Indianapolis Journal, Indianapolis, Marion County, 16 April 1889 — Page 2

THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL, TUESDAY, APRIL 6, 1889.

for the purpose of mutual co-operation, protection and control. The old Wichita colony, the original boomers, will take Oklahoma City. The Kansas City branch will have Sprincer i Springer, oHllinois, wasfatherof the Okialoma admission bill.) lit. Louis will have Guthrie. The Nebraska branch will have Kingfisher as a city and center. The land for the towns is secured under terms of the act, such that a half section can bo taken for a town by paving an acre therefor. Each one of the'branches will issue $25,000 stock on these town sites to pay for them. The shares will be 10 each. Is'o one will be allowed over ten shares. Each member of the colony who pays for a share can claim a town lot if he so desires. He first pays an Initiation fee of $3. He then gets the secret 'work of the order, including grips and passwords. Then he pays the balance of the money by installments as ho is assessed. Tnese four branches all go to Oklahoma, center at four principal points; claim the land around there, and protect one another in getting and holding it. They propose to act as a united brotherhood for better or fax worse. If their schemo is carried out in good faith by competent leaders there will be no use in anybody trying to oppose the organization. The NebrasKa branch alono has about K0 members. It will, with the other three, be big enough to run over everything that gets in its way. Such were the details as they were explained by the Omaha officers to the Lincoln colony last night, or as appeared as plain deductions from the showing made. THE LATE JUSTICE MATTHEWS.

Appropriate Speeches by Attorney-General Miller and Chief-Justice Fuller. Washington. April 15. Attorney-general Miller to-day presented to the Supreme Court the resolutions adopted at a meeting of the bar, on April 6, to tako action upon the death of Hon. Stanley Matthews. The resolutions wero ordered spread upon the court records. In his address to the Court, Attorney-general Miller said: May it please the Court, in this august presence all human visitors stand uncovered and bow -with reference. But now and again your precincts are Invaded by the herald of a power which knows no rank or dljmity, in whose court magistrate and private citizen. Jurist and rustic, are upon a plane of absolute equality. Answering the summons of this power, your eminent associate, a worthy nuccessor of the long line of Illustrious men whose virtues and learning have adorned this great tribunal, has gone to that country whose mystery, so far as human effort is concerned, is no nearer solution than when, in the childhood of the race, death snatched a brother's life by a brother's band; when the poet Kinjr. bewailing his child, said all that can how he said, 'l shall go to him, but he shall not return to me." We mourn the departure of your associate, our brother, not for his own but for his country's sake. True, his life has gone out when at the zenith of its brightness. While not a young man. Justice Matthews was upheld by a spirit so buoyant, mastered difficult questions, and wrote great decisions so easily that no one thought of him as old in years. In the dull, uneventful day which drags and seems long, the day or the life full of great thoughts crystallizing into great deeds seeins always too short. Even the heathen had a better measure of life than years. Peneca says: Ve must not care for length of life, but for life sufficient for its duties. Lire is long if it is full; but it is full when the soul hath completed its development and hati shown all its latent powers." Measured by this standard, the life we mourn had no further needs on earth. He has gone over to the majority; to the majority of the great and good of all time: to the maloritvof the associates of his early life, that period in which most lasting attachments are formed: to the majority of his own kindred; to the majority, I had almost said, of those who, as associates, extended to him the hand of welcome when he first took his seat as a Justice of this court. My personal acquaintance with Judge Matthews was slight. While he was at the bar I occasionally met him, but only a a Totine man at the bar meets a treat lawyer. Since he Las been uponUhe bench I have only seen him in the discharge or nis mgn amies, or his personality, therefore, it does not become me tospeair. eitner is mis me rime, nor ami me rwruin. tn indulire in extended euloev on hia career and character. Others better fitted by in timate nersonal and nroiessional association. and br gifts of speech, have already performed this pleasing duty. This much, however, I may say In the way of characterization. The mind of Stanley .Mattnews seemea to do aeepiy orwnai. tta Tiinnprprt. He studied principles more than precedents. lie surveyed the field of juris prudence with the eve of a statesman as well as lawyer. lie took his direction in the law by the compass and stars rather than by uncertain foot-prints ormarks on tho trees, blazed by his predecessors. Mr. Chief-justice Fuller responded, say ing: . The court entirelr concurs in the sentiments expressed in the resolutions which have just been read and in the observations of the Attor ney-general accompanying their presentation. Before he came to grace a seat upon xiiis Donon Mr. Jii.Mr Matthews had held hJch nubile places, political, professional and Judicial; bad acquired eminent amine uon ana aispiayeaino qualities which invite attention ana command fulniiration and respect: while as a member of the bar his conspicuous ability, faithfulness and integrity had given him a rank second to none. and the felicity waa also his of having rendered his country gallant service as a soldier. He brought here the garnered wisdom of years of varied experience and constantly added to it the fruit of cultivation in this exalted Held of exertion, whose margin faded before him as he moved, growing in strength -with exigencies re quiring, the putting rorta or.nii nis powers, in listening, natknt and sympathetic: in intereonrse -with, consul, cordial but dignified; consci entious in Investigation; honest and impartial in Judgment: full of re?ourcc in supporting given conclusions by accurate and dlacrfaqlnatfnjr reasoning; ample In learning and comprehensive in scholarship; luminous in exposition and apt in illustration, he demonstrated suehlltnesa for this sphere of action that his removal In the midst of his usefulness cannot dui oe regarded as a se vere loss to the judiciary and the country. To the associates of years of personal companionship In the administration of Justice, that loss is quite unspeakable. The ties between those thus thrown Into close iutlmacy are extremely strong, and when one is taken away, upon whose painstaking scrutiny, clearness in explanation and fuuness of knowledge reliance nas been justly reposed by bis brethren, and whose amenity o" temper and kindness of heart have naturally Inspired affection, a keen sense of personal be reavement mingles witn tne common sorrow, in view of a life thus crowned with tne success tnat waits upon absolute devotion to duty, how falso the desponding exclamation of the preacher that xnat wnien now 19, in tne aays to come snail au be focotten." The remembrance of the Just and wise is with tho generations always, and tho -works of this faithful public servant will follow him m the days to come, now mat ne rests irom his labors Tho court has heretofore adjourned as a mark of respect to the memory of the dead. and attended tne iunerai ceremonies in unio. The resolutions lust presented, and the remarks of the Attorney-general, will be spread upon the records, and the tribute of the bar of St. Loul, which has been transmitted to tho court, and such other commemorative proceedings as may be received, will be placed upon the liles with the proper minute in regard to them. TIIE SUT11E3IE COUKT. The Government AY ill Not Pay Double Sal aries Ileans Mutt Pay Duty. Washington, April 15. An opinion was rendered by the Supreme Court of the United States to-day in the case of Adam Badeau, appellant, vs. the United States This was a suit brought by Uadean'in tho Court of Claims for pay as a retired captain in tho army from April 2S, 1S70, to Sept. 10, 1881, during which time he was consul general to London, and from Nov. 25, 1SS3, up to tho date of tho filing of the suit, dur ing which time, he was .consul-general at Havana. The United States filed a counter claim stating that Badcau was indebted to th& United states for monev erroneouslv paid him as an army oilicer for portions of the period from Dec. 81, l$tt, to Oct. 31. 1SS2. Tho Court of Claims, bv a divided court, dismissed both claims. The Supremo Court holds that ucueral ISadoau. while drawing salary as consul-general, was expressly inhibited from receiving additional compensation for discharging the duties of 1 . A. A A- A any otner oince. it is true, me court says, that it has been decided that a person holding two otlices or employments under the government when the services ren dered, or which might bo required of them, were not incompatible, is not precluded from receiving the salary or compensation of both, but tho treasury Department cud not apparently regard this caso as falling within that exception, and the court agrees with that conclusion, it is held that though under tho act of 1875 certain army oilicers may hold diplomatic or consular appoint ments without beinc held to thereby rcsiim their places in the army, this does not en title thein to pay as army oilicers when they are absent from their country in tho discharge of continuous otlicial duties in consistent with subjection to military rules; and such oilicers. thouclr they mar Mill be borne on tho record list, cannot receive double compensation. The court also refuses to disturb the judgment of tho Court of Claims adverse to the counterclaim of the United States. If ho was not an oflicer in the law. he was serving as such in fact, and no reason is seen wh' he should be required to return what was naid him while ho was discharging duty as an anny ofheer. Opinion by Chief-Justice Fuller. In the case of Win. 11. Kobertson. collected cl tho nort of New York, plaintiff ia

error, vs. LjOuis A. fcaiomon ana inaries

Salomon, the conrt decidedthat beans were dutiable at 10 per cent as vegetables. The Circuit Conrt for the Southern district of New York decided that the beans should be admitted free of duty as seed, if not other wise provided for. Tho collector at lirst levied a duty of 20 per cent., on the ground that they were carden seeds. The court holds that althoueh beans aro often planted as seeds, yet their principal use is as an article of food, and that they should therefore be classed as vegetables. The reading of the opinion in this case caused a good deal of laughter in the court-room, and somewhat disturbed the usual orderly decorum of the proceedings. The opinion was by Justico Bradley. The court also decided the application of Gon-Shav-Ee. for a writ of habeas corpus. Gon-Shav-Ee. an Apache Indian, was con victed of the murder of another Indian in Arizona, and sentenced to be hanged. lie was tried by the District Court of tho United States for the Second jndicial district of Arizona. It is contended in his behalf that the offense committed was against the laws of the Territory and should have been tried under those laws and by a court sitting to administer justice under them, and not by m w . . my-.. . . A ? A. . a united states court trying tne caso under the laws of the United States. The court holds that the case would properly have been tried in the United States conrt prior to the passage of tho act of March 3, 18S5, but that, by the terms of that act, oftenses committed in tne lerritones by one Indian against another should be tried nnder the Territorial laws. The mode of trial, the court says, was so much at vananco with a trial under terri torial laws as to entitle