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THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL, FRIDAY, APRIL 12, 1889.

laid before the President by Secretary Proctor, and. after consideration, an order Rearing upon the subject was sent from the War Department this afternoon to the army officers in chargo on the border of the Inai an Territory, presumably to cany into practical edect Secretary Noble's recommendations. Authoritive information on this point is, however, withheld. Boomers Growing Impatient Arkansas City, Kan., April 11. The population of this city has increased one-third during the past week. Two thousand eager boomers are here, and at least another thousand are along the line south of here. The half a dozen hardware stores have sold out their entire stock and the demand is not half supplied. The boomers are forming into small colonies of 250 persons, and are devising schemes to outwit their neighbors and get into the heart of Oklahoma by the appointed time. There is a feeling all along the border that there will be a general forward movement into the Territory on the night of April 20. Boomers who have been here all winter have picked out their land, and they are snspirions and afraid of the new comers. They don't propose to have the land they fought and bled for 'Mumped" by recent arrivals. Tjiey have pickets in hiding in the Oklahoma woods who are keeping them posted. "Word was received to-day that the boomers on the Texas border were becoming -ery impatient, and they were liable to march in before the 22a and seize their claims before daylight on that date. A panicky feeling prevails all around, and threats of a very sanguinary character are being made by old boomers. They claim they developed the agitation that led to Who opening of the Territory, and that now land sharks are trving to get possession of their property. The State line for hundreds of miles is dotted with "prairie schooners." All are preparing for the flight into the promised land. Many settlers whose geography is faulty are already from ten to fifteen miles in the territory, and ifctill claim they are in Kansas. Wichita, Kan., April 1L The report to the effect that owing to the high water and border troubles it would be dangerous to enter Oklahoma from the north by the Canta Fe, is entirely premature and is likely to work a hardship and expense to innocent persons. There is not a word of truth in tho report. The Santa Fe runs entirely through Oklahoma from Witchita to Guthrie, one of the new land offices, and within twenty-five miles of the other land office at Kingtisher; besides, the road is guardrd by United States soldiers, and there can be no possible trouble. THE WHITE HOUSE MATL.

Nearly One Thousand letters Received by the President Every Day. Washington Special. Private Secretary Halford says: "The White House correspondence, which is decidedly heavy, has been a little lighter than usual during tho past three days, but It is heavy enough. The number of letters received now ranges from 500 to 700 a day. Three times did our daily mail come dangerously near to 1,000. Each of those times the total exceeded 090, so we have not yet reached four figures. Our lightest day was last Tuesday, when something less than COO letters arrived. I am not referring now to the family mail; that is entirely separate and distinct from the official correspondence. In addition to all these letters that come by mail there are a great many delivered in person by interested parties. How many I don't know. There are cords of them. That is the easiest way to measure them. We send an immediate acknowledgment of each communication. The carrying out of that plan has kept our little force busy as bees, but we have never allowed one week's work to lap over into the next one. The eight-hour law has not been in force here. We have worked until 10, 11 or 12 o'clock at night every night up to last Saturday, and on that day we had everything done by 6 o'clock, the first night since the inauguration." The reply is written in shorthand by Mr. Tibbott on a corner of the letter which is to be answered, and it is sent into Colonel Crook's office, where Mr. R. V. Ladow and an aggregation of keys and wires can be found at almost any hour of the day or night. Mr. Ladow reads with great facility the short-hand notes made by Mr. Tibbott, and with the aid of his typewriter, in the management of which he is an expert, he writes hundreds of replies and addresses , hundreds of envelopes daily. It has not t been regarded as etiquette to use the type- ' writer in the President's correspondence, but it is legible and rapid, and it is used at the White llonse now even for social correspondence. A gTeaf. many letters go to Secretary Halford, and these he puts on one side until the afternoon rush is over, when he dictates suitable, but not always satisfactory, replies to Miss Sanger. Some few of the more important letters are laid before the President by the Secretary, and replies are dictated at the earliest possible moment. Then, while the President is out taking his afternoon ride. Miss Sarger goes to work with her note-book and typewriter nd taps off replies by the score. MINOR MATTERS. A Decision of the Pension Commissioner Overruled bj Assistant Secretary Bussey. Washington, April 11. Assistant Secretary Bussey, in the case of John Dyer, late of Company A, Or.e-hundred-and-eleventh Ohio Volunteers, to-day rendered an important decision, in which he reversed the decision of the Commissioner of Pensions. The claimant applied for invalid pension for blindness, alleging that while in tho service and in line of duty he contracted bilious and intermittent fever, from the effects of which he lost his eyesight. After reviewing the evidence in the case, Mr. Bussey says: "I am of the opinion that srour office, th Pension Bureau, has been led into an erroneous decision in this case, and that the errors consist, first, in your holding in effect that claimant was required to show that his disease of the eyes