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naval credits, and the consequent increased taxation to support immense standing armies and maritime forces, is spreading '-with remarkable rapidity throughout continental Europe. The Italian victory in thi direction has caused statesmen to inquire what Cabinet will be the next to fall on the questions of -war and naval credits. There are persistent rumors of differences in the British Cabinet, -which, however, are jiot supposed to be serious, with reference to the proposed addition to the army and navy estimates. There is no doubt that . the Ministers aro in a difficult position. If they fail to make a large demand on the frenerosity of Parliament, they will have the "service members" about their ears like a nest of hornets, and will tind themselves accused of having broken the implied pledges made in the autumn. If, however, they mako even a moderate demand, they may have to contend with the whole force of the opposition, and with the economists on the Conservative benches. This is one of those questions regarding which they cannot count, beforehand, on the utrnost snppdrt of the Unionists. It is believed that at present ministerial plans in this matter are quite indctinite, nor is a Jinal decision likely to bo arrived at until After another meeting of the Cabinet. NEWS FK03I AFGHANISTAN.

It Is Unsatisfactory, and Slay Cacse Serious Complications for England. Fpecil to the Iodi&naDoIls Journal. London, March 2. The news from Afghanistan is disquieting, and forebodes further trouble to the government. A majority of Indian statesmen regard the pledge jriven to the Ameer of Afghanistan, by Eng land, to defend his dominions against extternal attack, as a grave political mistake, fit has placed England's entire Indian polr icy, so far as Russia is concerned, at the . 9 A. A rf-V i . 1 1 . A. mercy oi a petty uneniai aespot, who might, even for dynastio reason, be desirous of precipitating a war between Russia and G reat Britain. Of course, England has a loop-hole of escape, and that 'is the clanso in the treaty makingher guar antee for the Ameers protection contm gent upon her acting under her guidance in his 'dealings with iiussia. lint Great Britian tconld not allord to damage her prestige by a repetition of the feebleness and vacillal tion displayed over the Fenjdeh incident. There is no doubt that on that occasion X.ord Salisbury lowered the authority of the British name amongst Orientals, who are most susceptible to this kind of influence. England dare not do it twice. If the enterprisiug generals whom ' the Czar leaves with a freo hand on the frontier of his empire were to invade Afghanistan and make a bold bid for Herat, England would be compelled to go to the aid of the Ameer if ho invoked her assistance. The Russians are massing their forces on the frontier. The ' .branch railway from the Askabr.d-Merv line southwards towards Sarakhs is pushed i to its utmost capacity, carrying soldiers and munitions of war. The ltnssian telejrraph line, just built, from Penjdeh to Merv, is working night and day on government business. Renprts from Lahore state that the Governor of Badahakhn and the ruler of Chitmi have become troublesome to tho indian authorities, and that emissaries of t tfhe Maharajah Dhulcep Singh are endeavoring to 6tir up troubles in Cashmere 'and the run jab. CEXKRAL FOREIGN NEWS. A Measure That Is Likely to Injure Those Whom It Was Intended to Benefit. Paius, March 2. Tho French Senate has just granted a hearing to the opponents of the bill which recently passed the Chamber ; of Deputies, restricting women in factories and workshops to day work and preventing them from working on Sundays or legal holidays. The women concerned are very indignant at tho action of tho Chamber, "which did not consult their wishes in the matter. If the Senate does not throw out the bill, female compositors, who do night woTk, and who constitute a well-paid and respectable body of workers will be deprived of their occupation. The new measure will also affect injuriously a number of women connected with tho great markets of Taris. Bookie ee per s at restaurants, too. are now employed during hours which, if this bill be-como-A-law, will be for the future forbid- - Tea, namely; between l P. M. and 5 a. M. The provisions of the bill are of a sweeping character, and it is clear that little eflort lias been made to tind out how they would really affect those for whose benefit tho measure was ostensibly designed. Curbing Court Preacher Stcecker. (CopyTifcht, liSi, by the New York Associated Press. Berlix, March 2. Dr. Von Stcecker remains Jlofprediger. under a pledge, it Is said, to abandon his Jndenhetzc. His s peech during Thursday's debate in the Landtag on Dr. "Windthorst's dot ion regarding religious teaching in primary . echool, was applauded by the members of all j the government groups. His main contention ",was that surveillance over tho schools was already largely vested with the clergy, who co-op-' erate In supervision without infringing upon the control of the state. He ridiculed i the idea that a laymau could not bo intrusted -with religious teachings and denounced Dr. Windthorst's proposals as a negation of the principles of healthy education and hostile to religious peace.. The ech is aviating in his restoration to favor. In (Borne ona iters thoCenter party was disappointed trover the reception of the proposals, which it ywas hoped would secure irojrre.-sist support, on 'the ground that they tender to a separation of the church and state. Jlerr Virchow practically Fioke to this effect, declaring that rellciou teaching oucht to be the exclusive function of xthe clergv, but he rejected the clerical scheme as placing the pchooLj under the exclusive influence Jof tho church. Atchlnoff Incurs the Czar Wrath. I Copyright. lfSi, by tho New York Associated Press. Berlin, March 2. AtehinoflTa filibustering ; -fiasco has helped to quicken the government's perception of the danger involved in such expeditions. The Tcters expedition ha3 therefore -been forbidden. The expedition may start, but J not from any point in tho Germany territory, j Advices from St, Petersburg report that the Czar is incensed against Atchlnoff, and has orderting his trial immediately upon his arrival at -! Odessa. The Russian corvette Zabaraka awaits S Atchlnoff at Miez. The Czar's anger extends to lienerai ignatieir. tnrougn wnora the Slavonic iMX-ietv supplied funds to Atchinoff. General Ifff natietl" asked an interview with the Czar, in order ! to explain tho objects of the expedition, but tho : Czar refused to receive him, and he was advised that ho might have to answer charges involving n trial. General Ralanoff, Governor of Js'ovjroirtd. another noted .lav, is also involved, and is threatened with suspension from ofiice. t Labor Crlsl in Gcrnianv. - r - Berlin, March 2. The crisis in the relations kfcetween workmen and their employers threatens a general strike here.. The severe weather, slack work and lack of cohesion among the workmen have assisted employers in reducing wages. The Volksblatt, a Socialist organ, in a rroelama- ' tion to German workers, announces a general ' etrike in the conrse of a month. It asserts that wasres are insufficient to pay for daily bread, an! "that a majority of the workmen would bo cob- ; tent with 5 marks 10 pfennigs per day of nine 'hours. The police do not penult mass-meetings ( of workmen, but every niirht small meetinjrs are t held throughout IJerliu, at which views on the labor question are excitedly exchanged. The North German Gazette says the government will not interfere in the struggle between labor and capital so long as the Socialists do not attempt to aaiumo tho direction of the labor movement. Tope Leo's Itlrthday. Home, March 2. To-day was tho seventy-ninth anniversary of the birth of the Tope. lie received a number of cardinals who tendered their congratulations. The Tope, replying to the cardinals, said it was impossible for him, in tho present position of the ra pa cy, to perform his duties as the head of the church iu an independent manner. Ho complained of the delay in tho granting the royal exequaturs to tho Italian bishops, und said his appointments were subject to scrutiny. lie referred to tho oppressions of the new penal code and the suppression of tho funds of the fraternities. His Holiness was m splendid health, and spoke vigorously. German Attitude in the Samoan Matter. Copyright. by the Xew York Associate Tresji.1 Rerli.v, March '-.The recall from Samoa of Uerr Knappe, the German consul, has been promptly followed by the dispatch of Hcrr fctcubel, formerly consul-general at Copenhagen, to replace him. Hcrr Stcuhe!, after an Inter view with IJismarck, left for Hamburg, under in .tractions to reach Samoa by the quickest route. fitc libel's mission Is a special one. Ills position iu the consular service entitles him to a better I ist than Samoa, but if hi presence there is fob owed by harmonized relatlous with America he will obtain hlzher rank. It is expected, in oWchd circles, that complete concord will bo cstao-

