Indianapolis Journal, Indianapolis, Marion County, 12 February 1889 — Page 2

THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY. 12, 1889.

such as are incident to the discharge, in a body, of laborers, whose means of gaining their livelihood are thereby cut off, and who, in their desperation and distress may resort to violence and bloodshed. It is understood that it has been deemed wise by the authorities of the United States, Great Britain and other nations bavins large numbers of their citizens employed on tho Panama canal to arrange for brin trine them home, in case of wholesale discharge,and not to suffer them to remain on the isthmus in destitution and want. To provide for this, the amount of tho appropriation was increased from $100,000 to 250,000. There was but slight opposition to the pasBase of the bill. . After a number of appointments, favorably reported by committees, had been confinned, the question of removing the injunction of secrecy from the proceedings in connection with the consideration of the British extradition treaty, was taken up. To this there was considerable opposition, and the discussion occupied tho greater part of the session. The motion, however, finally prevailed, and to-morrow the record of the proceedings, covering a period of two or three years, will be furnished the press. The executive clerks Bay it will take them a day to go through the journal and make np the complete statement. PAWNING GOVERNMENT PROPERTY. IIow a Democratic Office-Holder Raised a Small Loan. Washington Special to New York Tribune. The old saying that there is honor among thieves doesn't hold true of Democrats. The way in which a certain class of Democratic appointees in the departments cheat one another makes glad the heart of the Republican "holdover." The Patent Office, boasts of a chief of what is known as the assignment division," one Kelly by name, who has held bis place in spite of private scandal and public disgrace, under promise made by an Indiana Senator that so long as the Democratic party was in power he 6hould be provided for. This representative of Indiana Democracy long ago exhausted his credit here in Washington, but to-day there came out a story of his latest financial exploit in raisingthe wind that certainly has the merit of originality. General Vance, Assistant Commissioner of Patents, is one of the most confiding nld gentlemen that ever sang a hymn, or decided a case three different ways in succession as the attorneys for the one side or the other got at him. So when his Democratic brother, Kelly, approached him with a story abont some special work he must have done Dutsido the office, the benevolent old gentleman rendilv siirned an order allowing the

aforesaid Kelly to take a Kemington type writer, valued at 100, out of tho department. When Kelly had tho machine outlido the building he straightway hied him to a pawnbroker and put it up as collateral for a small loan of 817. Now, the Patent Office employes are waiting to see General Vance sten 110 to the Captain's office and settle with Cncle Sam for the hundred dol lars' worth of missing property, for which he must be held responsible. Knmor hath it that Kellv added insult to injury by of fering to sell his venerable superior tho Tawn ticket for 20. on the specious plea that it would be cheaper to give him 10 and then redeem the pledge than to spend a hundred in buying a new type-writer for a stingy government witn a Jiundretl millions of surrlns in the'treasurv. This performance throws into the shade that of an other Democratic subordinate who recently got the General to indorse his note for $lo0 and then forgot to pay it. The 4th of iiarcn ana a inurement to ine nuiei norm Carolina woods, will, it is hoped, give Gen. Vance a chance to repair the inroads made by these Democratic brethren upon his bank account. MINOR MATTERS. A Statement Showing the Colossal Dimensions of the Aqueduct Frauds. Washington, Jan. 11. The Star publishen the following: "Startling revela tions are made in tho experts' reports upon the character of the work in the aqueduct tunnel. The extent of tho fraud is almost beyond conception. The committee in charge of tho investigation was in session, to-day, reading the report of the experts. They disclosed a state of rottenness tnat tne committee nad no idea of, notwithstanding all the newspaper ex posures and tho facts stated in the previous testimony. Hundreds of feet of the ma sonry is without packing, and spaces were found in many places where a man, by leaning forward a little, could walk for 100 feet on ton of the brick rch. It is estimated that it will not cost less than 750,000 to make anything out of the tunnel. It is understood that the com mittee, in their report, will hold Major lyaecKer responsible." Nominations and Confirmations. Washington, Feb. 11. The President to-day sent the following nominations to the Senate: Norman J. Colman, of Missouri, to be Sec retary of Agriculture; Adelai E. Stevenson, of Illinois, to be associate justice of tho Supreme Court of the District of Columbia, vico William M. Merrick, deceased. The Senate confirmed a number of army and other appointments this afternoon. Among them were Joseph C. Breckenridge, to be Insnector-creneral: Svdnev L.. Wilsmi to be pension agent at Washington, and 1 fioinas J. Anderson, of Iowa, to be asso ciate-justice of the Supreme Court of Utah; Lieutenant Wm. A. Hacker, assistant paymaster-general, with the rank of colonel; ttT-general, with tho rank of lieutenant-colonel; E. P. Johnson, of Utah, iudsre of pro bate, Boxelder county; Joseph D. Jones, of U tan, judge of probate, Utah