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THE INDIANAPOLIS JOUENAL, THURSDAY, APRIL 4, 1889

gratification felt at the fact that the proposals received to-day were within tho available appropriation. There are many features of interest about the new craft. One connected with the boilers has apparently given much trouble to the bidder, and may influence the award of the contracts. The specifications provide for two ordinary return tubular marine boilers of 1,500-liorse-power, but tho remainder of tho 5,400-horse-power required is to be supplied "by coil boilers. These have been tried with great success on yachts and in a modified lorm by the French government, but their use in naval vessels will be largely experimental. If they come up to expectations they will result in a large saving of space and. weight. But at least one bidderCramp Yoes not feel confident of the result, lor he propose!, to-day. to enlarge tho two tubular boilers, and, m consideration of this departure from tho designs, to waive all claim to any bonus for horse-power in excess of 5,400. The next lowest bidder the Union iron-works agreed to accept the department's plans and gnarantee results. The new vessel will be a departure in design from any vessel in the navy, and Cant. Tichborn, who is acting as chief of the Bureau of Construction, is confident that she will be the most formidable vessel for her displacement of any in the world, and able to cope with anything afloat. She approximates the Monitor type, and is of 5.000 tons displacement in cruising trim. When she goes into action, by taking on motor ballast, she sinks until her deck is but 16 inches above the water level, thus diminishing the size of the target exposed to an opponent. The sides covering the machinery are to be covered with 16 inches of armor, besides tho protection afforded by the coal bunkers. The barbettes containing the guns are to be of 16-inch steel, and the deck will be of steel 2 inches thick. She will be 261 feet long, 49 feet beam, 14 1-3 feet draft, and has a speed of 16 knots. At this speed she can steam 633 miles, but at ordinary crnising speed (about 9 knots) she will travel 2,727 miles without renewing her coal supply. But the most remarkable feature will be the tremendous power of her armament. In the forward uarbette. mounted on a turntable and manipulated by hydraulic power, she will carry a 16-inch rifle, weighing 110 tons and 49 feetlong, one of the largest guns afloat. In the rear .barbette there will be a 12-inch rifle, weighing 46 1-2 tons. A 15-inch dynamite gun. 50 feet long, will project from the bow, and in other places the vessel will carry six S3-pounders, three 9-pounders, two 6-pound-ers and four 3-pounders, all revolving cannons and rapid-firing guns; machine guns and electric search lights on a hollow steel military mast will complete the ship, which will take three and one-half years to build. REPUBLICAN CONGRESSMEN.

They Are Glad the Senate Has Adjourned, and Will Soon Leave for Home. Special to tli Indianapolis Journal. Washington, April 3. More than a dozen Eepublican Senators were at tho "White House to-day to say good-bye to the President, and quite as many Republican members of the House. They are going homo to get rest and freedom from officeseekers. By the end of the week there will not be fifty Republican Congressmen here, and probably not more than half that number. Some of them are getting ready to go abroad, while others are on committees which are to "junket" over the country for investigation purposes. All of the members of Congress are heartily tired of their public work. They have bean in Washington almost continually since November a year ago, and their duties have been of the most exacting character. Tho Republicans havo had continuous work from the first to the last. The demands of the oflice-seekers have not been much more exhausting than those of congressional duties and campaign work. Most of the Republicans are leaving, to return here from time to time during the summer, and fully expect Congress to be called in extra session in October. All of the candidates for tho speakership of the Fifty-first Congress say there will he an extra session of Congress in October. MINOR MATTERS. Mrs. Harrison DIsar pointed In Being Unable to Go South with Iler Daughter. F racial to the IixUanapolln Journal Washington, April a Mrs. Harrison was greatly disappointed, to-day, because she did not get to go South with her daughter, Mrs. McKee, and ox-Senator Henry G. Davis and family, of West Virginia. She was said to bo sufficiently recovered from her recent illness to get away, but when this morning dawned she was advised not to attempt the trip. Mrs. Harrison is suffering from sewer-gas poisoning and general exhaustion. It was not until Mr. and Mrs. McKee were on the point of leaving the executive mansion that she abandoned her trip. Baby McKee, who has also been "under the weather" for some time, remained at home. It is likely that the President and Mrs. Harrison will go ot of the city for two or three days at the end of this week, probably to some point on the toast where tney can spend a quiet Sunday and get a change of air. water and scenery. This they may do frequently, every week or two, till tney leave for their summer jaunt. The White House plumbing is undergoing repairs, and there will De