Indianapolis Journal, Indianapolis, Marion County, 11 February 1889 — Page 1

1 JOU H ESTABLISHED 1823. INDIANAPOLIS, MONDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 11, 1889. PRICE FIVE CENTS.

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A penny saved Is two pence earned Benjamin Franklin. SAVE YODR DOLLARS!

We will save you 20 per cent on E VERY MILE OF (MB Bought of us this week, except OVERCOATS, which we have already marked at strictly wholesale cut prices. We will save you 20 per cent on all GENTLEMEN'S FURNISHINGS, UNDERWEAR, NECKWEAR, DRESS SHIRTS, GLOVES, etc. 0I611LEA6LE 57West Washington St Kankakee Line-Big 44' Railway AJTOTTTETt ONE TO DENVER The following -will explain it if: CHICAOO, Feb. ft, 159. J. TL Hirtin, Esq Dint. Pass. Agt-, C, I, St. L. & C. B&llw j (Kantaiee Line): Dear Sir Commencing February loth Inst, the Caloajra fc Northwestern and Union Pacitto Rail"ays will run between Chicago and Denrer nolld vestifcaled trains, consisting of first-class coaches, dintascars, Warner and Pullman vesttbnled sleepers and free chair can of the latent and most Inxmions -patterns. These trains will run via Council Bluffs and Omaha, as follows: Lve Chicago. &30 p m daily; ar. Omaha l&OOa m daily Ar. Council Bluff, 9:30 a m d'lyj ar. Uenrer 5 a m d ly Paasenffern will be permitted to retain possession ct berths In sleepers until 7:00 p. m. The conveuient hours si arrival and departure of the new train are especially noteworthy. Yours Terr truly, E. P. WILSON, General Passenger Agt. Thua, the Kankakee line can offer its patrons another route over which solid ventlbulod train are Tun. Chicago to Denver. That the Chicago, Northwestern and Union Pacific Kail ways have said this train will be first-class, is enough it goes and the pa sener who is so fortunate as to select this route, will find that these two old reliable lines have, a3 usual, not on!y done what they promised, but have done ynr.re. At Kankakee tioket-oiflee, corner Washington and Meridian ets.. Is the place to secure tickets And bertha for this tram. TIMECAKD. CTSCINXATI DIVISION. .Depart : : 3.55 am 1 0:50 am 3:50 p m 6:26 p m Arrive: :10:40 am 11:43 am 4:55 pm 10:50 pm racixxATX diyisio:. sctat train. v. Depart, 3:55 am iJ:43pm Arrive, 11:50 am 10:50 pm CHICAGO DIVISIOX. Depart- 7:10am osno'n 6:15pm ll;20pm Arrive - 3:30 am 10:35am 3:30pm 6.10pm 'BEE-ME BQUTE' EA.ST .A.3ST) "WEST YOUNO MAN1 Wake np! Tie enereetlc and alive to your own in. terest. Take Horace Greeley's advice and "00 West -via the popular Bee-line to the land of plenty. -Lead the procession and win your way into the blossoming plains of the Oklahoma country, and secure jronrself a home where you can pass the evening of rour life in pleasure, luxury and plenty. The Oklahoma country is about to be opened to the settler. And to reach there in the quickest poft&ible time take tiie popular "Bee-line" via St. Louis and Kanaas City, and in a few hours' time you will be in the promised land of prosperity. TIME OF TRAINS: EASTERN DIVISIOX C. C, C. T. RT. Depart a m, 7:30 a m, 11:15 a m, 4 p m, 7:25 p m, WESTEK DIVISION I. 4 ST. L. ST. Depart-7:25 a m, ll.55 a m, 5:30 p m, 11 p m. Dailt. For ticket. !yplnff-car accommodations, etc.. -all ato. Hate House, No. l.w South illinoU street, nr Union Station. T. C. PECK, Pass. Agt. DAILY WEATHER BULLETIN. Indications. Washington, Feb. 10. For Indiana and Illinois Snow, clearing on Monday; colter; northwesterly winds. For Ohio Su w; colder; northwesterly winds. For Michigan Snow; much colder; north westerly winds. For Wisconsin Clearing on Mondav. except light snow abag tho lakes; colder; noithweterly winds. Local Weather Report. Indianapolis, Feb. 10. 1WJ Bar. I Iker. It. II. WindA Weather. Pre. 30.21 29.S6 OX 33 74 90 S west Cloudless. South Lt. Snow. 0.03 Maximum thermometer, 3S; mlnimnm thermometer, 23. Following is a comparative statement of the condition of temperature and precipitation on JFeb. 10, lbStf: , Jem. Preeip. Normal 34 0.12 Mean. 2j o.03 Departure from normal 5 0.00 Excess or deficiency since Feb. 1... 19 -1.10 llxeesa or deficiency since Jan. 1... 74 1.49 Plus, General Observations. . Ixdiaxapolis. Feb. 107 P. M.

