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

THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL, TUESDAY, MARCH 12, 1889.

I shall" ho continued, "have the rule touching reinstatements changed where it Is specified that a dismissed employe may be restored within one year. 1 shall have the words, within one year, stricken out." The President said that the order would be further modified so that it would take eff ect on the 15th of June, instead of the 15th of March. One of the delegation expressed the opinion that the present system ot examinations for entry into the railway mail service was not a fair test of the fitness of candidates. Then the way to do," retorted the President, "is to make them bo they will be fair tests." He said, also, that the different superintendents should hold their subordinates to a strict accountability m the performance of duty, and inefficient men should be weeded out. On the subject of removals from the general classified service, President Harrison said: 'I have told some of my mugwump friends that I believed the provision relating to removals should be changed so that a cause would not need to bo specified. I would not have a man removed simply because he belonged to one political party or the other, and there should be good and substantial reasons for the dismissal of clerks and officials generally, but I hold that it is not necessary that the cause nhould be specified or given in all cases. There might be good reasons for following a contrary course and withholding information." Respecting appointments generally, the President said he should follow the suggestions of Senators and Representatives, the men chosen by the people to repf esent their wishes, and he expected these gentlemen to be conscientious in the matter, and recommend only good men for office. The President, in conclusion, urged his visitors to go slowly and not press too hard for the removal of the present incumbents of offices. He said, in effect, that he wanted to be sure he was right in every case; then ho would go ahead. SIXTH-DISTRICT APPOINTMENTS.

Applications Presented by , Congressman Urowne, and Placed on File. Special to tli Inrtianapolis Journal. Washington, March ll.Gencral Browne, to-day, presented the application of CoL W. A. Cullen. of Rushville, for the position of Utah Commissioner; Gen. Silas Colgrove, of Winchester, Deputy Commissioner of Pensions; D. C. Rinkley, of Wayne county, for Third Auditor of the Treasury; Mr. Charles W. Stivers, editor of the Herald, at Liberty, is largely indorsed for the same position. His papers me also in the hands of the President. L. II. Mitchell, of Henry county, has had his application for Second Comptroller of the Treasury, filed. It is not probable that a new postmaster will be appointed at Muncie till the present commission expires. It will be the policy of the administration, in cases of that character, to permit the incumbent to serve out his time, unless good and sufficient reasons are given showing why ho should be re moved. General Browne has recommended the appointment of the following fourth-class postmasters for the Sixth Congressional district: Edward R. Pugh, Windsor: Lewis L. Perdieu, Cowan; William R. I izer. Rural; James W. Hannan, New Corner; Isaac N. Chenowcth. Middleton: William K. Boyd, Moorland: John 31. NefF, Eaton; Alonzo Geyer, Arlington; T. M. Goff, DeSoto; W. Owens, Clark: Norman E. Black, Selma; Modoc; Edward C. Charles, Carthage: Philip K. May. Wilkinson: W. 11. O. Goldsmith, Camplin, Lewisville; Addison St. Myer, Williiimshnrcrr Fielder E. Olvev ' Economvi Emanuel Zimmerman, Emmetsville; Lin fi let M. Thoraburg, Farmland; Leonidaa R. Allison, Greensboro: C. C. Coffin, Kennards; Charles S. Unthank, AY ebster; Austin K. Smith, Milroy; Elizabeth Zuenger, Falmouth; Ira E. Snodgrass, Reed. STRENGTHENING THE NAVY. Contracts for the Construction of "New Ships Will Be Let Early In July. Washington, March 11. Unless nnforeecn obstacles are encountered within a jew months after the beginning of the next fiscal year July 1 contracts will have been let for the construction of new war vessels which will, in the aggregate, in crease the tonnage of the navy by nearly 15,000 tons. Although the majority of the new vessels will be small craft compared with the monitor iron-clads of Europe, they will embody in their construction the latest approved ideas of high speed and heavy armament, and will be very formidable ships of war. When Secretary Whitney relinquished his office he left as a legacy to his successor the responsibility for building eight new vessels, authority for whose construction was given by tne Fiftieth Con cress during its session, ine list in cludes three 2,000 ton cruisers oj gun-boats, vessels somewhat larger than theiorkto wn. J nst finished, and similar to that vessel in many respects, although embodying many new features. There will be two 3,000 ton cruisers. The vessels will be smaller by 1.000 tons than the new cruiser Newark. but by law they are required to attain the extraordinary speed of twenty knots an hour. If this requirement is met and tho heavy ordinance now in contemplation supplied!, these fleet boats will be the terror of the seas to a foreign foe. A great iron-clad of 7,500 tons, a protected cruiser of 5.300 tons, and a small gun boat of 600 tons burden complete the list. Designs for the vessels havealreadv been prepared by a naval board, and await approval of the Secretary. MeanV?- A m a 1 wane, in anticipation oi mat approval, Commodore Wilson, of the Construction Burea, has added to tho force of draughts men employed in preparing the details of the designs, and it is believed that adver tisements for proposals for building some of the vessels could be issued within two months. In addition to the vessels above described. Congress, at its last sessien. pro vided for the construction of four more cruisers, including tho Thomas cruising monitor, and in emergency their construction could be commenced within the pres ent year. MRS. HARRISON'S RECEPTIONS. How She and Her Party Appear to the Critical Female Correspondent. Emma James, In Philadelphia Press. . Mrs. Harrison seems already quite domes ticated in her new home. Her chamber, the same whero poor Garfield lay smitten. is largo and cheerful, and contains two white draped brass bedsteads of threequarter size side by side. The walls are frescoed in gold paneling, while in the President's room, which opens into hers, the paneling is in crimson. The President's bed of state has a red canopy projecting over the head. His slouch hat lies on a table at its foot, and on the same table l as thick collection of congratulatory telegrams received since his inauguration. The hand-painted dress of cream satin presented to Mrs. Harrison Thursday by a . m C3A. i : - i .1 : . l : , n olded in a long, low trunk under this bed It is a quaint and interesting sort of relief work, which makes the lilacs and other posies look as if laid slightly flattened upon the goods. The President's chamber is directly over the Red Parlor, and Mrs. Harrison s over the state dining-room, with her boudoir opening from it. In this boudoir is a long, seductive row of wardrobe closets built against tho wall, and the bath-tub and its accompaniments are curtained oil' from one end of tho room. The President's wellworn Bible, with B. Harrison" stamped In gut icornan letters on the black morocco cover, lien on a stand in Mrs. Harrison's boudoir. Here also sits the little trunk containing the Philadelphia doll which Mrs. Harrison holds in high rank among the many presents received by her. Had not Josephine, the maid, been out walking with the key to this trunk in her pocket at the time of your correspondent's call today I would have been able to interview the famous uoii tor tne neneilt oi my lady readers who contributed it. Mrs. Harrison discontinued the services of the housekeeper the day after ner arrival ami tliA Tttrr n1l tiinnitiiin an i1aoi 4 na aw. uw utp, w.v. ... uv uvo Its ill is going to look the more cosy and homeike from bearing the impress of ner house wifely character. There was absolutely nothing to criticise in her manner as she stood in the lted Parlor to-day from 3 to 4 P. XL, receiving tho incnos vho called.