Gon-Shay-Le to t he writ prayed for. Ho was arrested by a United States marshal instead of by tho county sheriff, and was indicted and tried I . T A 1 i 1 1 A .1 .1 - 1 uy tne united estates grauu aim peiitjuiies lustead of by juries ot tne county in wnicn the offense was committed. He was, says the court, entitled to trial in the vicinity where the murder was committed, but, instead, was subjected to a chance of venue. Tho Attorney-general was requested to see that Gon-Shay-Ee bo released under tho rulincr of the court. Tho same order was made in the case of Captain Jack, an Indi an, whose case is substantially the same as that just described, and who was sentenced to thirty years' imprisonment in the Ohio penitentiary. Opinion by Justice Miller. THE SAMOAN C03IMISSIONERS. The Instructions Issued to Them by the State Department. New York Special. Two hours before the Samoan commis sioners sailed from New York, yesterday, a special messenger from the State Depart ment at Washington handed William Wal ter Phelps a large envelope bearing several great red seals. It contained the official instructions. They were guarded careful ly, but nevertheless an accurate abstract has been obtained. Secretary Blaine has in the main followed out the policy of exSecretary Bayard. The commissioners have no light task before them. They will insist upon the autonomy of the nativo govern ment. They will resist all attempts to hold Americans responsible for the dis turbances on the islands. They will endeavor to lighten as much as possible any burden that may be placed upon tho bamoans. lheywill demand equal representation in the local goverment of the islands in the event that any foreign in fluence is permitted to share in it, and A 1 1 1 1 I A- 11 A. unaiiy xuey win insist upou iuo restora tion of the status quo. iNo ono can predict the length of the conference. Sessions will be held from timo to time, and it is not expected that tho commissioners, if successful in their mission, will return to this country for several months. The comi a .i a- j ai mission is ampiy proviueu wim xunus, iuo entire appropriation of $500,000 mado by Congress to settle tho bamoan troubles be ing available for their expenses. Es-Uonsul-general bewail accompanies tlio commission as a disbursing officer. His presence will also be of value to the commissioners in case it is desired to introduce evidence in rebuttal of the testimony of israndei8. the ex-consnl at Apia, and other German onicials, who, it is understood, will be examined by the commission. Cologne. April 15.The Gazette says: "The nomination of Mr. Sewall as disbursing ofheer of tho American commissioners to the Samoan conference, together with the appointment of Mr. Bates as a member of the commission, warrants tho supposi tion that the V ashington government does not seriously desire a friendly settlement of the question concerning Samoa." MINOR MATTERS. Arrangements for Beginning Active Opera tions on the Nicaragua Canal. Special to the ImUanapolis Journal. Washington, April 15.Chief Engineer Menocal, of the Nicaragua Canal Construc tion Company, arrived in Washington today from New York. lie is now completing arrangements to take a largo party of engineers to Nicaragua to begin actively, and on a largo scale, tho work of constructing the canal to connect the two oceans. The party will sail from New York ahout the middle of next month, will consist of about fifty engineers, and within a year it is expected that two thousand laborers will be at work. The construction will begin east of Lake Nicaragua, tho initial steps to bo taken being the building of a railroad from Greytown to a location west of tho divide or rocky ridge which forms tho deepest cutting of tho work. With this preparation will commence, on a large scale, tho work on the harbor at Greytown, and along most of the canal line east of the lake. Mr. Menocal stated that reliable contractors of New York have expressed their conhdenco in their ability to complete tho excavation through the "divide" within two years, if necessary, and that tho work can bedono within four years with tho greatest ease. This work of the "divide" forms tho keynoto to the entiro problem.'and further discussion has developed the fact that it can bo accomplished with less expenditure of both timo and money than heretofore estimated. The work between Lake Nicaragua and the Pacific ocean will not be commenced until that on tho eastern side is well under way. Indiana Tensions. Pensions have been granted tho followin g-narucd Indianiansi Original Invalid Wra. M. Carothers, Indianapolis; C'bas. F. Arnold, Walkerton; Andrew Sebring, Yorktown; Fihley II. Ferguson, West Newton; R. II. Lewis, Clroveland; Geo. Young (deceased), fcandborn; Thos. Mears, Kokomo; George Fink, Salem; Kichard B. Coats, Veedersburg; Mason W. Summers, I.adotra; Jas. A. MoKee, Sullivan; George W. Brown, New Frovldence; E. N. (Joss. Paragon. Increase Win. Powell, Laconia; Geo. W. Clipper, Terre Haute; Terry Komine, Lee; Wm. II. II. Vokum. Fowler; Joshua U. Crouch, KUing Sun; Epuralm Story. Mount Vernon. Old War James Allen, Spencer; Jacob ITarvey, Picknell: Charles Kean, Sciplo: John J. ChumUey, Augusta; Luke II. Colvin, Rosewood; Samuel K. Dayhuff, Taoli; Wm. M. Smith, Andersonville: Jas. A. fMglcr, Greenville; John A. Wortman, Madison; Tatriek Clancy, Terre Haute; Geo. W. Thornton, Bloomlnton; Wesley It. Kioua, Brookston; Newton Robinson, kniffhtstown; Wm. Lee, Stampers Creek; Jerre Summers, Georgetown; Thos. Sparks, Rising Sun; John 8. Duesler, Brixnneld: Jas. R. Joseph, Sullivan; Isaac K. Taylor, Mitchell; Benjamin Ilajran. HuntlnRhursr; Wm. S. Taylor, Saline City; John lU-idel, Madison; Jas. A. Curtis, Uilman; Jas. Bennett, Madison; F. Lloyd. Kent; J. Lewis (deceased), Greencastle; W. II. II. Gilbert. White Hall; Simpsou Green, Martinsville; Thos. Kd nionsnn, Center Square; John L. Trueblood, Huron; Wm. F. March, Greensburg; Robert R. Klliott. Little York. Reissue Jacob Bobbins, Six Mile; Jacob Meyer, Decatur. Oripinal