Indianapolis Journal, Indianapolis, Marion County, 6 April 1889 — Page 2

THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL, SATURDAY, APRIL 6, 1889.

ing the campaign, and. acting under the instructions of Commissioner Mack, did ardent and ettective political work, cannot hope to retain their positions. WASHINGTON CENTENNIAL.

The President Issues a Proclamation Requesting Religions Observance. WASinxCfTON", April 5. The following proclamation was issued late this afternoon: A hundred years have passed since the government which our forefathers founded was formallv organized. At noon on the 30th day of April, 1789, in the city of New Yorfr, and in the presence of an assemblage of the heroio men whose patriotic devotion had led the colonies to victory and Independence. Georero Washington took the oath of otlice as chief magistrate of the liew-horn Kepublic. This Impressive act was preceded, at 9 o'clock in the morning. In all the churches of the city, by prayer for God's blessin con tne jrovcrnnient ana Its first President. The centennial of this illustrious event in our history has been declared a general holiday by act of Conjrreps, to the end that the people or the whole country may Join in commemorative exercises appropriate to the day. In order that the joy of the occasion may be associated with a deep thankfulness in the minds of the people for all our blessinars in the past, and a devour, gupplication to God for their gracious continuance la the future, the representatives of the religious creeds, both Christian and Hebrew, have memorialized the government to designate an hour for prayer and thanksgiving on that day. Now, therefore, I, Benjamin Harrison, President of the United States of America, in response to this pious and reasonable request, do recommend that on Tuesday, April 30, at the hour of 9 o'clock in the moraine, the people of the entire country repair to their respective places of Divine worship, to implore the favor of God that the blesins of liberty, prosperity and peace may abide with us as a people, and that His hand may lead us in the paths of righteousness and good deeds. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States of America to be afiixed. Done in the city of Washington, this 4th day of April, in the year of our Lord, 1889, sndof the independence of the United States the one hundred ana thirteenth. Benjamin Harrisox. By the President: James G. Blaine, Secretary of State. THE VESUVIUS IS A TERROR. She Can Throw Four and One-Half Tons of Dynamite In Six Minutes. Philadelphia Special. The contract between the Dynamite Gun Company and the government stipulates that before the Vesuvius can bo accepted each of the three 15-inch guns mnst be fired five times in ten minutes, or on an average once in two minutes. In a preliminary trial, yesterday, ten blank shots were fired in eight minutes, or on an average one shot in less than a minute. Starting with her three guns loaded, as would be the case in battle, the trial yesterday proved that the Vesuvius could fire eighteen shells, each containing 500 pounds of gelatine and dynamite, at an enemy in six minutes. In six minutes the Vesuvius can steam two and. one-quarter miles, firing all the time as she approaches an enemy. As the guns of the Vesuvius are fixed at a constant elevation of 18 degrees, the range of her projectiles can be changed only by varying the amonnt of air admitted to the gun-barrel in the rear of the shelL The air is always admitted from the firing reservoir to the gun at a pressure of 1,000 pounds per square inch, and the valve -which controls the admission of air must be so delicately adjusted that the amount admitted may be varied at will and to a nicety. In other words the valves must work to such perfection that the final pressure upon the shell may be diminished from 1,000 pounds to the square inch to the pressure just sufficient to drop tho shell a short distance from the muzzle. To attain such perfection in tho firing valve, using such enormous pressures, many trials and experiments have been necessary. AS & result Of forty blank ShotS fired yesterday the certainty that the valve mechanism will control the final air pressure, increasing it or diminishing it a few pounds at will, was demonstrated, thus insuring certainty of fire at all ranges. As 60on as final pi cia ra t i5?r can be made the board of naval omcers will convene to witness a trial with dummy shells to satisfy the provisions of the contract. NEW YORK ANOINTMENTS. Joel D. Erhardt for Collector of the Port and Cornelias Van Cott for Postmaster. Washington, April 5.The President has appointed Joel B. Erhardt to bo collector of customs at New York. It is said at the Treasury Department that Mr. Erhardt was the choice of the Republican party of the State of New York for the position of collector of the port of New York, without regard to wings, sides or factions, and that, everything considered, his was a most harmonious appointment. He was indorsed by Vice-president Morton, Secretary Tracy, Senators Iliscock and Evarts, nearly all the Republican Representatives of the State, the Union League Club, the leading representatives of the two factions of the party, and many of the principal merchants and business men of the port. Mr. Erhardt is well known throughout the country as the Republican candidate in the mayoralty contest in New York city last autumn, which resulted in the election of Mayor Grant, the Tammany candidate. The President has appointed Cornelius Van Cott, of New York, to be postmaster at New York. Secretary Windom