Indianapolis Journal, Indianapolis, Marion County, 18 February 1889 — Page 2

THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 1889.

cive any tariff bill submitted a fair chance for adoption. If any one of tho tariff bills "which have been presented to tho House was now given consideration, it "would bo amended in such a way as to secure linal action, as the fifteen or twenty Randall Democrats in the House, who, under caucus instructions, voted for the Mills bill at the last session, are willing to meet the Republicans more than half wav in order that the tarilf shall be revised. The Mills men hold the balance of power, however, and now, nnder instructions of the caucus, and with the co-operation of Speaker Carlisle, they propone to cut olf the previous question upon all bills which really, look toward tariff revision. TIIE COWBOY BAND.

The Musicians Who Will Accompany the Denver Cowboy Club to tho Inauguration. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Washington', Feb. 17. The famous Cowboy Band of Dodge City, Kan., was organized and chartered under the laws of the State of Kansas in 1S81, there being sonio ten or twelve cowboy musicians at and near Dodge City at that time. It was first organized for the purpose of furnishing music at local stockmen's . conventions which were held at Dodge City, Caldwell and other points. Their music was of such nature that they received compliments f rem all alike, and, in the fall of 1S84, they went to St. Louis and furnished music for the National Stock-growers convention. Also, in 1885 they visited Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul, Minneapolis and other cities, never failing to carry off the laurels at any place or time. After the fall of 1885 the calls for the band were so numerous that the number of players was raised to twenty men. they having to send to the cow-camps of the Indian Territory, Texas and Colorado for some of their performers. The band, in the last two years, has added a reed section, and has now twenty-four members, which enables the band to play; the highest grades of music. The uniform is that of the typical cowboy of the range. C. M. Beeson, a well-known musician in the "West for the past twenty years, also a large cattle-owner in the Cherokee strip, was one of the organizers ofthe band, and was chosen at first president and manager and still holds that responsible position. One of the curiosities of tho 'band is the large steer horns carried by the drum majors. One pair was purchased in 1S76 by Manager Beeson for $3. They were taken - from a steer in a Texas trail herd. Since that time Mr. Beeson has refused $150 'for the pair, the length from tip to tip measuring five feet seven inches. Tne other air was presented to the band while at enver. Col., playing for the range convention held in that city, in March, 18S8. This pair measures seven feet ten inches ' from tip to tip, and is, without doubt, the i largest pair of horns in the world. They I were boughtin South America especially for ! the Dodge City Cowboy Band, by Fish At' XToolr n 1 1 T-o ertlr rTnm icoinn 43mn rt I Kansas City, Mo. Buffalo Bill was anxious A 1 . - 1 A io secure xne veriiaDie uowDoy rana xo ! accompany him on his European tour. i Forepaugh and other great showmen want i it, but the Cowboy Band does not go out for season engagements, two weeks at the Kansas City exposition being their longest engagement in 1887. The oand was organized for pleasure and not for remuneration, while their business on the range is of such importance that it would be impossible lor tnem to leave for any length of time. This famous band has been secured bv the Harrison and Morton Cowboy Club, of Denver, CoL, to accompany them to Washington on the 4th of March, and with this famous Cowboy Band, with the addition of 150 full dressed and equipped cowboys from Colorado will no doubt be one of the feattuxes of the inauguration ceremonies. MINOR MATTERS. Extraordinary Features of the Social Season at the National Capital Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Washington, Feb. 17. Every person in Washington who claims to have any hold on society, and to have contributed to any extent to the social success of the adminis tration, which has two weeks more of power, is trying to out-do the other, just at this time, in social matters. The Clevelands are determined that their last days shall be the brightest, socially speaking. Mrs. Cleveland has twice as many invita tions to teas, receptions, balls, and the various kinds of parties, including tho the- - ater, as she can accept. The ladies who , have been receiving once a week, and have been giving teas or parties fortnightly, announce to-day that they will do something : extraordinary three or four times this week, home who have made it a custom to give three or four entertainments during the social season will have as many as two before next Sunday. It will bo difficult for the society men and women in ; Washington to accept half tho invitations thev will receive during the next ten davs. . aud if most people would accept all extended to them they could not attend to their social duties if they devoted every minute of their time. People in Washing ton tnougnt tne last administration was an extravagant one socially, but the present one seems to be runninsr mad. The Whitneys have set a standard so high that ordinary society people are nearly breaking their necks to keep within sight of them. Mrs. Cleveland's friends say she will not drop out of social life when she leaves the White House, and it begins to look as if she ' was trying tofmultiply her friends just now. Soldiers Records. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Washington, Feb. 17. The Secretary of War has issued orders correcting the mil itary records of Indiana soldiers as follows: The discharge of First Sergeant Thomas M. Dodd, Company C, Seventh Indiana lufantry Volunteers, Oct. 10, 1804, is amended . to take effect July 10, 1SC4; he i9 mustered into service as hrst lieutenant, same company and regiment, to date Julv 20. 18W: mustered out and honorably discharged as hrst lieutenant Oct. 19, and he is mus tered for pay in said grade during the period embraced between the aforesaid dates. The discharge of Second Lieutenant iHircnen rrater, company t Fourteenth Jndiaua Infantry Volunteers. June 20. 184. is amended to take effect Feb. 1SG4; he is mustered into serviee as captain, same company and regiment, to date March 1, 1So4; mustered out and honorably discharged as captain June 20, 1804, and he is mustered for pay in said grade during the period embraced between tho aforesaid dates. Effective Speech by Congressman Johnston. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Washington, Feb. 17.-Just before the close of the exercises last night, incident to the installation of Col. W. S. Odcll, of Indiana, as commander of the G. A. U. for the Department of tho Potomac, Kepresentative Johnston delivered a stirring address to the largo concourse of veterans and their ladies, who were assembled in the G. A. It. haiL His speech was extemporaneous, but was inn or xnougnr, war inciuents, war stories and sentiment, which broutrht the boys to the very center aud made them shout with approval. He spoke at length of ( General Harrison's army record, and paid the private soldier the highest possible monte. - The Latest Cabinet Slate. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. , Washington, Feb. 17. Tho political wiseacres in Washington, who claim to have "a dead straight tip," lix up President Harrison's Cabinet to-night in about this order: Blaine, State Department; Window, ireasury; kusic. Wan Piatt, avy; Foster, of Ohio, Interior: John Baxter, of Ten nessee, son of Judge Baxter, of the Supreme Court. Attorney-general; Palmer, of Michigan, Agricultnre; Wauamaker, Postoilice. Scarcity of EnVctlv Cannon. Fpeclal to the IndJanapulls JjurnaL Washington. Feb. 17. An ordnance officer of the array says that tho govern ment does not own a single good cannon. He etates all the efi'orts made to procure some superior cannon of large sizo during the past four or live years have been failures, and that of the stock of small and old cannon now on hand, none are lit for effective use. Callers Are Not Wanted. Washington, Feb. 17. The following notice was issued from the executive man. tien to-nijLt: "Tho President announces

