Indianapolis Journal, Indianapolis, Marion County, 2 March 1889 — Page 2

THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL, SATURDAY, MARCH 2,. -1889.

rebelling unless stirred up to it by suffering and injustice. How could Saundersonhopo to excito Ulster men to rebel, not against the rest of Ireland, but against England und Scotland, whn no oppression or inLustices wero intiicted upon them! Expressing confidence that Englishmen would oon recognize the possibility of home rule for Ireland, be said he only asked that they thould deal with the question as an open one and consider bow i'ar they could concede home rule with safety to their own ? Teat interests. It wasright that the smaller onntry should yield to the larger and agree to all safeguards necessary for tho tecuritv of the latter's interests. Ireland was willing to do so, and he was convinced that Irishmen, knowing that the people of England and .Scotland and Wales bad for )he lirst time turned the ear of reason to he solution of the question, would steadily resist any incitement to disorder and bold tast to the trno way pointed out to them in l5byMr. Gladstone. Prolonged checrIncJ. Mr. Matthews said that, unfortunately, tbe advice of Mr. Parnell had not been followed by that gentlemen's friends during the debate. Tbe speaker maintained that the o flenses for which the Parnellites bad "been imprisoned were not, as a rule, of a political nature, and tbat this justified tbo policv of the government. On'leaving the House of Commons, Dr. Tanner was surrounded by a crowd of Radicals and Nationals and escorted to the Palace Hotel. The party was followed by a crowd of reporters and others. No attempt was made to arrest Dr. Tanner. At the hotel. Tanner made a speech in which he eulogized Gladstone, lie was enthusiastically cheered. Dr. Tanner was subsequently arrested in the smoking-room of bis hotel and taken to Scotland Yard. The banquet which is to be given to Mr. Parnell by the Radical members of Parliament will be held at the National Liberal Club. THE PARNELL COHMISSIOX.

Justice Hannen Declines to Consider the Question of Conspiracy. London, March 1. The Parnell commission reassembled this morning. Tbeexcitement manifested for several days past, consequent upon the collapse of Piggott on cross-examination and his flight, had subtided, and the proceedings were conducted quietly. Tbe court refused to allow Mr. Houston, secretary of the Irish Loyal and Patriotic Union, to make a personal state ment or to band to the court a written doc ument, on the ground that tbo time was in convenient. Messrs. O'Kclly, Davitt and Campbell, Mr. Parneirs secretary, sworo that they did not write the letters ascribed to them by Piggott. Mr. Justin McCarthy also testified. He denied that be bad an interview with Piggott. Mr. Lewis, solicitor for Mr. Parnell, testified tbat be told Piggott that the letters not being negotiable be could not be prosecuted for forgery, but was liable to prosecution for obtaining money under false pretenses. Tbo witness declared that ho bad not promised Piggott a farthing. Mr. Labouchere testified that he had never ottered Piggott 1,000 if he would swear that the letters were forged, as sworn to ny Piezott. Ho said that before the commis sion onened. somebody named O'Brien had offered him a packet of letters which were said to have been written by Messrs. Egan and Parnell. He did not know O'Brien. Mr. Soames. solicitor for the Times, pro duced tbe documents on which Piggott's evidence was based. He said that every statement Piggott had made had been submitted to the court. Mr. Lewis was recalled and testified that he was convinced that Piggott was a forger before ever he saw him. Mr. Houston announced his readiness to submit to cross-examination and to give se curity for his continued attendance before 1 1 ine commission. Attornev-ceneral Webster urged that Mr. Houston be immediately cross-examined. so as to enable tbe court to have all the facts before them. Sir Charles Russell, on behalf of the Parnellites, applied to the court to exercise its discretion under the commission act and make an ad. interim report on tuo cenuineness of the letters that had been placed in evidence. urged that as Sir Charles Kussell had stated that there was a foul conspiracy behind Houston and Piggott, the cross-examination of Houston should bo finished be fore the report was framed. Sir Charles Russell But we have nothing to do now with anything except the genu ineness of tho letters, whicn the Attorneyeeneral savs ho can not iustifv. Presiding Justice Hannen flie charge'of the existence of foul conspiracy lias no bearing on tho point now before us. Our jurisdiction at present is limited to charges and allegations against certain persons. It is no part of our duty to deal in the report with charges against other persons, lnat will be decided at the next sitting. Attorney-general Webster occupied tho remainder of the day with the reading of extracts from the Irish World and tho Ireeman's Journal, regarding Mr. Davitt. Sir Charles Russell finally protested that the Attorney-generals only object was to have the passages published in order to :irouse prejudice acainst tho Parnellites. The commission then adjourned. SACKYXLLE'S SUCCESSOR. Official Confirmation of the Rumored Se lection of Sir Julian Pauncefote. London, March 1. The statement that Sir Pouncefote has been appointed British minister to the United States is officially continued. It is stated that Lord Salisbury selected Pauncefote on account of the Litter's knowledge of tho fishery question. Mr. Labouchere recently wrote of Sir Julian: "Sir Julian Pauncefote, who, it is understood, is likely to be Lord Sackville s successor at Washington, will bo one more example of tbo kicking-upstairs principlo to which so manv of our public men owe peerages. A ponderous colonial judge, ho was lnckv enouch to iret a footiucr in tho Colonial Cilice as legal assistant. Secretary Sir Robert Herbert, however, found bis laboriously slow rolleairne mieh a hindrance to the transaction of business that he shunted hmi off to bo tho legal ad viser at the Jr oreign Olhce, where, in a dulicnlty of conciliating tho rival claims to tho vacancy caused by the death of Lord Tenterden in 1S2. he secured tho under-secrc-tarvship of state over the heads of bis inoro capable seniors in office. He has never been able to cope with the pressure of business in that important position, and he has begged to be promoted to lighter employment. This is givrn him at the expense of half a dozen trained diplomatists who have been looking for advancement to the vacant post. There is a good deal of bitterness in the minds of these gentlemen in consequents of the intrusion of another outsider into the upper ranks of the serv ice. Sir Julian Pauncefote is a good-nat-nrprt. vain and pompons hit ot averairn mediocrity, and hardly up to tho mark of what a British minister at Washington ou ght to ie. FORGER riGGOTT. A 3Ian Answering His Description Commits Suicide In a Madrid HoteL Madrid, March 1. An Englishman supposed to be Richard Piggott was arrested at the Hotel des Ambassadenrs to-day, under the name of Ronald Ponsonby. Tho man afterward committed suicide with a revolver. Tho description of tho sui cide corresponds with that of Pig. gott. The man spoke English only. A small amount of silver was found in his pocket. Tho police have taken pos session of the papers and oilier articles found nnon him. In assuming an alias, he jviuVntiy chose a name the initials of which would correspond with those on his baggage. His description is identical with that of a man who called at tho HotelDcux Mondcs in Pans and left suddenlj. London, March 1. A dispatch from Madrid to the Times says; ho arrest of the suicide was made in consequence of a telo1 gram from the British Foreign Office. Ponsonby arrived from Paris on Thursday mnminir. His oulv bairsairo was a small hand-bag. Soon alter his arrival ho sent a telegraphic dinpatch to London' The Standard &ays it is able to confirm the statement that tho suicide was riggott. When arrested he took the situation calmly. and threw the officers -lt' the scent with the excuse that he wished to get bis overC?3t He retired to an alcove, ana there

