Indianapolis Journal, Indianapolis, Marion County, 18 April 1889 — Page 2

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INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL, THURSDAY, APRIL 18, 1889.

of tho New YotIc Press. IIo is a hi ?h protectionist, and is best known by Lis writings on this subject. MINOR BLATTERS.

Assistant Secretary Bmsey Prescribes Rales for Pension Claimants and Attorneys. "Washington, April 17. Assistant Secretary Bnssey to-day issued the following circular letter to pension claimants and attorneys: With reference to motions for reconsideration of pension claims that have been already adjudicated on appeal to the Secretary of the Interior, the department holds now, as heretofore, that the right of an incuml-cnt to review or to reconsider a predecessor's decisions does not relate to questions Involving mere discretion and Judgment, but extends only to mistakes in matters of fact arising from errors In calculation, or to palpahle errors of law. and to cases of rejected claims In which material testimony Is afterwards discovered and produced. This rule is deemed by this, as by former administrations, to be eapential to the establishment or well-denned legal precedents, and to the putting an end, some time, to profitless Migration of appeals Involving tho tame case or claim. Where the Incorrectness Of a former adjudication is so manifest, upon a review of the evidence, that it Is not a matter of dispute, the department will not refuse to do Justice because the error Is of Ions standing and has been sanctioned by subsequent action. A faithful observance of the foregoing rule by claimants and by attorneys alike will greatly facilitate the business of the Department relating to pension claims. Indiana Postmasters. "Washington, April 17. The following Indiana postmasters were appointed to-day: Richard W. Yaho, .Cincinnati, Greene county, vice Paris O. Eiddle, removed; Jonathan, Davis, Forest. Clinton county, vice G. D. Andrews, removed; Addion Cox, Ilobbieville, Greene county, vice John A. Phillips, removed; Walter Hays, Koleen, Greene county, vice Jasper N. llardesty, removed; Holmes Low, Linton. Green county, vice Kdwin L. Wolford, removed; Morton II. Mayhood, Lyons, Greene county, vice Jas. II. Quellam, removed; Isaao Weaver, Marco, Greene county, vice Teter Y, liusklrk. removed; Rowland Haywood, Mineral City, Greene county, vice Henry C. Fentz, removed; eo. H. Nab, Newark, Greene county, vice M. F. Mclntosn, removed; John Beaty, Owensburg, Greene county, vice W. B. Mitchell, removed; W. T, MrClure, Oaktown, Knox county, vice Jos. W. Mallet, removed; Edward T. Ingles, Scotland, Greene County, vice Thos. T. Blackmore, removed; Robert W. Johnson, Balsburj?. Green county, vice John Weaver, resigned; Albert R. Tryon, 8witz City, Greene county vice Phoebe Hunt, removed. Indiana Pensions. Pensions have been granted the following-named Indianians: William M. Carothers, Indianapolis; George E. Zink, galem; Richard U. Coats, Veedersburg; Mason W. Hummers, Ladoga; James A. Mckee, Fullivan; Richard II. Lewi. Groveland; Thomas Mears. Kokomo; Charles F. Arnold, Walkerton; Andrew Sebrlng, Yorktown; Finley H. Ferguson, West Newton; George W.Brown,New Providence; Erhralm N. Gbss, Paragon; George Youn, deceased. Sanboru. Increase William Lovell, Laconia; George W. Clipper, Terre Haute; Perry Romine, Leo. Old War-James Allen, Spencer; Jacob Harvey, BicknelL James K. Joseph, Sullivan; Isaao K. Taylor, 1 Mitchell; Luke U. Coivin, Rosewood; 8ainuel . Davhuff, Paoli; John Rledel, Madison; James A. cigler, Greenville; John A. Wortman, Madison; James J. Lewis, deceased, Grecncastle; William H. H. Gilbert, Martinsville; Thos. Edmonson, Center Square; John L. Trueblood, Huron; Thomas Sparks, Rising Sun; Jesse Summers, Georgetown; Joshua R. Crouch, Rising Sun; Epbraim btory, Mt. Vernon; Wm. II. H. Yokum, Fowler; John S. Duesler. Briraneld; Charles Kean, Sciplo; John J. Chumbley, Augusta; Benjamin Hacran, Huntingburg; William 8. Taylor, Saline City; William M. Smith, Andersonvllle; James A. Curtis, Gilman; James Bennett, Madison; Zephanlah Lloyd, Kent; Patrick Clancy, Terre Haute; George W. Thornton, Bloomlnton; Wesley R. Kious, Brook8town; Newton Robinson, Knightstown; William Lee, Stamper's Creek; William P. Marsh, Greensburg; Robert R. Elliott, Little York. Reissue Jacob Robinson, gix Mile; Jacob Meyer, Decatur. Orijrlnal Widows, Etc. Helen M., Widow of Jacob W. Martin, Bedford; Anna, widow of Edward B. Nolley, Washington; Annie, widow of James