county. It is Known that Stevenson's nomination was wholly unsolicited, and that the President's action was a real surpriso to General Stevenson and to his friends. His personal popularity among tne Kepublicaii members of Congress, as well as the Democrats members, favors his confirmation, and it is hoped by his friends that the iudiciarv committee will report the nomination favorably. A report of this kind would doubt less be adopted. Trying to Head Off the Green-Goods Men. Washington, Feb. 11. A voluminous substitute has been reported to the Senate for the bill passed by tho House to prevent the use of the mails for the purpose of swindling by what is popularly known as the "green goods game." The substitute makes it unlawful for any person to use, or to induce another person to use, the mails for the pnrpOiO of defrauding by tho negotiation or sale of pretended counterfeit money or securities, under penalty of a fine of SoOu or imprisonment for eightee'n mouths. or both. The use of a lictitious name or address for this purpose is also made unlawful and subject to the same nenalties. It is made the duty of the Postmaster-general to instruct postmasters that where the question of identification of the receiver of letters believed to be of the character m question is raised, they ehall summon said receiver into their presence, and if th identification is not satisfactory, his letters shall be sent to the dead-letter oftice. Letters of this kind are declared to be unmailable. Decapitated by Secretary Vilas. Special to the Indianapolis Journal Washington, Feb. 11. John Lee, of Crawfordsville, who was appointed upon the recommendation of Senator Yoorhees, soon after the advent of this administration, to be superintendent of Indian schools in a section of tho far West, has been removed by Secretary Vilas. Lee is tho father-in-law of Maurice Thompson, well known throughout Indiana, and his official iecapuauonwiu create surprise. Secretary Vilas was requested, this afternoon, bv Kepresentative Johnston to state the charges npon which .Air. Leo was removed, 1 A. AU. . A. A A 1 uui luey aio uut lurxucoming. . Lonj;street 3 lay Succeed Rosecrans. Special to tli Indiana io 1U Journal. Washington, Feb. 11. A report comes from Gainesville, Ga., that General Longstreet, the famous Confederate chieftain, is to succeed General Rosecrans in the office of Register of the Treasury, a position that does not require much energy or ability. and whoso duties consist in writing his lgnaiuro at tne uoitom-oi treasury notes, drafts, warrants and United States bonds. KezLstci in tLu cJUicX book-keeper ot

the Treasurv also, and has three or four hundred clerks under him, who are trained to their work.

Approved by the President. Washington, Feb. 11, The President has approved the act to enlarge the powers and duties of the Department of Agriculture and to create an executive department to be known as the Department of Agriculture. The act constituting Columbus, O., a port of delivery, and an act to provide for the deposit of the savings of seamen of the navy; the act to abolish circuit court powers of certain district courts or tne United States, and to provide for writs of error in capital cases, became laws without the President's signature. Inefficiency of the Civil-Service. Washington, Feb. 11. The Secretary of War to-day transmitted to the House a statement of the Chief Signal Officer of the army setting forth the very unsatisfactory condition of the signal corps and tho inefficiency of the present lieutenants of that corps, uen. Greelv urges the passage of a re-organization bill for the improvement of the service generally. General Notes. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Washington, Feb. 11. Chester Bradford, of Indianapolis, is here making a canvass for the commissionership of patents. It is rumored to-night that A. J. Kelley, of Terre Haute, chief of the assignment division of the Patent Office, has been removed from his official position, to take effect on the 15th inst. C. W. Fairbanks and wife, of Indian anolis, are here. They called upon President Cleveland and Mrs. Cleveland this after noon, and then went to the Capitol. The Speaker to-day appointed Representatives Ermentrout. of Pennsvlvania. and Maker, of New York, to act as tellers for the House in counting tho electoral vote next Wednesday. Senator Stockbridcro has nronosed an amendment to the sundrv civil bill appro priating $20,000 for the establishment of a trout-breeding station on Lake Erie. Bond onerings to-day at the Treasury De partment aggregated 53,000 four-and-a-halfs, all offered and rejected at 1.09 1-4. Colonel Lamont said to-night that the po sition he would oecupv after tho 4th of March was that of president of the Avenue U fetreet Kailroad Company of ISew ork city. OBITUARY. CoL Henry J, Iluut, Governor of the Solpiers Home at Washington. Washington. Feb. 11. Henrv J. Hunt. retired, governor of the Soldiers' Home in the District of Columbia, died at 10:20 o'clock this morning from a complication of uiseases. ne was m nis sixiy-ninin year, and was appointed governor of tho liomo about four years ago. Colonel Hunt was born in Detroit, Mich., Sept. 14, 1810. His grandfather, Thomas Hunt, served as a colonel in the Revolu tionary war, and his father, Samuel W. Hunt. a3 a lieutenant in the regular army. Colonel Hunt fought through tho Mexican war, and was twice promoted for gallantry. Ho was wounded at tho capture of tho City of Mexico. Ho was promoted to major on May 14. 