Indianapolis Journal, Indianapolis, Marion County, 10 May 1889 — Page 2

THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL, FRIDAY, MAY 10, 1889.

being compelled to openly associate) with the negroes, then just so soon will you manage to break np tho solid South, and no sooner. The adoption of the Australian system of voting will suppress the negro vote of the South: but then, on the other hand, it will do tho same for the ignorant vote of the North. Tho resnlt will be a victory for the intelligence of tho country, and, therefore, a condition to bo heartily prayed for." CONTESTED ELECTION CASES. Sixteen Taper Already on File for Action by the Fiftieth Cong-re. Washington', May 0. Mr. Slob ley, clerk of the House committee on elections of the Fiftieth Congress, is diligently at work arranging, printing and docketing the papers received in the contested election cases

which will claim the attention of tho committee during the Fifty-first Congress. These papers, together with exhibits in the sixteen cases which have already been certified to the Clerk of the House, are very volnminous, requiring no less than 259 packages to contain them. Of the sixteen cases on file all but three come from the Southern States. Indiana furnishes onc that of Posey vs. Parrett, from the First district. Connecticut presents one that of Seymour vs. Miles, from the Fourth districtand Maryland adds her quota in the case of Mudd vs. Compton, from the Fifth district. Virginia and Mississippi each furnish three cases Virginia, those of Waddill vs. Wise, in the Third; Langston vs. Venable, in the Fourth, and Bowan vs. Buchan, in the Ninth district; and Mississippi, those of Chalmers vs. Morgan, in the Second; Hill vs. Catchings, in the Third, and Kernaghan vs. Hooker, in the Fifth district. It is expected that the record of these States will be tied by West Virginia, but as yet the papers in but one case, that of Atkinson vs. Pendleton, from the First district, have been received from that State. Those of Whmedt vs. Clark, from the First district, and McDuff vs. Turpin. from the Fourth district, are contributed by Alabama. South Carolina is content with furnishing the case of Miller vs. Elliott, from the Seventh district; Tennessee furnishes tho case of Eaton vs. Fhclan, from the Tenth district; Arkansas, that of Featherstone vs. Gates, from the First district, and Florida that of Goodrich T8. Bullock, from the Hecond district. The papers in the Chalmers-Morgan case have already been opened and sent to the printing office, and those in the case of Langston vs.'Venable will be opened on Saturday next. The papers are generally opened in the presence of contestant and contestee, after due notice has, been given. The papers in the Waddill-Wise case will be opened in a short time. They are very bulky, and the contestants estimate that it will require a volume of 5,000 printed pages to contain the testimony taken. Nothing is known of tho course which tho core :.ittee will follow in dealing with the , Arkansas case of Clayton vs. Breckinridge, Clayton having been assassinated while the work of taking testimony was in progress. No papers in the case have been received by the Qleik of the House. Altogether the work of the elections committee of the next House promises to be very arduous, and it will take diligence on the part ot the committee to dispose of all tho . cases before tho termination of the Congress. OKLAHOMA'S GKOWTII. Inspectors Give Statistics In Regard to Guthrie and Kingfisher Those Illegal Entries. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Washington, May 9. Secretary Noble to-day received an interesting report from the two inspectors of the General Land Office who have been in Oklahoma since tho territory was opened. They give a graphic description of the growth of the towns; tell about barber-shops, bath-houses, streetsprinklers, fire-engines, and opera-houses opened, and they say that Guthrie has now a population of 6,000 male citizens, leaving the female population to be estimated. With regard to the troubles and complaints that have corao from these sources, they say: "Public confidence has been restored here by the prompt action of the government. Captain McArthur and Marshal Needles have acted wUh great discrimination, and too muchpraiso cannot be given them." The report further says: "We visited the land office at Kingfisher, and ound the business proceeding in a commendable manner, and satisfactory to all parties in terested. We heard no complaint of deputy marshals or other officers making entries of land contrary to law, or to the detriment of the settlers. The question of town sites is being quietly and satisfactorily ad justed, and there is perfect security here of both life and property." Milfoil MATTERS. The Colored '.Brother's Love for Revivals and Immersion In the Waters of the Potomac Fpeclal to the Indianapolis J xirnaL Washington, May 9. Warm weather in Washington always brings about a general revival among the colored people, and their churches are thronged nightly. In tho matter of baptism they are Baptists in faith, always demanding immersion. The pastors at the colored churches here are very proud of tho number of their raco they lean down weekly into tho Fotoinao and Kock creek and administer the baptis mal rites. Sometimes one pastor will baptize three hundred converts in a day. Words cannot describe the scenes which are presented on the banks of tho river while tho baptism is taking place. Tho singing is angelic. One of tho colored ministers was so proud of his success in this lino that he inserted in the Evening Star, the other day, an advertisement which read as fol lows: The reliable Baptist minister, the Rev. Sandy Alexander, baptized twenty-two converts in Rock creek on fast Sunday, May f, amidst thousand of spectators, and there wa; profound rospect shown to the administrator by both white and colored. On next Sunday there is to be a new lease of the revival season, and great times are expected. - Tippecanoe Veterans Call on the President, Washington, May 0. The