a better atmosphere around the place soon. Indiana Postmasters Appointed. Epecial to the IndlanaooUs Journal. Washington, April a Indiana postmasers have been appointed as follows: Alays Geyer, Arlington, Rush county, vice Albert J. Reddick, removed; Edward Waymier, Burr Creek, Tippecanoe county, vice Jas. JB. DeMunea, resigned; Edward C. Charles, Carthage, Rush county,, vice Logan Stinger, removed; Wm. Labaree, Clark's Hill, Tippecanoe county, vice Geo. Seger, removed; Isaac Munden, Cleveland, Hancock county, vice Ira Bevel, removed; Jas. N. Bourke, Coatesvillo, Hendricks county, vice Elisha II. Marker, removed; Jas. Harnes, Colburn, Tippecanoe county, vice Charles O. Cleaves, removed; John M. Netf, Eaton, Delaware county, vice Wm. Foreman, removed; Wm. A. Pilkinton, McCordsville, Hancock county, vice Jess H. Jackson, resigned; Isaac X. Chenowitz, Middletown, Henry county, vice Elisha M. Hanley, removed; J no. O. Branson, West Palestine, Hancock county, vice Thomas G. Short, removed; Elias Campbell, Sedalia, Clinton county, vice William M. Shafer, removed; EdwardN. Virden, Stockwell, Tippecanoe county, vice John Miller, removed; William Boyer, Wilkinson, Hancock county, vice Henry Ilalbeck, resigned. Wishes of Southern Republicans, Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Washington, April 3. There are probably two hundred Southern Republicans in Washington, making the most ardent efforts possible for changes in the federal oftices in their section. They do not especially demand that the Democratic postmasters should bo removad, except in instances where they have taken an offensive part in elections, but they are laving siege to the Attorney-general Vnd asking that judges, district attorneys, marshals and special agents be changed at once. They say that if these oftices are put in the hands of Republicans before the next session of the lederal courts begin the penitentiaries will be tilled with scoundrels who have interfered with the freedom of tho ballot, and who have been counting Republicans out of office for years. Attorney-general Miller says that he will lay the proposition before tho Cabinet for instructions. Reorganizing the Departments. Special to the Indianapolis Journal Washington". April 3. Commencing next Monday, tho Cabinet othcers will begin vigorous work for the reorganization of their executive departments. They intend to have changes made first in the higher offices, and then completely reorganize tho minor forces. Tho collectors of internal aud import taxes are to be recommended For appointment by Secretarv Windom. while the Interior and PostoOice departments are to furnish recommendations for special agents to be appointed at once. The Attorney-general intends to havo a new complement of special agents in the held before the next session of the federal courts begins. The Naval Station at Pago-Pago Day. Washington, April 3. It is unlikely that the Navy Department will proceed to establish a naval station at the harbor of Po-Fao on theSaiaoaa islands, until the

Berlin conference concludes its work. The last Congress appropriated $100,000 f or this purpose, and the money is now available, but it is thought that any radical step at this juncturo might tend to jeopardize the success of the conference, lieside the COO tons of coal that were sent out to Samoa on board the Mougahela. and which should be there now, the ship JSacbem, which sailed from New York a fortnight ago, carried 2,000 tons, and shonld make the passage in about ninety-live days. General Notes. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Washington, April 3. Representative Owen arrived this morning from Logansport, and is stopping at tho National. Ho will remain till Saturday, when he will return to his home. He will work tip some postofllce and other appointments while here. General Browne, who leaves for his home at Winchester, to-morrow, made the rounds of tho White House and the executive departments a couple of times to-day. On each trip ho started out with arms fnll of applications for office. The General ha9

worked like a slave during the past month to satisfy his oluce-seeking constituents, and he is yet at it during every hour of daylight. Information has been received from Connersvillo to the effect that the Hon. J. N. Huston will arrive here to-morrow, when he will qualify and enter upon tho discharge of his duties as Treasurer of the United States. This evening's Star says: "Mr. and Mrs. William S. Holman have issued cards for the marriage of their daughter, Pamela Dean, with Frederick L.f Harvey, on Monday morning, April 8. at 9 o'clock, at Trinity M. E. Church. Mr. and Mrs. Harvey will reside at 1123 Seventeenth street." To-day's bond offerings, $6,000 registered f our-anu-one-halfs at $1.08. The offers were accepted. Mr. Terrell, of Texas, the newly appointed minister to Belgium, took the oath of otlice at the Department of State to-day, and qua lifted for his place. Secretary of State Blaine has received telegraphic information from Consul Allen, at Kingston. Jamaica, of the sale by the colonial government of that island, to an American syndicate, of the entire Jamaica railway system. s Secretary Windom has appointed Mr. John Hawkins, of Indiana, to he a chief of a division of the First Auditor's office, to fill a vacancy. Mr. Hawkins was formerly a $1,600 clerk in