Indianapolis Journal, Indianapolis, Marion County, 21 April 1889 — Page 2

THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL, SUNDAY, APRIL 21, 1889-TWELVE PAGES.

the releaso of the captured rata. The Texan changed the courts or thc'.r march, and, rearing roLUaioa with L'nited etates troops. Lave encamped about Ave miles from the Oklahoma border. - Tho two meu supposed to bo mortally mounded yesterday now appear to bo In ft fair way to roeovcry. and, unless through Rome unforeseen acoMent, there "will be no deaths resulting from the battle Tho Texans at tlrbt swore revenge.but hare prudently coucladed to nrst lake possession of their lands, and If they secure their quarter Mictions they will be satisfied to let the trouble drop. The rush from the north Into Oklahoma still continues, and will do so until after Thursday, when It U supposed tho lines of march will be tomewhat weaker. The lino lor sixty milts aouth of Oklahoma Is practically unbroken. Like -water In a pipe, tho wagons empty out atone end ami nil in at tho other, always full. And so It is from tho south. All day ion? the 'whitetopped wagons pass through PurcelL which Is niy across tho rtver from the Mecca of these pilgrim. Tho railroad is taxed to Its utmost, . and the SanLi Fo has at last solved the problem f running two trains north on a single track against two running south. With twenty or more trains a day on this new road, not a single accident has occurred, the only mishap being the breaking of the water-works yesterday morning, which has caa.ed scarcity of water. The telegraph operators handling ail these trains are constantly at work, day and night. That their work ha been well done, the record of no accidents w ill bear 'witness. The business here lselmply wonderful' Stae Robbers at Work. Fort Smith, Ark., a pril 20. A rumor was re-

between Wagoza and Walker, on the southern border of Oklahoma and on the bank of the Canadian riTer, bad been held np and robbed Thursday night. The driver Jumped Into the river after being shot through the arm, and reached the opposite bank nearly unconscious. Ho 'walked to Walnut Creek and stated that his Ttasrengers. consisting of two men and a bor. w ere in the hands of robbers and the coach had been burned. The rumor has not been veritled, and reached this city from the Atoka coal mines, on the Miaouxl, Kansas & Texas railroad. TTAITTNO ON TILE LINE. Tho Boomers Reach the Boundary and Hold a Grand Jollification. fipel&I to t&e Imli&napoU J carnal. Ox '.the Oklahoma Line, April 19, by Courier via Arkansas City, April 20. The boomers are in eight of the ill Dorado at last. After a march of three days over the muddy trails of the Cherokee atrip, they halted at sundown within one hundred yards of the beautiful land of the Chickawws. The first glimpse of a harhor-light "was never more -welcome to a storm-tossed -sailor than was the rolling green plain of Oklahoma to the hardy crows of the white"topped prairie schooners. They entered it "with cheers, and volleys of musketry, and other demonstration of doliffhfc. TTnrsoxnen who have accompanied the long procession, and guides, spurred their ponies .forward and dashed in upon the soil 'which has been the happiest dream of their lives, but they were promptly escorted back to the wagons by Captain Hayes's troopers. BUU JI It" I ru III ICUiaiU IUC1D UU 111 iMUUUUjra To-night tho boomers are havirg a glorious jubilation. The old soldiers have formed a jnarching line and are parading up and down the southern edge of the strip, singing war songs and discharging their revolvers and rifles. Following them is a crowd of between 2,000 and 3,000 men. women and children, who are doing all tL'jy can to increase the confusion and make the din more deafening. At daylight the great camp will be struck and the ."wagons will begin moving east and west, bo that by Sunday night they will be evenly . distributed on the Oklahoma line, in positions from which they can safely join in the great scramble which begins at noon Monday. Tho hoomers aro hopeful and confident. They have been together so long and have discussed their plans so many times that they think they know jnst how they are going to proceed. Every man has a quarter section in his mind's eye, and when the etarting signal is given he will break for it as fast as his horses will carry him. It is not unlikely that many cherished plans and hopes will be defeated during the scramble. There' are men on the line tonight representing every element of wild western society, who have come across the strip to reserve claims. They have the ileetest ponies in the Territory, and as they Are thoroughly acquainted with Oklahoma they have an advantage over the honest homesteaders which can hardly be approbated now. Besides, they are all armed to the teeth and are boasting that theywill not brook rivalry or opposition. These men mean to precipitate trouble. The march across the strip was compara tively nneventfnL Some of the creeks, especially the Salt fork of the Arkansas, ; were very high, and delayed progress more np land lint tlia Knnmri Yir oorofnl nilrtf ing, cleared them all with ease. As they went down through the Ponca, Otoe ana Osage reservations, hundreds of Indians gathered by the side of the trail and watched the wagons as they rolled by. The Indians were nearly all armed, and tooK occasion to make an ostentatious dis play of their Winchesters, shotguns and Hix-shooters. One greasy old buck, who had a shotgun, was approached by a pretty little girl, who timidly asked if he was going to kill her papa. Tho Indian smiled at the child, and then, pat- . ting his gnn, said with a grunt: "Kill turkey this: this for boomer." He took from "his pocket a Winchester cartridge ' long enough to fit a howitzer, and held it iip for the inspection of the child. She ran back to her papa's wagon and hastily -climbed in between the canvas flaps, while the old buck complacently returned the cartridge to his pocket. crew of vagabonds than the Poncas, Otoes and Osages would be hard to nnd. They are too lazy even to hunt for the game with which the country abounds, and beyond stealing from neighboring tribes and drawing their quarterly rations from tho government, they will do nothing. The rich soil of the reservations is unfilled and unimproved. Their chief ambition in life i to get to Arkansas City two or three times a year, and while there drink whisky until the squaws have to load them bodily into wagons and drive them home. Theso are the sort of neighbors the boomers will lukve on the north. Captain Hayes is riding the line to-night, instructing the boomers how to proceed on Monday. Every man will be permitted to haul his wagon up to the line, go that when the starting signal is given he can get into the l ew El Dorado at a jump. Tho boomers .ire not all here yet. Hundreds of wagons are still coming across tho strip, ctl ersare still passing through Arkansas City. Many of them will arrive too late, as they cannot cross tho strip in less thaa thxeo days. I . BELATED BOOKERS. Three Thousand People Waiting at Arkansas City Arrangements for Monday's Trains. Arkansas City, Kan., April 20. Tho trains arriving here from the east and north, to-day, brought in nearly 3,000 men, all of whom will leave for Oklahoma next Monday. Tho most of them are camping , on tho prairie, without shelter of any kind. The accommodations of this little town gave out a week ago, and everybody who arrives, between now and Monday will havo to experience their 1 first taste of the life they may expect to have to live in Oklahoma. Superintendent Turner, of the Santa Fe railroad, estimates . that 15.0DO more boomors are on the road here, and he is making extensive preparations to furnish transportation for them all. Mr. Needles. United States marshal of Indian Territory, has issued instructions to all his deputies to destroy every drop of . liquor they may find in Oklahoma. Mr. Needles says Oklahoma is in the Indian Territory, and that its residents will bo amenable to Indian laws. General Memtt and four companies of infautry passed through here this morning, ra route, from Fort Leavenworth to Oklahoma City. The General is under orders to police the Territory with his troops until tho confusion incident to tho tirst rush is over. In an interview he said the soldiers would not temporize in performing their duty. They are under positive orders to keen order and quiet." ho said, "and they will obey at any cost." Boomers' wagons are still passing through here from tho north, and it begins to look as if many of thera will arrive at Oklahoma too late to get a claim. The following ofncial notice was issued this evening by tho Santa Fo Kail way Company: Arkansas Cttt, April 20, 18S9. On Monday, April 22, trains will run as follows Ctt t!io Arkaua City & Iurccll divisions: The first psttenxev traiu will leave Arkansas City at J o'clock a. m. Other trains will follow fifteen minutes apart, until everybody Is moved. Train wUl stop at Oklahoma lino until noon, CiAiLzn move forward to destination as fast as

