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mittcd that there was practically nothing else against Desmond, and intimated that i the Sau Francisco man was wanted chietly to identify the hotel guest "Melville" as Maroncy. the New Yorker. A San 1'rancisco Dispatch: Thomas Desmond, mentioned in dispatches to-day as being wanted for complicity in the Cronin murder, is well known here, having been a prominent figure during the sand-lot agitation. He was the ma n supporter of Denis Kearney, and through the hitter's inllnence was elected sheriff and served a full term. He then went back to his trade of carriagepainting. Desmond tirst gained notoriety in as one of the crew of the Catalpa, fitted out in England to rescue Fenian prisoners in Australia. Chief of Police Crowley denies that he has been instructed to arrest Desmond. Chief of Police Hubbard admitted to-day that he had two men in Kansas City watching Michael Boland, the present recorder of police of that city, and a former member of the notorious triangle. "Are you going to arrest BolandF the chief was asked. "That will depend upon the action of the grand jury," replied the chief, evasively, "but my men are not in Kansas City for the pnrpose of arresting Mr. Roland just now." The facts in the case are said to be that the State's attorney expects an indictment against Boland, and the Chiefs officers are in Kansas City ready to take Poland when the indictment is returned. A dispatch from Kansas City says: Michael Poland, recorder of Kansas City, whose name has been connected with that of Alexander Sullivan and other members of the Clan-na-Gael in connection with the Cronin murder mystery, expressed the opinion to a Journal reporter, to-night, that Cronin was murdered by members of the Clan-na-Gael. He compared the crime to the Phcenix Park massacre, but declared his positive belief that neither the order a3 a body nor any of its leaders or most prominent members was responsible. He thought that 6ome of the more ignorant members, sharing the general belief that Crouiu was a spy, killed him in a mistaken idea that thev were doing the order a service. Kecorder Poland regarded as absurd a suggestion that Sullivan, or any of the leaders, were even remotely connected with the conspiracy, saying that if for no other reason than that of common seuse, Sullivan and other open enemies of Crouiu woald bold aloof from any unlawful act. A messenger rattled at the onterdoorof the county jail abont noon to-day and announced ho wanted to see Alexander Sullivan on important business. The door was swung back and the boy entered and handed jailer Foltz a small card, which he asked him to send up to Mr. Sullivan's cell. The card was sent np to No. 25 as requested, and a minute later Mr. Sullivan hurried down from his cell and stood at the crating that surrounds the visitors' cage. The boy handed Mr. Sullivan a small niece of paper that looked like ' a letter. The prisoner mn his eye over its contents, smiled, folded the paper up and pnt it in his breast pocket, it was a message from his wife. The messenger spoke through the grating to Mr. Sullivan for over a quarter of an hour, and then retired. The nature of the message from the faithful wife of the Irish leader could not be ascertained, but it wan understood that it was a letter dated either from London or (ueeustowu, and informing him that she would be. on her way to America by the time the message reached his hands. One of the callers upon Alex. Sullivan today was the venerable Fernando Jones, a retirodcapitalist and one of the pioneer citizens of Chicago. Mr. Jones shook hands with Sullivan warmly, and the two men had an animated eonversation for nearly half an hour. Fernando Jones was one of Sullivan's stauchest supporters in the stormy days that followed the killing of Hanford. and was on his bond when he was released on bail. Mr. Jouea U steadfast in his friendships, and is as ready to stand by Mr. Sullivan to-day as he was years ago. Testimony Itefore the Grand Jury. CniCAGO, June 13. The principal interest in the Cronin case was centered this morning in the graud jury that met at 10 a. M. in Judge Shephard's court. The strict orders of secrecy which were institued yesterday were in nowise departed from. A bailill stood guard at the foot of the stairs