the same office, but was reduced, under the last administration, to a 1,400 clerkship. John J. Hawkins, of Indiana, has been promoted from a $1,200 clerkship to be a chief of division in the office of tho First Auditor of the Treasury. The Postmaster-general has been officially informed that the government of Trinidad, one of the West India islands, has established a subsidized semi-monthly line of steamers to ply between New York and Port of Spain, for the convenience of the fruit trade and direct mail service. Among the nominations that were not acted upon by the Senate, and which therefore died with adjournment, was that of R. F. Bebout as postmaster at Rushville, Ind. It is understood that Mr. W. O. Bradley, of Kentucky, has declined the Corean mission, to which ho was nominated a few days ago. WAR SHIP IN DISTRESS. United States Steamer Brooklyn Breaks Her Main Shaft Aid from a British Ship. Pensacola, Fla., April 3. Tho startling information that the United States man-of-war Brooklyn was found at sea in distress and out of provisions was brought to this city on the arrival of tho British steamer Falshaw, Captain Bennett, from Capo Verde, yesterday morning. Immediately upon learning of the report your correspondent put off in a small boat for the Falshaw, which lies about a mile out from the city. Captain Bennett, on being interviewed, said that about noon on Tuesday, March 26, they sighted a vessel flying a flag of distress and signaling for the Englishman to como closer. ' They were then in latitude 23 degrees 42 minutes north, longitude 63 degrees 37 minutes west. The vessel in distress was about seven miles off the Falshaw's port bow. The latter bore down upon the vessel, and when within speaking distance learned that the stranger was the United States man-of-war Brooklyn, Captain Byron Wilson. A boat immediately put off from the war ship, containing Lieut. Eugene, D. F. Heald, Surgeon Grove S. Lurdsley, and the chief steward. Tho party were rowed along side the Falshaw, and upon boarding, the officers explained that the Brooklyn had broken her main shaft, and that other machinery was out of order. In addition to this they were very, very short of provisions, and asked the Englishman to assist them. This, Captain Bennett did most liberally, and after spending and hour or two on the Falshaw, tho Americans were rowed back to the disabled man of war. The Brooklyn was proceeding under sail from Honolulu to New York, and had been at that time, 137 days at sea. A number of letters, official and private, were intrusted to Captain Bennett, who mailed them upon his arrival here this morning. All on board the Brooklyn were reported as well, and as the ships parted company, the Yankee tars made the ocean ring with their cheers for the Britisher. Captain Bennett says that he did not learn when tho accident befel the Brooklyn, but he is of the opinion that it must have happened soon after leaving Honolulu, Ho says that she was making but very slow progress, but Lieutenant Heald left him with tho impression that they were fully coatented but for the scarcity of provisions. These being replenished from the stores of the Falshaw, Lieutenant Heald declined further offers of assistance, saying that they could make their way under sail to the Brooklyn navy -yard, whence they were bound for repairs. The Lieutenant also reported that the Brooklyn had encountered three sever Sales, one of which lasted three days. The rooklyn is on her way from the China station to New York. Coming right after tho Apia disaster, the news of the Brooklyn's distress created a profound sensation in shipping circles in this city. The Brooklyn's passage home was not an exception ally long one, since many sailing vessels, not handicapped by onv dragging screw, as was tho Brooklyn, have required as many as 150 to 1C0 days. It is very likely that in heavy weather some of tho provisions may havo been spoiled, and tho men were compelled to live on bare hardtack and "salt horse," as Jack calls salt pork, for to those acquainted with the provisioning of war ships for long passages, it is known that great quantities of fresh provisions are carried in improvised bins on deck. To naval officers it hardly 6eema probable that the regular supply of rations could havo been jeopardized. It is nioro likely that the ward-room and steerage messes ran short of potatoes and other vegetables which they took occasion to replenish from some big merchantmen they encountered on the route. Very likely, too, the captain of the Britisher was induced to part with a greater supply of toothsome fresh vegetables when tho .hungry Yankees represented how starved they were. Naval otlicers understand what it is to run short of fresh provisions and come down to "salt junk." As for flying the signal of distress, it was about the only sure way tho Brooklyn could mako a merchantman, rushing along to make a quick passage, stop and speak to her, and it can only be inferred that Captain Byron Wilson was as hungry for a mess of fresh vegetables as any of his ward-room otlicers. Washington, April 3. No apprehension is felt at the Navy Department on account of the United states steamer Brooklyn Avhich a British steamer reported with a broken shaft sailing for New York. Tho shaft was broken while on the China station and the accident was reported to tho department and led to her hcing ordered home under sail by way of Cape Horn, tho easiest passage for a mailing vessel, instead of by way of the Cape of Good Hope, which would have been her course under steam. The department heard from her from St. Thomas, W. I., on the 31st ult., long after sho was spoken by the British vessel. All hands were well and she is expected at New York in about two weeks. A c.ooi appetite is essential to good health and loss of appetite indicates something wrong Hoods Sarsaparilla creates and sharpens the appetite, assists the digestive organs and regulates the kidneys and liver. Take Hood's Sarsaparilla this reason. Sold by druggist