1801, and commanded the artillery on the extreme left in the battle of Buil Kun. After successive promotions he was appointed chief of artillery of the Army of tfio Potomac, and on July C, 18tl, was breyetted major-general of voluntees for "faithful and highly meritorious services." At Gettysburg it was General Hunt who concentrated tho artillery tire upon Pick ett's famous division and almost annihilated it. He was retired as a colonel in 1883, and appointed governor of tho National Soldiers Home in this city. Albert P. Charles. Special to tlio Indianapolis Journal. Seymour, Ind.. Feb. 11. Hon. Albert P. Charles, a well-known attorney and a prominent Mason, died at his residence in this city this morning 01 congestion of the , - I " A. 1 A-1 - J 1 ' lungs, coinpucaieu wun acuic aiuuiuinun.i, aggravated by organic heart trouble. Ho was aged forty-nine jears. Albert T. Charles was born in 1S40, at Lowell, Mass. He graduated from Dart mouth College in 1804, studied law, and later was admitted to practico in the New Hampshire Supremo Court. In 1SC7 ho re moved to Seymour, Ind.. which was his residence at the time of his death. For six years he staved as Mayor of Seymour, and for nine years he was a member of tho Board of School Commissioners. In 18i0 he was the Kepublican nominee for Con gress in the third district, and ran ahead of his ticket, although failing of election. Mr. Charles was specialty prominent in Masonic circles, his knowledgo of the laws and usages of the order making his services in great request bv the grand bodies of the State, which always placed his name on the most important committees. In fact, his private business was largely interfered with in the discharge of these duties. During 187S-79 ho was illustrious grandmaster of tho Grand Council lioval and Select Ma. rs. In 1S8.T-S4 he was grand high priest of tho Royal Arch Chapter, and he was grand master of the Grand Lodge from Ma, 1SS4, until May I860. He received tho Scottish Kite degrees, including the i2d degree, in Indiana Consistory, and he was given the Sod degreo in September, 1885. He was eminent commander of Columbus Commandery, No. 14, in 18S8. and he was an honorary member of Paper Conimandery, KnightsTemplars. Air. Charles possessed genial and kindly qualities that made him a favorite among his acquaintances. He was a witty, oil-hand speaker, aud never failed to bring his audience in sympathy with his subject. Mr. Charles was married to Miss Belle C. Thurston, of Seymour, in 1874, who, with three, children, survive him. Other Deaths. New Yoiik, Feb. 11. A cablegram to the Catholic News of this morning announces the death of Cardinal John Baptiste Pctra, who was tho second in rank in the Sacred College. He was born at Champferguit, France, on Aug. 1, 1812. Ho was made Cardinal March 10. 18G3, and was one of tho six sullragan bishops of the Roman Fontiff. Carlisle, Pa., Feb. 11. Tho death of Edward Crall, business manager of tho Harrisburg Call, occurred in this city to-day, after two weeks illness. The cause of his death was blood-poisoning, due to excessive cigarette-smoking. Washington, Feb. 11. Tho Navy Department is informed that Pear Admiral Chandler, commanding the Asiatic station, died at Hong Kong from an attack of apoplexy. Daughter of Colonel Anthony Drowned. Leavenworth. Kan. Feb. 11. Susie R,' the sixteen-year-old daughter of Col. 1). li. Anthony, and Edwin Pierce, son of C. B. Pierce, were drowned, early this evening, while skating on a pond on the farm of J. C. Stone, four miles south of tho city. Two companions, Grace Phillips and Harry Jewett, were also thrown into tho water, but by strenuous efforts their lives were saved, but the two first mentioned sank before aid reached them, and were dead when taken out. Miss Anthony was a niece of her namesake, Miss Susan B. Anthony. Red-Nosed Alike Found Guilty, Wilkesuarue. Pa.t Feb. 11. The trial of Michael Rizzola, alias Ked-nosedMike," the notorious murderer of Luzerne county, was resumed at 9 o'clock this morning. The evidence being all in and the arguments closed, the judge charged the jury, and at quarter past 12 the jury retired. In just one hour it filed into court again and returned a verdict of murder in tho first degree. Tho prisoner heard the verdict unmoved, and was remanded until next Saturday, when sentence will be passed. Postofflce I lob bed of ft 7,000. Little Rock, Ark., Feb. 11. A big postoftice robbery was committed at Amity, on Saturday night. The otlice is kept in tho store of W. C. Hayes, who is also the postmaster. Thieves entered the window, blew open the safe with powder, and abstracted $7,000, part of which is government funds and part Mr. Hayes's money. A postollice inspector has stated f or the scene. 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A Wabash County Merchant's Story of Robbery Doubted by His Creditors. Jlelon-Growers Combining $2,000,000 for Muncie Damages for Removal from Office Sudden Deaths Untimely Baptism. INDIANA. Creditors of a Merchant Who Claimed to Have Been Robbed Making Trouble. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. WABAsn, Jan. 11. Last Wednesday Chas. B. Ogden, a prominent young merchant at Laketon, Wahash county, created a sensation by claiming that he had been robbed during tho night of $1,805, tho proceeds of the sale of his store, made the day before, to Win. Meyers. Mr. Ogden's pants, in which the money had been placed, were found in the yard, and the window to tho the kitchen was raised. Mr. Ogden turned over accounts, valued at about $300, to his creditors, after making an assignment to Lewis Keagle. The creditors are eight wholesale houses in northern Indiana. To-day three of the creditors swore out an attachment on the goods held by Myers, claiming that the sale was fraudulent, and the story about the robbery an invention. A constable promptly levied npon the goods. The creditors propose making a steady tight. They have caused warrants to be issued for the arrest of Myers aud Ogden. Ogden was about to be married. To add to his troubles, a damage suit has been brought against him by Boyd Stanley, a brother of the famous General Stanley, for an assault committed a few davs ago. A Knox County Water-Melon Trust. Special to the Indianapolis Journal Vincexnes, Feb. 11. The citizens of Johnson township, Knox county, a great water-melon producing district, h ave formed a trust and have employed ex-Congressman Cobb to petition the railroad companies for freight rates for them. Unless they secure the rates they will not grow a melon the coming season. If suc cessful in their request of the railroads they will plant a larger acreage than ever before. This new trust has elected the fol lowing officers: Henry Plass, president; Louis Marchino. vice-president; l rank Johnson, secretary; Henry Uxnian, treasurer. A largo number of prominent farmers and melon-raisers have so far banded themselves together in this trust. Thev have al.t agreed to create a common fund for the purpose of paying freights and other expenses, and if any melon-raiser is not able to pay his freight rates, tho same is to be paid for him out of this general fund, which is reimbursed when tho ship per realizes on nis melons, mey proposo to dictate the market price. Verdict in an Unusual Case. Special tft the Indianapolis Journal. L.v fayette, Feb. 11. A ease of considerable local interest was decided at Craw fordsville last Saturday. In January, 1888, during a session of the County Commis sioners, the president of t'.o board directed W. W. McBetb, a deputy sheriff, to remove John W. Heath, a wealthy citizen, from tho court-room, Mr. Heath refusing to come to order when requested. MclJeth failed to eject Heath, and the commission ers finally left the room. They demanded of the sheriff that he should discharge Mc-' Beth for his failure to remove Mr. Heath, and the sheriff obeyed their order. McBeth thereupon sued two of the commissioners and the Montgomery count' jury .warded McBeth a special verdict for $400. Much controversy arose over the exact order triven bv the nresident of the board. Adam Herzog. The commissioners aud two or three witnesses swore that the order wis merely to remove Heath from the courts room; McBeth and several other witnesses testified the order was to arrest and jail Mr. Heath. Muncie la Luck. Special to tho Indianapolis Journal i Muncie, Feb. 11. Ex-Governor Leon Abbott, of New Jersey, together with a party of New York capitalists, are in . this city to-day, and have perfected tho organization of a company with &2,000,000 cap ital. This company has purchased over two thousand acres of land adjoining the city, and propose to make known the attractions and advantages of this central city of the gas belt, which will double its present population of 15.000 within tho next year. L.x-(Jovernor Leon Abbott has been chosen president of the company, and tho following are a few of the Sew York capitalists who are associated with him: .Messrs. E. G. Hideout, J. M. Woods. S. C. Thompson, John T. Phillips, W. 8. Osborn and Dr. Walter Fleming. Already a plant that will givo employment to 2,800 men has been secured. 3Iartlnsville Happenings. Special to the IiKlIanapolia Journal., Martinsville, Feb. 11. Mrs. Z. G. Wallace, step-mother of Gen. Lew Wallace, delivered a temuerance lecture at a union meeting of all congregations at tho CP. Church last night. A very large audience was present. The grand jury here returned an indictment Saturday afternoon against Bert Miller, Will Tarleton and 'Brownie Douglass, charging them with enticing a female for immoral purposes. Tarleton and Douglass were bound over to court in tho sum of 1,000 each. In default of a bondsman, Miller was sent to jail. Geo. W. Bailey, of this city, was arrested this morning by a deputy United States marshal, and placed under bond to answer to the charge of bribing on election day. Chased Through Town by a Mad Cow. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Franklix, Feb. 11. A lively and exciting chase took place hero this morning. As Louis W. Knobe, a merchant, stepped from his front gate to go to his place of business, a mad cow made a rush at him, with head down and bellowing. Mr. Knobe, with hat in hand, ran for his life, closely pursued by the animal, until he sought refuge in a store. The cow continued on the run, but was overtaken and killed. She showed unmistakeable signs of hydrophobia. Hardware Store Burglarized. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. GitKKXSBURG, Feb, 11. Upon opening the hardware store of Hamilton & Cunningham, this morning, it was discovered that burglars had been in sometime after closing on Saturday night. Three tine shotguns, all tho revolvers and razors in stock, and a few other articles, all valued at 200, were taken. The robbery is thought to have been committed by the same gang that broke into thopostoflice recently. The Mad Dog Scare in Parke County. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Rockville, Feb. 11. The mad dog excitement has reached Rockville, and two dogs supposed to have been rabid were shot. One bit a calf and showed genuine symptoms. In consequence of this tho city authorities have ordered all dogs to bo muzzled from to-day or bo shot by the marshal. Kabid dogs have been reported in the county, and have bit horses and cows, but no persons, llow the order will be enforced is not known. Found Head in an Alley. Special to the ImlliJiirolia Journal. Cambridge City, Feb. 11. The body of John Drischelwas found in an alley a few yards from Main street this morning. He was last seen at about 10 o'clock yesterday evening, and it is thought ho died from heart disease, being subject to that disease. He was about thirty-live years of age and leaves a wife and child. Aged German's Body Found In the River. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Evansvillk, Feb. 11. Jacob Weiss, an old and respected German citizen, was i found dead in the river hero to-cku. Ho