lished a soon a President Harrison's Cabinet g-ets in thorough touch with the incidents causing the dispute.

Iheliorscn C ourier. adv?relr criticiMnir the increase in the German souadron In Samoan waters, asserts that the onlcr for the dispatch of the war ships was not given through Bismarck, but to the admlrality by superior authority. inei oiogne Gazette lays the blame for the misunderstanding on Secretary Bayard. It says it is honeful that his successor will accept the friendly approaches of Germany In the cordial spirit in which they are tendered. The whole line of the semi-ottlcial press, when any reference 1 made to the affair, is marked by an ad vanced regaru ior American reeling. BUSINESS TROUBLES. Henry A. Gould Tell Why Hi l inn Was Forced to Assignment. New York, March 2. Mr. Henry A. Gould, the head of tho firm of Henry A. Gould it Co., of Boston, which assigned yesterday, is here. The following state ment of facts is made by Mr. Gould: "Our house has been in business since the sixties. We were burned out by the tiro in Boston in 1S70. The tinn, however, continued to prosper until about 1880, when the lirm of Vogel & Co., in China, failed and caused us very, large losses on short shipments and over-drafts. Our house met tho over-drafts upon our foreign bankers. Meanwhile, wo had increased our business by opening branch houses in New York and Philadelphia, and later in Para, Brazil and Loudon. Our house at Para ought to have been a source of profit, but rivalry between two largo New York concerns, carried to a bitter degree, coupled with improper action in purchasing goods without orders, and the wrongful appropriation of money by some of our former agents, led to very heavy loses. As our general business had been pood, we covered up these losses to give the parties a chance to redeem their characters and moke np the loss. In lsS-'S we met with a very severe loss in tho failure of the National Kubber Company of Bristol. This loss was between fcrtj.oOO and STO.00O. This was followed by the failure of the L. 11. Smith Kubber Uomianj', which involved us in a still further oss of $40,000 to &X,000. About tho same iine, by tho failure of Brown &, Co., of Providence, we lost 10,000 to $15,000. and K.000 to S.000 by the failure of the Universal Kubber Company. At tho time of these troubles we went to our friends, who are now our largest creditors, and told them as much about our situation us we thought was prudent without disheartening them, and they gave us to understand that they would bnck us in our attempts to get our merchandise into friendly hands and place our loans at low rates of interest until th-3 goods were sold and our credit had been reestablished. We differed with our friends as to the advisability of making this assimiment. feeling that tho value of tho stock would be largelj- depreciated and our credit ruined therebv, and we suggested the following plan: That our debt to Mr. Whitney be canceled, thus stopping principal and interest: that our debt to Mr. Farns worth be funded without interest, and instead of paying $.50,000 to $75,000 in interest, that there be paid to him about the principal of his debt, meanwhile reducing it by the xale of goods; and we arc confident that within three years we could have paid every dollar of our debt and meanwhile so strengthened our credit as to have got along without outside assistance. The statement that we owe about a million dollars is correct, but there is a large amount of assets. We owe Brown Brothers & Co. and the London and Brazilian Bank both being amply secured, either by guarantee or by merchandise. We also owe Messrs. James Moore fc Co. and the Massachusetts Loan and Trust Company, who are also amply secured by guarantees or by goods at low values and ample margins. We also owe a number of banks in Boston and easternNewKngland.allof which have either guarantees or merchandise. We owe very little to the regular trade afow thousand dollars, perhaps. Our assignment was broadly drawn, so as to protect the very few of our general creditors." Ilank Closet Its Doors. Des Moines, la., March 2. The paper of the Merchants National Bank, of this city, was thrown out of the clearing-house yesterday, and such a rush of depositors resulted that all its available funds were used up, and it was compelled to close its doors to-day. The cause for the refusal at the clearing-house was the announcement by Bank-examiner Sloan that the Merchants' was $15,000 behind its deposits. President and Cashier Ransom, of the Merchants, says that the cause of the bank's shortage is found in the fact that it has been paying out funds right along while it was making no collections. Other Failures. Boston. March 2. Ptere Slorese, the woolbroker who failed recently, has one into insolvency. His liabilities are about $340,000, quite a large proportion of which is secured, at least nominally. New York, March 2. Lyman M.Payne and A. S. Storm (Payne a .Storm), teas and coffees, have made an assignment to 1!. Johnson, making preferences on notes stipulated not to exceed $-1,500. Cincinnati, O., March 2. D. 8. Carrick & Co., wholesale and retail saddlers, assigned to-day. Assets,$20,000; liabilities, $30,000; preferences, $5,800. m The JeffersonvIIle Miscegenation Case. SlXH-lal to the JiutiauapoUs Journal. Jefferson ville. Ind., March 2. Justice Kelgwin to-day rendered an opinion in the case of the State against the Rev. Ezra Miller, the colored minister who married Thomas Calumnies, the negro, and Annie Abbott, the daughter of W. A. Abbott, the white man. He held that in a case of this kind, to constitute a crime, an evil intent must combine with the act, and as it was not show n that Miller had any evil intent in solemnizing tho marriage, or was even aware that the girl was white, his decision was favorable to the defendant. Calumnies, who was married to the Abbott girl, was turned out of the onnty Jail this evening, and left the city, promising to never return. Prosecutor Voight wan of the opinion that the miscegenation law of Indiana would net apply in his case, and ordered him to be re leased. PromUeri One Girl and Married Another. S;ec!al to the IiHliauapoli Journal. CoLl'MBf!, March 2. George Elliott, a young farmer, has left his home in the southern part of Bartholomew county under sensational circumstances. He was married on last Sunday to Miss Mary Williams, a young lady of that neighborhood. He had for some time previously been paying his respects to Miss Julia Ulshop. a girl of the same locality, and Wednesday last she came to this city and swore out a warrant for the arrest of Klliott, upon the charge of being the father of her unborn child. Sh alleges that, under the promise of marriage, ho accomplished her ruin, and their wedding wa3 to have taken place lat Thursday. An oilicer went to tho accused man's hotac. yesterday, to make the arrest, but he had departed for parts unknown, leaving hi young wife behind. Grant County Soldiers Home Located SpecUl to the Indianapolis Journal. Mauion, Ind.. March 2. Notice was received this morning that the National Home for Disabled Veterans, ordered erected here by act of Congress, has been located on the Eliott and Ceigcr farms, two and a half miles southeast of this city. The tract selected comprises two hundred and eleven acres, and is admirably adapted for the purpose designed. It Is one of the most beautiful sjHts in the country, lies hitfh and slopo vTi'dnally to the Mississlnewa river, which skirt it for three quarters of a mile. The price paid was H an acre. Assurance is civen that there will be no unnecessary delay in preparing plans and cor.stnictingbuiidings, which will be pushed with all possible dispatch. Death from a Surgical 0eration. Special to the Iixliaunpoli: Journal. Tuton, Ind., March 2. Mrs. India Moore, wife of A. F. Moore, one of our business men, did this morning. Several days since an Indianapolis surgeon performed an operation upon her, and removed several small ovarian tumors from her lower abdomen. The deceased was the daughter of the late Dr. A. M. Yickrey, ex-member of the Legislature from ihis county, fche was a sifter of Mr. J. A. (ileason. who died here two weeks since. The funeral will be conducted undVr the auspices of the 1'astern Star Lodge, of which order tho deee.-wd was a meiuhgr. A Ilntte's Assault I'pon Ills Mother. Special to tho IiuUana;oIl Journal. 1T.hu, Ind., March 2. James Cosgrove, while drunk last night, attacked his Mged mother in such a mannt-ras to render her unconscious. The lady, to-day, is better, though complaining of what may prove to bo internal Injuries upon her breast, where tho man pressed his knees. The trouble was about the mau's three motherlef children in his mother's care. whom, forsome reason, he iuteuded takiug away. Cosgrove works ill Chicago. Howa not arrested, owing, probably, to the mother's clemency.