below the jury-room; no one but witnesses and officers of the court were even allowed to ascend to the floor above. In accordance with the general summons is sued, various witnesses arrived early on the scene. Mrs. Conklin and John J. Cronin were the first to make an appearance, the former leaning upon the arm of the murdered man's brother. The Carlsons, father and 6on, came next, and were followed by Captain Schnettler and Pat Dinan. tlio liveryman. Luke Dillon and P. W. Dunn spent a few minutes in the jury-room but only to give suggestions as to the propriety of summoning certain gentlemen who might supply missing links in the Ions chain of circumstantial evi- . dence. Martinson, the expressman, who hauled the ftirnituro to the Carlson cottage, and Thiel, the bartender, who found the bloody trunk after it had been abandoned by Woodruri' and his accomplices, were both escorted to the jury-room by an accommodating bailiff. Mrs. Conklin was the first witness who testified, and she occupied the chair about twenty minutes. Her testimony was or.ly a repetition of that which has been many times published, except that she attempted a minute description of the man who, by meaus of the ice man's card decoyed Cronin to his death on May 4. This description, so far as Mrs. Conklin's memory extended, tallied perfectly wich tho published description of McDonald, tho blacksmith now under arrest in New York. The remainder of the jnry's investigation during tho forenoon was singnlarly devoid of interest. Pat Dinan, the livery man, took the stand, repeated his oft-told story, and was excused. His evidence varied in nowise from his testimony before the Coroner's jury. Old man Carlson, the owner of tho death cottage, detailed the particulars of tho Tenting of the property, and was required to tax his memory to its utmost for a faithful description of tne parties who took posession of the house and whose identity is now so eagerly desired by the Chicago police. Captain Schuettlcr was on hand all the forenoon and was called in once or twice to enlighten the jury as to the scope and result of his investigation in certain particulars. Chief Hubbard made his appearance in citizen's drefs, and was alive to all new developments of interest. All the witnesses examined during the afternoon had previously testified at the coroner's inquest. They were detective Palmer, Dman's hostler, Moreland, M. E. McIIale, Kevelle's carnet-layer; Henry Koesch.who found the body, and officer I.orch, who found the trunk key in the cottage. It was understood that they simply repeated tho statements that they made at

tne inqner. l ne jury aujourned at 4 r. m. until to-morrow. Not the lUeht Man. Fpcal to th Indianapolis Journal. LoGAXsrouT, Ind., June 13. 'Quit'a ripplo of excitement was created in this city at 8 o'clock this morning by the arrival of T. T. Conklin and wife, of Chicago, for tho purpose of identifying a man bj the name of James Smith, who is suspected of being implicated in tho murder of Dr. Cronin. Yesterday Smith arrived at Winamac, Pulaski couuty, and was immediately shadowed by Sheriff Purton, who subsequently caused his arrest. Later Smith was discharged, coming to this city this morning. Sheriff Purton pursued him and again made his arrest this afternoon. Upon the arrival of Mr. and Mrs. Conklin they were conveyed to the parlors at the Murdoch Hotel for the purpose of identifying hiniitb. Mrs. Couklin stated positively that he was not the man. Smith is a large, rawboned Irishman, fully six feet iu height, and claims to have been emploved in the iron and steel-works at Jolliet, 111., for the past six years. Smith was decidedly under the influence of liquor, and is a man of but little intelligence. Mr. and Mrs. Conulin will return to Chicago on the midnight train. lie YVaa Tired of Them. Chicago Tribune. , "Mamma," said the little boy, thoughtfully, "will people eat beans in heaven!" "It is not likely, Ticklowell," responded the mother, "that we shall know less of the laws that govern our intellectual growth in the great hereafter than we know here in Boston. Leguminons foods will be used to a large extent nndonbtedly, my son." Alas! How little we know of the causes that make or mar tho futnre of mankind! That boy went forth from the presence of JO mother an avowed Buddhist.