has been missing from his home for three I 1 A- I I 1 a- I A

weess past,, aim uun ivca ins iaumy mucu uneasiness. It is claimed that he recently drew some mone3 in a lottery, and some express the belief that he was robbed and murdered. Others believe it was a case of suicide. Tho coroner is now investigating the matter, and the truth will not be known until his verdict is received. White Caps Received with Bullets. Special to tli Indianapolis Journal. Waterloo, Feb. ll.On Saturday night the White Caps attempted to execute a threat they had made against James Burk. They hammered in tho door of his house and entered, but the occupants opened lire on them, one ball taking effect in the jaw of "Skip" Uarnhart. The rest of the gang thereupon took llight. No arrests havo been made. 311 nor Notes. The Christian Church of Shelcyville, has asked Kev. A. L. Crini, of Chariestown, to become its pastor. The district convention of the Good Templars will be in session, at Crawfordsville, on Wednesday and Thursday. A branch of the Koyal Order of theKing's Sons, its objects being akin to those of the King's Daughters, has been organized at Greencastle. Frank Kiser. of West Point, was found frozen to death between Lafayette and his home. He is supposed to have been in a state of intoxication. Miss Emma Brooks, of Henry ville, took laudanum yesterday with suicidal intent. Her father, Kev. T. S. Brooks, is a helpless paralytic. She may recover. The Ohio & Mississippi depot, at Moore's mil, was burned on Sunday morning, for the second time. All freight and baggage were saved. Caused by a defective Hue. Daniel Williams, aged seventy-fivo, one of the best-known citizens of Shelby county, is dead, from the effects of bums received by falling into an open fireplace. Mrs. James Blasdel, of Parish Grove township, Benton county, wife of James Biasdel, was stricken with paralysis, on Saturday, while knitting, and it was thought she would not recover. l'cv. J. G. Campbell, formerly of Indianapolis, has been conducting a series of revival meetings for the past five weeks in the Methodist Church at Kockville. They have been remarkably successful. Vincennes is in a lejml squabble over the publication of tho delinquent-tax list in a Sunday newspaper. The paper contends that the publication complied with the law. while the authorities rule differently. A test case will bo made. While Miss Alice Davis, of Anderson, was returning from cnurch last haturday mgnt an unknown man, concealed in an alley, struck her a heavy blow in tho face and then lied. The girl is in an unconscious condition, and may not recover. The authorities of North Manchester have found it necessary to use heroic measures in suppressing a gang of school boys who had formed a White Cap organization. They will probably be whipped with tho withes they had gathered for use on other people. Tho Mormon missionaries, who have been for the past few weeks conducting meetings m Dubois county, claimed that they could work miracles similar to those of the early apostles. The doubting congregations demanded an exhibition of miraculous powers, but tho Utah apostles failed to respond. The grocery firm of Bennewitz &. Spitznagle, of Lafayette, has made an assign ment to John 31. Uarson. ineir liabilities are about 84,000, with assets of like amount. Xelsoi J. Kose, grocer, has also assigned, Warn n Fahnestock being the assignee. Liabilities not known. Mr. Rose preferred gl,5(Xl of creditors. The passenger station at Adams, five miles eastot Fort Wayne, the junction of The Cincinnati, Richmond &. Fort Wayne, and Pittsburg, Fort ay-ne & Chicago railroads, was destroyed by fire Sunday moratiiir no ii co1 litr o lnf nntiirA fTi5mrr T.rtca $2,(00; no insurance. The baggage and tickets were saved. Alex. Bell, the Columbus youth recently sentenced to fourteen years in tho penitentiarv for bnrirlarv. was vesterdav nirain brought before Judge N. R. Keys. Upon promising that he wonld be an exemplary convict and lead an honest life after his discharge from prison, his sentence was modihed to seven years. A Jeffersonville colored woman, named Green, attended revival meetings at Gibsonville for several weeks, shouting and fainting nightly. She took her child with her. and it died from exposure while tho meetings were in progress. Her husband died on Saturday, and on tsunday the wom an became a raving maniac, superinduced by the religious excitement and tho loss of her lamily. Lewis Ullery, of Lebanon, was bitten by a mad doer last Fridav. tho doer iunininir in an engine-room door and catching him by the arm. The dog fell into a spasm, and was xnrown into me lumace ana cremaiea. Ullery's arm commenced to swell, and ho was taken to Intestown. where a madstone" was applied. Tho stone adhered to the arm several hours on each application. and though the swelling has been reduced tho outcome is looked iorward to with interest. ILLINOIS. A Chronic Invalid and a Young Mother Bap tized in a Hole Cut Through Ice. Danville, Feb. 11. Fannie Mann, Annie Lee, Douglas Cole, Jacob Grimes and wife, and Charles Grimes and wife, of Blount township, Vermillion county, were baptized by immersion, yesterday, a few miles west of this city. The Rev. Mr. Hodge, of Catlin, and John Lee, of this city, per formed the ceremony. A largo hole had been cut in the ice, and tho minister took the thinly clad and shivering converts, one of whom is a chronic invalid, and another a young mother, one at a time into the water, which was five feet deep. A blizzard and snow-storm wero raging, and it was so cold that the ice formedon top of the pool and stiffened their garments as soon as they came out of the water. On completion of the ceremonv they walked in theirstockingfeet a quarter of a mile through the fields to the nearest residence to change garments. Accidentally Killed by Falling on Ills Gun. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Vincennes, Feb. 11. John Catt, a young farmer, who lives at Allendale, 111., acci dentally shot himself this morning. Ho fell over a log and at the same time fell up on his gun, which emptied its contents -in his uod His death was instantaneous. Disemloweled In a. Quarrel Over Money. Mt. Vernon, Feb. 11. In a quarrel here regarding a settlement of SoO. between Tom Hawkins and Crate Patterson, Patter son was cut in tho stomach, and will probi i i m A. A a 1 w k auiy uie. mocui wasiv lerrnuo one, i'atterson being disemboweled. Hawkins is ia jaiL Brief Mention. Tho State Press Association will meet in Danville to-day, continuing until Thurs day. Newton McKowan, ayoung school-teach er, of Bowen, has disappeared, and foul play is leareu. Rev. W. C. Miller, lato of Shabonna. has been elected pastor of tho Congregational unurcu at uecatur. Tho Fourteenth Congressional District larraers7 Institute will convene at Monticello on eduesday. George W. Skinner, aged seventy-six, a well-known citizen of Logan county, died oaiuruay uigui, iroiu paralysis. Tho Hessian llv is destrovinir the wheat crop in central Illinois. In some places whole fields have been destroyed. The de freezing weather is also aiding in tho kill ing of the wheat. Last Friday Prof. J. D. Kagy, principal of uie oauuovai puunc bcuooi, pumsneu a son oi ji. L. jnscoe, a mercnanr. un oaturaay . ? .1. A 11 I . A. f ll- lil" A nigm nriscoo mei ivagy ana aeaunima Ter rible blow with a miners pick, severely in juring mm. The stock bani of C. I. Pnlliam. near Chatham, was burned last Satumiy. together with twenty-four head of short-horn cattle, several horses, a large amount of ag ricultural machinery and hay. Loss, 10,vw, insurance, cow. Thomas H. Barton, a hitherto hic:hlyhonored citizen, near Galesburg, is under arrest on the charge of misusing ris two daughters, aged respectively nineteen and tweutv-iour years. The charires were pre ferred by the girls. His bail was fixed at

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ANOTHER BIG FAILURE.

The Ohio & "Western Coal Company Make an Assignment TOO Men Thrown Out of "Work. New York, Feb. ll.-The Ohio & Western Coal and Iron Company filed an assignment in this city, to-day, to James A. HalL without preferences. Tho New York office is at No. 11 Pine street, and the principal office is at No. S Congress street, Boston. The mines and furnaces are situated at Floodwcod, Shawnee, Pene, Obiston and Monday, O. The deed of assignment conveys to the assignee all the lands, furnaces, buildings and appurtenances of tho com pany, subject to a mortgage to the Boston Safe Deposit and Trust Company. Affixed to the document are the signatures of Ches ter Griswold, vice-president, and Georgo C. Thomas, secretary. John M. Glidden, the president, was of the firm of Glidden & Curtis, . of Boston, who failed last week, and their failure precipitated this assignment. The Ohio and Western Company is a reorganization of the Standard Coal and Iron Company, which was sold out under foreclosure in 18S3, and was bid in by D. N. Stanton, Thomas T. Mason and George Chapman, who held it as trustees pending the reorganization. This new company was incorporated under the laws of this State, Oct. 25, with a capital 'stock of 3.000,000 and a bonded debt of S3.500.000. Bradstreet's reports of April 28, 1S87, said that the company was ''not understood to be earning its interest account as yet, and is being nursed along by those holding its securities, which . are largely owned by banks and trust com panies, its iuture depends on the disposi tion of its managers." According to tho company's annual report, on Jan. lo the lia bilities were SS.SO'J.OOO. of which the bonded debt was 2,809,000, and the other debts, with collateral securities. $910,000. The assets consist of 7,000 acres of coal land in the Hocking val ley, valued at S400 or 500 per acre, about S00 houses, three large stores, 400 railroad cars, four miles of track, three coal mines fully equipped, four furnaces and a large amount of miscellaneous equipments. Tho directors of the company are John M. Glidden, C. R. Chapman, Jos. W. Smith, F. K. Pendleton, Chester Griswold, b. li. Parnsh. O. D. Lombard. C. S. Foote. James A. Hall and Thomas Cochran. The Standard Coal and Iron Company was the corporation about which there was consiaerablo talk during the campaign of 1884, on account of James G. Blaine's connection with it. A Columbus. O.. dispatch savs that Sat urday, was pa3'-day with the Ohio fc West ern, but the men received nothing, ine shutting down of the Ohio & Western Coal and Iron Company will throw COO or 700 men out of employment. One of tho worst leatures of the case is the fact that the outlook for the speedy adjustment of the TV. a creditors who will levy by writs will more tnan exhaust all the personal