B. Barth, Butlerville; Rachel N widow of James F. Parker, Freelandville; Eva A., widow of George Young, Sandborn. Trying to TJelp the Papers. Washington, April 17. The Postoffice Department officials have rescinded an order issued during the last administration having for its object tho discouragement of the practice by trainmen of carrying special newspaper correspondence and other matter on other than mail trains. It is said at the department that there are a very large number of small towns throughout tho country which have meager telegraphio facilities. In many of the.viUages the post and telegraph offices close early, and to prohibit trainmen from carrying to the neighboring town or city small packages containing possible information of the highest general importance is regarded as unwise and unjust. The newspapers of the country, it is maintained, should receive every possible facility for obtaining and disseminating the news of tho day, and to this end trainmen will be encouraged to lend their aid. The New Comptroller of the Currency. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Washington, April 17. As predicted in these dispatches, the President has appointed MrEdward S. Lacey, of Michigan, Comptroller of the Currency. Mr. Lacey has been prominent in Michigan politics for a number of years, and his appointment was urged by the leading Republicans of the State, as well as by bankers from all parts of the country. He was a member of the Forty-seventh and Forty-eighth Congresses, and was a valuable member of tho committee on coinage. He said to the Journal correspondent this afternoon that he has arrangements all made for the disposal of his interest in the Jackson bank, and that he will be ready to assume his new duties within the lif teen days specified by law. The appointment gives general satisfaction. Civil-Service Reform Is All Right. New- York, April 17. A Washington special to the Herald says that the President made a declaration yesterday which indicates that he has not forgotten the civil-service reform plank in the national Republican platform. A delegation consisting of several members of Congress waited on him to ask a further postponement of the application of the civil-service rules to the railway mail service. The President replied that it could not be done. The first postponement from March 15 to Mayl, ho said, had been made because of the inability of tho Civil-servico Commission to prepare eligible lists by jthe earlier date, but there was no excuse for any further postponement, and none would bo made. "We should be disregarding the pledges made to the country," said General Harrison, if wo did that." FourthClass Postmasters. Washington, April 17. From loO to 150 fourth-class postmasters aro now being appointed daily. Of these, abont one-third are to fill existing vacancies, another third aro appointed in the places of postmasters removed for cause, and the other third succeed postmasters who have served about four years. While fourth-clsss postmasters are commissioned to serve during the pleasure of the Postmaster-general, it is believed by the Postothee Department officials that good service does not demand the retention of postmasters, save in exceptional cases, beyond the fouryears' period. While the good of the service, it is said, will be the lirst consideration in the matter of changes in fourth-class nostoflices, there is reason to believe that the commissions of postmasters who have served four years will be, deemed to have exyired. Suggestions from a Little CIlrL WasiilGTON April 17. The Secretary of the Navy has received the following from a little eleven-year-old girl: Mr. Tracy My cousin was on the war ship, and she said the sailors wasted potatoes, and I thought if they took thinner iears, you might build a ship to send where the others rot lost. I am only eleven, but I can take thinner pearings. My mother does not know I am writing this. The communication will be formallr re ferred to the bureau of provisions and cloth ing, ana a suitable response will be made. When a Term of Office Begins. Fperial to the Indianapolis Journal. Washington, April 17. One of the interesting questions which is now occupying the office-seekers is the construction tho present administration will put upon the date of commencement of the four-year term of officials of the presidential ciass. Representative Pavson called on the Attor-nev-eeneral to-dav for information on this subject. "While the Attorney-general said wuftfc buujtuuvr lauuot een ucuuiieiy set

