Indianapolis Journal, Indianapolis, Marion County, 8 March 1889 — Page 2

THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL, FRIDAY, MARCH 8, 1889.

responded to by P. H. Murray, of the St Lou 19 Advance. Seventy papers were represented. President A . J. Simmons delivered bis annual address. The following officers were elected: Rev. W. J. Simmons, I). D.. president: John Mitchell, jr.. of the Richmond Planet, vice-president; Miss Ida . Wells, of Our Women and Children, secretary. and J. Cromwell of th People's Advocate, treasurer. President Harrison received the association to-day. At the suggestion f the executive committee of the Republican National League, the following wero appointed a special standing committee to confer "with the former as to the best method by which to secure a free vote and a fair count: J. W. Cromwell, of the People s Advocate: J. C. Daney, of the Star of Z.on; J. W. Thompson, of the People's Journal; P. H. Murray, of the St. Louis Advance, and W. II. Stewart, of the American Baptist. Resolutions were adopted unanimously indorsing President Harrison's policy respecting a fair vote in the outh as outlined in his inaugural address. The convention then adjourned to meet in Raleigh, N. C, some time next autumn. The Orator Was a IToosler. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Washington', March 7. At the second national convention of the Republican League of the United States, held in Balti

more, on Feb. 28 and March 1, a wonderful speech was delivered by one of the Texas delegates to the convention. In the newspaper report of the proceedings of the convention, and in subsequent quotations from the speech, a Mr. Johnson, of Texas, was credited as the hero. Mr. WinfieldS. Silver, of Bluffton, was in the city to attend the inauguration of President Harrison, on his wav homo from the convention, and said Johnson was present at the time tho upeech in question was delivered, but ho was not the orator. He says the speech, which was one of the most wonderful ho ever listened to, and which has deservedly attracted considerable attention throughout the country, w&. delivered by Air. Buchanan, a Hoo8ier by birth, who now resides in Texas, and who attended the meeting as a delegate from that State. Sir. In galls Again Honored. Washington, March 7. The Vice-president was not present at the opening of this morning's session, and the Secretary, Mr. McCook, read (after prayer) anote from Mr. Morton; stating that he would bo absent from to-vlay's session. Thereupon Mr. Sherman offered a resolution that, during the absence of the. Vice-president, Mr. Ingalls should be President of the Senate pro tern.An amendment to the resolution was offered by Mr. Harris substituting the namo of Voorhees for that of Mr. Ingalls. The amendment was rejected yeas 27, nays 29 and the resolution was agTeed to. Mr. Ingalls thereupon entered upon the duties of presiding officer pro tern., the oath of office having first been administered to him by Mr. Sherman, and it was ordered that the President of the United States bo notified of Mr. Ingalls's election. The Senate then, at 12:20. adjourned till Monday. Names, Please. Washington Special to Cincinnati Enquirer. Rhody Shiel is as promiscuous here as he is at home. To-night he came down street, with a great story. "Ben told me," ho said, "to go down street and invite to dinner every person I could find who is not an applicant for some position. I could only rind three persbns," Rhody exclaimed, in his energetic way, "and I brought them up to the W hite House." It is possible to tie the Indiana stock-dealer, but he cannot bo beaten. General Notes. Special to tho Indianapolis Journal. Washington, March 7. The following Indiana postmasters, nominated by President Cleveland during the last two months of his administration, failed to secure confirmation: Norman Fisher, Huntingburg; Benjamin Price, Seymour, and Lotta F. Smith, Union City. A number of Indianapolis people havo gone to Annapolis, Md., on invitation of Lieutenant Stahl, of the Naval Academy, and formerly of Purdue University at Lafayett. A ball added to the attractions set out bofore the Hoosiers. Mrs. Stahl, daughter of J. C. Vinton, of Lafayette, is quite hospitable to citizens of Indiana. Isaac Hodgson, the architect of the courthouse at Indianapolis, as well as other public buildings and fine residences there, is . being urged for supervising architect, with a strong backing, by his former associates in Hoosierdoni. His son is here, and the father is credited with a valued personal acquaintance with General Harrison. Prof. S. S. Parr, dean of DePanw University, called upon Secretary Noble at tho Interior Department this afternoon and presented the application and indorsements of Dr. Harris, of Indiana, for Commissioner of Education. George F. Farris, of Terre Haute, and John W. Cheney, of Sullivan, left for their homes this afternoon. The latter is an applicant for the position of collector of internal revenue. J. W. Bash, of Wabash, lingers in the city. Miss Edith McCullongh and Miss Gertrude Schlater, of Anderson,who have been attending the entertainments incident to the inauguration of President Harrison, returned to college at Hagerstown, Md., this morning. Colonel and Mrs. W. T. DnTbin.of Anderson, will go to Fortress Monroe, Va., Old Point Comfort, on Saturday, to remain a few days before returning to their home. Mrs. E. W. Halford and Miss Halford left the city to-day for their winter residence at Orlando, Fla. General Lew Wallace returns to Indianapolis to-morrow morning. - It is understood he has declined an honor tendered him, in order to devote himself entirely to his new literary work. Mr. and Mrs. John W. Lovett, of Anderson, left to-night for their home, Mrs. W. W. Orr will leave to-morrow for Mnncie. Representative Laird, of Nebraska, who was very ill during the whole of the last session of Congress, has reached Washington much improved in health, although ho has not entirelr recovered. CoL J. M. Wilson, of the engineer corps, has been placed in charge of the work on the Washington aqueduct extension, relieving Maj. G. D. Lydecker, who will be tried by court-martial on the 25th, for neglect of duty in connection with this improvement. This assignment of Colonel Wilson is in addition to his present duties in charge of the Washington monument and Gettysburg monument, and public build-' ings and grounds in the District of Columbia. Hon. John S. Clarkson, of Iowa, was yesterday stricken with an attack of vertigo, and is to-day confined to his rooms at Wormley's Hotel. The New York delegation has decided to ask that A. R. Hart, of New York, be nominated for Public Printer, and the Iowa delegation will push ex-Governor Stone for Commissioner of the General Land Ollice. Cleveland Proceeds to Business. Nnw York. March 7. Ex-President GroTer Cleveland drove do wn town in a carriage this morning from the Victoria Hotel to his law offices in William street. He was accompanied by Messrs. Stetson and MacVeagh. Nobodj' was on hand to witness Mr. Cleveland's arrival. , The Chamber of Commerce to-dav elected John D. Rockefeller a member. Kx-PreKi-dent Grover Cleveland was nominated for honorary member of the Chamber. Alexander L Orr made the speech of nomination, and highly eulogized the nominee. Col. Frederick Conkling opposed the nomination. He said he had supported Mr. Cleveland at the polls for many high offices, and he objected to the indorsement of the eulogistic heutimenta in the nominating speech, lie said if the name had been put up without any speech no one would vote against it. A rising vote was taken twentv voted in favor, thirteen against, and a few did not vote at all. Mr. Cleveland was thereupon elected an honory member. Ex-President Grover Cleveland was elected an honorary member of the St. Nicholas Society to-night. 970,000 for a Colt. New York, March 7. The sale of the bay rolt Mascot, of the L. J. Koso stables, of California, for :$2i,000, was the feature of the combination (tale of California trotting stock at the American Institute to-day. The attendance was large, and the prices paid for the youngsters were good. BotLS and sores indicate impurities m the blood. Ayer barsaparilla eradicates humors