must have manifested itself while in tho service in order to entitle him to a pension therefor; second, in disregarding the fact that claimant's merrory, as well as his sight, was impaired, and therefore he should not be held too strongly to the doctrine of estoppel." After quoting authorities to sustain his position, and citing from the evidence to trace his blindness as a result of the fever, Mr. Bussey says: The soldier is now totally blind, and it requires no aid of Imagination, in view of the testimony in the case, to trace his blindness to the military service and the disease incurred therein. He has a hospital record of having been treated while in the service for intermittent fever. The medical referee holds that his disease of eyes can be reasonably attributed to intermittent fever, as alleged." In this opinion tho Assistant Secretary concurs, thus reversing the decision of the Commissioner of Pensions. The Ames Conrt-Martial. Washington, April 11. The court-martial appointed to try Captain Armes for conduct unbecoming an officer and a gen tleman met at the War Department this morning, and the members of the court qualified. In response to the question as to whether he had any objection to the com position of the court, Captain Armes replied in the negative, but suggested that in this case the cart had been placed before the horse, and that not he but Captain Bourke and Colonel Gibson, who had made the charges against him, should be stand ing upon trial. He referred to Colonel Barr as the ofllcer who had been Secretary of War for Secretary Lincoln. The court took a recess until 1 o'clock to give an op portunity for Captain Armes to secure counsel. hen the court reassembled, tho defendant announced that he had selected Captain Knox, I irst Cavalry, as hiscounscl. Inasmuch as Captain Knox was a member of tho court-martial, it was necessary that he should first be relieved. The judge ad vocate, therefore, secured the consent of the Secretary of War to the arrangement, and Captain Knox was relieved by special order. He stated that he was not prepared lmmeuiaieiy to proceea in tne case, ana the court adjourned until to-morrow. . Civll-Servlce examinations. Washington Special. Following are the points on which appli cants for positions as special pension ex amincrs, railway mail clerks and postoffice inspectors are examined: ' Special Pension Examiners First, or

thography: second, penmanship: third, copying: fourth, letter writing: fifth, arithmetic: sixth, elements of the geography, history and government of the United

and divorce); eighth, pension law. ForKailwav Mail Clerks-First, orthog raphy; second, penmanship; third, copying; iounu, leiier writing: nun ariiuuieut, sixth, geography of the United States: seventh, railway and other systems of transportation in the United States; eighth, reading addresses. For Fostouice inspectors r irst. orthog raphy; second, penmanship; third, copying; ioimn, letters anu reports; imu. aruumetic; sixth, elements of book-keeping; seventh; geography, government of the United States; eighth, knowledge of postal laws and regulations: ninth, ability to make personal descriptions (ability to make descriptions). Protests Against Appointments. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Washington, April 11. It developed to day that a majority of the large number of callers upon President Harrison during the past three or four days are not seeking appointments, but are spiking other people's guns. The President has heen greatly an noyed by having so many people call upon him to protest, throngh a spirit of personal animosity, against the appointment of men who have good characters and who are largely indorsed by reputable men. J here were a number of them at the White House to-day, and they consumed a good deal of valuable time. The President gives all of these callers a patient hearing, and it must be acknowledged that he occasionally profits by their interference, but in the great majority of instances no good reason is given why a man should not be appointed, and the protests entered only complicate matters and tend to create bad feei ng. Asking Suspension of Action. Washington, April 11. Secretary Noble, to-day, in a letter to the Attorney-general, requested that the United States attorney for Montana be directed to suspend all action, either civil or criminal, against the Missoula Mercantile Company, formerly the Montana Improvement Company, and the Northern Pacific road, for timber trespass on the public lands in Montana, until the same can bo investigated with a view to their dismissal as recommended by the United States district attorney. The amount of lumber involved is over forty million feet, besides a large amount of cordwood and railroad ties. This action is taken, it is understood, upon information that it would be extremely difficult, if not impossible, for the government, at this late day, to secure sufficient evidence to maintain these suits. The Sainoan Commission. Washington. April 11. Lieut. Parker, of the navy, will accompany tho Samoan commission, which 6ails from New York Saturday, in the capacity of secretary. He has been attached to the Adams for three years, and it is expected that his knowledge of Samoan affairs, acquired during the stay of the Adams at Ania, will be of assistance to the commission. Lieutenant Buckingham, now naval attache at the United States legation at London, but lately attached to the Berlin mission in a similar capacity, will join the commission at Berlin and also act in the capacity of secretary. John S. Butler, a messenger in the State Department, has been designated to accompany tho Samoan commission as messenger. School-Girls Call on the President. Washington, April 11. Shortly before 1 o'clock the President was momentarily relieved of the importunities of the officeseekers by a visit from a party of twelve girls from a Texas female college. They were admitted to the library, where they shook hands with the President. Some of the men who have been