tled." said Mr. Payson, "still I feel justified in saying the tenure of office will be held

to commence with the date or original ap pointment." White Ilonse Callers. Washington, April 17. The President received a very large number of callers this morning, including the members of the Academy of Sciences. Among others who saw the President were Sena tors Iliscock, Dolpb, Hampton and Mitchell; Representative Guenther. Representative Morey, with Messrs. Breckett, Fitton and Cornell; ex-feenator bewail; Representative King, with friends; Representative Thompson, with friends; Representative Frank, with friends; General Tyner, A. S. Badger, of Louisiana; P. F. Herwig. of Louisiana; Renresentative Cannon: J. Chester Ly man, of Minneapolis; Dr. Allen, of Indiana; A. J. Sampson, of Denver. Col.; Z. V. Purciv, of Indiana; Messrs. J. M. Odell, J. W. Ilearae and Adolph Zadck, or lexas; Uivilservice commissioner layman, ana Jea Cloud, the Sioux chief. National Academy of Sciences. Washington, April 17. The National Academy of Sciences held a business meet ing this morning and the following officers were elected: President, 0. C. Marsh, of New Haven, Conn., re-elected for a term of six years, and Prof. F. P. Langley, of the Smithsonian Institntion. vice-president for a similar term. The home secretary will be elected to-morrow. At 2 o'clock the afternoon session began, at which a number of ecientilic papers were read. General Notes. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Washington, April 17. C. W. Stivers, of the Liberty (Ind.) Herald, is in the city, looking after his interests. Mr. S. is a prominent candidate for the position of Third Auditor. He is indorsed for tho position very generally by the leading editors and Republicans in Indiana. President Harrison has made numerous inquiries in relation to John Dietrich, of Indiana, who is a candidate for a place on the Civil-service Commission. Dietrich is a German writer for tho Lutheran press. Prominent German-Americans hero say they know him only by reputation, and are surprised that he is a candidate for political honors. The acting Comptroller of tho Currency has authorized the First National Bank of Hannibal, Mo., and the East Stroudsburg (Pa.) National Bank to begin business, with capitals of 100,000 and $50,000, respectively. To-day's bonds' otlenngs aggregated $271,000, as follows: Registered fours, $29,000, at $1.20; $5,000, at $1.29 1-8: registered f our-and-one-half s, $217,000. at $1.08; coupon four-and-one-halfs, $20,000, at $1.08; also, 4 1-2-per-cent. registered. $520,000, at $1.08. All the offers were accepted, except the $5,000 4-per-cent. registered, at $1.29 1-8. Out of respect for the memory of Hon. John P. Usher, Secretary of the Interior from Jan. 18, 1863, to May 15, 1805, who died on the 13th inst.. Secretary Noble has issued an order directing that the Interior Department and ail its bureaus bo closed on Thursday, April 18, the day of the funeral at Lawrence, Kan., and that the department building be draped in mourning. Capt. II. J. Daniels was yesterday appointed postmaster at Anderson. Mr. W. T. Durbin, of Anderson, left for home at 3 r. m., having accomplished all he came fpr. DAILY WEATHER BULLETIN. Indications. WAsnixoTON, April 178 p. v. . For Indiana and Illinois Rain; lower temperature; easterly winds. For Michigan, Wisconsin and Minnesota Light rain; stationary temperature; easterly winds. For Iowa Rain; no decided change in temperature; variable winds. For Dakota Light rains; warmer; variable winds. Local "Weather Report. Indianapolis, April 17.