safe. Trains will leave Puree n at 11:30 a.m. aud cros the lino at noon: then run to destination. The lino Is patrolled by troops. Avert Turner, Division Superintendent The Chicago Contingent. Chicago, April 20. A special train left the city at 11:30 to-night on the Santa Fo road, having on board about 250 colonists for Oklahoma. They represent two colonics. One is tho Chicago Oklahoma colony, tho other tho Chicago Oklahoma Pettier Association. The former will settle In Kdxnon township, the latter in Guthrio townabin. The traveler will be well armed and supplied with an abundanco of tents and provisions. Material for nearly 1,000 residences and business houses have leen shipped from this city.

BEATEN AND ROBBED. An Indiana Jfan Claims to Uave Been Assaulted and EoMed of $3,000 in Cash. Cincinnati, April 20. Last evening James Kelso arrived in tho city from Muncie, Ind. He went at once to the Indiana House and registered. About 1 o'clock a stranger entered the room, assaulted Kelso and beat him into unconsciousness. Kelso had brought with him 3,000. which he carried in cash in his inside pocket. When he returned to consciousness his clothes were strewn about the room and everything was iu confusion. The'money was goue. Kelso was cut behind the left ear and terribly bruised about the head. The state in which Kelso was found goes far toward confirming the truth of his story. He thinks that he was followed from Muncie by some on) wfio knew of his having drawn tho money. Kelso told his story to Chief of Police Deitsch, to-day, from which it appears that he is the W. M. Kel so, of Sabina. O., who disappeared some two months aco, after disposing or some cattle at Pittsburg. Some of his clothing was found there at toe time, ana it was thought that ho was murdered. Yesterday his family had a dispatch from him from Indianapolis, saying that he was coming home. He nays that lie went from Pittsburg to Chicago, and began specnlating in grain and hogs, and when he had accumulated S3.000 he started home. He says he does not know who robbed him. His trous ers, with a watch and some money In the pockets, were not disturbed. The chief of police distrusts the story of robbery, thinking it is made up to cover a deficit, but he is endeavoring to trace the facts. Mr. Kelso will probably go home to-day. TI1E STKEET-CAR STRIKES. No Particular Change In the Situation at Minneapolis and St. Paul. Minneapolis, Minn., April 20. The street-car strike is still on, and both sides are firm and determined to win. Only three lines were operated to-day, although tho company declared yesterday that cars would run on every line in the city to-day. A 8iifiicient number of engineers were hired yesterday to man the engines of the motor line, and it was the intention of the company to have it in operation to-day, but when the new men came to examine their engines tney found that every engine in the round-house had been "doped' with soda, vitrol and soap, and every bolt had been loosened or taken out and carried away. It took nearly all day to get tho engines in shape, but two trains were run over the line about 0 o'clock this evening. No attempt will bo mado to operate any line, besides the threo now running, until Monday. At a meeting of the City Council, last night, resoluttons were passed ordering the company to operate all their lines by noon Monday or forfeit their franchise. The imported 'cowbojrs" were not put to work to-day, atid it is rumored that they will be sent back to Kansas City tomorrow. St. Paul, Minn., April 20. There was little change in the street-car situation today. Cars were run on tho Kice and West Seventh-street lines, under police surveillance, and the crowd that watched the starting of the cars were cowed into silence. A few small boys yelled "scab," a young fellow who carried a stone in his hand, which ho declared possessed magic and cured rheumatism, was arrested, and that was about all that happened. To-morrow, it is said, all the lines in the city will run. About sixty men arrived in the city to-day from Kansas City to take the places of the strikers. One of them said he was one of a party of six stone-cutters who had come to the "Twin Cities" because they had an opportunity to ride free. Strike of Iron-Workers. rrrr?ncr.G, April 20. The 800 employes of the Allegheny tJeasemer Steel Company are aU out on strike. Twelve Tinkerton detectives are In charge of tho idle works. To-day six colored cooks were employed by the firm and a large numler of cots were placed in a budding on the company's premiss. It is believed that the firm contemplate starting the mill with nonunion men, and are preparing to board and lodge them. Serious trouble is expected If an attempt la made to start up with non-union men in the places recently occupied by the strikers. Want a Share in a llig Estate. rinsBURG, April 19. There Is an estate located in St. Clair, county, Illinois, just acroM the river from St. Louis, known as the Hannah IIlllman estate, .and tho estimated value of the same, ps placed by those who claim heirship to it is $17,000,000. There are In the neighborhood of tlf ty persons who claim to bo heirs to the big fortune, many of whom reside lu Pittsburg, Alleeheny City, McKeesport, Monongahela City, and liochester. Pa. The heirs in the llttsburg section, which are la the majority, have, with those in that vicinity, formed an organization and established a financial fund, besides retaining leading attorneys of Pittsburg to represent them, and propose to take immediate steps to prove their claim, with a view of gaining IvoxseAjiiou of the estate. The first meeting was leld in Allegheny City, Tuesday, at vrhichtime preliminaries were arranged and the programme laid out. The next meeting will beheld Monday evenlug next, at which time definite arrangements will be made to proceed at once. Tho history of the estate in the case follows: Hannah Uillman, a maiden lady, aged forty-nine years, died intestate in the year leaving an estate valued at $3,000.OOO. It consisted of alout one hundred acres of ground located in St. Clair county, Illinois, opposite St. Louis. Tho property has been improved from year to year. The ground is now occupied by railroads, mnch'ne-shops, blocks of valuable property, etc. The heirs claim that the occupants of the estate have no deeds, but hold possesion through tax title and certain quitclaim deeds. They say that the estate never reverted to Its rightful heirs, through tho action of Mrs. aUie Veudergrift, one of tho heirr , who died March f. At tho time of the death of Hannah Uillman the estate parsed into the hands of her father, James Hillnian, who died three years af terwani, when Mrs. Vandergrift, they say, received iover of attorney, and from that until her death she successfully defeated all efforts made by tho other heirs to have tho estate divided. A Itunaway Train Frightful Speed. Pri.UTii, Minn., April 20. As a train of fourteen loaded ears, with Siqerintendent Topo's private ear attached, was defending the heavy grado letween Two Harbor and Ciakadina. on the Duluth iV Iron Kangc railroad, the air-brakes refused to work, and the train gained frightful velocity. A brakeman managed to uucouple tho private car, which was soon stopped by the hand brakes. The rest of the train plunged madly on, reaching a noeed of 110 miles an hour. Finally the train left the track, demolishing tho engiuo and all the cars. Engineer Chas. Culter had loth legs broken, and two other men were seriously Injured. Culter is the famous snow-plow hero of the Northern Pacific road. A Shower of Snails. Cleveland. O., Arril 20. A special from Tiffin records a strange phenomenon that took place there last night during a heavy thunderstorm. It wa no more nor less than a heavy shower of snails, from a pirvhead in sizo to some as Urge as a half-dollar. The ground on Highland addition, a Huburhof the town, was covered with them, and the noise made in their descent was like the falling of hail. In the eastern part of this city Piiail literally covered the sidewalk last night, although it only sprinkled slightly. Traveling Men's Protective Union. TiCRLlNGTov, la., April 20. At tho annual meeting of the Traveling Men' National Protective Union, last evening, the following otlicers were elected: Precedent. J. M. Kotfinan, Ottmnwa, la.: tlrst vice-president, W. E. Schwenp. St. Ixmis; second vice-president, J. D.Stacey, Peoria; third vice-president, (ieorge H. Kean, Kaunas City; fourth vice-president, W. B.Laniu. Omaha; fifth vice-president, R. F. Evans. Woomington, 111.; secretary aud treasurer, A. 11. Orupe, BurUngtou, la. Fireman Killed. Special to the IiMUanapolla Journal. Portland, ImL, April 20. Mark 8. Hughes, fireman on an cast-bound freight train, was killed one mile west of this city to-night The engine struck a cow, and Hughes lumped, falling under the engine. lie lived at Lafayette and was married.