INDIANA AND ILLINOIS NEWS

Several Tramps Injured and a Freight Train Wrecked on the Panhandle. Shot While Looking at a Fight Alleged Forgeries at Marion Young Man Whirled on a Wheel Almost a Riot in a Court-Room. INDIANA. Large Number of Cars Wrecked and Several Tramps Injured on the Panhandle Railway. Sicial to the Indianapolis Journal. Richmond, April 3. The Panbandlo had a bad wreck at the bridge over Greenf ork, on the first division, nine and a half miles west of this city, about 1 o'clock this morning. On a steep grade a freight train of twentyfour cars broke, one car back of the engine, and with the terrible force gained by the twenty-three liberated cars went flying back in the face of a second section of the same train number, tho engine of which it struck right at tho bridge. Tho caboose jumped on top of the engine, from which Henry Frazier, engineer, and Joseph Stevens, fireman, had just made a leap for life. Then the other cars came sharply against the engine and fell over into the river bottom, fifty feet below, until' eight were piled in a mass. In the wreck were three, if not four, tramps. They had been in a car of fencing, and two of them who jumped corroborate the three who were taken out of the wreck in saying there were six of them in alh In that event one is still in the wreck, and is certainly dead if there. Those taken out were sent to the county infirmary, three miles away, from which one took his departure, after his hands were dressed. One of the others is Henry Brannon, formerly in the Central Depot check or baggage-room at Cincinnati, who thinks ho is hurt internally, and another is Frederick Dowd. a printer, who claims Washington as his home. Ho has a fractured collar-bone. Both of them were very much punished by the fencing falling on them in the descent, and can hardly move. The road has been blockaded all day, trains being sent up the third division to Ilagerstown, and then down on tho Valley road to Cambridge. The crippled engine will be removed from the bridge to-nigbt, and the track will be clear again, as all the cars went to the river bottom. Francis Murphy at Greencastle. Special to the Indianapolis JrurnaL Greencastle, April 3. Last night Francis Murphy, the temperance lecturer, began a series of meetings here, and was greeted with a largo audience. This is a good field for temperance work, the city having sixteen saloons. The reputation of Sir. Murphy as a temperance lecturer had, however, preceded him, and long before the doors of the opera-house had opened an immense throng awaited admittance. By the time the lecturer began the house was unable to hold tho crowd, and every inch of standing room was utilized. The meeting will continue for ten nights, and much good is anticipated. Bystander Accidentally Shot During a Melee. Special to tbe Indianapolis Journal. LoGAXsroRT, April S.-William Atkinson, of this city, and John Banta, of Jefferson township, engaged in an altercation this afternoon, and during the melee following, while Atkinson had a pistol against Banta's head, a bystander knocked the pistol out of his hand, shooting another bystander by the rjanie of Drummond in the forehead. The ball was deflected by the bone and camo out near the top of tho head. The wound is not fatal. The belligerents were candidates before the county convent ion last fall for 6henlT, both being defeated. Extensive Forgeries Discovered. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Marion, April 3. It was discovered here to-day that two notes, one for $336, and. th? other for $1,400, which had been deposited at Sweetser's Bank as collateral to secure a loan of $1,000, were forgeries. The notes, which were deposited three months ago, bore the names of D. D. Studebaker and J. S. Crosby, Br., of Bluflton. Frank Oliphant. who it is alleged, secured the loans and committed tho forgeries, is a stone contractor, formerly of BlutFton. He left here three weeks ago for parts unknown. Terrible Accident to a Young Man. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Tipton, April 3. Joseph Lafevcr, a young man employed at Walton & Whisler's flouring mill, at Atlanta, Tipton county, was caught in the machinery, this morning, and thrown into a largo wheel, turning at the rate of seventy-eight revolutions per minute. Every garment, with the exception of two shirt-sleeves, was torn from his body. His arm, leg and six ribs were broken, and the soles of his feet were mashed into a jelly. Ho is alive this evening, but cannot recover. Stolen Property Recovered. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Marion, April 3.George Wilson, Frank Walton, George Smith and George Williams, arrested last evening at Frankfort for burglary at VanBuren, were brought here this evening and placed in jail to await trial. A large amount of the property stolen, $84 in cash, plenty of firearms, and a complete outfit of burglars' tools were found in the possession of the prisoners. Electric Lights for Shelbyville. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Siielryville, April 3. The City Council has entered into a contract for five years with the Homo Electric-light and Power Company io furnish this city with fortyeight arc lights at S5 per light per annum. Tho company is managed by Hon. John Beggs, and was organized yesterday with a capital stock of &0.000. Married In Old Age. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Martinsville, April 3. John Neidigh, of Brown county, aged seventy-one years, camo to this city to-day and procured a license to marry Mary A. Mead, aged sixtynine years, who lives near Morgantown. The wedding took place to-night at tho bride's home. An Actress Loses 91,500. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Valparaiso, April 3. Miss Edith Arnold, of Valparaiso, leading lady of tho ClairePotee Dramatic Company, lost over $1,500 by fire at the St. Joseph (Mo.) Opera-house yesterday morning. The Clairc-Potee Company lost its entire wardrobe and .special scenery, valued at $C,000; no insurance. Brewer Commits Suicide. Fpeclal to the Indianapolis Journal. New Albany, April 3. James Hornung, a well-known brewer, committed 6uicido this afternoon by shooting himself through the head. Financial trouble is said to havo been the cause for the deed. Minor Notes. Orville I. Campit's residence at Noblesville, was burned yesterday. Loss, $1,000; insured. Patrick Donlau, tho wealthiest IrishAmerican citizen of Madison, died yesterday, aged eighty-one years. Ho had resided there since 1S3). Mrs. M. A. Merriweather, a sister of Mrs. F. P. Kandall, died at Ft. Wayne, yesterday morning. The body will be interred atJefiersouville. Postmaster Bnrnet, of Madison, reports tho business of tho po3tottice for the yvar just ended as over $10,000, which insures tho free-delivery system at that place. The natural-gas well at Hartsville.i Bartholomew county, is proving a good one, and now Columbus is talking about forming a company to put down a pipo lino to that city. The new officers of the Evansvillo Business Men's Association are: W. J. Wood, president; Samuel Vickery and W. J. Wartman, vice-presidents; 25. S. Scantlin, treas urer; AN . b. r reiich, secretary. The Prisbyterian Church, of Franklin, has extended a call to the Kcv. Leon P. Mar&iau. ox 1'cru. mo salary nxed is

$1,800 and a parsonage. This is the third

call extended by the rranklin church since the resignation of Rev. E. M. McMiilen, last June. Burglars raided the nostoflice. R. F. Davis's grocery store, J. P. Davis's saloon ana a oiacKsnmn snop at onoais, on i uesday nignt, but only secured two revolvers and several boxes ot cartridges. Five hundred people secured one little red fox in a drive near Vincennes, on Tuesday. Speaker Niblack, of the State .Legislature, was bitten while trying to capture tne animal with his hands. At Jeffersonville, ' on Tuesday, Joseph Paxton was found guilty of tho murder of Spencer Bryant at a church fair on Christmas night, 1888, and sentenced to the Southern penitentiary for life. Both were col ored. C. C. White, of Clark county, has pre sented to the State a powder-horn which was carried bvCapt. Charles Matthias in the battle of 1 lppecanoe, in 1811. lne born was manufactured by Mr. White's father in the year 1808. James Riley, sixteen years of age, lost an arm while at work in a saw-mill near Greensburg, yesterday. He was putting a belt on a pulley, when his hand slipped, and his arm was crushed on the shaft, rendering amputation necessary. ILLINOIS. Fight in a Court-Room in Which a Negro and Marshal Both Get Hurt. Special to the Indianapolis JoarnaL Maksiiall, April 3.There was a free fight at the City Hall last night. A young negro, by the name of Harry Taylor, was being tried for an assault on John Mott and Barney Caffrey. While the trial was going on City Marshal Fairall came in, and as ho passed the prisoner he said, "Is that tho 'coon! ' " Tho negro half rose and brought his fist Tound with terrific force, striking Fairall over the left eye and knocking him down. Fairall jumped up, and gathering up a large spittoon broke it over the negro's head. Taylor struck right and left, knock ing several men over, and seemed not to mind the breaking of chairs over his head and the blows from billies and other weapons showered on him. A revolver at his head finally quieted him, and he was led off to jail, but showed fight just before reaching it and had to be hammered over the head till again subdued. Fairall was badly cut by the negro's fist, it being necessary to sew tne wound up. Brief Mention. Hon. E. J. Murphy, of Chester, has been appoint ed warden of the Southern penitentiary. George W. Sawyer, a leading citizen of Altona, dropped dead from heart disease Tuesday morning. Arthur Sloan, of Golconda, attempted suicide by jumping in a well, but was rescued and sent to the insane asylum. Frank King, a barber at Prineville, was found dead in his shop Tuesday morning. He is supposed to have committed suicide at the end of a protracted spree. A number of horses were brought to Bloomington recently from