Time. Bar. Ther. It. II. Wind. Weather. Pre. 7a.m. 30.05 55 43 East. Cloudless. 7r.M. 67 30 S'east Cloudy.

Maximum thermometer, 72; minimum thermometer, 44. Following is a comparative statement of the condition of temperature and precipitation on April 17, 1889: Tew. Frretp. Normal. Mean Departure from normal Excessor deficiency since April 1.. Excess or deficiency since Jan. 1.. Plus. 51 0.12 58 0.00 7 0.12 12 1.21 144 5.49 General Observations. Indianapolis, April 177 p. m.

fcj IhermomeCr s 3 Station. g H H c- Weather. $ ? 8 T New York city. 30.00 m 42 r6 .14 Cloudy. Buffalo, N. Y... 30.02 64 42 68 .... Cloudless. Phil'delphla.Pa 30.00 52 42 54 .02 Rain. Pittsburg, Fa. . 29.94 64 46 68 .... Cloudy. Wash'ton, D. C. 29. 54 4 2 64 .04 Rain. Charleston,S.C. 20.04 58 50 Co .... Pt,Clouay. Atlanta, a 29.92 76 64 76 .... Cloudless. Jacks'nv'le.Fla 29.96 60 66 72 .... Cloudless. Peusacola, Fla. 29.90 64 60 70 .... Cloudless. M'ntfc'm'ry.Ala 29.90 72 62 78 .... Cloudless. Vicksburg.Miss 29.80 70 64 76 .... Cloudless. N. Orleans, La. 29.96 66 68 72 .... Cloudless. Little Kock.Ark 20.7S 72 64 74 .... Cloudless. Galveston.Tex. 20.90 68 60 72 .... Pt. Cloudy. B. Antonio.Tex 29.78 76 62 84 .... Pt. Cloudy. Memphis, Tenn 29.86 6ft 54 76 .... Cloudless. Nashville.Tenn 29.86 66 48 74 .... Pt. Cloudy. Louisville, Ky.. 20.88 70 46 74 .... Pt. Cloudy. Indian'plis, Ind 29.88 67 44 72 .... Cloudy. Cincinnati, O.. 29.90 CS 4 74 Pt. Cloudy. Cleveland, O... 29.96 62 42 66 .... Ft. Cloudy. Toledo, 0 29.96 62 42 C6 .... Cloudy. Marq'ette.Micb 30.02 6o 42 62 .... Cloudless. B.SUMart'.Mich 29.92 44 38 64 .... Cloudy. Chicago, 111.... 20.88 62 44 68 .... Cloudy. Cairo, 111....... 23.84 68 52 74 Cloudless. Springfield, Til. 29.84 60 46 70 .02 Rain. Milwaukee, Wis 20.8S 60 42 56 .... Cloudy. JJuluth. Minn.. 29.96 42 33 54 .... Pt. Cloudy. 8t. Paul. Minn. 20.86 58 42 62 .... Pt. Cloudy. Mooreh'd, Minn 20.90 64 36 66 .... Cloudr. Bt.Vino'ut.Mi'n 29.a$ eo so 66 .... Cloudless. Davenport, la.. 29.84 58 50 64 .01 Rain. Dubuque. Ia... 29.84 56 62 66 .01 Cloudy. Des Moines. Ia. 29.78 66 48 68 .70 Rain. t?t. .Louts. Mo... 29.82 6S 64 72 T Pt. Cloudy. Kans'sCity.Mo. 20.78 62 48 64 .12 Cloudy. Ft. 8111, Ind. T.. 20.68 78 60 86 .... Cloudless. DodcCitV,K'S. 29 66 68 48 74 .... Cloudy. Omaha, Neb... 29.78 66 4C 60 .30 Cloudy. N. Platte, Neb.. 29.74 60 46 66 .24 Cloudy. Valentine, Neb. 29.76 43 42 62 .72 Cloudy. Yankton, D.T.. 29.74 58 40 64 .... Cloudy. Ft, gully, D.T.. 20.78 46 38 60 .42 Rain. Bismarck, I.T. 29.94 48 26 52 .... Cloudy. Ft. lmford.D.T. 20.86 5$ 52 62 T Cloudy. P.Arth'r'sL'd'p 29.94 46 32 54 .... Pt. Cloudy. Ou'Apelle.N.W. 23.76 56 32 60 .... Pt. Cloudy. Ft. As'nab'ne,M 20.00 58 30 60 .... Pt. Cloudy, Helena. M. T... 20.98 48 36 62 .... Cloudless. Boise City, I. T. 30.18 54 38 54 .06 Pt. Cloudy. Cheyenne, W. T. 20.88 36 36 48 T Cloudless. Ft.McK'n'yW.T Ft.Wafrhakle.W Denver, Col.... 20.80 48 33 48 .... Pt. Cloudy, Pueblo, Col.... 20.72 58 48 76 .... Cloudv. 8anta Fe. N. M. 29.84 60 co 66 Pt. Cloudy. Salt Lake City.. 30.04 46 3S 50 :.. Cloudless.