unsuccessfully seeking interviews with the President looked wistfully through the doorway as the door opened to admit tho laughing girls. The girls seemed to enjoy themseves very much. They ate candy almost constantly and took notes of everything they saw and heard during their call on the President. Tellow Fever at Bio Janeiro. Washington, April 11. The United States Consul-general at Bio do Janeirohas reported to the Secretary of State that yellow fever is prevalent there to an alarming extent. Mr. Charles M. Leslie, an American citizen, died at Rio on the Sd of March of the fever. Of the 129 deaths reported on March 7, twenty-four were caused by yellow fever, thirteen by typhus fever, nine by other fevers, and thirty-three by "acusso pernicioso," a new disease, supposed to be caused by emanations from the sowers, which, owing to the scarcity of water caused by the dryness of the season, have not been properly cleansed. Col. Dnrblri's Speedy Work. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Washington. April 11. CoL W. T. Durbin, of Anderson, arrived this afternoon to secure some offices for his friends. Within an hour after his arrival ho secured tho es tablishment of a medical board of pension examiners at Anderson, to embrace the counties of Madison. Hancock and Hamilton. The board will consist of Drs. George F. Chittenden. Jonas fete wart and J. C. Cul len. All were Union soldiers with cood military records. It is the policy of Commissioner Tanner to appoint ono Democrat on each board where an ex-soldier is avail able. Bond Purchases. Washington, April 11. To-day's bond offers aggregated $418,200 as follows: Registered fours, $131,700 at $1.29; coupon fours, $.30,000 at $1.29; $300 at $1,28 3-4; registered fours, $221,700 at $1.08, and $14,500 at $1,081-4. A number of additional offers were received after the regular hour for opening bids. Of the bonds ottered the Secretary accepted the following: Four per cent, registered; $448,850 at $1.29: four per cents., coupon, $57,400 at $1.29; $300 at 1.28 3-4: four and a half per cents., regis tered, $271,700 at $1.03; four and a half per cent, coupons, 00,000 at gl.os. White Hon so Callers. Washington, April 11. Among those who saw the President this morning, were Senators Stewart, Hiscock, Plumb and Culloin: Representatives Wallace, of New York; Owen, Anderson, Honk, Burton, Henderson of Illinois. Thomas of Illinois. Grosvenor, Springer, and Bliss of Michigan; Mr. M. L. IJagsdale. of Worthington, Ind.; Col. II. C. Parsons, of Virginia; J. M. Odell, of Texas: Representative Tavlor. with Wm. M. Baxter, of Tennessee; E. W. Morten, of Texas; Thomas r . rnircell, of, lexas, and General Uolt and friends. Hendricks County Pension Examiners. Special to the Inrtlanapolls Journal. Washington; April 11. Tho Commis sioner ot Pensions to-day directed the re organization of the Board of Medical Pen Bion Examiners of Hendricks county, and it now consists of Dr. T. W. Johnston, of the old board. Dr. Charles A. White and Dr. J. T. Strong, the latter two being now appointees. Indiana Postmasters. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Washington, April 11. The following Indiana postmasters were appointed to-day: Jas. N. Vickerv. at Chandler. Warrick county, vice Chas. Kelsey, removed; Eiilm W. remberton. Jonesborough, Urant coun ty, vice k r. 1'ierce, resigned. General Note. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Washington, April 11. Secretary of State Griffin left for Indianapolis this af ternoon, over the II. & O. Mrs. Harrison took another long drive this afternoon. Vhen the children recover from their present indisposition, and she is 6ome stronger herself, Mrs. Harrison will appoint two aays in the week on which she will see callers, and a series of Saturday afternoon levees, in which the lady of the White House will bo assisted by the ladies of the Cabinet, are also in prospect for the late spring davs. Jndge Allen G. Thurman, of Ohio, arrived to-day. Ho is accompanied by hi3 son, and ' will argue a case, be fore the Supreme Court of tho United States. Tho Judge is looking very

feehle, requiring the use of a staff and tho support of his son when he walks. Mrs. McKeo has returned from her Southern trip ereatlv rested by the change of scene, and much, benefited in health. Mrs. Scott Lord has recovered from her illness and is again out. Mr. Jerome 11. Burke, chief of the gazette di vision in the Patent Office, has been notified by the Commissioner of Patents that, if tendered, his resignation will be accepted. Mr. Burke, however, declines to resign, and declares his intention to allow the commissioner to dismiss him if he so desires. Mr. Burke is a Grand Army man, and was at ono time the commander of tho Department of the Potomac, G. A. R. Robert S. Hill, of Michigan, a member of the board of pension appeals in tho Interior Department, nas resigned. The Comptroller of the Currency has declared a second dividend of 20 per cent, in favor of the creditors of the First National Bank of Livingston. M. T., making in all 95 per cent, on claims proved, amounting to $2(te. This bank failed Aug. 25. 16S4. William Wharton, the newly-appointed Assistant Secretary of State, appeared at the department to-day, took tho oath of office and made the acquaintance of the depa rtment officials. Paymasters J. R. Cannody and P. H. Hinman have been placed on the retired list of the navy. The Pension Office to-day allowed a claim of $14,000 for arrears of pension to Philip Flood. The allowance was made for blindness contracted in the service. The Second Assistant Postmaster-general to-day began the opening of bids for carrying the United States mails on about 1,500 star and steamboat routes in the several States and Territories. About 25,000 bids have been received for this service. Bids for the regulation covered-wagon service in the cities of Atlanta, Ga.; Macon, Ga.; Jacksonville, Fla.; Columbus, O.; Milwaukee and Minneapolis were opened to-day. Contracts will be awarded in these cases within the next few