INDIANA AND ILLINOISNEWS

A Wedding That Grew Out of the Readins? of a Girl's Letter to Her Father. A 3Ian-Chopper's Sentence How a SchoolHouse Got Its Name The Badly-Mixed Domestic Relations of a German Count, INDIANA. The Ilappj 'Culmination of a Courtship Brought Abo at by Heading a Lot Letter. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Columbus, June 13. Mr. Will Thompson, a young and wealthy banker of Brewster, Kan., was married here, this evening, to Miss Clara Schultz, a charming young lady and teacher in tho public schools here. The marriage is the sequel to a romantic courtship. A little over a year ago Mr. Gideon Schultz, the father of the young lady, was stopping for a few weeks at a hotel at Hot Springs, Ark. Among tho other enests at the hotel was Mr. Will Thompson, who was not an acquaintance of the Schultz family. One day in Dassintr throneh the corridor of the hotel ho picked np an open letter which some one had accidentally dropped. Through curiosity he perused the contents oi me epi9tie, ana found tnat it was addressed to Mr. (fideon Schultz. and written by that gentleman's daughter, Miss Clara Schultz, of this city. Mr. Thompson was so pleased with the stylo and language of the letter that he determined upon forming the acquaintance of its author, lie sought out Mr. Schultz at once, and the two soon became fast friends. At tho conclusion of his visit to Hot Springs Mr. Schultz invited his young friend to accompany him to his home here for a brief visit. The invitation was eagerly accepted, and arriving here Mr. Thompson made the acquaintance of the writer of tho excellent letter. Tho two were soon deeply in love, and before Mr. Thompson s departure for his homo in Kansas, they were engaged to bo married. He has made two visits to her since then, and their marriage to-night culminates the extraordinary courtship. The happy couple left to-night for Chicago and Oinaha on a wedding trip. They will reside in Brewster, Kan. How a School-House Was Named. Special to the Iudiaiia;olls Journal. Columbus, Juno 13. Professor Pierce, a former school-teacher in this county, but now of Winchester, this State, is hero visiting friends. He taught in a little log school-house, located about one inilo south of Columbus, during the winter of 1855, and he to-day related to the Journal correspondent an interesting historical incident concerning tho school-house. He stated that the building was erected at the time tho main line of the Jeffersonvillo, Madison &, Indianapolis railroad was being built, and was occupied as a saloon, which was freely patronized by tho constructors and officers of the road. In those days Governor A. P. Willard had occasion to frequently visit the southern part of the State, and the trains always stopped near the saloou for the engine to lay in a supply of wood, and the Governor would invariably alight and take a "horn'' at the saloon. This practice of Willard caused the building, wlienit was converted into a school-house, to bo known as the "Willard" school-house, and Prof. Piorco stated that in making his report to the county examiner he was required to distinguish the school by that name. A Man-Chopper Sentenced. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Noiilesville, June 13. In the Hamilton Circuit Court, to-day, John Weeks was sentenced to two years in the penitentiary for assault and battery with intent to murder Ebenezer Bean. Both Weeks and Bean were chopping wood near Fishersburg, in this countv. at the time of tho assault, and Weeks struck Bean with his nx, cutting three ribs loose from the spinal column, fracturing three others and making a great gash in his back, from which, it is alleged. a piece of lur.g was taken. Bean is still living, nut win in an pruuauiiuy uio irum his injuries. Northern Indiana Editorial Association. Special to the Iiuliauapolis Journal. KENDALLVILLK, June 13. The Northern Indiana Editorial Association is now in session in this city, with the largest at tendance in the history of tho organiza tion. The reception at Mitchell Hall this evening was a grand affair, an elaborate and interesting programme being carried out. The feature of the evening -was the huo address