Association of Veterans of 18-10, composed of members of the Tippecanoe Club, who assisted in the election of President William Henry Har rison, called at the White House in a body to-day for tho purpose of paying their re spects to the President. Thoro were about seventy veterans in all, including ex-minis ter Schenck, Senator Tomeroy and ex-Pub lic Printer Clapp. Tho latter acted as chairman of the delegation, and mado an address tothe'President, explaining the object of their visit. The Prcsideut respond ed, as follows: Mr. Chairman and Oentlemen I hep to assure vou that I appreciate verv hlchlv this evidence of your respect and confidence. If I were to set before me an ambition which would Insure tho access or the administration It would be that I micht continue fb hold fat the respect and con fidence of such men as yourselves matured of mind and unbiased in Judgment. I thank you lor your coming ana your Kinaiy words. Subsequently tho President gavo a re ception to the sons and daughters of veter ans. - Pension Offlce Rulings. WASniNOTON, May I). Assistant Secre tary Bussey, of the Interior Department, to-day rendered several opinions of im portance bearing on the question of tho "line of duty." Jn tho caws of Daniel V. Houser, who alleged that lie received a fracture of the leg by being pushed on tho ice bv a comrade, the Pension Office rejected tho claim as not in the line of duty. Mr. Busscy holds that Houser was in the line of duty, and directs that a pension issue. Daniel Snyder is granted a pension for asthma. Tho easo wan rejected by the Pension Office on the testimony of several witnesses that he had asthma prior to enlistment. The medical certificate of discharge Mated that Snyder had asthma to such a degree as to incapacitate him for duty, and Mr. Busscy says this evidence outweighs the other, and "directs that a pension issue to Snyder. Secretary Tracy'a 3Iethod. Ppclal to tfto Iudlanaitolls Journal. Washington, May 9. There arc fow men in Washington who are as busy as Secretary Tracy. In his office to-day ho kent six clerks and two messengers hustling about to wait upon twenty men and women who

were in to see him upon official business. He will talk aside to one of his subordinates and at the same time listen to what a visitor has to Kay. The visitor may be a little Eut out at first, but when he gets through e will be amazed to tind that the Secretary has heard all, and his answer is ready. Sometimes, while a visitor is giving the details of a long stor3 the Secretary is making up his mind and issuing instructions upon the information he has received, so that when the story is done official action has already been taken. Secretary Chandler had much of the same faculty. He is very popular, and Secretary Tracy will also be popular in official as well as private circles. Will Try Henry Georjre'a Theory. Special to the Indlanarolls Journal.

Washington, May 9. Tho first experi ment in connection with the single-tax idea, which Henry George has advocated so persistently, is to take place in the little town of Hyattsville, ML, where the town officers were yesterday electea upon that issue. Hyattsville is about twelve miles northeast of Washington. One year ago a campaign was held on this issue, but the single-taxers failed to win by a small majority. They tried it again, however, ana yesteruay eieciea ineir ucKe uy a large majority. Single taxation was disenssed on every corner and at the polls, and the discussion brought out tho heaviest vote that was ever polled in the town, oenerally politics had nothing to do with the result. The small property-holders men owning a single house and lot proved to be the strongest advocates of the single-tax principle, and were opposed by the speculators and the large property-holders. Indiana Pensions. Pensions have been granted to the follow ing-named Indianians: Original Invalid Wm. IT. Felix. Joseph IT. little. Joel M. Gilbert. Jacob C. Thackery. Jacob Meyers. Wilson T. Dobbins. John M. Conrad. James F . Mitchell, Wm, C Walker. George W. Chee, alias Depec; Jolin A. Btanneld, Jackson a. Riley. Ueorjre W. Lout hen. G. Uretenbach. Carl Kleiufeldt, James D. Madden, 'Anderson Ghnn, Alex Fox, John M. Connor, David Balles, Elijah J. Inman, Massena Engle, M. 8. Lonjjwood. Jas. II. Payne, James II. oodward, Thomas eearcn, Joseph 11. Morrison, James Brown. Increase John II. Skinner. Archibald II. Wil son. Illram M. Waltruan. Georee A. Netherton, Wm. Sullivan. James C. Meyers, Sylvanus Mabe, Enoch Whitley, T. P. Bostick. Francis Mills. John C. Keaddle. Clark Wiisht. Peter McDennott. Jos. W, Harris, Wm. Silence, Andrew J. Terrell, Samuel Bunker, Henry Aldeurne, Wm. Beck, David N. Wilson. Wm. Dinwiddle. Orisrinal Widows, etc. Mother of Jonathan Grantham; Phoebe, mother of John L. llill; Catherine, widow of John II. Skinner. Will Serve Full Four Years. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Washington, May 9. Postmaster-gener al Wanamaker said this afternoon to Congressman "Williams, of Ohio. "As far as the Presidential postoffices are concerned, I wish to say that a rule has been mado that the present incumbents will he allowed to serve out their four yearsto date from the time of their appointment." As many of the presidential appointments were held up by the .Senate for a long time, some of them nearly two years, this is a most impor tant ruling. They will be permitted to serve four years and no longer, and those who think that the department will not take any notice of the time' during which their names were before the Senate are very much mistaken. An Able and IlancUome Man. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Washington, May 9. Massachusetts has captured the head of the commission which will continue tho publication of the "Rec ords of the War of the Rebellion." Major George B. Davis is a Yankee. When a mere lad he enlisted, and served with distinction during the late war. At the close of the rebellion he entered West Point, graduated, and was assigned to the Filth Cavalry. Fcr several years he was professor of faw at West Point,, and is the author of a text book now in use. After returning to his command in the West, President Cleveland appointed him in the corps of judge advocates, and ho is one of the ablest of them all. He is one of tho handsomest men in the army. Thompson May Not lie Confirmed. Special to the Indian apolls Jounut Washington, May 9. It is more than a possibility that the nomination of ex-Gov ernor and ex-Assistant Secretary of tho Treasury Hugh S. Thompson, of South Caro lina, to be a civil-service commissioner, will not be confirmed by the Senate. President Cleveland appointed him to this position, in February last, and the Republicans, learning that Thompson was charged with being at the head of the bull-dozing clement of his Mate and the ballot-box terrors of the South, refused to take action on the nomination. They are now, it is said, to be assisted in antagonizing confirmation by the tarm-protection element lnv Congress, led by ex-Speaker Kandall. Confirmed in the Episcopal Faith. Baltimore, May 9. The American to morrow will call attention to the fact that ladt week Bishop Paret, of St. John's Chapel, Washington, confirmed a class which was unique. It consisted of nine colored candidates and the sister-in-law of Postma&ter-reneral Wanamaker: the daugh ter of the Tate Justice Matthews, of the Supreme Court; the daughter of Secretary of Mato James ii. Blaine, and Justice Gray, of the United Mates Supreme Court. Assistant Secretary Bachellor Dissatisfied. Washington, May 9. First Assistant Secre tary Bachellor, of tho Treasury, has become dissatisfied with his office, and wants tho appointment of Minister to Turkey. Jndge Bachellor was a memberof the international court in Egypt prior to the incoming of the Cleveland administra tion, when he was removed. Elopement of 3Uss Helen Trenholra. Washington, May 9. Miss. Helen Trenholm, a niece of ox-Comptroller Trenholm, of South Carolina, eloped this afternoon with Wilson W. Brenneman, clerk in a real estate olhce here. The couple went to Philadelphia. Miss Trenholm is eighteen years of ago and is one of the belles of West ashmgton. General Notes. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Washington, May 9. Mis3 Myla Charles, the only daughter of Mrs. Emily Thornton Charles, formerly of Indianapolis, where she is well known, died at noon to-day, after a long illness. Miss Myla was about twenty-two years old, highly accomplished, very popular, and unusually attractive. Her mother and brother are prostrated with grief, and are tho recipients of tho most sincere sympathy. Miss Charles died from cancer of the stomach. S. W. Lamping, of Grandview, Spencer county, was to-day appointed, a special agent in me irauuuicni uina umsion oi me Interior Department, at a salary of $l,roo a year and expenses. His territory of official operations will be Washington, on the Pacitio coast. The statement that Law Clerk Nichol. of the Postothce Department, had been re moved is incorrect. V ery soon after Fresident Harrison's inauguration Mr. Nichol verbally stated to Postmaster-general Wanamaker that his resignation was at the disposal of tho head of the department rv a v ' at any time, un me auin or April ne supplemented this statement with a letter to Mr. Wanamaker. in which ho stated that he resumed his nositiou to take eilect Mav 15. This action was entirely voluntary on tho nart of Mr. Iichoi. W. K. Vanarsdel. of Indianapolis, who has been in Washington a couple of davs. left for Philadelphia this afternoon, and will proceed to hit home. W. H. Smith, of Indianapolis, left for home to-niirht. R. 11. Lee, of Indiana; Lonis Snlzer, of Madison, and George A. Smith, of Indian' apolis. are here. First Assistant Postmaster-creneral Clarkson to-day appointed 1M fourth-class postmaster. Ot this number 124 were to fill vacancies caused by resijrnations, thirtyone to fill vacancies caused by removals for cause, and three by death. Hon. Hugh S. Thompson, recently appointed Civil-service Commissioner, took the oath of office to-day, and will enter on the disehariro of his official duties to-mor row. No information has been received from Mr. Roosevelt as to the time when ho expects to assume the duties of his olhce. Representative Laird, of Nebraska, who has been ill for several months, part ot the time in a very critical condition, is recov

ering slowly. He has convalesced so far tint he attended a meeting of the State delegation in Senator Mauderson's room at the Capitol, this week. To-day's bond otlerinzs were 62.C24.400, as fellows: Registered fonr-aud-oue-halfs, $2,500,000. at $1.08: $5.5.000 at 1.06 7-8, ex. interest; $400, at $1.03 1-4; coupon fonr-and-onc-halfs, $14,000. at $1.03. llat; registered four-and-one-half per cents, 10,000, at $1.08; $55,000, at $1.00, ex. iuterest; fonr-per-cents, coupon. 50. at $1.29. All the offers were accepted except the $400 fonr-and-one-half per cents, registered, at

$1.03-4. : ,. , The bond of A. L. Lawshe, editor of the Xenia Journal, to bo postmaster at Xenia, Miami county, was approved to-day, and his commission will be issued this week. The President has appointed Samuel C. Wright, of Nevada, to be superintendent of tho mint at Carson City, Nev. The Secretary of the Treasury to-day appointed J. X. Pattison, of Pennsylvania, to bo general superintendent of repairs of public buildings, vice J. C. Holmes resigned. The President, this afternoon, appointed Frank C. Loveland to be. pension agent at New York city, vice Franz Siegel, resigned. ARBITRATION DECLINED. Clay County Operator Say They Are Unable to Comply with the Demands of the Miners. Special to the IndlanapoUa Journal. Brazil. Ind.. May 9. At the delegato meeting of miners, held here to-day, 1,9GG votes were represented, of which 956 were for arbitration, 639 against and 371 neutral. A committee waited on a member of tho operators' State executive board, but he refused to arbitrate, 6aying it was impossible to pay a higher price than that ottered. On reassembling, the miners appointed a committee of live to represent them before the operators at such time in the future as