Kansas. One of the animals was alHicted with glanders and was shot. Fears aro entertained that tho disease will spread. Recent deaths: At Carthage, John B. nenry, aged seventy-eight years; at Bloomington, Mrs. Emma Finchan, aged seventyfive, found dead in bed; at the same place, Jackson Lucas, aged seventy, from blood poisoning; at Memphis, Tenn., Henry M. Gwin, aged seventy-seven, clerk of Macon county from 1833 to 1S41. A Fast Train's Narrow Escape. Mansfield, O., April 3. A fiendish attempt was made to wreck the Pennsylvania limited vestibule passenger train, No. 5, at Louisville, near Canton, about 12 o'clock last night. Eight pieces of iron, such as are used to fasten T rails together, were tightly wedged into a switch near the little town. An east-bound passenger train passed safely over the obstruction, but an unusual jolting caused the trainmen to be alarmed, and tney reported the matter to the telegraph operator. Ho investigated the cause and stopped the limited before it reached the switch. His efforts to take the irons out of the switch by hand proved futile. A fireman had to be 6ent back to the engine, and with the hammer he procured they were forced out. They iiad been placed in the switch with the east ends raised so as to derail a west-bound train, while allowing an east-bound train to pass with only a slight jar. The switch is only sixty feet from a bridge, and the momentum would have brought tho whole train into the river, and the results would have been terrible. The train which it was sought to wreck had more passengers on than it usually carries, the majoritv of whom were from New York and Philadelphia. Fight Over the Result of an Election. Chicago, April 3. At the LaSalle Club, last evening, George II. Williams, defeated Republican candidate for Westtown assessor. had a dispute with ex-Alderman Simons and knocked the latter down, cutting his face severely with a ring. Williams claims he was unnerved by the long strain of political excitement, and that Simons not only taunted him with defeat, bnt called him names. Simons's friends claim that the assault was uncalled for; that Simons had merely joked Williams about the landslide. The affair created great excitement, and many exaggerated stories regarding the nature of Simons's injuries were dent circulated. Williams is presiof the LaSalle Club. He is the against whose candidacy Frank man Collier made so vigorous a fight at the primaries and since. Collier was assaulted and severely beaten twice on account of the trouble, and has since brought suit against several persons, including a police captain aud two officers, for damages, The Chess Tournament. New York, April 3. To-day was ladies' day at the chess tournament, and many fair devotees of the game attended to seo the champions at play. The interest centered in tho game between Tschigorin, the Russian, and Weiss, the Vienna champion, which finally resulted in a draw. The game between Blackburn and Showalter was a brilliant one, and Blackburn declared to mate in six moves and did so. Following is to-day's score; Lipschutz won from D. G. Baird; Judd won from J. W. Baird; Bird won from Burrille; Blackburn won from Showalter; Burn won from Pollock; Gnnsburg from Gossip: Hanham from Taubenhaus; Mason from McLeod; Weiss drew with Tschigorin; Delmar won from Martirlez. There are now four players in first place, having a score of 6 1-2 games won and 2 1-2 lost. They are Blackburn, Gunsberg, Weiss and Lipschutz. Destructive l'ralrlo fires. Huron, Dak., April 3. No fire in the history of this part of Dakota equals that of yesterday.' In this county the losses are much less than in tho counties west. Half a dozen houses were burned, and many settlers lost their barns, some stock and a large quantity of hay and grain. The wind was from fifty to sixty miles an hour, and sent burning embers over tho plowed ground and tire-breaks several rods wide, setting fire to everything in their course. The fire came so rapidly that settlers had only time to save themselves, leaving their property to the mercy of tho flames. In Sully and Hughes counties $200,000 worth of property has been destroj'od. Near Higl timoro Miss Sweeney was burned to death, and near Lawrence Mr. BabcocK perished in the fiames. Governor Ejected from a Grocery Store. Ciiaklkstox. W. Va., April 3. Last night while editor Reber, of the State Tribune, was standing in a grocery store, ho was accosted by Governor Wilson, who shook his fist under his nose and threatened him with personal violence for criticisms made in the paper of the Governor's official actions. Tho grocery-keeper, not being an admirer of the Governor, ordered him out of the store, and, as he failed to go. summarily ejected him by force, with the injunction never to enter his doors again. This is the second attack made on Reber by Wilson during tho past four weeks, friends interposing each time. New Governor for a Soldiers Home. New York, April 3. Tho board of governors of tho National Soldiers Home met here, to-day, and accepted the resignation of Gen. Sharpo as governor of the home at Milwaukee. - The General is so much debilitated from the effects of wounds xeceived during tho war that he is compelled to give up active duties. General Kilbourne, who was appointed in his place served on (.etinrnl Dit'h atatt mwl 1in chief of ordnance of this totate.