delivered by Hon. John B. Stoll. of the South Bend Times, on "The Newspaper at the Fireside.". The banquet to-night, at tho Kelly House, was a graud anair. Honors to Ir. Town send. Special to tli Indianapolis Journal Richmond. J une 13. Our distinguished colored citizen, Kev. J. M. Townsend, de parted for Washington to-night to assume his duties as Register of the General Land Office. Last night the colored people, in cluding Rev. Dr. Derrick, of New York, Dr. Townsend's successor as secretary of tho homo and foreign missionary work, joined in doing him honor at the African Methodist Church, and this afternoon there was a large public reception at his residence. with many white people in the long lino of callers. Elinor Note. South Bend begins a telephone exchange with 100 tmbscribers. The reported suicide of Thomas Hislop in this city is not generally credited at Brazil. Moses Wile, a leading Hebrew citizen of Vinceunes. died there yesterday, aged seventy-live years. Book-dealer Horace Hellegoss, of Rnshville, hat made an assignment, with liabilities 14,000, and assets o,000. Joseph Murphy, of Pittsburg, was struck bva-Bee-line train, near Anderson, last Wednesday, and fatally injured. Rev. Dr. J. M. Townsend left Richmond. with his fataily. yesterday, to assume the position of recorder of deeds at Washing ton, D. C. Wesley Kirmerling who abducted, mar Tied and abandoned Ida Ltchison two 5ears ago, has been sentenced to two years' T a. : .1 .i! imprisonment ior criminal seuueuou. James O'Brien was sentenced, at Bluffton, yesterday, to live gears' imprisonment for snooting his asociate burglar. Newcomb, at Huntington in January, 18S3. Spencer County Commissioners recently refused a numerously signed petition for an appropriation lor gravel roads, and there is considerable indignation over tho refusal. In Warrick and Spencer counties tho Farmers' Alliance 13 receiving bids from storekeepers, and at Boonville, it is said. not less than ten merchants will close out and move awaj. A double wedding was celebrated at tho Christian Church, in Crawfordsville, last Wednesday evening. ino parties were Fountain K. hastlack and May Cox and Harry S. Bishop and Alcda Cox, tho brides being sisters. Mr. Solomon Fieser, a farmer residing one and a half mile west of Walnut, died yesterday morning from an accident which occurredlast Monday. He was riding a horse, which stumbled, threw hira to the ground and then fell upon him. Sheriff Dickev, of Greensburg, frustrated a tail dehverv. last nieht. bv watchinir in the dark until his prisoners were busy sawing their way to liberty, when he captured them and the tools that had been furnished by friends from tho outside. William Boycr, Charles F. Boyer and Thomas H. Armstrong, residents of Wilkin sou. denv the statement made in these notes, on Monday, to the eilect that bundles of switches had been left at their houses by supposed "White Caps." Jno. Haworth, station agent and telegraph operator at Gessie. fell yesterday while climbing on a freight car and the wheel running over his head killed him instantly. He was a member of the Masonio lodge ot Danville, and leaves a family. On Wednesday last there was another foot-race at Ladoga for $100, the distanco being one hundred rods. It was won bv Mr. Baxter, of Ladoga, Tho other contest-

ant was Oliver Stack; who coes by tho

name of "Oklahoma Bill." Several hundred dollars changed hands, and the Crawfordsville men are heavyjosers. Stevo Brown, a ermilhon county farmer. who. eighteen montbsirgo. shot and killed a tramp in cold blood, yesterday agreed to nlead irniltv to manslaughter, and was Siven ten years in the penitentiary. Wednesay evening he tried to commit 6uicide by swallowine powder made irom a looKingglass with the quicksilver attached. ILLINOIS. The Badly Mixed Domestic Relations of an Alleged German Count at Belleville. Belleville, June 13. A telegram was received from New York, yesterday, an nouncing the arrest there of Anton Schwarzwalder, a rich married citizen of Belleville, well known as tho inventor of a wheat cleaner, on a charge of bigamy. A Miss Starck made the complaint before Recorder McDonough, in New York, that Schwarzwalder had entrapped her Into a marriage in Bavaria. It has been developed that Schwarzwalder is a German count, whose father died in Bavaria when he was a boy. He has been in this country nearly twenty years, living at lielievme, Cincinnati and St. Louis. He and his wife have had seven children born to them, all but two of whom are dead. Six months ago Schwarzwalder went to Germany to se- ... ,. ! 