OFFICIAL REPORT FROM APIA

Admiral Kiraberl y Tells the Story of the Wreck of the American War Ships. The Best Seamanship Unable to Cope with the Fury of the Elements Kind "Words for Natives and the Indian Officers. Rathbone Proposes Speedy RcorganizatioDOfthoFostal Inspection Service. Surgeon-General Hamilton Predicts That Flor ida Will Again Suffer from Yellow Fever General and Personal Gossip. ADMIRAL KIMBERII7S REPORT. Ills Letter to the Secretary of the Navy Regard ing the "Wrecking of the American Fleet. Washington, April 20. The morning's mail, delivered at the Navy Department, brought several letters from Admiral Kimberly, referring to the wrecking of the American fleet at Aria. Among them was his official report to tho Socretary of the Navy, nnder date of Apia, March 19. It is addressed to tho Secretary of the Navy, and says: It becomes my painful duty to report to the de partment the disastrous injury and loss sustained by the vessels under my command in tho harbor of Apia, during the hurricane which swept tnese waters Marcn id ana 10. vt nen tiie gale commenced there were in the harbor the following men-of-war: United States shins Trenton. VandaUa and Ninslc: II. li. M. 8. Calliope ami II. I. ii. M. ships, Adier, Olga and liber. There were also a few merchant vessels and oinall craft. The Nlpslo had the Inner berth, and the Trenton, last to a rive, had the outer berth, indications or Dad weather appeared during the forenoon of Friday. March 15, and at 1 o'clock on that day I commenced preparations to meet a gale by sending down thelower yards and housing ton masts. Fire9were lighted and steam raised. l$v 3 o'clock the gale had developed. It blew hard during the evening, and about is y. M., we parted our port bow came. During the night it olew with great violence, but with the aid of steam the vessels kept in good shape until morning. At daylight we had hoped for a moderation of the wind, but were disappointed. The gale set in with renewed fury, and early in the forenoon it was evident that some of the Inner ships were ashore, and thote nearest to us were riding uneasily. The flagship loot her wheel about this time. It was carried awav with a crash, and seriously in lured some of the helmsmen. Relieving tackles and a spare tluer were applied promptly, nut it was discovered that the rudder was broken, and soon it was entirely useless. The wind by this time was blowing with hurricane force, and the seas were very heavy. The ship had begun to make water duWng the early moning. The handpumps were manned, and all bilge pumps in the engine-room were on. The water gained aad threatened to put out the fire, the greater part of it seeming to come through the hawse pipes, which are situated on the berth decks. Every effort was made to stop the entrance of water at this point by Jamming in bedding, by putting molding ou the chains, and by veering into the hawse pipes. It could be checked in this way. but not stopped. for the violence of the seas was so great that it would force back everything opposed to It, All hands were set to balling, and tho handy billy rigged, but by 9:30 a. m. the flres had been put out and the men driven up from the fire-room. Work at the hand-pumps and with tho buckets continued from this time throughout tho gale, with the hope of being able to relight the tires and keep the ship afloat. A little before noon the Calliope was seen to be very uneasy at her moorings, and soon she steamed toward us, having parted or slipped her cables, and was making an effort to go out the harbor. &bo came near colliding with us, and steamed out In the face of the hurricane. In the afternoon, tho wind having hauled a little, the flagship was more unsteady at her moorings, and parted two chains, one soon after the other. We then drifted over toward tho eastern reef, and escaped tho wreck of a merchant bark by tho mere chance of her dragging as we approached her. We drifted until our stern was almost against the reef. Destruction seemed imminent, as the vessel was within a few feet of tho reef for a long while, aud pitching heavily. We drifted In this position ao".g the reef for a considerable alstance, untd ve came to where it turned more toward tc3 aUward. Here we found smoother water, andour remaininganchor seemed to hold quite well for a time. This position, however, put us directly in tho hawse of the Olga, which vessel had cue of the smoothest berths in the harbor at th;s time, lie was riding well, and had control of her engines. Efforts were at once made to het ve over the eight-inch riile gun from the forecastle, to assist in holding, but it could ntbe donoin time. We slowly drifted upon her, and she avoided us twice by skillful use of helm and engines, but soon another cut into our quarters, first on one side and then the other, carrying fkway our boat, rigging and quarter gallies, but not essentially injuring the hull. Dnriug all this time the officers of the flag-ship made every effort to manage her by the storm sails, and putting men In the rigging. We drifted by the port side of the Clga and across to tho western reef, dragging n o anchor and tailing now on. the western reef a ewe had before done on tho eastern. Some of tho wrecked vessels were now In plain sight. Tho Nipsio was well in shore on good bottom, with stem to the seas. The Vandalia was sunk against the reef, with her masts standing and tops and rigging tilled with men, while spray and surl was flying to her mastheads. The Kber was novbere to be seen, while the Adler was on her side, high on the reef. Tho Olga had turned for the shore, and going ahead under steam and sail, wat beached ou good bottom and in a good position on the seas. All this time the gale was blowing with unabated fury. About 6 o'clock we wers expecting to strike momentarily. It was dtvetly under our stem, but as on the eastern side the current seemed to carry us along the reef and keep us Just clear of striking. Thus wo cam on to where the Vandalia was lying, and it was evident that our stem would soon btrike against her port side. As we approached her rockets were fired, carrying lines, with the hope of rescuing the people on her masts. This proved very successful, and tho men from tho main andmizzen were rescued first. Boon after, we strick the Vandalia with violence, and her main and mizzen masts went by tho board. We then swing gradually, and settled Into a position alongside of her, Just touching the bottom, and our stern grazing a small wreck and the reef. The men were rescued from the foremast of the Vandalia, and thence ou during the night wo continued to beat the bottom and against the Vandalia with great force. The wind during this (Saturday) night blew with hurricane force, squali following squall with hardly any appreciable interval. The seas, however, were not so high as they were further out, and we got through the mght without additional serious misfoitune. Just before daylight the flag-ship was visited by two boats, manned entirely by natives, who carried lines to the shore. This was dangerous work, owing to the darkness, the sea. the current to the reefs, the wreckage and to the difficulty of reaching the Trenton on account of the Vandalia'n wreck. The men were kept at the pumps and buckets, without cessation, with a view to haul ng off tho snip If possible, and keeping her etloat when the gale abated. In the morning the wird moderated. It was then ascertained that tho propeller was missing. The ship had settled hard on the bottom, and the water could not be reduced. It was up to the engine-room platform, acd'trislng. Under these circumstances, and in the absence of any docking facilities or marine railway appliances and powerful pumps, tho abandonment of the ship became necessary, btores were gotten up as rnpidly ns possible, and the people got their effects ashore. Immediately thereafter the crew were set to work getting out and saving from her everything possible. On Monday tho water was up to her gun deck, and she had settled a little on her port side. Ou Tuesday she had settled more to port, and was still lower in the water. Iho Vandalia is completely submerged, and only her foremast and head beams show above the water. Tho Nipsie is lying in about seven feet of water at low tide. Tho rise and fall is four feet. he would probably have to be hauled astern some five hundred feet to float her at high tide. he has lost her smoke-pipe; also her rudder, and her profiler is badly damaged. Her crew remained on board, and she keeps her bilges free of water by the steam pump. I have ordered a board to investigate at once the possibility of saving the Nipsie. and to further Investigate and report upon all circumstances connected with the loss and damage of the vessels by the gale. The report of this board will bo forwarded by the flrst opportunity after its receipt by me. The crews of the Vandalia and Trenton are in barrack on shore. The Calliope steamed into the harbor this morning, showing signs of having experienced heavy weather, the goes to Sydney as soon as possible for repairs, and, through tho kindness of Captain Kane, her diving outfit has been turned over to us. and it will bo of the greatest assistance lp saving stores. I commend his services to tho department, and trust they will be regarded as worthy of recognition. Lieut. Wilson goes to Aucklar.d to report the catastrophe to the department by cable, and to charter a steamer to take to San Francisco tho Vandalia's crew and others of ihe squadron who arc sick and disabled. By the Calliope I send a duplicate diatch to Sydney, to bo forwarded by the United fctates consul to the department. I have received tho most valuable assistance from Matnafa Malietoa, M ho has sent a large numter of his men to help in getting stores and public proierty from the ships. The Calliope, when she went out of the harbor, carried 1X pounds of steam, making 74 revolutions, and then she was Just able to make headway against the gale; and