FRANCE CANNOT INTERFERE

The Last Hope of De Lcsseps and His Panama Canal Supporters Disappears, The Question of Government Interference in the Enterprise Comes up in the Deputies and Receivers a Pronounced Rebuff. King Milan Abdicated Because His Policy Did Not Meet the Czar's Approval, And It Is Ilinted that the Roumanian 3ronarch May Find a Similar Course Desirable Crispi Forms a New Italian Ministry. TUB PANAMA CANAL. The French Government Will Not Come to the Relief of leLesse;s. Paris, March 7. The Cabinet has rescinded the decree of exile against the Due d' Auraale. In tho Chamber of Deputies, to-day, tho election of General Boulanger to the Cham ber for the Department of the Seine was verified. The submission of tho interpellation of the government, by M. Laur, relative to tho proceedings of the copper syndicate, was postponed for a fortnight. M. Villain submitted his interpellation of the government regarding the Panama Canal Company. He urged that the canal scheme should not be abandoned, and that a meeting of shareholders of the company should bo convened for the purpose of disenssing means for the continuation of work on the canal. M. Villain said that if thesavinesOf France were insufficient to build the canal, assistance should bo in voked from other countries, lie suggested that an international conference of en gineers be summoned, lie moved an order of the day appealing to the government to safeguard the interests ol the shareholders. 31. liouvier, .Minister ot finince, disclaimed any responsibility on the part of the government. He said the government had no means of interfering, although it approved every elfort made by capitalists and companies to prevent tho collapse of tho undertaking. Prime Minister Tirard, replying to M. Do Cassa mac. said the government would do its utmost for the success of tho canal, but he could say no more. The Chamber then, by a vote of 344 to 185, adopted a government order of the day hi regard to tne canal. MILAN'S ABDICATION. He Antagonized the Ciar and Ills Retirement Was an Imperative Necessity. St. Petersburg, March 7. Tho Novoo Vremya says; "The abdication of Kiug Milan is a natural sequence of his estrangement with Russia, which rendered his rule impossible. King Milan's turn arrived after that of Alexander, late Prince of Bulgaria. Roumania's turn may come soon." London, March 7. The news of King Milan's abdication from the Servian throne does not cause much comment in London. This act of the dissolute king has been long foreshadowed, and the chief interest tho abdication excites is found in tho speculation as to what recent event or chain of events cansed Milan to reliunuish.the throne at this particular time. Tho Pall Mall Gazette congratulates Russia. on the abdication, and boldly asserts that Milan's principal object in thus abandon ing his rights was that he might with more freedom indulge his unholy passion for minister at Berlin. Milan's intrigues with this woman are well known, and have been related in everv European capital. It was because of his disgraceful connection with Madame Christitch that the friends of Queen Natalie sought to prevent Milan from obtaining a divorce last year. Alexander sent a telegram to his mother announcing his accession, addressing her as "Queen Natalie." Ho received a long telegram in reply. ALEXANDER'S ESCAPADE. Royal Society Exercised Over the Action of the Prince with an Actress. London, March 7. A thunderbolt in a clear sky could not have created more amazement and consternation than was created at Windsor Castle by the news of Prince Alexander of Battenberg's misal liance. The Queen is annoyed beyond measure, as after having allowed her daughter and granddaughter to contract morganatic allianco with two of the Princes of Battenberg, it is highly provoking that a member of the family should marry an actress. Luckily for Prince Alexander and his bride, they are beyond her reach. Every one knows how zealously tho Queen has exerted herself to forward Prince Alex ander's interests, both public and private, and he has certainly proved that love has been more potent with him than gratitude. The mortification of tho Empress Fred erick is for obvious reasons even more pro found, as she had constituted herself tho champion of Prince Alexander during the whole of tho last vear. and now feels that she has compromised herself. She has shown herself to bo entirely wanting in that wisdom which she wishes all Europe to suppose that she possesses . by allowing her daughter to be ignominious!.' jilted by an individual of whose suit she had so warmly approved, and herself to be egregiously hoaxed. The truth about tho matter is that last Anmicf wrtiin ill kir n 1 1ilk1tt lliAtl t tlA Vm peror Frederick's dairy were amicably settled. Emperor William consented that his Rister should marrv Alexander on tho condition that the couple undertook to live quite pnvatelv at a distance from Berlin. It was then arranged that the marriage should take place in the private chapel at Windsor durinir the winter. lrince Al exander and his bride were to have lived at Cronbenr. in the 'Faunas, where the Em press Frederick had purchased a villa for them adjoining her own. About two months ago the Emperor William was informed of Alexander's llirtatiou with Mile. Leisinger. and I hear that, after discussing the matter with his brother, Prince Henry, with Prince Bismarck and with his eldest sister, the heriditary Princess of Saxe-Meiningen, ho sent to nis mother in England, a peremptory letter forbidding the marriage. The Emperor lias absolute power over his relatives, as by the Hohenzollern family statutes ho can deprive any prince or Jirincess who disobeys him of nuy share in ho Ktate fund or faniilv fortune. Tho Emperor later on explained to his mother that Alexander was trilling with the Princess Victoria, and acquainted her with the Leisinger story. I hen there was a right royal row at Osborne, as both the Oueeu and the Empress were not merely furious, but also much ashamed of having so seriously committed tneinselves in support of Alexander. Poor Piinco it i f . i i : i.. nenry, wiiuiias uwu lauguisuiui; m mv north winu ot rovai iavor since xuis explo sion, was ordered to write a letter to Alex ander, then at Darmstadt, requesting an immediate and full explanation of the storv, which the Queen and the impress roufd scarcely brine themselves to credit. whereupon the offender suddenly resigned his commission in the German army, a step which was at once followed by his private marriage which was not intimated in any way to his relatives in Germany, or to his patrons in En gland. Theroval family learned it from the newspapers. Tho fact is, that while Princess Victoria, of Prussia, was very fond of Pnnre Alexander, he had no special atlection for his betrothed. GENERAL. FOREIGN NEWS. Critpl Forms a New Ministry Which I Expee ted to Meet Foptdar Favor. Rome, March 7. Acting under the ad vice of Signors Biancheri and Farini, the former of whom declined the task of form ing a Ministry, King Humbert has Accepted