shot himself in the mouth with a revolver. He died instantly. His head was horribly disfigured.

All Right, Mr. Stallo. Rome, March 1. The Popolo Romano an nounces that Mr. J. B. Stallo. the American Minister here, will resign, on tne ground that a Democrat cannot serve under a Re publican government. Gladstone's Son Dying. London. March 1. William Henry Gladctnn iiWf ton nf fit. Hon. Wm. E. Glad stone, cx-Prcmier, is in a dying condition. He was insensible all day to-day. Foreign Notes. The Afcrhan forces are advancing from nerat, and the Emir of Bokhara is preparing to attack them. The Russian papers all adopt a warlike tone in commenting upon the situation. Count Tiombelles. chfcf of the late Crown Prince Rudolph's household, has retired from the service. The Emperor has bestowed upon him tho grand cross of tho order cf Leopold. Mr. W. Vanderhilt is seeking to obtain the lease of the house now leased by tho Duke of Sutherland in London. '1 he property belongs to the royal family. The lease has fifteen years yet to run. DAILY WEATnER BULLETIN. Indications. Washington, March 1. For Indiana Fair, preceded by rain in eastern portion: warmer; variable winds. For Illinois. 3Iichigau and Wisconsin Rain; stationary temperature, followed in Wisconsin and upper Michigan by slightly warmer: winds becoming westerly. ForMinnesotaandDakota Fair; warmer; southerly winds. I? or lowa ram stationary temperature; variable winds. Local Weather Report. Indianapolis, March 1.

Jim. Bar. Iher. i2.IT. Wind. Weather. IYc. 7 a.m. SO.26 30 90 S'east Lt. rain. 0.20 7r.n. 3023 40 93 X west Lt. rain. 0.13

thermometer, 44; minimum tliermaaiter.JD. Mlbwingiia comparative statement of tho condition of temperature and precipitation n March 1, 18S9: Jem. trcap. Normal 39 0.12 Mean 40 0.33 Departure from normal 1 0.21 ixecssordencieney since Jan. l... J -.J7 -rius. General Observations. Indianapolis, March 17 p. k.