received a telegram this afternoon from Mr. Ellis H.Roberts, accepting the appointment of assistant treasurer at New York. It is expected that ho will perfect his bond and qualify somo time next week. He is required to execute a bond in the sum of 400,000. Treasurer Hyatt will remain in charge of the New York sub-treasury until Mr. Roberts qualifies, and arrangements will then be mado for a count of the moneys and securities in the sub-treasury. Mr. Huston, the newlyappointed Treasurer, was at the Treasury Department to-day and had an interview with Secretary Y indom. He will not assume the duties of his new otlice until after Treasurer Hyatt is relieved of his present extra responsibility in the New York otlice, and the Treasurer may still further delay qualifying until after the examination of the New ork sub-treasury shall have been completed. In this way tne examination of both offices at the same time would be obviated. MINOR, MATTERS. Ex-Secretary Endloott Thinks We Will Need an Extension of Civil-Service Rules. Washington, April 5. Ex-Secretary Endicott, in company with his successor. Secretary Proctor, called on the President this afternoon for a few minutes. He afterwards talked quite freely with a Star reporter. He said he felt relieved at being once more a private citizen, and added: "I feel as any hard-working man would naturally feel when his load has been lifted or his task taken away from him. The President does not seem to bo looking very well; he evidently needs rest. I had not seen him since the morning of tho 4tb of March, and he has the appearance of a man thoroughly tired: he necessarily must be so. The American people put too much strain on their Presidents. The work ought to bo delegated, and the time is near, at hand when it will have to be. Our great need is a more extended civil service. This is tho only government where there is a scramble for otlice undignified, unpatriotic and until the tenure is made secure and the places filled with good men, tho President will be overburdened. Look at England. There is a free government, and there the men who desiro to enter the employ of the government are tested thoroughly, and if lound competent are offered every inducement to stay in the service. W ithin the lifetime of tho generation now being born there will bo in this country an army of otlicials SO0.0OO strong. Then the civil service w ill be a necessity, and then the President will have to be relieved of this drudgery of appointments by heads of departments and bureaus, because no one man will be able to do the work. The reform would not commence too soon if it were put into operation at once.'' Quay and Cameron. W'Mhlnfton Special. The yellow, old-fashioned mansion of Cameron is almost within a stone's throw of the White House, and the two Senators It onco walked past Lafayette square and np the curved path that leads to the front door of the executive mansion. Arm-in-arm they went upstairs to the President's effice, and arm-in-arm they came down

again. They looked as if the interview had been entirely pleasant, bnt both declined to say what had passed. It is understood, however, that Senator Cameron explained to the President that he regretted the rejection of Mr. Halstead, and stated that had he been present in the Senate he would have voted tor confirmation. Senator Quay, it is said, explained that as Cameron was"" on Halstead's "black list" of Republican Senators who had voted to give Payne his seat, he thought it his duty to his colleague, who was absent in New York, to vote against confirmation. He did not know until Cameron's return from New York the uext day that the latter cherished no personal resentment against the Cincinnati editor. As Quay's vote would not have affected the result, this explanation was not important, save as it exploded the theory advanced in Democratic newspapers that Quay's vote was caused by a rupture with the administration. The Presidential Cruise Abandoned. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Washington, April 5. President Harrison has encountered 60 many obstacles in the way of his taking a sea voyage, leaving here, as arranged, to-morrow evening, with Mrs. Harrison and returning on Monday or Tuesday, that it is very probable he will abandon his trip. There is no government vessel nearer Washington than Baltimore, where a revenue cutter is anchored. It was the purpose of President and Mrs. Harrison to take the McKee infant along, and as the child is too ill to withstand the railroad travel between this city and Baltimore, the trip is to be postponed. It was thought yesterday that one of the government ships would be anchored in the Potomac by the time the President desired to start on his voyage. Chief Clerk of the Patent Office. Washington, April 5. Schuyler Duryee, of Virginia, has been appointed chief clerk of the Patent Office, vice Lipscomb, resigned. Mr. Duryee is forty-two years of age, and was born in New Jersey. He was engaged in mercantile pursuits in New York city until 1871, when he accepted a position in the War Department, which he resigned in 1881 to accept tho appointment of chief of the assignment division in the Patent Otficc. In 1883 he was made chief clerk of tho Patent Office, and held the same until July, 1887, when he resigned. Ho was regarded as an able and efficient otlicer, and his reappointment, which was entirely unsolicited, is received with general satisfaction. Reception at the White Tlouse. Special to the Imlianapolta Journal. Washington', April 5. Mrs. Harrison, assisted by Mrs. Russell Harrison