the Cabinet as arranged by Signor Crispi.' The new Cabinet is composed as follows:

Foreign Affairs- SJuor Crispi. Minister of Finance Signor Doda. Minister of tho Treasnry Slcnor Zotlettl. Minister of Justice and Ecclesiastical Affairs Eijrnor Zanarae Hi. Minister of Marine Siznor Imn. Minister of War General Viale. Minister of Connuercc. Industry and Agri culture fclgnor Miceli. Minister of Pufclie works Senator Final!. Minister of I'osta and TelcCTaplis Sitrnor Lacava. Of the. new Ministry. Piiraors Crisni. Viale, Brin, Miceli and Zanardelli retain fort foil os held l3 them in the last Cabinet, t is believed that the Cabinet will com mand a considerable majority in the Chamber of Deputies, although it will bo confronted by the Old Bight and the Ex treme Left. The Parnell Commission. London, March 7. At the sitting of the Parnell commission, to-day, an American Fenian named Coleman, now residing in Ontario, and employed by the Canadian Pacific railroad, detailed tho outrages in which he took part while he was in Ireland. He stated that Macaulcy told him tho League had raid him Macauleyl 'J00 for shooting Burke. On, cross-examination Coleman testified that he came from America of his own accord to give evidence be fore tho commission. Nobody had prom ised him money. Ho had received 1,(mj from the government for acting as a spy in America. With this money ho bought property in AN innipeg. Mr. Soames, the Times solicitor, testified that Walsh said he could produce docu ments to prove that Messrs. Parnell and O'Kelly were connected with tho importation of arms into Ireland, but he did not know Walsh's whereabouts. Attornev-ceneral Webster applied for an adjournment until Tuesday on the ground that two important witnesses for the limes were ill. The court granted tho application, and adjourned to the 12th iust. Strengthening the British Navy. London. March 7. In the House of Com mons, this evening, Lord George Francis Hamilton, First Lord of tho Admiralty, said that all tho war vessels now built would be supplied with gnus by the end of 18M). It was proposed, he said, to build eight lirst-elass men-of-war of 14,000 tons. two of i,00O tons, nine hrst-class cruisers, twenty-nine smaller cruisers, four of tho Pandora tvpe of cruisers and eighteen of the sharpshooter type of torpedo boats. Lord George said the total tonnage of tho proposed ships would be yis.ooo. and tho total cost was estimated at 21,500,000. riggott'a Skull and Drain. Madrid, March 7. The physician who made the post-mortem examination of Piggott's body declares that he never before saw such a well-formed skull and brain as that of the forger. The brain indicated superior force of character and an unusual degree of magnetism. Fifteen Miles of the Panama Canal Opened. Aspinwall, March 7. The British vessel Eldorado, 270 tons burden, has passed through the Panama canal from Aspinwall to Chavrs. a distance of fifteen miles. This is the hrst foreign vessel that has passed through tho canal from one port to another. An Eloquent Priest. Rome, March 7. The Church of St. Charles is daily thronged with people eager to lis ten to the lenten sermons of Father Agostino. who is the celebrant of the hour. His eloquence is said to produce wonderful ef fects. Foreign Notes. It is reported that the Abvssinians are besieging Kassala, and that Senoussi's army is marching on Khartoum. A marked increase in hostility to foreitm f rs is noticeable throughout China. Tho native soldiers nre suspected of an attack upon a foreign settlement. General Legitime has sent a telegram to the European governments announcing that tho rebellion in Hay ti has been crushed and demanding recognition of his govern meut. A dispatch from Rome to the Dailv News says that President Harrison's Cabinet ful ly satishes tho v atican, and that informa tion has reached the Propaganda that under Mr. Harrison's administration tho relations between the United States and the Holy - 5111 f a. a see win ue 01 a most coruiai cu a racier. THE OKLAHOMA LANDS. The Grabbers Begin to Arrive in Force, and There Is a Prospect of Serious Trouble. Oklahoma, I. T., March 7. Tho situation in Oklahoma is growing critical. Between two and three hundred men have taken up claims in tho immediate vicinity of this place. Nearly all the valuable land in the river bottom, from tho neighborhood of Fort Reno on tho west to tho Pottawato mie reservation on the east, has been taken up and is held by the usual squatters. Scores of men are slipping in on all sides, and the influx of boomers by the rail road has begun. Last night's train south-bound was filled with passengers for Purcell. and it is reported that Harry Hill has started with 400 men. They will be met here by Colonel Cole and several hnndrod boomers from the western border of tho Territory. Tho crowds of anxious boomers who have been waiting at 1 urcell for weeks can scarcely be held bark, and altogether the indications arc that there will be full 2,1)00 men here inside of a week, unless tho military moves from Fort Keno at once. Preparations for a raid havo been going on for some time, and it is ex Sected they will move to-morrow or next ay. The probabilities are. however, that a raid of tho soldiers would only result in a scattering of the squatters through tho woods, as they are already within tho limits of Oklahoma in sufficient numbers to come back faster than they can be sent out. It is the universal prayer that the Presi dent may issue his proclamation soon, de clare the country open to settlement at once, and not set tho date ahead, as it is feared he will do. Alleged Attempt to Blow Up an Arsenal. Halifax. X. S.. March 7. About 11 o'clock last night, "sentry Byford, who was on duty at the powder magazine, was fired at twice, one shot shattering two of his lingers, and the other passing through his hat. The sentry tired three times, but it is supposed, missed his murk. Tho man got clear away before an alarm could be given. A military inquiry into the shooting was begun to -day, the evidence convincing tho authorities of the truth of the soldier's statement. Tho military regard the a Hair as a plot to blow up the magazine with dynamite which would have resulted in much damage. It is supposed the men who shot at the8cntry intended to murder him and then blow up tho magazine. A picket in the fence was torn away several days ago, and it is now believed this was done to enable the tiend to reach the magazine and kill the sentinel. Says He Killed Clayton. Morrilltown. Ark.. March 7. An incoueiem jeuer signed "Jack the Kipper," tne antnor ot winch writes that he killed John motive for the killing of Clayton was that, years ago, Clayton caused the lives of tho writers father and other persons to be takeu. Sheriff Shelby turned the missive over to the grand jury, which is now in session investigating Clav ton's death. Both Democrats and Republicans are on the jury. Judge Cunningham's charge to the jury was a severe arraignment of the crime, and an earnest plea that nothing be left undone to unearth the perpetrator. Yvet Virginia Governors. Ciiaklkston. W. Va.. March 7. The initial step was taken in the Supreme Court, this morning, by General Goirs attorneys suing out a writ of mandamus against Governor Wilson, to compel him to surrender the office of Governor to General Goff. The case is to come up to-morrow for argument. All parties to tho suit have agreed that the matters in controversy may be determined without process. This afternoon General Gotl s attorneys sued out a writ of quo warranto in the Circuit Court atrainst Governor Wilson, but this is only formal matter.

m. Clayton, the murdered Republican candidate for Congress, was received to-day by Sheriff Shelby. The letter alleces that the

A COOL AND PLUCKY WOMAN.