Viximnm

fcj ThriixomeVr Station, 2 H fe; fc- P. Weather. llll! New York city. 30.38 40 30 48 .... Cloudless. Buffalo. N.Y.. 30.28 34 32 40 .... Cloudy. Phu'delphia,Pa 30.40 42 32 60 .... Cloudless. Pittsburg, Fa.. 30.22 44 32 50 .04 Rain. Wash'tou.D.C. 30.40 38 30 44 .... Pt. Cloudy, Charleston.S.C. 30.38 46 42 12 .... Cloudy. Atlanta, G a.... 30.32 52 46 58 .... Cloudy. Jacks'nv'le.Fla 30.32 50 50 CO .... Cloudy, Fensacola.Fla. 30.16 58 66 6) .28 Rain. Monttf m'rr.Al. 30.22 64 64 60 .24 Rain. Vicksburg.Mlss 30.06 60 54 C2 1.62 Rain. N. Orleans, La. 30.06 64 88 68 .64 Cloudy. LittleRoctLArk 30.22 42 42 64 .74 Rain. . Galveston.Tex. 30.02 60 68 62 1.88 Rain. B'nAntonio.'Tx 30.16 62 52 60 .... Pt. Cloudy. Memphis, Tenn 30.22 46 46 58 .20 Rain. NashvMe.Tenn 30.22 62 48 62 .Ca Rain. Louisville, Ky. 30.20 48 40 64 .10 Cloudy. Indlan'pli9,Ind 30.22 40 34 44 .12 Rain. Cinelnnatl, O.. 30.18 60 32 50 .08 Rain. Cleveland, O... 30.20 31 32 33 .14 Rain. Toledo, 0 30.20 34 32 38 .28 Hain. Marq'etto.Mich 30.22 3 32 52 .... Cloudless. S.StMari'.Mich 30.24 30 18 36 .... Cloudless. Chlcaro, 111.... 30.26 32 32 34 .14 Cloudy. Carlo, ill 30.28 40 40 50 .08 Cloudy. Springfield, 111. 30.30 38 34 40 .... Cloudy. MilwauJcee.Wis 30.24 32 30 36 .08 Cloudy. Duluth. Minn.. 30.22 38 32 40 .... Cloudy. Paul, Minn. 30.26 36 28 38 T Cloudy. Mooreh'tLMinu 30.34 32 32 36 .... Cloudy. fcLVinont,Mrn 30.24 34 2b 88 .... Cloudy. Davenport, La. 30.26 42 32 48 .... Cloudy. Dubuque, la... 30.26 42 32 52 .... Cloudy. Des Moines, la, 30.32 40 26 60 .... Cloudy. St. Louis, Mo.. 30.32 40 34 42 .... Cloudless. Kans'sCity. Mo 30.36 42 34 50 .... Cloudy. Ft. Fill, IndTer Dodpe City, K's 30.42 40 32 64 .... Cloudless. Ouiaha, Neb... 30.38 40 30 48 .... Cloudless. N. Platte. Neb. 30.42 44 26 62 .... Cloudless. Valentine, Neb. 30.34 48 30 66 .... Cloudless. Yankton, D. T. 30.34 38 32 48 .... Cloudless. Ft. SuUy, D. T. 30.32 40 3C 4d .... Cloudless. Bismarck, D.T. 30.28 38 30 34 .... Pt. Cloudy. FtBuford.D.T. 30.16 38 26 62 .... Cloudy. P.ArthVsL'd'ff 30.20 34 18 42 .... Pt. Cloudy. Ou'Apelle, N.W 30.00 42 24 44 .... Pt. Cloudy. 1 1 Aslnab'ne,M so Helena. M. T .. 30.20 42 28 60 .... Cloudless. Boise City, I. T. 30 20 60 34 64 .... Pt. Cloudy. Cheyenne, W.T. 30.42 40 20 48 .... Cloudless. Ft.McK'n'yWT Ft.Washakie,W 30.30 38 14 42 .... Cloudless. Denver, Col.... 30.42 4T 24 52 .... Cloudy. Pueblo. Col 30.36 48 34 60 .... Cloudy. Santa Fe, :.M 30.24 40 28 46 .... Cloudy. Salt Lake City. 30.40 62 34 51 .... Cloudless.

T. Trace of nrecinitatlon. Note One inch of melted snow equals ten Inches of snow. February Weather. The meteorological summary for the month of February, at Indianapolis, as shown by the United States Signal Service, is as follows: Mean barometer. 30.174: highest. 30.80. on the 23d; lowest. 29.43, on tbe 4th. Mean temperature, 26; highest, 64, on tho 16th: lowest, 1, on the 23d: createst daily range, 27; least daily range, 4; mean dally 30.1; 18S0, 38.7; 1881, 29.8; 1882, 42.2; 188.1, 32.0; 1881, 34.7; 1885. 20.5; 1886, 28,2; 1887, 34.6; 1888, 30.5; total excess or deficiency during month. 175; total excess or denciency since Jan. 1,-10. Mean daily dew point, 19.0; mean daily relative humiditr. 75.4. Prevailing direction of wind, west; total movement, 4,717 miles; extreme velocity, direction and date, 26 miles, northwest, 5th and 13th. Total precipitation, 1.2 Inches; numnerof dars on which .01 lnchor more of precipitation fell, 13; total precipitation (In Inches andhundredths) for tho month In 1872. 1.41:1873. 2.85: 1874. 4.17;1875, 1.88; 1876,4.49: 1877, 1.21; 1878,2.70; iotj, -.K, iocv, o.io; o.-io; V.s; 1883,7.19; 1884, 4.73; 1885, 1.54; 1886, 1.51; 1887, 4.61; 1888, 1.45; total excess or deficiency during month, 2.19; total excess or deficiency since Jan. 1. 2.58. Number of clear days, 6; fair days, 8; cloudy days, 14. C F. II. AVaitemians, Observer, Signal Corps. TELEGRAPHIC BREVITIES. Policeman Francis J. Goraghty, of Kotv York, who was thrown from a patrol wagon during a riot in the recent car strike, died last night Mrs. James Led get t and her two sons were drowned, Thursday, while trying to cross Wilson creek in a wat?on, fifteenmilea southwest of Springfield, Mo. The national bankruptcy-law convention held at St. Louis, after debate, frame resolutions favoring a law, and recommending that tho Lowell bill be taken as a basis. A telegram from Chattanooga says 2,000 employes at the furnaces of the Tennessee Coal and Iron Company of South Pittsburg struck yesterday in consequence of a reduction of 10 per cent, in their wages. Tho grand jury which has been investigating the libel suits of Inspector Bonlield, Captain Schaack and Detective Lowenstiu against the Chicago Times has just finished their investigation, and found "no bill." On the Lake Huron road, yesterday, a passenger train ran into the rear of a local train which was standing at tho station at Paris, and a wreck resulted. Mrs. Law. of Decomba, and her six-year-old daughter were killed. Joseph Kvans, an old pambler, was shot and killed yosterday in Dull's saloon, at Baltimore, by Thomas II. Yames, agetl twenty-two years, No cause can bo learned for the tragedy. . "Jack the Kipper" has appeared at Calgary, N. W. T. Late on Thursday night the body of a squaw was found in a room over a saloon, iionriblv mutilated in the same manner as the "Wnitechapel victims. Wm. Fisk, a notorious character, has been arrested on suspicion. The faculty of Wesleyan College, at Middletown. Conn., has inipoeed punishment for participating in the Washington birthday scrape. Six freshmen were suspended until tho beginning of tho next college year, two were suspended until May 1, and nine were censured. Ho action was taken in Hubbard's case. Two veterans from the National Soldiers' IToiuo were asphvxiateU at tho Union Hotel in Dayton, O. The two soldiers, Joseph Cranston, Thirty-ninth Illinois Volunteers, and Charles Lanni, Company G, Thirteenth United States Infantry, had been drinking, went to bed and Mew out the gas, and yesterday morning Lanni was found dead and Cranston is dying. Brown's Expectorant never fails to cure coughs, colds, etc. Prico 50 cents. Sold by all druggists.