and her guest. Miss Ada Murphy, of St. Paul, received a number of guests in the Red Parlor this afternoon. Mrs. Harrison wore a handsome black faille, with lace at the throat and sleeves: Mrs. Russell Harrison wore a gown of old rose cashmere, with Persian embroidery on white broadcloth, and Miss Murphy a French gray henrietta cloth. Mrs Harrison said this afternoon that she felt very much better than she had felt before her illness. Her confinement to her room had given her an opportunity to regain her lost strength. Indiana Postmasters. Special to the IiulianapollA Journal Washington, April 5. Indiana postmasters were appointed to-day as follows: Wm. B. Ray, at Rocktield, Carroll county, vice Thomas Beale. removed; Oliver P. McDowell, Sardinia. Decatur countv. vice James S. Harper, removed; Franklin F. Raiken. Walton, Cass county, vice Henry J. Culver, removed; Lawson M. Nover, Akron, Fnlton county, vice Louis J. Smith,

removeU; JNaiicy J. Hurley, Blackford. Jjva5er county, vice Henry Darver, resigued; amea M. Love. Barrett's Creek, Win to county, vice Frances M. Millior, removed; Alex. I. Conlev, Glendale, Daviess county, vice Elliott Chapuel, resigned; Jas. Baker, Lincoln, Cass county, vice David Stages, resigned. The German Corvette Sophie. Washington, April 5. The German corvette Sophia, which sails for Zanzibar to-day for Samoa, is another fine ship superior to either tho Richmond, Adams or Alert, which will constitute the American squadron at Samoa. She is of composite type, 14 knots speed, 2,300 tons burden, carries eight 6-inch and three half-inch rifles and four machine guns with a torpedo outfit, and uses forced draft, which engineer experts hero think contributed largely to tho escape of the English war vessel Calliooc, as it enabled her to get up steam in a short time. Ohio's Grievance. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Washington, April 5. Senator Sherman and Representatives Butterworth, Caldwell aud Morey represent the Republican interests of Ohio in Washington now, all tho other Republican Congressmen from that State having gone to their homes. The Buckeye Republicans contend that they have not received their share of official patronage. General Notes. Special to the Indianapolis Journal Washington, April 5. Representative Posey and Cicero Buchanan, of Evansville; A. D. Vanosdol, of Madison, and W. I. McConnell.of Oakland City, are at the Ebbitt. Mr. Posey will remain a week or ten days looking out for his office-seekers. W. D. Haynes, of Indianapolis, is at tho St. James. J. R. McKee, the President's son-in-law, left for Indianapolis this afternoon, and expects to be absent from Washington for several months. The Attorney-general has appointed Herbert Hess, of Indiana, law clerk of the Department of Justice, vice N.T.N. Robinson, resigned, and O. P. M. Hubbard, of the same State, stenographer and confidential secretary, vice Miss Lydia W. Ball, resigned. . Geo. Roberts, of Mount Vernon, who was Chairman Huston's private secretary during the last campaign, left Washington this afternoon, over the Baltimore &, Ohio, for Connersville, where he will have Treasurer Huston's bond for $150,000 filed. It is unknown to history that a bondsman for a United States Treasurer was ever called upon to make good a deficit. The accounts of the office are easily kept straight. General Nathan Goff talked to the President this afternoon and assured him that he, Gotfl would yet bo Governor of West Virginia; that the court would decide in his favor. Ex-Secretary Endicott saw the President to-day. and when he emerged from tho Wrhito House declared that he himself had never, during the past four years, felt so well, the freedom from official duties being a release from great burden. Mr. Endicott said that President Harrison was overworking himself, was not looking well, and that he should immediately take somo recreation and get away from tho office-seekers. Wm. II. Lamb, of Missouri, has been appointed an assistant superintendent of railway mail service, vice V. C. Hickman, resigned. Mr. J. S. Smith, of Wisconsin, has also been appointed an assistant superintendent of railway mail service, vico L. J. Morse, resigned. Mr. Hickman and Mr. Morse were appointed assistant superintendents March 2, lbSO. Samuel W. Pursley has been appointed storekeeper and ganger at Becknerville, Ky., and Burt W. Jenkins storekeeper at Frankfort, Ky. The bond onerings to-day were 2,015.000, as follows: Registered fours, $15,000 at $100; $2,000 000 at f li.U Tho oilers were rejected. C. R. Faulkner, of Indiana, chief of the record division in tho Pension Oflice, has resigned by request. L. CJ. C. Lamar, jr., chief of the stationerydivision of the Interior Department, has resigned to engage in private business. Mr. Lamar's resignation was unsolicited. He was regarded as an eflicient otlicer. Mr. Wm. R. Lapham, of New York, has been appointed acting chief of the same division. The American commissioners to the Samoan conference have engaged passage for Europe on the Umbria, which will sail from New York on the 13th. Meanwhile they are frequently at the Department of State, consulting with the oilicials aud studying the protocols of the last conference. James W. Roraeyn, consul at Valparaiso, in reporting to the Department of State upon trade and commerce of Chili, comments upon the fact that while the imports into Chili in 1887 amounted to $48,rkJ0,0U0, but $3,000,000 came from tho United States,

and that while 13,000 vessels entered and cleared at Chilian ports the American flag waved over only 221 of them.