1 1 1. cure a ionuneoi $J.)t',uuu, wnicu nau oeen left him. He returned on May 21. A young woman soon appeared at the Belleville nomestead, claiming to be his wife. Mrs. Schwarzwalder No. 1 offered to take her two babies and vacate if her husband desired it. A reconciliation was brought about, and wife No. 2 departed for New York. Tuesday Mr. Schwarzwalder disap peared, and yesterday his arres was an nounced. Starved Himself to Death. Bpeclal to the Indianapolis Journal. Marshall, June 1C Charles L. Rector died this morning at 7 o'clock from .pure starvation; Several weeks ago he became insane and was also taken sick. Ho finally became so violent that it was deemed necessary to send him to an asylum. The order for him came last Monday, but he could not be moved, t or more than two weeks ho ate absolutely nothing, and he literally starved himselt to death. He was about twentj'-six years of age, and unusualli" sharp and shrewd. He was or a very inventive turn of mind, also.' He will be buried to-morrow, and the funeral services are to be in charge of the fire company, of which he was a member. Brief Mention. Mrs. Adam Guthrie died suddenly at Bloomington vesterday afternoon from heart disease. She was sixty-three years of age, and was the wiie of one of tho very first settlers of McLean county. An attempt was mado last Wednesday night to wreck a Wabash, St. Louis fc Pai j i l x i Ai 1 1 - . cine vestionie train aoout sixiy-uye mues from Chicago. Ties were wedged in a culvert, and the engine struck the obstruction, but did not leave tho rails. Charles Younsr. a bov of twelve, while reaching over the driving-belt at Johnson's tilo factory, at Oak wood, yesterday, was caught np and carried around the circuit. His head hit the fly-wheel, scattering his brains all around the room, and ou the return his remains were driven atrainst tho belt-wheel with sutlicient force to break it. REPAIRING THE PENNSYLVANIA. Remarkable Scenes Witnessed Along tha Eastern Division of the Line. Philadelphia Times. After fteeinir a eood deal of bridee build ing and trestling sinco I loft Philadelphia, I shall never feel any risk in going over a trestle, no matter now high, that the Pennsvlvania division superintendents havo nassed. Thev have done cood work. Tho main line from Altoona to Cresson, Gallitzen. and, in fact all the way to South 1 ork, the betrinninu of the reservoir-swept area, is in good condition. As day broko wo went around tho great horseshoe curve at limited express speed. Ino through trains east and west following will simply transfer passengers to coaches, which tho rail road havo in ureat number to transter the few miles to the Ebeusburg connection. As an impartial observer who has been over i t all mostly on foot and seen th repairs, I know it to be all 0. K. Miles and ntijes of new track have been laid, ami every sawmill and lumber concern in available distancoof any of tho lines have been taken. to the Pennsylvania railroad, so that it may be easy to replace old ties and wood generally that was under water with new ways and bridges, l hear that the Montgomery bridge into Williamsport will be across to rn eht. I can conceive of no more remarka ble sight than the movement at daylight of the armies of ereat railway organizations to combat and overcome great disaster and restoro the interrupted travel and trade of the country. Linemen climbing poles like monkeys hud strung tho telegraph to where, bv the eugo ot mo river, tne opera tor has his box of instruments in hand, and wherever any of tho general's aid-decamps moved, stenographers were by their side ready to put in motion a hundred other agencies aloug the lines of the extensive system. Here live hundred men with brand new nicks and shovels on shoulder are marching m regular squads like soldiers to where a hundred carts and horses are