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Station. ST 1 New York city. 00.18 Buffalo, N. Y. . . 30.00 X'hirdelpuia.Pa 30.16 Putsburc. Pa.. 23.5 AVash'ton, D. C. 30.10 Cliarlesfn, S.C. 3aoc Atlanta. Ga 30.04 Jacks'nv'le, Fla 30.04 Pensacola, Jfcla. jt).02 3routKiury,AL 30.02 Vick.4urg,Mlss 30.0s N. Orleans. La. 30.0S Little Kock.Ark 30.0G Galveston. Tex. 30.1s KnAntonio,Tex 30.14I ZUeuipbU. Tenn iw.o-ij iasUvillcTenn Louisville, Ky. 20.00 IndianVlis,Ind 20.80 Cincinnati, O.. 29.91 'leveland, O... 29.92 Toledo, O ;29.ss 3Iarq'ette, M ich 29.78 .St-MariMlch 23.T8 :hicago, ill 20.es Cairo, 111 20.92 urimrfleld, 111. 20.se Milwaukee. Wis 20.f Uulutb. 3linn..hrj.8C 1. rauL 3Itnn.-2J.So MoorehNL Mnnu0.l(M M.Vincnt.Mi n jai Davenport, la.. Dubuiue, la... 29.82 lcs Moines, la. 29.92 M, Louis, Mo... 29.94 Kan' City, Mo 3ao4 t. Kill. Ind. T. 3U.10 Dodce Citj.K'a 30. is Omaha, Neb... 3a06 N. Platte, Neb. VajfnUne, Neb. 30.12 "Yankton. D.T.. 30.10 Yt. Sully, D. T. . 30.0s! Imraarck, D.T.p.20 Ft. Bufonl. D.T.J3X16 P.Arta,r,,L,d,r29.84 Pu'ApelleN.W. boio 3 t,As'nabneI 30.10 Jleieaa. M.T... Ja24 3iClty,I.T. 30.34 Cheyenne, W.T. 30.16 roicKnv.VT Ft. Washakie, W 30.2? iniebio.CoL.... ao.2i PanU Fe,N.M.tw.24 bait Like, Lr- a r mj .. f..uv T TrtlC Of nwiljann X fin. Innti melted snow equals ten luchcs of snow. Rioters Dispersal by Police. New Yornc, Feb. 10. Thirty of tho driv?rswi10 r,cetly rctnrued to work on the JielMin road were discharged to-tlay and their places .hi led with -scabs." who had put m application whilo the strike was pending. About 9 o'clock to-night theso men. with a number of ethers, beiran laying obstructions on the tracks in Tenth avenue! between I wenty-sixth and Thirtieth streets. Th police werw called out. and a number of them boarded a car and secreted themselves, fhu car wag asmiled. as others had been. Tho ofikera charged tho riotous drivers, many of whom received catheads.

WHEN INDICATIONS.

3I0XDAY Snow; clearing to-day; colder. L OOJ-N .L The sting of a bee is only one-thirty-second of an inch long. But when it lights on you it seems to be at least thirty-two feet, and as for its heat and intensity, tho "32nd degree" is "nowhere." "Luk at the purty llv I caught, Pat," said his friend; and tnen in a moment, "Och, how hot his little fut is!" It was a bee. A bee is "business." From that doubtless camo tho saying, "How doth the little busy bceP We can answer that. Ho "doth" it with his little sting. BEWARE THE B. B. means Barker. "Barker" means all this "s'help me grashous" stuff about celling "dose goods for hallu brice." THE WHEN doesn't keep that kind of a B. Its kind is tho busy bee hasybness; and wo are busy at it. We give you a better hat for less money than you can get elsewhere. We undersell all would-b competition in clothes. Come and judge for yourself. THE WHEN Inauguration Silk Hats We are prepared to fill all orders for Spring Style Silk Hats, and would advise parties going to Washington to leave their orders as early as possible. We charge nothing extra for special orders. BAMBERGER HATTER AND FURRIER, 16 East Washington St. Electric Batteries and Belts, Trusses, Supporters, Deformity Braces, Crutches, Atomizers, Optical Goods, Artificial Eyes, and everything in burgxcal Instruments ami Appliances. Wil.ll. ARMSTRONG & COS Surgical Instrument House. V'2 South Illinois street THE FIRE RECORD. Burning of a Large Chemical Establishment, Involving a Loss of 8300,000. Philadelphia, Feb. 10. The extensive establishment of John Wyeth Brother, manufacturing chemists, at 1412, 1414 and 1416 Walnut street, was completely destroyed by fire to-day. The building was gutted, and the loss will be between 200,000 and $300,000, nearly covered by insurance. The lire created the greatest excitement in the neighborhood. Families hastily packed np their most valuable possessions and moved to s.fer quarters. The nrm of Wyeth fc Brother occupied the whole of tho large double marble-front building at Nos. 1412 and 1414, except the front part of the ground floor, which was leased bv Frank F. Morgan, who conducted a retail drug store. The brown stone-front building, No. 1416, was also occupied by Wyeth, tho ground floor bciig used as an extensiou to the salesroom and offices on the second floor, of all these buildings. On thw floor, also, was the stock-room, where the goods manufactured were 6tored until sold, and in the rear part was the packing depart ment. Tho third and fourth floors were devoted to the manufacturing department. The cellars were used for storing tho raw material. By the time tho engines arrived the tire had gained tremendous headway, and, although the building was provided with iron doors and the best devices known for preventing the spread of fire, in less than forty minutes the whole double bnilding was a mass of flames from Walnut stieet to Brighton street, about 150 feet in the rear. A breeze f rOra the east carried the brands toward Broad street, and many fell on the Hotel Stratford, to the great alarm of tho guests. The place was surrounded by firemen, who placed ladders against the eaves of adjoining houses, and, swarming