range, i.u; mean temperature lor tins montn in 1872. 29.0; 1873, 30.3; 1874. 35.6; 1875, 21.2; 1876. 30.7: 1877. 39.02: 1878. 39.0: 1879.

PIGGOTT AND PATBICK EGAN

Tho Batter Furnishes Some Additional Details as to Their Relations, The Methods Employed by the Forger and tho Devices to Which He Resorted in Order to Deceive and Cheat Prominent Men. Chicago, March 1. Mr Patrick Egan arrived in this city from Lincoln, Neb., this morning. Ho is en route to Washington to vf itness tho inauguration of President Harrison. Shortly before his departure via the Pennsylvania road, this afternoon, an Associated Press reporter met him in the office of Mr. Alexander Sullivan. Mr. Egan's attention was called to tho published statement of Dr. McCahey, of Philadelphia, impeaching tho accuracy of tho London cablegram to the Associated Press on the day of the exposure. The statement of Dr. McCahey was to the effect that Messrs. Egan and Sullivan did not make the exposure, and that Father Dorney did not carry the papers to London, but that they were taken over by Mr. Robertson. Mr. Egan declared that Dr. McCahey's statement .was altogether wrong, and was promulgated from hearsay. The story, as given in the Associated Press e able gram of Feb. 25, was correct, with a few minor and altogether unimportant exceptions. "In fact," continued Mr. Egan, 4,tho documents were arranged in order and the accompanying brief prepared in this very room in which we aro now sitting; this is in ray friend Alexander Sullivan's office. Mr. Sullivan, at my request, selected the messenger, Rev. Father Maurice J. Dorney. I placed the package in Father Domey's hands in New York, and he delivered to Mr. Labouchere, in London, and helped to make the statement clear to Messrs. Labouchere. Parnell, Lewis and Russell." . : Mr. Egan here produced the original of a letter written to him by Piggott in 1883, which, he said, had never been . published. By way of prefatory explanation, ho 6aid that in October, 1881. he Egan and Mr. Parnell had bought the Irishman, a nowsTthper, frm Piggott. After the transaction Piggott fought m every way to retain a ?lace on the jjaper, saying that he would ake any position at any salary but he was refused any connection with the paper, because he (Egan) knew that Piggott's object was to use his position in an illegitimate way. Egivn was certain of this from his knowledge of the man, having had occasion to publicly expose him lor his attempt at black-mail in threatening to publish in the Irishman fictitious accounts of receipts and disbursements of the funds of the Ldnd League, contributed in this country and elsewhere. It is to these matters that Piggott refers in the appended letter. The Dr. Sigerson referred to was at the time a leading writer on tho Irishman. The letter reads as follows: j Private. 17 Vesat Place, Kingston, Jan. 3, 1883. Dear Eir Dr. Sigerson, as appears from today's papers, having received a government appointment, Is, I presume, no longer eligible as editor for the Irishman. If this is so, I have the temerity to solicit appointment to the vacant Sosition. After what has happened, you win no oubt consider this request as highly presump tuous. I nave, however, acquainted Mr. rarneil with facts which I think will absolve me from responsibility for certain things which have been falsely laid at my charge, and I can only say tbat if you will favor me with an interview I hope to make you also sensible to the fact that I have, on the whole, been "more sinned againat than sinning.' Faithfully yours. KICHABD IMG GOTT. P.Egaa, Esq. T. - Referring to Piggott's method of raising money when he was hard up, Mr. Egan gave some interesting gossip which puts a new side-light to the character of the political forger. This was what mayi bo termed the anonymous letter racket, r "For the purpose," said Mr. Egan, "ho was in the habit of assuming a crabbed, uncultivated handwriting, such as an uneducated person, or one unaccustomed to writing might show. He tried it on ArchbishoD Walsh. He wrote to tho Arch bishop, anonymously, that ho knew of a iamiiy in very siraiienea cirenmsrances; that tney were in urgent need of help; that

