Indianapolis Journal, Indianapolis, Marion County, 29 January 1889 — Page 2

THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL, TUESDAY JANUARY 29, 1889.

Bfrt tli.it tier is nothing in it that has not alrfadr appeared in the newspaper acronnts of ihe same occurrences. Representative Herbert, chairman of the House committer on naval affairs, called at The trat Department to-dav, and bad a conference with Secretary liayard in retard t the situation. It is reported as likely that the President will have somethin? more to say on the subject when ho nends to Conjrress the t correspondence which has taken place since his last message. . To-dav's Baltimore Sun (the organ of Secretary Bayard, in an elaborate article wi 'Indecision in ourSamoan Policy," says: "The executive branch of the government is apparently firm in the opinion that its jurisdiction is absolutely terminated nntil decisive action of some character is taken by the legislative branch. The sight of tho tattered flag, dishonored by German soldiery, ought to bo a sufficient spur for tho American Congress to speak without delay in language which will do echoed round the world.-' Dissensions In the Cabinet. New York, Jan. 23. A Washington special to the Post sirs: Tfcere hare been for sereral days rumors that tnere is a harp duTerenee of opinion in the Cabinet on recount of the Samoan complication. Tho latest form -which the rumor has taken L that bocretary Whitney or Secretary Bayard may mriCT. Attempts mafle this niorninx to obtain any authorized information onthl subject were not successful. A United States Senator aysheis Informed that there i much feellnj? between the President and Secretary of fitato on account of the Samoa n matter, and that the estrangement Isof a cerious character. Tbi Senator saysthat the President holds Secretary Bayard responsible for the pltuatioj. -while friends of Secretary Bayard Insist that the Prcbient has interfered in tho afjalrof the State Department and is -wholly responsible. POSTAL AFFAUW.

The Department and tho Railway The Propoel Classification of Clerks. Wasitisgtox, Jan. 2S. The Postmastergeneral has sent, in reply to tho request of thellonst committee on postoffices and postroads, his opinion on Hons bill 12100. which requires railroad companies to carry the mails at the rates of compensation fixed by law. In his answer the Postmaster-general points out the present condition of the law, under which any railroad company may refuse to take the mails and by which the department can secure their carriage by contract only. He commentsas follows: -With rapid facilities a neeewity to the mall service, with the -whole subject of legislation exclusively within the jurisdiction of the Congress, -with power and duty to bsrilnte rloarly apparent, I venture to suggest that the present condition of tbe law. un.ter which tho serrieo mar bo stopped at the caprice of py carrier, constitutes a reproach to a govemmeut established to promote tue public welfare. The committee this afternoon unanimouslv voted to report the bill. It provides that if any railroad company shall refuse or neglect to convey any mails upon any train upon which the Postniaster-ceneral may require such service, or willfully refuse to obey any law respecting the transportation of tbe mails, it shall be liable to a penalty rot exceeding $1,000 for each day in which 6uch refusal or neglect shall be persisted in. The Postmaster-general will to-morrow communicate to tho committee his views npon the proposed horizontal reduction of compensation to railroads for carrying the mails. He will advise against the proposed measure as being inexpedient at this time, and. to some extent, unfair. The Postmaster-general has sent to Chairman Blount, of the Hou:e committee ou postofiices and pot-roads. a proposed plan iorthe classification of clerks in all first and second-class postoflices. The plan is ftubmitted at the request of the committee, it having under consideration a bill for a mere equable and effective classification of clerks in postoffices and of the clashes named. ITudcr the proposed plan the nalaTies of assistant postmasters at first-class postoffices cannot exceed .V) per cent, of tho salary of the postmasters at the respective offices, and are to be graded in even hundreds of dollars from fcl..VX) to not excelling $S,000, except tho assistant postmaster at Mew York city, whosn salary is fired, by this classification at i,roo. The salaries of superintendents of mail and superintendents of delivery cannot exceed 4. per cent, of the salary oi the postmaster. and are to range from l,S0o to $5,700. The ftthtlksf-f the superintendents of registry and superintendents of money -order division cannot bo greater than 555 per cent, and 40 per cent., respectively, of tne postmasters salary, or exceed 2,HX) and $3,400. respectively. As to tho superintendents of the registry divisions, exception is made, in the cases of the officials in Now York, Chicago and Washington, whero this officer salary is fixed at 40 per cent, of that of tho postmaster. All subordinate offices and clerkships are also classified and the salaries attached to them readjusted. Tito general effect of this classification of tho present force, it is said, would be to increase the aggregate of salaries by about Ssoo.oco. THE 81TRE3IE COURT. 8teJ Rail Crap-Ends Must Pay Duty A Incision Affecting: Cattlemen. Washington; Jan. 9. The Supreme Court of the United States to-day delivered an opinion in the case of William H. Robertson, collector of the port of New York, plaintiff in error, against the executors of Charles L. Perkins, in error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the Southern district of New York. This is a customs suit brought to determine the rate of duty on crop-ends of Bessemer steel rails. Tho collector of the port assessed a dut3 of 4." per cent, on the importation under the tariff provision for stoel not specially enumerated or provided for. The importer claimed that the crop-ends were dutiable at 20 per cent, as "unwTought metal' The court below gave judgment for the importer, on the ground that the crop-ends were a mere excess of material left over after the making of steel rails, and that, as they were not fit for use in their present form, they wero properly dutiable as "unwrought metal.' Thi3Coartreverse5th.it decision and sustains the action of the collector. In an opinion by Justice Blatchford, the court holds that Bessemer steel rail crop-ends are none the less steel because they are an excess of material and not fit for use without being re melted or reheated, and that therefore, they are dutiable as "steel not specially enumerated." Tbe court rendered an opinion of considerable importance to cattlemen of the West, in the case of P. C. Kimmish. plaintiff in error, vs. John J. Ball and Henry Tienken. The case involves the constitutonality of a statute of Iowa making a person having in his possession within that fetate any Texascattfe, which havenotbeen "wintered north of the southern boundary of Missouri and Kansas, liable for any damages that may accrue, f rem allowing them to run at large and thereby spread what is called Texas fever. The two judges in tho Circuit Conrt of the United Stat" for tho Sonthern district of Iowa, were divided in opinion. nd the caso was sent here for final decision, with the record, showing that tho caso had been decided against the plaintillon the rronnd that the Iowa statute was an interference with interstate commerce, and also in violation of the constitutional provision givinr citizens of the several States all the privileges and immunities of citizens of any State. The Supreme Court holds that the Iowa statute is not in connect with the paramount authority of Congress to regulata interstate commerce. It is unable to see that the statute. has anything to do with such commerce. Tho ease, it says, is not one of a restriction of commerce, but simply a requirement that whoever permits diseased cattle to run at largo bhallbe liable for any damage occasioned thereby, and the court entertains not tho lightest doubt of the runt of a State to enact such a statute. It further holds that as citizens of Iowa are liable, under tho statute, the same as citizens of other States, there is no force in the objection that tho law is contrary to the clause of the Constitution granting equal rights in the several States to all citizen of the United States. Opinion by Justice Field. in an opinion rendered by Justice BradIcy, affirming the iudjrmentof the Circuit Court of the United States for the Western district of Louisiaim in tho caso of Alfred Carr. superintendent of the Insurance Defartment of the State of Missouri, a ppeiant, vs. the Executor of William E. Hamilton; the Supreme Court of the United States holds that where an insolvent insurance company holds a mortgage executed by a person whom it -has insured the injured person has the right, in any action brought against him because of the mort-