By Her Presence of 3Iind and Steady Nerve She Saves the Life of Her Wounded Lover. Douglas, W. T., March 7. The widow McCool, only eighteen years oid, has been 6tation agent at Dry Cheyenne, on the stage route between there and Buffalo. She is a brunette and pretty, aud commanded the admiration of all the cattle men for miles around. After refusing a dozen of fers sho accepted Martin Huntoon, a weathy ranchman, and they were to bo married in May. Last week a blonde-haired young Englishman, named James Kidd, who i3 traveling for an Omaha provision house, appeared in that region, and bis good looks and gentle ways produced an impression. He went to Bnti'alo, transacted his business in a hurry, returned to Dry Chevenne last Saturday, and that night took the widow to a dance iwenty miles awas, at Sheriff Williams' ranch. Hun toon was insanely jealous,andhiscowbo3swereordered to pick a quarrel with the tenderfoot aud shoot him if possible. The programme was carried out, but Kidd pulled two six-shooters aud backed up against a closed door leading to a bedroom. When the shooting befan the lights were extinguished. Ed Cook, luntoon's foreman, dropped dead from one of Kidd's bullets, and three or four others were wounded. Kidd was shot in tho arm, and the cang- were closing in on him, when the door behind him suddenly opened, he was dragged into the bedroom, and the door as quickly bolted again. The pretty widow, instead of fainting, had got into the bedroom from the rear, and Kidd owed his life to her coolness. Hiseseapo in the darkness was not discovered. Ki d secured a saddle horse, and. placing t widow in front of him, galloped off. T 10 io couple were terribly exhausted when they reached here, Sunday night. After refreshments they hired a team and driver and pushed over the line to Chadron, Neb., where they wero married. Sheriff' Williams, Huutoon'and a dozen cowboys got here ten hours behind them, having first gone to Dry Cheyenne. They were terribly enraged when they found that the elopers were so far in the lead, but started for Chadron, They have not returned this way, audit is believed that the elopers reached a railway station and are now in safet3'. A RUSSIAN EXILE S RICHES. A Poor-House Inmate Who Had Over $6,500 Secreted Under His Bed. Special to tho Iii(tIanaioli Journal. Crawfoudsville, Ind., March 7. A pauper at the poor-farm named Martin Cook has been found to be a miser. The superin tendent accidently found that Cook had thousands of dollars secreted under his bed. Tho County Commissioners went out this morning and investigated the affair. It was found that Cook had $1,038.50 in gold, $11 in silver, and $2,470 in greenbacks, making a total of $6,530.10. The commissioners charged Cook fi a week for board for twent v-eieht weeks that he had been there. and 0.40 for clothes purchased by the county for him, and allowed $1 per week for his work. This made $84.40 that ho paid to the commissioners. The gold was in a leather belt, which he carried around his waist with 6houlder-straps when traveling, and the greenbacks were in a large leather pocket-book. He said that he had saved the money since 18o0. Ho is a grey-haired man, rather fleshy, and a part of nis noso is aone. This afternoon he took his money and started toward Lafay ette, refusing to put it in any bank. He is a Kussian exile, who escaped while on the road to Siberia. He afterwards joined tho French army under Napoleon III, and serv ed with Maximilian in Mexico. He has always attended church, and was a wellinformed person, soeakinir four IftncniR.iresHe has lived in this count y for several years, and has always beat" his way aiong. lie is a rauor uy iraue. TELEGRAPHIC BREVITIES. Py a vote of 59 to 80 the Minnesota House of Representatives, after an all-day debate. refused to submit to the peoplo an amendment in favor of prohibition of the liquor tramc. The United States government has, made formal requisition to the Canadian Departrf -Illation -frT fhn BTirT-twloT" rf A lrlrwl Tr the Ohio robber, who has been in custody at Windsor. . Egbert Stearns, principal and confideniiai cicik in tne postomco at ivergeen, Ala., is short in his accounts about 1.000. He has absconded, and there is no clew to his whereabouts. Geo. W. Allen, of St. Louis, collector for tho llowman Dairy Company, committed suicido by shooting himself through the nead. jealousy of his wile was the cause. The couple had one child, aged eight years. The executive counsel of the Fenian Brotherhood held a meeting in New York yesterday, and adopted a resolution re questing the press to announce on their behalf that tho spy Le Caron has never been a member of tho t eman Brotherhood. William Kelso, a wealthy droverof Sabina, O., has been missing for three weeks, and is supposed to have met with foul play. He was last 6een at the .hast Liberty stockyards, and had over $1,000 in his possession. Kelso was forty years of age aud married. The labor organizations which took sides with the strikers in the recent tie-up of tho Atlantic-avenne railroad, in Brooklyn, have Placed a boycott on that corporation, lheir members have been forbidden to ride on the cars, under penalty of heavy tines or expulsion. David Treadi, proprietor of a sporting nlace at Patcrson. X. J., fell down stairs at his residence, Wednesday night, and was smothered in the carpet. In falling, his head struck a door-sill, which rendered him unconscious. He was a member of 1 arm gut Post, G. A. II. Near Mount Vernon. O.. yesterday, a farmer named James Phillips made a brutal assault on the son of a neighbor, named Wyaut, because tho boy had displeased him. lhe lad is believed to be fatally injured. Phillips could not be found by the omcer wuo weui 10 arrest nun. Olive E. Friend. Mrs. Emilv Howard. William E. Howard. Gus Halstead and George Halstead. all interested parties in the jsreat electric sngar-reliuiug frauds in New York, arrived yesterday from Detroit. I he party was under the es cort of detective sergeant?, and all aro now safely locked up in police headquarters. They will be arraigned to-day. Edison's Canadian Patents Declared Void. Ottawa, Out.. March 7. Tho incandescent electric lighting patent held bj-the Edison Electric Light Company has been declared null and void in Canada, on the ground of failure to comply with the patent regulations, which provide that any article thus patented must be manufactured in Canada within one year from tho issue of patent, and the importation of the same patent from the United States must cease within two years. This is the decision reached in the famous patent suit by Richard Pope, Commissioner of Patents, and his decision will be announced to-morrow. Appellants were tho United States Electric Lighting and the Westinghouse Electric companies, represented in Canada bv Ahem & Soper, of Ottawa, and theKoyal Electric Company, of .Montreal. Mahoning; National Life Association. PiTTsnuRG, March 7. In an interview at lounirstown, U.. to-dav. Dr. M. b. Clark. one of the trustees of the Mahoning National Life Association, which collapsed yesterday, said the assignment was decided upon nt a meeting of the trustees, last November,, by reason of a falling off in membership and an increase in the death rate. Had we been permitted." said he. "under the law, to accumulate a revenue this trouble would have been averted. All death claims due to March 2 will be paid pro-rata out of the assessments received. Those who have paid in full will be rein sured In the Mutual Keserve Fund Life Association without paying a membership tee." Fatally Frightened by White Cap. Wichita. Kan., March 7. Ira Campbell, rt tliia ahI n n m nAv hara Tuesday, and at 10 o'clock at night was visited by White Caps. The gang consisted of a doen men. who made their presence known by tiring several rounds at the roof of the house. This done, the cantain called Camnbell and told him that he must leave