days. Commissioner of Pensions Tanner to-day issued an order holding that "whenever a Sensioner is disabled in a hand or foot in a egree entitling him to 24 per month, under the act of March 8, 1883, such pensioner shall, by reason of that fact, be entitled to the rate of $30 per month, under the act of Aug. 4, 18SG." This order will favorably affect the pensions of some six or eight hundred, pensioners, disabled veterans of the late war. It is said that a Mr. Mussey, of Missouri, will soon be appointed chief of the Indian division in the office of the Secretary of the Interior, made vacant by the appointment of Mr. R. V. Belt to be Assistant Commissioner of Indian Affairs. Mayor Denny arrived to-night from Indianapolis. D. C. Anthony, of New Albany, was one of the callers upon President Harrison today. MARINE INTELLIGENCE. The New Inman Steamer City of Parts Lowers the Record for First-Trip Liners. New York, April 11. At 5:37 o'clock this morning the newest and best 6hip of the great fleet of tho Inman and International Steamship Company, the City of Paris, passed Sandy Hook, completing her maiden voyage across the Atlantic, and inaugurating an era in ocean traveling. The City of Paris left Queenstown harbor at 3:19 o'clock on the afternoon of April 4. Her time was therefore six days, eighteen hours and fifty-three minutes, only sixteen hours and fifty-eight minutes behind the best record ever made, that of the Cunarder Etruria, of six days, one hour and fifty-five minutes. The time of the new Inman 6tcamship is noteworthy, because it is the best ever made by any ship on her first voyage. Neither the Etruria nor the Umbria, oftne Cunard line, admitted by all to bo the fastest steamships at present engaged in the transatlantic traffic, made anything like as good time on their first voyages as that just made by the City of Paris. Tho daily record of travel is: First day, S78 miles; second day, 415; third. 402; fourth, 300; fifth, 410; sixth, 41)8. During the trip there were adverse winds on three days, fog all the fifth day, and eight hours were lost repairing new machinery. On the last day tho City of Paris spurted 498 miles against variable winds. If she could do that every day, and in all probability by her sixth trip she will, the record for trans

atlantic steamships would bo live days and-' a little over seventeen hours. The City of ran s can ueat even mat, say me inman 1 agents. - Steamship News. Queen'STOWx, April 11. Arrived: Germanic, from New York. Tho Nevada, from New "iork for Liverpool, passed Fastnct at 10 o'clock to-night. London, April 11. Sighted: City of Chester, from New York, and Hermann, from Baltimore for Bremen. Southampton. April 11. Arrived: Travo, from New York for Bremen. Portland, April 11. Arrived: Lydian Monarch, from New York. New York, April 11. Arrived: St. Albans, from Bremen. IlAMnunc,, April 11. Arrived: Bohemia, from New York. Big Failure at Boston. Boston, April 11. Billing & Eaton, wholesale hide and leather dealers, assigned late this afternoon. The liabilities aro about $700,000. It is impossible to state at ? resent just what the assets are. 'ho failure was a great surprise to the leather trade. The principal creditors aro Boston and other Massachusetts banks. The causes of tho failuro are losses incurred by the failure of other houses, a depreciation in values, and accumulation of stock on hand. The volnmo of business transacted annually by the firm is estimated at $1,500,000. The capital of the firm two or three years ago is said to have been about $200,000. The present firm consists of Horace Billings, Horace Eaton and John F. Hickman. New York, April ll.--Kell & Co., woolen and plush importers, 460 Broome street, have failed owing to tho suspension of their parent house at Bradford, England. The American liabilities are stated at S97,000. New Ha vex, Conn., April 11. Alexander Emery, coflee and spice-dealer, has assigned. Liabilities, $0,000; assets, $20,000. Forty per cent, has been accepted by some creditors. Supposed Murder and Suicide. Kansas City, April 11. This morning, at Bramil Hill, a small German settlement ten miles west of here, in Wyandotte county, Kan., were found the dead bodies of Wilkclmina Seiderch, a widow, owning a farm, and Jacob Schaler, the hired man. The bodies had evidently been dead several days. The woman had been shot in tho mouth, abdomen and breast, while the man had a fatal wound back of tho right ear. Schaler had been working for the woman for several years, and the neignuora say tnat tne couple had frequent quarrels. It is supposed to be a case of murder and suicide. Mrs. Seiderch's first husband hanged himself, and her second husband died under mvsterions circumstances six years ago. Shortly afterward she discharged her hired man and engaged Schaler, who has lived at her house since. i Moonshiner Captured. Louisville. Ky., April 11. The posse under United States Deputy Marshal Is. F. Warneck and revenue agent E. M. Brown, which started from Salyersville tho first of this week, has captured the moonshiners' stronghold on Carr's creek, near Hindman, Ky. The leaders of tho outlaws had been warned, and had mado their escape. Among those were the two Sloans and the two Adamses, who were in the party by which Deputy Marshal Wierman was waylaid and murdered. Only five men were captured and sent to Prestonburg as prisoners, and none of them was of any importance. The illicit distilleries in the neighborhood, five in number, were destro3ed and one of them burned. Tne deputy marshal's party numbered twenty-lour, and a fight was expected, but they met with no resistance whatever. The Recent Arkansas Election. Little Rock, Ark., April 11. The official returns from sixty-three of tho seventy-live counties in the State give the following result of the election neld on April 2 for three associate-justices of the Supreme Court: L. 1. Sandels, (Dem.) 4o45; E. Hemmmgway, Dem., 40,o75; S. P. counties will give Democratic majorities. Less than a half vote was polled. Why wear out with coughing r,t night when Ayer's Cherry Pectoral will relieve and cure