up with lines of hose, soon had several streams of watcrnlaying upon the building. Several explosions occurred, causing tho firemen to run for their lives. Shortly after 2 o'clock the roof of :No. 1404 Walnut street, tho annex of the Stratford Hotel, was discovered to be on tire, creating immediate alarm, excitement and bustle throughout tho hotel. The fire aparatus of tho house was quickly put into service and the guests began packing up their belongings. Tho damage by fire was wholly oonhned to the upper stones of tho annex, tho lower floors, with the curtains, carpets, furniture and clothing of the occupants being damaged wholly by water. The tiro originated in the front part of the cellar of 1412. Its origin is a mystery. Tho theory generally advanced is that two combustible chemicals somehow came into contact and started the tire, which spread rapidly through the crowded cellar. During the progress of the fire the central portion of the double building fell, burying several firemen. Georgo Snowers was taken out dead, and Abraham Savery and Wm. Buzzard injured, tho latter nuito seriously. Wyeth & Co.'s loss on buildings and machinery and stock will aggregate $500,000, on which there is an insurance of overSoOO,000. Mr. Georgo C. Boldt, the proprietor of the Hotel Stratford, estimates his loss on furniture, carpets, bric-a-brac, etc.. at $40,000; covered by insurance. Morgan's loss is $25,000; insurance not known. Other Fires. New York, Feb. 10. Firo broke out in tho Standard Oil Company's works at Con.stablo Hook, X. J., to-night, and tho main buildings and tanks burned for several hours. Tho Kill von Kull and the lower part of New York bay were brightly illuminated. The attempts to quench the flames on tho part of the firemen proved futile. The loss is estimated at between $50,000 and $75,000. Philadelphia, Feb. 10. The bottom dropped out of a pot filled with molten glass, in the glass-works of James J. Murray & Co., this morning, setting fire to the building and doing $10,000 worth of damage. The firm employs 100 persons, most of whom will be temporarily thrown out of employment. Braddock, Pa., Feb. 10. The large dry pods store and residence of W. A. McDavltt. together with their contents, was entirely consumed by lire this evening. Loss, $10,000; partly insured. Tho Murder at Danbury, Conn. Daxbury, Conn., Feb. 10. Simon J. Dillon, who was stabbed and killed early this morning, was twenty-three years old and a son of the "widow" Dillon, who keeps a resort on Ives street. Dillon aud James C. Chambers had just left Mike Bannis's saloon, and were intoxicated. Thev met four men near Still-river bridge, and Dillon got into a quarrel with one of the strangers. Chambers pulled him away, but a moment latter he ran back and renewed the quarrel. Shortly afterward ho fell in front of the Grand Central Hotel, calling for help. Ho was carried into the hotel and died in a fow moments. It was found that ho had been stabbed in tho left breast, a largo bloodvessel being severed. Internal hemorrhage had ensued and proved fatal. Dillon was a professional gambler, and was considered an expert in handling cards. The police think they have a clew to the murderer, but up to this evening no arrest had been made. Handle Challenges Carver. Cincinnati, Feb. 10. Albert Bandle, .of this city, mailed to-night to the American Field, Chicago, an acceptance of Dr. Carver's challenge to shoot a match at 100 live birds in Cincinnati on March 16 for $250 a fide under the Hurlingham rules. Mr. Handle's letter contained a draft for $250 to cover a like deposit already made by Dr. Carver. To promptly and permanently cure rheumatism and neuralgia use Salvation OiL Price S3 cents. ;

BALFOUR'S COERCION POLICY

Despite a Furious Snow-storm, a Vast Throng Assembles in Hyde Park, Where Speeches ArcDelivercd and Resolutions Tassed Denouncing Balfour and the Tory Policy of Coercion in Ireland. Balfour Writes a Letter Which Is Certain to Increase His Unpopularity. The Taris Socialists Present Certain Demands and Say They Must Have an Answer by tho 24th Murdered by a Negro Burglar. COERCION denounced. Great Meeting of O'Brien Sympathizers Balfour Writes a Letter of Defense. London, Feb. 10. Notwithstanding tho fact that a heavy snow-storm prevailed here to-day the demonstration announced to be held in Hyde Park to denounce the govern ment's coercive measures in Ireland and to express sympathy with Mr. Wm. 0'Bricr was successfully carried out. Thousand of citizens, chiefly from the workingmen and radical clubs, attended the meetingi marching to the park through the storni with bands and banners. Speeches wer delivered from twelve platforms. Tho speakers denounced the government gen eraUy, and Mr. Balfour especially. A resolution was put simultaneously at all of the platforms, and carried amid great cheering declaring that the citizens of London cox demnthe brutal policy of coercion, protest against the government's uncivilized treatment of political prisoners, and demand the release of Irish patriots whoso, only crime is tho exercise of the ordinary rights of free speech. The Socialists occupied