when outside, during a period of four hours she made no headway, her engines running at full sjeed. The Admiral then gives the list of killed, which does not differ from that sent out by the Associated Press last week. He then continues: During the entire time Captain Farquhar showed great care and good Jnugment In handling the ship through this ter riffle gale, and never left the bridge. lie was ably seconded by his executive and navigating otneers, who did all in their power to save the ship. In fact, so far as I could observe, all the odicers behaved extremely well under the trying circumstances, and performed thetrdutiesebeerfully.effectively, and well as could be desired. This disaster I classify among tho incidents and accidents inseparable from the prosecution of duty. Its magnitude, however, gives it a distinguishing feature, which, fortunately, the service is rarely compelled to witness. Captain Farquhar has demanded a court of inquiry. No disinterested officers are available here. I therefore respectfully refer the-entire matter to the department, and if further investigation is deemed necessary I should be pleased to have a court of inquiry ordered, very respectfully, your obedient servant, I. A. KlMnKRLT, Rear Admiral U. S. N., Commanding United States Naval Forces on Pacido fetation. In another letter to the Secretary of the Navy, dated Apia. March 19, Admiral Kiinberly says: Sir I ha ve to commend to tho government of tho United states the very great assistance we have received In saving the public property from our wrecked vessels at this place from Maiaafa Malietoa, who, without any request on my part, called ou me personally and sent some hundreds of his men to assist our ieoplo in saving stores and materials from the wrecked vessels. Also, when the Nipsio and Vandalia went on shore the natives risked their lives to save those of our men who endeavored in reneh tho eV