T Trace of precipitation. President Drown as a Pugilist. Cincinnati, April 17. An exciting scene was enacted last evening in tho Wesleyan Femaio College in this city, the leading actors being the Rev. Dr. Brown, president of the college, and Signor Fabiani, tho music teacher. Dr. Brown had inadvertently omitted to include in the music teacher's monthly check $s expenses of a trip made by Signor Fabiani. ami for this the music teacher became so abusive and insulting that a personal encounter followed, in which Fabiani was knocked down. Later Fabiani attacked the doctor in the hall and attempted to drag him to the stairway, but again the doctor proved the better mau and the music teacher was paid and discharged. Dr. Brown is sixty years old, Fabiani is about thirty-five. Verdict for a Colored Woman. Louisville, Ky., April 17. By a jury's verdict, to-day, Frances Ebb, the colored mistress of James M. Roman, an old farmer recently deceased, was given all his property, in amount $30,000. Roman, had lived with the woman from slavery days, when he owned her. At his death he left her and their children his property. His niece, Mrs. Mary Hydron, of Indiana, who had been reared ky Roman, contested the will. She claimed that the will was made under undue influence. Wm. Roberts. M. I)., physician to the Manchester, Kng., Infirmary and Lunatic Hospital, professor of medicine in Owen's College, says: ''Gradual failmeof strength, increased pallor or sallowness and disinclination for exercise is one of the prominent symptoms of kidney disease." Warner's Safe Cure is the only remedy that is guaranteed to cure kidney disease.

INDIANA AND ILLINOIS NEWS

A Quarreling Wood-Chopper Drives an Ax Into the Back of llis Companion. Damage Suits Aggregating $40,000 Serious Kanaway Accident Burglaries Criminal Assault Examining the Books. INDIANA. John Weeks Strikes Ebenezer Deem with an Ax, Inflicting a Fatal Wound. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Nobles vdlle, April 17. A report reached here at noon to-day that a murder had been committed in the eastern part of Hamilton county. Sheriff Bradfield immediately left for the scene of the trouble, and found that John Weeks and Ebenezer Beem, while engaged in chopping down a tree, had become involved in a quarrel, and that Weeks had struck Beem with an ax in the back, cutting through the left shoulder to the backbone. The attending physician says that Beem will die. Weeks was brought here by the sheriff and lodged in jail. About two years ago both Weeks and Beem were arrested on the charge of having poi' ned the wife of Weeks, who died under very suspicious circumstances, but tho evidence was insuflicient to convict them. Thev are both worthless characters, having lived wandering lives since their release from the former charge. They have lived most of the time alone in a cabin in tho woods. The ax with which the cutting was done, is a murderous looking weapon, all covered with blood, and shows the depth of tho wound inflicted in the murdered man's back. A War-Horse Thirty-Four Years Old, Chicago Inter Ocean. "Old Fly" was born in 1855, and was reared on the farm of George A. Barrett, near Stewartsville, Robb township, Posey county, Indiana. On tho enlistment of tho First Indiana Cavalry, in the month of Juno, 18C1. Mr. his son, John mustered into Barrett presented "Fly" to M.v under whom she was the service of the United States iu Company B, First Indiana Cavalry, at Evansville, Ind., July 21, 1861. Ridden by her owner, "Fly" was in the following battles of the war of the rebellion: Frederickstown, Mo.; Rouud Hill, Ark.; Helena, Ark.; Oakland, Miss.; Little Rock, Ark.; Pine Bluff, Ark.; Mount Elba, Ark.; Marka's Mill, Ark., and innumerable skirmishes. She was in the army threo years and two months, having been mustered out of service in Indianapolis, Ind., in the month of September, 1S04. During her term in tho service she was ever ready for duty and did her full share. Mr. A. W. Barrett, of Stewartsville, Ind., writes: "Old Fly" is still living at her home near Stewartsville, Ind. Although she is thirty-four years old, and has not lain down by herself for three or four years, she is seemingly full of life and vigor, and is ready for duty at any time." Three Big Damage Suits. Special to the Indianapolis Journal Martinsville, April 17. Mrs. Corda R. Voyles, of Morgan town, and Robert Robertson, of Brown county, have each brought suit in the Morgan County Circuit Court against the Big Four railway for damages received in tho wreck on that road near Morgantown last August. Mrs. Voyles was quite seriously injured, and brings suit for o0,000, while Mr. Robertson claims $5,000 damages. William Burkhart brings suit for $5,000 damages against Robert Mathews, Robert Fisher, and Bascom Faulkner for having received a broken leg while wrestling with Faulkner in a saloon owned by Mathews, with Fisher as bartender. Decorations Wanted for Soldiers Graves, Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Crawfordsville, April 17. A communication has been received by Department Commander Travis from Mission Ridgo Post, No. 45. G. A. R., at Chattanooga" Ttnn., soliciting donations of Hags and flowers to decorate the graves of 13,000 soldiers buried there. This request is embodied in General Order No. 3, and one response has been made. Charles Case Post, No. 233, of Garrett, will send 100 flags, and also Dr. F. B. Wood, of Garrett, will send 100flag3. Commander Travis hopes that every post in the State will respond. Horrible Accident to a Farmer. Special to the IncUmapolis JournaL Washington, April 17. While Roger Conlin, a fanner, thirty-seven years of age, who resides twelve miles southeast of here, was on his way home yesterday evening, ' his team became frightened and ran away. The driver was thrown from the wagon, and in falling the lines caught around his neck. In this manner he was dragged 200 yards, when he was found in an unconscious state half an hour later. His injuries are probably fatal. Business Houses Burglarized. Special to the Indianapolis JournaL Rockport, April 1?. Burglars raided this place last night, going through three of the principal business houses, and carrying off many goods. Winn & Adams, hardware merchants, were the greatest losers, the thieves securing a number of fine revolvers and knives. Money did not seem to be their object. No clew. Farmer Arrested for a Serious Crime. Special to the Indianapolis Journal Sullivan, April 17. John E. Neal, a farmer living two miles north of here, was arrested to-day, charged with a criminal assault on a little girl, eleven years .old. He is now in the hands of the law, and will probably be tried at once. Minor Notes. On Tuesday Dr. J. E. Morris, of Liberty, lost a $5,000 Almont stallion by death. A cow owned by Francis Pluinmer, of Greenfield, has died from hydrophobia. The Crawfordsville natural gas well is 1,445 feet deep and the drill is still working in Trenton rock. General Lew.Wallace arrived in Crawfordsvi lie yesterday from a fishing trip to the Kankakee river. Mrs. Melvania, of Corydon, was cat by the fin of & cattish last Saturday, and died of blood poison ing on Tuesday. Wm. Benson, the murderer of Jacob Motweiler. was sentenced yesterday at Jeflersonville to be hanged on August 16. James Walsh was killed bv the cars near Goshen on Tuesday night, lie had a wife and two children living in Auburn. Mrs. Magdalene Stipps, of Nottingham township, Blackford county, died yesterday in the eighty-ninth year of her age. A cow in Scott township, Montgomery county, last week had a calf, one-half of which was a perfect goose head, wings and breast. A three-year-old child of Mr. and Mrs. Nice Baker, living near Spencer, fell into a tub of boiling water on Tuesday, and was scalded to death. Owing to the pollution of Eel river by leakage of oil from tho tank at Laketon, the fish have left that stream and gone into others tributary to it. The noted Clydesdale stallion, Favory, owned by John T. McMillin tic Co., of Rushville, isder.d from rupture of the stomach. He was valued at $10,000. At the meeting of the directors of the Crawfordsville V. M. C. A., on Tnesday evening, fifty-four new members were received into the association. Cecil Higgins has been selected as the choice of Fort Wayne Republicans for postmaster. He has been for many years in the einply of the Pennsylvania Company. A barn belonging to Wilburn Kearns, eight miles south of Greetield, was destroyed by fire yesterday morning. . Three horses, three steors and all his fanning implements were also burned. Loss, $:,0U0. Mrs. Sarah Stout, widow of Amos Stout, aged neventy-five 3Tears. died at Martinsville on Tuesday. She had been a resident of Morgan county for sixty years, and was the mother of twelve children, six of whom survive her. Near Fort Wayne, on Tuesday night, Albion Skinner fired abullet into his brain, in the presence of a young lady whom he