onf platform, which was decorated with red flags, and at which was displayed a banner with the inscription, "Uemember Chicago." Tho speakers at this platform utilized the occasion to denounce land-owners and the capitalists. Perfect order was maintained throughout tho proceedings, and tho host of policemen present had nothing to do except to regulate traffic. Mr. Balfour has written to Mr. Armitage, at Manchester, a long letter explanatory of the treatment of Mr. O'Brien by the authorities of ClonmeljaiL The Chief Secretary characterizes all of the statements respecting Mr. O'Brien's treatment as brutal, or even as unnecessarily harsh, as downright lies. The letter, although a skillful and elaborate defense of the government, is manifestly written under an absolute misapprehension of the state of public feeling, and is certain to raise criticism similar to that aroused by Mr. Balfour's DubUu speech. It was undoubtedly written with great reluctance and under tho pressure brought to bear upon tho writer by his ministerial colleagues, who are becoming uneasy as thoy realize the position in which the Irish Secretary's recent arts have placed them. A storm is brewing, the fury of which they cannot well escape, and the anxiety of a majority of the Cabinet to shirk respond bility for the government's policy w;th k' gard to political prisoners in Ireland is daily becoming more marked. During tho month of January, as shown by oflicial reports, sixty-eight steamers took twenty-five thousand emigrants to Buenos Ayres. Most of these were Irish, but there was a fair representation of almost every other nationality. A very small proportion of tho total number were skilled workmen. The Dublin press, in commenting on this emigration to South America, deplore tho fact that the greater part of the emigrants were Irish, and warn the government that its policy toward Ireland is rapidly depopulating that island. Dublin, Feb. 10. Father McFadden, of Gweeuore, has written a detailed account of his arrest onthe occasion of which Police Inspector Martin was killed. He had, he declares, expressed his entire willingness to go with Martin when the latter produced his warrant, and. moreover, did everything in hid power to pursuade the people to disSerse, and permit tho inspector to do his uty. O'Brien Critically IU. London, Jan. 11. The Daily News has information that tho condition of William O'Brien is 6uch as to render his recovery very improbable. Tho announcement has filled his friends with anxiety, and increased the general indignation at his cruel treatment. , FKENCH. SOCIALISTS' DE3LV"DS. They Present Resolutions and Announce that an Answer Is Expected by the 24th. Pauis, Feb. 10. Delegates from the Socialist revolutionary societies met at tho Labor Exchange to-day and then proceeded to the residences of Premier Floquet, M. Meline, President of tho Chamber of Deputies, and M. Leroyer, President of the Senate, leaving at each house a copy of the resolutions adopted by the Workmen's Congress at Bordeaux. The resolutions demand a reduction of the daily working hours, the fixing of minimum rates of wages to correspond with the minimum cxEeusesof workmen in each locality, tho proibition of manual labor by pieco work, etc. Extensive polico precautions had been taken in tho neighborhood of the Elysee Palaco and theTalais du Bourbon for fear of an Anarchist riot. Tho services of tho police were not required, however, as no disturbance of any kind occurred. The delegates declared their intention to await upon M. Floquet and the presidents of the parliamentary bodies on Feb. 24, to receive their replies. Similar deputations called upon the prefects of Lyons, Bordeaux and Marseilles and presented their demands. In reply, tho prefects said that the government was already considering many of these demands, while others had no substantial foundation. The workmen, they said, mnst not expect everything to be settled bv Feb. 24. Finally, they begged the deputations to exercise their influence to avert disorder. slain by a negro. A Deadly, Midnight Struggle with a Colored Man Intent on Burglary. London, Feb. 10. Last night Mr. Kent, landlord of the Gloucester Hotel, at Swansea, closed his house at the usual hour, and, with his wife, retired for tho night, locking all the doors, including that of their bedroom. At an early hour this morning Mrs. Kent awoke and heard a soundmadeby the striking of a match. Rousing herself, she saw a negro in tho act of lighting a candle. She woke her husband, who sprang from the bed and grappled with the intruder. Mrs. Kent reached under tho pillow and grasped her husband's revolver, but, the candle not having been lighted, it was too dark for her to shoot at the struggling pair without endangering Mr. Kent's life. With rare coolness tho lady struck a match, lighted the candle, and, again taking up tho revolver, find, the ball striking the negro in the thigh. Tho latterfcllandcrawled under tho bed, howling and cursing. Mrs. Kent then ran to tho door and unlocked it. The negro, seeing the act, came out from beneath the bed. and. seizing a looking-glass, threw it at the woman. It missed her but struck the candle and extinguished it. Iu tho darkness the negro escaped, r.nd when the candle was relighted. Mrs. Kent discovered that her husband had been horribly slashed about the throat and stomach with a razor. An alarm was raised, and, with the iwsis-