that, to enable him to dispose of pending I

business, requiring nis personal attention before the close of nis term of office, it will . ' A. I A- U oeanaosoiuxe necessity mat uo uavo mis week for such work free from interrup tions; ana he must, tnereiore, do excused to all callers." . , Wednesdays and Fridays, at 1:30 o'clock, Hin uo cominueu. General Notes. Special to tho Iuillanapolis Journal. Washington, Feb. 17. The Misses Shepard and Comston, of Indianapolis, who are visiting the Misses Broders, on North Washington street, this city, were last evening tendered a reception by Mrs. W. G. Moore, of Fairfax county, at her comfortable residence near i ranconia, antl were introduced to the elite of that hospitable county. , . Mrs. Representative Owen announces to-day that she will hold her closing re ception on Monday, in ner rooms at tne Maltby, on Capitol Hill. J. Y. l nompson, ouss iu xnompson ana Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Bateman have gone to Kvansville to attend the ' marriage of Ross Thompson and Miss Wena De Bruler, which takes placo in that city on Wednes day To-day's Post says: "Mrs. Voorhees had a brilliant reception last week in honor of her sister, Miss Carrie Vajen, of Indianapolis, who is visiting her. Mrs. Voorhees wore a becoming toilet of pink moire and duchess lace; Miss Vajen, a young lady of handsome appearance and charming manners, wore colored tulle, with bodice of velvet and trimmed with crushed roses and tulle; Miss Voorhees, green silk and crepe; Miss Grace Fuller, old pink silk, heavily braided in silver; Miss Cockburn, cafe au lait silk, with white tulle front; Miss Grace Black, black tulle; Miss Mary Wilson, a most be coming reu gown. John G. Williams, of Terre Haute, is at the Ebbitt. The Sundav Canital announces that the President will live at the Victoria Hotel, in New York, when ho retires to private life. He and Mrs. Cleveland have engaged rooms there, and will remain until the weather has sufficiently moderated to enable them to go out of town. Beyond that, no further plans are made. a meeting oi lrisn-Americans was iieia this evening for the tmroose of raising money to help Parnell defend his suit with the .London limes, senator fctewart presided, manv other prominent statesman being-present. Resolutions were adopted in favor of home rule and denouncing tne testimony given against Parnell as that of perjurers and felons. About $800 was raised. TELEGRAPHIC BREVITIES. Jobe shot and killed Joe Brown. The men were car-cleaners in tho Union Pacific shops, and the shooting grew out of an old grudge. Citizens, at a meetine Saturdav nieht. decided to celebrate the semi-centennial of Galveston, in June next.bv a big interstate drill and national encampment. There has been $37,000 subscribed for the purpose. Edward Ouinn killed his brother John yesterday by striking him on the head with a club during a quarrel at their home, in Avondale, near Cincinnati. The murder was committed in the presence of their mother. Both) were intoxicated. At Louisville Kv.. suit has been entered, in the name of the State of Kentucky, against Manager Charles Smith, of the Western Union Telegraph Company, for $500 penalty for failure to properly report the company's property for taxation. At the noon-dav services in tho Calvary Baptist Church, New York, yesterday, the Rev. Dr. Henry Y. Satterlee announced that he had decided not to accept the bishopric of the diocese of Michigan, offered nim on the Cth inst. He has so informed the committee. At Leominster. Mass.. the police arrested Wilbur Joy, Saturday evening, for the robbery of R. B. Andrews's store. On searching his room the police found seventeen watch chains, seven watches, four revolvers, rings and studs. A. C. White's watch chain were found on his person. Mrs. Maggie Page, of Butte, M. T., was ar rested, Saturday night, for poisoning her husband, Jonn JFage. fone compelled ner little daughter to savher father took noison himself, but the child was