:age, to claim a set-off equal to the eqnitade value of his policy in tho bankrupt in

surance company. BEN. IJUTTEKWORTIi: Ile TTllt Retire from Polities Rather Than Recant Ills Recent Utterance. Washington SpedaL Mr. Butterworth was asked to-day whether he had heard any expressions of disapproval of his speech on labor unions, and said: ''Not one; but on the contrary, I have a largo number of lettess by each mail from men in every walk and vocation of life, from the Supreme Court to the hod-carrier, thanking me for the stand I have taken and the words I have spoken in defense of tho independence and manhood of my countrymen. That which astonishes me most is that from the Supreme Court to the man in the humblest calling I have found words of commendation, and have been thanked a thousand times, but, strangely enough, half of them, after expressing thanks and gratitude, add, 'but of course it is bad policy, and may destroy all your future prospects in the political arena.' "It is at that point I want to begin to swear. Is it possible that I have been for ten years engaged in a service in which a decent display of mauhood. an honorable defense of tho freedom and independenceof American labor, the assertion that a father in the United States still has the right, without asking permission of koiuc organization or combine, to teach his child his own calling, in order that he might earn bread, has become disreputable, and that such utterances in behalf of my countrymen would compel rue to step down and out of the political arena? "Let it be understood now and for all future time that if my political preferment depends upon my retractingorrecalliugone poor syllable of what I said in denouncing tho system of boycotting, and the system which compels me to ask some organization for permission to have my boy work at my side in my own shop and learn the trade of his father, I will step down and out, and I will light to tho end any skulking demagogue who is bo much of a knave or such a colossal fool as to become the mere serf of any party, clau or organization, no matter what its name or avowed purpose, that dares to oppose these vital principles and inalienatu rights of all citizens of the United States. "The letters 1 have received by the dozen all vindicate my course. This is satisfactory, but the humiliating aspect is that any body should have deemed that it required courage to perform so plain and obvious a duty. I wish I could have printed all that has been said to me touching the tyranny of some of these organizations. I would not have believed that it was possible for such tyranny to be practiced in the United States', if I had not the fullest and most conclusive evidence of the fact. The claim of some chump, and a dull chump at that, that I opposed, or thought of opposing the organization of labor, is too stupid and false to need attention." Till: RAILWAY 21AU Sl'RHCE. The New Clvll-Servlce Rules Will Re Tut In Effect In About Tito Weeks. Wahii)Ktoa Special. The Postoilice Department has decided not to put the civil-service rules in effect in the railway mail service until tho middle of February.. This is iu accordance with tho plan of the Cleveland people to put all tho obstacles possible in the way of the Harrison administration. One of tho most experienced officials in the railway postal service under Republicanadministratious, oue who was with tho service from the day it was established in its modern form until removed because of his politics, says that the effect of the civil-service rules as it is evidently tho purpose of the postoilice ofiicialsto apply them, will be to retain iu the railway mailservice new clerks who arc not familiar with its duties, and to whoso inexperience, the manifold blunders in th'it bcrvico aro due, while if they permit reentry into the service of the experienced cltTKs who were removed for political causes, would require these latter clerks to commence at the foot of the list, below the men who were appointed originally iu their Elates because of their politics, "and who ave not learned their business yet. Another gentleman who has been prominently mentioned as a possible superintendent of the railway mail service under the new administration, and who occupied a highpo.sitiou in it for many vears, when asked if he should bo an applicant for the superintendency, said: ''Not if the civil-service rules aro to