a conference may be sought. The Central Iron and Steel tompauy are paying nny miners 85 cents, and AVatson, Little & Co. offer the same to forty-three miners. Tho . i latter propose starting tneir mine it tneir offer is refused. The mines are all in a state of suspension, and the outlook is dis couraging. . An Unsucceftsful Strike. Pittsburg, Pa,, May 9. Peace reigned about the Allegheny Bessemer steel-works at Duuiiesne to-day. It was feared there would be trouble after yesterday shootin e. and tho sheriff was on hand with a number of deputies, but their services were not needed, as the best order prein nearly every urpitiuucui, uu nuno tuo ot rnnrrrift their defeat, the strike is regarded as a failuro by disinter ested persons. William Dunn, the striker who assaulted John Galloway, a clerk in the mill, last irrV4- and wad fllmt in thA breaRl hv thA latter, is improving. He will probably reCOVer, ailUOU&u ills wuuuu lsauaueiuus one. Galloway is in jail on a charge of felonious shooting. Novel Method Settling a Strike. Dl'lutii, Minn.. May 9. A strike at A. M. Cox's broom factory was settled in a rather singular manner. The proprietor increased the wages of all his married employes, and gave ine emgio mcu uouco mat nicy wuuiu not bo wanted after tho end of the month, unless thev were married by that time, in which event they would be retained at an increased salary. OBlTtfARY. Gen. William Selby Harney, the Oldest Officer of the United States Army.' Orlando. Fla.. Mav 9.Gen. William S. Harney died here to-iwy. William Selby Harney was born in Da vidson county, Tennesse, Aug. 27, 1798. He was appointed 6econd lieutenant in the Nineteenth United States Infantry, Feb. 13. 1818, and promoted to be first lieutenant Jan. 7, 1819. He was commissioned captain. and rose to be brigadier-general in 1858. He took part in the Black Hawk war, the Flor ida war, and did active and noteworthy service in Mexico. He wag brevetted brig adier-general for gallantry at Cerro Gordo. In June, 1858, he was placed in command of tho Department of Orecon. On June 9. 1859, he took possession of the island of St. Juan, near Vancouver, claimed to belong to Encland. lieinir assigned to the com mand of the Department of the West in 1SG1, ho proceeded to Washington and was arrested by tho confederates at Harpers Ferry. He took no active part in the war, and was retired in lfeui. , Few men possessed his physical strength and activity, and his. prowess did much to conurm nis inuuence among xno western tribes. He was Known throughout the Northwest as the "swift runner." having defeated in a foot-race a large number of the Ileetest Indian couriers, hmce his re tirement General Harney had divided his time between St. Lonis ana nis home at Pass Christian, La. Ho preserved much of his youthful vigor, and his white hair and commanding stature wero well known in the streets of St. Louis. General Harney was bv far tho oldest officer upon the retired list of the United States army, and was one of the best-known officers in the army. He had a large family of children by his first wife. Rev. Father Daralen. Sax Francisco, May 9. The barkentine W. H. Diamond, which arrived yesterday from Honolulu, brought word that theKev. Father Damien, widely celebrated as tho loper priest of Molokai, died at Kalawa, Hawaii, on April 10. Father Damien was born in Belgium in l&K), and arrived in Hawaii in 1804. For the last sixteen years his labors have been confined to the leper settlement at Molokai, where he contracted the dread disease which cost him his life. Other Deaths. Albuquerque, May 9. Walter T. Logan was found dead in bed at his ranch on Sunday morning. . He had been suttering from a felon, and it is supposed ho took an overdose of morphine while trying to relievo the pain. He was a eon of Thomas A. Logan, of Cincinnati, a prominent member of the Ohio bar. Ensign Logan, who was saved from tho Trenton in Apia harbor, was the younger brother. Washington, May 9. Wm. D. O'Connor, assistant general superintendent of the life-saving service, died in this city this morning, after a long illness, from paralysis. New York, May 9. The death was reported to-day in this city of Henri Mntthieu, a veteran who was present at the battle of Waterloo. The Scotch-IrUh Society. Columbia, Tenn., May 9. The second day's session of the Scotch-Irish congress shows an enormous increasp in the number of visitors, and every iucomiug train is crowded. The eloquent Dr. John Hall, of Now York, took the stand at 11 o'clock this morning and delivered an address, in which ho reviewed tho history of the Scotch-Irish race. At tho conclusion of tho address tho various committees reported. The association was then made a permanent ailair and adopted as their name the "Scotch-Irish Society of America." The officers elected were iobert Bonner, of New York, president, and A. C. Doyd, of Tennessee, secretary. Tho evening session was devoted to speeches by prominent pentlemtn. music, etc. Tho citizens of Columbus havo prepared a reception for the visitors, which will be held to-morrow evening. "Wouldn't Itecetre One of Their Own Citizens. Hamilton, Ont., May 9. George Pearson, messenger in the department of charities of Pittsburg, Pa., arrived here yesterday from that city in charge of a lunatic named Phillip Connolly. Connolly became insane while undergoing sentence in Pittsburg for vagrancy, and as ho said he was a British subject, the authorities of Pittsburg conceived the idea of shipping him to British soil to bo cared for, ami sent him in charge of Pearson. When Pearson made his intentions known to the authorities here they refused to havo anything to do with Connolly. Pearson telegraphea to Pittsburg for instructions, and was told to take Connolly to Butlalo and there await further instructions. He left to-day for Butlalo with Connolly. helf-Confeased Defaulter, Buooklyx, N. Y., May 9. Special City Tax Colleetor Michael J. Bonrku has confessed to a shortage of $20,000 in his ac counts with the city, and it is thought he has left t:)wn. His bondsmen are responsible for the deficit.