WASHINGTON NEWS, Concluded from First rage.

citizens of loyal States, be also paid into the treasuries of these fctates! Considerations which recognize sectional divisions, or the loyalty of the different States nt the tirae this tax was laid, should not enter into the discussion of the merits of this measure. The loyal States should not be paid the largo sums of money promised them by this bill, because they were loyal and other States were not, nor should the States which rebelled against the government be paid, the smaller sum promised them because they were In rebellion and thus prevented the collection of their entire quotas, nor because this concession to them is necessary to Justify the proposed larger gifts to the other States. The ieple of the loyal States paid this direct tax as they bore other burdens in support of the government; and I believe the tax-pay?r themselves are content. In the light of these- consideration I am opiosed to the pajTnent of money from the federal treasury to enrich the treasury of the States. The baneful effect of a surplus in the treasury of the general government Is daily seen and felt. I do rot think, however, that this surplus bhould be reduced or its contagion spread throughout the States by methods such as are provided in thisbiJL Another objection to the bill, says the President, is its unfairness and unjust discrimination in the operation of the plan of reimbursement. lie continues: The existenco of a surplus In the treasury is no answer to these objections. It is btill the people's money, and better use can be found for it than the distribution of it uin the plea of the reimbursement of ancient taxation. A more desirable plan to reduce and prevent the recurrence of a large surplus can easily be adopted one that, instead of creating injustice and inequality, Eromotes justice and equality by leaving in tho ands of the people and for their use, the money not needed by the government, "to pay the debts and provide for the common defense and general welfare of tho United States." The ditticulties in the way of making a Just reimbursement of this direct tax. Instead of excusing the imperfectness of the hill under consideration, furnish reasons why the scheme it proposes should not be entered upon. I am constrained, upon the considerations herein presented, to withhold my assent from the bill herewith returned, because I believe It to be without constitutional warrant, because I am of the opinion that there exists no adequate reason, either of right or equity, for the return of the tax in said bill mentioned, and because I believe its execution would cause actual injustice an unfairness. MINOR MATTERS. The City Crowded with Strangers and the Number Constantly Increasing. Washington', March 2. The city is already crowded with strangers, and the number is being increased by each in-coming train. Tho indications at present aro that there will be more people in the city on inauguration day than on any previous occasion. The visitors crowded the streets and public buildings all day, the Capitol and White House, as usual, being the principal points of attraction. Many military and civic organizations arrived during the day, and paraded the principal thoroughfares at intervals. The crowded streets and the marching of soldiers gave the city a holiday appearance, and interfered to some extent with the ordinary transaction of business. Nearly all tho trains were delayed, and they followed each other so closely that several blockades occurred. A light fall of rain began about 3 o'clock and settled into a steady drizzle later in the evening. The elaborate decorations of flags and bunting on both sides of Pennsylvania avenue, from tho Capitol to Washington Circle, were thoroughly soaked, and will probably present a streaked and bedraggled appearance in tho morning. Alt tho committees charged with the arrangements for tho inaugural were busy to-night, couiIileting a thousand and one minor details. Reports received from each, however, indicate that its work will certainly be completed by to-morrow night. The ball-room was illuminated to-night for the purpose of testing the lighting apparatus. Everything was found to work satisfactorily. The hall presented a scene of rare beauty and splendor, and all who saw it went into raptures over the brilliant spectacle. It is reported to-night that tickets have already been sold to the full capacity of the ballroom, and that the executive committee have ordered that no more bo issued. The iirst troop to arrive to-day was tho Ninth Kegiment, of Pennsylvania. Colonel Kreck in command, and three companies of colored troops from the South. These wero the Vicksburg True Blues, the New Orleans Light Infantry, and the Governor's Light Infantry, of Charleston, S. C. Among tho later arrivals were Company 11, Second Kegiment, Dakota National Guard, of Sioux City; the Second Pennsylvania Kegiment, from Philadelphia; the Akron City Guards: the Fifteenth and Eighteenth Pennsylvania Kegiments; tho Phoenix Artillery, of Pennsylvania; the Commercial Men's Republican Club, of Chicago; tho Lincoln Club, of New lork, and tho First Pennsylvania Regiment. Cleveland on CivU-ServIce Reform. Washington, March 2.The President, to-day, In transmitting to Congress the report of the Civil-service Commission, says: "The cause of civil-service reform, which, in a great degree is intrusted to the commission, I regard as so tirmly established and its value so fully demonstrated, that I should deem it more gratifying than useful if, at this late day in the session of Congress. I was permitted to enlarge upon its importance and present condition. A ierusal of the report herewith submitted will furnish information of the progress which has been made during the year to which it relates, in the extension of the operations of this reform, and in the improvement of its methods and rules. It is cause for congratulation that watchfulness and care and lideUty to its purposes are all that are necessary to insure to the government and our people ail the benefits which its inauguration promised." Indiana at the Club Convention. Specl&l to the Indianapolis Journal. Washington, March 2. The delegates from Indiana to the National Republican League convention, at Baltimore Messrs. M. R. Sulrer, George W. Patchell, W. 8. Sliver and W. II. Knlseley aro in the city to-night. The boys are loud in their praise of tho cordial greeting received at the hands of tho Baltlmoreans. It is acknowledged by those in attendance that Indiana was ably represented. The speech of Mr. Sulzer is highly spoken or. Ills eulogy of General Harrison was eloquent and appropriate, and was received with great enthusiasm by the convention. Indiana Republican Club. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Washington, March 2. The Indiana Republican Club of Washington held their monthly meeting this evening. A large attendance of visiting Indlanians, in adddition to the regular members, were present. Speeches were made by Gen. Reynolds, Prof. J. II. moss, formerly Superintendent of Public Instruction of Indiana, MaJ. K. II. Williams, and others. It was announced that arrangements would be made with the railroads for the extension of the time of excursion tickets of Indlanians, so that r.ll who desired could remain until next Saturday, and attend the reception to be given by the club on Friday evening, March 8. General Notes. Washington, March 2. The Secretary of War to-day ordered a com t-martlal for the trial of MaJ. Garret J. Lydecker. corps of engineers, on charge of neglect of duty in connection with the work of construction on the aqueduct tunnel. lirigadler-general William 8. Rosccrans was to-day placed on tho retired list of the army, to date from March 1, 1889. MaJ. William F. Smith was also placed on tho retired list. General Clark, the Clerk of the House of Rcjh resentatives. to-day received from the. Governor of West Virginia the certificates of elections of Congressmen in the Third and Fourth districts of that fctate. They are in the names of the Democratic candidates. This makes a Republican majority of three iu the next House of Representatives. Tb President gave a dinner to the members of his Cabinet at the White House, this evening. They were all present except Attorney-general Garland. Chief-Justice Fuller, Associate Justice Lamar, and Colonel Lamont wero the other guests. The Cabinet otlicers remained with the President for several hours after dinner, assisting him in the consideration and dispateu of congressional measures, and in closing up the affairs of the present administration. Over a hundred bills were acted upou. . r.cwaru JicKce aim wire, mrs. lioberc cs .ucKee. Miss McKee, Frank McKee. Mrs. Dr. II. R. Allen, Miss Allen, Miss Nellie Allen. 11 A. Lord, wlfo and child. J. S. Harrison, wife and two children, of Indianapolis, relatives of the President-elect, will be here to-morrow. They will occupy rooms engaged for them by General Harrison at the Kbtntt Uoue. i A Crazy Indian Kills Seven of Ills Race. Jacksonville. Fla., March 2. News has Just reached here from Okeechobee of a bloody affray among the Seminole Indians, in the everglades. Jim," n 3-oung buck, went crazy, and with Winchester rirte started out ou the war-path through the canm and settlement. He scut a bullet through the brain of "Waukec Mleco," chief of the Miamis, killing him instantly. He next killed "Old Tiger. "Young Tiger," a son of Old Tiger." and probablr the tiuet Seminole living, physically, stepped out of his wigwan lust in time to seu his father drop to the ground, a corpse, and with a blood