be applied, as it seems probablo that they now will bo applied, for if they are to be extended to the service and operate in the manner indicated, the now superintendent will not be able to secure a corps of efficient clerks throughout the country, and will be held responsible for the blunders in the service ot which the'public now justly complain' MINOR MATTERS. A Gentleman Who Could Tell Something of Architect Freret's Methods. SyecUl to the Inrtuuiaioli3 Journal. Washington. Jan. 23. The Senate committee investigating the supervising architect of the Treasury can secure some valuable information by summoning Charles Kinkel, a draughtsman in that division, to appear on tbe witness stand. Kinkel was appointed from Xcw York before the supervising architect's office was placed under the civil-service rules. It is stated that during the last campaign he acted as a political assessor for the party in power, and collected quite a largo sum of money, which was turned into the campaign fund. Ho attempted to secure a promotion under the civil-service rules, and. although ho failed in his examination, he has since been fromoted, in direct violation of the laws, lis case is, perhaps, one of the most striking examples of the many political strikers who have been rewarded for their services to the Democratic party at the expense of the civil-service law. All Accounted for Except Florida. Washington, Jan. 2S. The time for tho delivery of the electoral votes from the various States expired at midnight. No messenger from Florida has reached tho President pro tempore of the Senate, with the vote of that State. Indiana Pensions. Pensions have been granted the following-named Indianians: , Original Invalid E. K. Bladen, Spencer; W. Nice, Chili; J. D. Parsley, Castletou: W. Claniu, Mier: J. Payne. Asherville; J. A. Woodley, Colourn; K. Adams. Seymour; J. H. Hall. Clayton; J. Hallard, Lewisville; C. S. Lewis, Terre Haute; T. Evans, PlainHeld: W. B. Kimball, Owensville; A. Anderson, Montpelier; W. I. Brittou, Brazil; J. Ouackenbush. Shoals; W. B., alias C. W Prat her. North Vernon. Kestoration and Keissue J. T. Petree, Elizabethtown. Increase E. W. Frame, New Cumberland; V. Jewell, Shelbum; M. Conover, Terre Haute; E. R. Wright, Madrid; M. S. Harpold, Brazil; W. S. flyde, Kokomo J. Gardner, Washington; J. H. McGilnis, fcevmour; 1). C. Swartz. Walkerton; C. W. Thorp. Indianapolis; W. E. Bates, Columbus; H. H. B. Miles. Bowling Green; E. H. Creal, Burnett; K. S. Outlaud, Dunveith; B. F. Smith, Kechs Church: J. 1). Hoot, Troy; Keissue and Increase J. Moon, Greentown. Widows, Etc. Minor of J. A. Dilworth, Auio; II., father of J. Kheppard; K., mother of W. Hood. Mansfield; M. E., widow of J. Petre, Elizabethtown; minors of Jefferson Anderson. Portland and Kidgeville; Nicholas M., father of -Samuel V. Whitman, Richmond. Mexican Widow Mary W widow of Thomas W. Gibson, Charlestown. General Notes. Fpelal to Ui ImLUuapolls Journal. Washington, Jan. 2$. Daniel B. Kelloher, of Danville; Edward Smith, of LaGro, Wabash count', and Harry F. Nolan, of Dayton, O., were, to-day, admitted to practice beforo the Interior Department. General Axline, the Adjutant-general of the State of Ohio, informs the inaugural

W. Wolf. WalcottviIIe; II. McUuuley, Loogootee; E. Wyeth, Terre Haute. Keissue 'J. Albright. LaPorte;D.Quillin, Koleeu; A. Havens Curtisville.

committee that, owing to the fact that satisfactory arrangements cannot be made with railroads for transportation.it is probable that the State militia will only be represented bv some five hundred men. Some anxiety is felt at inaugural headquarters as to what Indiana's militia will do in regard to participating in the exercises on the 4th of March. Senator Vance to-day had one of his eyes removed. He has lwen suffering severely for some time, and the physicians have not been able to ascertain the direct cause of the trouble, which took the form of a separation of the retina from the ball of tho eye. Tho operation was successfully performed, and tho Senator is resting comfortably. Representative Stone, to-day. introduced a resolution declaring it to be the pleasure of Congress to assemble in New lork city on Centennial day aml participate in the ceremonies of the occasion. Assistant Secretary Maynard has informed the collector of customs at Corpus Christi. Tex., that cigars cannot bo imported from Mexico through the mail under