the house, with his family, by midnicht, or they would bo killed. Campbell, fearing the worst, put his family in a wagon and reached his former home here yesterday morning. His wife had been sick for some

days, aud the Incut and latigue made her so much worse that she died last evening. Campbell says the pary was well disguised, but he thinks he knows one. and a warrant has been sworn out for the man's arrest. There is much excitement here over the affair, and many threats of lynching aro being made. OBITUARY. Isaiah V. TVIlHamM.n, the Wealthy Phila delphia Philanthropist. Philadelphia. March 7.Isaiah V. Will iamson, the venerable millionaire philanthropist, died at 4 o'clock this morning. Mr. Williamson was born in New Jersey, of poor parents, eighty-seven years ago, and since his twentieth year had been untiring in his business pursuits. Owing to au early disappointment, the details of which he would never divulge, ho never married. He lived in two rooms in a quiet portion of Philadelphia, and had a stirlVv little oihce in a narrow street down town, where, until recently, he went at 9 and remained until o'clock. He dressed in, the fashion of fifty years ago, and always carried a cotton umbrella that was nearly as old as himself. His wealth is estimated at S50.000.(XX). Ho beirau his carJy life in a store at Taylofville, near where Washington crossed the Delaware, eight miles above Trenton. He subsequently removed to Philadelphia, embarked in the dry goods trade and invested largely and successfully in stocks. Ho was probably tne largest; private possessor of Pennsylvania railroad stock; was interested in tho Camden ft' ft V 11 "V v Amoov ana oiner iew jersey railways. He was noted for his charities, which were always unostentiously bestowed, lie had quietly given as much as $0,000 in a lump to one "charitable institunon, ana at tne same timo causaiiy mentioned that his personal expenses have never exceeded $2 per day. Heeently he has been prominently before the public as the founder of a manual training school. He transferred to tho trustees $2,500.(1(10 and endowed the institute with 87,000,000 in securities. It is feared that the necessary papers for tho carrying out of these benefactions were not signed before Mr. Williamson's death. A codicil to the will of Mr. Williamson was drawn up recently, in which further provision was made for tho Mechanical Trades School, but this codicil was not signed. He intended siguing it early in the week, but delayed doing so until taken with the illness that resulted in his death. One of the trustees of the project said this afternoon that they would have to get along with the amount already given uy Mr. Williamson for the school. This, he said, is all in safe secnnties paying 7 per cent, interest, and their market value is $2,250,000. "This school will bo built," ho added, "and it will have accommodations for about three hundred students. This is much less than Mr. Williamson intended. hut is the best we can do. His Plan was for a school largo enough for 1.000 boys, but of course this cannot be now." Sidney Uartlott. Boston, Mass., March 7. Sidney Bartlett, the Nestor of the Suffolk county bar, died last night, aged ninety years. lie was graduated at Harvard, in 1S18. Mr. Bartlett was one of the counsel employed in tho solution of the vexed presidential question which was submitted to the electoral com mission in 1877. He leaves considerable Iiroperty, his investment in the Chicago, Inrlington fc Quincy railroad alone being estimated at over a million. He was interred in what is known as the Merriani Koads. Ho was counsel for the C. B. &. O. railway, and within the past ten days was in consultation with the directors concern ing the allairs of the company. He was the oldest surviving graduate of Harvard College in point of age, and the oldest but oue in point of class. From Harvard he received tho degree of LL. D. Other Deaths. New York. March 7. J. P. McGrahan. a well-known journalist of this city, dropped dead this morning, of heart disease, in a restaurant, where he had gone for breakfast. He was forty-three years old. and was noted as a writer, both on this and the other side of the Atlantic. Baltimore. Md.. March 7. Georjro Haw kins Williams, aged seventy, one of tho leading members of the Baltimore bar, and ex-President of the Maryland Senate, died here to-day. Affairs of the Reading Iron-Works. Philadelphia. March 7. A meeting of the creditors of the Beading iron-works was held at the office of the company in this city this afternoon. Fully four-nfths of tho total number of creditors wero either pre&ent or represented by counsel. Mr. Geo. F. Baer, a director of the company, and also its counsel, read a statement of the financial condition of the corpora tion, which showed the total liabilities to be 1,927,783.422, and the assets $2,439,5tt5.0'J. A discussion followed as to whether the works should be continued or whether there should be a general shut-down. The sentiment was largely in favor of continuing operations at the works, and after considerable argument it was agreed to appoint a committee of three to conduct the mills temporarily. On this committee tho company and the creditors were represented, the former bv the appointment of director. Simon Sevfert.aud the latter by Mr. F. Patterson, "a heavy creditor. F. Swink. the general manager of the works at Heading, was the other member chosen, lhe committee will continue in control for the time being, and in the meantime a careful appraisement of the assets will be made. For this purpose a second committee of five was named, and upon this the creditors and the company were given representation. Another committee will go to work at once and prepare a plan of reorganization. This committee will report at a meeting to bo held Thurs1 A J ? 1 t J . A . A. uay next, n possiuie, or n nor. men at a meeting, the date for which will then bo agreed upon. I he members of the committee are all bankers, and are as follows: President Rogers, of the Tradesman's Bank; K. T. Clark, Ldward II. Nichols and Peter Holhs. ICafing at New Orleans. ftKv uitLKANs, March 7. I hero was beautiful weather to-day aud the attendance at the races was large. Tho traek was fair. . First Bare One-half a mile. Starters: .lint liray. Los Webster, Lexington S., Clou Martin. "Dan Mocks. Lillie Dale. Han Mocks won in 51 1-2 seconds; Lillie Dale sec ond. Cleo Martin third. Second Pace Four aud a half furlongs. Starters: Oarsman, Annawan, Ponteroy, Breakdown. Annawan won in 1:00 1-2; Oarsman second, l'omerov third. Third Pace Five-eighthsof a mile. Starters: Tudor, Go-lightly, Jimmie B., Lida L. Tudor won in 1:07 3-4; Jimmie B. second. Uolightly third. Fourth Pace Three-fourths of a mile. Starters: Silleek. Probus. Cheney. Vision. Jim Nave. Silleek won in 1:20; Probus sec ond, Cheney third. Losses by Fire. Altoon'a, Pa., March 7. The carriage manufactory of Aaron Boltrer. of Martiusburg, Blair county, was destroyed by lire this morning. One hundred road-carts and all tools and stock were burned. Loss. 2o,000: no insurance. The tiro was caused by explosion of a coal-oil lamp. Pateiison. N. J.. March 7.The largo brick block of S. N. Eakinjrs, on Market street, was destroyed by lire early this morning. Several business establishments were ruined. Loss, $ia,0UU. New Oklkaxs, March 7. Faranta's The ater was burned to-day. Loss, $20,000; insurance, $0.000. 'Whole Family Murdered. St. Louis, March 7. Information comes from Padncah. Kv.. that Mitchell Peebles and wife and two children were fonud mur dered m bed, in their home on Duck creek, this morning. No particulars aro given, but it is reported that Peebles had received a considerable sum of money and it is sup posed that thieves entereu the house and committed the horrible deed for the pur pose of robbery. Great excitement exists in the vicinity. Steamship Mews. New York, March 7. Arrived: Lahn, from Jiremen. Hambi'IUi, March 7. Arrived: Francia, from Baltimore. Baltimore, March 7. Arrived: Thancxnore, from Liverpool.