Widows, etc Helen M.. widow of Jacob W. Martin, Bedford; Annie, widow of Jas, B. Barth. Butlervillc; Eve A., widow of Geonre lnimp, Handnorn; Anna, widow or Ldwanl B. Nolley, Washington; Rachel , widow of Jas. F. Parker, Freelandville. , The President's Vacation. Special to the Indlanaiolia Journal Washington, April 15. President Harri son, after several ineffectual attempts to get away for & vacation, finally left this morning at 11 o'clock on the light-house tender ITollyJ with the members of his fam ily and secretaries Blame and inuom. It was a cold, raw day on tho river, and the trip was not half as eniovable as it was hoped it would be, but it was about the first chance President Harrisou has had to tret away from tho thronsr of persistent seekers afteroffice.who have almost worried the life out of him since the 4th of March. The little vessel steamed down the river for a distance of about forty miles, and then retunn d to the wharf, which was reached about C o'clock. Although the skies were leadened and the air decidedly unpleasant all day, yet tho relief iiom tho strain was

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nance wnen ne re-entered tne wniie nonso this evening, and be seemed, as did the members of his family, to have thoroughly appreciated the brief vacation. The Order Will Be Amended. Washington, April 15. By an order of President Cleveland the employes of the railway mail service were placed under the civil-service law, to take effect March 15. President Harrison, at the request of the Civil -service Commission, modified the original order, extending the time to May 1. That date, it is now understood, will re main as nxed, after which no one who de sires a position in tho railway service can be annointed without first having passed the examination prescribed by the commis sion, rresidenf Harrison nas, nowevcr, said that in justice to good men who. in tho nast four or five vcars. have been re moved without cause, ho will so amend the order of President Cleveland as to allow old employes within that period to be reinstated. This modification will be promul gated in a few days. Resignation Called For. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Washington, April 15. The Treasury Department has called for the resignation of a number of employes of tho secretservice division stationed in all sections of tho country. Among them there are understood to be one each from Chicago and several other Western points. The reason for the demand for resignations at this time is that the appropriation for the maintenance of the service has run about out and tho department does not desire to create a deficiency. There will be no appointments to the vacancies thus created until after the 1st of July. General Notes. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Washington, April 15. Ex-Senator and Mrs. Saunders, Mrs. Kussell Harrison and Miss Burke, daughter of Captain Burke, of the army, will leave the .city to-morrow for a visit to Norfolk and Virginia Beach. Mrs. Harrison will take her little ones, and Captain Burke's children will also accompany the party. It is for the benefit of the health of the children that tho trip is taken. Bond offerings at the Treasury to-day were 1,800 coupon and $120,900 registered fours at $1.20, and $509,500 registered and $19,500 coupon four-and-a-halfs at $1.08, a total of $081,700. All were accepted. Edward Mullin, of New Jersey, and E. L. Sykes. of Missouri, postofiice inspectors on mail depredations, have resigned. The Secretary of the Interior, to-day, awarded the contract for tho erection of an Indian industrial-school building at Santa Fe, N. M., to A. M. McKenzie, for $27,099. There are now on file in the Postofiice Department, a large number of applications for appointment as postofiice inspectsrs. These applications are now being returned to the senders, with the information that all appointments to this service must be made after examination and certification by the United States Civil-service Commission. The names and addresses of these applicants have been sent to the clerk of the commission, who will notify them when and where examinations will be held. Ex-Governor A. G. Porter visited the State Department to-day for formal instructions. Ho will leave Washington tomorrow evening, and will Bail for Southampton on a steamer of tho North German Lloyd line on Wednesday. Mr. Porter says he expects that Judge Stallo, present minister to Kome, will contimio to rcsido in Italy. TELEGRAPHIC BREVITIES. Ed Lantz, while boiling maple sugar on his farm near Canton, 0.t fell into the huge evaporator and was terribly scalded. He died a fow hours later. W. P. Thompson, recently managing editor of the Kansas City Times, and for thirteen years connected with the New York Tribune, has joined the Oklahoma boomers, and will locate at Guthrie. The workmen at the salt shaft at Kingman, Kan., struck Tock salt yesterday at a dept of 675 feet. Tho salt is as clear as glass, and seems to be absolutely pure. It is the only rock-salt mine west of New. York. Mr. and Mrs. Chauncey Taylor, residing near Ravenna, O., were struck by the fast express on the Erie road yesterday while crossing the track in a buggy. Mrs. Taylor was instantly killed and her husband fatally injured. They leave four young children. Tho representatives of John L. Sullivan and Jake Kilrain met yesterday at the New York Clipper office and mado tho remainder of tho deposit for tho great tight, selecting, after considerable wrangling, Allen H. Cridgo as a final stake-holder. Harry Phillips, late manager for J. L. Sullivan, has been arrested on a charge of helping Andy Maloney to steal $14,000 worth of jewelry from Van Reinholtz, an agent for P. W. Ellits & Co., of Toronto, Ont. Van Reinholtz is said to be in New York. He is wanted in connection with the affair. Arrangements are being completed to give a- benefit for the National Confederate Soldiers' Home, at Austin, Tex., to be held in Palmer's Theater, New York, on May 10, in the