the postal convention with Mexico. The Secretary of the Treasury, this afternoon, accepted the following bonds: Four-and-a-half per cents., registered, $97,900 at 1.01i; four-and-a-half per cents., coupon, $5,000 at $1.0". Senator Hale gave a breakfast, this morning, in the room of the Senate committee on naval a Hairs, in honor of Mr. and Mrs. Blaiue, at which a number of Senators were present. The House committee on judici: ry held a special meeting, to-day, to hear addresses from members of the Woman's Suffrage Association in support of an amendment to tho Constitution of the United States granting the elective franchise to worner. " Among the speakers were Susan B. Anthony; Elizabeth Beecher Hooker; Key. Olympia Brown; Mrs. Colby, editor of tho Woman's Journal; Mrs. Duniway, of Oregon, and others. THE FIKE RECORD. Burning of the Duluth Grand Opera-TIouse, Involving a JLoss of 9350000. DrLUTH. Minn., Jan. 28. Fire was discovered in tho Grand Opera-house shortly before 2 o'clock this morning. It startedin the basement, and was kooh beyond control. At 30 a. M. tho building was a total loss. A row of frame buildings next the operahouse were in great danger, but all were saved except the posioffice, which was consumed. All the mails wero safely removed. The Hotel St. Louis, just across the street, was threatened and the guests moved out, but the fiames did not attack this building. There w;ro live stores and numerous upperfloor tenants 'in the opera-housebuilding. State Senator Whiteman was removed in a dazed condition. Many of the tenants lost their effects. The tenants on the ground floor of the opera-house building were Boyce & Tolraan. druggists; J. T. Condon, general furnishing goods; the general offices of the Wisconsin Central railway; W. C. Sergent, coal and wood office Osborne &. Frazer, dealers in safes; West Duluth Land Company's office; M. M. Gasser, family groceries, and Sieg Levy, wholesale liquor-dealer. Up-stairs on the first floor are the offices of various lumber tlrms and lawyers, and ou the second floor tho Chamber of Commerce, music rooms, etc. The opera-house was owned bv Munsell &. Markell. and cost $112,000; insured for $70,000. The principal losses outside of the operahouse itself will be as follows: Boyce & Tohnan. druggists, about 6,000; J. L. Condon, hats, $0,000; M. M. Gasser, grocery, 10,000; Sieg Levy, wholesale liquors, $1:J,COOj ten other firms whose losses cannot be estimated now. In addition to the above aro the losses snstainrd by the office, tenants. The total loss will reach $3TiO,000; insurance, $150.CO0. The front wall of tho opera-house fell into the street, but no one was hurt.- At 4 a. m. the lire was under control. Other Fire. Sav Francisco, Jan. 28. About forty wooden buildings in Dutch Flat, Cal., comprising the Chinatown of that place, wero destroyed by lire yesterday. Loss, $'J0,0Ol); no insurance. London, Out, Jan. 28. One of tho largo cottages at tho insane asylum, containing ! Mime 5 patients, was burned last night. The patients were all got out without accident. The loss is 10,000. A t spark from a pipe smoked by a patient is supposed to have caused the lire. TELEGRAPHIC BREVITIES. Governor Green, of Now Jersey, has signed the bill repealing tho law which required ballot-boxes to bo closed at sunset The Maino Legislature yesterday, in joint session, elected George L. Beal, of Norway, State Treasurer, by a vote of 112 to 3. A. H. Emery, of Lewiston, Me., was arrested yesterday, charged with defalcation amounting to ',000 as secretary of an Oddfellows lodge. A telegram from Greensburg. La., says that Capt. J. K. Womack. keeper of the Nichols Hotel there, was shot and fatally wounded, on Saturday, by his son-in-law, PageStricklin, at Graugeville. Mrs. Hannah Burrows, of Philadelphia, who stabbed and killed her husband, in August last, while ho was lying in bed, and last week pleaded guilty of the crime, was yesterday sentenced by Judge Haro to be hanged. F. J. Marshall, formerly cashier of the Northern Pacific Express Company at St, Paul, Minn., has been arrested on a charge of embezzlement. He confessed to a shortage of t'2.wX), which camo from falsifying the records. Ho is only about twenty-tiireo years old. The boiler in Harvey's silk-mill, at Scranton, Penn., exploded, yesterday, killing tho engineer, Nicholas Chislet, and badly injuring a workman natnod Anderson. All tho water in the boiler had been exhausted, and tho engineer turned on a full stream. Business Embarrassments. Cjiicago. Jan. 28. George W. Bohner & Co., dealers in glassware and crockery, made a voluntary assignment to-dav to Frank Caldwell. The companv's liabilities are $42,000, and the assets are the same. At the same time claims against the firm amounting to $4,000 or fc.5,ooo wero Illed in several of the circuit courts by a Connecticut concern. Maon City, la., Jan. 28. The Clear Lake Bank, owned by Mrs. L. I. Johnson closed its doors to-day. It is claimed depositors will lose nothing. The deposits amount to only $17,000, and there is nearly $10,000 available cash on hand now. Miws Lizzie J. Fitch has been appointed roceiver. New Yor.K, Jan. 2S. Sigmund Stern, jewelrydealer, who assigued recently, tiled schedules to-day showing liabilities Jo0,i33 and assets $S0,8ol; actuafassets, $10,073. m . Itaclng at New Orleans. New Ohleans, Jan. 23. To-day's races were run over a very heavy track. The weather was clear, windv and cold. First Race Half a mile. Starters: Los Webster. Dudley Oakes, Electricity. Breakdown, Gabe C. Dudley won in' fifty-nine seconds; Electricity second, Los Webster third. Second Race Three quarters of a mile. Starters: Joyful, Fred W ooley, Jim Jordan, Kensington, St. Albans, Iris and Benton, St. Albans won in 1:80 3-4; Kensington seeond. Jim Jordon third. Third Race Five-eighths of a mile. Starters: Trance. Lida L. and Florine. Lida L. won in 1:14; Florine second. Fourth Race Seven-eighths of a mile. Staiters: Red Leaf. Mirth, Duhme, Castillian.Wild Boy and Monocrat. Castillian won in 1:47; Mirth second. Red Leaf third. m Charged with Vote-Buying, Citarlkstox, W. Va., Jan. 28. Capt J. S. McDonald, a prominent Republican politician, of this city, was arrested to-day by Deputy United States Marshal VanBiiren, on a capias issued by the United States Court, charged with having purchased the vote of one Dick Hardwick, of this city, at tho last election, for $2 and all the whisky he could drink. The prisoner will be taken to Parkersburg to-morrow. A number of others will be arrested shortly on similar charges. Killed by a l'ollceirmn. Dayton, Tenn.. Jan. 28. Col. S. B. Northup was shot and killed yesterday by polic 'inan M. 11. Dougherty. Ihe policeman had been ordered out of a room by Northup. who followed him and struck him several times with a cane. Dougherty pulled a revolver, placed it against Northup's side and tired, iullictiug a wound from which the victim coon died.