jiajor Annes, or ine reureu iisi oi iuo army, who assaulted Governor Beaver, of Pennsylvania, in this city, a few days ago, is to be court-martialed, on the charge of conduct unbecoming an officer and a gentleman. There are also other obections to Annes tracing the rolls of tho army. Maryland Republicans are pressing their fellow-citizen. John A. J. Creswell. formerly a member of the upper and lower branchesof Congress, and President Grant's Postmaster-general, for the vacancy on the Supreme Bench of the United States, made by the, death of Justice Matthews. Representative Ryan, of Kansas, who today notified the Clerk of tho House of Representatives that he had tendered his resignation to the Governor of hi9 State, has already qualified as minister to Mexico, received nis instructions. ' and intends to depart for his post of official duty in a very few days. OBITUARY. Philo Remington, Manufacturer of FireArms and the Standard Type-Writer. New York, April 5. Philo Remington died at Silver Snrings, Fla.i yesterday morning. Mr. Remington went South in January, partly for health and partly for pleasure. His death, which was due to bilious fever, was entirely unexpected; in fact, he telegraphed on W ednesday afternoon that he would return to New York the latter part of this week. Philo Remington was born Oct. 3, 1816, in Litchfield, N. Y., and was the oldest son of Eliphalct Remington, the founder of tho great armory at Ilion that bears his name. Early in life tho son was placed in his father's shops, and thoroughly learned all the details of the mechanical work, and later he was mado superintendent of tho armory. On his father's death, in 1801, Mr. Remingtonbecame seniormemberof the firm of E. Remington & Sons, which has continued to the present time. The armory and shops have always been located at llion, N. V. Tho armory is one of the largest in tho world. 1,200 men being employed in it at times. The military and sporting guns manufactured by this firm have achieved a world-wide reputation, and the Spanish, Egyptian and other foreign governments have equipped their armies with the Remington rifles. From a rude model obtained from an inventor a number of years ago, the firm evolved tho Remington Standard Type-writer, now used in large numbers in this country and throughout the world. Tho Remington Sewing Machine, another product of tho llion shops, is also widely known. In the perfection of the various inventions of tho machines and weapons mado by the firm. Philo Remington did a great deal to make them successful. Mr. Remington was for twenty ye:.rs f (resident of the i village of llion. where he ived nearly all his life. Mr. Remington aud his brothers, Samuel and Eliphalct, were generous in their gifts to Syracuse University, which has received about 250,000 from them. Mr. Remington's wile and two daughters survive him. Oilier Deaths. PirrsBiritG, April 5. President James Gallery, of the Pittsburg & Western Railroad Company, died suddenly at his homo on Highland avenue at o'clock this morning. Tho deceased was about sixtythree j ears of age aud quite wealthy. Portland, Ore., April 5. Mrs. Esther liollnuay, second wife of lien llolladay, died here this afternoon, after a lingering illness, lien llolladay, who died nearly two 3' ears ago, w:is at one time a prominent steamship and railroad magnate- on the Pacific coast. For years Mr. llolladay was a conspicuous figure about 'Washington. Alleged Attempt to Swimlle. PiTTSDt'Rtt. April 5. A sensation was created here to-day by Frank Fnhler, treasurer of the People's Mutual Aecident Insurance Company, making information against Mrs. llettie, IS. Garfield, wife of tho late James A. Garfield, a prominent merchant. Dr. II. E.Campbell, and Chrisst. Martin, charging them with conspiracy-to uefraud tho com pa 113- out of s5,(XX). Treasurer Kohler alleges that the parties named presented a certificate, last week, demaiftl-J ingS",,00O for tho death of Mr. GarfieM.j which occurred recently, aud thrt the statements therein were false. The certiti- , cate stated that. Mr. Garfield bad died froirf injuries received on the 20th day of October. last. This is sworn to by Mrs. Garfield and Dr. Campbell. Mr. Martin claimed to have seen the accident on tho day mentioned. Mr. Kohler alleges that tho attending physician reported to the Hoard of Health that Mr. Gartield had died from consumption. He also claims to have proof that tho dp-, ceased was not in any accident at all. and that tho man injured is still living and will testify to the facta. Tho parties aro all well known, and the suit has created a sensation in Allegheny City, where all leiidi. More Ives and Staynor Indictment. Nkw Yokk. April 5. Two additional indictments were to-day found against Ive and JStaynor and Wood ru If, for the fraudulent issue of C, II. &. D. railroad stock, to the extent of 7,100 shares common stock. When they were engaged in securing control of th C, H. & i. road, they were confronted with a block of stock held in trust by Hugh J. Jewett, ex-president of tho Erie; Michael Werk, a wealthy Cincinnati pork-packer, and A. 8. Winslow, vice-president of the First National Bank of Cincinnati. This stock aggregated 12.000 shares. Ives bought the stock for 150. and deposited a small margin. Ho hurried from Cincinnati to this city, and after securing tho transfer books issued 7,100 shares, which ho sold, and with tho money thus secured ho paid for the 12,000. Assistant District Attorney Parker, who has charge of the case, said to-day that tho date for the trial of Ives and JStynor will bo fixed some time this term. Silver Discovery in Iowa. P'oirr Dodge, la., April 5. There is con-' siderable excitement here over the reported discovery of silver on the farm of John Kearon, six miles north of this city. The iind whs made by a well-digger at the depth of 110 feet. The vein is lifty-four inches