unable to keep up the deception, and the coroners jury returned a verdict against Mrs. Page. After his trial, which lasted one week, A. R. Gumeraer, cashier of the defunct Exchange Bank, of Canyon City, Col., was, on Saturday, found guilty of having feloniously accented denosits no to the time of the closing of the bank, knowing the concern to be insolvent. A motion was made for a new trial. The amount for which the bank failed a yjar ago was $300,000. Joseph Daily, aged nineteen, a schoolteacher living near Atchison, Kan., went to Kansas City, Mo., Saturday, and visited his sweetheart, a handsome young lady, eighteen years old, living with her parents on Wyandotte street. Tliey had a quarrel, and the young man left the house at 11 o'clock in tne evening. He afterward drank some, and at 2:S0 o'clock yestercay morning shot himself through the head in the hotel where he had engaged a room. He died at 10 o'clock last night. . The Belligerent Half-Breeds. CnuRCH Falls, D. T., Feb. 17. The conflict between the civil authorities and the half-breeds on Turtle Mountain reservation has ceasod for a short time, and the indications point to tho fact that the appeal to Governor Church for countenance and aid has met an exceedingly cool reception. It is understood by parties coming from St. John to-day that the Governor chided the officers in command of the militia companies severely for responding to the sheriff's call for aid. The situation at present is simply this: The fifty armed men who marched from St. John to Dunreith to assist the sheriff in the collecting of taxes from tho half-breeds have returned without the taxes or property. Their plan, which was to carry away stock for payment, was frustrated by the belligerent attitude of tho authorities. The half-breeds are gathered it large squads in the mountains and breathe defiance. Scarcely less determined are the inhabitants of St. John and the count3 officials. The present truce will last a few days only, and then the sheriff is determined to push the collection of taxes at any cost. Bloodshed will be prevented only by the most careful work. Losses by Fire. Dennisport, Mass., Feb. 17. A wooden block, owned by Dr. D. R. Ginn, was burned this morning. Dr. Ginn's los3 is $3,000. The building was occupied by L. 8. Burgess & Co., diy goods, whose loss is $18,000; D. Chase, jr., fruit and oysters, loss $10,000. Kansas City, Feb. 17 TheLandis Transfer Company's stable was destroyed by lire, at a late hour last night. James Hoffman, one of the owners of the building, perished in the flame. Ninety-four horses were also lost. Loss, $05,000; partially insured. Mt. Cakmel, 111., Feb. 17.-J. D. Craig's grocery store was destroj'ed by fire at 1 o'clock- this morning. Loss, $3,000; insurance, $1,500. The origin of tho fire is unknown. Butler, Mo., Feb. 17. Walton's Operahouse, the Farmers Bank and two stores were destro3'ed by fire early this morning. Loss, $05,000; insurance, $35,000. Quincy. Mass., Feb. 17. 'The Willard school building, in West Quincy, was destroyed by fire this morning. Loss, $21,000; no insurance. Charged with Murder. At the time of the murder the body of lroxtilowas hidden, and tnough eleven persons were tried as murderers and accomplices, a case could not be made, be cause the body was not found. A few days ago Nelson Perkins found the body of Trox tile where it had been washed up from tho Cumberland river. It was in a good state of preservation, and bore evidences of the mnrdpr. The coroner jury found that Troxtile had been killed with a blunt in strument by Worley and others. Obituary. Chicago, Feb. 17. Rev. Dr. Seabriaki uray. wno, until a euort time ago, waft warden of Racine Episcopal College, died here last night ot pneumonia. His lather, a wealthy New Yorlc merchant, was present at the death-bed. The funeral will take place in New York on ednesday. If the worth of anything is proven by its results, then surely Dr. Bull's Cough Syrup is pre-eminently the best cough syrup now extant