afternoon. Mr. A. M. Palmer has donated the use of the theater, and The American Countess" will be presented. Among the passengers by the Anchoria, arriving at New York yesterday, were two of tho youngest emigrants that ever crossed the ocean. They were Maggie and William Caldwell, aged respectively eight and seven years, and they came from Liverpool. They are bound to Chicago, to their married 6ister, Mrs. Shaw. Information has been received at Danville, Va., of a terrible forest fire in Patrick county, which swept everything before it. One man, six horses, a largo number of hogs and cattle, and numerous dwellings and tobacco barns were consumed. Many poor people are left in destitute condition. Such a tire was never before known in that section. Frank Wade, a telegraph operator, formerly employed by tho estern Union company, in New York city, has been missing since April 3, and his friends are much alarmed. He is about twenty-five years old. five feet four inches tall, has blue eyes ana light complexion, and! wears no beard. The forefinger of his right hand is slightly disfigured. David Lindsey, a farmer, aped sixty, living in Bridgewater township, fatally shot his son Saturdav night. The old man was arrested, but claims the shooting was accidental. He says his son and ho were quarreling, and that tho former drew a revolver and attempted to shoot him, tho revolver being discharged accidentally. Both were of intemperate habits. Annie Lee. of Kansas City, Mo., a sixteen-year-old girl, was shot and killed in a disreputable resort in the southern part of that city, yesterday morning. She was in tho company of several men, and considerable mystery surrounded the case until tho afternoon, when the coroner's jury, after hearing a great deal of conllicting testimony, decided that it was a case of suicide. P. F. Lockwood. a well-known real estate dealer and capitalist of Minneapolis, committed suicido Sunday night by taking poison upon his own cemetery lot. Lockwood was sixty-fivo years of age and quito wealthy. He formerly resided in New York city. His attorney thinks the deed was caused by Lockwood's peculiar ideas of a spiritual existence in the hereafter- The suicide left no family. - The Troy Steel and Iron Company has completed an experiment in making soft steel under a process patented by C. W. Bildt, chief chemist for Washburn te Moen, of Worcester. Mass. The experiment was a success. This quality of steel has heretofore been imported from Germany. The question of cost of manufacture is to be determined, to ascertain if the steel can be mado hero to compete with the imported article. For several days a Chinaman named Nan-Po-Ki has been canvassing New Haven, Conn., selling to Chinese laundrymcn, for $1 apiece, a card which he claimed was a passport issued by the Chineso ambassador at ashington. rian-Po-Ki told his customers that the card could be sent to China, and the holder of it would be ad mi ted to this country at San Francisco. The card proved to be an advertisement for a Chinese directory. It is estimated that he disposed of about 700 cards here before he left New Haven. Millet-seed should not go in until after all danger of frost. ii .qy er. Like buckwheat, it is a summer ' plant, and requires but a short period, for growth. It destroys weeds and yields enormously.

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Restaurant Employe Strikes a Farmer on the Head, with Serious Results, Train Saved from Goin Through a Burning Bridge Mad Dog Bites Three Boys What a Big Bitch Has Cost and Accomplished. INDIANA. Farmer Dying from Concussion of the Dralnt Caused by a Blow with a Mallet. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Columbus, April 15. Cornelius Hayes, who is employed in a restaurant here, was arrested to-day on a serious charge. Joseph Snepp, a prominent and wealthy farmer, living three miles east of Edinburg. in Johnson county, was here last Wednesday, and while in tho restaurant where nayes was employed, it is alleged by the latter that ho addressed an indecent remark to his wife, which insult was resented by him striking Snepp in the face, just above the jeit eye, wnn nis nsr. one except Mrs. Hayes witnessed the affray, and it is claimed by Snepp that he was struck bv a beer mallet, Tne wound was not thought to bo serious, as the injured man reached home without assistance, l oday a telegram came from Edinburg announcing that the blow had produced concussion of the brain, and that Snepp was dying. Haves was arrested by Marshal Adams, of fidinbnrg, but was released on bond. The news of Snepp's death is expected at any timo, when tho charge against Hayes will be changed to murder. Settling a Fostofflce Muddle. Fort Wayne Special to Chicago Times. There aro thirteen candidates for postmaster here, embracing nearly all the party leaders except Judges Taylor and Chapin, Col. Robertson and II. C. Hanna. Tho Morton Club has assumed direction of affairs and has pledged all the candidates to the support of its plan of selection. It is proposed to leave the recommendation of tho next postmaster to a committee of fifty. Messrs. Taylor, Chapin. Robertson and Hanna will be members of the committee. Each of the thirteen candidates will have the right to name a member, and the thirtythree other members are to be selected by the four gentlemen named. The candidates are not supposed to know who compose tho majority of the committee or when the committee will meet. This is to prevent any electioneering. Each candidate is pledged to personally indorse and recommend for the postofiice such person as the committee may select. The office is worth $3,000. Averted a Bridge Disaster. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Crawfordsviixe, April 15. On Sunday morning, about 2:20 o'clock, as the northbound Monon passenger train had passed Corwin, north of this city, the engineer noticed a man with a light on the track, waving something. The train was stopped, and it was ascertained that a bridge, thirty feet long and fifteen feet high, across Wea creek, was on tire. If the train had not been stopped it would have been wrecked, as tho timbers were burned away in several places. The trainmen took buckets and pnt out the tire and replaced timbers under the rails so that the train could proceed. The man who signaled the train was named John Harper, who lived near the bridge, and who had seen the light from his bedroom window. This is tho third time this bridge has been on fire within a short time, and it is regarded as a case of attempted train-wrecking. Boys Bitten by a Mad Dog. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Craytfordsville, April 15. There is considerable excitement in this city over mad dogs again. Yesterday three boys were bitten by a shepherd dog. One boy was the son of John R. Courtney, bnt tho dog did not bring blood upon him. Willie Smith, colored, had his arm badly torn by the dog, causing the blood to How freely. About an hour after these two boys wero bitten the same dog attacked Roy Steele as ho was entering the Christian Church. This boy was bitten on the neck, arm and hip. The dog disappeared and after a dilifent hunt was found and killed. Tho mith and Steele boys are under medical attention, and it is probable they will be taken to Terre Haute for mad-stone treatment. Forged Checks on His Employers. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Evans vi lle, April 15. Officer Thomas Hutchins to-day arrested Samuel Strauss, charged with forging the name of hifj employers, D. H. Baldwin & Co., to several checks of different amounts, which he cashed ahout town. He confessed his guilt, and broke down completely, also acknowledging that ho had stolen extensively, both from his firm and from a friend in the clothing business, whom he assisted on Saturday night, and that he had pawned everything. Strauss has been living a fast life since his advent here, and committed his crimes to raise funds. His father is a wealthy and influential merchant of Louisville. Found Dead In nis Wagon. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. . Muncie, April , 15. Abner Wolverton, a wealthy and influential resident of Delaware township, Delaware county, was found dead in his wagon Saturday evening while going: to his home from Albanv, a small village twelve miles northeast of this city. Mr. Wolverton was one of the first settlers in the county, and although an aged mant seemed to ho quite vigorous, both in mind and body, a short time before his death. i i Shelbyrllle Republican Nominations. Special to the Indianapolis Journal SiiELBYVirlLE, April 15. The Republicans of this city met at Sindlinger's Hall tonight and nominated the following ticket: For Mayor, John C. -Edwards; marshal, Stephen Mann; clerk, Geo. Oeferline; treasurer, Kobcrt Montgomery. The ticket is the strongest nominated in years, and will he elected. : i Old 31 an Fatally Beats His Wife. Fort Wayne, April 15. Yesterday, in Perry township, Allen county, a few miles northeast of Fort Wayne, John Barrett, seventy-four years old, beat his wife, who is seventy years old, with sticks of lirewood so terribly that she is dying. Barrett is in jail, and he says he does not remember beating his wife. . Fire at Marlon. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Marion. April 15. The Marion excelsiorworks, owned by Lander Bros., who camo here a year ago from Cincinnati, were destroyed by fire this morning. Loss, $8,000; no insurance. J Minor Notes. Trinity M. E. Church, of New Albany, has let the contract for a new editice, to cost $25,000. What promises to bo the greatest foxdrive of the season is billed to take place at Keelsville, Putnam county, on Saturday. Henry Moormanr of Richmond. Deputy State Coal-oil Inspector, died suddenly, on Sunday night, lie was a well-known Democrat, ! Will Murphy's meetings at Spencer are roving very successful, and many men leretoforo tipplers are now seen wearing the blue ribbon on tho street Joseph Carter's residence, near Hone, Bartholomew county, was burned Sunday night, with contents. Loss, $-V-X0; insurance, $1,500, in the OhioFarmers'. Herman Koebler. ono of Madison's oldest and most respected citizens, and a retired merchant, died yesterday evening, at the residence of his son-in-law. Dr. Hutchings. Henry Ringwald is under arrest at Evansville on the charge of criminally assaulting Annie Miller, fourteen years of age. She charges Kingwald's wife with assisting in the crime. The forest fires which raged about tho Clark and Floyd county knobs last week, were extinguished by rain on Saturday. Valuable timber extending over fourteen miles, was destroyed. ' , Yesterday, the barn and residence of John Hay, of Austin Scott county, was de

stroyed by fire, together with contents. The tire originated in the barn and spread to the house. The loss is estimated at from $2,000 to $3,000, with an insurance of $1,400. W. P. Swaim, of Park county, died of paralysis, at Bellmore, on Sunday, aged fifty-two years. Mr. Swaim was one of Indiana's best known stockmen, and his reputation as a breeder of lino horses extended beyond his own State. At tho time of his death he had nine stallions and three jacks in his stables. Several months ago John A. Dobbins, of Greenfield, advertised for a wife. Miss Kate Riley, of Louisville, began a corresf ondence with him, which resulted in Mr. lobbins visiting Miss Riley last Saturday. They were favorably impressed with each other, and were married that evening. The bride is thirty-three years old and the groom fifty-two, and is a widower with three children. Three-fourths of the people of Steuben county are opposed to granting licenses to saloons, and all the applicants for the privilege of selling liquor have either met with refusal or been enjoined by the courts. Recently ono man took his case to Whitley county on a change of venue. The jury, after beiug out eighteen hours, disagreed, and were discharged. The judge, however, gave the applicant permission to sell on the ground that the caso was not one for a jury to decide. ILLINOIS.