curdling war-whoop, he sprang on the maniac and a hand-to-hand tight for possession of the rifle followed. Tiger wa the suierior in strength, but was at the wrong end of the gun. and lefore he could wrest it from his antagonist he was shot dead. The maniac then killed two papoose3of his sister, and attacked bucks, squaws nbd children indiscriminately. He was finally cornered and shot dead by "Billy," another Seminole brave. In less than half an hour eight Indians were killed.

DAILY WEATHER BULLETIN. Indications. Washington, March 2. For Indiana and Illinois Fair; stationary temperature, followed, on Sunday afternoon, by wanner weather; variable winds. For Michigan, Minnesota and WisconsinFair; warmer; southerly winds. For Dakota Fair; cooler; northwesterly winds. For Iowa and Nebraska Fain warmer, followed, in Nebraska, by slightly cooler we ather; variable winds. Local Weather Report. Indianapolis, March 2.

Time. Bar. Thrr. It. 11. Wind. Weather. iTe, 7 a.m. 30.21 34 95 Nwcst Cloudy. 0.01 7 p.m. 30 18 39 83 North Cloudy

Maximum thermometer, 41; minimum thermometer, 31. Following is a comparative statement of th condition of temperature and precipitation on March 2, lsSU: Tern, rrecip. Normal 3il O.li! Mean 33 0.0 1 Departure from normal 1 0.11 Excess or deficiency since March 1. OO 0.10 Excess or deficiency since Jan. 1... 10 2.43 Plus. General Observations. I.NDiANAroLis, March 27 r. M.