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Absolutely Pure. .n.it o, in 1 1 , r i ni purlin Rtronirtn Ann whnlcanmonna. VnM um.i th ordinary kinds, and cannot be old in romitition with the multitude of low-teat, nhort-weltht lam or phofpMtf powdfrw. Sold only In cans HO VA L. llAklNO POWDER CO.. 106 WkU sL. N. Y. DAILY -VVT-ATUEU BULLETIN. Indications. Washington, March 7. For Indiana and Illinois Fair, preceded by light rain in northern portions; cooler; northwesterly winds. For Michigan and Wisconsin Light 6now, followed on Friday by fair; cooler: northwesterly winds. For Minnesota, Dakota and Iowa Fair, preceded by light snow in Minnesota; cooler; southerly winds. Local Weather Report. Ixmaxapolis, March 7.

Time. liar. Thcr. Ji. II. Wind. Weather. I're. 7 a.m. 20.65 37 5 North Cloudlees. T 7 P.M. 29.80 38 53 Nwest Pt. Cloudy.

nwineter, 36. Following Is a comparative statement nt h condition of temperature and precipitation on March 7, 1839: Tent, rreeip. Normal 40 0.12 Mean : 40 o.oo Departure from normal O 0.1a Excess or deficiency since March 1. 8 0.52 Excess or deficiency since Jan. 1... 2 3.10 nus. General Observations. Ixpiasapolip, March 77 p. M.