Louisville. Ky., I eb. 17. At Somerset, Ky., Henry Worlev has been arrested for the murder of one Troxtile, on Dec. 8, 1888.

INDIANA AND ILLINOIS NEWS

Kokomo's Crack Drill Corps Denies the Allegations of Howard Douglass. Injured in a Railroad Wreck-Wild with Hydrophobia Bit a Piece of a Man's CheekDemocratic Methods A Town's Dilemma, INDIANA. The Kokomo K. of P. Drill Corps Refutes the Charges Made by Ex-Chancellor Douglass. In an interview printed in a Cincinnati paper, last Friday, Howard Douglass, past supreme chancellor of the Knights of Pythias, made certain charges reflecting on the Kokomo Division of the Uniform Rank. Tho Gazette-Tribune gives the following as tho reply ot Capt. IL C. Davis, Lieut. C. A. Scott and G. O. Eoach, officers of the division, to the Douglass interview. They 6ay: "The interview with Past Chancellor Douglass is absolutely false in every particular, except that a drill was held in Cincinnati in June last, and that the judges were officers of the United States army. The charge that the Kokomo Division directly or indirectly formed a clique to gam ble upon tho chances of winning at Cincinnati or elsewhere is an infamous lie. The evident intention of the interview is to place the Kokomo Division in a false light, and to do us an injury in the minds of the public, and to prejudice the casein any action that may be taken by tho Su4 preme Lodge. Good people everywhere ought to, as they do. brand the attempt as an outrage. If Howard Douglass gave expression to any such thought,, he has shown himself unworthy of thehigh position he occupies in the order. Kokomo Division won the first prize at tho Cincinnati drill, and were deliberately and nremeditatedly robbed of it, which we will prove if given an opportunity. We stand by our protest and letter, have nothing to retract, and will never apologize. The members of the Kokomo Division and their friends have always believed there was a conspiracy at Cincinnati to prevent them from winning first prize, and this interview of Howard Douglass's only goes to prove the feeling existing against them at that time and now, and the cllorts made to prevent success. Kven before our division arrived in Cineinnati, and while there, false rumors were circulated, intended to prejudice the people against us. When our protest was taken to Cincinnati by the officers, they were informed in the house of the Pettiboue Manufacturing Company, by an employe, that Kokomo had taken enough prizes, and tjiat it was not to tho best interests of the order that they should be given any more, and we have in our possession affidavits from responsible persons to the effect that in the same house, prior to the drill, certain other parties were informed by an employe of that house that, Well, you will have a chance this time, Kokomo is ruled out of the drill because they have taken enough prizes. "The plain truth of the matter is, the judges, tne committee or anybody else dare not produce the score cards, and open the matter and have the question settled on the merits of the drill. The charge that the Kokomo Division is composed of a lot of gamblers is preposterous in tho extreme, as everybody in Kokomo well knows. The division is composed of our best citizens, and many of our leading business men and county officials are numbered in its ranks." Narrow Escape of Fassengers. Special to the ludianapolls Journal. Salem, Feb. 17. -An accident happened to a mixed train on tho French' Lick branch of the Louisville, v New Albany. & Chicago railroad, last week, near: iPaoli. A box-car loaded with lumber left : the track on a trestle, and as it went' over the embankment pulled the passenger coach with it, which contained fifteen people. Nono of tho passengers were severely injured, and escaped without much trouble. Doth cars caught fire and were destroyed, with all the mail and express matte 4, entailing a loss oft about $6,000. Mrs. Ruth Quarterman, of Lick Creek, Ind., a bride of three weeks. was the worst iniured, but is not seriouslyj hurt. Wm. Farrell. attorney for the road Joseph r. iroup, chairman of tho Kepublican county central committe; Malaohi Monk, deputy auditor, and Alfred W. Brunejr, editor of Paoli Republican, were also among the injured. Young- Man Attacked with Hydrophobia. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Evansville, Feb. 17. George Winter, a young man, of Grandview, Spencer county, near Rockport, while in attendance at church, on Saturday, suddenly became wild and destructive, and caused quite a commotion. He was removed to his home, and, late in the night, had a violent attack of hydrophobia. ; He tore the bed-clothes, and would bark and attempt to bite like a dog. It took five men to hold him at times. He attempted to bite all who came in contact with him. He was bitten by a dog last summer, and this is tho first symptom of a serious result. Marriage Through Correspondence. Special to the Indianapolis Journal Portland, Feb. 16. A sensational marriage occurred here to-day. Hiram Clem, of Harrison, Mo., corresponded with a Miss Miller, of Collett, this county. Only three missives passed between them, when it was agreed that Clem should meet her at the Hawkins House, Portland. They were to recognize one another by a blue ribbon worn pn the arm of each. The meeting, recognition and marriage took placo, and Mr. and Mrs. Clem started on the 2 o'clock train for Missouri. Outrageous Methods of Democracy, Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Fowler, Feb. 16. Through the scoundrelly methods adopted by the Democrats of this county, Mr. O. C. Brockway was compelled to make an assignment to-day, of his stock of merchandise. Democratic perjurers had him indicted in the federal court and then reported to the wholesale men that Brockway was about to fail, thus causing them to close in on him. The most damnable schemes have been put forth here to crush Mr. Brockway. Caught a Burglar. Special to the IndianaDolis Journal. . ' Greensburg, Feb. 17. Samuel Goins, colored, is in jail charged with burglary. Shortly after 10 o'clock last night Thomas F. Brown was aroused from sleep by other members of the family announcing that some one was trying to open a rear window. Mr. Brown slipped out, and after fully satisfying himself of the evil intent of the intruder closed in on him. A lively tight ensued, but with the help of three of nis neighbors Mr. Brown marched Goins to jail. A Cannibalistic Tough.M Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Franklin, Feb. 17. This morning, at 3 o'clock, John Goins and Sam Ferguson got into a quarrel, when the first-named clinched the latter and bit a piece from his right cheek about the size of a silver half dollar, and swallowed it. The wound is a serious one and will leave an ugly scar for life. Goins is a bad man, having served two terms in the penitentiary, and is now at large as a t'lioater', for stealing chickens. Physician Arrested for ThefL Special to the IndianapoUs Journal Greensburg, Feb. 17. Dr. George W. Godfrey, a practicing physician of Forest Hill, twelve miles southwest of here, is in jail here, charged with the theft of some goods from a huckster wagon. Last summer he had a difficulty with J. g. Ryker and fthot him in the arm. He was released from jail for that only two or three months ago. Godfrey is an Englishman and is over sixty years old. . Seriously Injured ly the Cars. ' Special to the Indianapolis Journal. I Cambridge City, Feb. 17. Joseph Revelee attempted to drive across the track in front of a Whitewater railroad train, six inilca touth of here, Ust night. He was se