A Big Ditch That Has Made Worthless Land Worth 840 Per Acre. Epeclal to the Indianapolis Journal Moxticello, April 15. Tho commissioners of the Great Lake Fork drainage district met to-day, and mado their report on the completion of the great dredge boat, main ditch and the sub-ditches. The main ditch is fourteen-and-one-half miles long, twenty-five feet wide at the starting point, seven feet deep, and forty feet wide at the terminus. There are thirteen sub-ditches, which cost $143,239. The main ditch cost $104,000. making tho entire cost $253,239. These ditches have reclaimed thousands of acres of worthless land, and mado it worth $40 per acre in the counties of Champaign, Piatt and Douglass. Cut Their Way Out of JalL Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Marshall, April 15. Two villainouslooking tramps were arrested last Friday for burglary, they having been seen to secrete a bundle which was found to consist of a large number of pocket-knives and cutlery of miscellaneous kinds. They were jailed to await an investigation, the Eolico writing to ono or two places where urglaries were recently committed. Last night the men escaped by cutting a hole through the roof of the calaboose. They art evidently experienced hands, for none others conld have escaped so cleverly, as the calaboose is a strong building. Republicans Successful at IUooinlngton. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Bloomixgton, April 15. The following were elected to-day: Mayor, Julian R. MaBon, Republican. Aldermen First ward, D. T. Foster; Second, Wm. G. Boyce; Third, Cheney Moulton; Fourth, V. F. Crawford; Sixth, Dr. G. M. Smith, all Republicans. In the Fifth the Democrats elected Ed Holland. The Fifth ward is always solidly Democratic. The Council stands as before, ten Republicans and two Democrats. The Democrats made no nomination for Mayor, but the Prohibitionists nominated T. J. Willevcr and a full ticket. Brief Mention. As the result of a practical joke, William Smith, a colored boy, on Sunday, shot and killed Henry Durston, of Nokomis. For tho first timo in the history of Danville the Republicans have nominated a city ticket, w. R. Lawrence is tho candidate for Mayor. Dennis Coady. roadmaster of the Springfield division of tho Illinois Central railroad, died at Sprinctield on Sunday, from injuries received in a wreck last fall. Professor Lyndall, of Springfield, has received from the Swedish government a valuable addition to the library of natural history of the geological museum. It is a complete set of tho natural history and geological surveys of Sweden, covering a period of years. One aay last week, H. Gatton, of Springfield, shipped two car-loads of cattle from Tallula. When the train was near Petersburg the straw in ono of tho cars caught fire, and before it could be put out the cattie were all burned to death. Tho other car was saved. Mayor Crejjier's Nominations. Chicago, April 15.-TLe first official act of Dewitt C. Cregier, the newly elected Democratic Mayor of Chicago, who was installed to-night, was to submit to the common couucil, for appointment as City Collector, tho namo of Wm, J. Onahan. Mr. Onahan is president of the Irish-Catholic Colonization Society of the United States. He has been for many years city collector, until suddenly removed. 6ome months ago, by Mr. Cregier's defeated opponent. Mayor Roche. Other nominations by tho new Mayor were Wm. J. Purdy, for Commissioner of Public Works, and Jonas Hutchinson, Corporation Counsel. Mr. Purdy held office under ex-Mayor Harrison. Mr. Hutchinson is chairman of the Democratic central committee. The nominatior s wero unanimously confirmed. It is expected to-morrow Austin J. Doyle will be made chief of police. He filled the office under Mayor Harrison, resigning to become superintendent of the Chicago Passenger Streetrailway. Three Persons Murdered. Mobile, Ala., April 15. Capt. R. C. Jones, of the schooner Arthur, arrived here to-day from Bay Islands, and reports that, at Ruatan, last month, Rev. Henry Hobson, his wife and her companion, a young girl, all natives of Jamaica, were foully murdered by Joseph Buress. The family wero Breparing to leave there for lialize, and uress was helping. Discovering that Mrs. Hobson had money, Buress, at night, entered the house ana cut the throats of all threo persons. He then robbed them of what money and valuables they possessed, including a watch. The next day Buress was found, with the watch, was arrested and made a confession of his guilt. Capt. Jones says tho butchery of tho three persons and the mutilation of tho bodies of both women bore strong resemblance to the murders committed by the Whitechapel murderer in England. Tortured by Burglars CuMnERLAND, Aid.. April 15. Masked men, Saturday night, invaded thehouseof Christian Youer, near Meyersdale Somerset countv, Pennsylvania, and spent several hours 'torturing tho old man, who&ras infirm and ill. They hanged him to a hook, took him down and hanged him up again as though ho were an old coat, and then secured 180 and left, taking two of his best horses. The horses, however, have since been recovered at Pinkerton Tunnel. At the time of the robbery and cruelty, there were live persons in the house a hired man and two servant girls, besides Mr. and Mrs. Yoder. Yesterday a neighbor gained entrance, and on the door were the old man, his wife.thetwo cirls and the hired man, all bound an gagged. It is supposed the old man was tortured to induce lnm to discloso tho whereabouts of his money, and they were all gagged and tied to aid the rulhans to make good their escape. National Educational Association. Nashvillk, Tenn,, April 15. The general secretary of the National Educational Association, Prof. James H. Canlield, of Lawrence, Kan., has been in Nashville two davs perfecting arrangements for the great July meeting. Ho considers tho outlook very encouraging. Everything points to an attendance of fully eight thousand, from all parts of the Union. Professor Canlield says the general condition of local arrangements i very satisfactory. t Tho local executive committee has decided that it is inexpedient to have a national exposition in connection with the July meeting. Is these days when food adulteration is so common, it is a comfort to rind an article lor the table that is thoroughly reliable. Walter Baker &. Cos breakfast cocoa is eminent in this limited cla.ss. No chemicals are used in its manufacture and it is absolutely pure, it lorms moreover a delicious and healthful drink, as refreshing, and more nutritious, man tea or conee, ana free from the injnrious elFects that those beveiages sometimes produce. And it is very cheap, withal. Iho house of Walter liaker & Co. has maintained for more than 100 years a great and honored repute by the excellence and nurity of its manufactures.