INDIANA AND ILLINOIS NEWS

Mystery Surrounding a Young Man Who Shoots Himself through the Breast, A "Hadstone" Saies a Life Several Tersons Inj ored in a Railroad Wreck River Pirates Charged with Robbery and Arson. INDIANA. Mysterious Suicide of a Young Man on the Public Highway Near Jeffersonville. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Jefferson'Ville, Jan. A mysterious suicide occurred on the Charlestown turnpike, near Walnut Kidge Cemetery, at 8 o'clock this afternoon. A moderately welldressed young man. aged about twenty-ono years, was walking along tho road coming in tho direction of tho city. At a small bridge near the cemetery he passed David Clay, an old negro,' who was breaking rock to place on the turnpike. He was only a short distance from Clay when he pulled a thirty-calibre revolver from hia pocket and, placing it against his breast, pulled the trigger. Ho threw the weapon over the fence into a field, and walking a short distance, fell. He was picked up by the old negro, J. C. Kous and Peter Carney, and brought to the city. The ball had passed clear through his body. He lived uutil about 6 o'clock this evening. He was able to converse but .very little, and about all that could be learned from him was that his name was George Johnson, and that he had boarded with Paris Grant, who resides on Walnut Hills, back of Cincinnati. He had iu his possession $4.85 iu cash and several Cincinnati street-car tickets, but no papers of auy kind. The cause which led hun to end his life is a mystery. , Saved by a "Madstone. Special to the Iiilkiuaiol! Journal. Danvxllk, Jan. 28. A young man named George W. Blantou, who resides near New Winchester, Hendricks county, was in town to-day with his arm in a sling, and gave the following account of how it happened to be in that condition: A week ago last Wednesdaj' he and a neighbor were walking together and suddenly met a strange dog that gave signs of rabies. Tho animal was a large one and made a lungo at Blanton, who happened' to be nearest, and seemed trying to get at his throat. JJlanton endeavored to grab the brute by the neck, but it caught nis thumb, mutilating it badly. Catching it by the head with both hand, Blanton held it tight against him, and called for his neighbor to kill it. The fellow declined to take any risks and took to his heels. He then fought and kicked the dog till it left him and ran away. It was sub3oquently killed, but not until it had bitten three other dogs, lilanton was greatly alarmed about the injuries ho had received, and went the next day to Terre Haute to see Mrs. Mary Taylor, of that citv, who is tho owner of a "mad-stone." lie found her, and the stone was applied with satisfactorv results. He describes the stone as cube-snaped, about an inch square, of a gray color and very porous. Tne woman did not apply it to the wound, but scraped the outer cuticle from the inside part of his wrist and stuck it there, where it adherl for fourteen hours ana then dropped oil. It was then boiled in milk, the surface of the liquid showing a green scum. The stone was then applied to the back of his wrist, where it clung for two hours and fell oft". After this last application the stone refused to clingy to any part, Mr. Blanton feels that tho danger has passed, and borrows no uneasiness, so he says. A man named Perbster, and tho little daughter of John Heudrickson, both living near Brownsburg, this county, were bitten two months ago, by a mad dog, and the mad-stone" was applied in both cases, with apparently good results, . i ImDortnnt Snlt A train st an Estate. Xnuola, Jaiff as. An important suit is being tried here, which is attracting great iuserest, and presents some peculiar features. Gen. L. J. Blair brought suit against the estate of Alouzo Lockwood to recover $(5,000. Lockwood was a wealthy citizen of DeKalb couuty. who died about two years ago. Blair's claim is founded on two receipts for 3,000, dated in 1800, which wero givon to Blair by the deceased. He claims the receipts were for money loaned while he was county treasurer, and produces two witnesses who testify that in January, 1806, Lockwood paid 'Blair on the claim $100 in money, and promised to pay the balance. The defense claim tho receipts were given for money which Blair owed Lockwood; that Lockwood, who was worth 552oO,000, was a money-lender, and not a borrower; that Blair has been notoriously insolvent for twenty years, and if such an obligation existed Blair would have collected it years ago. Eight attorneys are engaged by both sides, ana witnesses from Washington and five different States are in attendance. A Johnson County "Weather Prophet. Lonisvllle Courier-JourcaL Residing at Franklin is aweather prophet named John Ash, who has discovered a more reliable way than the goose-bone of predicting how sever tho winters will be. His plan is to drive a 6take about four feet long into the ground every fall at a certain time, and measure its shadows. He claims that when he made the test last fall, the shadow was four inches shorter than it was at a corresponding time during the previous year. Some time ago he predicted that tho present winter would be a mild one, arguing that the sun's rays strike the earth with too much directness to permit any severe cold weather for any length of time. His predictions are credited to a greater extent than those of the signal service by the people of his community. A Murderer Transferred. Special to tho IiuliauapolU Journal South Bend, Jan. 2S.Lato Saturday night Sheriff Chasten, of Elkhart county, transferred to the jail here Ben Scott, who, last fall, fatally stabbed Con Crowly, a young and prosperous meat-dealer of Elkhart. Scott comes hero on a chance of venue, to bo tried at tho coraingMarch term, and his trial will be awaited with much interest, both hero and at Elkhart. The prisoner attracts much attention by his personal appearance, being rather distinguished-looking, with white hair, and is a man of much means, which will be spent freely to ease his sentence. The murder was a coldblooded one, and he barely escaped lynching at the hand of the victiiii'3 friends. Elopement at Kushville. Ppeclal to the Jultuuaxoi.t Journal. Kushville, Jan. 28. Kushville has experienced two runaway matches in the last two days, the first being Bert Merideth and Miss Maud Hilligoss. Mr. Merideth is principal of the Raleigh schools, in Rush county, and Miss Hilligoss is tfca only daughter ot Thomas Hilligoss, who operates a large grist-mill in this place. The two left Kushville on separato trains, and were married in Indianapolis. The second one was John Sweetman and Misi Redman, of Jackson township. Miss Redman is a daughter of F. M. Redman, the newly-elected sheriff of Rush county. All of the parties aro prominent, and their action has excited much surprise. Families or lUver Pirates Arrested. Louisville, Jan. 23, For robbing and setting fire to the store of Richard Nash, at Bethlehem, Iud., last week, Mrs. Mack Jeffers and Mrs. Ed. Powell and their four children, the families of the men who committed the crime, were taken into custody near that town on Saturday. They were found in shauty-boats, and had in their possession .VX) of the stolen goods. The men made their escape asthe arresting party camo up. Mrs. Jeffers met the oflicers with a hatchet, but finally surrendered without a tight. To Frlfton tor Life on a Tlea of Guilty. 8jcUI to th Iirfianapolls Journal WixcnESTER, Jan. 139. The case of Vick Hill, who recently shot and killed his wife and then phot his sister-in-law and father-in-law, camo up for trial hero this morning.