riously injured and his horse instantly killed. His son, who was in the buggy with him, was unhurt, ' " Minor Notes. John Currv, a brakeman, was killed by the cars at Eugene Junction, Clinton county, last Friday. Leon Leopold, a Jewish rabbi fifty-eight years old, fell dead of apoplexy at Yincennes last Friday. One hundred and ninety-one persons havo united with the Christian Church at Valparaiso, since Dec. 16, 1888. Mrs. William Ford, wife of a fanner residing near Pisgah, Johnson county, was kicked by a cow, the other day, and may die. Postmaster Strief. of Waldron, Shelby county, has resigned, and Joseph McCain, a Republican worker, has been appointed to the vacancy. Caroline Ludwick asks 5,000, in the Tippecanoe court, from LiilieLayton, alleging that the latter told naughty stories about the complainant. James Bowman, a freight conductor on the Louisville, Evansville & St. Louis railroad, was run over and killed last Friday night at Princeton. By a collision between freight trains, on the Vandalia railroad, near Greencastle, on Saturday, a number of cars were wrecked and borne stock killed. Mad dogs have become so plenty in certain portions of Morgan county that people have appealed to the commissioners to adopt some method of relief. The newly-appointed Cabinet officer, Norman J. Colman, was for several years a resident of New Albany, where he was engaged in the practice of law. The third annual banquet of tho PanHellenic club of DePauw University was held at Greencastle last Friday night. Over two hundred guests were present. Dr. D. D. Marr has been arrested for swearing in the vote of Daniel Monahan, at Chesterton. Monahan has been arrested for illegal voting. Each gave bail for $500. At Carbon, on Saturday, Joseph A. Sturgeon, a brakeman, fell from the cars, several of which passed over him. He was badly lacerated by the brake-rods, but may recover. Paul. Hill, of Greencastle, has been arrested for embezzlement, on a warrant sworn out by Mrs. Flora E. Sanborn, who alleges she gave Hill 400 to deposit in bank, and that he converted it to his own use. . Delegates from tho Christian churches of the counties of Porter, Lake, Starke and LaPorte met at Westvilltf and elected Rev. G. W. Ingram, of Valparaiso, as district evangelist, to succeed Rev. E. B. Cross. The Crawfordsvillo Gas Company has had bad luck since it commenced boring for fuel. The drill is now down 1,000 feet, at a cost of $2,302, but the company finds itself out of funds. An effort will be made by the citizens to continue prospecting. A sensational incident occurred in a Terre Haute court, the other dav, when a prisoner was being identified. T. W. Harper, an attorney, and Deputy Prosecutor Huston

were engaged in a wrangle which led to an excitise fight, when the judge stayed the fracas by lining each $25 and bindine Har

per in 1,000 bonds to keep the peace for one year. The poultry fanciers of Montgomery county met in Crawfordsville Saturday and organized an association, and will meet again on March 2 to perfect arrangements. The officers are: President, Fred Bandel: treasurer, J. W. Fuller; secretary, M. H. Galey; executive committee, Ben Myers, George Lawton, H. L. Haxlay, James Hutchinson and J. II. 8arvies. ILLINOIS. Failure to Properly Correct an Ordinance Leaves a City Without Legal Officers. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Majisiiall, Feb. 17. The curious discovery has just been made that for the last five years Marshall has been without a legally elected city clerk, treasurer or . attorney. The original ordinances provided for the election of a Mayor and police magistrate every four years, but that the three officers above named should be elected biennially, commencing with 1877. In 1884 this was amended to read that thenceforth tho said officers would be elected biennially, commencing with that year. An election of , these officers was had that year, and has Been held every two years since; but an investigation of the ordinances shows that ',the correction was never made, the re- ' viser overlooking it, and that the section stands in its original form, thereby providing for the election to be held in odd years. A new election to fill the suddenly created vacancies will be held this spring. Brief Mention. Abraham Leatherman, aged eighty-six years, died at Elgin on Saturday. John Sass was caught in a fly-wheel of an engine at Marengo and was horribly mangled. His wife is an invalid with six children. , The grand jnryof Boone county has indicted every liquor-seller in the county eighty in all for selling to minors and ha bitual drunkards. Mrs. Lizzie Huling, of Bloomington, has obtained a verdict of Sl.250 against her father-in-law, Nathaniel Huling, for persuading her husband to desert her. The authorities of Hancock county are investigating the recent attempt at lynch ing mere, aim it is mougni a numoer ot people will be indicted for attempted murder. In the revival meetings in progress in Urbana over 150 persons have joined the Methodist, Baptist and, Presbyterian churches. Rev. M. R. Paradis continues daily meetings in the Presbyterian Church. Jacob Webb, a wealthy citizen of Areola, seventy-six years of age, attempted suicide afewuaysagoby cutting his throat. He says his sufferings from salt rheum are so intolerable that he will finish the deed at the first opportunity. At Monticello, on Saturday, Mrs. F. A. Brady was granted a divorce from her husband, Alfred Brady, a few hours later the Judge revoked his decision, on learning additional facts, and now the couple are in a quandry whether they are married or not in the present status of the case. At a depth of 300 feet the drill of the Litchfield Natural-gas Company became fast. 'After three or four hours' hard work it was brought to the surface and the workmen were alarmed to find it covered with blood and hair. They couldn't account for the mysterious circumstance until evening, when the owner of a coal mine sent in a bill for $50, the value of a mule killed by the drill It seems the gas company was unaware that a branch of the Litchfield coal mine extended underneath the former's derrick. Steamship News. New York. Feb. 16. Arrived: Britannic, The Queen, from Liverpool. New York, Feb. 17. Arrived: City of Chester, from Liverpool. Qiteexstowx. Feb. 17. The steamer British King, from Philadelphia for Liverpool, arrived liere to-day. LONDON', Feb. 17. The steamer City of Berlin, from New York to Liverpool, passed Browhead to-niht The steamer La Normandie, from New York to Havre, passed the Lizard to-night. Catholics Warned Against Public Schools. New Yonk, Feb. 17. At all the masses at tho Roman Catholic churches, to-day, an encyclical letter from tho Pope was read, in which the faithful are warned against avarice, against immoral tendencies in literature and the drama, and against materrialism in thought, which breeds socialism, communism, nihilism, etc. The letter also condemns public schools, and says of them: "There is no ecclesiastical authority left in them, and during the years when it is most fitting for tender minds to be tenderlv trained in Christian virtue, the precepts of religion are, for the most part, unheard." The Electric Sugar Frauds. Ann Arbor, Mich., Feb. 17. Mrs. Olive C. Friend: her step-father, Wm. E. Howard: her mother, Emily Howard; Orin Holstead and George Holstead, the parties charged with conspiracy in the electric sugar frauds, were arrested in Milan last evening, and brought to this city and placed in jail last night. The Fashions Will Change. Cnicajro Inter Ocean. During the past four years it has been the fashionable dissipation of small foreign powers to kick the Lnited States. A month hence the fashions in this respect are liable to change Boils, pimples, hives, ringworm, tetter, and all other manifestations of impure blood are cured by Hood's Sarsaparilla.