thick. Jewelers pronounce tho quartz richer than any ever examined by them. Soveral pieces have been sent to a Chicago assayer for examination, and if his report confirms the one made by local jewelers the find will prove a rich one and can bo worked in paying quantities. Killed by a Falling Tree. Port Towxsend, W. T., April 5. Mrs. Thompson, wife of a settler near Crescent Bay, was instantly killed near that place yesterday, a tree falling on her.crnshing her body into an unrecognizable mass of fiesh and bones. She and her husband left tho house for safety during a terrible windstorm, when a large tree fell on them. Thompson was knocked senseless with his child in his arms, bnt recovered and crawled into the house, where he swooned. Tho neighbors came along tho next day and found them. Ex-Mayor Hunter Paralyzed. Brooklyn. N. Y., April 5. Ex-Mayor John W. Hunter suffered a stroke of paralysis, yesterday, one side of his body being completely paralyzed. There is some hopo that the effects will not be immediately fatal. Mr. Hnnter is eighty-two years old, and was auditor of the custom-house for many years, was elected to Congress in lbfV and again in 1807, was Mayor in 1S74, and is now president of the Dime Savings Bank. Demented Girl Disappears. Toronto. O., April 5. Hattie Kelly, daughter of J. C.Kelly, a leadingmerchant, disappeared from home to-night at 7o'clock while in a condition of mental aberration. No traces of her can bo found. A note left stated that she was going where she could serve God, as she could not do so and stay at home. She is twenty-two years old and very small of figure. Information of her whereabouts is anxiously awaited. Frederick T. Roberts, M. D., physician to and professor of clinical medicine at University College Hospital, London, Eng., says: "Bright's disease has no symptoms of its own, and may long exist without the knowledge of the patient or practitioner, as no pain will be felt in tho kidneys or that vicinity." This accounts for many people dying with Bright's disease, or advanced kidney malady. The disease is not suspected until it reaches a fatal period. If "Warner's Safe Cure is used at the proper time the fatality from that terrible disease would be greatly decreased. Dr. Thompson also says: "More adnlts are carried oil in this country by chronic kidney disease than by any other one malady except consumption." '

INDIANA AND ILLINOIS NEWS

A Worthless Scamp Shoots Ilis We and Then Ends His Life in the Same Way. T. 3L C. A. Entertainment Conyention of Greeks Han Badly Cut on a Revolving Saw Hotel-Keeper Victimized by a Forger. INDIANA. A Notorious Character Kills Ills Wife and Then Shoots Himself. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. FnxKFORT, April 5. A horrible case of murder and 6uicide occurred here late this afternoon, the notorious Bill Pray having killed his wife and then shot himself. The causes directly leading to the tragedy grew out of a domestic life of wretchedness, largely caused by the general meanness and absolutely worthless character of Tray. He was a horse-trader by profession, and an all-round vagabond by practice. His wife had the appearance of having seen better days, and was infinitely above him in the scale of being. About two weeks ago the husband and his brother. Dr. Pray, hired a couple of negroes from Lafayette, and came over here in a carriage, and, going up to the "Bee-hive," a tenementhouse, where Mrs. Pray was living, forcibly abducted her in her night-clothing, and drove through to Attica. Officers from this city went at once in pursuit and captured all of tho ahductors, except Bill Pray, and afterward captured him at Mulberry. At the trial beforo a justice, the Prays were permitted to go free on payment of a line. The parties have all been living in the city since tho trial. Bill Pray aud his wife, however, not living together. This afternoon Mrs. Pray was shopping, and went home at 5 o'clock. Bill followed her to the same house from whence he abducted her, and, going into her room, asked her to again live with him. which she refused to consent to. Ho then asked her to kiss him and make u which sho declined to do. and made an effort to leave the room, when ho pnhed a bull-do revolver and shot her through the heart, killing her instantly. He then placed the muzzle of tho weapon back of his riirht ear and shot himself, lie never spoke after tho shooting, and is now barely alive. The parties came to this city in tne early winter, aud formerly lived in Kokomo. Preparing to Dedicate a Y. 31. C. A Building. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Crawfordsville. April 5. Tho preliminary exercises for the dedication of tho new Y. M. C. A. building next Sunday were held this evening in tho new building, and consisted entirely of music. The aflair was under tho auspices of the Mozart Society, and consisted of choruses, solos, duets and recitations. Solos were sung by Miss Matie Martin, "Tho Waiting Heart;" Mrs. J. E. Humphries, and Miss Mary Thomson, "Springtide," and Mrs. G. W. Iladley played a piano solo. Tho duets were given by Miss Mary Thomson and A. A. McCain, "Night in Venice." aud A. A. McCain and Geo. F. Hughes, Flow Gentle Dovju" Ouartets by WiLson brothers. Miller and W llite, "God is Coming, Prenaro the Way." and Miss Thomson, Mrs. C. K. -Thomas. A. A. MOaiu and (. F. Hughes, "There's Music in the River." Recitations were given by Miss May me Wilhite, Miss Nell Nicholson and Miss Flora Darter. A fter the musical programme was over the entire building was thrown open for tho inspection of the public. Keoranizinsr County Fair. Special to the Iin!i;uiaiHl!s Journal. Pi:m April 5. A movement is on foot to reorganize tho Miami county fairgronnds and June races. Subscriptions have been taken up for remodeling and repairing the present buildings and placing tho mil track in proper condition. The Miami