fcj lhermomeCr y Station, I fej u A Weather. ,H -i ; - New York city. W.l 8 42 31 46 .... Cloudy. Buffalo. N.Y.. 30.OS 8C 32 38 T Cloudy. PhirdelphJa.ra 30.20 44 3C 48 T Rain. Pittsburg, Ta.. 30.02 41 44 0 .30 Rain. Wash'ton, D. C. 30.16 42 34 46 .... Cloudy. Charleston.S.C. 30.14 48 48 58 .16 Kain. Atlanta, Ga.... 30.0G 46 42 48 l.ox Kain. Jacks'uv'le, Fla 30.10 C2 CO 6s T Cloudy. 1'ensacola. Fla. 29.94 60 46 6f 1.96 Rain. Montg'm'rv.Al. 29.90 68 48 60 1.02 Kain. Vicksburg.Miss 30.06 43 48 60 .... Cloudy. N. Orleans. La. -29.86 62 62 68 .12 Rain. Little Rock, Ark 30.10 62 42 66 .... Cloudless. Oalveston.Tex. 30.02 54 64 C6 .... Cloudless. F'nAntonio.Tx G0.12 62 44 56 T Cloudy. Memphis. Tenn 30.16 48 40 52 .a: Cloudless. Nashville.Tenn 30.12 42 40 44 .10 Cloudless. Louisville, Ky. 30.18 44 36 6o .12 Cloudy. Indian'plis, Ind 30.18 40 34 40 .... Cloudy. Cincinnati, O.. 30.16 42 38 44 .... Cloudy. Cleveland, O... 30.10 34 38 40 T Cloudy. Toledo, 0 30.16 34 32 36 .06 Snow. Marq'ettcMich 30.16 34 so 42 .... Cloudless. B.SLMari'.Mich 30.16 32 24 34 .... Cloudless. Chicago, 111.... 30.20 38 30 40 T Cloudless. Carlo, 111 30.16 48 3C 52 .... Cloudless. Springfield, 111. 30.24 40 30 44 .... Cloudy. Milwaukee.Wis 30.18 40 30 44 .... Cloudless. Uuluth. Minn.. 30.10 46 S6 54 .... Cloudless. St, Taul, Minn. 30.18 So 36 42 .... ClOluUess. Mooreh'd.Minu 30.03 34 28 38 .... Cloudless. BtVinc'nt.Mi'n 30.04 32 28 42 .... Cloudless. Davenport, la. 30.42 48 36 66 .... Cloudy. Dubuque, la... 30.26 38 3G 48 .... Cloudy. Des Moines, la. 30.21 42 34 42 .... Cloudy. Ht. Louis, Mo .. 30.24 42 34 46 .... Cloudless. Kans'sCltv, Mo 30.22 42 36 42 .... Cloudless. Ft Sill, Ind.Ter 30.20 48 34 62 .... Ft. Cloudy. Dodre City, K's 30.28 48 24 66 .... Cloudless. Omaha, Neb... 30.24 48 30 66 .... Cloudless. N. Platte. Neb. 30.16 52 22 62 .... Cloudless. Valentine, Neb. 30.08 68 22 64 .... Cloudless. Yankton, D. T. 30.12 4 24 62 .... Cloudless. Ft. Sully, 1). T. 30.08 42 22 50 .... Cloudless. Uismarck.D.T. 30.06 46 2C 58 .... Cloudless. FtBuford.D.T. 3C.04 48 26 60 .... Cloudy. P.Arth'rs L'dr 30.02 36 26 40 .... CloudleSR. Qu'Apelle.N.W 29.94 42 28 46 .... Pt. Cloudy, 1? t.Asnab'ne,M 30.22 46 36 64 .... Cloudy. Helena, M. T .. 30.24 46 28 62 .... Cloudless, lioise City, I. T. 30 10 56 34 58 ... . It. Cloudy. Cheyenne. W.T. 30.22 44 lfl 62 .... Cloudless. Ft.McK'n y WT 30.0C 46 30 40 .... Cloudless. Ft. Washakie, W 30.20 40 14 40 .... Cloudless. Denver, Col 30.12 50 20 64 .... Cloudy. Pueblo, Col 30.18 60 24 64 .... Cloudy. Santa Fe, N.M. 30.16 32 23 40 .02 Snow. Salt Lake City. 30.12 52 34 66 ....Cloudless.

T. Trace of precipitation. Note One inch of melted snow equals ten inches of snow. Chairmanship of the Interstate Association. New York, March 2. The committeo appointed by thenew Interstate Association, kuovn as the Presidents' Association, to tender the position of chairman of the association to Col. A. F. Walker, were in conference durintr the whole of this afternoon at the Windsor Hotel. liesides Colonel Walker, three members of the committee were presentPresident Ilughitt, of the Chicaco & Northwestern railroad; (Jen. John McNulta, of Bloomincton.Ill., receiver of the Wtfbah railroad, and Mr. C. Mullin, vice-president of the Chicago fc Alton railroad. The fourth member of the committee, Mr. Roswell Miller, President of the Chicago, Milwaukee fc St. Paul railroad, was prevented being present by important business. At 6:30 it was announced that after the subject was discussed in nil its bearings with Colonel Walker, that gentleman said he would take a week or ten days to consider the offer, and wonld let the committee know his decision at the end of that time. The new association includes twenty railroads west, northwest and southwest of Chicago. Ghost Filled with lluck-Shot. Casey, la., March 2. There is a little pond known as Silver Lake four miles west of here, and near it is a school-house !n which the young folks of the neirhlorhood are wont to hold a lyceum. Recently u ghost-like apparition has caused nightly terror in the neighborhood. Several nights asro the apparition frightened a farmer's team, which ran away, tippedoverthe bugsry and nearly killed the farmer s wife. The husband procured a shotgun, loaded it with buckshot and then lay in wait for the ghost four niehts. Thursday night he filled the ghost full of buck-shot. It cried: "My God! Don't shoot any more!" and fell prostrate. The phost was carried home by the shooter and cared for. Jo one but the attending physician has seen him, and he refused to cive any name. He is suspected to be a land-seeker who wished to scare tho owners and buy the adjoining land cheap. Prizes for Proficiency In Drill. Galveston, Tex., March 2.-Thc committee to fix the prizes for the national drill and encampment to be piven here during the centennial exhibition, from June 4 to Juno 15, has set stde $15,000 in prizes. The prizes forthp interstate infantry drill, open to all volunteer companies in the United mates, aggregate $4,5O0; the first prize is $3,000; second, $1,000; third, $500. For Texas maiden companies, $2,000 is offered. Besides t his, prizes are offered for State and interstate drills, (iatling gun detachments. State and interstate cavalry, besides a large number of individual rrizes for soldiers and officers, inspection, discipline, etc. By the terms of the contest the Licht Guards of Houston, Tex., are debarred from competing in the interstate contest. Prizes of $1,000 and $500 are offered for the best band music. Collision on the Baltimore & Ohio. riTTsnuRG, March 2. A collision on the B. & O., last night, at Moiuidville, near Wheeling, was one of the most disastrous wTecks that has occurred in months. The loss to the company will reach $50,000, and may exceed that sura. Passenger train No. 4, east-bound from Wheeling, fortunately carried but four passengers, else the loss of life must have been heavy. The three coaches were splintered and telescoped, hut the occupants escaped serious injury. The freight with which tho passenKer train collided suffered more severely. Twelve" cars were totally wrecked. The engineers and firemen saved their lives by jumping. Both engines are almost a total loss. Racing at New Orleans. New Orleans. March 2. Tho weather was wet and the track sloppy. First Race Half a mile: selling. Myorn was first, Clcon Martin second, Joe Wynne third. Time, 5!) Hi. Second Itaee Four and a half furlongs. Jim D. was first, Barney Lee second, Anna Wane third, Time, 1:05. Third Kace Five furlongs. Superior was first, Golightly fcecoud, Lord Grosvenor third. Time, 1:11. Fourth Race Six and a half furlongs. Pritchett was first. Doubt second, Roche third. Time, 1:35. NJne Persons Drowned. Chattanooga, Tenn., March 2. On Wednesday the family of Ben Hynes, nine in all, were drowned in a swamp in Decatur county, neartne Tennessee river, a colored man who was with them alone escaping. The family were moving in a wagon, and after d:rk lecame lost in the swamp. They came to a tream which the colored driver refused to cross. Mr. Hynes thcroniHiu took tho lines and forced tho team to ko ahead. In a moment they were in water ten feet deep, and father, mother and seven children were lost. Citizen have leen searching for the bodies, and have found three. Fatal Runaway Accident. Palmer, Mass., March 2. A runaway occui red at Baree, this morniug, which resulted in the death of one person and serious injury of two others. The accident was caused by a horse taking fright, while descending a hill, and running away, overturning a carriage, which contained Jason Pespar, Agues Craddock and Maggie Sinclair. The latter was iustautly killed, and the other young lady will not recover. Mr. Despar received severe internal Injuries. Miss Sinclair was twenty-three years of age, and was employed in Despar fc Rogers's straw factory. Obituary. MiLwafkep, March2. George Burnham, apio neer brick manufacturer, of thU city, died this moruiugof pneumonia, aged peventy-threc years. His estate U estimated at between $1,000,000 and $'.',500,000.

