelbyville, has come into possession of a fortune through tho death of a wealthy brother at Cairo. An artesian well at Dixon has reached a depth of 1,180 feet, and is flowing at the rate of seventy gallons a minute. It will he drilled to a depth of 2,000 feet. George Stuble, of Lincoln, pleaded guilty in the United States District Court at Sringtield, on Tuesday, to the charge of forging postal note?, and was sentenced to one year in the penitentiary. Recent deaths of prominent persons: At Carrollton, Thomas Ward, aged seventy-

seven; at Litchfield, William Gage, aged seventy-nine; at Decatur, James Brown, aged eiphty-five; near Milton, John O. Bolin, aged sixty-four. COSTLY "WHITE-CAP FUN. A Tarty of New Hampshire Men ")iscipline,, John Welsh, and Are Fined $15 Apiece. Boston, Jan. 16. A special to tho Evening Herald relates a story of the "disciplining" of a member of the community of North Salem, N. H., by fifteen masked men. The name of the man is John Welsh, and his offense was one against morality, that of living with a grass widow. The "WTiite Caps" called Welsh to the door of his house on Christmas night, carried him a ehort distance, removed his clothing, coated him with greaso and lamp-black, and forced from him a promiso to leave town, taking upon themselves to sec that the promise was kept. Welsh went to Portsmouth and informed a . lawyer of the outrage, and tho lawyer engaged the services of the Pinkerton detective agency in Boston, which sent a detail of men to work up tho case. This has resulted in the arrest of thirteen of the White Caps named. Tho White Caps were taken to Exeter and arraigned before Judge Clark, of the Supreme Court. Wesley Fitch, Forest Hutchinson, John Littlcfield, Elmer Connelly, Joseph Robbins, Frank Goodwin, Henry Wilson. Robert Kelly, John King, John Trov, John McNeil. Liuus Chase and Charles Chase pleaded "nolo contendere," and eleven of t nem were fined $15 and costs each, while the two others were fined 10 and costs each. All ipaid their fines and left for their homes.

Murderers Slain by Indians. ' Topeka, Kan., Jan. 16. Tho murderers of Byron Dennis and John Godown have been arrested. Tho two men named left Mcpherson, Kan., three weeks ago and went into the Indian Territory on a hunting expedition, traveling in a boat down the Arkansas river. After they had reached the territory; between tho Osage and Pawnee reservations, Indians ambushed along the Osage side fired on them, killing Dennis and mortally wounding Godown, who has since died. The killing of the two men was the result of an old crime. An Indian testified in a whisky case at the last term of the United States District Court, at Wichita, that ho had purchased whisky of a peddler in the Osage Nation. When he returned to the reserve, some one split his head open with an ax, killing him instantly. The deputy United States marshal of tho Osage Nation, Ed Mathews, with a warrant for the arrest of the murderer, proceeded, a few days ago, to tho plaoe where the Indian was killed, and was shot from ambush. He also died. When Dennis and Godown appeared in that vicinity, tho Indians, suspecting them to bo officers, killed them. Famous Bnnco Man. Arrested. IETKOIT, Jan. 17. Last September two bunco men swindled John K. Lemon, of Allegheny, Pa., out of $10,000. Detective Matt Pinkerton, after tracking his men all over the United States, finally located ono of them in Windsor, where he was registered at the British-American asC. W. Goodyear. Finkerton, with Chief Baine's help, arrested Goodyear last night, and he is now in Sandwich jail, awaiting examination for bringing stolen money into Canada. GoodS ear's real name is said to be Frank A. Alrich, aid the detective says he has a half dozen aliases. He is known as one of the most adroi& swindlers, and has a criminal record in almost every State in the Union. Mr. Pinker.ton says that Aldrich recently buncoed Job 11 Doan, of Cleveland, out of 81,800, and two Pennsylvania men out of $10,000 each. Aldrich has engaged a Windsor lawyer to d'efend hira, and claims to be innocent of the Lemon job, although he admitted that there are people in the States who would like; .to seo him very much. Lemon was rninetl by this swindle. 'Green Gootls" Man Arrested. Philadelphia, Jin. 16. A green goods man who gave his navne as Edward White and his residence NinVh avenue, New York, was this afternoon committed by a United States commissioner, vn default of $2,000 bail, for a further hearing on the charge of using the mails for illegal purposes. Several days ago. W. H. Agro.v, a hotel proprietor at Tvlersburg, Pa., rveeived a letter signed Wm. Duncan, No. Montgomery street, Jersey City, in whiclh the writer offered to furnish Agrey with K large amount of counterfeit money for a' small sum of good money, assuring hinu that the counterfeits wero so well executed that there was no danger of detection. Agrey communicated with Chief Detect ive Woods, of this city, and a correspondence was opened with Duncan. It was arranged that he should meet Agrey in Philadelphia, and last evening, when he arrived at tho Colonnade Hotel and inquired for Agrey, he was taken into custody oy a detecuive. Canadian Bank Robbed of 7, COO. Ottawa, Out., Jan. 16. Tho Villo 31 arie Bank, at Hull, on the other side of tho Ottawa river, was robbed yesterday. A well-dressed stranger managed to get away with $7,000 of tho bank's funds. He entered the bank presumably to make a tieposit of a small amount, and while talking with tho teller, who was the only employe in the bank, a