miiur, and two of tbem lost their lives inthena . r . i.i . . ttiicuii'is. ii puuju recognition 01 inese services could be made, I think it would be appreciated have 6o generaUy given their services, and in two cases uieir lives to uernena us. Under date of Apia, March 21, Admiral Kimberly writes to tho Secretary of the ftavy: The 2f ipslo was got off lwt night, and Is now afloat, without rudder or rudder-post, and her crew is engaged trsing to get up her chains. The Trenton is sunk, the water coining over the port side of her gun deck at high water. I think her back is broken. She mijrht possibly be freed from water if we had the proper appliances, powerful steam pumps, etc. She has no rudder or rudder-post, or propeller, and lies with her deck slightly inclined to seaward. She lies alongside of the wreck of the Vandalia, which is shoreward of her. The latter vessel is a total wreck and broken In two. At high tide the water rises over her topgallant forecastle. Only her 'foremast is standing. We are engaged securing moorings for the Nipsio and in wrecking the Trenton and Vandalia. A good deal of what we save might bo sold at public auction to save expense of storing and transportation. Our sick and injured are doing well. It would, perhaps, be well to send a wrecking vessel here later in the season to save the Trenton's heavy guns, ammunition, etc. I have received from Capt. Henry C. Kane, TJ. 13. M. R. , a diving suit and apparatus, and will use It for all it Is worth, but we ought to have another in case of an accident to this. I hope that tho department will not forget Captain Katie's kindness to us in our distress. He commands tho II. B. M. S. Calliope, which vessel had but one boat. 1 gave to her one of our ten-oared cutters, but he did not consider it safe to lie there at this season of the year, she sailed this morning for Sydney, where she will b repaired. 8he was considerably damaged by the Olga colliding with her. Almost every vessel was at onetime or another in collision with some other vessel, and a great deal of the damage that occurred was owing to this cause. If I can save the Nipsic, which can be doneif weather permits, I will send her under convoy to Auckland to be docked and repaired. Another ship should be sent hero for the purpose of convoying her, as the risk of an improvised rudder is too great to send her there alone. I have still to learn the condition of her machinery and propeller, but shall be informed in the course of a few days. A letter from Commander D. W. Mullan. of the Nipsic. dated Apia, March 23, addressedto the Secretary of the Navy, reads: In compliance with raratrranh 29. taire 3,'of tbe United States Navy Regula tions, I have the honor to report that all boiler power was used on the -10th of March, during the violent hurricane which occurred in this harbor. Meritorious lira very of a Seaman. Washington, April 20. In a dispatch from the late Commander Schoonmaker, dated on board the Vandalia, March 8, that officer calls the attention of the department to the meritori ous conduct of William Fooye, seaman, on the 22dof February. A man fell overboard from tho cathead, and Fooye jumped overboard and brought him to a rope, enabling him to get on board again. On the 7th of March, after a heavy blow with much swell In tho roadstead, It was discovered that a rope was foul of tho screw, thus aisabllng tho ship, then in an unsafe place. Fooye went under the counter in tho heavy swell and succeeded in clearing the line. On the same morning J. IT. Humphreys, an ordinary seaman of the Vandalia. while working the anchors, fell overboard. He could not swim, and would havo undoubtedly drowned but for tho courage and presence of mind of Fooye, who jumped overboard from tho forecastle, swam to him with a rone, and succeeded in getting him on board. Commander Pchoonmaker in bis report, says: "In view of these acts of efficiency and humanity, I feel myself in duty bound to call them to the attention of the department, and to ask that it will give such reward to William Fooye, seaman, as iu its wisdom will be right." Pay Clerk Alexander's Death. WAsniNGTON, April 20. Captain Farquhar, in a dispatch dated on the Trenton at sea, Jan. 1G (while on her way to Samoa), reports the death of Pay Clerk H. D. Alexander, of that vessel, from yellow fever, on the night of Jan. 15. His disease was contracted in the lino of duty, from necessary exposure on shore at Panama while receiving stores from New York at the railway station. Captain Farquhar says of him: "Ho was an honorable gentleman, much beloved by all on board." He was buried at sea. Arrival of Injured Sailors. San Francisco, April 20. The steamer Umatilla arrived this morning, eight days from Honolulu, having on board Lieut. Louis Ripley and twenty-nine injured men of the United States steamers Vandalia and Trenton that were left at Honolulu by the steamship Almeda, which arrived last week. They were transferred to the hospital at Mare island. INSPECTOR RATHBONE. The Postal Inspection Service Will lie Reorganized on a Business Basis. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Washington, April 20. Maj. E. G. Rathbone, the newly appointed chief inspector of the Postoffico Department, intends to make a complete reorganization of the special agency division of the postal service. He had in his room at the Postom'ce Department, this afternoon, almost a wagon-load of applications for postoffice inspectorships, and was rapidly going through them, with a view to making recommendations for removals and appointments. I come into the work," said he to your correspondent, "without any prejudices, and in organizing the special agency division I intend to secure the very best men I can get in the country. It is to be regretted that the appropriations for employes in this service are not more liberal, so that the very best talent can be procured. The Fostmastergeneral has asked the President to rescind the order which extended tho civil-service rules over this branch of the Postofiice Department, so that we can employ men with the sole obiect in view of securing the peculiar ability we need. It is very unfortunate that any one ever thought about examining a man under tho civil-service rules who wants to be a special detective. As a rule, the best detectives are not educated men; thrt is, they are not up in those special branches of learning wliich would enable them to pass a civilservice examination. I hope the President will throw off tho bit which holds down the special agency division of the Postom'ce Department, and permit us to employ the best men, without examination. I think there will be removals made as rapidly as possible, and that it will be but a few days until we have new agents in the tield everywhere." Major Kathbono was chief of the special agents at the Pension Oflico under Commissioner Dudley, and displayed such excellent executive ability that lie was sought out by Postmaster-general Wanamaker and tendered the position, which he took yesterday, without solicitation. . MINOR MATTERS. Surgeon-General Hamilton Predicts Another Yellow-Fever Epidemic In Florida. Special io the IcdlanioU Journal. Washington, April 20. Dr. Hamilton, Surgeon-general of the Marine Hospital Service, thinks there will be another gen

eral yellow-fever scourge in Florida this 6eason. Ho says there are evidences of it already at Jacksonville and Tampa. Under the present State laws of Florida it is a crime for a physician to misreport a case of yellow fever. If the fever is reported by a physician to the State authorities fs some other malady or disease, the physician so reporting is liable to be arrested and prosecuted on a criminal indictment. This. Dr. Hamilton says, is having the ellect of inducing the physicians to refuse to report the fever, and it is now developing in some sections without any official notice of it on tho part of the authorities. Under the present condition of affairs yellow fever may prevail to a very considerable extent in a section of the State without there being any official record made of it. Indiana Pensions. Pensions have been granted the following-named Indianians: Original Invalid Edward M. Hussey, Brazil; John W. Ficklin, Orleans; Iauder C. Walker, Worthington; Win. Demoss. Winamac: Chas. II. Fnishour, La Oro; James M. Donica, Mount Moriah; James Edington, Decatur. Navy Francis J. Smith, Youngstown; Vnx. West. Cory: Wm. Hall, Fort Wayne; Charles Edwards, stone's Crossing; Levi O. gaffer, Selma; Alva li. Thompson. Sanford; Jacob Wllhelm, Dunfee; Daniel Oarbison, Ora; Arthur liowen, Terre Haute;