They were chiefly ladies. Their cards

were taken by usher Kinney, cousin 01 Mrs. Lamont, but were shown to Mrs. Har rison before their owners were admitted to her presence. She wore a rich black silk with round skirt and high neck. A vest of chine silk in white groundwork and iloral pattern relieved its plainness. She is rather under than over tne meuiuin height, but when she sits conveys the impression of being taller. You would call ner a fine-looking woman in any station you might meet her, and her manners are the perfection of easy, well-bred good naxure ana sen-possession, one jwks wen groomed and perfectly equal to the situation. Mrs- McKee stood br her in a tasteful black dress, relieved with pink trimmings, covered with black lace. She turned a cordial face toward her old friends and asked kindly after some who are absent from the city. Mrs. Russell Lord, Mrs. Harrison's only and beloved sister, stood next in the informal line, wearing a black half mourning silk, with white tulle band about tne neck and reacmng part wav nown rue corsage. Then came Miss Cclina McKee, the sister of General Harrison's sori-in-law, a lady-like, good-looking Indiana gril, in a pretty Lenten toilet of gray and white; Mrs. Parker, one of Mrs. Lord's two handsome daughters, and Miss Newcomer, who arrived Thursday, a youug and attractive lady whose father was a half brother of General Harrison's mother. She, Mrs Parker and Marv Harrison McKee wero school mates in Indianapolis in their childhood. Mrs. Russell Harrison stood a little anarx from the other ladies with her mother, Mrs. Saunders, at her side. Sho wore a terra cotta wool dress with rale green sash trim mings, an enective irrcnen coniDination. She has a symmetrical face ana supero figure, but less magnetism of expression than either Mrs. McKee or Mrs. Parker. There will be many discussions in society as to which of these three young women of the White House family is entitled to the palm for beauty. MLNOK MATTERS. Fight Between an Ex-Clerk and a Page That Came Near Ending Seriously. Washington, March 11. A difficulty which came near being serious in its consequences took place to-day between S. B. Cunningham, disbursing clerk of the House of Representatives, and Turner Hackman, a riding page in the employ of the House. The trouble between these two dates back about a week, when Cunningham, it is said, refused to honor an order presented by Hackman for an extra mouth's pay under the- deficiency appropriation bill. Cunningham then struck at Hackman, but the combatants were separated. This morning Hackman went again to inquire about his nay, and Cunningham is said to have made some insulting remarks. Hackman thereupon struck at Cunningham, and tho latter, drawing a revolver, fired at Hackman. Th ball: however, missed its mark and embedded itself in the wall and no further damage was done. Cunningham was subsequently arrested on a warrant sworn out by Hackman. The Day at the Whjte House. Washington, March 11. Tho White Houso was closed to callers this morning, with tho exception of those having ap pointments with the President, and Con gressmen about to leave, the city. Among theso were Senators Hale, Frye, Allison and mends, fenooner and ;varts. and icenresentatives r uller, McCreary and Uergen. Secretaries wlndom, Noble and Proctor saw tne President during the morning. The President came down to the East Koom at 1 o'clock and shook hands with about 150 persons who had assembled during the morning. Two Resignations Called For. Special to tli Indianapolis Journal. Washington, March 11. Only two resig nations have been called for by the new ad ministration.