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THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 1889

JbaTsbeen purchased, in order that the number of packages might be increased, nd now the annual quota is about seven thousand packages to each member of tho House, aua last year's distribution "was largely of turnip seed, because turnip sod can bo fnrnished at the rate of about 1 cent a package. The newer varieties of grass, which might be tested with material benefit to the farmers receiving the samples, have heen sent out in almost infinitesimal quantities; of millet, for instance, there wer only twenty-six quarts used last year. Repeated attempts have been made to do away with this abuse, but they have all failed, and it was only last week that the tirst step in the direction of this reform was taken. On motion of Mr. Burnett, of Massachusetts, the seed clause of the appropriation bill was amended by providing that hereafter seed purchased shall be distributed through the State agricultural experiment stations. Mr. Hnrnett was loaded with figures, and astonished some of his associates on the committee by tho information he: gave them concerning the manner in which city members dispose of their seeds to those who live in rural districts. He did not expect his amendment to be adopted by the committee, but was agreeably surprised when he found that it had a majority. SINGUAIt TENSION CASE.

Th Application of a Dependent Mother Shovrs Her Son's Death "Was Due to a Joke TTashiBxtoa Post. Th most extraordinary pension case that has ever hcen before the Pension Office was decided last week. It was the Application of a dependent mother on the death of her son in the line of duty." The soldier was in a Vermont regiment and at the front. A supply train had been captured by the command he was in, and among the stores were several barrels of whisky. The heads of the barrels were broken in and a general rush for the contents was made. "First come, first served," was the rule until the whisky began to run low, and an effort was necessary to dip it out. The soldier, for whose mother a pension is claimed, was one of the late comers, and ho had to lean over the side of the barrel to reach down with his tin cup for a drink. In a spirit of deviltry some of his comrades lifted his beels and threw him into the barrel head Urst. lie remained in that position, to the jrreat delight of the fun-makes. When everyone had enjoyed the supposed joke the victim was drawn out by his legs," and then it was discovered that ho was'dead. He had been drowned. The fumes and the hock of the whisky dip had strangled him. The mother's loss was the same as 'if her boy had been killed in battle, and as he "was in the service when he died, the claim of death "in the line of duty" was set up. with the hope that the Pension Otlice might allow it to pass, considering her necessities and the loyalty of her boy, who had volunteered in pure patriotism and for love of his country. The Pension Office clerks, however, do not make the laws, and whatever their sympathies for the poor mother might be. or the kindly feeling excited by , the ghastly humor of the claim, they had to consider that their decision would bo reviewed bv a board of government pension lawyers. The claim was, therefore, rejected. 3ITNOR MATTERS. .The Presidential Coachman Denies that lie Intends Taking Service with Cleveland. Spedil to tho Intliinaolis Journal. Washington, Feb. 3. Albert Hawkins, who has been the coachman for tho President of the United States for these many years, feels very much aggrieved at the publication of a paragraph throughout the country announcing that he intends to leave his official position and f o with tire Cleveland when they leave the White House. This announcement has not only caused him considerable mortificatiou, but it has suddenly brought down on tho President-elect a number of applications from persons who desire the position, and . has caused Albert considerable alarm. He says that he knows of no more honorable "vocation for a colored man than to bo coachman for tho President of the United States, and ho points with pride to the fact that he has driven six Presidents for twenty-three years, and has never met with an accident. Distressed Over Ills Defeat. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. . Washington", Feb. 3. It is stated on the Democratic side of the Senate that Senator Saulsbury, of Delaware, is almost heartbroken over his defeat for re-election. Ho has passed his three score and ten years of life, is a bachelor, and eeems to have made up his mind that he would spend the remainder of his days in a position which he neither ornamented nor made useful. He also tinds hiraelf cut to the quick because ho is succeeded bv a Republican, when the State has been Democratic almost since his , boyhood. Senator Saulsbury regards tho turning over of Delaware to tho Republicans as being due, in a measure, to his own conduct in the Senate, as the Republicans had as a shibboleth in tho campaign. Down with Saulsburyisn." Almost any day Senator Saulsbury can be seen pacing the floor on tho west side of the Senate chamber; his head hangs heavily forward, .ind his eyes are strained toward the carpet; 3iis hands are upon the small of his back, and he is in deep and solemn meditation. He shows his distress more plainly than any other man who has been defeated for re-election in tho last political deal, v JIcKlnley Would Not Accept. Special to tt Indiana iolU Journal. Washington, Feb. S. Representative McKinley, of Ohio, has put an end to tho use of his name in counection with the formation of President Harrison's Cabinet, by Ftating. this evening, that he positively .would not accept . any Cabinet position. He says he is a candidate for Speaker of the Fifty-tirst Congress, and believes he will be elected. Ho prefers that to auy other position just at this time, and says that he does not want to permit any opportunity to have his name bandied around in the general gossip relating to tho formation of the Cabinet. Tree "Ad" for Grover. Washington, Feb. 3. President Cleveland will return to the State of New York to reside on the expiration of his term of office, and will, on March 5, resumo tho practice of his profession in New York city, Jiaving associated himself as counsel with thelawrinnof bangs, Stetson, Tracy fc McVeagh. General "otes. Special to til It.a:;: ... Washington, Feb. S. Postmaster Aqnilla Jones and A. H. Johnson, of Indianapolis, are at the Ebbitt. They are hero to look after the claim sent to Congress yesterday lor the money stolen from the money-order fund recently. Miss Mary M. Steele, of Indiana, has been promoted iu the Pension Ollice from $1,000 to .51.200 a year. To-day's Herald says: "Miss Orth. of Indiana, is visiting Miss Bessie Hill, of this city. At the Thursday German Club, tho United States Assembly and the charity ball. Miss Orth was the recipient of much attention from the gentlemen. She is very handsome, being above the average height, and isa perfect type of blonde beauty." 