John Hamilton, Butler, Charles Manship, alleene; (Jeorge Hill, Wolf Lake; James Jacobs, Indianapolis; Ewald Over, Indianapolis; John A. Jordan, Ilttsboro; Samuel W. Raker, Rising Bun; Anthony W. McHanier, Little York; Jeremiah Runkle, Bartsvllle; Samuel Hendricks, Frankfort; Jas. Melnmpy, St. Paul; F. M. Blything, Terre Haute; Robert G. Edsall. Syracuse; Jos. Z. Keaton, Clay City; Ezra Keeler, Center; Jas. H. Jagoo. Washington (deceased); Jos. R. Sharp. Wavelaud; George Thompson, Aurora; T. McMechan, Crawfordsville; George Kreig, Cypress; Wm. D.Bridgford, Mount Carxnel; David Lyle, Kent. Incrcaso David H. Gray, Alaska; Robert Sedam. AUensville: Samuel M. Thaxton, Elkhart; John Page tt, Francisco; James Gilbert, Evansvnie; Thomas J. ciar. mcennes; Dixon carroll, Washington; Permano Abbott, Milan; Charles Cunningham, Lawrencehurg; Thomas P. Sawyers, Alpine; Hiram N. Humphrey, BenhanVs Store; Philip Hortenstine, noddy's Mills; James Adkins. Bloomington: George T. Pollard. Gallaudet; Henry Harvey, Indianapolis; TU'ord Folsom, Versailles; David Dyer, jr., Vevay; Jas. H. H. Collier, Burnsville; Stephen McCurley. Terre Uaute; Wm. if. Logan, AnKola; Andrew J. W. Lyon, Arcadia; John W. Clark, Middlcbury; Lewis M. Hunter, Zenas; ChesleyD. McLanahan, llarrodsburg; Edward D. Mill is, Flainville: An drew J. Rockwell, Cloverdale; Lafayette Evcrltt. Cutler; Matthew Criswell, Fredericksburg; James Gross, WhltehaU; Tarlton Bennett. Indlan a polls; Jas. T. MclloUand, Washington; John W. Aughe, Frankfort; Francis M. Field. Lowell: Addison Warner. Elkhart; Henry Willis, Coal City; Thomas J. Oldham, froutbport; George Degler, Crothersville; Benjamin Bass. Bloomington; Aaron Meeks, jsewtonviue; Davia E. Straight. Fowler. Henry Carroll. Charlottes ville (deceased); Albert Helms, Sugar Creek; Samuel Harrison, Indianapolis; Patrick Lynch, Danville; Francis M. Davidson, Carlisle; John Matz, Indianapolis; Brown Fisk, Friendship; Christopher Hart, Angola. Reissue and Increase Jas. T. Melton, Loogootee: Jeremiah Ilaugh, Delphi; Joseph Garringcr, Indianapolis. Original Widows, etc Mary, widow of 8amuel II. Clark, 6eelyville; minor of Noah Alley, Knightstown; Mary, mother of Abraham J. Helms. Olio: Rosena. widow of George W. Ben nett, Hobbleville; Nancy J., widow of Robert li. Skelton, Princeton; Mary A., widow or J aeon u. Mattern, Indianapolis; Jane, mother of Wm. Nixon, Lecsburg. Reissue Samuel Bennett. Lvnsvllle: Samuel M. Karns, BlufTton; John GUdersleeve, Pickard's Mills; Wesley Mowrer, New Amsterdam. Is April 30 a Igral Holiday? Washington, April 20. It has become the subject of inquiry of much importance to tho banking and mercantile interests whether the ensuing 30th of April Is such a public or legal holiday as Justifies the payment and presentation of maturing notes, bills of exchange, etc, on the next preceding or subsequent day. By an act of the last Congress the day is declared to be a national holiday, but the usual provision is omitted making it, for commercial purpose, tho same as Sunday. In some of the States such a provision is made by general law, applicable to such days as are appointed by the Governor of the State or the President of the United States, viz.: "A day of fast and thanksgiving." The late proclamation of the President, Issued the 4th instant, appoints a day of thanksgiving. There is no invocation to thanksgiving further than is to be Implied necessarily from the preamblo stating the object of the proclamation. This is sufficient, however, to characterize the day and to fulfill the conditions of the State statutes before referred to. There would seem to be no reason for doubt but that bankers may close their doors on that day as on Sundays in the particular States and the District of Columbia, wherever general laws contain the provision before mentioned. The question has been presented to the Solicitor of tho Treasury with regard to national banks, and the foregoing is in accordance with his opinion, as expressed to the Comptroller of the Currency. Nice Trips for Senators. Washington, April 20. Senator Dawes has arranged a trip for the Indian committee this summer, in pursuance of the investigation to be made Into the condition of the Indians of tho Northwest. The committee will leave Chicago about July 1, and proceed to Portland over the Union Pacific and Oregon Short-line, thence to Tacoma, W. T., thence to Sitka, Alaska. Rereturning they win come over the Jsorthern Pacltio to St. Paul. The first eommitteo to make a transcontinental trip will bo Senator Hoar's special committee on relations M-ith Canada. Tils committee will leave Chicrgo on May 3, and proceed to San Francisco, via U.'iion and Central Pacitio lines, and thence to Portland by steamer. From there they will go to lnget sound and Alaska. A part of the duty assigned to the committee is an examination of the seal fishery, and a trip from Sitka to the Prisolov islands will probably be made in the Fish Commission's steamer Albatross, the use of which has been tendered for that purpose by Commissioner McDonald to Senator Hoar. In October, the special committee on Pacific railroads, Senator Frye, chairman, will go to San Francisco by way of the Union and Central lines, and return by the Southern. Each of these trips will occupy about 6ix weeks, unless Senator Hoar's committee should go to the seal islands, in which case they will be away two months. General Notes. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Washington, Aprd 20. Hon. II. C. Duncanson, of Bloomington, accompanied by N. U. Hill, J. G. Mcrheeters and Maj. J. B. Mulkey, also of Bloomington, arrived yesterday. Mr.. Duncanson is now engaged in presenting the papers of applicants for positions in that district, principally for postmasters and members of pension boards, and in this work is receiving the assistance of the above-named gentlemen. He exEresses entire satisfaction with the reception he as received, and is confident he will bo entirely successful in his eflorts to fill the otllces in the district with good Republicans. Dr. Levi Ritter, of the firm of Rltter &, Ritter, lawyers, of Indianapolis, is here for the purpose of appearing before tho Supreme Court of the United States in tho Kokomo jail ease. C. E. Brinkley, of Richmond, is here. A. M. Willoughby, of the Greensburg Review, was one of the latest callers at the Journal bureau. The application of 8. Hedrick, of Union City, for tbe superintendency of an Indian school was filed with Socretary Noble to-day, together with the strong indorsement of General Browne. Mr. Hedrick is well qualified for the position, and will likely get it. Mrs. McCullough and her daughter, Miss Edith McCullough, of Anderson, returned to-day to Hagerstown, Md., from a week's tour of the seaside resorts, revisiting Baltimore, Philadelphia and Atlantic City. Miss Edith is attending Keemar College, at Hagerstown, one of Maryland's most thorough educational institutions for young ladles. She will take part in the elocutionary contest on next Thursday evening, which promises to be a rare attraction. Richard M. Johnson, of Franklin, chief clerk of the Sixth Auditor's office, in the Postorhce Department, has resigned. Mrs. Harrison's reception was very pleasant, and was attended by a company of brilliant callers. Miss Murphy was present during the hour, and others present were Mrs. Blaine, Mrs. Emmons Blaine, Mrs. McLean, Mrs. J. W. Foster, Mrs. Russell Harrison. Mrs. McKee was indisposed, and did not come down stairs. E. G. Rathbone. of Ohio, to-day took the prescribed oath of othce aud entered upon the discharge of bis duties as geueial inspector of the poKtotlicc department. To-day's bond offerings aggregated $115,800, as follows: Registered four-and-one-halfs, $3,300 at $1.08; $1,500 at $1.08; $100,000 at $1.03: Coupon four-and-one-halfs, $11,000 at $l.ox; $lo.CHK four rer cent, registered at $1.2U. All the oflers were accepted, except $100,ooo four and one-half per cent., registered at $1.0 V. The President to-day signed the commission of Cornelius Van Cott, postmaster of New York. Business Embarrassments. Boston, Arril 110. Dewson, Williams kCo.. hide and leather dealers, have assigned. The liabilities are said to be In the neighborhood of $1100,000. Isaao Rich & Co., fish dealers, who recently suspended, have assigned. The liabilities aro about $350,000, and the actual assets are placed at about $-00,000. A Little Lrarrn Lrarrnrth the Whole Lump, A disease in one part of the body will eventually till the whole body with disease. Every year or two somo part of the system grows weak and begins to decay. Such part should bo removed at once, and new matter be allowed to take its place. There's no need of cutting it out with the s.irgeon's 6calpeL Purge away the old, diseased and worn-out parts with Brandreth's Pills. Then the new body will take care of itself.