- One was that of the United States district attorney for West Virginia. who was displaying a good deal of offensive partisanship in tho gubernatorial contest in that State. Theotlierwas that of Charles E. Morton, of Augusta, Me., commissioner of navigation, who was the originator of the Blaine tombstone scandal during the campaign of 13S4, and was rewarded for his dirty business by receiving an appoint ment oi tne omce. k New Republican Evening Paper. Washington. March 11. It is understood that Mr. A. J. Blethen, formerly of Minne apolis, has nearly completed arrangements for an afternoon Republican daily here. He has associated himself with a wealthy young man named Steele, whoso family re side here, and who has large property in terests in Minnesota, and they expect to make a success of their new venture. General Notes. Special to tho Indianapolis Journal Washington', March, 11. Everett E. Foster, of Worthington, Wm. H. Wallace, of Trinity Springs, Ind., and Wm. J. Irwin, of Springfield, O., were to-day admitted to practice before the Interior Department. Dr. A. H. Cable, of Frankfort, is at tho Ebbitt House. A. W. Bash, formerly of Huntington, and A. C. Bearss, of Peru, aro here. The nomination of the Hon. J. N. Huston, of Conner8ville, to be Treasurer of the United States, is expected to be sent to the benateon Wednesday. Cvrenius Johnson, of Lafayette, who has been a candidate for postmaster, nas wntten congressman cneauie wiiutirawing J A 1 . , . A 1 1 I i irom ine race, saying ne inougnc ine sentiment was in favor of a soldier. Mr. John son is one of the pioneer workers in the party. Ex-Commissioner of the General Land Offfice William Andrew Jackson Sparks and Qtiincv Browning, special agent of the Pension Office, will contest the nomination for the vacancy caused by the death of Rep resentative I ownshend in the Nineteenth district of Illinois. The issue of standard silver dollars from the mints for the week ended March U amounted to $371,587. The issue during the corresponding week of last year was gCJl,504. Owing to the illness of Mrs. Townshend and her daughters, it has been determined to postpono for the present the taking of the remains of Representative Townshend to Illinois. The funeral will take place in Jl .!i A 1'fl I k 1 luis cny io-iuurru w i ursuuy t morning at 10 o'clock, and tho remains will be depos ited in a vault in one of the cemeteries of the city. Judge Carey, Solicitor of the Treasury, has tenderedhis resignation to the Presi dent, to take ellect upon tho qualification of his successor. Mr. E. B. Youmans. chief clerk of tho Treasury Department, has placed his resig nation at the disposal of feecretary v mdom. This is a position of a confidential char acter, and will probably he among the first to he considered. To-dav's bond offerings wero rocr. istered fours-and-a-half at $1.0$. All wero accepted. The acting Comptroller of the Currency has authorized the Citizens' National Bank oi Lehanon, Ky to begin business, with a capital of 100,000. fcoveral 3'cars ago the Senate, by resolution, authorized the purchase of busts of all the Vice-presidents of the United States who have presided over tho United States Senate since tho foundation of the government. These busts aro to bo placed in the various niches in and about tho Senate chamber. There wero three Vice-Presidents living at that time Hamlin, Wheeler and Arthur and steps were immediately taken to secure busts while they yet lived. At the same time contracts were entered into for tho purchase of busts of the earlier Vice-presidents. The first to come to hand is that of Thomas Jetl'erson. This was received at the Capitol a few days ago. It is made of white marblo and is of heroic nize. Its exact location has not yet been determined upon. Prof. Brewer, of the Norton professorship of agriculture in the Yale scientific department, has declined to accept the ottice of Assistant Secretary of Agriculture, because of ill health. Two Train juen Killed. Reading, Pa., March 11 The locomotive of a freight train on the Mahanoy division of the Keadintc railroad ran oil the trach at St. Nicholas, yesterday. TheenI:ine and twelve cars were wrecked. Uenamin Walker, the fireman, was instantly ailed, and conductor John Cilkner has since died from his injuries. Both men resided at Tamaqua. A brakemsu had his shoulder broken. Stop that cough. Brown's Expectorant is only 50 cents a bottle