A jury was soon empaneled and sworn to try the case. The State was on hand ready for a hard battle, and tho larjre court-rooin was tilled with witnesses and spectators, when, to the surprise of the State and crowd, the defendant withdrew his plea of not guilty and pleaded guilt. The judge immediately sentenced nim to the penitentiary for life. Injured In a Railroad Wreck. Special to tho Indianapolis Journal. Evaxsvillk, Jan. 28. A mixed train on the Rockport branch of the Louisville, Evansville &. St. Louis railroad, was wrecked near Chrisuey, Siwuccr county, this afternoou. and several persons injured, but none fatally as far as learned. A defective track was doubtless the ennso of theaccident. Mrs. Kahn, of Evansville, was badly hurt :lier arm was broken and her spino injured. Rev. Ward, presiding elder ot tho M. E. Church, was badly injured. Mr. Basseye, a druggist of Rockport, Miss Anspacher. of Evansville, and several others suffered severe bruises. Alleged to Have Embezzled S 2 3, OOO. Mitciikll. Jau.S. Juljan C. 3IcClure, a prominent man of Jackson county, has disappeared, and to-day it was reported that he is short in his accounts as guardian of minor heirs, to the amount of $23,000. McClure made over all of his property to his bondsmen, but a warrant was sworn out against him for embezzlement, and he left tho county. For over fivo years McClure, it appears, made no report to the court of the estates he represented. Just what the losses of his bondsmen will be is not known. He is supposed to bo in Cincinnati.