Couuty Farmers' Institute has inspected the property and a favorable report will be made to-morrow at the regular meeting of the institute. Tho grounds and track are among tho finest in the State, and a reholding ot the county fairs is ardently desired by all classes. Tho mile track, with a width of sixty-seven feet, and which a few years ago was pronounced the finest west JlUllalo, will bo restored. Races will take piaco some time during June or July. . Tho Phi Kappa Fd Convention. Special to the Imliananoli Journal " "Gkekx castle, April 5. Tho proceedings of the second district of the Phi Kappa Psi fraternity which convened in Indiana Alpha Chapter hall to-day proved very '.interesting and profitable. Tho atte idaiuo of yesterday was increased by the arrival of several Ohio delegates. Tho morning session was consumed by a very thorough discussion of several very interacting fraternity subjects. At 1:30 r. m. a group picture was taken at the main entrance of the East College, after which the Greeks returned to their hall and completed tho tin finished work. They then adjourned to the base-ball park and indulged in athletic sports. Their game of ball resulted in a victory for tho DePauw Chapter by a score of eight to two. Cashed a Forged Draft. Special to the Iiuliauanolift Journal. Ft. AYayne, April 5. Somo days ago a stranger registered at the Wayne Hotel as 'Martin Rice, New York," representing himself as traveling for Reinhardt & Urother, Now Yrk. On the second day of his stay he presented a draft for $243. asking Mr. Mckinney to indorse it. The paper looked regular, aud without much hesitation Mr. McKinney put his name on it. The draft was promptly cashed by one of tho local banks, and lvice left with his roll. The draft went to piotest at New York as a forgery, and was returned yesterday for settlement. Chief of Police Diehl is now working on the case. Death of an Aged Pioneer. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Mooresville, April 5. Joseph Bishop, aged eighty-seven, father of Hon. J. M. Bishop, died at his late residence in Mooresville, at 4 o'clock this evening. The funeral will take place at 10 o'clock a. m., Monday, at the M. E. Church in Mooresville. Mr. Bishop was one of the pioneers of Indiana, and for more than sixty years was a member and an active worker of the M. E. Church. He was noted forhisphiianthropy and Christian character, and many aro the hearts that have been made to beat with joy from his acts of kindness. llorribly Jtfotllated on a Circular Saw. special to the Indianapolis Journal. Lagrange, April 5. Chas. Holsingcr, employed at Snow's 6aw-mill, seven miles northwest of Lagrange, was fatally injured this morning by falling on a rapidly revolving circular saw. One arm was entirely severed from the bodyt and his side was horribly torn. Ho is still alive. As his relatives are believers in faith cure, no physicians have been permitted to approach him. He sutlers tho most intense agony, and cannot survive the night, ifolsinger is about thirty years of age and married. Man Found Dead Near Rail way. Tracks. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Kociiester, April 5. The dead body of Myron Adams was found lying near the Chicago & Atlantic railroadtrack, between Akron and Hoover's station, this morning, having been mangled by a train the night before. Adams had been at Akron for several days on a spree, and the night before had been engaged in a tight. It is claimed by some that he was pushed off tho train, although it is probable that he did not get on it, but was struck by the engine while on his way home on foot. Identified as a 11 one-Thief. Special to the Indi&naoolia Journal. Wabash, April 5.-Sheriff Holliday, of Clinton county, Chio, arrived here to-day and identified John Steele, who is in jail here on a burglary charge, as John Perry, a well-known horse-thief, who is wanted for numerous crimes in Ohio. Last Au gust Perry, with other prisoners, escaped from the Clinton county jaiL All have been re

captured. After serving sentence for his latest crimes Perry will be promptly rearrested by the Ohio authorities. Minor Notes. Lyman Rubnsh, a well - known contractor and builder, of Edinburg, died on Thursday, aged forty-two years, after a lingering illness. Jonathan Josylin, a pioneer citizen, of Brown countv, died at his home, twelve miles west of Columbus, Thursday night, aged nearly eighty years. The Good Templars in Montgomery county are circulating a petition, which is to bo presented to the County Commissioners, asking them not to grant any more liquor licenses. Winchester has organized a Board of Trade, with George Ashael Stone as president. More gas wells will be drilled and an etfort made to induce capital to locate manufactories there. Dr. Jas. A. Berryman, who has been postmaster at Potato Creek, Montgomery county, has resigned because he has removed to Darlington to reside. His successor will probably be H. Peterson. Yesterday morning the ticket-office of the Wabash railway at Wabash was burglarized and all tho cash in the money -drawer taken. The tnief boarded an early eastbound train and escaped. Albert Owens, a young student at the Columbus Normal School, was attempting to ride an untamed horse yesterday, when the animal threw him, the fall breaking one of his legs near the knee. Henry Feuff, a prominent German citizen and business man, of Hope, Bartholomew county, died very suddenly yesterday morning while sitting in his residence. Tho cause of his death is not known. William Williams was instantly killed at Terre Haute, yesterdav, by a heavy locomotive boiler-head falling on him. Nobody saw the accident. He was fifty-eight years of age and leaves a wife and daughter. J. Dow, of Liberty, who sued tho C II. & D. railroad for 5,000 damages for injuries received, compromised the case yesterday for $500. Ho then, it is alleged, left