INDIANA AND ILLINOI S NEWS

A Confidence Man Entices a Frenchman IntoaCrowdof ThievesAVholiObllim. A Wealthy 3Iiser's Troubles Farm Hands Ar rested for Forgery Hanover College Row Adjusted A Queer Flaco for Burglars. INDIANA. A Frenchman Inveigled Into a Dime Museum and Robbed of His Money. Special to the Indianapolis Junrual.' Fort Wayne, March 11, Emile Sarazin, a Frenchman living in Allen county, came to tho city to-day for the purpose o loaning out $200, which Jie had saved. While returning from the bank with tho money ho was accosted by a stranger, who en gaged him in conversation, saying he wanted to buy a farm, lie prevailed upon Sarazin to accompany him to a dime museum in Calhoun 6treet. Sarazin was an interested spectator, while another con fidence operator grabbed his money and ran out. Tne crowd inside, confederates of the swindlers, prevented him from running after the robber, and before Sarazin recovered his wits he was alone. Two men. wero arrested to-night, but they have not r i yei Decn meniinea. , Tribulations of a Wealthy "Pauper." Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Crawfordsvillk, March, 11. Martin Cook, the pauper who was found to have over $6,000 in his room at the Montgomery county poor-farm, and who whs 'fired" by the county commissioners, was found on Thursday evening fast in a school-house window, three miles north of Crawfordsville. Ho had raised tho window, and while crawling in the sash fell down on his back, holding him there. He had been in this position about an hour when discovered, his head and arms in "tho schoolhouse and his feet on the outside. A boy came along and released him irorahis position. He was taken toa neighboring house, where he stayed the night. He carried his money with him, and said that he had more than what was counted by tho commissioners. lie refused to put it in the bank, and hired a man to take him to a houso of a friend near Linden. v Freight Cars Wrecked. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. War a sir, March 11. This forenoon a west-bound freight train on the Wabash Western railway left tho track while passing through Liberty Mills, Wabash county. The engine was whirled around and stopped on the track, but several cars following wero dumped over tho eubankinent and demolished. The cause of the accident is a mystery. The track is blockaded and this afternoon all trains were run around the wreck by using tho tracks of : the Cincinnati, Wabash & Michigan and Nickel Plate. n The Hanover College War Ended. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Madison, March 11. Kev. Dr. Fisher, president of the Hanover College, was in the city to-day and authorized tho state ment that the freshmen who had been out, had all returned with honor to themselves and due respect to tho faculty. The trouble, when rightly understood, was not so, great alter ail, there being a distinction without a difference between tho two sides The. Doctor regrets tho occurrence for tho good - A T . 1 1 Y A. A name oi. ine college, dui everyuiing i$rnow going on as before. , Well-Known Physician Declared Insane. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Fort Wayne, March 11. A jury in the Circuit Court, this morning, decided that Dr. James 8. Gregg is insane, and ho will be transferred to the Insane Asylum at Indianapolis as soon as the necessary arjknge' mentstan be made. In former years the uocwt was winery Known inrougnout tne State as a skillful and expert physician, and tho sad atiliction which has befallen him will occasion much sorrow among a . largo circle oi acquaintances. 7 i -! Arrested for Forgery. . & - Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Marion, March 11. David Mooro arid Reuben Pulley, two farm hands, were arrested here on the chargo of forging; a check for $175. The check which bofo the namo of Joseph Bradford, was presented nt Sweetzers Bank for payment. Its spurious character was at once detected, and tho money was not paid. Mooro and Tnlley had a preliminary hearing and wer bound over. c " , j ( Mating in Old Age. ( Special to tli Indianapolis Journal. Martinsville, March 11. License was granted on Saturday by the county clerk here for the marriage of T. J. Laiii1;, of this city, aged seventy years, and 'Mrs. Sarah Hilton, of Morgantowu, aged slxty-ifour. They Avere married to-day at the home of the bride, and after a snort wedding tour will como to this city to reside. . t- . . . sr.: Minor Notes. . Miss Nannie Thornton Smith, a niece of Col. J. A, Bridgland, died at Fairland March 4. ; ' m Warren Reagan, alias "the Farmer," a noted burglar, was captured at F3rt Wayne on Sunday. -' ' The Eleventh district convention of tho Christian Church will bo held at Ladoga to-day and to-morrow. -x i m Carl Voris, at one time editor 'of the Crawfordsville Review, died last Saturday, and will bo buried to-day at Betkville. Rabid dogs have become so ; numerous at Moore's Hill that bands of men, armed with rifles, patrol the streets, and nhoot down, atsight, all animals suspected of" having been hi i ten. v. The barn of Harrison Breats,, in Montgomery county, was set on fire; last Saturday evening. Two horses, OUO bushels of corn, and a number of farming implements were burned. Loss, $1,000; no insurance. W. H. Huber.of Pleasant Plain, Huntington county, recently received a warning notice frem alleged White Caps, . Ho now publishes a card inviting them tq call, intimating that tho coroner will havo plenty of work if they do. The first anniversary of the pastorate of Rev. G. P. Fuson, of tho Ciawfordsvillo Baptist Church, was observed Hunday evening, with appropriate services., The treasurer had received &!1.03 for, church purposes; tho Sunday-school:- collections amounted to $36. CC; tho socials had brought in $11)1.23; the pastor had preached 173 sermons, attended 'J0 funerals, made 722 calls and received CO persons into tho church. August Neuman, a farmer living near Round lake, Starke count j, one of the gang engaged in the systematic roberyof Nickelplato railroad cars, has been arrested at Chicago. Anton Kring and a man named Caldwell were recently arrested for tho Bamc oflense. Their method was to board a freight train at a water-tank, break into a merchandise car and throw out what goods they wanted. Neuman would ' then cart them away to the farm of Peter Harmon. When the officers visited the place they found .SOO worth of plunder concealed in a pit dug foi its reception. ILLINOIS. The Itasemnt of the State-House Used as a ISendezvou for IIurKlar. SprixO field, March 11. While cleaning out a sub-baseinent at the State-house, on Saturday, it was discovered that the place has been used for sometime as a rendezvous for burgUrs. Considerable stolen property was loiim! there. One arrest has been made, and it is thought the entire gang will be captured. l'hjsician Found Dead. Special to tho ImlianaiMlii Journal. ULOOMiNiTO.v, March if. -Dr. Blanchard, an old and prominent physician of Minonk, was found dead in a pool of water by the roadside near that place to-day. His team was hitched near hv. It i believed ho was