tance of those who camo in, Kent was put to bed. He was able to give a description of tho murderer, but died soon after tho eflbrt. By this time the alarm in the neighborhood was general, and thousands of men set out in pursuit of tho negro. At noon a colored seaman named Tom Allen was discovered at the dry-docks with several wounds about his person and his clothes covered with blood. He was arrested, and confessed his crime. His motive, he said, was robbery. He had concealed himself in the bed-room beforo the houso was closed, and bad inflicted the wounds on Kent only in order to make good his escape. A GEIUIAX'S FEARFUL PROPHECY, lie Talks of Coming Cycles of Volcanoes, and Earthquakes and Incidental Storms. Cable Special in Pittsburg Dispatch. A writer in a Paris newspaper has discovered that the name Boulanger does not, as is generally supposed, mean "baker," but has a more heroic derivation from two Greek words, meaning "will" and "messenger," from which tho writer evolves the proposition that General Boulanger is the messenger of the will of the people. A more unpleasant person is ono Dr. Schleider, of Berlin, who claims to have foretold, in 1887, the deaths of Emperors William and Frederick. Ho has just published a ghastly horoscope of tho present year. There is. of course, to be a sanguinary war, and the life of the present German Emperor is to be endangered, both in the months of April and May; but, like most prophets, he endeavors to make a margin for himself by stating that the danger will bo by a fall from his horse, an apoplectic seizuro or a wound. According to Schleider, trouble should have already occurred in France, and if ho be not a false prophet it will not be long before the United States declare war against Germany over tho Saraoan difficulty. These predictions are published prominently in the English newspapers, and have aroused the envy of the British soothsayer, who writes to-day. that a volcanic cycle is due this year and another one next year. These are to bo followed, in 1893. by an earthquake cycle, with a few cycles of storms thrown in by way of variety. General Boulanger has been having a quiet time in the south of France, but is once more in Paris. His house is crowded from morning to evening by all sorts and conditions of men, and the signs just now point to a movement in the Chamber in his favor. Political place-men appear to have finally satisfied tuemHelves that Boulanger is a rising sun, and they are getting ready to worship it. Boulanger has obligingly confided his programme to an enterprisiug

newspaper correspondent. It amounts, in brief, to a Boulangerized version of the American Constitution, with a ten-year presidential term, and a few variations thrown in to suit French tastes. GENERAL FOREIGN NEWS. Evidence Showing that Disrespect for tho Queen Is Spreading in AU Directions. London, Feb. 10. There is a sad want of loyalty displayed toward the Queen by the writers of Christmas pantomimes, which are 6till running at many of the London theaters. The contagion seems to have spread in all directions. At Padstow, a little town in Cornwall, the inhabitants, or some of them, recently laid the foundationstone of an obelisk to commemorate her Majesty's jubilee. On Thursday morning it was discovered that the stone had been shifted from its position, and a cavity beneath it robbed of a bottle full of jubilee coins, which had been deposited there for information of after ages. A man from New South Wales, England's tion newspapers, which have the temerity pnuiisn nis uioynieiiusion.s snuinginat when an Englishman arrives in the colony the first thing that strikes him is the terri ble disloyalty to the British throne. The writer thinks this is quite natural, and adds 10 mo measure 01 nis onense nyiorrauiatinga proposition that there is no reason whyalauywho dwells in a palace 14.000 miles away should have any right to rule over grown-up men. Caught by an Electric Wire. London, Feb. 10. The Admiralty officials have, for some timo past, suspected that a certain attache of tho department, who has been in continuous service for twenty-five years, was in tho pay of outsiders, to whom ho divulged the terms of contracts, and other information. Failing to confirm their suspicions by several means which they adopted to detect him. they attached an electric wire to a drawer containing contracts, a dav or two ago, and were rewarded by catching the suspected man in tne act of abstracting documents, lne culprit was immediately dismissed. Minister Pendleton's Health. London, Feb. 10 Tho North German Ga zette says that a gratifying change for the better has lately occurred in tho condition of Mr. Pendleton, justifying the hope that he will soon personally assume the direction of affairs at tho American legation. Mr. Pendleton returned to Berlin on New