TELEGRAPHIC BREVITIES. Cashier Starr, cf the Pavonia Ferry Company, of New York, is said to be short in his accounts to the extent of $S,ooo. At the office of the Erie railway it was said the amount would not exceed $t00. Governor Ross has issued an address to the people of Kew Mexico asking them to call mectincrs, formulate memorials and in every wav appeal to Congress to give New Mexico a school law that will save her from "ignorance and barbarism.' Jeremiah Whalen, an employe of the Hudson Hotel at Upper Fanausky, went to see the play of "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde," on Friday night, at Tiffin. O. At 4 o'clock yesterday morning he dreamed "Mr. Hyde" was after him and Jumped from a third-story window, being fatally inj turned. Jacob Germann, of Hannibal. .TTo., was instantly killed at Lagrange, Mo., on Friday, whiie thawing out dynamite in a nan of water on a stove. The dynamite exploded and his head was severed from his body. Three of his icllowworkmen in the quarry where he was employed were seriously injured, and one of them. James Fuller, will probably die. The building was completely wrecked. The farmers of Iowa and adjoining States are quietly organizing to resist the demands of the binding-twine trust. The price of twins has increased In four years from twelve to eighteen cents per pound. Agents have been notified by the manufacturers that the price for the coming season will he twenty cents. To obviate paying this price, leading farmers are soliciting signatures to a pledge that none of them will use twine if the high price Is maintained, but will stack their grain without binding.

A Younjf Murderer Iteeeives a Life Sentence. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Lafayette, Ind., March 2. In the murder trial of Bert White, which has been in progress for two days, thejury retired Friday night. They were out several hours, finally agreeing upon aver diet of imprisonment for lire. idte Is about seventeen years of age. His victim was Wm. Kllsworth. a boy of his own age. Ellsworth threatened to thump White and the latter drew a revolver and shot Ellsworth dead. White escaped and was at liberty for several weeks, hcing finally caught at Indianapolis. Y. M. C. A. Organized. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Columbus, Ind., March, 2. Alexander Roberts, special agent of the Y. M. C. A. for Indiana, has been here for the past few days holding meetings In the interest of the work. Last night a branch association with a membership of twenty-five young men was organized here. The following officers were selected: President. F. T. Trittt vice-president, Samuel Wertz, and secretary. Wilbur J. Clarke. lie Wants No Office. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Columbus, Ind., March 2. Hon. Joseph I. Irwin, the banker of this city, to-day denounced as unqualifiedly false tho recent report sent out from here which stated that he had been offered. and accepted, a position as Comptroller of tho Currency under General Harrison's administra tion. Mr. Irvin states that there is no office within the gift of the government which he would accert. Woman Burned to Death. Special to the Indianapolis JournaL Columbus, Ind., March 2. Information, to day, reached here from Nortonhurg, Bartholomew county, of a horrible death which befel Mrs. Samuel Futre, the wife of a farmer of that neighborhood. The woman's clothing became ignited from afire-place at her home, and before the flames could be extinguished she was so badly burned that she died from her injuries in a few hours. Convicted 3Iurderer Denied a 'ew TriaL Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Marion, Ind., March 2. To-day Judge St. John overruled the motion for a new trial In the caso of John Sage, convicted of murder in the first de gree, and the prisoner was sentenced to imprisonment for life. The case will be appealed to the Supreme Court, A Farmer Cuts His Throat. Special to the Indianapolis JournaL Mattook, 111., March 2. Isaac Daily, a farmer. aged sixty-one years, and residing four miles southeast of Areola, 111., became despondent on account of financial embarrassments and suicided at 9 o'clock this morning by cutting his throat. Brewing Companies Demand Damages. Iowa City, la., March 2. The Anheuser Brew ing Company, St. Louis, and the Schlitz Beer Company, of MUwaukee. to-night served papers in a suit for $10,000 damages against prominent members of tho County Temperance Alliance and bheriff Fletcher for tho recent seizure of 500 kegs of beer in the brewing companies' cars in this city. Steamship News. Londox. March 2. Sighted: Marvland. from Baltimore. THE DEATH OF POPE CLEMENT XIV. Was the Pontiff Poisoned? A Question Stll Wrapped in Obscurity. Gentleman's Magazine. The death of Pope Clement XIV is a sample of the mysterious or unexplained, for. in spite of the glosses put forw ard by the historian of his pontUicato. the circumstances attending it are still wrapped in obscurity. This is one of the inconveniences which beset a position of rank, power or distinction: ordinary men die and are buried, and "there's an end;" but the men of light and leading are not permitted to lie still in their graves. History is continually exhuming their bones, holding "crownar's quests'' upon them, and pronouncing contrary verdicts which confuse the issue with excess of counsel. As for Tope Clement, putting aside the suspicion in which a great religious order was involved, we havo simply tho following particulars to go upon. A watermelon is served up at the pontitical table; the taster opens it and cuts oil a slice, which, as in duty bound, ho eats, and, wo may suppose, as the fruit of a delicious one, enjoys; no wipes his knife on a napkin, cuts oft another piece and presents it to the Tope, who partakes of it, and is straightway poisoned. Now, it is assumed that the poison was administered in the form of a subtile powder, sprinkled on the napkin with which the taster wiped his knifo after cutting the first (and innocuous) slice. This expedient, if actually adopted, was worthy of the country of tho Borgias, but obviously could not havo been carried into effect without the connivame or assistance of members of the Papal Household. It is difficult to believe that the taster would have been ignorant of it. I otter no solution of the problem: but tho following anecdote shows that the Pope anticipated a violent end, and had good grounds for the anticipation. He was driving in the environs of Kome, in conference with the Cardinal de llernis, when on a wall close to one of the city gates he detected the four letters F. P. Q. P. As the carriage was going slowly he had time to point them out to the Cardinal, whom he asked if he could decipher their meaning. The ' Cardinal replied in tho negative; whereupon tho Pope exclaimed, "But I can and they signify Finira presto questo poutificato." (This pontificato will speedily end.) The Cardinal v:as much alarmed by this interpretation, the accuracy of which was strengthened by the in firm condition of tho Pope's health; and all the more distressed because it showed that the Pope's mind was filled with the gloomiest possible apprehensions. Ho naturally endeavored to reassure his Holiness, pretending (what ho did not believe) that chance might have determined this collocation of letters, and that half a hundred significations might be suggested; but the Pope simply shook his head and was silent. The Cardinal, on regaining his palace, hastened to dispatch a person in whom he had confidence to see if tho four fatal letters were still upon the wall, but they had disappeared. It was impossible to mistake the intention of those who had traced them so that they might be seen only by his Holiness. Wo do not understand, however, why his Holiness arrived at so quick an understanding of their signification; for, as Cardinal de Bern is said, they were capable of various interpretations. J THE PRECIOUS METALS. Gold Is a Very Cheap Mineral Compared to Barium, Calcium and Cerium. Letter In St Lonis Globe-Democrat. Fully ninety-nine persona in every hundred, if asked to name the most precious metals, would mention gold as first, platinum as second and silver as third. If asked to name others, a few might add nickel, and a very few aluminum to the list. Let us see how near to the truth they would be. Gold is worth about J40 per pound, troy: platinum 130, and silver about $1 Nickel would be quoted at about GOc, and pure aluminum at 3 or $9 to the troy pound. We will now compare these prices with those of the rarer and less well-known of the metals. To tako them in alphabetical order, barinm sells for 9a pound, when it is sold at all. and calcium is worth Sl.KK) a pound. Cerium is a shade higher its cost is $100 an ounce, or $l,trJ0 a pound. These begin to look like fabulous prices, but the-do not reach the highest point; chromium brings cobait falls to about half the price of silver, while didymium is