taken 6ick, went to tho pond "and there died. He was for many years a prominent leader in Republican politics. Brier .Mention. ,Mrs. Sophia P. Boswell, one of tho earliest settlers of Carthage, is dead. Miss Estella Mills, daughter of a wellknown lumber merchant in Decatun, died on Sunday. She had just returned from a trip to California. McKennion II, a valnable bay stallion belonging to John R. Areher, of Marshall, was found dead in his stall yesterday morning, from unknown causes. He was five years old, weighed 2,000 pounds, and was worth $1,200. Louis Bnrk, of Bloomjngton, has accented an engagement as ;irtist for tho Mark Lane Express, of London, England, and will sail for that city on May L Mr. Burk has gained an international reputation as a painter of horses and cattle, within the past ten years. A smooth swindler is reaping a rich harvest among the farmers of tho central part of tho iState by highly praising alfalfa clover, and incidentally mentioning that Mr. Funk, near Bloomington, has seed to sell, and that he is well acquainted with him. The result is that the farmer gives the swindler money to forward the seed at tho earliest opportunity, which never comes. The scheme was exposed by Mr. Funk receiving requests from some of the swindled farmers to hurry up their consignments. That gentleman now proposes to make it warm for the alleged agent if ho can be found. .THE FIRE RECORD. Two Fires (Destroy Six Frame Buildings, witli Contents, at Rochester. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Rochester, Ind., March 11. The depart xnent was' kept busy fighting fire from 2 o'clock this morning until noon. The first one started in a room over a saloon, and destroyed three frame buildings belonging to the Fromm estate, and occupied by Linkenhelt for saloon; Anton F. Thalman, general store; Valentine Zimmerman; furniture and a meat market. The loss was about 10,000, on which there is an insurance of 7,000, as follows: - Niagara, $1,000; Pennsylvania, f 1,000; Northern of England, $1,000; Slechanics of Milwaukee, $(300; Phenix of Brooklyn, &00; Traders' of Chicago, $1,000; Connecticut, S-OO; Concordia of Milwaukee, $r00; London and Lancashire, $800; German of Freeport, $500. - At 10:o0 a. m. another alarm was sounded from burning houses a square and a half from the first fire. Tho hose was found to bo frozen, and nothing could . be done to stay the ilames, which soon wiped outthree frame buildings owned bv C. Hoover and Fred Hill, of Plymouth. The loss on these was considerable, with no insurance. Little was saved from tho stocks of goods in either fire. Other Fires. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Plymouth, Ind.. March 11. At 4 o'clock this morning lire broke out in the frame building owned by Mrs. Charles Hohain, of Chicago, and occupied by Mrs. Felden with millinery goods, damaging the building 1,000 and the stock $1,200; insurance on the latter, $000. The tire soon extended to the adjoining building, owned by H. Corbin and occupied by E. M. Forbes as plumber and gas litter, damaging the building 1.000 and the stock $500; no insurance on either. New York, March 11. The hotel known as Clifton Hall, afc Lake wood, N. J., a famous winter resort, was burned at an early hour this morning. Sixty guests and twenty servants made their escape from tho building in their night clothes. A number of the guests were comneUedto jump from the windows, and l)r. Wallace, of Philadelphia, had one of his legs broken. The loss is estimated at $35,000; partly insured. - DAILY WEATHER BULLETIN.

Indications. ' WAsmxGToy, March 11. For Illinois and Indiana Fair; warmer, followed in Missouri and Illinois by slightly cooler; southerly winds. ' For Michigan Light rain; stationary temperature, followed on Tuesday afternoon by slightly cooler; winds becoming westerly. For V isconsin, Minnesota, Dakota and Iowa Fair; cooler; northerly winds. Loral "Weather Iteport. Isdunapolis, March 11.

Time. liar. Xhcr. 1L 11. Wind. Veather. 2rc. 7 a.m. 30.30 28 78 8 west Cloudless. 7r.M. 30.10 44 44 S west Cloudless.

Maximum thermometer, 40; minimum thermometer, 23. 1 Following Is a comparative statement of the condition of temperature and precipitation on March 11, 18S0: Tern. Prccip. Normal 40 0.13 Mean 37 0.00 Departure from normal --3 0.13 Excess or denciencr since March 1 . 20 0.88 Excess or deficiency since Jan. 1 . . . 30 3.4G r , General Observations. Indianapolis, March 117 p. m.