already wait ing to take the dirt, which is removed from nn embankment to another point to replace a road-bed or to dump it to nil in where the river has swallowed up tho territory of the rail. . . It is surprising to find that the men who are doing the actual manual labor of rebuilding bridges, relaying tracks and putting the railroad through, are not mere menials or human machinery. The digging and hauling, it is true, is often done by men "of mere muscle, mostly foreigners, though even with them a hundred picks or shovels move with a unison and energy that tell of some energetic intelligence that has them in its grasp, but tho work of rebuilding a railroad is done by keen-witted, clever-handed mechanics clever, self-re liant fellows who obey hko veterans and act promptly ami with a full mastery of what they are about. I nave seen carpenters who were squaring and shaping bridge timber ston to go at shoveling dirt with one accord and then with rubber boots up to their waists wade into a river to start a trestle. Division superintendents and even higher officials do not shout or swear at their men. They are on equal footing and are called by name and they share a common nie&s and the same dangers and exposure. 'Ihey are men mostly who have homes and families, who do thorough earnest work, and are fairlv paid and treated as men in return. The bravery aud grit of some of this class of men and of the railroad officials who have moved so much with them in .the work of restoring the telegraph and railwaj' lines, the absence of which has made communities helpless to relieve distant distress, has been one of the finest features that this flood calamity has brought into play. I shall never be able to think of Frank Thompson without comparing him in a a dross suit standing before tho waving blaze of his quaint rural cabinet outside of Philadelphia, and seeing him with a week's growth of beard, in a rubber coat and boots, standing on the severed outer span of Montgomery bridge, with the electric light making the seething waters of tho river look like Clover Club champagne, whereas all tho commissary department then contained was ham sandwiches and the water in the engine tank. Only last night I incidentally learned that Mr PettitandMr. Hutchinson, of this division, had not closed their eyes in forty-eight hours. It is by such sacrifices as this that such progress is being made in overcoming the situation. Where They Are. Chicago Tribune. Geronimo is quietby cultivating cabbages in the warm, moist soil of the far South, A. K. Cutting is setting type at $14 a week in a Texas printing othce, Martin Irons is working by the dav in some obscure Missouri town (probably St. Louis), Johann Most is temporarily out of prison and keeping a saloon in New York, ex-Senator Jones is still in Detroit, and Ignatius Donuelly. in his arctic home in Minnesota, is preparing for another campaign against Shakspeare. In the varied excitements and distractions of the hour let us not wholly lose sight of the Nation's great men of tho past. m lias Chosen the Wrong Path, rnlladc Ipaia Pre. The path to the White House does not lead throtich the distilleries and breweries. Governor Hill, of New York, may bet his life on that.

OUR COLLEGES AND SCIIOOLS

A Prosperous Year and Interesting Graduation Exercises at Franklin. Alumni Reunions at Hanover and the State University DePanw Normal School CommencementOther Exhibitions. Special to the Imllanapolis Journal. Franklin, Ind.,. Tune 13. To-day has been a very pleasant one for the annual commencement exercises of Franklin College. The faculty, students and friends marched from tho campus this morning to the Baptist Church, at 10 o'clock. They were headed by the Franklin Military Hand. The church was crowded. 'Music for the occasion was furnished by tho college chorus, directed by Prof. J. M. Dungan. The class numbered nine, and each member delivered a very excellent oration. It was the general remark that the exercises were much above the average. The names of the graduates and the subjects of their orations were as follows: J. V. Clevenger spoke on "Political Economy and Ethics:" Leonard J. Curtis spoke on Nihilism in Kussia;" Charles D. Hazelrigg spoke on the subject "Reactive Tendencies in Philosophy;" Miss Hcrriott C. Palmer spoke on the subject Christianity and the Masses." All the above graduates received the degree bachelor of science. Elmou M. Fisher gave "A Criticism of Hawthorne." 