3iiss Mary Gay Robinson, of Indiana, has been promoted from $1,000 to $1,200 in the Patent Otiire. W. G. Piatt, of Indiana, resigned his clerkship of Class 2 in the office of the Commissioner of tho General Laud Ollice last week. -Mr. Representative Owen, assisted by Miss Doolittlc and Miss Burke, will receive in her rooms at the Maltby ou Monday from S to 6. A large meeting of Indiantans was held at Grand Army liall last night. It was decided to hold a reunion of Indiana people at the National KiuVs' Hail on March 8. The entertainment committee was given full power to make the necessary arrangexnents. Cant. Thomas II. McKee, of Logansport, and B. M. Klliott. of Rochester. Ind.. were elected by the Department of th Potomac Kncinipment, Grand Army of the Republic, rep.eseutatives to the National Kncampmeut. to meet in August next at Milwaue , Wis. To-day's Capital says that President-elect Baxrisou is negotiating for a country seat At A venal. Montgomery county. Maryland, which is ten nub s northenstof Washington, on the Metropolitan branch of the Baltimore Ohio railroad. Array ofUcers in this city, especially those ca duty at tho War Department, are expect

ing a general shaking up before Secretary Endicott goes out of office, and thero are rumors that lightning might strike the office of Judge Advocate-general of the army, because the members of that corps were particularly effective in trying to thwart the wishes of the President regarding the retirement of General Swain. Senator John Sherman secured a building permit on Saturday for the construction oi thirty houses on Capitol Hill. THE VESUVIUS UNDEE FIKE.

HcAdoo Eulogizes the New Vessel, While Hr. Boutelle Ventilates Some of Her Faults. Washington, Feb. 2. On motion of Mr. Springer, the House insisted on its amendment to the Senate bill for the admission of South Dakota, and Messrs. Springer, Dames and Baker, of New York, were appointed as conferees. Mr. Hatch, of Missouri, from the committee on agriculture, reported the agricultural appropriation bill, and it was placed upon the calendar. Mr. Houk, of Tennessee, asked unanimous consent for the nassago of a bill tor tho relief of Georgo Turner, of Tennessee, but Mr. Gore, of Texas, omected, -vherenpon Mr. Houk gave notice that no unanimous consent would be given to requests preferred by gentlemen on the other side. Mr. Clardy, of Missouri, called attention to the fact that the conference report on tho Nicarauguan canal bill, as printed in tho Record, as incorrect in several particulars, and a reprint was ordered. The House then went into committee of the whole (Mr. McCreary, of Kentucky, in tho chair) on tho naval appropriation bill. Mr. Herbert, during his explanation of tho provisions of the bill, was especially eulogistic of tho dynamite cruiser Vesuvius, and stated that enough had been shown to demonstrate that dynamite guns were to be very efficient weapons, especially on land. hether they would be equally efficient on the sea was not yet assured. Mr. McAdoo, of New Jersey, said that the thanks of the people of the United States were duo not only to the present head of the Navy Department, but to the committee on naval affairs, for the efforts they had made to build up the navy. The recent troubles iu Samoa, ho said, had made the country painfully aware of the needs of the naval service of the 8400.000,000 wasted in wooden shins and smoothbore guns. It had been made humiliatingly aware of its inferiority as a naval power to the least of the naval powers of Europe. The rights of American citizens had been disregarded by a foreign nation. Our flag had been ruthlessly trampled upon by an invading host upon a peaceful island. Mr. McAdoo paid a high tribute to the inventive genius of Representative Thomas, of Illinois, as evinced in the designing of a cruiser that promised to excel any boat of like size ever built in Europe. So far as the Samoan question was concerned, the first thing which Congress should do wasto ascertain all the facts. Americans had been taunted with vaunting themselves. It was unnecessary for us to do that. It was unnecessary for us to indulge in the rattle of jingoism and declare what we would or would not do. The world knew that wo could do, and the world knew what we could do when necessary and he wanted the world to know that we would not boil when it was not necessary. If American citizens had been outraged, if American property had been injured, if any American right had been infringed, then it was the duty of this government, in the name of our people and strength, resolutely and calmly, but stubbornly, to assert that right and resurrect the privileges taken from us, oven if we do it at the cannon's mouth. He regretted that Prince Bismarck had seen nt to follow ( the roTarious colonizing policy of othsr European nations to encourage strife among the people of a country they desired to acquire and then, undercover of protecting their own interest, step in and steal the land which God had given to the people of tho country. Bismarck seemed to have made up his mind that it would be to the advantage of Germany to take these islands. Perhaps we could not have had anything to say to that under ordiuary circumstances. The United States was not a knight errant going about the world to succor distressed and oppressed people. But we had a treaty with the people of Samoa. Mr. McAdoo then briefly sketched the events that had led up to the late disturbance in Somoa. He 6aid that on the Emperor's birthday, tho Germans plied the Samoan natives with strong drink. In the row that followed a German's nose was broken by a native, and in twenty-four hours the commander of the German war-ship had demanded 1,000 for the brokcu nose, and 10,000 for depredations committed on Germau plantations a year