AT THE BALLOT-BOX. Four Parties Contest for the Offices In Rhode Island The Result In Doubt. Providence, April a The State election will probably not be decided by to-day'a voting, and just how it stands may not bo known until to-morrow morning. Four tickets in the field havo settled the matter of an election by the people, and early in the day an election was seen to bo improbable. Tho new fourth party in the field was born for the single purpose of opposing the resubmission to the people of the prohibittory amendment. The party was made up largely of Republicans, men who have ' before refused to affiliato with tho Prohibition party, though believing in that rarty's general objects, and who, on this occasion, while divorcing themselves from Republican resubmissionists, still remained apart from the third party, which was working for a similar purpose against resubmission. They nominated an independent ticket, but, in Providence and most of the towns, joined w ith the third party on the legislative ticket. The result was that, while there were four general tickets in the held, there was only tho usual number of legislative tickets. The Legislature is Republican in each branch, which will be reduced if this city is Democratic as it is likely to be. The Legislature will vote to resubmit tho prohibitory amendment. Thirty-one towns out of thirty-six, including all citiesbut Providence, give Davis (Dem.). 10,OM: Ladd (Rep.), 9,174; Richardson (Pro.), 903; Chace (law enforcement), 1,932. Davis lacks 1,835 of a majority. The election for Governor is very close. This city shows almost unprecedented Democratic gains, every ward but one going Democratic, and Davis's plurality is piled up enormously. His majority in this city amounts to 1,553. East Providenco and South Kingston are yet to be heard from. The Democrats do not claim Davis's election, and close figuring shows that he will lack about 600 of a majority. Attorney-general Slocuin (Dem.), is the only man on the State ticket who is elected. The Democrats have hopes of getting the Legislature with the help of the towns where new elections must be held. Municipal Elections in Illinois. Chicago, April 3. The returns from yesterday's city election are not all in as yet.

but those received show tbe election of tho Democratic city ticket by various majori ties. That for Cregier for Mayor, with five precincts missing, is 11,647. There are one or two very close aldermanic contests, but it is believed that the new council will stand: Democrats, 23; Republicans, 20. Pabis. 111., April 8. Township elections were held throughout Edgar county yesterday. The fight was principally made on the supervisor for each township. There are fifteen townships in the county, Paris township having two supervisors, and the other townships are represented by one. The Republicans were successful in electing nine supervisors, therefore the board will have a Republican majority of two. In Paris townsliin the entire Republican ticket was elected by majorities ranging from 30 to 600. Marshall, lit, April a The Democrats of Clark county secured a majority of 3 on the board of supervisors at the election yesterday, electing their candidates in nine out of the fifteen townships, in Marshall the Republicans elected tne collector, highway commissioner, one justice and one constable. The Democrats got the remainder. The Oskaloosa Idea Wins. Oskaloosa, Kan., April 3. Tho Oskaloosa idea is still extant. After a vigorous fight the female candidates for the city offices won tho day by sweeping majorities. At Cottonwood Falls, Kan., tho ladies were also triumphant, Mrs. Minnie Morgan being elected Mayor, with all the members of tho council of her sex. Losses by Fire. Aberdeen, Dak., April 3. Leola, countyseat of McPherson county, thirty-five miles northwest of Aberdeen, was destroyed by a prairie firo during yesterday's whirlwind. The fire camo from the west, and was not noticed until it stmck the town on account of the storm of dust. Sixty dwellings and business houses were destroyed, entailing a loss of $150,000. The only buildings remaining are the court-house, two stores and six dwellings. G. W. Old and Thomas Wardell are terribly burned, and couriers from the demolished village say they cannot live until morning. Leola is an interior town, with no railroads or telegraph, and further particulars cannot be obtained. Chicago, April 3. Fire this morning gutted the five-story and basement brick uilding at Nos. 38 to 44 Canal street. It was chiefly occupied by manufacturing firms. The following are the principal losses: Newman Organ Company, $50,000; insurance, $45,000. S. Karpen & Bro., furniture, $70,000; insurance light. The building was damaged $20,000; insured for $40,000. Other losses, $12,000; insurance. 