they were all good Catholics, but they wcro surrounded by influences which were tending to lead them away, and that, unless they were looked after promptly, there was dancer that thev would be lost to . the mother church. I suppose tho Archbishop is in the way of receiving many such, appeals, so he paid no attention to it. Piggott followed it up with a letter in his own name, detailing the same story, and he probably got something out of the Archbishop. And ho tried tho ;&amo game with me, too. I first received an anonymous letter telling me to boware of Dick Piggott; that Dick was in great need of money; that he wanted to be honest and do the right thing, but that he was sorely tempted; that he was offered a lot of money to publish a set of fictitious accounts-'of tho Land League: that his necessities might drivo him to uo it, and that I had better see to it that ho kept out of such straits. rAs that did not suffice, he wrote me;a long black-mailing letter, setting forth that ho had been offered money to'help him' out of his difficulties if he would publish a f also Land League statement, as already given in the Associated Press dispatches." . Mr. Egan continued: "lhat waijb: trick of Dick's on the stand, when ono of my genuine letters was placed before him his saying that it had probably been forged since the publication in the Times, for tho purpose of being palmed off as genuine. Fortunately, however, it would not have amounted to anything, even if Piggott had stood by 'hfs . story and faced it out toi the ,ud, for the falsity of it could and would'hsvo been shown. When tho terms of the Sale of the Irishman had been agreed upon, I wrof ei to Parnell, telling him to put the matter into the hands of an attorney, and .have- ho trade closed in dae form. In that 1 inclosed Piggott's last letter, and my reply to it. written as usual, on the fly leaf, rarneil scut the whole correspondence to the attorney, and, after the letters came out in the Times, I remembered the circumstances, and wrote to tho attorney, who found it among his old files. Furthermore, it chanced that the very letter which- Picgott charged as forged, to meet the necessity of the case, was published in the Freeman's Journal, years before. So we had our case intact, and if Piggott had persisted in his story, we would have had the tcstimonv of tho attorney to tho fact that the.letter had been in his possession for years, -and tho tiles of tho Freeman's Journal would have shown the publication of the disputed letter long before the Times began it-ef light." "Do you believe that Piggott originated tho scheme, or that ho was hired to do it!" asked the reporter. "I believe Replied Mr. Egan, -"that Dick concocted the whole plot alone; but I also believe he sold the Times people the goods which they wanted to buy. The Times did not expect to get in the sort, of hearing which s now cn. The supposition was that Parnell would bring a libel suit in tho ordinary way in court. Then ho would have to go on tho stand and merely swear that ho never wrote the letters published. Then the Times wonld have been enabled to put expert after expert upon tho stand, up to a hundred if it had wanted to, to swear that the writing was Parnell's. In the face of this, an English jury would never have taken Parneirs word, and would have given a verdict against him. They had no idea that he could demonstrate their falsity." "What will be the probable course of the trial no wP , "I don't know: but I do know that if the Times chooses to continue tho light we have two or three more surprises in store, but of their character I am not now at liberty to speak." 'What will be the effect of the collapse on English politicsr : 'Tremendous! If an appeal were taken to the country now or within the next six months. Gladstone would go in overwhelmingly. Party inlluenco there is a very different thing from party inlluence in this country. Here, a man, even though he has no desire for office, is more closely identified with his party than there. 'lie has friends who are in office, or who want office, and so ho feels that the defeat of his party is a defeat for himself. In England a change of government implies no widespread change In official life. The average Englishman is pretty fair in his intentions. Ignoranco of tho fact, with accompanying prejudice, may make him snjw to move; but, as I say, he is fair-minded, and, once convinced that any course is ngh ho goes

in to do it. I don't know whether an attempt will be made to force an appeal to the country or not, but I understand that Mr. Gladstone favors waiting, as he believes that the cause is steadily gaining." m INDIANA AND ILLINOIS NEWS. A Wabash County Man Commits Stdclde by Swallowing an Ounce of Quinine. Special to the Indianapolis Journal Wabash. Ind., March 1. Thomas Garst,a well-known resident of Pawpaw township, Wabash county, died this morning, from the effects of an ounce of quinine, which he swallowed last night with the intention of ending his life. The motive for the deed is unknown, but is believed to be through