Suicide in a Poor-TIouse. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Evansville, Jan. 2S. Dr. John Flaeger, the oldest dentist of this city, committed suicide, last night, at the county poorhouse, a few miles from this city. Ho had been an inmate there for three weeks, and it is believed the thought of ending his days there caused tho deed. At one time he was very wealthy and was engaged, aside from his dental practice, with various patent rights, thus becoming widely known. He was sixty-three j'ears old. Satisfying a Big Claim. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Columous, Jan. 28. A big sale of property took place at the court-houso hero today. It was that of the houses and lots and business blocks belonging to John A. Keith, a former prominent and very wealthy lawyer of this city who was recently adjudged insane and sent to the asylum at Indianapolis. The sale was made by his guardian to satisfy a claim of 27,000, which was against the estate. The aggregate amount realized from the sale to-day was $35,000. Minor Notes. About $400 a month are spent in Valparaiso for lottery tickets. Tho Keating-Wilson prize-fight, which is to be fought near Peru, will probably take place to-morrow. Abraham Creque.an old resident of Montgomery county, nas been adjudged insane and has been sent to the asylum. The total amount of school funds distributed among the several townships in Montgomery county is $35.0,J3.45. C. D. Caughlin was caught between the bumpers of t.wo cars at Corydon, on Saturday, and received injuries that may lrove fataL Capt. P. A. Huffman, of Company B, Seventeenth Regiment Indiana Infantry Volunteers, has been allowed a pension of 20 per month and $640 arrears. The Republicans of Decatur county are already becoming active in the support of Senator Carpenter who is regarded there as the proper candidate for re-election. The bondsmen of ex-Treasurer John C. Graves, of Harrison county, met on Saturday aud resolved to tight tho suit for $00,000 recently tiled against them in the court at Corydon. John F. Denniston, aged fifty-four years, one of the most prominent and iniluential farmers in the vicinity of Sardinia, Decatur county, died, yesterday morning, from pneumonia Captain Samuel Montgomery, aged eighty three years, died at New Albany yesterday. He was the oldest steamboatman on tho lower Ohio and Mississippi rivers, having been pilot and commander for fifty years. Burglars broke into the general store of John P. Albaugh, at Shoals, on Saturday, and carried away several watches. Every drawer was ransacked, but they failed to liud $100 in money stored away in tho corner of one. J. A. Jackson, W. I?. Hallidav, Lillie Thorn, Hettie Cook and C. O. Bobbins, in behalf of the M. E. Sunday-school at Lynn, have prepared resolutions of respect on tho death of May Hubbard, one of tlie teachers and workers. The new officers of the Shelby County Fair Association are: Pjesident, B. 8. Sutton: vice-president, T. A. Cotton j secretary, E. E. Stroup; treasurer, John Elliott; superintendent, William Pond; assistant superintendent, Elston Green. Nine weeks ago Mrs. James Adams, of Valparaiso, had a tooth pulled. The shock precipitated a nervous derangement, and since then the lady has had two to twenty convulsions a day. Local and Chicago physicians have been unable to relieve her of the trouble. The country school-houses in Fayetto county aro suffering from the depredations of tramps, who make them a roost iug-plaeo at night. If tho supply of wood runs short, instead of carrying in more the lazy fellows pile tho stoves with school-books, and in some cases use the desks for fuel. On Saturday, David Ross, an inmate of the Bartholomew county poor farm, was standing near a window, when he was seized with an epileptic lit, and falling against the window panes, broke them and badly cut his head and neck with the glass. Besides the loss of'au eye he received other injuries which are serious. Wm, Goben, of Lexington, t caught a neighbor's dog, saturated it with turpentine, set it on lire and let it run. The tortured brute ran under several wooden houses and sheds, and threatened to set the town ou tire, but was finally killed. There was talk of lynching the man, but he was finally let oil" with a heavy line by the town justice. ILLINOIS. An Orer-Loaded Army 3Iusket Tears a Hole through a 1 Joy's Head, Causing Death. Special to the Indianapolia Journal. Champaign, Jan. 28. Thomas Konally, a boj aged fourteen, living at Rantoul, whilo shooting at a mark, overloaded an old ariny musket. In firing tho recoil tore the barrel from the stock, and sent it backward into his face. The sharp end of the barrel entered below the left eye, passed through the mouth, aud out below the right ear, causing death. Bidding for the Stato Fair. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Bloomixgtox, Jan. '23. Tho executive committee of forty, chosen at a recent meeting of citizens to take in hand tho effort to secure tho location of the State fair at Bloomiugton, met hero this afternoon. Mayor Mason presided. All parts of the county were represented. A resolution was adopted to the effect that a vigorous effort be rjade to secure the fair. Tho county iepresentativcs promi&e $.'.0,000, or one-half of the amount required, and Bloomington will raise tho other half, and obtain what they can from the railroads, both of which have already promised assistance. Representatives of Farmer City, DeWitt county, were present, and, Clinton having given up the fight, they promised to aid McLean county with money aud inllucnce. Ilrief Mention. Oliver Goltra. of Lincoln, is tho father of twenty-three children, all living and in good health. At the election in tho Third judicial district, on Saturday, B. G. Burroughs was elected 'circuit judge. Lyman Graham, of Bloomington, has sold his four-y ear-old stallion. Oneida, to James McLean, of Princeton, for v,000. Six sets of twins were recorded at Taylorsville lust year, while Mr. James Bulger, of that place, has triplet boys, who are strong and hearty. Bloomington authorities have arrested Charles Harding. Buzz Myers, Patsey O'Connel and Al Hemphil for sending threatening letters, signed MWhito Caps'

to disreputable women. O'Connell wa cancht in the act and confessed, implicating the others. Joiah Francis. a;red cicht3-eieht years, one of the old settlers of S-inirmnon countr, died near Springfield, on Sunday. Ho came from Massachusetts to Sangamon county in Among the large families in Piatt county are the Pecks, numbering 150: the Atce. with 125, and the Piatt, after whom tha county was named, with nearly 100 members. m A Serious Hallway YVrcrk. Sax Antonio. Tex.. Jan. 2$. A teniblft railway wreck occurred this afternoon near Plum Creek bridge to a west-bound passenger train of the Southern Pacific. A freight train was partially derailed. A passenger train stopped and was rendering assistance when it was crashed into by the heavy freight train which was following. A relief train, with extra passenger coaches and several physicians left here this evening for the seen of the wreck, fifty miles distaut. The railway otiicials refuse to give auy further in-" formation. Motor Keely Discharged. PniLADELPiiiA, Jan. 28. The Supremo Court to-day discharged John W. Keely, of motor fame. Keely was committed some tim ago because of a refusal to explain his motor to a committee appointed by the. Court of Common Pleas, ihe court's conclusion was that the order of the court commanding Keely to exhibit and explain hia motor was prematurely made, because the case was not fairly at issue. " Obituary Columhus, O., Jan. 28. C. W. Barry, the. veteran actor, was stricken w ith paralysis on the Grand Opera-house stage last niftht and died this morning. The remains will be taken to New York,