town, leaving a large board-bill and his attorney fees unpaid. Ed Powell, one of the river pirates who plundered and attempted to burn the town of Bethlehem, and subsequently escaped from jail on March 8, has been recaptured at Boonville, Ivy. A kit of burglar tools was found in his possession. At New Albany, on Thursday. Mrs. Joseph Jackson's daughter died. The mother became crazed with grief and a few hours later attempted to drown herself in the Ohio river, but was rescued in an exhausted condition and will probably die. At the February term of the Decatur County Circuit Court the grand jury reported the jail at Greensburg unsafe in certain respects. On Wednesday evening George and William Powers, brothers, and Jerry Jamison overpowered tho jailer and escaped. Perry Bennett, who was in jail at Rushville, awaiting trial on the charge of assault and battery with intent to kill his wife, and who inflicted a very severe wound in his arm with a razor last week, died 3'esterday morning from loss of blood. He was seventy years old. Tho City Council of Rushville has contracted with the Edison Incandescent Electric-light Company for a plant, to be owned and operated by the city, at at?06t of $9,450. There will be 140 thirty-two and fifty-candle-power lights. Tho plant will he in operation within sixty days. James Pitt, an old soldier, almost blind, an inmate of the Jay County Infirmary, charges tho superintendent, Geo. McCartney, with attacking him with his list, felling him to the ground and seriously injuring him. 'Squiro Simmons will pass on Pitt's charge next Monday. C. D. Bills, of Grand Rapids, Mich., has announced his intention of suing tho city of Goshen for $20,000 damages, sustained by the suspension of his skating-rink business, formerly operated thereby the Council making his license $250 per year. Suit will be tiled in tho United States District Court at Fort Wayne. A Tariff Reform League was organized at Greensburg, Thursday night. Edward Kessing was chosen president; Davison Wilson, secretary, ana W. O. Foley and Edwin Donnell, corresponding secretaries. The executive committee is headed by Col. J. S. Scob3 and the membership is conlined to regular old-time Democrats. While butchers were driving a steer through the streets of Columbus, on Thursday, it became mad. jumped into a yard.

ran into a dwelling-honse, thence into tho parlor, and made its escape through a window, completely demolishing the furniture in the parlor aud the window of tho residence, without personal injury to any of the occupants. George Ewing, of Chicago, a descendant of George Ewiug , who once lived at Wabash, has liled suits for possession of real estate at Wabash valued at $40,000, and if the attorneys are successful proceedings will be commenced at once to get possession of almost one-half of the city of Wabash, whicli was platted by the senior Ewing. Property-owners arc preparing to make a vigorous defense of their claims. ILLINOIS. Piatt County Agricultural Association Arranges for a Coining Fair. Special to the Indiana:)!: Journal. Moxticello, April 5. There was a very important meeting of tho Piatt county agricultural board to-da3r. The premium list was revised, and a committee appointed to select suitable premiums for the largest and best drilled post or camp of Sons of Veterans and G, A. R. Wednesday of the fair will be known as G. A. K. and Sons of Veterans' day, and also the children's day. The board also decided to have experts in several of the departments. There will bo a test made of dairy breeds on exhibition as to their bntter-makiug qualities. Tho fair will be held Aug. 10 to 23. Convicts Slay ltroak a Trust. Springfield, April 5. The House passed the Senate joint resolution directing the penitentiary commissioners to inquire into the advisability of erecting a binding-twine plant in one or Loth of tho State penitentiaries, with a view to use the labor of convicts in an effort to break up the bindingtwine trust. A bill was also established of a parole system for prisoners in the State penitentiaries. , McClaugheys Sentence Commuted. Spiuxgfield, April 5. Governor Fifer today commuted the sentence of R. S. McCiaughey, one of the Cook county boodle commissioners, who is serving a two years' term in the Joliet penitentiary for conspiracy to defraud Cook county by false pretenses. He will be released on the 10th of April, a month before the expiration of his term. Struck trlth a Coupling-Pin. Special to the Indianaiwlis JouxnaL CiiAMrAiGX. April 5. F. D. Rugg, a wellknown business man here, was struck with a coupling-pin in the city park at 9 o'clock last night, and dangerously hurt. On becoming conscious he called for help, and a stranger, who was standing over him, lied. Brief Mention. John Haneline died Thursday morning, at Monticello, from injuries received from being thrown from a horse. Tho books of the sheriff, ex-shcrift and ex-circuit clerk of Shelby county are being investigated by a committee of experts. At Decatur, on Thursday, the three-year-old daughter of Mrs. Ida Greer was fatally injured by falling from a third-story window, Mrs. Hannah Austin, of Morrison, has sued tho 6a loon-keepers of that place for selling the liquor to her husband which caused his death. Among the deaths reported Thursday were Zaeharia Simpson, an old settler, at Monticello; Joscnh Anthons.of Decatur, at Los Animas, and Moses Ellison, of Okaw township, at the age of eighty-two. The Prohibitionists of Bloomington, in convention, last night, nominated D.J. Williver for Mayor, to be voted on at the city election on the 15th inst. Candidates for aldermen were also nominated in the several wards. A majority of tho members of the Legislature have sicrned a petition for the pardon of Joe Mackin. Tho petition asks Governor- Fifer to grant a pardon two months in advance of tho expiration of his term of imprisonment.