Absolutely Pure. This powfler never varies. A marvel of pnrlrj strength and wnnleaomeneiiA. More economical th theordlnary kind, and cannot he oM In compeUUou with the multitude of iow-test. ahort-welpht alam 01 phofphate powder. Bold only in cans. ItOYAL BALING POWDER CO, 106 WaU at, N. V. Business Embarrassment. PnrLADrELTiiiA, April 15. The Conshohocken Worsted Company mado an argument at Norristown tor the benefit of its creditors to-day. Tho assignee is James Moie, president of the company, who was recently elected to succeed the lato George Bullock. The company operates threo mills, and the monthly pay-roll at present is about $35,000. Oue mill is engaged now on a government contract. Ono of tho company's superintendents who was interviewed to-day could give no estimate of the concern's assets and liabilities. When asked as to the cause of the assignment he said it was due partly to tho complicated condition of the estate of tho late Georgo Bullock, which holds 3,450 shares of 6tock. Rockford, 111., April 15. Geo. S. Haskell, seeds-man, of Kockford, and president of the State Agricultural Society has made an assignment to the Second National Bank and H. H. Stone. The- bank has a judgment note of 20.000, and Mr. Stone one of $6,000. The failure was caused bv a jo.OUO suit brought by A. B. Cleveland &. Co., of New York city. Cleveland ran away to Canada with flU.Ou) and left the firm in a bad shape. lie and Haskell wero friends from boyhood, and the firms accommodated each other with a great amount ot paper. The assets are probably $50,000. and tho liabilities will reach double that sum. Mobile, Ala., April 15. James Cunningham &. Co., an old established wholesale hardware-house, assigned to-day to W. L. Baker and Richard Mellett. Liabilities, $45,000, chiefly to Northern creditors; assets very nearly as much. Steamship News. Liverpool, April 15. The Gnion lino steamer Wisconsin, Captain Worrall, hence Saturday for New York, before reported as returning, reached hero this mominir. The cause of her return was a slight damage to her boilers, which was repaired, and tho steamer proceeded on her voyage. The North German Lloyd steamer Fulda, Captain Ringk. from New York April 6, arrived at Southampton at 11 o'clock to-day, and proceeded lor Bremen. London; April 15. Tho British steamer British Princess, Captain Frceth, from Philadelphia April 4, for Liverpool, was signaled off Fastnet to-day. She was disabled and was being towed by another vessel. New York, April 15. Arrived: Arizona, from Liverpool; Slavonia, from Copenhagen; H ammonia, from Hamburg. Glasgow, April 15. Arrived; State of Nebraska, from New York. AxrwERp, April 15. Arrived: Illinois, from Philadelphia. Riot at a Church Festival. Greensburg, Pa., April 15. On Saturday night, during a festival at the A. 31. K. Church, in Mount Pleasant, a dispute aroso about some change and a riot ensued, in which knives, clubs, etc., formed the prominent weapons. During tho disturbanco Chief of Police Wolfendale had an ear almost bitten off, besides receiving other injuries, and George Tuning, another policeman, was stabbed twice in the back by George Lightfoot, who was the ring-leader of tho gang. After some difficulty the disturbance was quelled and the participants took to their heels, but George Lightfoot, John Gant and Emmett Strander. three of the rioters, after a chase of several hundred yards, wero captured and taken to the lockup, where a detail of Company E guarded, them until this morning, when they were given i hearing, and in default of $2,500 bail they -were brought here and committed to jail. m Arrested the Wrong Man. Wheeling, W. Va., April 15.-Tho sheriff of Lewis county to-day arrived from Grand Forks, D. T., with the prisoner arrested there a few days since, supposed to bo Dick Dqwell, who escaped from jail at Weston, thirteen years ago, on the evening of his execution for a doublo murder. Several hundred people were gathered at the depot, and it is thought they intended to ) vnch tho prisoner had they identified him. Much to their surprise and the chagrin of the officer the prisoner did not answer the description of the hundreds who had known Dowell; no one identified the prisoner. Tho great crowd followed the sheriff and his charge to tho jail, demanding tho prisoner's release. The arrested man dves his namo as James Shelton, and says lie is from Morrison, Tenn. He claims ho can establish his identity, and says ho will bring suit for falso arrest when he returns to Dakota. The Cliesa Tournament. New York, April 15. The result of today chess games was as follows: Weiss won from Mason; llurnllo won from Taubenhaus by forfeit, the latter exceeding tho time-limit on the thirtieth move; Judd won from ' (Jossip; Martinez and Showalter adjourned unfinished; Gansberg won from Delman Tschicorin won from J. W. Baird; Hird won from McLeod; Burn won from Illackburn; Lipschutz won from Hanham: D. C. Uaird drew with Pollock. Untiuisbed games will be played oil" to-morrow and Wednesday. Tno second round begins on Thursday. How the Reet-Iiispeetlon Law Works. DruiTir, Minn.. April 15. Last Friday night the Legislature, at St. Paul. passil a meat-inspection bill which practically Erohibited Chicago and Kansas City dressed eef from being 6old in this State. Ono result appeared hero to-day, when Armour and Swift withdrew their beef business from Duluth and prices advanced St per cent. Similar reports have been received from other places. Plenty of Natural Gas. Pittsburg. April 15. The largest natural gas well ever struck was brought in to-day by the Philadelphia Company near Hello "Vernon, twenty-six miles from Pittsburg. It isrnnningoll 40,000,U)() feet a clay, the pressure being S)0 pounds to the inch. It in ono of tho mot significant well ever struck, as it shows there aro millionsof new fieldsand that the supply is good for many years to come. Such a Sad Clveuway. Hebrew Standard. The humiliating consciousness of having mado a false move must accompany lit, in many a game besides that of chess, and perhaps it is a part of some constitutions to bo always doing the wrong thinir. One of the agonies is tomakeun elaborate apology for not having gone to your friend's and to have her say: Vhy, I thought you wero there." Prof. Wm. H. Thompson. M. IX. University of New York, New York city, ays: "More adults are carried oil" in this country bv chronic kidney disease than by any other one malady except consumption." Thi show s that Dr. Thompson considers kidney diseaso a frightful malady. HoulsosayM: "Uright's disease has no symptom of its own, hut has the symptoms of wery other disease.'' Tho reason why Warner's Safe Curo cmes so many dilltrent disease is that by curing svmptoms, which are called diseases, it btrikcs at the roots of ditea iUslf.