Steamship New. Coeeniiaof.x, Jan. 28. Arrived: Sla vonia, from Jsew l ork. Philadelphia, Jan. 23. Arrived: British Ring, from Liverpool. LETTERS FROM THE PEOPLE. Another Proposed Ilald on the Stato Treasury. To t!i Editor of tli Tni!laniwll" Jonrn!: I noticed in the Journal of last Saturday some well-timed strictures on tho proposition to have tho State Legislature douato $50,000. to tho drainago of the Kankakee lands in Indiana, by cutting away or lowering the rock across tho stream at tho St4te lino. Whilo it is admitted that this ought to be done, it is insisted that tho cwners of the land to be benefited by it, and not the State, ought to pay tho ex pense. Without stopping to inquire who is right and who is wrong in this, I desire to call public attention to another raid on the Stato Treasury of infinitely greater magnitude, which, to my surprise, attracts much less attention. I refer to the bills pending in the Legislature, for the relief of the alleged claimants of the bed of Beaver lake in Newton county. I am not personally familiar with all tuo facts, but as I learn them from gentlemen who are conversant with them in all their details they are these: The State becam the owner of the land 8,000 acres, worth 80,000 by grant from the United States in 18TX), to which was added another grant in 1873 by the Baa:e, thus making tho title perfect The claimants, under a pretended title, which they were bound to know, aud did know, was worthless, entered upon said land and made some improvements, and for years used the land as their own, all the time knowing of tho State's ownership of it, and that they were mere trespassers on the land. To settle tho question of ownership, and to establish her rights, the State, some nine years ago, employed counsel and brought suits for the possession of tho lands. Soraeof the suits were tried, andsomo are undisposed of. One was appealed to tho Supreme Court, when every question involved in each and even one of the cases was settled in the State's favor. The opinion will be found in 100 Ind. Reports, nag 435. The legal and moral title to the land is settled in tho Stato beyond question. As 1 have said, I don't et this from personal knowledge, but from those who do know and will vouch for the truth of what I state. These claimants, knowing these facts, and that in the courts everything is decided against them, for the third timo come into the Legislature with the bill referred to, asking that body to deed the land to them at 87 cents per acre, the same lands having cost tho State over $32,000, and being worth $S),000. This is what these modest fellows ask the State to do. Was there ever such impudence! Was ever the raid of these men on the treasury equaled in audacity? Of course, the Legislature will not pass the bill. I dont think these claimants expect it. The Legislature will not vote away eighty thousand dollars' worth of the State's lands to ruen who have not the shadow of a legal or moral claim to the lands or any part of it. Fair Play Xo. 2. Indianapolis, Jan. 29. The Civil vs. the Railway JIall Service. To tli Elitor of tli Indianapolis Journal: A largo number of postal clerks who losfc their position in the service, simply because they were Republicans and were determined to support Harrison and Morton, aro daily watching the result of President Cleveland's order placing the postal eervico under the bands of the civil-service reform act. As you are aware, for three years and a half tho Democratic administration discharged everything within reach that was Republican, supplying their places I refer to tho Panhandle system with a lot of hayseed farmers, butchers and questlonablo pensioners, who, during their six-months' probationary appointment, never passed an examination where the per cent, obtained was more than an insult to petty ignorance. After winking at such violations of the Sostal service as this, and finding himself efeated for a second term, Cleveland ixRzie an order which if President-elect J larrisan countenances, will retain every imbecilo Democratic postal clerk in the service for many 3'ears to come. Kay, more. Thev (the Democratic Clerks) aro loud in boasting that "you good Republican clerks, tired because you wt:r such, will now ta3 out in the cold, because our positions are guaranteed us by the President's civil-servico act." Another case in point: A Republican postal clerk, who has been in the service for many years, is insultingly retired by Dickinson, his ago being over forty-five. Under tho civil-servico art this clerk cannot acain apply for admission iu the service. Is this justice! IsitriKht? Wo think not. All we ask in justice. All we ask tho incoming administration to do is to reinstate us to our former positions. If tho writer of this communication is not seriously mistaken ho thinks President-elect Harrison entertains the same views. A Discharged Postal Clerk. IXDi.ucAroi.iP, Jan. 28. Keport of the Flh Commissioner. Enos B. Reed, State Fish Commissioner, has submitted his report to the Governor. In it ho says there has been a great demand for carp by the fanners throughout tho State He states that it is a very ediblo' fish, and grows probabty faster than any other. It ' is a good breeder, and lives in very shallow water. Ho recommends tho revising of tho lish laws of the State, wnieh. he says, aro verv defective, and under them conviction is almost impossible. A tijng law should be pa&M:d so as to prevent fishing through ice. the uko of dynamite and the ino. It is suggested in the report that $3,000 lo allowed to the commission, or at least i.000, the original amount appropriated to tho fish commission four years .mo. While neiebborinc States are "appropriating from 83D.W0 to $ro.iKW per year to their tith commissions, Indiaua. he says, appropriate $1,000, and even that is not paid up. Ho thinks tho odice ought to bo abolished if it is not given better pecuniary support. Pkown's Exi'KCTOKANr uer fails to cure coimhs, col tin, etc. Price 50 cent", bold by all druggists. Coal ashes ar excellent around peach trees. It hns Iveu claimed tint the Vrer will not attack peach trees if coal ashes ar scattered around the trunks of tho tree - -

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