before. The king said that he did not nave the inonej'; that he wanted to tind the man who had broken the German's nose. The Germans did not have time but the depredations had been going ou for a year. In twenty-four hours they had deposed one king, set up unotheraud taken the Held. And that was what the Europeans called "aiding the cause of civilization and the Christian religion." He was not astonished that adherence to the Christian religion had not been augmented. But the United States had treaty rights and interests in Samoa. and when the German war-ships opened tire it was the duty of tho American government to have protected the honor and dignity of the United States with all tho power of our people, lie believed that Bis marck had very wisely retreated from his position. Mr. McAdoo said there would be no war unless we lay down and let Bismarck walk over us. The remedy for these insults would bo found in a strong navy. e could not permit the growth ot mon archical institutions in South America. We could not permit the wholesale- and un justified acquisition or iorcign power in that country. Mr. Boutello referred to the Tecent trial of tho Vesuvius, and while hoping that she might be as successful as she was claimed to be, he drew what he termed a striking contrast between tho treatment accorded the two vessels of ditfereut political paternity tho Dnlnhin and tho Vesuvius. The trials to which the Dolphin had been sub jected had been extraordinary and in 6tnk ing contrast to those.to which the Vesuvius had been subjected. The Dolphin had been tried iuhy equipped for sea and battle. The Vesuvius had been tried not only short one hundred tons of coal but without any weights on board to represent what she won hi be required to carry when lit for actual service. It had been stated to him that tho machinery for the vessel was too liirht. He had been told that on the tirst prelimi nary trial the Vesuvius had broken a valve. There had been no report of that. He had been told that on her second preliminary xnai sue nau oroKen ner main vaive gear. He had heard no comment upon that. He had been told that on her tirst official trial she had completely broken one of her lireroom blowers, andthat on her second offi cial trial she had broken her air-pump gear. It was strange that no comment had been made on defects such as these. Tho reason for it was au obvious one. The explanation was dear. It was found in the fact that the Republican papers and Republic nns generally had not been desirous of uslug the hypocritical methods which had been employed by tho Democrats to break down tho reputation and tind fault with tho vessels built under a Republican administratiou in the ship-yard of John Roach. He had been mlormed that on her iirst trial the Vesuvius had been tested over a four-mile course andhad failed. He had never heard of an official report of this case. He had been told that on her eecond trial, the course had been cut down to two miles; and she had again failed. By request of the extractors the last trial had been made in de-p water, and a trial of speed made in deep water, generally meant a trial of speed far away from tho shore, and a trial of speed made far away from whore might possibly furnish more latitude for an estimate of tneprogress of the vessel than would bo furnished if she were running along a canal. He had been informed that the speed test applied to the Vesuvius had not exceeded twelve minutes. The test for tho Roach ship had been a six-hour trial. While in the trials of the Dolphin it was made a special subject of criticism that water had to be put on some of her journals because they were heated, he had been informed by an eyewitness that when the Vesuvius finished her trial trip, her tire-room wa an his informant expressed it. like a Turkish bath. Mr. Herbert denied that there had been any unfairness in relation to the trials of the Dolphin. An amendment was adopted appropriating $100,000 for the establishment of a coaling station at Pagopago. Samoa. The bill was then reported to the House and passed. The postonice appropriation bill was reported and placed on the calendar. The Senate, bill was passed for th relief of the occupants of the town of Flagstaff, A.T. Adjourned

INMAM AKD ILLINOIS NEWS

Indignant Scott Raj Promises to 3Iako Trouble in the Senatorial Election. Farmers and Their Wives Listen to Jratters of Interest Fatal Outcome of a Fractical Joke A Man's Mysterious Death. INDIANA Scott Tl&j Says He la the Rightful Candidate for State Senator and Will Stick. Special to the IndianapoUa Journal' Siielbyville, Feb. 3. The Benatorail fight in Shelby and Decator counties is assuming peculiar shape, and has already developed into a three-cornered fight. "W. S. Ray states positively, to-night, that he is a candidate, and will not withdraw. He claims that Cortez Ewing is not the legal nominee, asthe Democratic joint committee had no right to act and that as he was legally nominated before the election in November, he is still in the field. Carpenter is still on the track as the Republican nominee, while the Prohibitionistshave selected Milton Jeffras, If Kay continues as a candidate the Republicans will carry the district by a largo majority. Miami County Farmers1 Institute. Special to tli ImtlADapolis Journal. Peru, Feb. 2. The first regular meeting of the Miami County Farmers Institute occurred in this city this afternoon, at the court-house, and the attendance was so large that many were unable to gain admittance, and f arexceeded in attendance the most sanguine wishes of the projectors of the institute. A largo proportion of the audience were farmers' wives and daughters. The attendance, together with the general interest maintained, relative to tho various topics and features of farm life and prosperity, gives the assurance of abundant success of the movement. Various topics were discussed and papers read, and notable amoug them "Whv it Pays Farmers to Hold County Institutes," by John Joyce; "Poultry," by Dr. Robinson, of Fort Wayne. The principal address of the day was on buttermaking, bv Miss Busick, of Wabash, who is an adept at the art, and whose remarks elected much applause and tho closest attention. The next meeting, of March 2. presents interesting features. Notably, nrizes amounting to $180. for the three lan add Ind in the State to organize these meetings, and it is noted that Muncie, Priuceton, Anderson and