Hughes, Dem., 4o, 750; La. Urcge. Ken., 8ft 03: C. E. Mitchell. Kep., Srt,847; V. F. Hill. Ind.. 85.405. Thirteen of the other fifteen

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Jennings County Farmer Assassinated by a Young Man, Who Escaped Arrest. G. A. R. Celebration An Impounded Cott Causes a Tragedy An Old Man's Will AnnulledSouthern Teachers' Association. INDIANA. Farmer Fatally Shot by a Young Man Escape of the Murderer. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Vernon, April 11. Henry Rowe, a farmer living in Sand Creek township, Jennings county, was fatally shot last evening, just at dark, while at his well drawing water. The circumstantial evidence strongly points to Joseph Maynard, a young tough" of tho neighborhood, as the person who did the shooting. Howe had sold 6ome stock on Saturday, and during Saturday night some one tried to roh him. On Monday morning Rowe swore out a warrant against Maynard, charging him with the crime. Maynard was seen in the immediate vicinity, hy different persons, with his gnn a short time before the crime was committed, OTirl Tl o a Tist oaavi eittAa isy Ann Via 1a found. He had previously threatened the I lives of many persons in the neighborhood. Sheriff Welker and a posse aro now scouring the country in search of the murderer. G. A. It. Anniversary and Reunion. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Peru, April 11. The seventh anniversary and reunion of W. B. Reybura Post, No. 56, Grand Army of tho Republic, of this city, and also the annual camp-lire of the posts of tho county, occurred in this city yesterday afternoon and evening, and was in all respects a successful meeting. There was a general outpouring of the veterans from outside the county, as well as in, and tho interest manifested was remarkable. A magnificent "spread" was tendered them by the Ladies' Relief Corps, in afternoon and evening, in Grand Army Ilall. At 7:30 the opera-house was packed. The general ceremonies were -presided over by W. C. Underwood, of Peru Post, and the county camp-iire by Michael BapSert, of Denver Post. Prayer was ehvered by Rev. B. F. Cavins, chaplain of tho post, followed with appronropri ate music by the orchestra and the ladies' quartet. The welcome address was given by Capt. V. F. Daly, ex-senior vicecommander, and was responded to by Department Commander C. M. Travis, who was loudly cheered, as was also an address by Adjt.-Gen. G. N. Walker. Capt. Swizeo, of Logansport, responded briefly to a call. Notable among the features was the singing of the Bunker Hill Male 9uartet a song by Mcsdames Ream and Clifton, and recitations by Miss Maud Graham, aged ten, and Miss Nellie Daly, aged eleven. The Woman's Relief Corps was represented by Mrs. Evans, the president, and who, at the close, presented Post No. 56 with an elegantly-framed portrait group of Union generals, the gift of the corps. Comrade Spaulaing was the humorous feature of the evening in his ditty of "Jim." Macy Post was responded to by comrade Briggs, Denver Post by M. Bappert, Xenia Post by J. E. Harrison, and Peru by Capt. Underwood. The entertainment closed with a pleasing tableau. Tedious Will Case Settled. Special to the Indianapolis Journal Greensburo, April 11. The case of Vornholt vs. Roberts, on trial before Special Judge Comstock, of Richmond, and a jury in the Circuit Court here, since Monday of last week, was decided this evening in favor of the plaintiff! This settles the title to lt)0 acres of land near Sardinia, Decatur county, worth $8,000. The land belonged to J. K. Tullis, father of Mary J. Vornholt, the plaintiff, who lived on the farm until the death of his wife, about six years ago. At that time he was worth $5,000 besides the farm. He sooa went to live with Sarah R. Roberts and Wm. A. Roberts, her husband, defendants, of Indianapolis. Tullis was an old man, easily influenced, and on Oct. 23, 1886, he made a deed to this farm to Mrs. Roberts for his support and natural love and affection. After his death last September, tho daughter disaffirmed the deed, and brought suit to recover the farm. The jury, by special verdict, rind that the Robertses had controlling and undue influence over him; that he had fully paid them for all their services by furnishing them money and a homo at Indianapolis, and that no had spent his estate, except the farm, which is mortgaged, for $1,000. Mrs. Roberts's maiden name was Tellis, and, though not spelled the same, soon after his wife's death she claimed relationship with the old gentleman. This claim the jury find to be a fictitious one. About seventyfive witnesses were examined, and the expenses are quite heavy. Temperance Organlration Formed. Special to the IndlanapoUi Journal Greencastle, April 11. The temperance meetings, so far as Mr. Murphy is concerned, came to a close last night. As is the custom, an admission fee was charged, and a good house greeted the speaker on his last appearance. Mr. Murphy has been wonderfully successful here, and the blueribbon badge is more conspicuous by its absence than its presence. His addresses are peculiary adapted for the class of people where his work is most needed. The sneaker was very profuse with his compli ments and thanks to those who bo ably J aiueu mm in nis worK. ino meeting closed with an organization for carrying on the work. The officers were as follows: President, Mayor Cowgill: vice5 resident. Dr. Parkhurst; secretary, W. W. ones; treasurer, F. D. Ader. The executive composed of the pastors of the churches and the president of tho W. C. T. U. Mr. Murphy's work has been fully appreciated, and he left with the best wisnes of our community. His son begins a series of meetings at Spencer on Saturday, while Mr. Murphy's next field of operations will be Logansport. Tragic Quarrel Over a Cow. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Shoals, April 11. Alexander Fields, a road supervisor, yesterday impounded a cow found grazing on unenclosed land, and at once notified Alexander Sherclift, the owner of the cow, of the fact. Shercliff at once went and demanded his property. Fields informed him that he could have the cow on payment of charges. Shercliff said he would pay no charges, but that he would have the cow or blood. He then drew his revolver and started toward the cow. Fields talked hiin into the belief that he was as well armed and perhaps the better marksmau of the two, where upon Shercliff retired. Fields then provided himself with a loaded 6liotgun. About 11 o'clock last night Shercliff again put in an appearance, and made a dash for the ponnd. Fields immediately fired the contents of the shot-gun at him. The physician called to SherclifFs assistance pronounces the wound more than probably fatal. Ho is about seventy years of age, and has served one term in the prison 60uth. Fields was not arrested. Southern Indiana Teachers.' Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Greexsburg, April 11. The twelfth annual meeting of the Southern Indiana Teachers' Association met here last night, opening with an address of welcomo by Hon. B. F. Bennett, of this city, and an inaugural address by the president, K. W. Wood. To-day's sessions were occupied by papers on "Manual Training," by W. F. M. Goss, of Purdue University; "Tho True Object of Study." by F. D. Churchill, of Aurora; "Value of Illustrative Teaching," bv W. i L. Sanders, of Cambridge City; "Elements of Good Citizenship," by D. C. Brown, of Butler University, and general discussion on tho papers and on other questions of general interest. To-night Dr. T. C. Mendenhnll. presideut of liose Polytechnic Institute, delivered his popular lecture, "Education in Japan." The attendance is good, and the interest manifested is excellent The citizens are entertaining the

visitors, and giving all dne encouragement to the cause of education by attending the meetings of tho association quite liberally. Valparaiso Will Celebrate the Centennial. Special to the Iiiilianapolla Journal. Valparaiso. April 11. The Washington centennial will bo properly celebrated in Valparaiso on tho COth., All the public schools will hold patriotic exercises. Tuesday forenoon there will be services at the churches. Tuesday afternoon the. school children and teachers will parade the principal streets. In tho procession will he a brass band and drum corps. The leaders will be a horseback cavalcade. There will be a carriage containing "Uncle Sam." "Brother Jonathan" and "Goddess of Liberty." A platform wagon will bear fortytwo girls representing the States. Each child will carry a Union flag. The procession will halt on tho north side of the court-house and sing patriotic songs. In the evening thero will be a patriotic drama given at the opera-house. In the recess a squad of little boys, dressed in the national colors, will give a Hag drill. Two Damage Salts of 85,000 Each. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Marion, April 11. To-day James W. Bailey commenced 6uit against Wallace & Kile, publishers of the Marion Democrat, asking 5,000 damages for libel; also, against L. C. Lillard for $5,000 for slander and false imprisonment. On the night of March 3 Lillard's house was robbed of $100, and he charged Bailey with the crime, procuring his arrest. The Democrat in its account, was very severe on Mr. Bailey. The case against the latter was called for trial yesterday, and was dismissed by the prosecutor, the evidence not warranting a triaL Hence the suits for damages. State Normal School in Need of Money. Special to the Imlianapolls Journal. Terre Haute. April 11. The board of trustees of the State Normal School, in session here to-day, find they are very much embarrassed by the failure to make the State loan. The trustees should have had $116,000 from the State treasury by this time $100,000 of the appropriation for the new building under construction, and 16,000 deficiency appropriation. About $30,000 is duo contractors to-day. As yet the board has taken no action, and finds itself embarrassed as to the future. The contractors need the money to proceed with their work. There will be another meeting to-morrow. Youthful Burglar Confesses. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Wabash, April 11. Detective Crawford, of the Wabash railway, to-day caused the arrest of James Storey, who is charged with the burglary of the Wabash ticket office here, last Friday. Storeywas found hiding in a woods near town. He made a full confession, implicating Bert Douglass and Lewis French, who had already been arrested. Douglass acted as tho burglar, while the others watched. Tho three divided the "swag." All the prisoners are quite young. Bent on Suicide. Special to tho Indianapolis Journal. Terre IIaute, April 11. George Hurst, a flour-mill employe, arrested on complaint of his wife, who left him a few weeks ago, but returned to her home yesterday, tried to commit suicide in jail to-day by hanging. He says to-night that he will kill himself before his sentence for assault on his wife expires. After his attempt to hang himself he butted his head against the wall several times, but without serious injury. Death of a ToeVa Wife. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Crawfordsville, April 1L This morning occurred the death, from consumption, of Mrs. Cinderella Clodfelter, wife of N. J. Clodfelter, the poet and author. The deceased was the daughter of John A. Clark, of Alamo, was born on Dec. 24, 1859. and was married on Dec. 24, 1874. They had four children, two of whom are dead. The funeral will take place on Saturday afternoon, to be conducted by Kev. F. If. Hays. Man Burned to Death. Special to the Indianapolis Journal Richmond, April 11. The stables at the Centreville race track were burned some time last night, and Charley Brumfield, a sort of vagabond, perished in tho flames. He was sleeping off a drunk there. No horses were there at the time of the fire. Minor Notes. A thrce-thousand-dollar stallion, at Otis, has gone crazy and badly bitten its keeper.