10,000. Denver, Col., April 3. Fire started in the basement of the building occupied by the Golden, Eagle dry goods house and B. Croke, carpets, this evening. The stock of both houses was completely ruined by fire and water. The loss is in the neighborhood of $50,000; partially insured. The fire is supposed to bo incendiary. Cincinnati, April a The three-story rear part of the building occupied by the establishment of the Standard Carriagegoods Company, Nos. 137-141 East Pearl street, was destroyed by fire to-night. Loss, $10,000; insured. Hayes City. Kan.. April 3. The elevator 'and fiour-mill of H. D. Towner, and the barn of Ld Madden burned to the ground, this morning, from spontaneous combustion in a coal-bin. Loss, $17,000; insurance, $2,500, in a Topeka insurance company. Obituary. Providence, R. I., April 3. Prof. Wm. Ganwell, LL. D., president of the Rhode Island Historical Society, died to-day, after a long illness, at the age of seventyseven years. He was born in Medliel(l, Mass., was graduated from Brown University in 1831, was professor of English literature at that college from 1836 to 1851, and of political economy until 18C4. Ho has since written for the press and periodicals, and was at one time an editor of the Christian Review. Chillicotiie, O., April 3.Rev. Edward F. Lieb, for seven years tutor of Maxmillian, the Austrian archduke who became Emperor of Mexico, and who was shot at Oueretaro in 1805, died here this morning. Father Lieb was eighty-seven years old. Ho was induced to come to America in 1851 by the late Archbishop Purcell, and has ever since had charge of St. Peter's Church in this city. He was a man of high character, and was greatly beloved by his people. Ho delighted, at times, to dwell upon reminiscences of his imperial pupil. Newburg, N. Y., April 3. Col. Geo. A. Williams, retired, U. S. A., died at his home here last night. His death was probably, in no small degree, due to injuries received a quarter of a century ago at Vicksburg. He leaves a widow and son, a New York lawyer. . Dr. Edward lieecher Seriously Injured. Brooklyn, X. Y.. April 8. Rev. Dr. Edward Beecher, aged eighty-five years, a brother of the late Henry Ward lieecher, fell beneath a train to-night, and his left leg was run over and crushed. Dr. Beecher was returning from Parkville, where he is pastor of a church. He alighted at the Twentieth-street Station before the train stopped, and made a misstep, lie was taken to tho Seney Hospital. Owing to his advanced ago tho injury may have serious consequences. Steamship News. New York, April 8. Arrived: Westernland, from Antwerp. Glasgow, April 3. Arrived; Manitoban. Hamuurg, April 3. Arrived: Rhenania, from Baltimore. London, April 3. Sighted: Colorado, from New York for Hull; Rotterdam, from New York for Rotterdam; Moravia, from New York for Hamburg. Condition of Dr. MrCosh. Princeton', N. J., April S.Dr. McCosh is very inurh improved to-day. He passed an unusually quiet night, and was able to be up this morning. 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Maximum thermometer, 52; minimum thermometer. 44. Following is a comparative statement of the condition of temperature and precipitation on April 3, 1889. Tcm. lYeeip. Normal 47 0.12 Mean 7. 4S O.O.l Departure from normal 1 0.07 Excess or deficiency &ince March 1.. 3 0.13 Excess or deficiency since Jan. 1... 133 1.41 'Plus. General Observation. Indianapolis, April 37 r. m.

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T Trace of precipitation. Bellicose Tennessee Legislator. Nashville, Tenn.. April 3. Whila the journal was being read in the House, this morning. Kcpresentatives Whitthorne and Joiner had an altercation over tho passage of a Senate bill in the House, last night, to change tho line between Lewis and Lawrence counties. Mr. Joiner, who "was opposed to the bill, was not present wheu the bill was passed, and no doubt thought Mr. Whitthorne. who called up the bill and had it passed, had done him an injustice. Somo words were passed, when they clinched and commenced shoving each other up and down the aisle. Friends interfered and the excited members were separated. Jnst after the House adjourned at noon to-dav, Representatives Johnston and Tollett had some misunderstanding, and would have come to blows had not Keprescntative Bonham jumped in between them. The difiiculty occurred over the medical bill that was passed by the IIouso to-day. 'White Caps" In Winnipeg. Winnipeg, April 3. Professor Ernest, a music teacher, recently eloped with tho wife of a Winnipeg grocer. Tho wife subsequently returned to her husband, but tho Professor did not show up again until yesterday. Last night there were two separate squads of men looking for "Pro feasor" Ernest. One numbered about thirty-live, the other twenty. The smaller crowd found him before the tar and feathers were ready. He begged and plead so hard for mercy that ther had to substitute axlegrease, syrup, paragoric, etc. The party gave him a grand dose of feathers and tho foregoing ingredients. They then showed him his way out of town, ho having promised never to aujwar again in. Winnipeg. The boj-s who took part in last night's affair are bound to rid tho city of tho Professor. It is not known who the "White Caps' are, as they were disguised. Liquor Regulation In New York. Albany, X. Y April 3. The Legislature last year appointed a commission to revise the exciso law of tho State and prepare a new bill, which should be general in its application, and thus remove the grounds upon which (iovernor Hill vetoed t lie highlicense bill passed last session. The bill prepared by this commission may be described as a low hi yh-license measure, and is a compromise between the extreme high license and the. liquor interests. This bill came beforo the Assembly this morning, and was passed by & vote of C9 to 53. Tho bill was passed by a party vote, except that four Kepubiieans voted- with t Democrats iu tho negative -