Vincennes have similarily organized. Prominent men of the institute and acttve workers in its success are tho president, Jas. Cunningham; J. W. Pierce, secretary, and Lewis Pond treasurer. . Ixftt Ills Life by a Practical Joke. Evansviue Special. George Heidel, a young farmer residing about nine miles below this city, lost his life in a most singular manner. Adjoining his farm was that of William Tompkins, a negro, who for several days past has been engaged in clearing up a new ground, cutting away the timber and preparing for spring. Knowing him to bo very superstitious, Heidci resolved upon a practical joke, and last night, about 7 o'clock, stationed himself at a point in the woods where he knew the negro would pass, covering himself with a white, ghostly garment, and secreting himself for his victim. In a short time Tompkins came along with an axon his shoulder, and Heidel rushed from his cover, making strange motions from beneath the sheet. The negro, in his fright, struck out with the ax, splitting the head of the unfortunate joker squarely open to the shoulder, and. of course, killing him instantly. Tompkins then rushed away, never realizing that he had killed a human Kafni. tw1 hoonn .inn. l.un oil-. Va nf. fort has been made to arret him, as tlurv deed was done iu a moment of great fright. A Child Kidnaped. Special to tit Inliana;H!!s Journal. Columbus, Feb. 3. The people of Elizabethtown, Bartholomew county, are excited . over the kidnaping of the twelve-year-old daughter of Scott Elzea, a resident of that , place, one day recently. The first wife of, Mr. Elzea was a Miss Emma Lamb, by whom he had two children. Ho was divorced from the woman several years ago, and she removed to Kansas City. By tho divorco decree. Mr. Elzea was granted tho custody of tho children, and they have been living with him at Elizabeth town. The oldest child was the one kidnaped. On the morning on which it was taken its mother arrived in this city from Kansas City, and, procuring a vehicle, she drove to Elizabethtown. where she succeeded in decoying tho child to tho buu:gy, and brought her to this city. She left the same night for Kansas City with her daughter before she could be intercepted by the husband, who will tako steps to recover possession of his child. Why Lafayette Cannot be Itedlstrlcted. Special to the ImlianapoUt Journal. Lafayette, Feb. 3. There is a disposition in the City Council to redistrict or reapportion the wards of this city, owing to the fact that one-third of the vote cast in the six wards is in reality in the Fourth ward, but a singular dilemma arises. The law provides that before wards can be redivided there must be presented to tho council a petition asking that this be done, which petition shall be signed by thirty resident property-holders. Now, it so happens that in the Second ward, where lX) votes are cast, there are but three properholders who are residents. The principal hotels are in the Second ward, and tho bulk of the business houses, but the people who own the propertythere live in other wards. How can the city redistrict under these circumstances? Kuccesftful Revivals In Miami County. Special to the Indianapolis Joarn&L Feru, Feb. 8. The revival meetings at the Methodist Church in this city, Rev. Seanions, pastor, continue daily, afternoon and evening, with unabatedinterest. With possibly one exception, many years ago, there has never been such a religious awakening and such intense interest manifested. Three weeks' work shows new accessions to membership numbering 190. The meetings will bo continued indeiinitelv. The same denomination at Gilead snows 0 accessions; Bunker Hill, 70, with meetings in progress also at Xenia and other points. Tho Baptist and Presbyterian meetings here are also highly successful. Family l'olaonedby Eating: Canned Teaches. Auroka, Feb. 2. The family of Jacob B. Ebbinger, consisting of seven persons, partook of canned peaches at supper on Thursday night. All were taken critically ill soon after. Last evening two children. aged eight atid ten years, died in preat agony, ine other memoersoi ino iamily nru atill rrnetrut1 'I'hnrnrnnor i invnalt. gating the matter. Minor Notes. Leonard Hoefling committed suicido at Madison, on Saturday. Woodward Thompson, aged fourteen, was instantly killed by the cars at Fort Wayne, on Saturday. James Abbett, of Franklin, aped seventyeight years, has not taken a drink of water for over sixteen years. A young sou of James Van Buskirk, of Iiamsville, was drowned in Eel river Friday night while skating. Mrs. J. II. Douglass, a pioneer of northern Indiana, died suddenly, at Elkhart, on Saturday, at the age of eighty-two. The woodenware factory, at Martinsville, employing about one hundred men, resumes work this morning, after a seven weeks' shut-down. The G reensbnrg postoffl ce was bnrglarizcd the other night, but th' thieves were frightened away after securing a few articles of little valu. In a general fight at West Shoals, between Dili Gray, Kov McCarty and Wm. Cannon, McCarty indicted i terrible wound over Gray's left ey by throwing a twopound weight at Him. Cannonthen knocked McCarty to the floor, but that worthy

jest delegations of farmers sons, ana an ress on "Tho Farm" by tho editor of the iana Farmer. Miami county is the first

gTabbed a large cheese-knife and drew it across Cannon's neck, nearly severing the jugular vein. Tho wounded men may re cover. Alsa Arrowsmith, aged eighty-five, died at the residence of his son. near Tuscola, I1L He was a pioneer of Newport, Vermillion county, where ho was buried ou bunday. The Jeffersonville, Madison k Indianapolis railroad depot, at Walesboro, llartholomew countv. was destroyed by tire, last Friday night. The buildiugwas an old structure, and of little value. On Saturday, near Mount Vernon, Samuel Fletchall, a section man, went to sleep on a hand car. A freight train came along, struck the hand car, and crushed the man's head so fearfully that he died iu two hours. Thomas Squires, one of the oldest citizens of Pawpaw township, Wabash county, died at nis home, yesterday morning. Deceased was father-in-law to Howard Squires. The funeral will take place from the sherifTs residence, on Tuesday. While excavating a trench at the Fort Wavne water-works, on Saturday, Win. Gaskell, George Screen and Thomas Maley were buried underneath an avalanche of earth. Gaskell was fatally crushed and the other two men seriously injured.