SEW -YORK'S BIG FIRE.

The Losses Will Reach $2,250,000A Talk with Chauncey M. Depew. New York, April 20. Four fire engines and two lire boats were busy this morning throwing water on the ruins of the warehouses and elevators destroyed in last night's great lire at Fifty-ninth street and North river. Two thousand barrels of oil are still burning in the Wilcox refinery. It would be usele-s to attempt to extinguish the tire until it exhausts itself, but a cordon of firemen hs been formed to keep it from spreading. The Union Stockyard abattoir, which was ablaze early this morning, has been saved, only the exterior wall being damaged. The people injured are all doing as well as could be expected, and no further deaths are anticipated. A fireman fell overboard at the Fifty-ninth-strect pier this morning, bat was rescued. The loss to the property of the New York Central Railroad Compauy is estimated at $1,250,000, which is covered by insurance in the London, Liverpool fc Globe Company. Mr. lloyt, of that company, stated this morning that he did not think the company's net loss would exceed the above aunt, provided there was no salvage. The company, he said, had only risks in New York Central property. Mr. Crandall. secretary of the fire patrol and fire underwriters, stated later that it would be im possible to say what the loss would be to the different companies until all had made their returns. He will probably, he said, five an estimate on Monday. The New ork Central's loss by the great fire is footed up by its oilicers as $1,400,000, but more than half of tho burned property was useless to the company and need not be replaced. Auother half million and over i3 covered by insurance, so that tho actual net loss of tho company, chieily on freight, for whica it is responsible, in about 300.000. Mr. Depew aaid to-day: "The total loss of property consumed bv the lire will not be far from 8o.000.000. We figure that $1,400.000 of that sum falls upon the New York Central railroad, but business has changed sine those big elevators were built. It was intended then that the ocean steamers should go right up to them aud load and unload. They have not done so. The old practice of loading from boats has not been changed, and wo do not need two such elevators. One will be quite enough. Besides, the foundation of the buildings in a hundred feet of mud and sand, which cost as much as the structure, is unimpaired. We tind that we can rebuild our elevator piers tho one at Fifty-ninth street belongs to the city also our storehouses, and find ourselves in as good a condition as wo wcro before the tire, lor $500,000. Our insurance, distributed auicng a large number of companies, amounts to at least $520,000. I think it reaches $5S0,000. The loss on freight and property for which we are responsible is, therefore, our real loss, and the full exteut of it. This we calculate a, about $300,000. As far as our business is concerned, the three covered piers f or west-Vmnd business were saved. The east-bound grain business we can do. as before, on tho West JShore road, on floats, and the traffic in outside grain we have warehouses to take care of. It will be a temporary return to the old methods, and it will involve some delay and inconvenience, but neither will be as great as first supposed. Wo shall rebuild one elevator as soon as we can get at the ruins." The store-house between Fifty-ninth and Sixtieth streets, where the fir broke out, will be rebuilt as soon as possible. An examination of the books, inade by order of President Depew, this morning, showed that there were only 113,000 bushels of grain, chiefly oats anil barley, in the two elevators. The value of the grain was not over $(X),000, and it was all insured by tho consignors. Putting the loss of N. K. Fairbanks, who, a year or two ago, leased tho old Wilcox lard refinery, at $300,000, and the destruction of property in the llossiter stores at an even half-million, most of it being wood-pulp, straw-board and other cheap and bulky articles, it is likely that even Mr. Depew's rough estimate of the total loss is too high, and that it will not exceed 2,250,000. bparks from the lire were carried miles up town and set fire to several buildings, but these fires were put out without much trouble or damage. THE WASHINGTON CENTENNIAL. ! i The Speculators Seem to Re In Control, and Extortion Seems to Be the Rule. New York, April 20. As to the indica tions of the interest felt here in the centennial parade, the following facts are furnished: Despite the efforts of thoso in charge of the affair, speculators have secured tickets to the main grapd-stand in bunches of from twenty-five to two hundred. The prevailing price is now from $8 to $10 a ticket, but the holders are waiting until the crowd is here, when they expect to 6eir tickets at $20 each. Mrs. Paran Stevens offered to allow a speculator to erect a stand in front of her house if he would pay a handsome consideration and allow her the use of the stand for herself and friends. A largo window opposite the Brunswick Hotel was 6old outright by a speculator to a gentleman for the first day's parade for $500. In half an hour he had an offer of 1.000 for it. A gentleman who hires a building on Broadway, just above Fourteenth street, for $d,000, said, to-day, that he had rented his windows facing Uroadway for enough to pay his rent for the entire year. A speculator ho?ds a window in the'big Cutting houso on Fifth avenuo and Tweuty-ninth street, which is now a store, and hewill not listen to anything under $1,000 for the window. Street-car and ice companies are hiring horses they do not need on parade days for $7 each. The President at the Centennial. New Yoiik, April 20. Mr. Frank 8. Witherbe, an aid to the centennial entertainment committee, who has been in Washington arranging details with President Harrison, to-day announced that the arrangements had been completed. The President, Mrs; Harrison and Mrs. McKee will arrive at Elizabcthport at 7 o'clock on the morning of the 21th. After breakfasting with Governor Oreen, of New Jersey, the party will leave at 9 o'clock. Mr. and Mrs. Russell Harrison wiU meet the party here. Accompanying the President on his special train will be Miss Murphy, a guest at the bite House, Secretary Tracy, Secretary and Mrs. Blaine, Miss Margaret Blaine and Walker Blaine, Secretary Rusk, and and the Justices of the Supreme Court. Tost-master-general Wanamaker will take an early train and meet the party at Elizabcthport, and Attorney-general MiUer wiU meet the party here. Secretary Noble will stay at Washington and look after tho government. Secretary Proctor wiU meet the presidential party at the naval parade. After the review the President will leave for Washington on the 4:09 train. Marat llalstead Seriously IIL flT. Lons. April 20. Mrs. H. E. Vannamee, of this city, who is a sister of Mrs. Murat llalstead. wife of tbe editor of tbe Cincinnati Commercial Gazette, received a dispatch from Cincinnati, last evening, stating that Mr. llalstead is dangerously ill. He has been snffering from a set ere attack of rheumatism, but was not thought to bo in danger. Tho dispatch stated, however, that Ids heart was aUcctcd, and that a cablegrein had been sent to Mrs. llalstead, who Is in Germany with her four children, bidding her return borne at once. Two of Mr. Halstead's daughters were attending school in Berlin, and Mrs. llalstead, with her two sons. Joined them some mouths ago. Mrs. Vannamee left for Cincinnati this morning. Cincinnati, April 20. The managing editor of the Commercial Gazette to-night said: Mr. llalstead is in the midst of a serious attack of rheumatism this being the eighteenth dsy but bis attending physicians regard his condition today as better than on yesterday, when there were indications of heart trouble which have not reappeared." Humors were everywhere to te heard on the street to-nitht that Mr. Halstead's wife and daughters had been telegraphed to return from Berlin immediately. This caused consideral tie excitement. Private telegrams Inquiring about Mr. Halstead's condition havo been received from all quarters to-night. Four Persons Drowned. St. Louis April 20. While Mrs. A. H. Lucas, of Carthage, Mo., accompanied by her two daughters nd a hired man. were attempting to ford a swollen creek, two inile Ivelow that city, in a wagon, last evening, the rushing water carried the whole outtit down the stream, and all the people, as well as tbe horses were drowned. Jione of the bodies bad been recovered at last accounts. Tbe KJlllnjr ot rrlze-Flgliter FuMJam. Grand Forks, D. T., April 20. Tho mystery surrounding the person who kllhd pugilist George Fuiyanies. in a prize tight, here, last September, has been cleared up. A murderer named Brown, at Moorhend. under sentence of death, confesses that he fcbot and killed a man nam!