IXDIASAAXD ILLINOISKEWS

Sent to Prison on an Indictment That Opens a Novel Question of Law. Conclusion of the Horse Sale at Rushville Thrown from a Horse and Killed Illinois Man Murdered in Texas Gleanings. INDIANA. Sent to Prison on an Indictment "Which Many Persons Believe Faulty. Special to the ImllanapoUs Journal Grehnsburg, May 9. Benjamin Kinniugham. who, last December, was caught in the act of setting fire to a bain on a farm which had been sold at sheriil's sale upon a judgment against him, was to-day sentenced to four years in tho penitentiary. The court record shows a trial and a prayer of appeal to the Supreme Court, but it is really a plea of guilty on an indictment which by many is believed to be insufficient, in that it does not correctly describe the ownership of the property, the year of redemption not having expired. It is a new and novel law question. Hore Sale at Rushville. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Rusiiviixe, May 9. The spring sale of the Rush County Horse Breeders' Association closed to-day. One hundred and twenty-five horses were sold, at an average price of $235 and a total of $30,830. Considering the fact that a large per cent, of this number were unbroken colts, one and two years old, the prices realized are considered firstclass. Of the number sold to-day, Addie C, by Gloster. brought $1,200: Katie Wood, by John E. Wood, first dam Hambletonian Downing, $700; Legal Vein, by Legal Tender, jr., hrst dam by Blue Vein, $915; Ducd, by Blue Vein, first dam General Taylor. $000. The Association will hold their fall sale in October. A Remarkable Family. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. DELrni, May 9. Mrs. Ilannah Whistler, who was buried in Carroll county on Wednesday, left a remarkablo family behind her. She was the mother of thirteen children, has sixty-nine grandchildren and twelve great-grandchildren. She was tho grandmother of Will Whistler, who lost is life in the Arctic regions with Greeley's command. e Her husband survives. They were married sixty-two years. Mr. Whistler is a hale and hearty old man. Turnpike Elections' Ordered. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Columbus, May 9. The board of Bartholomew county commissioners met in special session here to-day. and ordered elections to be held in five of the townships May 81, to vote on the purchase of the turnpikes located within the township limits. The consideration to be paid for the toll-roads in the several townships is as follows: Clay, $1,400; Haw creek, $10,050; Columbus, $52,(300; Harrison, $2,000, and Sandcreek, $12,000. Total, $78,050. Woman Whipped by White Caps. Special to the Indianapolis Journal . Corydon, May 9. Lydia Brilea went to Leavenworth last Saturday, got drunk and acted in a very unbecoming manner. Last night a dozen White Caps held a confab at the residence of Barney Swartz, a few miles from Leavenworth, dragged her out into the vard and severely whipped her. Swartz interfered, and was Knocked down with a club. Thro fen from a Horse and Killed. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. t mar r r morristown, May u. Adrian Webb, a boy thirteen years of age, a son of Bennett Webb, of Muncie, was visiting his grand father, Joseph F. Sullivan, atGwynneville. two miles east of here, and was . riding a horse from the held to the barn, last night. The horse became frightened at cattle and threw the boy, killing him instantly. Child Burned to Death. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Shoals, May 9. A. few days ago Mrs. Wm. Witzman, residing about fifteen miles south of this place, left her four-year-old daughter alone while she went on an errand to a .near neighbor, and when she came back she fonnd the child dead, her clothes having caught lire and burned her to a crisp. ' Minor Notes. Mrs. I. T. Elkridge committed suicide, at 11 T Y . . 1 l 1 me i-ogansport insane nospnai, yesteruay morning. A niuchtalked-about but never-seen panther is terrorizing the farmers in tho viciniiy oi uoiumnus. Albert Miller has been sentenced to three years in the penitentiary for enticing a girl tor immoral purposes at Martinsville. Delphi is not discouraged over a failure to secure gas, and is now sinking another well in a more likely neighborhood. Mrs. Elizabeth Kereheval. acred sixtyseven years, died yesterday at the family . ?l a i An resiuence, two nines east oi ureensDurg. Wm. J. Murphy is havine eood success in his efforts to reform the drinking classes of Bloomington. Over300 signers to the pledge nave oeeu securea in uie pasi iwo aays. John Jackson, of Bridgeport. Clark county, sat down on the rotten limb of a fallen tree to rest. It broke and precipitat ed him to the ground. He will die of his injuries. Dr. George W. Yates, of Evansville, is dead. He has long lived in that city, and he was an important factor in establishing tho boundary between Indiana and Ken tucky, with reference to Green River island. John Fishback, a prominent farmer liv ing north of Columbus, is dying from i -1 ; . , i i niooci poison iiik cuuiracieu uy a siiffiic Rcraicn on nis nanu irom a oaroea wire. The arm has swollen tothreo times its normal size. Roe Nawter, a brakemanon the Jeffersonville, Madison & Indianapolis railroad,was makniK a coupling or cars at ahelbvvillc, yesterday, when his hand was caueht be tween the bumpers and mashed completely oil at the wrist. Enoch Crov. who was sent to the peni tentiary from Crawfordsville, last Jauunry. has made his escape from that institu tion. Croy had care of the horses in tho barn, and was considered "trusty" by the prison niunoriucs. The buildings connecting with Woodruff & I5rownlee7s shaft, in Hadlevtown. a sub urb of Brazil, including tho enpine-houso and machinery, burned Wednesday night. Loss, $2,000: insured in the Underwriters', t XT 1 - vr OI iiew l or, iur 5i,uu. Liston Frady, a Franklin "tough" wlnm the citizens have long feared, was brought into court yesterday, and upon a plea of guilty was sentenced to one year in the penitentiary, tined f 1 and disfranchised for one year for grand larceny. The Ladoga Building Association has elected tho following new ollicers: Presi dent, J. Doherty; vice-president. II. F. Huntington: treasurer, George F. Havens: secretary. H. A. Miller: attorney. L. J. Copi page. It was decided to issue a third series oi BtOCK. ILLINOIS. Unexplained Killing of a Illoomlngton Man In a Small Town in Texas. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Bloomixgtox, May 9. A telegram was received here to-day from Temple, Tex., announcing the murder, at an early hour this morning, of Robert Hawks, who form erly lived in Bloomington, and for several years was employed on the Chicago & Alton railroad as fireman and engineer. He was the son of Mr. Lewis Hawks, superin tendent oi air-brakes on tno Alton road. Hawks was marshal of Temple and deputy United .States marshal. His killing is involved in n3stcry. Two years ago he shot and killed a burglar, and it is thought a brother oi the burglar murdered the mar shal out of revenge. Keeping the Office In the Family. Frxirial to the IUanaMtlU Journal. Marshall, May 9. The postofiice at Dalson, a hmall settlement seven and a half milesnorthwest of here, has been kept intlie same family under two administrations in rnthera nernliar manner. In lfiSS llenrv Millhouso, the Republican postmaster, was

removed, and the successful applicant for the vacancy was Mrs. S. A. iStephenson, a lady of strong Democratic proclivities, but with a husband who was equally as strong

a xwcpuiuiiuu. ot long since irs. ?tephenson was removed and her husband was appointed to succeed her. Mr. 3. is an old 6oldier and a good citizen. Brlel Mention. Five men escaped from the Cairo iail on Wednesday night through a stove-pipe hole ? . , m w . wnicu iney mauageu to enlarge lor tlie occasion. Thomas C. Kennedy, aged eighty, and Mrs. Penelope Florence, aged thirty-five. secured license to marry at Mound City on ii - . . euncsuay. Masked burglars at Webster entered the house of Seneca Wright. Tuesday nieht. and forced Mr. Wright and his hired man to arive up nearly S1.000. which thpv had just brought home as the result of some 6ales which had been made. Jonathan Skene has confessed to killing Prof. II. T. Matchett. the principal of the Hanover school, at Galena. He said Matchett and Prisk saw him coming out of John Rankin's house, which he had robbed. He tned to kill them both to destroy their evi dence against him. Miss Annie Vancil. of Duqnoin, died on Tuesday of starvation. Several weeks ago her mother was adjudged insane and sent to an asylum. Miss Vancil declared she would eat nothing until her mother was released. She lived seventy-five days, the last thirty of whicn she tasted absolutely nothing. The Christian Church missionary conven tion of the Fourteenth Illinois district, in session at Clinton, elected the following oiheers: G. M. Good, of Normal, president: J. E. Jewett, of Farmer City, vice-president; Miss Minnie Campbell, of Blooming ton. secretary; U. 15. JJabney, of fctanford, treasurer. TELEGRAPHIC BREVITIES. Peter Hanson, aged fourteen, was instant ly killed at Anoka, Minn., on Wednesday, ny a JNorthern I'acihc passenger tram. I he boy fell, and the train struck him and cut oil the top of his head and one leg. Hon. Robert T. Lincoln left Chieaero for London yesterday, accompanied by his wife. Miss Lincoln, Miss Jessie Lincoln, Master Abram Lincoln, George M. Pullman, Mr. Robert G. McCormick, assistant secre tary ot legation, and Mrs. McCormick. A steam boiler in' the rear basement of the Spooner Manufacturing Company's building, in New York, exploded yesterda'. Killing Daniel Clnpka. Three hundred girls, at work in the upper story, became panic-stricken, but no further loss of life occurred. Mrs. Clftrk- livincr near KiuimmAA f!ltFla., was burned to death yesterday. Her II All A A !!! T Vi . 4ita on in f nmnt r rr t bq it her clothing was ignited. When assistauco reacnea her everything had been burned from her person except her shoes and a linger ring. The rumor "whirh bn been rirnnln .Titrfnr the past six months to the etlect that exMinister Phelps would resume his duties as Professor in tne Ya.1a T,aw Srhnnl wna vrilied, yesterday, by the issuance of a pro spectus oi tne elective studies, witn a course in law by Professor Phelps. Yesterday Encrineer Georcre S. Lame, nf a freight tram on the Dayton & Ironton road, was out on his engine testing a valve, when a cow crossing the track iraa strnrlr by the locomotive. Engineer Larue was tnrown irom tne engine and ins ngnt leg broken. He was brought to Dayton in a ' fm3A!. C. B. Starr, superintendent of the Pitts burg, Ft. Wayne fc Chicago Railroad Com pany, is on trial at Pittsburg, charged with negligence m cuunecuon wiin an acciaenc at the federal street. Allegheny, crossing, about a year ago, which resulted in the death of John L. Culp and Miss Weyman, well-known residents of this city. Mrs. Charles Simonson. wife of a prominent lumber dealer in Wash ington Territory, started on a trip to he East a week ago with her little girl. She was unused to travel, and the excitement and loss of sleep caused her to become insane. She was taken from tho train at Rochester, In. Y. yesterday, and placed in an insane asylum. Wrapping-Paper Men In Council. Chicago. May 9. Wranning-naner men from every state between the Rockv and . . Aiiegneny mountains, witn tne exception of Pennsylvania. representing 60 percent of the manufactured product, held a meeting at the Sherman House to-day for the purpose of bettering what they say is the present depressed condition of the trade. They were the members of the Association of Wrapping-paper Manufacturers, an organi zation tb at lias been in existence about eighteen months, of which M. B. Castle, of Sandwich. 