Year's day, and the official American overtures regarding Samoa, which were made at tho Foreign Office on Jan. 7, are attributed to his initiative. Foreign Notes. Queen Christina has signed the decree ap--1 1 c I .. tA a poiuinig uenerai ouuunuuca Vapiaiu-gcn-eral of Cuba. The Radicals at Milan made an attempt yesterday to celebrate the revolt of 1853. They were forcibly dispersed by police. Great preparations have been made at Tokio for tno public promulgation by tho Mikado, to-day, of tho Japanese Constitu tion. Snow-storms prevail throughout Great Britain, France and Germany, blocking ;i -i a. as 1 railways ana interrupting leiegrapuic communication. Tho report that Cardinal Ledochowski. primate of Poland, had died at Home was erroneous. His condition was very critical, but ho is now recovering rapidly. The value of the rlunder secured by the mob in the recent riot at Home is estimated at 75,000. The government possesses evi dence that Anarchist leaders fomented the agitation. Father Damien. the heroic priest who has voluntarily thrown his lot with tho lepers of Molokai island, to which they are banished by the Hawaiian government, is slow ly uying 01 leprosy. The governments of the Australian cob onies unite in inviting Canada to send delegates to Australia to consider th question of closer cable communication, instead of Australia sending delegates to Ottawa. Mr. Charles Spurgeou has sent a letter to his London conereiration savini that he will soon see them again, and that his limb is improving, though he cannot use it yet. His long absence, he says, shows tho vitality of the church, which ho declares will remain a power for good when he has departed. 4 A beauty show is to bo opened at Nice, on the ICth of March. The beauties are to parade in the Municipal Casino every even ing, and are expected to dance with all comers until the small hours 01 the morning. Everybody must be in evening dress, and an tne ladies who do not wear a domino will be regarded as competitors. A London financial journal has made the i -I! . 1 . , T" aiarmijg uiscovery mat monarcny in luropo is in danger of dying out, owing to tho increase or lunacv in tho royal families. This paper says more than twenty princes and priucesses have been under medical treatment for mental disease, and the number displays a tendency to rapid increase. The troublo is attributed to close intermar riage. Gov. Church and the Dakota Legislature. BiSMAncK, Feb. 10. In a message to the House of Representatives, Governor Church yesterday attacked his predecessor bitterly, and the Legislature returned the attack with equal warmth, and then postponed their formal answer till Monday, to get it in better shape. After sending his message he closed up his office, which is considered as a direct snub bv the Legislature, then in session, and could not be found by the offlcers ot tne Mouse, as nis message was con

sidered very insulting, there has been much talk about the matter, and the indications

of action looking to his prompt removal by the incoming President are very pronounced. It is held that the closing of his oflico while the Legislature was sitting is sufficient ground for asking for hi3 immediate dismissal. THE SAMOAX CONFERENCE. Mr. Sewall Thinks the United States Will Suffer Because of Its Being" Held in Berlin. Washington, Feb. 10. Mr. Sewall, late consul-general at Samoa, talked freely today in regard to tho proposed Samoan confcrenco at Berlin, and, among other things, he said: "Consider tho genesis of tho con ference it is proposed to renew. It was summoned by our Secretary of State; it as sembled at our capital on the acknowledged basis of an equality of rights of tbeso three treaty powers, of which we were the first. Its object was the preservation of Samoan autonomy, upon which all our national and commercial interests in Samoa depend. "While the conference was yet unconcluded, with no notice to this government. German shins came to Samoa and took pos session of the islands in violation of the understanding on which the pending negotiations were proceeding. If the conference is to be renewed at all. it shouldbe renewed under conditions as favorable to us as those which attended its initiation. The status ante conferendum should be iirst restored. and Malieto. for whose deposition we are morally responsible, should be returned from exile, and it should meet here, where it was interrupted, and where our repre sentative would be freo from tne peculiar influences now at work at Berlin. But, were tho suggestions of Mr. Bayard in his letter to the German minister made conditions precedent to the reassembling of the conference, wo might even tuen enter upon tne conierence wiin something of our national dignity saved. Mr. Bayard suggested a truce in Samoa; he does not insist upon it, The position maintained in the conference by Mr. Bayard has not, I believe, been criticised. That the independence of tho islands should be maintained, and equality of rights of commerce and navigation secured for the sub jects of tho three treaty powers, was agreed upon. Uur rights are not enlarged by this, but only