Thermomcfr 5 'Station. s H fc: & Weather. n M w : : ? cew York city. 30.02 30 26 42 .... Cloudless. Jiuftalo, N. Y... 20.06 26 14 30 .... Cloudless. rhil'delphia.Pa 30.08 40 30 44 .... Cloudless. Pittsburg, Pa.. 30.08 40 24 44 .... Cloudless. Wash'ton, D. C. 30.10 42 30 48 .... Cloudless. . Charleston,8.C. 30.16 46 84 64 .... Cloudy. Atlanta, Ja 30.16 49 30 52 .... Cloudy. Jacks'nv'le.Fla 30.18 46 3b C2 .... Cloudy. Pensacola, Fla. 30.16 62 40 66 .... Cloudy. MontK'm'ry,Al. 30.14 62 34 66 .... Cloudy. Victaburg.Miss 30.20 62 36 68 .... Cloudy. N. Orleans, La. 30.18 60 44 62 .... Cloudy. LittleKock.Ark 30.14 50 36 66 .... Cloudless. Galrcston, Tex 30 18 62 60 64 .... Cloudy. B'nAntonlo.Tx 30.16 46 44 60 T Cloudy. Memphis, Tenn 30.10 48 36 60 .... Cloudless. Nashville.Tenii 30.02 46 26 60 .... Cloudy. Louisville, Ky. 30.12 46 26 60 .... Cloudless. Indian'plis, Ind 30.10 44 26 60 .... Cloudless. Cincinnati, O.. 30.12 42 26 46 .... Cloudless. Cleveland, O... 30.08 38 24 44 .... Cloudless. Toledo, 0 30.02 40 22 44 .... Cloudless. Maro'ette,Mich 29.86 32 23 46 .01 Pt. Cloudy. S.Pt.Mari'.Mich 29.86 30 16 38 .01 Hnow. Cbicajro, 111.... 29.98 42 26 60 .... Pt. Cloudy. Cairo, 111 30.12 48 so 64 .... Cloudless. Snriutftleld, 111. 30.06 44 28 62 .... Cloudless. Milwaukee.Wis 29.86 42 28 48 .... Cloudless. Duluth. Minn.. 29.92 38 26 48 .... Cloudless. St. Paul, Minn. 29.90 42 26 62 .... Cloudless. Mooreb'd.M inn 30.10 28 26 38 .... Cloudless. St. Vlnc'nt.Ml'n 30.08 20 26 30 .... Cloudless. Davenport, la. 29.94 44 24 60 .... Cloudless. Dubuque, la... 29.90 48 24 64 .... Pt. Cloudy. Des Moiues. Ia. 29.94 62 24 68 .... Cloudless. St. Louis, Mo.. 30.10 62 30 66 .... Pt. Cloudy. Kans's Clty.Mo 30.08 50 30 64 .... Pt. Cloudy. Ft.fciU,Ind.Ter 30.08 46 38 62 .... Cloudless. Dodjre City, K'e 30.00 60 32 58 .... Cloudless. Omaha, Jeb... 29.96 63 30 60 .... Cloudless. N. Platte, b. 30.04 48 26 68 .... Cloudless. Valentine, Neb. 30.10 44 28 58 .... Pt. Cloudy. Yankton, I). T : It. gully, D. T. 30.10 40 .. 44 .... Cloudy. llisinarck.D.T. 30.14 32 26 30 .... Cloudless. Ft.JJuford.D.T. 30.12 32 24 ) 32 .... Cloudy. P.Arth'r'sLMpi29.88 32 20 42 .... Cloudy. Qu'Apeile.N.W 30.10 28 18 38 .... Cloudless. Ft.As'nab'ne.M 30.10 34 30 36 T Cloudy. Helena, M.T... 29.98 3 8 30 40 .... Cloudy. DoiseCity, I.T. 29.82 66 38 64 .... Cloudy. Chevenne.W.T. 30.02 42 28 64 T Rain. Ft.MeK'n'yWT 30.00 40 .. 44 .... Cloudless. Ft.Wusuakie.W 29.94 48 20 64 .... Pt. Cloudy. Denver, Col.... 29.92 60 34 66 Pt. Cloudy. Pueblo. Col 30.02 64 22 64 .... It. Cloudy. ganta Fe, X. M. 29.M 48 34 54 .... Pt. Cloudy. Putt Lake City. 29.94 32 42 60 .10 Pt. Cloudy.

T Trace of precipitation. Note One inch of melted enow equals ten Inches of snow.' Steamship New. NkwYork, March 11. Arrived: Arizona, from Liverpool; Anchoria, from Glasgow. Southampton, March 11. Passed: Ems, from New York for Bremen. Hatimokk, March 11. Arrived: Gothenburg City, from Antwerp. Livuui'Ool, March 11. Arrived: Barrowmore, from Baltimore. Boston, March 11. Arrived: Palmyra, from Liverpool. GLASGOv, March 11. Arrived: Devonia,from New York. Escape of a Burglar. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Greenville, O., March 11. Last night, "William Kudy, in jail for burglary and grand larceny, escaped by pulling back the bolt of the entrance door.Sherift VanTilbnry neglecting to properly lock up when going unstain t for a few minutes. There is no clew to his whereabouts. Nearly everybody needs a good medicine at this season to purify tho blood and build up tho nystcm. Hood's Sarsaparilla ia tho most popular and successful spring medicine and blood puritier. It cures scrofula, all humors, dyspepsia, sick headache, that tiled feeling.

BIG STRIKE BEGUX.