111., is president and J. B. Sher wood, of Lafayette, Ind., secretary. Dur ing us existence ine association nas not accomplished much. but during tho past three months there has been a more determined effort on the part of thoso interested to benefit the trade by a co-operative effort in tho suppression of the product. To-day's meetLing was a special one, called in an attempt to increase tne cmciency of the old organization. Reports were made that the failure of the organization to control the product was owing to the largo numbcrof new mills that are in process of erection. The only action that tho meeting was able to take, it is announced, was to instruct the secretary t r rrit a in thA yittto nro rf . liooa millu explain the situation freely to them, and UBH L 11C ill k. JUIU IUO USBUUIUIIUU. X Of UCtion on the responses of these manufact urers another special meeting will be called in the future. Marine News. Liverpool, Mav 9.The Inman line steamer City of Chicago, detained yesterday by a strike of firemen, secured now men and proceeded on her way to-day. Ten strikers were arrested and nned. London. Mav 9. Sighted: Nvmnhrpa. from New Orleans, forElsinore; Wisconsin, from New York. The Germanic, from New York, for Liv erpool, arrived at Queenstown this morning. Tho Italy, feom New York, for Liver pool, passed Kinsalo this morning. Southampton. Mav 9. Arrived: Trave. from Now York, for Bremen. Glasgow. May 9. Arrived: Lord Oniel. from Baltimore. New York, May 9. Arrived: The Queen, from Liverpool. Bremen. May 9. Arrived: Rhein. from Baltimore. The Lincoln Assassination Recalled. Providence, R. I., May 9. Samuel W. Pearcc, a member of the Board of Trade, died here this morniug, of peritonitis. At tho time President Lincoln was assassinated Mr. Pearce and his sister wero en route from Providence to New hern, N. C. Tho news of the tragedy was Hashed along tlie wires,' and full descriptions of J. Wilkes Booth and Mrs. Surratt sent out. All the trains running South .were carefully inspected, and the officers boarded Mr. Pearce's train. As chance would have it, they bore a striking resemblance to Booth and Mis. Surratt, and despite their protests were placed under arrest. That night an attempt was made to shoot tho supposed assassins, and the plan of taking them out and shooting them was discussed by the officers. Good counsel prevailed, and the protests of the alleged Booth were listened to, cud tho two travelers were released. Huidness Kmbarrassments. Special to thA Indianapolis JoarnaL LaPortk. Ind., May 9. Dennison k Snyder, general merchants, at llanna, LaPorto county, failed to-day, with liabilities of $0,500. The assignment was made to Mr. Snyder's father, which is unsatisfactory to the outside creditors, who will carry the matter into tho courts. Mead vii.i.e, Pa.. May 9.J ules de Launay, a wholesale grocer, assigned to-day to Arthur L. Bates for the benefit of his creditors. Assets, &0,000; liabilities unknown. . Ballot Reform In Connecticut. Hartford. Conn., May 9. The judiciary committee has reported favorably tbo wcret ballot bill recommended by the labor bureau. It provides for scparato compartments at polling places with otlieial ballots containing the names of the candidates, tho voters to mark with a cros the names they desire to vote for. A coon appetite is essential to good health, and loss of appetite indicates something wrong. Hood a Sarsaparilla creates and sharpens the appetite., assists tho digestivo organs and regulates the kidneys and liver. Take Hood's Sarsaparilla this season. Sold by druggists.

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Absolutely Pure. Tltls powrter nrer rarteg. A tnsrrel of tnrtty trenjrtii and wholesomenens. More economical than tnonijiary kind, ana cannot beaoia In compeUUon 'withthemultlnKloof low.teat. stiort-wct tfit alim ot Pnorpjmte jhw.t. BoM only in cans. KOYjU. BAKING POWDER CO.. 106 WiOl nt- N. Y. INTERNATIONAL Y. M. C. A. Committees Appointed, and Kansas City Chosen as the Next Tlace of Meeting. PniLADELriiiA, May 9. The second day's session of the international convention o! tho Yonng Men's Christian Association was opened by reading a passage of Scripture and prayer, by Key. J. A. Chapman. o Philadelphia. President Chamberlain then announced tho standing committees, as follows: On Busines s-J. L. Cordon. Connecticut; O. X. radden. mttsburjr, O. M. Campion, Bnoramentoi F. W. Watklns, Hamilton. Ont; I). R. Noyers. fct. Panl; IL A. Myer., Nashville; C. IL Potter, Cleveland. On International Report 1. DcW. Cnvler, Philadelphia; E. B. Barnum, Washington; W. V. Woodswhlte. Atlanta: T. B. fcweet. Topeka: J. k. C. Famhara, Providence; F,K. Keller, Ciemian Branch, of New York; Bobcrt A. Kilgorc, Toronto, Ont, On Associations--. C. Knglish. M. D. New, Brunswick, N. J.; 8. K. Thompson. Blnehamton,N Y.; Gideon Hawley, Omaha; W. a. Gunnin?, Natchez. Mis.; C B. liearn. l'ortland. Ore; Henry IJoakaton, Halifax; W.J. Patterson, 8an Antonio, Tex. Devotional J". WT. Hansel, Kan. an Citr; J. W. Allen, Knoxvllle, Tenn.: Georpe Scott, rttlladelhta; W. C. Kendrick. Louisville; T.J. Wtlkins. oronto, Ontario; B.T.Stephens, Hkhart, Ind.; Ralph Weaver, Canton, O. On Resolutions Edwin Burrit Smith, Chlraco; E. E. Y'ateA, Gallati- Ma; D.Pumcll, Frederick City, Md. The topic of the on, "Approved Meth ods of Btate W w to Make More Effective," was the ccn up. and addresses on the subject ' . made by T. J. Gillespie, of Cleveland, chairman.