65 ThcrmomeCr j n. f Station, S bj fc; ,2- Weather. S. ii ? ? New York city. 29.32 42 30 it .... Pt. Cloudy. Buffalo, N. Y... 29.50 30 so 32 T Cloudy. Phirdelphla,ra 2U.o 40 36 48 .... Cloudless. Pittsburg, Pa.. 29.68 84 84 42 T Cloudy. Wash'ton,D.C. 29.62 40 34 46 .... Cloudlen. Charleton,8.C. 29.9P 58 42 64 .... Pt. Cloudr. Atlanta. Oa.... 29.72 62 40 62 .... Cloud leg. Jacks'nvle,Fla 29.74 68 . 44 6& .... Cloudlet. Pcnsacola, Fla. 29.80 5 46 62 .... Cloudiest. Montffm'ry.AL 29.76 62 42 f8 .... Cloudlena, Vlckubursr.MlM 29.82 66 42 72 .... Cloudlea. N. Orleans, La. 29.86 62 4C 6 .... Cloudless. LittleKock,Ark 29.88 68 41 ec .... Cloudless. Galveston, Tex 29.94 68 4 76 .... Cloudless. BnAntonio,Tx 29.94 68 44 74 .... Cloudless. Memphis, Tenn 29.88 64 46 CO .... Cloudless. Nahville,Tenn 29.80 48 4 4 64 .... PtCloudy. LouisvUlo, Ky. 29.80 48 40 62 .... Cloudy. Indian'pUs, Ind 29.80 88 36 ,44 .... Pt. Cloudy. Cincinnati, O.. 29.74 40 38 48 .... Cloudy. Cleveland, O... 29.64 84 30 4 8 .... Cloudless. Toledo, 0 29.6 84 32 38 T Cloudy. Marq'ette.Mich 26 S.6t.MariMich 29.70 24 24 28 .... Cloudy. Chlcajfo, 111.... 29.82 '34 32 38 .... Cloudy. Cairo, 111 29.86 48 42 68 .... Cloudless. Springfield, 111. 29.84 38 34 46 .... Cloudy. Milwaukee," is 29.78 34 32 38 .... Cloudy. Duluth, Minn.. 29.98 28 28 38 .01 Snow, fit Paul, Minn. 29.90 82 32 38 T Cloudy. Mooreh'd.Minn 30.18 20 20 26 T Cloudy. 8UViuc'nt,Mi'n 30.18 16 16 24 T Cloudy. Davenport, la. 29.84 38 32 42 T Cloudy. Dubuque, la... 29.84 36 84 44 T Cloudy. Des Moines. Ia. 29.96 34 80 56 .... Cloudless. St. Louis, Mo.. 29.88 46 36 60 .... Cloudy. Kans'ft City,Mo 30.00 44 34 48 .... Cloudless. Ft-Sill, Ind.Ter 29.98 sc 38 64 .... Cloudless. Podfre City, Kn 30.08 in ' 6C Cloudless. Omaha, "Neb... 30.04 40 30 30 .... Cloudy. N. Flatte, Neb. 30.03 40 24 64 .... Cloudy. Valentine, Neb. 30.14 40 2r. 48 .... Cloudy. Yankton, I. T. 30.08 36 28 42 .... Cloudy. It. Bully, 1). T. 30.16 36 32 42 .... Cloudr. Bismarck. I). T. 30.26 26 2f 42 .... Cloudy. Ft.Iiuforu', D.T. 30.26 34 32 36 .... Pt. Cloudy. P.Arth'r,aLM,c29. 22 22 SO .... Cloudy. Ou'Apelle, NAY 30.40 20 24 SS .... Cloudy. h t.As'nah'ne,M 30.16 48 3 64 .... Cloudless. Helena, M.T... 30.01 40 30 66 .... Cloudless. ' Boise City, I. T. 29.80 a- 84 70 .... Cloudy. Cheyenne,Y.T. 30.or, 42 20 60 .04 Pt. Cloudy. FtMcK'n'y YT 30.08 42 30 46 .... Cloudless. Ft.Washakie,Y 30.OC 4f. 30 48 .... Cloudless. Denver, Col 30.02 60 30 m .... ItCIouay. Pueblo. Col 80.02 M 20 68 .... Pt. Cloudr. Santa Fe, N. M. 29.32 62 32 68 .... Cloudless. Salt Lake City. 29.88 58 38 62 .... Pt. Cloudy.