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She had de pressed feelings, entire lacs 'of energy in life, and finally a cough at night and morn ing which grew worse each day. Upon looking In the f lass she saw dark circles under her eyes and ouud that she was prowlnjr thinner and Irving all interest In life. This painful state of tu'nfrs continued for months until finally she became eo weak she could not attend to her duties and was conflned to her bed the greater part of tha time One day Mrs. Harlan's very dear friend Mrs. Willard called and wa amazed to see her so wan and faded. Two bright hectic- spots 6tood upon each cheek, her lips were blue, her faco pinched and drawn, and there was a piteous look in her eyes. Mrs. Willard knew Mi mMnt mnMmrtioii and . her heart was fcli 1 J aavwmw " I" touched for her friend. At her earnest request. tne use oe an Ansna wiu edy for consumption was tried. At the start very little effect could be seen, so great an Inroad had the disease made, but by degrees Mrs. Harlan be (ran to regain her lost appetite, then her strength, then her hope, then her health, and she is toin rwrfect nhvsical con dition, wholly as a result of the use ot Dr. Acxer s ng-j usu Kcmeay tor uonsunp 4 n The lesson of this simple story should be plain to all. No man or woman can afford to neglect those first symptoms of consumption, whiclj seem so slight but which becomes so terrlbls unless taken in time. This Great Remedy has laved the lives of hundreds of well known m& and women who were on the verge of the grave from consumption but who are well and happj tO-Uay. lh IS SOU UI14CliiJ. Watwn, 511 Vinrinia av.; 8. TluhL, eor. Illinois and First su.; Ir-or liros.. 259 West Washington wt. Halford Table TELEGRAPHIC BREVITIES. At Scranton. Ta., yesterday, George Cunningham, janitor of the court-houso, accidentally 8hot himself with a revolver which ho was cleaning, and will die. Frank Sorber, who was driving home.ycsterday, near Wilkesbarre, Pa., was overtaken by a team of horses, which became frichtened, jumped into Sorbets wagon, and crushed him to death. Joseph A. Buchanan, a wealthy and dissimoney. anan was returning to his home, and tho assault was made on a lonely road. Two deaths occurred on the steamship Gallia, which arrived at New York from Liverpool yesterday. They were Joseph Clemmcns, an infant, and James Towers, aged twentv-two, the latter of delirium tremens. The bodies were buried at sea. Archibald 8t. Leger Roper, aged twentythree, book-keeper for Jones 6c Thomas, of Baltimore, contractors for the Lake Guilford reservoir, shot himself in the temple yesterday afternoon and died a few minutes afterward. So known cause exists for the suicide. Owing to very poor business "Wm. McCready's "Black Hag" compauy stranded at Newark. O., yesterday. Tho company numbers about twenty persons. All tha receipts of the door were taken to pay hotel bills. Another performance was advertised for yesterday, in order to raise funds to get out of town. Frederick Fricderichsen, a prosperous horse-dealer from Hamburg, Germany, was. robbed of 1,00 w hile asleep in lfusch's Hotel, Hoboken, Thursday night. A man who registered as Wm. B. Lewis, and occupied tho next room to Fricderichsen, and who was missing yesterday morning, is supposed to be tho thief. Tho end wall of the Westinehonse electric plant, in course of erection , at Pittsburg, fell without warning, yesterday afternoon, burying three workmen. Two of them, John O'Brien and William Bargess, were seriously injured. O'Brien was badly crushed and received probably fatal ini'urics. Burgess was hurt internally, and lis injuries are dangerous. The storv told in a dispatch from Newark, O., of tho arrest of two foreigners who "confessed'' that they had been hired to poison a woman named Luvin. in Fortyfirst street, New York, has been investigated by tho police of that city, who pronounce it a lie from beginning to end. It is thought that tho two foreigners wanted free passage to New York, aud had takeu this means to obtain it. . The ChMs Tournament. New York, Apiil 5. At the chess tournament, to-day. Martinez, of Philadelphia, v on his first game. Bird is feeling uuwt 11, t.jd on leaving to-night expressed doubt as to his being on hand to-morrow. Tho result of the day's play was: Weiss won from McLend; Gossip won from Bird: Tschieorin drew fromhowalter; Gunsberg won from A. G. Baird; Blackburn won from Lipschutz: Burrillo drew with J. W. Baird; Delmar won from Mason; Judd and Burn, adjourned, unfinished; Martinez won from llanham; Pollock drew with Taubeuhaus. Killed by a Falllnc Tree Special to the Iudianapolls Journal. 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