The Standard Oil Company's large tank at Laketon is still leaking, aud contaminating the waters of Silver creek ana Eel river. The farmers who have been in the habit of getting their ice supply from them are making vigorous complaiuts in consequence. While searching for a bottle containing whisky, at a Terro Haute drug store, ou Saturday, Nicholas Reese, an aged German citizen, ran across an aconite bottle, which he put to bis lips aud drank of its contents. Physicians say there is a prospect of his recovery. The ladies of Fort Wayne 6omo months ago established a library, placing onu of their number in charge. Nine hundred books have been secured, aud there are constant additions, vrith the enterprise so far proving an abundant success. The stockholders of the Boone County Fair Association have elected the following officers: President, J. M. Ball; vice-president, James Coombs; secretary, E. G. Darnall; treasurer, 11. F. Coombs; general superintendent, Geo. W. Norwood. Ang, 19 to 23 was fixed for holding the next annual fair. Joseph T. White, of Richmond, is the owner of an old-fashioned brass wall-sweep clock, manufactured in Kendall, England, in 17C0, and which has been owned by members of his family continuously to tho present time. It has required but little "tinkering," and is still a reliablo .timekeeper. The Pern postmaster is holding a letter, roperly stamped, addressed to 'Our Dear pord, iu Heaven," and, while he knows it must go over a "star" route, still he does not know how to dispose of it. To relieve himself of responsibility, however, he will forward it to tho dead-letter office at Washington. Professor Zaring. of the Spencer nighschool, tendered his resignation, being called to England to look after the affairs of the late Lord Oliphant, who was a relative of his wife. Professor Zaring will be accompanied bv his wife and sister-in-law, and tney will remain in London until spring. It is their purpose to spend next winter in Syria, and it is possible they will be abroad for several years. ILLINOIS. Mystery Surrounding the Death of a Man Who Was Taken Home by Companions Special to th ImlInioll JnrnU Champaign, Feb. 2. Frank Sevier, a well-known man here, with a family, and a brakeman on the line from Champaign to Decatur, died mysteriously this morning. He came in on the train last night, and it is alleged he was drinking last night. At 4 o'clock four companions took him to tho home of his mother, where he died in ten minutes. Many rumors are afloat as to the cause of his death, but none are subttantiated. The inquest was postponed Luutil to-morrow. Uriel" Mention. Andrew Fcaherely committed suicide, at Mount Carmel, by taking poisou. Family trouble was the cause. William Whitstein. who was accidentally shot by his brother at Alton three weeks T 1 A 1 A i 1 1 ago wnue out miming, is ucau. Several cases of glanders among the horses in the vicinity of Galesburg are reported by tho State Veterinarian. Joseph Lee, a young man living near La Harpe, was killed last Friday by a falling tree while he was at work in tho woods. Kimball Boehelder. au old resident of I?ockford, wandered away from home last Thursday night, and when found was terribly frozen. In a recent quarrel at Lincoln, John Artebum, a teamster, struck James Nichols, a farmer, on tho head with a sledge hammer. Nichols is not expected to live. Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Gehau, of Elgin, wore overcome by escaping coal gas last Friday night. They were found in an unconscious condition at noon tho next day, and may possibly recover. W. C. Organ, a railroad man, charged with having robbed the store of G. W. M. Gordon, of Springlield. of $000 on Jan. 24, was taken back to that city, Friday night, from Des Moines, la., where he was arrested. Seymour Fox, a wealthy fanner near Bclvidere, is suing the Merchants' Retail Commercial Agency, of Chicago, for $10,000 damages, lie charges it with wrongfully publishing his name in the list of those who tail to pay their debts. A remarkable union revival has been conducted at Bethany during the past few weeks by the Methodist and PresDvterian congregations. Oue hundred and hftyseven conversions have been reported and the services still continue. A big jubilee meetiug was held Sunday. Recent deaths: At Rockford, Isaac F. Davis, one of the oldest residents of the Northwest; at Monticello, James .Shepherd, aced seventv-seven; near Hammond, Alfred Macy, aged seventy; at Centralia, Mrs. Mary S. Irish; at Leon, la.. James H. Brown, a prominent merchant of Howe, who was visiting at the former place. Mr. Fope Was Not in Imminent Peril. Jacksonville:, Fla., Feb. S. Frank Pope, the attorney engaged in securing evidence in the contested electiou case of tnc Second congressional district, returned from Madison to-night. Ho gays that tho reports of danger to his life by lynchers have been greatly exaggerated. A public meeting was held at Madison, upon nis arrival, tho object of his visit being erroneously supposed to be the arrest of citizens and their ?rosecution in the United States court, 'here was no outbreak, however, or any actua preparations for violence. Mr. Pope will return to Madison, on Thursday' next, and resume his work of collecting testimony. Accident on a Motor Car Line. DnxvEit, Cob, Feb. 3. A car on tho Berkeley motor line, at North Denver, became unmanageable to-day while running down a steep grade, and on reaching the