wished to marry. lie had proposed to her, but she refused to give him an answer. Death resulted instantly. Elkanah Jackson, the star-route mail carrier between Crawfordsville and Whitlock, dropped dead on Tuesday, at the latter place, from heart disease. Ho served in the war three years in the Eleventh Indiana Cavalry. Russell Rice, a Scott county farmer, has a cat that has raised five young squirrels with the tender care that she would have bestowed upon her own young. Some time ago Mr. Russell fonud a nest of young squirrels in the woods and took them liome, and the cat adopted them. The squirrels are now half-grown and have been placed in the court-yard park at Scottsburg. On Tnesdav Joshua Coons, employed in Genford's mill, near Windfall. Tipton coun

ty, fell on a larcce saw, which struck him just below the hip, penetrating tho right side and passing through the body to tho head. None of his limbs were severed from the body, but ho was sawed through and through from the hips to the lower base of his skulL He leaves a widow and children. ILLINOIS. A Difference of 925,000 Between an ExTreasurer and Ills County. Special to the Indianapolis JournaL Marshall, April 17. Tho report of tho book-keeping expert who has been engaged for several weeks in examining the books and accounts of T. W. Cole, ex-county treasurer, was presented to the board of supervisors to-day. It covered his entire term of service and showed that there was a difference of $25,000 between the books and tho vouchers on file. The board voted to not receive the report, and ordered a new investigation, the county to employ another expert, who would be assisted by an expert to be employed by Mr. Cole, Result of the Municipal Elections. Chicago, April 17. Municipal elections were held in a large number of towns and villages throughout the State yesterday. In nearly all of them the saloon question was a burning one, and all sorts of queer party divisions were the result. In one or two cases the Republican " and Democrats were united against the Prohibitionists, and in one case were defeated. In several of tho towns women stood at the polls and worked for Prohibition candidates. A summary of the results reached shows that the Prohibitionists were successful in the choice of anti-license candidates in eighteen towns, and secured high license in two, and that the license element carried the day in seventeen municipalities. Charged with Criminal Carelessness. Joliet, April 17. The coroner's jury, which has been investigating the Santa Fe railway disaster which occurred at Lorenzo, last week, by which Mrs. Hartt, of Brookline, Mass., and her son and niece were killed, and her husband and several other persons injured, has returned a verdict charging gross criminal carelessness against the conductor, Fred Hughes, and engineer Frank Converse. It is reported that the sheriff of this county has gone to Chillicotho to arrest the meu. Brief Mention. Thomas Fitzgerald was fatally shot by Wm. Meade, in a saloon quarrel at Streator on Tuesday night. William A. Aldrich. aged seventy, and Mrs. Catharine Hartline, aged sixty-two, were married at Nashville on Tuesday. Marshall is the only place in Clark county that will license saloons, all the other towns having voted against license on Tuesday. Congressman G. A. Anderson has been chosen as orator by the alumni of Carthage College for the commencement exercises. A tramp, who had made his bed over the gas-producer in tho citreator window-glass factory on Tuesday night, was found suffocated to death in the morning. White Caps near Norris City recently took a man named Wren from his home, and gave him a terrible whipping. Wren has not been heard from since, and it is thought he was fatally hurt. Tho Hon. George Haskell, tho Rockford seed merchant who failed Monday for $100,000, says the foundation of his money troubles was in the absconding of A. B. Cleveland, of New York, on June 23 last with $to;ooo. - WThile the polls at Decatur were surrounded with women on Tuesdav, George Devine assaulted William B. Ballard with a brickbat. Ballard drew his revolver and shot at his assailant, but missed him. Both men were arrested. Losses by Fire. New York, April 17. The big factory at Ninth avenue and One-IIundred-and-Twen-tv-fourth street took firo at 2 o'clock this morning. In five minutes after the outbreak was observed, the whole building was in flames from the cellar to the roof. Every engine within reach was called to the scene, but their work was in vain. In an hour the large building was a heap of ruins. It stood on the northwest corner, and covered a lot 60x100. The Buffalo Door, Sash and Blind Company owned it, and all the machinery and stock: it contained in its five stories. The loss is put by the police, at $100,000. It is covered by insurance in a number of companies. FREEroRT. Penn., April 17. Fire at Tarentum destroj-cd the old opera-house, the general merchandise stores of W. H. Mahaffey, J. A. Clark and Geo. A. Klugh, tho news depot on tho opposite side of the street.a shooting gallery, the Moorhead building and J. F. A. Bartholdi's dwelling. The loss is $15,000, partly covered by insurance. Tho fire started in the cellar of the opera-house. Its origin is unknown. New York, April 17. The Pennsylvania railroad ferryboat New Brunswick, plying between the Pennsylvania railroad station in Jersey City and Desbrosses street. New York, took fire to-day jnst as she was leaving her slip in Jersey City, and was destroyed. All the persons vrho were on board escaped, but it is understood that some horses and trucks were burned. Loss, $75,000. M adison, Ind., April 17. Johnson Frank's residence and contents, at Ghent, Ky., burned this noon. Loss, $1,000: insured for $2,000 in the Kenton Insurance Company, of Covingtom rollcy of the W hisky Trust. Peoria, I1L, April 17. Tho annual meeting of the whisky trust was held here today, and all of the old officers were re-elected, and three new trustees. Morris and Kingman, of Chicago, and Terrell, of New York, were elected in place of Duckworth and Beavis.of Cincinnati.and Francis.of Peoria. The policy of the trust was outlined in tho following address by President Greenhut: Our special endeavors and unceasing labors have been directed, the past year, toward improving the condition of the running plants in every department, in order to obtain the greatest amount of efficiency and economy in the production and handling of our (roods, and I can say that, we have attained gratifying results in that respect, and that we can feel perfectly secure in our portion of being enabled to produce our goods and place them on the market at a minimum cost, which gives us the ability to cope with any competition with which we may be brought in contact. It Is not good business Judgment, however, to ignore our opposition or underrate the competition we bave to contend with, and while we feel confident of being able to combat any competition on low prices, we roust not be misled, and anticipate larpe dividends, and attempt to vanquish outside competitors at the same time; in other words, our policy should be to run on prices low enough, and lor so long a time as may be necessary to overcome those outside concerns which havebri or are now attempting to take advantage of c u . position. Gave Ills Life to Save a Child. New York, April 17. Patrick McAtamney, an old switchman in the Pennsylvania railroad yards at Jersey City, sprang in front of a train to-dav to save tho life of a little boy, who had wandered upon the track to nick up cinders, and, though he succeeded in pushing the child ont of dander, ho fell beneath the wheels himself and was torn to pieces. He leaves a widow and seven children in poor circumstances. Offered 85 for Returning 830,000. New York, April 17. Frederick McMastcr. a stenographer, found a roll containing 000 in bills and J0,475 in certified checks in the corridor of the postofflce to-day, and took it to a bank at 61 Wall street, where it belonged. He was offiered $5 for his services. Tins is the best time of the whole year to purify your blood, because now you ao more susceptible to benefit from medicino than at any other season. Hood's Sarsuparilla is the best medicine to take, and it is the most economical 100 doses one dollar.