property. Tho company's real estate amounts to about 2,400 acres, divided as follows: coo in Perry, COO in Hocking and 2,000 in Athena county. The bonded indebtedness is $3,500.000, and the issue of stock $5,000,000. A strange fatality has been connected with the property out of which the Ohiofc Western grew. James Burkey, who committed suicide in a St Louis hotel, was harassed to the last by thoughts of the fortune ho had lost among the Hocking hills. Georgo Lee, who killed himself in a New York hotel, was haunted in his dying hour by tho spectre of nun m the coal-helds ot Uhio. Koyal M. Pulsifer, the founder of tho Boston Herald, took his own life some months ago, and though bo had many other business complications to pull him down, he, too, had sought the fabled pot of gold that was said to be buried at the foot of the Western rainbow. Tho Standard Coal and Iron Company, out of which the Western and Ohio grew, was a colossal affair, with a capital of $75,000,000. This is the company in which James G. Blaine and Stephen B. Elkins were interested, holding $25,000 and $50,000 bonds, respectively, and E. L. Harper, president of the late Fidelity Bank at Cincinnati, had $500,000. It is understood that these holders still have their bonds. President Shaw, of the Jlocking Valley, states that the agents of Mr. Glidden, of Boston, arrived in tho city last Monday and niade n. tPTiinorarv adiiiKtment of their claim bv paying a certain amount and giving a draft which fell due last Saturday. When tho draft was presented for payment at lioston it was dishonored, and Mr. Shaw immediately filed a suit in attachment against the Ohio &. Western company. A special train with tho attorneys of the railway company was also dispatched to Athens, and suit in attachment tiled there. Mr. fcshaw states that the business of the Ohio & Western company with the Columbus, Hocking Val ley tx, loleuo amounts to auout $io,uuu a week, of which amount about 80 per cent, is charges advanced to other roads for transportation of ore from the upper lakes. The real estate will not likely satisfy tho mortgages on it. F. K. Pendleton, oi New York, is here, looking after the interests of the bondholders. James A. Hall, manager of the company, refuses to itate what course will bo pursued. Other Failures. - Hartford. Conn.. Feb. ll.Jonathan F. Morris, president of the Charter Oak Na tional liank of this city (the largest creditor), was to-day appointed trustee of tho assigned estate of Caleb M.Talcott, dry goods dealer. Mr. Talcott's sworn statement of assets and liabilities shows net assets of $120,281.40 and total liabilities of $Gr,SCo.9$. Tho indebtedness to the Charter Oak Bank is about $19,000, and among other principal creditors are the New York wholesale houses of Arnold, Constable & Co., $8,616.9G; 11. B. Clatiin & Co., $5,190.16. Boston, Feb. 11. E. E. Burdom, wholesale silverware, has failed and called a meeting of creditors. Liabilities not known, but thought to be heavy. Cleveland, O., Feb. 11. Geeting & Tickers, dry goods merchants, at Canton, O., made an assignment to-day. Assets, $15,OOO, liabilities, $20,000. Not a Case of Suicide. St. Louis, Feb. 11. The early statements sent out from St. Louis with reference to the death of E. C. Breck, assistant cashier of the Commercial Bank, were so vague in detail as to lead to the belief that it was a case of suicide. It has been fully shown that such was not tho case, Mr. Breck's tragic fate having been the result of the accidental discharge of a self-acting revolver, which he was removing from his pocket as ho passed through a dark hallway on the way to his room. A broom had fallen across the hall, and Mr. Breck stumbled over the obstruction, the pistol being thus exploded and death resulting. So far as Mr. Breck's accounts are concerned, they are pronounced perfectly straight and correct by the haDk ollicials. and not only is the theory of suicide exploded by the coroner's investigation, but by Mr. llreck's irreproachable character and pleasant family relations. Losses by the Philadelphia Fire. Philadelphia, Feb. 11. The total of the losses by yesterday's big tiro here is $4."0,000, insured for $440,000. A::ong companies having risks are these: Liverpool, London & Globe, England, $10,000: American, Philadelphia, $2,500: Union, Philadelphia, $5,000; German, Philadelphia, $2,500; Mechanics', Philadelphia, $2,500; Etna, Hartford, $7j0; Firemen's, Philadelphia, $2,500; New York Bowery Insurance Company, $2,500; Phoenix, Hartford, $2,500; Connecticut, $2,5j0; Kochester German, $2,510; Lumbermen's, Philadelphia. $2,500: Neptune, Boston, $2,500; Pennsylvania Fire, Philadelphia, $10,000; Orient. Hartford, $2,500; Hartford, Hartford, $2,500; Keliance, Philadelphia, $5,000 ; State of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, $2,500; Firemen's Fund, San Francisco, 2,500; Western, Pittsburg, $2,500; New York Mutual, $25,000; Union, California, $5,000. Losses by Fire. Ml not, D. T., Feb. 11. Fire consumed six frame buildings occupied as stores this morning. Loss. $12,000. Three buildings were blown up to check the progress of tho fire. New Brunswick, X. J., Feb. 11. J. E. Smith's ceramic works at Menlo Park were burned yesterday. Loss, $50,000; partly insured. Three men who were in tho building narrowly escaped with their lives. Swindled Out of 85,000. Burlington, la., Feb. 11. Luke Palmer, that he had been swindled, Saturday, out of $5,000. He was tricked into a bunco game by a line-lookiiif youncman, who S ret ended to bo the nephew of a bank present with whom Mr. Palmer is acquainted. The victim is a brother of Gen. John M. Palmer, of Illinois.