Capt. W. De Witt Wallace, of Lafayette, ill deliver the Memorial Day address at wi Crawfordsville. On Wednesday night Ephraim Coffman, one of the prominent and wealthy farmers of Grant county, died almost instantly of heart disease. George Kelly, who broke jail at Marion last winter, was arrested at Penville yesterday for stealing goods at the fire on Wednesday. He is now in jail at Portland. While playing near a stove, on yesterday, the two-year old child of Samuel Starnes, of Seymour, upset a kettle of boiling water. The child was so badly scalded that death is probable. The action of the New Albany Fishing Club in offering a reward of $25 for the conviction of any person found using dynamite in the small streams near that city has almost broken up the practice. Last fall Prof. J. M. Bloss, of Topeka, Kan., while visiting Muncie, had his pocket-book stolen containing valuable papers and money. It was found, on Wednesday, near the outskirts of the city, with everything intact sa ve the money. The Crawfordsville Fly-fishers' Club has offered a reward of $25 lor the first arrest and conviction of any person guilty of unlawfully taking fish from any running stream in Montgomery county. It will also see that fish-ladders are placed at all dams. Otwell (Pike county) White Caps left switches and notes of warning at the doors of the houses of all the lazy, dissolute and direputable persons of that town. The notes advised immediate change in tho mode of life of those warned, or immigration from the town within ten days. Lon Hinckle, an old offender, and Will Lenneck, a young accomplice, were arrested at Cambridce City Wednesday night and taken to Kichmond to await tnal on a chargo of robbing the safe of David Critz's mill, about a month ago. Lenneck says he was with Hinkle that night, but that Hinkle did that job aloue. Allen Miers, a colored porter at Greensburg, is under arrest for stealing a horse from George Bunker on Monday. Mart Skinner, who sold the animal, made a confession in which he charges Miers with delivering the horse to him on the outskirts of the town. Miers has just completed a term in the penitentiary. The Kex Manufacturing Company was organized, with a capital stock of $10,000, at North Manchester on Wednesdav night. Following are the officers and directors: D. Gunther, president; A. G. Lantzenluzer, vice-president; N. H. Shaffer, secretary; W. L. Brookover, treasurer; D. 1). Swank, J. A. Martin, W. H. Ridgley. directors. The jury in the case of Joel Brown against the Toledo, St. Louis & Kansas City railroad, has disagreed in the Montgomery county Circuit Court. Last November Brown was stealing a ride in a freight car, and a brakeman, it is claimed, reached over tho roof of the car and fired a revolver into the car. hitting Brown in the eyes, destroying his sight. Brown wanted &0,000 damages. Mrs. WTilliam Cross, of Jackson connty, was bitten on the foot by a copper-head snake over thirty years ago, but she partially recovered after meet ha of s uttering. Yearly since that time her foot has swollen to enormous size, and sfii-eral times cho came near dying. For more than a year past she has neither been able to stand nor walk. Her body is now swollen out of proportion, and she is dying of Llood-poison-mg. r . - ILLINOIS. Republicans and Peiuocrr.t Nvi.fnat Candidates for Munlc'tMl llnu'jrs. Social to the ImlianavoUa Zonrxxuu Mattoon'. April 11. Ai tho Kepubliran city convention this vcniiig. Joseph Wittington was nominated , "fov Mayor. Frank Cox for clerk, Georgo S. ilichmond for treasurer. Kussell J Clark Tor attorney, and J. A. McCluskey, A. W. Vhilhower, Ed. Huffman and J. A UcFall for aider-

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The city of Chicago is largely interested in tho passing of tho bill, as it is proposed to nse the stream as an outlet for the city sewage, tho disposal of which has long been a series problem to the authorities. Dangerously Injured by a Colt. Special to tli Indianapolis Journal CnAMPAiGX, April 1L R. A. Wilber, a well-known business man of this city, was dangerously injured, internally, last even ing, bya running colt, which struck a scantling against his breast. Brief Mention. Near Pecatonica, on Tuesday, Timothy Foley, a farmer, while plowing, was killed by a runaway. Orrin B. Ingalls, of Belvidere, died of pneumonia, on Wednesday, aged 6eventy-nine. llewasa brother of Uen. Kuf us Ingalls, of the regular army. Tho barn of J. R. Gager, a farmer near Aurora, was burned on Tuesday night. Air. Gager and his son were so badly burnod that they aro likely to die. William Mounts, a wealthy farmer near Tuscola, is suing William Wimple, also a farmer, for $10,000 for alienating tho affections of his (Mount's) wife. The daughter of Chris Baum. a well-to-do farmer near Grayville, committed suicide on Tuesday by