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Foreign Missionaries Are Feeding More Than Eighty ThonsMid Chinese, ButGreatSufferingandrrivation Still Prevail Minister Strauss Secures Reopening of Mission Schools in Turkey. THE FAMINE IN CHINA. Missionaries Feeding Over Eighty Thousand Feople Terrible Tales of Suffering. San Francisco, April 17. Later details of the great famine in North China, received by steamer to-day, show that while foreign missionaries are feeding over eighty thousand people, deaths and groat suffering from starvation and exposure continue. A letter from Chi Nan gives the terrible facts from the personal observation of llev. Panl Bergen, near the market town of Wung Chi Chnan: "I saw people in the fields plucking up the frozen wheat sprouts, and hero women publicly hawk their cbildrenfor sale on tho streets: 'Who will buv this boyT I can't feed him any longer, ancl don't want to hear him cry for food. The chief food for all classes is a mixture of dry bean leaves, commonly used for fuel, pulverized with millet chaff. Near hear are many villages still submerged by the overflow of the leilow river, and with piles of ice about the doors of the houses. Many, when the water came in the night, were drowned, and most of the survivors had limbs frozen. Along the river embankment is a constant lino of refugees trying to reach a better country. I noticed one old man and his wife, both over seventy years old, he 'wheeling the barrow and she, with a rope over her shoulder and staff in hand, pulling the barrow to the best of her ability." The Kev. Mr. Nevins, writing from Chef oo, says: "The amount of sufferin g that cannot be relieved by our best efforts is simply heartrending. In one village which I visited a week ago the people seemed to have given up all hope. Their faces, wan. and sallow by starvation, were darkened by a hopeless despair. A silence like death prevailed in the villiage. The people sat still in their houses or lay upon their Kangs ininute suspense, awaiting the end. Alas! help was too late for many in that villiage. From Chollu Tuo, Corea. come reports also that thousands of people are starving to death. The rice crop was a failure and all the food was soon exhausted. Foreign residents iu Leoul raised $800 and appointed two committees to investigate and relieve the distress. Although there was no question of the accuracy of tho statements, the Corean government refused to permit foreigners to journey inland, and officially declared thero was no famine. MISSIONARY SCHOOLS. Minister Strauss Effects a Satisfactory Arrangement with Turlclsh Authorities. Washington, April 17. The Department of State has received a dispatch from Minister Strauss, at Constantinople, dated March 27 last, saying that the local authorities at Istubigo, province of Beirut, had closed tho American missionary school there, and that the Mayor of Baalbek, province of Damascus, contemplated closing similar schools at seven of the towns under his jurisdiction. This action of the authorities was based upon the ground that the schools had not received the necessary permit from the local authorities, and that the managers had declined to stipulate to exclude Moslem children. Mr. Strauss immediately called upon the Grand Vizier, explaining, with reference to the first objection, that while the school managers had complied fully with the reanirements in euch matters, the local authorities had neglected to issue the permit for such schools, as provided by tho regulations; while as to tho second, the managers declined to enter into the stipulation not to admit Moslem children. Mr. Strauss's efforts with the Grand Vizier were entirely successful, and resulted in a telegram from that official to the Governor-general to reopen the schools and not to iuterfero with any American schools in their respective districts, but to report any complaints to Constantinople. GENERAL FOREIGN NEWS. The Reported Famine in Corea Not So Severe as Stated in the Papers. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Washington, April 17. Dr. Allen, the American secretary of the Corean legation, stated to your correspondent' to-day that tho reports printed of the famine which is alleged to bo devastating Corea are exaggerated and untrue. He received a letter from an American1 friend in Corea, today, from which he read that, while the crop of rice in southern Corea had been short this year, the shortage had been foreseen by the government, and that ample supplies had been stored up by the King, both at private and public expense, and that all needy persons would be fully taken care of. The next crop, he said, would be gathered this summer, and would be an abundant one. There had been no deaths from famine, he said, and the principal distress among the people arose from tho merciless extortions of the government tax-gatherers. Mr. ramell's Libel Salt. London, April 17. Mr. Parnell has engaged Sir Charles Russell, Mr. Asquith and Mr. Arthur Russell to conduct the libel suit brought by him against the Times. The trial of the case will take place in London, in the autumn. The specific charges against the Times are that it published a fac simile of a letter, dated April 1, 1887, which was falsely ascribed to Mr. Parnell. and that it published other letters during the trial of the case of O'Donnell vs. Walter, among them being the Kilmainham letter beginning 'Dear E.," which the Times, subsequent to the trial, called genuine. Mr. Parnell will insist that the case be conrinedtotho subject of the issue of the f orgei ies, and that all questions of a political nature be excluded from consideration. Leroux and Ills Parachute. London, April 17. Professor Leronx, the American aeronaut, made an ascension in Berlin, to-day, before the military authorities and a large nnmber of their friends. He ascended to the height of 2,000 feet, when he leaped from the car with a parachute and reached the ground in safety. The trial was made under extraordinary difficulties. A heavy snow and hail-storm was raging at the time, and the ropes holding the balloon captive became entangled several times. Count von Walderseo was delighted with the exhibition, and will probably adopt the parachute as a part of the paraphernalia of the balloon department of tho army. Warning to Sir. Goschen. London, April 17. There is intense irritation throughout the beer trade over tho proposal of Mr. Goschen to increase the tax on malt liquors. The brewers have already held a mooting to discuss the matter, ani have informed Mr. Goschen that a deputation representing them will wait upon him on April 80 to protest against his method of imposing what is apparently to be a permanent tax upon their product. Mr. Goschen is reminded by these gentlemen that Mr. Gladstone once attempted to raise the tax on beer and lost the premiership in consequence. A Royal Train for Humbert. London, April 17. The directors of the Adriatic railroad have ordered the con struction of a complete royal tram which will be used to convey King Humbert from homo to Berlin. The train, which is to be constructed by Nnrnberg builders, will be furnished with the very latest improvements, and the ornamentation of the cars is expected to surpass any thing of the kind extant. Cholera In the Philippine Islands. Sax Francisco, April 17. Word roaches hero that cholera is epidemic in the Philippine islands, and that out of 1,500 cases, 1,000 have proved fatal. Foreign Notes. The condition of Louis Kossuth has improved. Emperor William has appointed Count Herbert Bismarck and Dr. Kraul. of Holsteiu, representatives of Germany at