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Axworthy, the ex-treasurer of Cleveland, O., who, some time ago, decamped with funds to the amount of about half a million, is at present residing in Toronto. A friend of his in Ottawa says that the defaulter has bought a large block of real estate at Sault StcMarie. The dispatch of Friday last that the regulators" of Lafavctte parish, Louisiana, had met theWednestlay previous and passed resolutions to the eil'ect that all idle negroes must po to work or leave the parish, tinder pain of being whipped or otherwise dealt with, proves to bo incorrect A largo boiler, filled with coil tar and bricks, in the brick -works of Guild. White &. Gillespie, at Chattanooga, Tcun., exploded yesterday, burning to death Charles Falles and fatally injuring his son. Tho former was completely roasted, his body presenting a most shocking appearance. The Kev. W. J. Crossley, pastor of the Universalist Church at Danbury, Conn., packed most of his valuables, Sunday night, and left town on the Washington express. Mr. Crossley resigned his pastorate some time ago. The cause of his disappearance is due to hereditary insanity. It is thought he is bound for the West. A largo meteor fell on a farm in the iown of Highland, Orange county, New York, on the 7th inst It is described as very brilliant, and in coloryellow, tinged with green. It broke into many small pieces, and the snow covering about an aero was found perforated as if with gravel-stones. Snow has since fallen, covering the traces, but an investigation is to bo made when it disappears. During a drunken brawl, on Saturday night, two Greenville, O., men assaulted a citizen of Orar.ville. The latter drew a knife and stabbM his assailants, Jess Hamilton under fl h avt and Phillip Maston intheiaw. lijr.iUlon may die. The man with tho kniio hid two ribs and his collar bone bro'&n. All three are held to await the result of their i njuries. Dr. F. A. Ktilly, superintendent of the Norfolk, Va., IioepHal for the Insane, was shot and dangexcuslv wounded, last evening, by Michael Sourlier and Albert Borne. Dr. Kelly was wavlaid while out driving with his wife, Four bullets struck the Doctor. His wounds are not necessarily fatal. Sourlier's sister was a domestic at the hospital, and died from the effects of an operaxion performed, it is alleged, by Drs. Kelly, Hasson and Bear. Mrs. Matilda Emerson, of Hopewood, Pa., has received word of the fatal shooting of her daughter, Mrs. W. H. Peal, at Riley, Kan. Tho report is that she was killed by Samuel Halton. her husband's employer. who was trying to force his attentions upon her. She was standing in a door-way with an infant in her arms when Halton shot her. Seventy-live shot were picked from the child's face and head, and one eye is destroyed, but tho babe still lives. The mother is dead. Halton is in jail and claims tho shooting was accidental. Steamship News. Liverpool, Feb.ll. Arrived: Italy. Ohio, from New York. Glasgow, Feb. 11. Arrived: State of Indiana, from New York. New Yokk, Feb. 11. Arrived: Suevia, Umbria, from Liverpool. London', Feb. 11. Sighted: Oranmore, from Baltimore, and British Queen, from Boston. KITIIOVED LETTEtt UOXES. A Feature of Government Service In .Which, lie form Is Needed. Washington Letter. Ever since I heard of the eleven lettercarriers out in a Kentucky town who got tired of wearing all sorts of clothes between them while on duty, and so devised the gray uniform which all letter-carriers now wear, I have appreciated the fact that tho rostal service is a growth, and not a system, f these eleven patriots had not had quit so much self-respect, the letter-carriers of the country wonld probably have been still walking around in linen dusters and stove-pipe hats they would for all tho government would have cared, probably. Now and then the government forces improvements, but ordinarily it only take them as they come, or perhaps the second time they come. For example, look at our street letterboxes. For3ears we have endured theso clumsy and unsafe devices for holding our mail, with the awkward and msccuro leather shoulder-bags, which natural' go with them. Wo never have felt surcthat a letter put in a street latter-box would get to the postotlice until we got our friend's reply. Not long ago, however, the Postollice department came to the conclusion that some better arrangements than these wero possible, and accordingly advertised for a new street letter-box to replace the S5.0LW of the present pattern, which are scatteml all over tho free-delivery cities of the country. Postmaster Pearson, of New York, who stirred the department up to do this, has a letter-box of his own which he considers a great improvement over the present box. But almost any change in it would be an improvement. At the opening of the bids and samples for tho new boxes, to-day, a, much more remarkable one than Pearson's was exhibited by the inventor, who has for sixteen years been a clerk in the Boston postotlice. To my mind it is tho model letter-box, and would inaugurate a model system of collections. It is a box within box, tht outer one resembling tho present box the inner ono being of light stecL You put your letter in through an opening in both boxes. When the carrier comes around to collect tho mail, in unlocking tho door of the outer box the opening in the inner box is closed automatically. The carrier takes out tho inner box, which ho cannot open at all, and replaces it with an empty one. As he closes and locks the door of the outer box again it automatically registers the hour of next collection on a small dial at the top of tho box. Then ho takes the full box to the Eostoflice, where it is opened with a special cy. Each inner box is numbered and charged each trip to tho carrier taking it. By a simple comparison tho superior regularity and security of this new system as compared with tho present system seem apparent. Inasmuch as it requires wagons for eoliecting and delivering the boxes it would aiso save timo aud money. Let Them lie Tied Together. ImhTlue Comiuerci.iL If tho Indiana Lecrislature does not hurry along with that bill to wipe out the White Caps, it is possible that tho White Cap will be induced to wipe out tlip Legilatur?. Tie the tails of these Wo evils together aud hang them on tho jclothes line) bo that the liht xnay commence at