bottom jumped the track and was smashed to pieces. Tho passengers were all more or less injured. The most seriously hurt are: John Berry, fatal internal injuries; William Greenman, conductor, spine injured, fatal: Otto Brohmer, thigh and arm broken; Mrs. J. R. Thomas, head cut and thigh dislocated; unknown woman, arm broken. Cremation ?iot Popular In Baltlmore Baltimokk. Md., Feb. 3. That cremation of the human body is not regarded with favor in Baltimore Is evidenced by the cause of the resignation, to-duy, of Benj. Horwitz as president of the Cremation Cemetery Company. Four years ago, Mr. Horwitr says, when the company was formed, it was thought the movement wonld . be sufficiently popular to raise $15,000 for a crematorium in a year, but after every effort it has. even at this late day, been found impossible to secure little more than one-third of that. Bis Failure In Canada. Toronto, Ont, Feb. 3. Valancey E. Fuller, of Hamilton, has made an assignment. The liabilities of the estato amount to nearly milliou dollar?, and the assets estimated considerably lower. Shelton Fuller, of Woodstock, President Bethuue, of the Dominion Bank, ind J. Bruce, of Hamilton, are trustees. 1 TnE most remarkable cures of scrofula on record havi ben accomr ished by Hood's Sarsaparilla. Try it. Sol; i by all druggists.

RIOTING EI "SEW YORK CITY

Sharp Encounter Between tho Policeand a Mob of Strikers and Their Friends. The latter nave Their Own Way for a Short Time, but the Officers Are Reinforced and Speedily Disperse tho Law-Breakers. New YonK, Feb. 3. A riot occurred on First avenue, near Thirty-ninth street, this afternoon, during which a number of persons were injured by bricks aud stones, and officer Brennan narrowly escaped a bullet that was fired from the roof of a tenement. The trouble began with an assault by the crowd upon some cars upon the Thirty-fourth-street branch of the Third-avenue line and some of the Forty-second-street line. The streets wero finally cleared by a large detachment of police under Inspectors Byrnes and Steers. The avenue had been crowded all the morning with people who were in an angry mood over the strike. Some boys playing in the street, about 1 o'clock, rolled a truck from the curb across tho car-track. The solitary officer in tho vicinity drove the boys away and caught one of them, whom betook to tho station-house. AVhen the officer returned the crowd had increased in numbers and in viciousness. The bluecoat was received with a shower of stones. At the same time the mob seized some trucks and upset them upon the track, blockading a Thirty-fourth-street car. This car formed a target for stones and bricks, and its windows were quickly demolished. The passengers, among whom wero some women, fled in terror. Meanwhile the officer had rapped for assistance, and the Sixteenth-street precinct reservu was on its way to the scene. The mob was busy dragging trucks, stones, logs and all sorts of obstructions from neighboring stone-yards, wood-yards, etc., ana piling them on the tracks. Thousands of men, women and children shouted approval from the windows and roofs of the tenements which lined the street. When the reserve came up they were pelted with missiles both from the rioters and from the people on the roofs. The police force was too small to make any impression on the mob, and more help was summoned. Some of the passenSers in the car had been hit and bruised. ne old lady wa3 hurt and was cared for in a neichboring drug store. A shot which narrowly missed policeman Brennan crashed through a wiudow of the car on which the officer was riding. It went clear through the car, but fortunately no one was seated in its path. The shot seemed to come from a house, and some of the officers broke Into the building, but could find no one on whom to fix the guilt. A big stone from a roof smashed through the top of a Forty-second-street car that was in the blockade. The stones were growing more plentiful and the crowd more demonstrative, when a carriage containing Inspectors Byrnes and Steers dashed around a corner into the mob. The officers jumped out and began to ply their clubs. At the same time two patrols hurried around another corner. The men jumped out, formed in line, and swept down upon the crowd. In ten minutes the avenue was clear of people, all of the rioters having been driven down the side streets. The policemen remained stretched across tlje avenue to keep it clear. Some men on the roof of No. 607 threw bricks, one of which crushed the helmet of au officer. The officers made a raid, and after climbing several flights of stairs, found the roof deserted. The offenders had found refuge in other tenements. This ended the trouble, and, except for the occasional throwing of a brick from some yard or other place of concealment at au otticer, there was no further disturbance. Cars were kept running on the avenue until 7:30 p. M. There was no trouble of note on any East-side line during thedav. Nothing of note occurred on the Vest-side lines to-day. The Broadway, Fighth-avenue, Seventh-avenue and Belt-line companies made no attempt to run cars. The Sixthaveuue line cars were kept running until S:30 p. M., when crowds began to gather at point3 along the roads, and the outlook was so threatening that the cars were hauled olf for the night. Already an ugly atfray had occurred iu Carmine street, one of the cars having its windows smashed and tho police