- of the Htate committee of Ohio; Charles Lough uridge, Chicago, of the Illinois State committee, and IL J. McCoy, San Francisco, of the California State committee. Matthew Hodder. a co-worker in London. I England, with George Williams, was then luiiuuii.cu. no is a wnno nairea ana bearded man sixty-two years old, and has been forty-two years in association work. II. Holler, general secretary of the association at Zurich, Switzerland, a very jouthfnl appearing man, said his countrymen thought the men of this country were too fast, but he had seen that God could go as fast as the men can. John Wanamaker started the work in his country and town, and through his generosity their first secretary was now addressing tho assembled delegates. He wished to heartily thank Mr. Wanamaker and express his kindly feeling toward Philadelphix The topic of the afternoon was the "Employed Officers of the Association, the Clasa of Men Wanted, the Training They Should Receive, Their Relation to the Work." and it was fully treated in a paper read by H. II. Chamberlain, of Denver, now president or the association. There was an antimated time over the selection of the.place for the next convention in 1891. Invitations were received from Kan sas City, Isashville, Chicago and St. Paal. Messrs. Hensel, of Kansas City; Peters, of St. Louis, and Woodworth, of Boston, spoke earnestly in favor of Kansas City. Messrs. Smith, of Chicago and McCoy, of San Francisco, pleaded for Chicago: Mr. Myers, of Nashville, for Nashville, and Mr. Sedam, of St. Paul, for that place. Tho principal contest was between Kansas Citv and Chicago. An informal vote was taken, which resulted: Chicago, 2TiO; Kansas Citv, 24$; Nashville, 16; St Paul. 15. A formal ballot resulted in Kansas City beintr choen as the place for the convention in 1891. At the evening session the tonic was, "Tho Railroad Association Work; Opportunities and Responsibilities." Tho speakers wer Robert S. Pitcairn. general superintendent of the rittsburjr division of the lVnnsvvania railroad, who h a delegate from Pittsburg, and George C. Warburton, eecretarv of tho New York branch of the Railroad Y. M. C. A., who is connected with the New Y'ork Central railroad. The Railroad branch of the Y. M. C. A. embraces a membership of 15.000 men, and .is growing rapidly. There are eighty-live railroad secretaries in tho association, and 110,000 was spent last year. United Brethren Confereneo. York, Pa., May 9. The world's qnadriennial conference of the United Brethren Chnrch was opened here to-day by Senior Bishop Weaver, of Dayton, O. Tho bishops address was read by Bishop Weaver. It showed an increase in the past quadrennium of 40,000 members in the church, 143 organized societies, nearly $200,000 in benevolent interests, over a half million in church Sroperty valuation, and a gain in the Sun-ay-school attendance of 57,000. The mission collections were $3U-,400, an iucreaso of $101,000 over tbe previous years. It favored the non-prohibition clause pertaining to membership in secret societies, which stand brought a minority report from Bishop Wright, of Ohio. This will likely bo the cause of a disruption in tbe chuicli, American lllble Society, New York, May 9. Tho seventy-third annual meeting of tho American lliblo Society was held here to-day. Tho annual report shows that the total cash receipts for general purposes were $4rJ9,C3. Tho disbursements wero $53,9S9 leaving a deficiency of $."C,9S9. which was provided for in part by a loan and in part by the sale of certain Recurities. Tho following gentlemen were elected to the hoard of manngers for four years, to succeed tho same number whoso terms have expired: John II. Earle. S. V. R. Cmgcr. Elbert A. PrinkrrhotF, James G. Levett, Chas. H.Trask. Win. Hoyt. Robert W. Deforest, J. D. Crook, and T. G. Sellew. Tlie Colored Hrother in Church. Charleston, S. C, May 9. The diocesan convention of South Carolina of the Episcopal Church, at Aiken, yesterday, temporarily settled tlie di.pnt as to tho negro in the church by adopting an amendment to tho constitution. under which the only limitation as to colored clergymen is that hereafter they shall be rectors of churches, which shall l declared to be in union with the convention by a concurrent vote of both orders. ' Succofcufal Trial of the PetreL Baltimore. May 9. A private, trial of the new government gun-boat Pctrel.whu h was built by tho Columbian ironworks, of this city, was made to-day. and was a success. Mic averaged nearly fifteen knots with her engines working 110 revolutions a minute, and on the last quarter nearly seventeen knots- It took one minute and thirty ieconds to stop 1 . 1. .rniinriif fllll MltPfd. :1T11 tVlltveight seconds, from full speed, to revere her. Tho best tot was mado when she ran seventeen knots with 115 revolutions. Fell Ont of a Wludow. ' Phil Mara, a printer, at William B. Burford's, fell, this morning, out of a becond-story window in tho Grand Opera-house Block, to a roof below, a distance of eicht feet, lie was slightly injured about the back an ihouldcxa.