IOWA'S GOVERNOR INDICTED.

The Tolk County Grand Jury Charges nim with Criminal Libel History of the Case. Des Moixes, la., Feb. 17. The Polk county grand jury, by a vote of six to one, has indicted Governor Larrabee for criminal libel. A Mrs. Turner has been for months trying to secure the pardon of her son, Chester Turner, who was sentenced to seventeen years in tho penitentiary for theft. She charges that the youth's conviction, which occurred three years ago, was dne to fraud in the interest of a number of persons who undertook to lynch him, and who feared that his acquittal would injure them. Governor Larrabee has refused again and again to grant a pardon, and as a defense against tho agitation published a pamphlet disclosing the circumstances surrounding the case. He included an extract from a newspaper charging Mrs. Turner as having two husbands living. This has been proved untrue, as the first husband was Killed in the late war while on picket duty, although the army records fail to mention the fact. The case has gradually become a part of the bitter contest which has been waged for somo time between Governor Larrabee and the railroads, and will undoubtedly cut a figure in State politics. This has been brought around by the railroads granting Mrs. Turner free transportation to enablo her to keep up the agitation for her boy's pardon. The general opinion is that the prisoner was guilty, but got a sentenco much too severe. DAILY WEATHER BULLETIN. Indications. Washington, Feb. 17. For Indiana and Illinois Clearing; colder; northwesterly winds. For Michigan Fair; colder, followed by warmer; northwesterly winds. For Wisconsin Fair; warmer; variable winds. For Iowa and Missouri Clearing; colder, followed by warmer; northwesterly winds. For Dakota and Minnesota Fair; clearing in the western portion of Dakota; warmer; variable winds. Local Weather Report. IxDiAXAroLis. Feb. 17.

Time, Bar. Ther. R.H. Wind. Weather. Pre. 7 a.m. 29.97 32 83 Nwest Cloudy. .03 7 p.m. 29.92 30 95 North Lt. Snow. .03

Maximum thermometer, 31; minimum thermometer, 30. Following is a comparative statement of the condition of temperature and precipitation on Feb. 17, 1889; Tern. Trtcip. Normal 1 32 0.12 Mean ... 31 0.06 Departure from normal 1 0.00 Excess or deficiency since Feb. 1... 60 1.15 Excess or deficiency since Jan. 1 . . . 57 1.54 Plus. General Observations. Ixdianapolis, Feb. 177 P. M.

65 yrhcrmomctr ' 2 J- Weather. $ ; : ? 20.86 44 .. 44 .... Cloudy. 23.96 32 .. 34 T Cloudy. 29.88 40 - .. 48 .... Pt. Cloudy. 29.90 40 .. 68 .... Cloudy. 29.86 42 .. 4C .... Cloudless. 29.88 60 .. 68 T Pt. Cloudy. 29.76 68 .. 74 .02 Cloudy. 29.94 72 .. 80 Cloudless. 29.82 66 .. 68 .... Fojrgy. 29.76 70 .. 80 .16 Rain. 29.68 58 .. 72 T Cloudy. 29.76 70 .. 74 T Cloudy. 29.78 44 .. 48 T Cloudy. 29.76 66 .. 66 .... Cloudy. 29.76 68 .. 76 .... Cloudless. 29.80 40 .. 46 .06 Rain. 29.76 42 .. 44 T Cloudy. 29.82 40 .. 46 T Cloudy. 29.92 30 30 34 .03 Lt. Snow. 29.88 , 38 .. 42 .... Cloudless. 29.96 32 .. 36 .... Cloudy. 29.91 32 34 .... Cloudy. 30.00 18 .. 21 .04 Cloudless. 29.98 20 .. 26 .04 Snow. 29.96 26 24 26 .... Cloudy. 29.82 34 34 56 .12 Rain. 29.94 24 22 26 T Snow. 29.98 22 ;. 26 .... Pt,Cloudy. 30.06 12 .. 16 T Cloudless. 30.06 8 .. 10 .... Cloudless. 30.22 6 i. 4 .... Pt, Cloudy. 30.1812 .. 4 .... Cloudless. 30.00 20 io 24 .... Pt, Cloudy. 30.06 16 8 20 .... Cloudy. 30.10 12 6 30 .02 SnOW. 29.88 26 26 34 .10 Snow. 30.00 18 18 22 .32 fDOW. 30.06 22 22 34 .... Cloudy. 30.22 6 6 16 .28 Cloudy. 30.20 8 2 10 .01 Cloudy. 30.18 16 2 22 .... Cloudless. 30.28 8 14 22 .... Cloudless. 30.20 2 8 .... Cloudless. 30.16 o .. 6 .... Cloudless. 30.16 4 .. 4 .... ClOUdleSS. 30.08 4 .. 8 .02 Snow. 30.00 14 .. 26 .... Cloudless. 30.14 4 .. 0.... Cloudy. 30.20 8 .. 12 .... Cloudy. 30.10 18 .. 20 .... Pt. Cloudy. 30.26 26 10 83 T Snow. 30.24 4 16 16 .... Cloudless. 30.18 812 20 .... Cloudless. 30.18 4 22 10 .... Pt. Cloudy. 30.14 18 6 22 .... Cloudless. 30.20 18 16 18 .02 SnOW. 30.04 16 16 22 .... Cloudless. 30.28 20 12 24 .... Pt. Cloudy.