scattering the mob with some difficulty. , Father McGlynn's Parish Divided. Nkw York, Feb. 2. St. Stephen's Roman Catholic parish. Dr. McGl vim's old parish. has been divided by Archbishop Corrigan, and a new parish formed lorm the eastern part. The new parish will run from Twenty-fourth to Thirty-third street, and from the east side of Second avenue to the East river. It will be in charge of the Carmelites from Whitefriar 6treet, Dublin. The Provincial, the Very Kev. John Bart ley, has been in town some time, making tho arrangements for introducing his order into tho archdiocese. The site of L. V. Conover & Co.'s iron foundry, on Twentyeighth and Twenty-ninth streets, between First and Second avenues, has been bought for 870,000 as a site for the church. It includes seven lots four on Twenty-eighth street and three on Twenty-ninth street. The Carmelites will administer spiritual consolations to tho Catholic patients in BeUevuo Hospital. The Kellojrjr Murder Recalled. CniCAGO. Feb. 3.- The death-bed confession of brakeman Schwartz's wife, whoso husband is now serving a life sentence for the murder of Nicholas Kellogg, a Rock Island express messenger, was made public to-day. According to Mrs. Schwartz's statement, her husband gave her $13,500 of the money. This money was afterward, on order from Schwartz, turned over to Colonel Bowman, of Philadelphia, Schwartz's attorney. W. A. Pinkerton claims to have evidence which goes to substantiate the woman's charge apainst lawj'er Bowman. The lawyer denied the charge. Mrs. Schwartz was, some time aco, repudiated by her husband. She died of consumption within the past few days. The expenses of the funeral were defrayed by the Pinkertons, who saw that the woman was cared for up to the time of her death. Steaui&hip News. New York, Feb. 8. Arrived: England, from Liverpool. Queenstown, Feb. 8. Tho steamship Servia, from New York for Liverpool, arrived hero this morniug. Lon'POX, Feb. 3. The City of Chicago, from New York for Liverpool, was signaled off Brow Head this morning. The Harrisons In New York. New York. Feb. 3. Russell Harrison arrived at tho Gilsey House to-dav. Ho aud Mrs. Harrison and Mrs. McKeo dined at tho residence of Mr.'Whitelaw Reid. It is said at the Gilsey House that Mrs. Harrison will probably leave for home to-morrow night or Tuesday morning. The Usual Reply of the Free-Trader. Detroit Tribune. Free-trader What are you building up heret Manufacturer A tin-plate industry. It will require millions of capital and givo employment to thousands of laboring men. Y ree-trader Yes. but you can't make tinplate hero as cheaply as they do in other countries w here Manufacturer Where labor is cheaper, you mean. Then, according to your theory, we must stop all manufacturing in this country or reduce the price of labor hero to the foreign standard. Ehf Free-trader You are a millionaire monopolist, a protection blood-sucker, a heartless fat-fryer, and I'll never buy an American tin-pail as long as I can get an English one you vile oppressor. A Two-Edged Boycott. Peoria Tranncrlpt. It is said the young ladies of Aledo havo resolved to boycott all the young men who drink whisky and chew tobacco, and the latter, iu self-defense, have determined to not keep company with a girl who chews gum or wears a hustle. It will be easy enough to tell when a girl chews gum, but a bustle well, that's different, you know. Women as Aj.lstant Pa tor. Boston Traveller. One of the large churches in Manchester, N. H., has a lady as assistant pastor. Her duties are to make pastoral calls, visit the Bick. and such general work as will relieve thejmstor. One of theprosperous churches of Concord is considering the question of adopting tho plan

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Absolutely Pure. This powrter nrer vatle. A mtrrrl of pnrtty strength and whoiesomcnw. More economical than the onlinary klnrt. and cannot l ol.l In competition with thraultlfnrtof low-tit, nhort-weiaht alam or phofphate povrtprs. Sold onlv in cans. ltjTAIj BAKING POWDER CO, loft WaU X. Y. LETTERS FKOM THE PEOPLE. . Not Specially Atrocious. . - To the Editor ot Hi Indianapolis Journal: There is nothing in the murder of JolTu M. Clayton, of Arkansas, eo exceptionally atrocious that it should causa more than a passing notice. Mr. Clayton was a man of culture and a white man, but he was a Republican, and ex-Senator McDonald Ions ago enunciated the doctrine that it was not because those who had been murdered and 1 mistreated in Louisiana were negroes, but because they wero Republicans, that they had suffered at the hands of their Democratic neighbors. Mr. Clayton had no claims to exemption from the treatment common to Republicans because of the color of his skin or because of his respcctabla family connections. In fact tbo manner of his murder was less than ordinarily revolting, and more than ordinarily justifiable. Only a few weeks before that the settlement of Freetown, La., a negro settlement of fifty or more families, all indnstriousand prosperous, but all Republicans, had been broken up by a mob of white men, headed by a deputy sheriff. Not only were men snot down, but women and children were murdered in cold blood, or driven from their huts, and the huts burned, for no other reason than that the settlers were growing rich, and were supporting school and churches; and wanting to vote the Republican ticket, while Mr. Clayton was shot in his hotel, through