little girl ran in and told tho teller that a priest wished to speak to him outside. The teller ran out and was absent only about thirty seconds, but when ho returned he found the man had gone out of the back door and that $7,000 of his cash was missing. There is not the slightest clew to who either the man or the Httle girl, who is believed to have been an accomplice, is. The manager of tho bank is absent in Montreal. Fowderly Says Barry Is an Anarchist. Pittsbuhg, Jan. 16. Terence V. Powderly, general master workman of the Knights of Labor, arrived in the city today to attend the annual meeting of district assembly No. 3, now in session here. Mr. Powderly stated that he did not come here to address the convention, but as there had been so much said about him in times past, he concluded to attend the meeting to answer any questions that might be put to him. "Barry," said he, 'is an Anarchist and an agent of the Anarchists, aud if it had not been for this he would havo still been in the order." Ho denied that the Catholic Church was a censor of tho order, any more than any other church, and claimed that the Knights of Labor organization was 8,000 stronger than this time last year. Dog-Bites and Life Insurance. Washington, Jan. 16. A Mr. Bagle'y, of Virginia, recently applied for a life insurance policy, and was refused by the company, on the ground that he had been bitten by a spitz dog, Dec. 15 last. Mr. Bagley wrote to Dr. Pasteur on the subject, and today reeeived a reply from tho eminent scientist, in which he declared that the bito of a healthy dog is harmless, but that the animal should be kept under surveillance eight days after inflicting tho wound, in order to bo sure that ft does not show signs of rabies. Foland China Ilog-Ilalsers. Dayton, O., Jan. 16. The Poland China Hog Association met hero to-day, with representatives in attendance from Ohio, Indiana, Michigan, Illinois, Alabama ai I Tennessee. The officers elected for tho ensuing year were: L. N. Bonham. president; Carl I riegan, secretary; James B. Duflield, treasurer. Progressive Miners. Columbus. O., Jan. 16. The National Progressive Union of Miners adopted a constitution, to-day, and elected temporary officers. All miners in good standing in'District Assembly lCGandthoNatioualFedcratiou will not be required to pay fees in tho new organization till after March 1. Iltggins Formally Chosen. Dover, DcL, Jan. 16. At noon both houses convened in joint session, and, after comparing journals, proceeded to ballot for United States Senator. The ballot resulted: Anthony Hif?gins. 16; James L. Wolcott. 1; Alfretl Robinson, 5. Higgins was declared elected. Steamship News. Queknstowv, Jan. 16. Arrived: Arizona, from New Tork. For coughs and throat troubles use 'Brown's Bronchial Troches. "They stop an attack of my asthma eouph very prompt-ly."-C. Falch, Miainiville, 0.

ALLEGED AXTHRISII PLOT

Report of a Scheme to Blow Up an Eiiglish Vessel in New York Harbor, The Purpose Being to Endeavor to Turn the Tide of American Public Sympathy Against tfr. Parnell and His Supporters. New York, Jan. 16. The Herald claims to have secured information of a plot concocted by English detectives and desperate Irishmen to blow up ono of the great transatlantic steamers in New York harbor. According to the Herald, tho object is to force the adption of the British-American extradition treaty and strengthen the case of tho London Times against the Paracllites. In the autumn of 1SS8 Fred Jervis, a wellknown Scotland-yard man, arrived in America and made no great se cret of the fact that he wa here in the interest of the London Times to ferret out information about the movements of Irish-America 'conspirators,' and particularly those of the dynamiters. Chief Inspector Shore, superintendent of the criminal investigation department of tho London metropolitan police, also catno out with the same intention to try to connect the Parnellites with tha crimes charged. Mr.' Shore went to Kansas City to meet Jervis and representatives of tho Pinkertonsj Three of Pinkerton's men have been for years at work in the Irish national secret societies. One of them, it seems, communicated directly with Scotland Yard, and Manager Bangs, of this city, admitted it to an Irish Nationalist who caught him iii a trap. The London Times, at the first hearings, had exhausted its evidence, and its lawyers saw that it was only of secondary importance. An adjournment was proposed, aud ParueU's counsel were caught napping and agreed to it. Then tho detectives were sent to America, with plenty of money to buy real or manufactured evidence to enable the great London journal to carry on its case. After the arrival of Messrs. Shoro and Jervis was known, it. was discovered that Inspector Andrews, of Scotland Yard, was in Toronto and Montreal, also on the same errand. Stirred up by these publications, the friends of Mr. Parnell and tho Irish National League set a closo watch on the movements of the English detectives. They found that the information was true, and that the chiefs of the Pinkerton agency. Bob and Billy Pinkerton, 1 were roaming around Kansas City about the time indicated, accompanied by two strangers; also, that tho Pinkertons left one ot the strangers in Kansas City and proceeded to Denver, where they dropped the other. What I havo since learned is very startling. It is that a plot has developed, with ramifications in Kansas C;.ty and 2ew York, for the purpose of blowing up by dynamite some ono of the English passenger steamers in New York harbor. What