Six Thousand Fall River "Weavers Enter Upon a Contest for Higher "Wages. Fall Kiver, Mass., March 1J. Tho weav ers' strike for an advance in wages, vrhich occurred this morning, is one of the most general in the history of labor troubles here. The weaving ' departments of lif ty mills are practically shut down and 6,000 weavers are idle. Those who refused to. strike do not number more than half enough to keep one mill going. Tho extent of the strike is quite a surprise to tho managers, who expected that only a few mills would bo involved. They thought tlie help would be too much divided as to the wisdom of a strike at present, and that this' circum stance would disorganize tho movement in a few days. The operatives aro very much pieaseu at tne unanimous senumeiu oi resistance displaved, and predict an carlv victory. 1 hey claim that they can arlord to maintain tho strike for several weeks. It is the impression that the., manufacturers can givo an advance at present prices for cloth. and can ill all'ord to curtail production for even a short period. The Board of Trade says, however, that no advance will he given, and a bitter struggle is anticipated. Three thousand weavers assembled in mass-meeting in the park this morning. Reports to the executive committee of the union show that tho weavers in every printcloth mill in the city had quit work, and that the strike was general. Weavers at a few mills on wide goods had gone to work to-day, but wero expected to come out. Addresses were made by members of the executive committee, congratulating the weavers on tho success ot the strike and urging all to stand together. A New York newspaper man, who is a member of the Central Labor Union of thatcity, also addressed the crowd, urging united action and the importance of organization. It was an nounced at the meeting that th,e agent of the Pocasset mill has ottered a compromise and wanted to meet a committee of weavers to listen to a proposition from him. Another meeting will be held at 10 o'clock tomorrow morning Closing of Part of the Reading Works. Reading, Pa., March 11. The Scott foundry and rolling-mill, the new pipemill and forge of the Reading irbn-works, which failed last week, closed down for an indefinite period this afternoon, and will probably not resume operations until the affairs of the concern aro settled. The sheet-mill has been closed for some time, and tho company's only establishments at work aro the blast furnaces and a portion of the tube-railL The works wrfich closed to-day employed, in their busiest times, l,80f men and boys. The Interstate Coal Miners. Pittsburg, March 1L The representatives of the coal operators and miners of the Pittsburg district left for Columbus tonight to attend the interstate convention which meets at that place to-morrow afternoon. The operators will insist that the new mining rate for this district be not more than 70 cents per ton. Last year it was 74 cents for the winter and 79 cents fqr the summer. The miners want the rate for tho year 70 cents. Ministers Working for Prohibition. Chicago. March 11. The ministerial association of tho various evangelical denominations of this citv aro taking concerted . action on tho prohibition question. At the weekly meetings of tho Methodist Episcopal, Presbyterian, Baptist and Congregational clerical bodies to-day, tho following resolutions wero passed uniniously: Whereas, Constitutional amendments for the frohibition of the manufacture and sale of inoxlcating liquors, as a beverage, are now pendlupr in several States, and Whereas, We recognize these efforts hot as isolated battles, but as important factors in the one great life and death struggle between the home, the school, the church and the public welfare on tho one hand, and the saloon on the other, therefore, Resolved, That a committee of two be appointed to meet with similar committees from similar bodies to consider tho propriety of calling a mass-meeting in Chicago to extend sympathy and help to States thus struggling to free themselves from the bondage and degrading lnlludnce of the liquor traffic Action was also taken by these bodies looking to united work in forwarding the plans of tho American Educational Aid Association, which purposes carrying on tho work now engaged in by the orphan asylums on a larger scale, so that Christian homes can be found for every one of the 10,000 orphans in Chicago. A Storeful of People Robbed. St. JosEni, Mo., March 11. One of the boldest robberies perpetrated since the days of Jesse James was committed at Forbes, a little town fourteen miles south of this city, Saturday night. At about 8 o'clock in the evening three masked men rode up to tho general merchandise store of S. A. Young and at once entered the store, where about twenty persons were collected discussing an attempt to break open Mr. Young's store which had been niado tho preceding night. As the leader entered the door he called to the crowd to throw up their hands, at the same time drawing two. revolvers, his companions doing the same. The Crowd instinctively obeyed. Then, turning to Charles Scott, the clerk in the store, the leader ordered him to open tho safe. This Scott was unable to do as tho combination had been broken by the thieves the night before. Finding that they could not securo the contents ot tho safe, the robbers went through the pockets of the men iu tho store, securing about ijoO, and then emptied the till. Then, after ordering the victims to remain where they were for ten minutes, under penalty of beingkilled, the robbers mounted their horses and rode away. White-Cap Outrage In Dakota. Dolanp, Dak., March 11. Antoino Belanger camo to Raymond, yesterday morning, much bruised, and with a chain fastened about his neck with a padlock. Ho said at his home, about twenty miles north of Doland, Saturday night, ne was aroused from bed by a noise at the barn. On going to the barn door live men, masked with white caps, rushed upon him with drawn revolvers and guns and put tho chain on his neck and also a rope and raised him twico to a joist of tho barn, threatening to kill him if ho did not confess that he burned his neighbor's building last fall. He then, to save his life, confessed. They then bound his hands behind, blindfolded and took him to tho house, broke the furniture and poured kerosene over everything. They took his money and loaded him and nis trunk into his wagon behind his team. Two men on horseback, with drawn revolvers, followed him eastward nine miles into tho hills, promising him death on his return, while the other three reduced his houso to ahes. Ho says ho knows them all, ami ollicers are now after the men he has named. He disclaims any knowledge of how his neighbor's lire originated. Valuable Lands In Dispute. MakCCi;ttk, Mich., March 11. J. K. Redington, a Washington land attorney, is here, representing SlfAOOO in scrip lying on lands recently restored and embraced in tho Marquette, Houghton and Ontonagon railroad grant unearned. E. G. Mapes was this afternoon retained by the homesteaders, and the hrst case is now on trial before Register Bvrne. The lands in litigation are worthfully $2,000,000, embracing much valuable mineral and timber. Over 4,000 claims havo been entered, and it has taken all the time since last October for tho clerks in the land oflico to act upon each claim. In somo cases four or live homesteaders claim priority of settlement on tho same land, and against each and all of theso comes Redington with his script claims. Tho fight promises to be the greatest of tho kind in history. Something Worth Hendlny. "A Tin Roof is the title of a little book just issued by Misrs. Merchant & Co., 517 Arch street, Philadelphia. The purpose of the publication is to supply to builders, architects and the. general public some exact information as to the best methods of constructing a tin roof and as to the right materials to be used to secure satisfactory and permanent resultx. Wo especially recommend the Jjook, which is intended for gratuitous distribution, to mill-owners. They aro very apt to trust the matter of roohng wholly to builders and they usually know really very little about tho character of the tin used or the excellence or the defectiveness of tho job. This pamphlet will help them to protect their interest. It is verv explicit, perfectly comprehensible, and, we think, wholly trustworthy. It is Suite profusely illustrated and tho cuts inicate processes of applying tin roofing which insuro excellence.