fear of the foreclosure of a mortgage on his property. Ho leaves a wife and four children. Deaths of Indiana People. Special to tho IinlianapolU Journal. Washington, Ind., March 1. Elizabeth Meredith, the oldest lady inDaviess county, died, yesterday, of general debility. Mrs. Meredith was the inotner of one of the largest and wealthiest families of tho county, and was a resident of this city nearly all of her long life. She was ninety years old on the 2T)th day of February, and has been bed-ridden for thirty years before her death. Anderson, March 1. Enos B. Wright, a respectable citizen of Anderson, died today of old ago. He was a resident of Madison county for forty-five years, and for tho past forty years has been connected with the'dry goods trade of Anderson. Had ho lived until to-morrow, he would have been eighty-live years old. FoiiT Wayne, March 1. John Wess.?l,jr.f the " well-known grocer and councilman, died this afternoon, of pneumonia. He was a young man of excellent traits of character, and was quite wealthy. Logans! ort, March 1. P. OTlvnn, a leading Democratic politician of Cass count3 died at Walton, this morning, of consumption. SpiCeland. March 1. George R. Bnndy, a veteran of Company D. Thirty-sixth Indiana Regiment, died to-day of rheumatism of the heart. Elkhart, March 1. Thomas Moore, a prominent resident of Elkhart for fifty years, died here to-day, aged rifty-seven years; Harrodsbug, March l.-Mn. II. Roger, wife of the pastor of the Methodist Church here, died, yesterday, from lung fever. An Aged Doctor Sent to Prison. Special to tho IndianapoUs Journal Greensburg, Ind., March 1. Last night a jury returned a verdict giving George W. Godfrey one year in the penitentiary. Some time ago a citizen of Forest Hill, this county, had some goods stolen from a wagon, and in a few days these goods were discovered in the possession of Godfrey, nis plea was that he fonnd them. He is a practicing physician, a graduate of Oxford University, England, and about sixty years old.' He has been married to his piesent wifo about four years, and they have not agreed very well. She testified against him in this case. j;' Left Tier Diamonds Hid in a Bed. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Fort Wayne, Ind.,March2. Mrs.Berlan Gibbs who takes the leading part in The Wife," was staying at the Wayne Hotel Wednesday, and before retiring put her collections of valuable diamonds in a pillow case for safety. She departed with her company the next morning, forgetting all about the hidden treasure. To-day a telegram reached the proprietor of the hotel inquiring if the diamonds had been found and indicating the place where they could bo found. The shiningems were dug out of their bed of feathers and to-day forwarded to their owner. 1 Fatally Injured by the Cars. V Seymour, Ind., March 1. M. C. James, of Medora, Jackson county, was struck by the engine of a J., M. & I. freight train, while walking on the track in the southern part of this city last nisht. Besides having hi9 left arm crushed he was badly injured about the body. He will probably die. The injured man is a veteran of Company H, Twenty-soventh Indiana Volunteers, . . Indiana Notes. The Methodists of Connersville have decided to build a new church tho coming summer. Tlfe temperance people of Paoli have organized to resist an attempt to open a saloon at that place. On Thursday Mrs. Wils Dalton, of Plainfield, was badly burned about tbe face and neck by tho explosion of a gasoline lamp. Henry Day, an ex-jeweler of Greencastle, has been convicted of embezzlement and sentenced to the penitentiary for two ,year3. Charles and James Brooks, brothers, aged respectively nineteen and twenty-one, of Rising Sun, were drowned while skating on Lang berg creek. ? .Tont Hughes, a young man living two miles west of Montpelier, fell from a load of corn fodder the other day and broke "both arms at the wrists. Greencastle is making an eflort to secure more manufactories, urging its superior water, fctone, coal and transportation advantages as an attraction. Fort Wayne is practically assured of retaining the Jenny electric-works, 28,000 having been subscribed toward the $30,000 subsidy demanded by tho company. The new buildings imply an expenditure of $40,000. The Eighth District Soldiers' Reunion Association has been discontinued, at least for the present year. It will bo left for the various regiments to hold tho reunions separately. Last year the reunion was held at Frankfort. 1 James B. Rutherford, a soldier of tho civil war, who had his eyesight destroyed, was married near Salem recently to Miss Mattie Fonts, a girl of sixteen. Rutherford is lif tysix years of ago and receives a pension of $72 per month. " Rev. J. S. Gatton, of Eminence, Ky has been called to the pastorate of Vine-street Baptist Church, Madison, and Rev. R. W. Christian, of Georgetown. Ky., to the pastorate of the Second Baptist Church, of tho samo city. Both will accept. 0 Mrs. Hattie Chapin, a Connersville widow, yesterday discovered in an old hair-covered trunk a large envelope containing railroad bonds in tho sum of $5,000. with eight years' accumulated interest. The bondshavebeen lost since the death of Dr. Chapin, eight years ago. 1 The Fort Wayne syndicate, which is engaged in sinking gas wells in Blackford county preparatory to laying a fifty-mile ten-inch pipo line to Fortwayne is meeting with good success, having struck a "screamer" near Mill Grove. Bluil'ton expects to be served from the pipe-line when completed. The miners at Duger recently adopted resolutions condemning the attack upon their district president, P. H. Penna, by an Sam Danley, committee, express themselves as perfectly satisfied with their president's action and promise him their undivided support. Illinois Hemes. The foundry of Crunner & Duncan, at Alton, was burned on Thursday. Loss, 10,000. Chauncey B. Dean, judge of theBroone county court, has resigned, and will remove to Georgia. Michael Kent, a brother of Representive W E. Kent, of Chicago, died at Springfield on Thursday, of pneumonia. Dr. Bradley, of Waverly, was fatally injured on eduesday by the breaking of a carriage tongue while he was out driving. At Danville Charles McClatchy was declared 03- tho jury to be not guilty of the murder of Wm. Osborno during a political row one night last fall. Mrs. John McKinley, of Lively Grove, was drowned on Thursday whilo trying to ford Mud creek. Her husband and children, who were with her, were saved. The revenue collection's of tho Peoria district for the month of February amounted to $1,491.GIM)1; there were 1.G40.C30 taxpaid gallons and 448 packages of export. D. E. McMaster, a drummer, whilo stopping at Beardstown, on Thursday, was robbea ot an overcoat and sample cases filled with surgical instruments valued at $:oo. On Thursday Mike McGinsey, father of a large family, w as caught by a descending