the same price as cerium, and erbium $10 cheaper on the ounce than calcium, or just Sl.fcjO per pound. If the wealth of the Vanderbilts be not overstated, it amounts to nearlv $300,000,000. With this sum they could purchase !H 2 tons of gold and have something left over, but they couldn't bny two tons of gallium, that fare metal being worth $3,250 an ounce. With this metal the highest price is reached, and it may well be called the rarest and most precious of metals. Glucinum is worth $50 per ounce; indium, h; iridium. o$ a pound; lanthanium, $173, and lithium fcl&O er ounce. Niobium costs $12S per ounce; asminm. palladium, platinum, potassium and rhodium briug respectively $040, $400, $1G0, iJ and $512 per pound. Strontium costs $128 an ounce; tantallum. $144: telurium, $9; thorium, $i?2; vanadium. $230; yttrium, $144, and zirconium $i50 an ounce. Thus we see that the commonly received opinion as to what are the most precious metals is quite erroneous. Barium is more than four rimes as valuable as gold, and gallium more than 102 times as costly, while manj' of the metals are twice and thrice as valuable. Aluminum, which now costs $3 or $9 a pound, will eventually be produced as cheaply as steel. When this can be done it will push the latter metal out of a great many of its present uses, as it possesses great strength, toughness and elasticity, with extreme lightness of weight. Its sources of supplv are simply inexhaustible, and its present high cost arises from the difficulty of its extraction in a metallic form. Indium seems to be chiefly used for pointing gold pens, and many of tho metals mentioned have but a limited sphere of usefulness. MILLIONS FK03I NOTHING.

Ilow Some of the American Money Kings Gained Their Iiiches. New York Teleprain. It is not so many dozen years since tho founder of the Astor family came to this country as a small dealer in furs. He bought land where it could bo obtained for almost one of the tunes of an old tambourine, and held it until it promised too much to be easily parted with. Its value grew at even a greater rate than did his progeny. The disasters of 1SC7 were taken advantage of by William 13. Astor in that memorable year. He bought up real estate at extremely low prices, and so assiduously devoted his talents, time and money to the acquisition of land that he had $20,000,000 worth of it to divide at his death in 18T.. This land "corner," as it may be called, which each generation has added to, has gathered, as the fixed stone is said to gather the moss, the almost fabulous pile that has made tho name and fame of the family known in this and every other land where Mammon has its votaries. There is Jav Gould, whose wealth has been estimated at $300,000,000. He came to New York from a little village up the ritato with nothing but a plucky spirit, a lively temperament and a patent for a mouse-trap "and a good trap it was." as his son George said recently on the witness-stand in one of the city courts. Since then Gould has dealt in traps designed for bigger game for lambs, bulls and even bearsand has become in finance a weasel that is hard to catch asleep. Previous to the death of his wife whom he loved dearly he was known as a humorous fellow at times, and when, not long ago, stories concerning his bad 6tate of health were circulated, he offered proofs of their falsity in the fact that ho "could shako Wall street to its foundations by simply standing on tho 6teps of the Stock Exchange Building and waving his hand." Cyrus V. Field began life as a clerk in a New England store, and was once employed by the late A. T. Stewart at the munificent salary of $50 a year. This was not quit to his likingand he took to selling newspapers. He had a faculty of keeping money and knowing how to invest it. His pile is estimated at about 20,000,000, and if yon were to ask him how he made it he would answer: "Hard work. That will accomplish anything." Ho received, it is said, $500,000 from Col. Elliott F. Shepard for his newspaper property, the Mail and Express. Shepard who, by the way, is also a millionaire, but who was simply a poor lawyer until luck secured him an alliance with one of the Vanderbilt girls has already dorived more fame from his newspaper property than Field could ever hope to attain as a newspaper man. Love gave Shepard his million, but to tho 13ible ho owes his fame. Andrew Carnegie, the aut hor of "Triumphant Democracy," began life's labors as a boy in a cotton-mill. He was successively engineer, telegraph messenger, operator, railroad division superintendent and oil speculator. He is now a millionaire iron manufacturer, and not unmindful of his early days. Ho has two hobbies, co-operation and education, and unselfishly devotes money and time to their propagation. He says "a man who dies worth a million dollars dies in disgrace." . That he is in earnest in what he says is shown in the fact that he gives away, every year, seven or eight times as much money as ho spends. Senator John J. Jones, of hevada, who is several times a millionaire, is the most popular Senator who visits New York. The announcement in any of the dailies to the effect that he is in town is sufficient to bring to him crowds of visitors. Put the friends whom tho Senator most welcomes arb not the members of hrst-class society, but homv-handed sons of toil with whom the world has not dealt very leniently. They know the Senator fromthe early daj-s of California, when ho worked beside them for a day'N pay. Ho doesn't forget old times or fail to remember the old friends who shared the vicissitudes of his younger days. Some years ago he met with reverses that nearly reduced liim to his old position at the foot of tickle fortune, but a boom in the Consolidated Virginia mine set him on his feet again and he once more rolls in millions. Potter Palmer, the Chicago millionaire, earned his first salary as a clerk in a little country store in a Pennsylvania village. He made his money by judicious investments in real estate in Chicago, and though he lost $3,500,000 in tho great Chicago fire and had to borrow on mortgages $1,500,000 to retrieve himself, he is again on top, with several spare millions to push his schemes along. "Littlo Jake" Seligman, of Michigan, who lias a couple of millions at his command, is a director in nine banks and four railroads, and is tho owner of a large amount of real estate. He went to Michian twenty-live years ago with only $100 in is pocket. He started xn the clothing business ou a borrowed capital of $200, and spent the $100 cash he had in hiring a brass band and four horses and scattering circulars advertising his business. Physically he doesn't amount to much, as he stands only five feet high, but his standing in the community is not to be gauged by this, for he is a "big gun" and very popular. St. Paul has a man who owes his fortune to a streak of good luck. His name is Dennis Ryan, and he began his career on a Western railroad w ith a pick and shoveL That was in the days when labor was highly repaid, and as Dennis was very thrifty, ten years' savings placed him above dependence. He always had an eye to the future, and one investment of $5,000 iu a Colorado mine, which he made a few years ago, is said to have netted him $2,000,000. Edward Blewitt, president of the First National Bank, of Fremont, Neb., is regarded as a typical Nebraskan by his fellowcitizens. At the age of thirteen he drove an ox-team across the plains, barefooted and friendless; at eighteen he was $10,000 in debt. He is now at the head of one of the largest horse ranches in the West and worth over a million. The women of America who have sprung to wealth from poverty in a few 3-ears would make a creditable list, a fair sample being Mrs. Paran Stevens, who owns the Victoria Hotel in New York, and who was. in her girlhood, a waitress in a Lowell (Mass.) restaurant. Her husband bgau life as a stable bov. Both aro now worth $0,000,000. and the'hotel is the headquarters for tho English aristocracy in this country. Heats Kentucky Horses. Boston Journal. A short time ago attention was called in the New Mexico Legislature to the fact that the hheritf of Grant county was allowed four horses, and charged for ten days an aggregate mileage of 21,080 miles, or more than 500 miles a day for each horse. The account was sworn to, and tho court approved the same. This is sufficient proof that New Mexico is the place to raise fast horses. Kentucky cannot produce four horses that can average 500 miles a day for ten da3s. Room at the Top. Philadelphia Record Magizine Editor "Really, Miss, wo have more poems on hand than we have room for, and it is not worth while to examine any more," Fair Writer "Oh. but I know this will suit. It is a poem of pns.oion, and has been condemned by Anthouv Comstock." "My. gracious! Mr. l)o Clerk, draw the lady a check for $500."