blowing the top of her head off with a heavily-loaded musket. Family trouble was tho cause. The faculty of Knox College, at Galesburg, have awarded the valedictory for the class of 18S9, to Miss Georgia Waldron, of Galesburg, who captured the honor from a large number of young men. The Southern Illinois Dental Association has elected tho following ollicers: President, T. W. Prichctt, White Hall; vicepresident, L. Betts, Duquoin; secretary, L. T. Phillips, Nashville; treasurer, J. T. Cummings, Golconda. Six young men. pretending to boWhito Cans, waylaid Matt Loos, at Kirkwood, and threw a rope oyer his head. They wero dragging him over tho roadway, when his cries brought assistance. Tho young men were recognized and may go to the penitentiary for their fun. While plowing near Taylorsville, on Tuesday, Mathias Tex's team of mules ran away. Tho plow caught on a pile of barbed wire lying near a fence, and as it was being dragged over the held. Mr. Tex's ten-year-old son was caught by it. Before he could be rescued both legs were cut off. Tho boy was so horribly mangled otherwise that ho died in a short time. Col. Ike Clements, of tho Chester penitentiary, has been to Joliet investigating the twine-binding question. The result of his inquiry is that thero are about eight thousand tons of twiuo used in Illinois, and probably sixty thousand tons in the entire country. It would cost probably $150,000 to establish a plant which could produce the amount used in the SState, and even then the trust would be enabled to control the market for manila and sisal grass. Charged with Fraud and Conspiracy. Baltimore, April 11. A special to tho Sun from Washington says: "General Mahone, Senator Jones, of Nevada, and others have brought suit against W. P. Canady, Sergeaut-at-arms of the Senate; ex-Congressman Kussell, of North Carolina, and E. R. Brick, former postmaster at Wilmington, in connection with the operations of the Wilmington Creosote and Lumber Company. All the parties aro stockholders, and the company was organized by Canady. It is alleged in the bill that fraudulent issues of the stock were made and the proceeds converted for private nse. A receiver is asked for and an injunction against any further issue of stock. Tho suit is brought in the United States Circuit Court at Raleigh, N. C. While not so stated in the bill, it is said that General Mahone and Senator Jones lost about $15,000 each and Don Cameron about $12,000 in the enterprise. The bill makes a direct charge of fraud and conspiracy." The Dudley Libel SulU. New York. April 1L Counsellor Godkin, on behalf of tho Evening Post, apneared before Judge Beach in the Supremo Court chambers, to-day, and inoved for a dismissal of Col. W. W. Dudley's suit against the Post to recover damages for tho publication of an alleged libel, consisting of the "blocks of live" letter. Counsel stated that Colonel Dudley, on his examination before the commission in Washington, refused to testify as to matters concerning his complaint Colonel Bliss argued that Mr. Dudley had acted properly in declining to testify. He said Mr. uodkin had presented to Mr. Dudley the very letter upon which the Indiana prand jury was asked to indict, and requested him to say whether or not it was his signature, and Col. Dudley declined to answer in order to protect himself in any proceedings brought. Decision reserved. Grain-Gambling Contracts. -Lincoln, Neb., April 11. The Snpremo Court has decided a case of unusual interest to grain dealers and dealers in options. It was a suit broucht by a Chicago broker against a Nebraska speculator on a noto given to cover margins. The court held that where there was no intention of tho parties to purchase and receive tho gtain, and no intention of the sellers to deliver the same, no recovery could be had on th contract. In considering such contract, although the outward forms of law may have been complied with, yet where tho defense is that the contract is a wagering one. and not intended for the actual ale and delivery of property, it is the duty of the courts to go behind tho contract and examine tho facts to ascertain its true character. Ex-liank Cashier Sentenced. Boston, April 11. Edgar Swan, of Lynn, ex-cashier ot the National Citv Bang of Lynn, appeared before Judge Nelson in tho United Mates District Court, to-day, for sentence. He pleaded guilty to two indictments, one for embezzlement and one for misapplication of funds belonging to the bank. A number of persons addressed tho court on behalf of Swan, asking for a light sentence. This seemed to have some mlluenceon Judge Nelson, forthe prisoner was given ti vo years in the Laurence jail, the lightest sentence possible. Swan's defalcation amounted to $i7,0U), but ho , surrendered securities and property to tho amount of 34,000, leaving tne net deficiency &3.00Q.