Station. New York city. Buffalo, N. Y... PWl'delpbla.Pa Pittsburg, Pa.. Wash'ton, D. C. Charle3t'n,8.C. Atlanta, Ga.... Jacks'nv'le, Fla Pensacola, Fla. Montir'm'ry.Al. Vlcksburg.Miss N. Orleans. La Little Rock.Ark Galveston, Tex. 8'nAntonio.Tex Memphis, Tenn JSasnviiie.Tenn .Louisville, Ky. Indian'plis, Ind Cincinnati, O.. Cleveland, O... Toledo, O Marq'ettc, Mich B.HLMari',Mich Chicago, 111.... Cairo, 111 Bprlnpfleld, 111. Milwaukee, Wis Duluth. Minn.. St. Paul, Minn.. Mooreh'd, Minn St.Vinc,nt,Mi'n Davenport, la.. Dubuque, la... Des Moines, la. St. Louis, Mo... Kans's City. Mo Ft. 8111, Ind.Ter Dodjre City, K's Omana,Aeb N. Platte, Neb.. Valentine, Neb. Yankton, D. T. Ft. Sully. D.T.. Bismarck, D.T. Ft.Buford.D.T. P.ArthVfl,L'd'g Ft.AsWb'ne.M Helena, M. T... Boise City, I.T. Cheyenne, W.T. FLMcK'n'y.WT Ft. Washakie, W Denver, Col.... Pueblo, Col.... Santa Fe, N.M. Salt Lake Ctyi. T. Trace of precipitation. Note One Inch of melted snow equals ten Inches of snow. A RAKE BIT OF BRAVERY. While Crashed by a Bowlder In a Mine, Even Greater Danger Is Averted. Pottsville(Pa,) Special. At the coroner's inquest on Thomas Hobin, who was killed a few days ago, at Hammond colliery, a rare hit of bravery was disclosed. Patrick Dougherty, Robin's loader, was at work at the gangway when Hobin went up into the breast, or chamber, to fire a shot. The hole where the charge was placed was at the top of an eighteen-foot plank, elevated at an angle of seventy-tive degrees. Hobin had placed in the stick of dualin, tamped the hole, and lighted tho fuse. In coming down he started a great mass of coal, and was caught and crushed by an immense bowlder, against the wall of the breast. ' Dougherty heard Hobin's scream, and, looking up into tho dark chamber, saw the sputtering fuse. Not knowing what had befallen his comrade, but knowing that, if the shot went off, Hobin would surely be killed, at the great peril of his own life ho climbed the 6teep piank and pulled out tho fuse within an inch of the powder. He found Hobin later with the life ciushed out of him. Mine Inspector Hein eaya that in all his experiencelie never saw a braver act nor more presence of mind, and at tho inquest ho commended young Dougherty. Then, turning to the crowd, he ottered to head a subscription to buy him a gold watch and chain. The citizens of Girardville have undertaken to present the memorial Lose No Time. Chicago MaiL The alacrity with which certain possible Cabinet officers proceed to annihilate space when it is suggested to them that they aro wanted at Indianapolis is remarkable. They are more anxious to get there promptly tnan a barn-storming show party is to reach a one-night stand where a guaranty is offered. An Unnecessary Insinuation. Detroit Tribune. Why should the friends of G rover Cleveland murmur whenever reference is made 4o his former occupation? What ismoro elevating than a hangman's profession! Valuable Barn and Cattle Burned. A fire occurred at Raison Hammond's farm, a short distance north of Mapleton, lato Saturday night. Several outbuildings and the large barn were destroyed. The latter was filled with feed and hay, and thirty cattle perished in the llaraes, several of them being lino blooded stock. Among tho stock were several animals that have lonfc pedigrees. The tiro started in the barn, and although the flames spread rapidly, soon enveloping every part of the building, so it was impossible to save tho cattle, the fire continued for more than an hour. The outbuildings were either connected with or near the barn, which gave the names a ready path to burn them all. From the outset the fire was unmanageable. Mr. Hammond's loss is $12,000, on which there is but little insurance, except on the buildings. In all distresses of our friends, we first consult our private ends" was the old style: now we don't consult anybod3 but invest twenty-five cents in a bottle of Salvation OiL It kills pain!