Boston Casey, at Hlllshoro, one week after tho prize-tight, lie fore the murder Caser admitted that ho had killed a man with his list, a week before, and that this man was FulJJames. At the time rewards were offered for the apprehension of the parties connnectt-d with the rrtiefleht, but an investigation failed to reveal tho, Identity of tho tramp who struck tho fatal blow, the right having been arranced by sports" at an accidental meeting. The confession of Brown clears a man nsmed O' II are, who was being tried for the murder of Casey, and who has spent 6e vcral months In Jail. DAILY YTEATIIER BIXIXTTX.

Indications. Wahiingtox. April 203 r. v. For Indiana and Illinois Fair; stationary temperature in Indiana; cooler in Illinois; westerly winds. For Michigan and Wisconsin Light rain, except in southern portions of Wisconsin and lower Michigan, fain lower temperature; winda shifting to northwesterly. Forlowaj Fair; lower temperature; northerly winds. 1-or Minnesota and Dakota Fair; northerly winds; lower temperature. Local Went her Report. Indianapolis, Arril 2a

lime. Bar. Thrr.iJLJI. Wind. Weathrr. irr. 7.4.M. 30.20 55 82 West Cloudless. J7 7 p.m. :10.15 67 33 West Cloudless.

Maximum thermometer, 72; minimum ther mometer. 53. Following is a comparative statement of the condition f temperature and precipitation on April -v, Tern. JYrcip. 54 0.11 fij o.37 s 0.2rt 43 0.43 , 174 4.TO Normal. Mean Departure from normal Kxcessor deficiency since April I.. Lxcess or deficiency since Jan. 1.. Plus. General Observation. Ixmaxafolis, April 207 r.ic

s IturmomeCr ? Station. (- - J. Weather, f ? ? ? S ryew York city. 30.02 js 7o . Cloudy, " Buffalo, X. Y... 30.10 40 40 fto .... Cloudless. lhil'delphia,la 30.02 68 M 74 ... . Cloudr. Pittsburg, Fa.. -o.o6 66 62 72 T Cloudless. Wash'tou, D. C. 30 OG 64 4F lUin. Charleston.S.C 30.12 66 66 ?s .... rioudleM. Atlanta, lia M.10 74 eo P2 .... Cloudless. Jaeks'nv'le.Fla 30.16 t 68 80 .... Cloudless. Pensacola. Fla. 30.12 70 f,2 80 .... Cloudless. M'ntg'iii'ry.Ala 30.10 rs eo 84 .... C'loudlesa. Vicksburg,Mlss 30.H 72 62 H T Cloudlets. N. Orleans, 1a. 30.14 72 2 K .... PL Cloudy. Little Kock, Ark 30.14 70 o 71 J 4 Cloudless. Galveston.Tex. 30.14 70 6 74 .... Cloudy. 8. Antonio.Tex 30.14 f,4 cc 74 .50 Rain. Memphis, Tenn 30.18 6 60 76 .02 Cloudless. Nashville, Tenn 30.12 Cs 62 74 .Oh Cloudless. Louisville. Ky.. J0.H 70 ss 7f. .... Cloudless. lndian'plis,Ind 30.1& C7 63 72 .... Cloudless. Cincinnati, O.. 30.H 70 68 72 T Cloudless, Cleveland, O... 30.10 ei so 66 .... Cloudle. Toledo, 0 30.OS 6C 82 74 Cloudless. ManiYtte.Mich 30.02 34 34 66 .10 Tain. F.St-Mari'.Mich 29.N 40 32 C4 jOl Rain. Chicago, 111 30.04 ec 4 72 .... Cloudless. Cairo, III 30.16 70 52 7C .... Cloudless. Ppringtkld, 111. 30,16 cc 48 74 .... Cloudless. Milwaukee. Wis 23.S2 66 44 74 .... Cloudles. Dulnth. Minn.. 30.10 42 40 48 T Cloudy. St. Paul, Minn. 29.96 a 44 76 .... PtCloudy, Mooreh'd.Minn30.2!s 60 &y co .... Cloud 1. Hu Vinc'nt,Mi'n 30.34 sc.... eo .18 Cloudless. Davenport, la.. 30.0t 68 so 74 .... Cloudless. Dubuque. la... 9.9 70 44 7s .... Cloudless. Ies Moines, la. 30.04 74 t? 82 Pt. Cloudy, Ft. Louis, Mo... 30.20 6 60 72 .... Cloudless. Kans'sCitv.Mo. 30.16 70 62 70 .... Cloudleaa. Ft. bill, Ind. T.. 30.16 6 46 74 .... CloudleSA. Dodge City.K's. 30.14 72 46 lb T Italn. Omaha, Neb... 30.14 74 to fO .... Cloudless. N. Platte, Neb.. 30.26 66 40 74 .... Cloudless. Valentine, Neb. 30.28 6fi 42 66 .... Cloudless. Yankton, D.T.. 0O.21 64 48 76 .... Cloudless. Ft. bully, I). T.. 30.30 eo 44 64 .... Cloudless. Bismarck. I). T. 30.3ft 60 41 68 .... Cloudless. Ft. Buford.D.T. 30.8S 60 34 64 Pt. Cloudy. P.Arth'r'sL'd'g 32 qu'Apeile.N.'tt. 30.40 38 .... 40 .... Cloudless. Ft,As'nah'ne.M 30.2ft 6f 34 co Cloudy. Helena, M.T... 3O.02 62 3 64 .... It. Cloudy, Boise City, I. T. 29.92 72 Ss 78 .... Cloudy. Cheyenne, W. T. 30.18 Co 36 66 .... Cloudiest. Ft.McK'n'vW.T 30.1S o 41 62 Ft. Clouay. Ft. Washakie, W 30.10 64 32 66 .... Cloudless. Denver, Col.... 30.16 66 40 68 .... Cloudlets. Pueblo, Col 30.14 68 34 76 .... Pt. Cloudy. Hanta Fe, N. M. 30.14 68 3s 64 .01 Cloudy. Salt Lake City.. 30.06 66 40 70 .... Pt. Cloudy,

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