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ana lernoiy cmsuea. xiis recovery is considered doubtf uL At Tnscola, on Thursday, nearly one hundred men, withthirteeu Lnglishhounds, chased a large gray wolf from 10 o'clock in the morning until late at night, and at last reports the wolf was still ahead. Mrs. Henry Neighbors, a young married woman living near Jacksonville. was fonud drowned in a well Thursday morning. She had been married but seven weeks, and no cause for suicide can be assigned. At Jacksonville Rev. J. E. Gilbert, D. D., of Indianapolis; II. F. Jacobs, of Chicago: H. M. Haxnill. State Superintendent, and other prominent workers are conducting a normal institute for Sunday-school teachers of tho central part of the State. PROCEEDINGS OF CONGRESS. The Senate Agrees to a Number of Conference Reports, and Disagrees as to Others. Washington, March 1. The credentials of Mr. Kenna for his new senatorial term were presented, read and placed on file. The conference report on the bill to divide a portion of the Sioux reservation in Dakota into separate reservations was presented and agreed to. Tho disagreement had been, Mr. Dawes said, principally as to the boundaries. The conference report on the bill for the relief of certain volunteer and regular soldiers of the late war and the war with Mexico, as to removal of charges of desertion, was also agreed to; also, the conference report on the bill to forfeit certain railroad lands. After discussion the report was laid aside, informally, until it could be printed. The deficiency bill was reported back from tho committee on appropriations, and notice was given by Mr. Hale that he would ask to have it taken up as soon as printed. Mr. Sherman, from tho committee on foreign relations, reported back tho Senato bill for the protection of the salmon fisheries in Alaska, with a recommendation that the House amendment extending the privileges of the bill to Behring sea be disagreed to. The amendment was disagreed to and a conference asked. Mr. Jones, of Nevada, reported back the resolution, which was agreed to. authorizing the committee on public buildings and grounds to continue the investigation of the otlico of the supervising architect of the treasury. Mr. Spooner, who had offered it originally, said that the testimony already taken 6ho wed a state of things in that office which was not far from scandalous, although there was nothing in it that reflected on the personal or official integrity of the supervising architect. He believed that the present system for the selection and purchase of sites for public buildings ought to be investigated. There was nothing of a partisan naturo intended. Mr. Stewart offered a resolution, which was agreed to, authorizing the committee on mines and mining to continue during the called session the inquiry as to the cutting of timber on the public lauds for mining and domestic purposes. 5ir. Jones, from the committee on contingent expenses, reported tho resolution, which was agreed to, authorizing tho committee on improvement of the Mississippi river and its tributaries, to continue its investigations during the recess. All the pension bills on the calendar, 52 in number, were passed. Among them was one giving a pension of S0 per month, instead of S100 as in the bill introduced by Mr. Hawley, to tho widow of the late Gen. Hunt. The House amendment to the Senate bill to increase the appropriation for a pnblio building at Winona, Minn., was concurred in. Mr. Blair moved to take up his joint resolution proposing a liquor prohibition amend ment to the Constitution, and pending action on that motion, Mr. Riddleberger moved to proceed to executive business. The motion was agreed to veas, 24; nays, 20 Senators Hoar and Riddleberger voting with the Democrats for the motion. WThen the doors reopened the Senato took a recess until 8 o'clock. At the evening session tho deficiency bill was taken np. Among the items inserted were the following: $75,000 for salaries and expenses of agents and subordinate officers of internal revenue; $02,000 to reimburse certain railroad and bridge companies for moneys expended by them in the construction of works at Winthrop, Mo., for tho protection of the shores of the 'Missouri river; $1,051,439 to pay the findings of the Court of Claims in the French spoliation cases. Commercial Union with Canada. Washington, Marchl.On motion of Mr. Allen, of Michigan,, the Senate bill was passed increasing to $150,000 the limit of cost of the public building at Winona, Minn. On motion of Mr. Anderson, of Iowa, tho joint resolution was passed to promote commercial union with Canada. This joint resolution was introduced by Mr. Hitt, of Illinois, and "was reported unanimously from the committee on foreign affairs. It provides that whenever it shall be duly certified to the President that the government of Canada has declared a desire to establish commercial union with the United States, having a uniform revenue system, like internal taxes to be collected and like import duties to be imposed on articles brought into either country from other nations, with no duties upon trade between the United States and Canada, he shall appoint three commissioners to meet those who may bo likewise designated to represent the government of Canada, to prepare a plan for the assimilation of the import duties and internal revenue taxes of the two countries, and nn equitable division of receipts in a commercial union, and said commissioners shall report to tho President, who shall lay the report before Congress. In the report on the resolulion the committee on foreign affairs says: "Our commercial relations with Canada have recently awakened a deeper interest and received a more thorough discussion than ever before, on both sides of the border. The tendency of public opinion is plainly towards the enlargement of trade between tho two countries. In Canada the movement has advanced from what was, a few years ago, an eflort for partial reciprocity to a wide expression in f a vorof unrestricted intercourse and commercial union. The chambers of commerce and boards of trade of tho leading cities oi Canada, and moro than fifty farmers' institutes and conventions have adopted resolutions declaring in favor of commercial union and unrestricted trade between the two countries. The answer made by their opponents and those most closely" attached to English trade and English rule has been that the United States has given no indication that it would receive or even consider anv nronosal howover friendly in spirit, or however favorable to us in its terms it might be. Your coramitteo believe that the power nerein conierreu upon tho 1'resident can do no harm, that it will bo wisely used and will lead to beneficicnt results, promoting the independence, prosperity and peace of two great peonies." Mr. Hitt said that without delaying the House by a speech now, he would print some of the many reasons for wider com mercial relations with Canada, the similarity of the present tariff system of the two countries and tho facility of assimilation, the enormous increase of our exports to Canada from fifty to seventy or eighty millions per annum certain to result, the practicability of preventing all frauds under a common tariff and internal revenue, the great saving to both countries and creatly increased prosperity to both is the guarantea of peace and harmony in the future. Since lie introduced this resolution it had been widely considered and dis cussed favorably, and the committee on foreign affairs had reported it favorably without a dissenting voice. Mr. Bynuin, of Indiana, objected to tho request of Mr. Allen, of Mississippi, for tho - f i m passage oi a oi 1 1 granting a rignt oi way Z.X 1- 1 T...1! r 1 .' turougu iuc iiiuian lermory to ineni. Louis te San Francisco Railroad Comp'any. On motion of Mr. Enloc. of Tennessee. the Senate amendment was non-concurred in to tho House bill to punish dealers, or pretended dealers in counterfeit money, for using the United States mail. Senate amendments were concurred in to the House bill restoring to tho public domam certain lanus in Louisiana, east oi tne Mississippi river. On motion of Mr. Crisp, of Georcia. the Senate amendments were concurred in to the House bill authorizing the Gulf fc Chicago Air-lino Railroad Company to con struct bridges over navigable water courses. Tho Senate amendments, of a formal nat me, principally, were concurred, in to a