melted snow equals ten inches of enow. Presidency of the Irish National League. Chicago. March 7. To-dav'a Times pub lishes a New York special to the elfect that tn? alleged candidacy of Mr. Alexander Sullivan for the presidency of the Irish, National League is creating a bitter controversy in the New York branches of tho league. When Mr. Sullivan's attention wa called to thi he said: The people who were engaged in controversy must be Suite barren of subjects to discuss. On londay last a Chicago evening paper pubjisjieu ino louowing, wmcn explains my position: In an interview, nrinted this mornlnr. the Hon. John Fltzeerald. president of the Irish Na tional .League of America, sugfeft Alexander Sullivan A3 his successor. Mr. Sullivan, when asked If he was a candidate for that ottlce, said: "No, I would not accept that or any other office. My exclusive attention must te given to my business. I am out of public affairs. It Is not likely that I shall even be able to attend the con vention, mu, wneiner present or aoscni. i would not accept any ottlce. llavinjr made this statement so explicitly, I shall consider the further mention of mv name as a candidate for any otlice au act which does not come from a friend. I appreciate that friends. Mr. Fitzgerald anions them, used my name In all kindness heretofore. Hereafter they cannot do so. I know I have had more than my share of honors, and I think X have done my share of the work. Mr. Sullivnn u'lifl it. wa iinneeessarv to add a word to his interview of last ilonda3. although be would be very glad to do m ii home one wonia Kinaiy muicaie u him bow be could state with any greater force the fact that bis time was wholly absorbed in his profession, and that be would accept no oilicc of any kind. Cmshel Coder a Locomotive. St. Louis. March 7. As shifting enrino No. W was haulinir the I)e JSoto accommo dation train of the Iron Mountain railroad from Main and Convent streets to the Liuon Depot to-dav. it jumped the track and turned over on its side, carrying engineer Mahoney ami fireman Goebel with it, Tho latter was killed, and one of his legs had to he cnt off before his bodvconld be removed. The engineer was also under the locomo tive, and had one of his legs horribly crushed, but be will probably live. None of the passengers were hurt. Young Siel Indicted. New York. March 7. The examination of Pension Clerk Kobert Si gel on charges of forgery, etc., was continued to-day. riigel made a bad mess of bis attempted justification of bis acts, and Commissioner Hhields held bira in fo.000 bail for trial on the . charge of forging Mrs. lleinman's signature and 15,000 ou tho other charges. Tne grand jury to-day found true bills against bigtl on all the charges. Robert CJarrett En Itoute to Mexico. Mkadvillk, Pa.. March 7. Kobert CJarrett and party arrived in this city this afternoon in two private cars. They were driven about the city for several hours. Mr. Garrett, in conversation, showed much of bis old-time spirit. The party will leave in the morning for the City of Mexico, and expect to reach their destination about tho 31st of March. Itroker Charged with Dishonesty. Cincinnati, March?. Miss Nellie Harden, late this afternoon, swore out a warrant for tho arrest of Albert Netter, a broker, and bis partner. John IL Iong. Netter could not be found, but Ixmir was arrested. The warrant charges Albert Netter and John IL Long with embezzling the proceeds of certain Chamler of Commerce bonds Miss Haydcn employed them to ui for hex.