has this plot to do with those visits to Kansas Cityf Well, tha parties engaged in the diabolical scheme propose to rdse a fond of $2,000 with which to make the necessary preparations, for the attempt, and i is said that active steps aro now being taken to 6ecuro tho money. Here is a description of the two mysterious strangers who appeared in Kansas City in December last: Oae was about thirty-five years old, with dark hair, whiskers ana mustache, and weighed about 150 pounds. The other was tall and stout, with brown hair and an embrowned complexion. These men, I ascertained, were in constant communication with theaUeged conspirators, and it is certain that at least one of them paid frequent visits to the Pinkerton headquarters. T have been told by well-informed Irishmen that most, if not all, thq dynamite scares of the past few years were originated by special agents of the English government. From all I have learned in various quarters, it is more than probable that tho present scheme to blow up an English steamer in American waters is a plot to create a scare that will have the effect of damaging Mr. Parnell and his friends in their struggle with the London Times and the Tory government, and of turning American sympathy away from the Irish cause. The promoters are known to be deadly enemies of Mr. Parnell. The Parnellites have not much to carry on the war against the English government's powerful journal, and depend a great deal upon America for financial assistance. That, is the reason, I was assured, that the London Times wanted some 'outrage' committed in America so as to alienate the sympathies of Americans and Irish-Americans wlio do not believe in dynamite. "Mr. Patrick Egan, of Lincoln, Neb., has been in New York on business for some days, and, with the information the Herald had received, I went to interview him on the subiect. Tf tho infonnation you have, said Mr. Egan, is not strictly accurate, it is nearly so. I know that for months past droves of London and Dublin detectives 'have been over here. The Herald printed this morning an amusing story from Buffalo telling of tho .discomfiture of one of those detectives by a Buffalonian. It shows you how eager the Times people are to grab at anything to bolster up their case.' " Do yon think this steamer business is a hoaxr 1 asked. 44 No,' said Mr. Ean, 'such a scheme has been hat chine in Kansas City within the period during which the English detectives have been so busy in America. Who are the conspirators! " 4For obvious reasons I must decline to mention tho names. But I believe the object and the only object of such a scheme is to affect American public opinion, and alienate Amencan sympathy from the Irish movement. It would also have a very detrimental effect on'the present Times investigation. There is another most important consideration in in Vhe case. As was brought out in the late canypaign, the English government is extremely anxious to get an extradition treaty with this country by which it can lay hands at any time on anv Irishman who is obnoxious to it politically. Don't von see that the blowing up of an English steame r in New York harbor would result in England forcing the hand of the American government and compelling the American Congress to pass tho extradition treatv in the form that England desires? I will tell you that I have reason to know that the persons who are interested in the plot are no friends of Mr. Parnell or of the Irish movement. I think when the proper time comes we can connect them directly with English government agents." Kansas City, Jan. 10. On Dec. 22, Chief of Police Spcers received a telegram from the Herald asking if Mark L. Kilbourn, a representative of that paper, had been killed in an accident. Nothing was known of Kilbourn hero, nor has anything been heard of him until to-day, when a note was left at the business ofiice of the Star, purporting to be from Kilbourn himself, aud stating that he was alive and well, and had been in Colorad o on a secret mission, which would soon be made public. He is supposed to havo been maning investigations in connection with the Herald's dynamiteplot story. Detective Humphrey, of tho Ackerman agency, an old English detective, says 110 English detective has been in this city. He says there was one in the country a while ao. but he remained in New York most of ' the time, and came no further west than thirago at any time. He had heard nothing of the alleged plot. The Pinkerton and Mooier detective agencies profess absolute ignorance of the Herald's dynamite nlot. and deny that any English detective or Pinkerton men had been hero on any such purpose. Greater than the Tariff Question, From Carl Schnrt's Speech. I am not a doctrinaire or an extremist with regard to that subject. I do not even consider tho tariff policy the most important of our economic prool vtns as to ulterior consequences. If. for instance. I had the power to choose for the count ry between au immediate reductiou of tar.lll' duties on ono hand and the intrduetion of an effective forestry policy on the other, I would unhesitatingly sa3: Let the people bo burdened a little longer bj' tho protected interests and the trusts, for the people fan at a future day change the system and retrieve their losses, rather than let tho destruction of .our forests go on at the present rate, for that destruction will bring vn a train of disaster from which the country may never recover. 1 1 Brown's ExrEcroitAXT has been in ue in Indianapolis over thirty years. It euro coughs and cold