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On motion of Mr. Gitlord, of Dakota, tho Senate bill was passed granting a right of way to the Forest City & Watertown Kailroad Company through the Sioux Indian reservation. Mr. Sowden, of Pennsylvania, attempted to secure the passage of the Senate bill for a public building at Allentown, Fa., but Mr. Blanchard, of Louisiana, objected. On motion of Mr. Peters, of Kansas, the Senate amendments were concurred in to tho House bill for the sale of a portion of the Ft. Dodge reservation to the State of Kansas, for the purpose of a Stato soldiers" home. Mr. Holmes, of Iowa, called up ha Des Moines river land bill, with the President's veto message thereon. Mr. Crisp, in the interest of the California contested election case, raised the aueetion of consideration, and the Houk etennined yeas, 13: nays, 114 to consider the vetoed bill, but its consideration was suspended to allow Mr. Uolman, of Indiana, to present the conference report ou the bill for tho diposal of certain public lands of the United States tinder the provisions of tho homestead law. The statement accompanying tbe report explains that the bill will only prevent tho further salo of any public lands of the United States adapted to atrriculture, and ; t i i a t , j? a M proviues ma 5 meso snail nrr uisposeu oi only under the provisions of the homestead law. The bill further provides that preemption settlers, whose claims have been heretofore initiated and still subsisting, may change their tilings and entry to a homestead, to be considered under that law. Tho right of location of soldiers' certificates is left as under the existing law. Tho report was agreed to veas, 43; nays 7. On motion of Mr. Stockdale, of Mississippi, and after a brief debate, the Senato bar was passed for the forfeiture of certain wagon-road grants in Oregon. The Des Moines river lands bill was then taken up for consideration. Mr. Holmes asked unanimous consent to limit the debate to one hour, but Mr. Parker, of New York, objected, stating that tho opponents of the bill desired to speak for two hours and a half. Mr. Holmes gave notice that he would demand tho previous question at the end of an hour, and Mr. rarker gave counter-notice that ho would avail himself of every means accorded to him by the rules, to prevent a voto being taken at that time. After a somewhat lively debate on the subject, in which Mr. Payson, of Illinois, charged ex-Congressmen with lobbying against tho measure on the lloor of tho House, a voto was taken, and the House refused to pass tho bill over the President's vetoyeas 147, nays 103 not the required two-thirds in the alhrmative. Mr. Kandall was immediately on his feet with a motion to dispense with private business so as to pave tho way partially to a consideration of the Cowlcs bill, and Mr. Mills, in his antagonism to tbat measure, called up, as a question of privilege, a presidential veto on a private bill. Both gentlemen were side-tracked, however, by Mr. Fnloe, of Tennessee, with a conferenco report on tho bill to punish dealers or protended dealers in counterfeit money for using the United States mails. Pending a vote on the report, the Honso took a recess, tho evening session to be for the consideration of private pension bills. In tbe evening the House passed thirtyfive private pension bills, and adjourned. General Slgel's Unworthy Son. New YoriK, March 1. -Robert Sigcl, son of and confidential clerk of Gen. Franz Sigel, pension acent in this city, avas arrested to-day and held in default to JOtO0O bail for forging pensioners signatures to warrants for payments, and for taking pay from claimants for services which wort part of his ollicial duty. Ho confessed Steamship News. Liverpool, March 1. Arrived: Michigan, from Boston. New York, March 1. Arrived: Denmark, from London: Amsterdam, from Rotterdam; Trave, from Bremen. Glasgow, March 1. Arrived: Norwegian, from Philadelphia. What General Jlosser Probably Meant. Pittatrarfc Dispatch. Gen. Thomas L. Rosser's delcaration that "a Southern gentleman can whip a Puritanical Yankee every time" is not, as some people seem to think, merely empty bragging. "Whip" in this connection is evidently intended to mean 4,beat" or "overcome." General Rosser has had experience and proved his ability to make good his declaration in one style of contest. He ran several races with Sneridau in the Shenandoah Valley a qnarter of a century ago, and ame out ahead every time. The 3111k in the Cocoanut, Boston Journal. The disagreeable officiousness of many of the Canadian customs olliciala is duo to th fact that a large part of their compensation comes from fees lor seizures. Some ligures printed in a Dominion newspapershow that one ollicer, whoso salary is $1,000. made 5,955.54 as his share of seizures; another, with a salary of $i.i00, made fcfi.O'JO.Sl, and so on. Out of .$0$,4o5 received for seizures in 1 ST7-S. only a little more than $5,000 found its way to the government treasury. The Natural KcsulU Chicago Inter Ocean. The cigarette is getting a lien on the lunatic asylum. Stop that cough. Brown's Expectorant U only 50 ccnU a bo ttlo.

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