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Wells, Richardson & Co., Burlington, Vl BABY NEEDS n top asian Erin a !tould J roior Diamond -S.Ui.vr C(J(J3 X. Tour olortfor JCajt.r, l0 cU the Samoan conference. The conference will open on April 20. The archibishops of Pans, Lyons and; Bordeaux will soon be made cardinals. The Pope has not yet recovered from tho illness which attacked him on Monday. Archbishop Goossens, Bishop of Mechlin and Primate of Belgium, has been created a cardinal. The betrothal of Prince Ferdinand, of Bulgaria, to an Orleans princess will ho announced shortly. The doctors who are in attendance upon the King of the Netherlands say that if his Majesty's present favorable symptoms continue he will be able to resume his duties as sovereign within a few weeks. It is stated that Bulgarian exiles, wher have taken refuge in lioumania and Bussia are plotting with a view to the organi zation of a formidable invasion of Bulgaria It is probable that M. De fliers will inter fero to put a stop to the scheme. Prof. Harrison, of Baliol College, who was arrested at Donegal for supplying with' food and otherwise assisting besieged tenants iu Gweedore, was arraigned ieforo a. magistrate in Londonderry, j'esterd ay, and. committed to jail pending his trial at the' Sessions on Tuesday next. The Paris Gaulois says that the Princess of Sagan, a noted leader of fashion, was bit ten, a short time ago, by a pet monkey, which has since died from hydrophobia. The princess, the paper 6ays, is about to visit Paris for the purpose of putting her self under the care of M. Pasteur. Mgr. Ferrata, papal nuncio at Brussels, will succeed Mgr. Agliardi as apostolic del egate for India. Mgr. Agliardi will act as papal nuncio at Munich in place of Mgr. KulTo Scilla, who is ill, and who has been given two months' leave of absence to recruit his health. The archbishop o Perugia will succeed Mgr. Ferrata as papak. nuncio at Brussels. Buslneis Embarrassments. Boston, April 17.Thomas F. Scanlaiv doing business as the New England Piand Company, with offices atl57Treiaont street, Boston, and 68 Fifth avenue. New Yorkt with factory at Koxbury, Mass., has failed, and assigned to Godfrey Morse. Liabilities,, 200.000. Scanlau was formerly of the firm of McLaughlin & canlan, organ-buildcrs.-Boston. Thisfirm dissolved inlSHl, and. since then Iranian has conducted the business himself. Abont six years ago beestablished a large factory in'Roxbury, whero 400 people are employed. Recently thoi New York branch of the business was in-, corporated under New York laws, and' 6tvled the New England Piano Company, of New York, with a capital stock of fcJOO, 000. The Boston business has been incorporated under the laws of Maine, with a capital stock of $750,000. The immediate cause of tho failure was the suspension of Free &, Son. piano-dealers, of Dallas, Tex. Scanlan had oeen backing the Dallas firm,, and is on its paper for $100,000. The firm's) paper is believed to be mainly in Boston banks, and some estimates place it considerably above $200,000. The nominal assets are half a million. South Rovalton, Vt,, April 17. M. S, Adams, dealer in lumber. Hour, feed anV grain, suspended pavment to-day. Liabilities, GO.OOO; assets. $40,000. w A Deadly Street Fight. Columbia. S. C, April 17. George Mr Craven and John Harrison, two YVhita county ruffians, went to the little town of Kershaw, Lancaster county, on Sunday morning, and they got drunk. Thev proceeded to paint the town red after the traditional Western style. Drawing their Jiistols they ran through the streets yelling ike infuriated demons, shooting holes through the windows of the closed stores, and threatening to "clean out the wholo town." Policeman Hilton determined to arrest them, but as he approached them they both opened fire on him, one shot tab ing eff ect in his neck, producing a fatrj wound. The policeman then returned tlr fire, killing McCraven at the lirst shot and breaking Harrison's right ami at the sec ond, and compelling him to drop his pistol. Policeman Hilton died f rom the effects of his wound yesterday. Harrison is in jail A Dead Beggar's Wealth. New Orleans, April 17. Felice Veriat, aged seventy-seven, a professional beggar, died here two days ago. of. neglect, in an old shanty in the Teat of the town. 8he had lived thero for over twenty years in the most abject poverty, supporting herself by begcing, which she followed as a regular profession. Tho coroner, in investigate ing the circumstances of her death, discovered hidden aro mid her shanty fciS.OOO, of which $2,&oo was in gold, secreted iu an old llower-pot in tho yard, and $3(5.000 in gold bonds, stocks and securities concealed in the walls. The woman was believed to bo in destitute circumstances, iihe came here from France, and her pnlyrelativo and heir lives in Paris. Jailor Killed by a Craiy Negro. New Orlkaxs, April 17. A Picayune special from Raymond says: A negro named Grant, who has been confined in tho county jail bere, to-night 'killed the jailor, Robert Thomas. The negro was put in jail 6ome time ago under a writ of lunacy. It was tbougbt that be was harmless, and ho was allowed to walk about the jail-yard. Thomas had hJm out of tho jail-ynrd, wheu the negro struck him on the head with an ax, almost severing tho head from tho bou.V'

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