confirmed. But, having sej.. ... . cureu inis recognition ox our rignrs, Air. Bayard rested. "And it is becanse of this because, pend ing the conference, he submitted to the violation of theso rights that he has been criticised, even by Mr. Bates, upon whose recommendations Mr. Bayard's entire con tention m the conference was based. Mr. Bayard did not resent this action of Ger many, accompanied as it was by tho ruin of our trade and outrages upon our citizens and Hag, as bad as those which have recently stirred the country. It isbecause he ha 8 suffered the violation of those rights which he was the first clearly to assert, and because thus our prestige has been irre trievably weakened in the racinc. that Mr. Bayard is criticised. Had Mr. Bayard, through the President, called the attention of Congress and the' country to this German action, the same sentiment which is now aroused would long since have averted the distressing condition of affairs that now confront us in Samoa and render difficult, but at the same time necessary, further negotiations. Nobody desires war which is not necessary. Nobody proposes annexation." Mr. Sewall was asked if ho knew anything of Mr. Coleman, our charge d'affaires at Berlin, who is, it is stated, to conduct our negotiations. Ho replied: "I do not; only. mat rnnco Bismarck speaks Highly 01 him." THE RACE QUESTION. General Lee Takes Exceptions to Some of the Criticisms Made by Northern Newspapers. Baltimore, Feb. 10. The Sun's Rich mond (Va.) special, to-night says: "Allud ing to the comments on his recent interview on the race question, by some Northern papers, Governor Lee to-day said: 'Some of tho Northerners don't un derstand nor appreciate the full scope of this question as it concerns the South. We are friendly to tho negro, but social equality among tho whites and blacks is out of the question. No intelli gent white man of reputation in the Soutn will think of such a thing. One New York paper assumes that tho Southern negroes do not desire such a condition of affairs. Why, Langston, the negro candidate for Congress, in his re cent speeches in boutn Carolina, was onito pronounced on this subject. Tho counting of the negro vote in States and cities whero tho race is in tho majority 6imply means a domination of such community by tho negroes, and that would force all the whites to sell all their property and go elsewhere. Such an nnr i 1 ... r v , 4 ionunaxo conumon 01 inings couiu noc benefit the balance of tho Nation. There is no way to meet this grave question but by the local governments themselves. 1 do not believe that General Harrison thinks any federal legislation can meet this emer gency. If he does ho will soon find out his mistake. General Harrison is a strict partisan, but I don't believe he has any idea that he can force upon the South any legislation that would not be meted out to the North.' "Anditor Ruffin. who was present, said: T believe that trouble will grow out of this race question.' Well rejoined tho Governor, 'if it must come, let it come" LE CAKON'S MILITARY CAREER. ne Was a Bugler in a Cavalry Regiment and Was Afterward Commissioned a Lieutenant. Philadelphia, Feb. 10. Inquiry here shows that tho claim of Lo Caron to have been a major in the Union army and to have served in General Anderson's and General Buell's body guard is false. He was mustered into Company A, Fifteenth Pennsyl vania Cavalry, as a bugler, on Aug. SO, 1862. and promoted to chief bugler on Nov. 1, 18G3. Tho company was recruited with the intention of acting as General Anderson's body-guard and was known as tho Anderson troop, but Gen. Anderson was or dered to another part of tho country beforo the troop left Carlisle. It was then direct ed to act as a body-guard for General Buell, but he was removed from command befora the troop reached him. Lo Caron continued as chief bugler until Sept. 13, 1S04, when he was promoted to second lieutenant of the Thirteenth Regiment United States Colored troops, and further promoted on March 24, 18C5, to first lieutenant of the same regiment, in which position he remained until Jan. 10, 1800, when he was mustered out. He has not corresponded with any of the offices of tho Fifteenth Regiment since the war, but they recollect him very well. They deny his right to the title ot major, and ascribe his promotion 'to the lieutenancy of the Thirteenth as due to the scarcity of officers for colored troops, and not to any particular ability or bravery shown by him while acting as chief bugler. m m Charged with Misappropriating Funds. City of Mexico, Feb. 10. Louis neller, concessionaire of tho Lower California branch of the International Company, is accused by the stockholders with misappropriating funds and the authorities have ordered his arrest, but ho has concealed himself. The complaint was presented by Emilio Velasco, for the American stockholders. President Diaz is personally proceeding in the matter. Great denouements are expected. Steamship News. London, Feb. 11. The steamer Rhaetia, from New York for Hamburg, passed tho Lizzard last night. New York, Feb. 10. Arrived: La Gascogne, from Havre.