o in) Absolutely Pure. This poirrter' niver varies. A marvel of pnrlty Ptrenrtn and wboleaomenMS. More economical than the ordinary kinds, and cannot be sold In competition with the multitude of loir-test. Rhort-weJht !nm or phofphate powdern. Sold only In can. KOYAL BAKING POWDER CO, 106 Wall sL. X. Y. A SUBTERRANEAN TRAGEDY. A Drill Kllla a Mule 30O Feet Below the Earth' Surface. St Louis Globe-Democrat. A ghastly, and for a timo inexplicable mystery, which kept the nerves of the cood people of Litchlicld, 111., strung at a nigh tension for a few hours, was graphically described by Mr. L. C. Van v leek, the promoter of the natural gas enterprises of that section. Abon.t 10 o'clock Monday morning." said he, whilo Sam Varncr, the head driller for tho Litchfield Natural-gas Company, was at work at a well on the Totts farm, about a mile and a half from the town, on the Mount Olive road, the drill got stuck and refused to respond to the efforts of tho machinery to raise it. The drill is composed of a largo bar of steel weighing about naif a ton, and is drawn up by a windlass and then dropped, sometimes as much as lifty feet. This drill forces its . way through thick strata of rock, and is often sunk to the depth of 3,000 feet. The well in question had been sunk about 800 feet. Mr. Varner worked for nearly an hour before he could get the drill Iree. and he then brought it to the surface '.to make an examination. As it came to view he was astonished to discover that it was covered with blood, as was the rope for several feet above the drill. He called his assistant, and both decided that the crimson clots on the drill and rope were unmistakably blood. "To say that they were alarmed is expresAing the state of their feelings mildly. They were horrified. The ponderous bar of steel had punctured the life out of something in some remote place far down in the bowels of the earth. Varner placed his ear to the mouth of the tubing and could plainly hear a roaring sound. While he was in this posture a voice came up. You have killed somebody down here.1 it said, and Varner was so dazed that be and his assistant made for the village at a rapid rate of speed. "The two men hurried into town, and their earnest manner inspired belief in their story. People Hocked to the Totts farm and, gathering about the well, examined the bloody evidence of the subterranean tragedy and discussed Us probable cause. Aphydcian and a chemist who were in the crowd both declared that the red clots on the drill-tip was blood, but could not tell whether it was human or animal. The mystery deepened until an analytical student figured it out this way: 'I have it! I have it! The drill has killed somebody or something in the Litchmine extends directly nnder this rlaee, as near as I can calculate, and the drill has torn the life out of some unfortunate workman down there.' 'This sounded plausible enough, and tho whole crowd made a rush for town as fast as they could run. When they arrived and becan to relate what thev had 6een and heard, a big delegation started for tho mine. On their way they met J. 15. W. Amsden, eecrctary of the coal company, and clustering about his buggy plied him with excited questions. "When his questioner stopped for breath, he said, with pathos: Yes, fellow-citizens, a lamentable tragedy has occurred in the mine. One poor creature has been stricken to death, and now lies lifeless far down in the dark and dingy depths. This' he saiL 'will explain more fully,' and the crowd almost fainted when he drew a slip of paper from his pocket and read: Litchfield, I1L, Feb. 11, 1859. Litchfield Natural Gas Company: To one mule, killed by gas company's drill this day, $30. "And, fellow-citizens, there was never a more faithful or useful mule in a coal mine than old Tom, who has met so tragic a death.' "The explanation robbed the affair of its horrible charm, and was a fruitful theme for mirth the rest of the day, and the reaction of the excitement drove some of the boys to drink. "But when you come to think of the whole thing," said Mr. Van Vleck, "it is not such a laughing matter, after alL I think it J will go down to history as a most remarkable,! may say unprecedented, occurrence in connection with well-digging." JOKERS PUT TO FLIGHT. A Victim Uses Red Taint and ristol Shots to Tarn the Tables on Ills Persecutors. Onancock (Va.) Special to Baltimore American. For many years it has been a favorite . sport among the youths of this town to f take newcomers into the woods or old fields ' around here and frighten them by pretending that the party is attacked by rob- t bersor desperadoes. According to a preconcerted arrangement some of the party go ahead and secrete themselves in tho bushes, and as the others come alone with tho man to bo scared they open nre on ' them, i One or two usually fall as if shot,, while tho others take to their heels in wellcounterfeited fright and consternation, lt happens that the man to be scared is badly stampeded, and ho has frequently had a . rougn timo getting back to Onancock through the pine thickets and tho miry swamps. But it sometimes turns out that the wrong man is selected for a victim," and, that is just what happened last night, when a young man named Peed, employed' as clerk at tho Grand Central Hotel here, was taken out into tho old fields near here to be frightened out of his boots. An unoccupied house in tbe fields near hero was selected as the place for carrying out tho plan. All the arrangements were made, and soon after nightfall half a dozen or more young men of the town secreted themselves in the old building and awaited tho arrival of the intended victim who soon came along, with a single companion. As they were passing the building several shots were fired at them from the upper windows, and youni: Feed's companion fell 1retending to be badly wounded. IJut eed, who had all along suspected what was going to happen, instead of running, iumped upon his fallen companion and besmeared his head and neck with a sponco that he had saturated in red paint. He then opened a vigorous lire upon the house. This created the wildest consternation among those who were concealed in the building. Some tried to jump out the back windows, others hid in the hre-place, and others still shouted lustily to Peed to stop shooting, telling him who they were. Peed kept up the siege, and continued to bom bard tfio inmates, who finally escaped from the building and took to the woods. The young man who had pretended to bo shot, thinking that Ptcd was trying to kill him. managed to get away and seek a place of safety, thus leaving Teed in undisputed possession of the field. The whole crowd' was so scattered that it took them fcomo timo to Teassemblo their forces. When they finally camo together again, and saw the red stain on tho head aud neck of the voung man who had fallen at tho first fire, they came to the conclusion that he had been shot, and the young man himself almost fainted from fright. He, as well as the rest of the crowd, felt relieved when ho found it was only paint. Peed in the meantime had returned to the town and infonned the people of what had taken place. The affair created no end of amusement, except in the family of the 3'oungmanwho cot painted. At last accounts he was still in the bath-tub scrubbing away, but tho stubborn paint refuse to come oiL