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Absolutely Pure. This powder nevr varies. A roarrel of pnrlty strenjrth and wholesomeneas. More economical than the ordinary kinds, and cannot be nold In oomitlUon with the mulUfuile ot low-tst. nhort-welfrht lam or phofphate powders. Bold onlr In can. ItOYAL BAKIXO POWDER CO- 106 Wall at- N. Y. TELEGRAPHIC BREVITIES. It is announced that ex-Senator Platt'a son has entered General Tracy's law linn. The will of Isaiali V. Williamson, the dead millionaire, was admitted to probate at Philadelphia yesterday in the register of wills ollice. John Vestal, a miner workinc in Hillver & Sterrett's . coal-mine, near Macon, Mo., was killed yesterday by the fall of one and one-half tons of rock, which crushed him into a shapeless mass. Chris Berger, of tho Herger Grocery Company, at Neoshe, Mo., one of tho largest linns in that section, committed suicide yesterday. No cause is assigned. He leaves a wife and four children. Tho dead body of Lena Anderson, of Chicago, a domestic, was found in her employer's kitchen yesterday morning. Sho had committed suicide because of a quarrel with her lover, Kalph llines, a clerk. At Waxford, Ont., Sunday night. Albert Wilson shot and killed Miss Sarah Marshal, because she refused to allow him to walk home with her from church. He then set fire to a straw stack to draw attention from his movements. Ho is still at liberty. By tho fall of a breast of coal in New Hope mine, of tho Consolidated Coal Company, at Frostburst, MtL, Conrad Hank, aged eighteen, was instantly killed. His father and brother, working in the same room, were seriously injured, but will probably recover. Robert Ncale and a colored man named "Sonnio" Lawrence were drowned in St. Mary's river, at St. Mary's, Md., Sunday evening. Their canoe was heavily laden with oysters, and was capsized by a Htitt breeze. The river was dragged and their bodies found. Recorder Smythe, of New York city, in the Court of General Sessions, yesterday, fixed bail in the cases of the electric sugar swindlers at 7,000 on each indictment. There are three indictments against each of the accused, and this makes $21,000 bail to be given for each prisoner. A dispatch from Mason City, la., 6ays: 4,D. W. Shook, grain dealer, money loaner, justice of the peace .and fanner, who recently absconded from Stephens, Minn., with 16,000 of other people's money, has been neard from at Vancouver's island. British Columbia. His family left Plymouth yesterday to join him. Some weeks ago William Cahoon, landlord of a small tavern seven miles west of Jackson, Mich., received a warning from White Caps, but paid no attention to it. Sunday night, while sitting in his room reading, a load of buck shot crashed through the window and buried itself in one of his legs. J. S. Price, a neighbor who had quarreled with Cahoon, has been arrested. t Racing at Xew Orleans. New Orleans, March 11. Tho weather to-day was cloudy, but the track was fast and there was a largo attendance. First Race Half a mile. Oarsman won in 51 1-2 seconds; Los Webster second, Catherine B. third. Second Race Four and one-half furiongs. McBowling won in 59 seconds; Dolly j. second, Victress third. Third Race Five-eighths of a mile. Morna won in 1:05 1-4; Lamont second. Doubt third. Fourth Race Three-fourths of a mile. Sympathetic Last won in 1:10; McMurtry second, Oarsman third. Kllrain Thinks Sullivan Will Not Fight. Baltimore. March 11. .Take Kilrain leaves this city to-night, for New York, and sails, Wednesday afternoon, for England. When asked to-day, regarding his match with Sullivan, ho said: T don't believe we will tight. Sullivan is drinking for tho purpose of making his backer take down the money now up, and as July approaches, will come around with the plea of sickness. He will not name a linal stakeholder, nor accent any one suggested by mv friends or backers. This trip of mine to England will not interfere with the match if Sullivan shows any disposition to tight." An Emancipator In Trouble. Chicago, March 11. Georgie Dienstrovitch, who last summer set lire to the government powder magazine at Sitka, with the acknowledged design of blowing up the town, reached here yesterday, en route from Alaska to the National Insane Asylum, at Washington, ho having been adjudged insane. He was in charge of United States Secret-service Officers Wilkins and Arnold, and was shackled to tho latter, besides being ironed at tho wrists, knees and ankles. The prisoner savs that he is a Russian Nihilist, aud that be will yet free the down-trodden people of tho civilizcdworld. May lie Indicted for Champerty, New York, March 11. Tho grand jury came before Judge Gildcrsleeve this morning to receive instructions in the matter of rinding indictments against about twentylive lawyers for "champerty" iu stirring up litigation against the Manhattan Llevated railway. Judge Gilderaleeve said ho had looked into the matter and thought there had been violations of the law in some cases. He suggested that an indictment bo found against one defendant aud a test case be mado out of that ono indictment. Where Germans Are Americans. Boston Journal. The bill which has passed the lower branch of tho Missouri LeizUlaturo providing that no language shall be taupht in the public schools of the State except Knglish, aud that all instruction shall be driven in Knglish, was carried by a vote of 57 toSS. Itwaswanuly supjKjrtcd by German members, and one ot them said that "there was no more reason for makinn German the language of common schools in Missouri than there was for furnishing common-school instruction in Hungarian, Chaldaic or Chinese." An Illogical Election Law. Washington Post. The North Carolina Legislature has adopted an election law which will practically disfranchise tho illiterate voters. A citizen who can neither read nor write is an indictment against tho State whero ho was reared, and to deprive him of his ballot is a vicarious punishment of the State's own ollense. ; Not tho criminal but the victim is punished. r That Indiana Gas Law. Loulaville Courier-Journal. An unconstitutional law is no law at all. In legal contemplation, it is no more than blaiiK paper. Nevertheless, it may cost something to have its constitutionality delinitively ascertained, and, in that point of view, its passage is a subject of regret. Center Township Pupil. Examination of Center township pnblie school pupils who have completed tho eighth year's work hega,u at Room 75 in the Court-house yesterday. The class, which contains lif tv, is tho largest in tho hisioqr of the township.