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Tlio President's Action Causes Much Comment by Washington Politicians. The Administration Men Claim that a NumUr of Republican Senators Have Agreed to Yote for Thompson's Confirmation. Movement in Favor of Congressman J. R. Thomas for Secretary of tho Xavy. Deinocats Not Wholly to Blame for the Delay in the Elliott-Smalls Case Prospective Row Between Oberly and Mr. Vilas. EDGERTON'S HE3IOTAL. Friends of the President Claim that Thompson's Nomination W1U He Confirmed, Bpecl&l to the Indianapolis Journal. WASnixGTO Feb. 10. The removal of Civil-service Commissioner Edgerton was almost the sole topic of comment to-day. Administration men say the President secured a sufficient number of Republican Senators to guaranteo confirmation of Thompson beforo the removal was decided upon. So far, j-our correspondent has been unable to find a Republican Senator who says he will support the nomination, although there are some who go so far as to say they might as well vote for Thompson's confirmation as that of any other Democrat, since tho law requires that a Democrat shall bo on tho board, and that the worse the Democratic nomination is the Detter for the Republican party. Others maintain that President Harrison should be permitted to pass upon the Democracy of tho Democratic member of the board, since the appointee is to serve under tho now administration which will come in within a fortnight, or a week after action is taken on tho nomination, and President Cleveland has assumed to pass upon the Republicanism of" District Commissioner Webb and others. They hold, further, that if Thompson, who has nothing except pontics to recommend him for the place, is desired by President Harrison the latter can very easily nominato him; and furthcr,.that if President Cleveland had thought that tho new administration would have looked with favor upon Thompson, he would not have nominated him. A caucus will be held by tho Republican Senators for the purpose of agreeing to action or non-action upon the nomination. If it is found that there are Republicans who are inclined to vote for confirmation, the fact that tho President removed Edgerton because tho latter wanted to honestly enforco tho civil-service law in the face of opposition by men highly connected with the administration, will not operate to the benefit 01! Thompson, who has had his strikers out for weeks working in tho interest of his confirmation and scheming to oust Edgerton. Something of Thompson's political antecedents will bo learned by the Senate beforo action is taken. COXGKllPSM N TI 1 021 A S. lie Is Very Strongly Indorsed for the Position of Secretary of the Nav$-. Special to tho IndlauaioU Journal. Washington. Feb. 10. Cabinet gossip in Washington was to-day confined to Representative Thomas, of Illinois, for the Secretaryship of the Navy. It was announced on Saturday, and repeated in to-day's local papers, that intimations have been given Captain Thomas that his name was being seriously consider ed by General Harrison, and that he might crcct an invitation to visit Indianapolis. To-night Senator Cullom mailed to General Harrison a very formidable indorsement of Captain Thomas. It was prepared by the Senate of the State of Illinois, and signed by every member of that body, Democrats alike with Republicans. It was also signed by all the leading Republicans in Thomas's district, and some of the Ktate officers. It aras countersigned by Senator Cullom, who added his own personal indorsement in th strongest possible language. The memorial, after setting forth his military record, calls attention to the fact that Captain Thomas has served five terms in Congress, and has constantly been a member of the committer on naval afiairs; has made a 6tndy of naval construction, and is eminently qualified for the position; that he would have been continued in Concress as long as he desired to bo a meraberof that body had it not been for tho fact that ho was in very bad hcaplt at the timo his convention met, last spring, and he insisted that ho sbould not be renominated; that his health had been fully restored during the past few months. A number of Republican members of the House have written personal letters to Gen. Harrison strongly urgimr his appointment, and Wharton Uarker and other well-known Republicans of Philadelphia and New York aro also among his indorsers. TOE SMALLS-ELLIOTT CASE. The Failure to Consider It Does Not Rest Entirely with Democrats. Special to the Imlianauolis Journal. Washington, Feb. 10. Robert Smalls, of South Carolina, the colored pilot who ran tho transport Planter into our lines during tho war, and who waa a candidate for Congress in 1886 from tho Seventh South Carolina district the black district has been for twenty-three months prosecuting his contest against Elliott, to whom was issued the certificate of election. The committee on elections submitted two reports, the majority sustaining Elliott; the minority, in a report of marvelous strength, finding in favor of Smalls, and setting forth in detail facts which show clearl that, at least in ono district in the South, a fair and free ballot and an honest count cannot be had. Three efforts have been made to call up tho case for action. With the exception of conference reports, an election case is one of the highest privilege, and yet legislation of minor importance is permitted to displace it. Upon a vote of consideration, justice demands that it bo said that the failure to consider this contest does not rest entirely with the Democrats. Mr. Crisp, of Georgia, an ex-confederate soldier, chairman of tho committee, has called tho case up three times. Once, at least, its consideration was defeated by Republican members, who voted to consider tho river and harbor bill instead of the Smalls contest. The right of a member to his seat is ono of tho highest consideration and privilege. Smalls is a colored mnn, who ran iu a colored district, where, if there is a Republican vote in it, tho majority is not lec than twenty-live thousand. The refusal to consider this case and decide it upon its merits is anoutrace infinite npon Mr. Smalls and the whele colored race inth South. The Republican members will rind it diilicult to permit all the important appropriation bills to be passed and thus remove all obstacles to Filibustering before they compel consideration of this contest. Every consideration demands that i?inalls be permitted to have his case heard at length, in order that the Houe and. th country mav be fully advised of tho crime against the "ballot and colored race whieh have been committed in the Seventh Carolina district, whereby a man who wa ncl