KILLED BY IIIS RIVAL. A Quarrel Over aTToman Ends in the Stabling and Speedy Death of William. Downey.

A murder occurred at 11 o'clock last night, on tho corner of Douglass and New Y'ork streets, in which William Downey was fatally stabbed by John Daglisn Downey was carried into the office of Dr. Long, near by, where he died in thirty minutes. The aflair gre-.r out of a dispute over a woman named Annio James, whom each claimea. All threo parties are of disreputable character, the James woman having looms at 2 Geisen-. dorrl street. The particulars of the ! affray aro rather obscure, owing to the fact that Downey was unablo . to tell the story and the woman' was still at large up to an early honr this morning. Daglish, who was placed under arrest, tells a rather improbable story. lie was walking up Douglass street, he claimed, in . company with Downey and tho girl, when thej- were met by two other men. each escorting two women. Owing to some remark that Downey made, one of the women said, "I guess you will know n the next time you see us. ' "Yes," replied Downey, "1 think we will," whereupon tho two men sprang at Daglish and his companion, who wero overcome in tho struggle and Downey was stablied. Daglish was found in the James girl's room, covered with blood and bearing several scratches indicative of a fierce encounter. His attempt at concealing the extent to which he ligured in the case, and his entanglement in relating tho affair led to his arrest and the suspicion that he did the killing. Tho sudden disappearance of the James woman added foundation to this snspicion. Daglish, who resides at 207 West street, is twenty years of ago and of no occupationDowney, living on Douglass street, between North and Michigan streets, is eighteen, and a brother-in-law to ex-Councilman Cowie. He has until recently been in the employ of a cotton-mill on the North Side. All the three parties connected with the affair are well known to the police, and bear a bad name, the two young men having been involved in several disputes heretofore over the right to protect the James woman. MILLIONS OF METEORITES. An Estimate that 400,000,000 Enter the. Earth's Atmosphere Dally. J. N. Lockyer, in Harper's. Observations of falling stars have been used to determine roughly the average' number of meteorites which attempt to pierce the earth's atmosphere during eachi twenty-four hours. Dr. Schmidt, of Athens. ! lrom observations made during seventeen years, found that the mean hourly number of luminous meteors visible on a clear moonless night by one observer was fouri ecu, laKing ine umo oi observation from! midnight to 1 a. M. j It has been further exnerimentallv shown.' that a large group of observers who might include the wholo horizon in their observations would see about six times as many as are visible to one eye. Prof. H. A. Newton and others have calculated that, making all proper corrections, the number; which might bo visible over the wholo earth would be a little greater than, 10,000 times as manv as could be seen at one place. From this we gather not less thau 20,000.000 luminous meteors fall upon, mir nlrnift tfil nf xrliili ir n dorlr clear night would present us with the well-l known phenomenon of a shooting star. This number, however, by no means rep-! resents the total number of minute meteor-! ites that enter our atmosphere, because entirely invisible to the naked eye aro 4 often seen in telescopes. It has been cal-f dilated that the number of meteorites, if these were included, would be increasedV at least twenty-fold; this would give u 400,000,000 of meteorites falling in th earth's atmosphere daily. EDUCATED, YET mtAIXESS. A Strange Paradox FurnUhed by the Head ol an Educated l'Ig. New York Tribune. Tho strange story which floats in from. Freehold, N. J., concerning the learned pifc J whose intelligence so whetted the curiosity I of tho Freeholders that they killed him iu! 11 order to analyze his "thinker, is a dial leuge to scientists and psychologists. Tho porcine brain cavity was empty. "Time was that when tho brains were out, th man would die," observed the immortal W5 1 1 1 o Trt Tin f if- Trxwr fi itnnortj hi ta i 1 tho Freehold story be a true one thaM when the brains aro out a pig may live. and not only live, but exhibit so many liim? intellectual qualities as to rutiear nunseir to a wide circle cf distinguished and admiring humans. Wnat becomes of all the discussions; .about the transformation of phosphorus into thought, about the increasing complexity of the brain convolutions with tho progress of intelligence, about tho correspondence between cerebral organs and mental conditions, if a learned pig can establish his reputation upon an empty? cranium? It is a revolution and nothing! less; for be it observed that the mental' eminence of the Freehold pig was conditional upon his entire freedom from brains; and if a pig can distinguish himself under these circumstances, why not a man, or any number of men? It is suggested that the seed balls of potatoes be cut oil' when the plants are growing in order to divert the energies in the direc tion of tho tubers, as the production of seeil and tubers at the same time is a double, task. It is an experiment that every tanner can try; even if only on one row. People fonder WHEN they find how rapidly health is restored by taking Ayer Sar6a pari 11 a. The reason is that this preparation contains only the purest and most powerful alteratives and tonics. To thousands yearly it proves a veritable elixir of life. Mrs. Jos. Lake, Brockway Centre, Mich., writes : "Liver complaint and indigestion made my life a burden and came near ending my existence. For more than four 3-ears I suffered untold agony. 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