the window, in quiet and respectable manner, dying instantly. After his death his body was properly cared for and his family left undisturbed, quite in contrast with tho fate of the colored Republicans of Freetown. There was nothing specially atrocious in the fact or in the method of his murder, and it all cornea in complete harmony with a paper in the February Forum, written deliberately in the United States Senate chamber by John T. Morgan, one of the Senators from Alabama, the substance of which is. negro majorities shall not rule in the South, winding up with the sentence: "This will not be expected of tho South neither will it be done." There was more than ordinary justification in the murder of Mr. Clayton. First,he was a Republican, and he had been elected to Congress, but his Democratic competitor had secured the certificate of election. Forgetful that white Republicans had no more right to live than colored Republicans, he had the temerity to contest the election. He was engaged in that, and had already secured so much important evidence of fraud that the House would , undoubtedly givo him his seat, whereupon he was shot on the spot. That is a short way to empnasize air. Morgan s t onim doctrine, that negroes meaniug Republicans shall not rule in tiie boutli. But what is there in this murder that is one whit difterent from Democratic methods in Indiana! Of late no Republican has been murdered outright for political purposes, but whole counties have been disfranchised by a more reprehensible method than the shooting of Clayton. The highwayman who overpowers his victim and not only robs him but disables him for life, is really more to be despised than tho burf;lar who kills that ho niay steal. Tho deiberate disfranchising of the Republicans by the infamous gerrymander is even more atrocious than the murder of Clayton. It was done deliberately and under the forms of law. There was no blood shed, but the victim was left bound, hands and feet, for all time a more cruel fato than to be shot by au assassin. Hut this is not the worst pliaso of theso political assassinations. Good men, so called, approve them and make themselves parties to them by gladly and readily sharing in the proceeds of the robbery. Not a white preacher in the South dares to open his mouth against the murder of Clayton, or the mnssacre of the blacks at Ireetown, or the other methods used to prevent the Repub licans gaining power, but they make themselves parties to the assassinations by gladly appropriating the proceeds, jnst as good men heaven save the mark! in Indiana chuckle over the fato of their disfranchised neighbors and refuse to aid in removing the cords which bind them. They even indorse the revolutionary measures of those who have control of the Indiana Legislature, through the political assassination wbich has disfranchised the majority. If there is any difference, the good people of Arkansas, who silently appropriate the results of such atrocities as the murder of Clayton and rejoice in it, are more to be despised than the assassins who fired the grins that killed him; and w nre the good people of Indiana, who cheerfully appropriate the proceeds of the political assassination, more to be despised than the men who perpetrated tho outrage in their name. See. Terhaps Green Smith Authorized IU To the KUtor ot tho InrtlanapolU Journal: By what right or license does cx-Govemor Gray occupy a rowm at the State-house, first floor, west of tiie dome? Does he havo this rent-free room, by reason of having once been Governor of Indiana! If so. why are not other ex-Governors accorded liko privileges? Why isnlt ex-Governor Porter given a room there? 1W tho way, when 'olonel Robertson was Lieutenant-governor, ho was not given a room, or. indeed, allowed to 6tep foot in tho building. V k n y Old s l usciub eil . . IifDiAX AroLis, Feb. 1. American Corn and Pork In Norway. BJornstJern BJornson, In February Harper. As the greater part of the corn and pasture land is situated on tho hill and mountain sides, its cultivation is necessarily arduous and expensive; and for every rive years the farmers generally rount upon one bad year, sometimes two. lither too much rain spoils the crops or early frost nights destroy the corn and potatoes, lint' the" people do not lose heart; they try again, when thev havo forests or tishcry, they make good their losses from the.e .sources, or they carry ou more extensive bhecp and cattle-fanning by ine.ins of their great mountain pastures than tho farm otherwise could support The Norwegian peasants live frugally, but. notwithstanding this, their farms a re generally mortgaged. Thev cannot commete with tne great corn-producing count ries, especially since America has begun io supply the markets of the world with its enormous productions of corn and pork. Many are. now trying to confine themselves to shejep and cattle-fanning only; but the change involves much expense, and the character of the people docs not diposo them to easilv relinquish the labor of tilling tho 6oil; it is tho noblest. m m Coal That India Ha. Lonflon Truth. One hundred and live collieries are now open in India, which, among them, raised nearly 1.400.000 tons of coal in lSs. It is not sovery long since the chief Indian covcrnment geologist said that he was prepared to eat all tho coal that was ever louud in India. A nt attku of choice Whether to nfTir. '25 cents lor Dr. Hull's Cough yiup and