4tThe Divine Factor in History" was tho subject of the oration by W. W. Israel. Miss Elizabeth M. Overstreet's subject was 'The Dramatic Element in History." Walter I J. Riley chose for his subject, "Control oi Capital in Industry." Washburn Tilson spoke on the subject "Race Antagonism' Miss Emma Turner, of Washington, gave an oration on "The Jews." She spoke for the class of 'SO for the master's degree. Miss Turner received the degree of M. JS. C. F. Remy, P. O. Duncan, A. A. Layton and A. P. Drown of the class of '80, received tho degree of A. M. The degree of D. D. was conferred on Rev. I. F. Caven. of Pern; Rev. H. L. Stetson, of Des Moines, la., and Rev. G. II. Elgin, of the Indiana Baptist. The prize for best junior French essay was awarded Miss Ona Payne. Honorable mention was made of the special work done in German by H. L. Menangh, and special work done in French by E. W. Abbott A. H. Brad8haw, for junior prize oration, and E. L. Brannigin, for freshman prize declamation, received certificates. Dr. Stott, in addressing the graduates, spoke of the Tcsting Periods of Life." At the conclusion of the graduating exercises occurred the annual alumni dinner. Covers for 125 were spread, and an elegant menu was served by the ladies of the Baptist Church. R. A. Brown, as president of the alumni association, acted as masterof ceremonies. Very felicitou3 afterdinner speeches were made by Rev. Day, D. D.,' of Indianapolis, who spoeon behalf of "The Visitors;" A. Henderson, Lafavette, "Tho Board;" Prof. A. B. Chaffee, "The Faculty;" Rev. J. H. Groff. Shelbvville. "Tho Pastors:" F. F. Moore, Frankfort, "The Old Students;" C. F. Remy. Columbns. "The ew Mas ters;" Miss Harriet C. Palmer, Franklin, "The Seniors;" Rev. B. F. Cavcns, Peru, The Sew I). Ds;77 Prof. T. J. Charltou. Plainheld, "Reminiscences;" Hon. A. B. Hunter, LL. IK. Franklin. "The Impromptu Speech." The dinner was pronounced to be the most pleasant of any held up to this time, lho exercises of commencement week closed with the levee at President and Mrs. Stott'a home, this even ing. It was a fitting close to a pleasant and successful week. nanover College Graduates. 8cial to the Indianapolis Journal. Madison, Ind., June 12. At the meeting of the Hanover College Alumni Association here to-day the president of the association. Rev. John Q. McKeehan, of the class of 1S55, called tho alumni to order, and, after a hymn, called upon Rev. R. V. Hunter, of Indianapolis, to offer prayer. Rev. S. E. Bair, class of 1847, was the first to respond to the call of the roll. Graduates of 'other colleges were enrolled, among them being Dr. Morse, president of California College; Dr. Hutchison, Westminster College; Rev. A. T. Rankin, of Central Ohio Col ge, and Rev. R. V. Hunter, of Wooster University. The members of the graduating class were then enrolled. A discussion of last year's catalogue, in which was published tho names of all former students, resulted in the appointment of Professors Baird, Garritt and Young aud Mr. Holliday as a committee to perfect the record of the location and occupation of all former students, and to publish this in a future catalogue. In the absence of Dr. Edwards, who had been appointed to deliver the address, the alumni were called upon for informal talks, and tho result was one of the most interesting and spicy meetings the association has held for many years. Rev. S. E. Barr set the ball rolling, followed bv Judge Voris and Rev. l V. Hnnter, who, in a very happy way, congratulated Hanover upon co-education and a sound financial condition, and Hon. John G. Blake, who in his own way "boomed" Hanover, saying he honed to see some one give Hanover a round million of dollars before he uieo. air. make was called upon for a song, and responded by going to tho organ and singing "Listen to My Tale of Woe." Hon. J. M. Scovel, '52, said that after thirty years' absence from Hanover, he had traveled WO miles in order to deliver the philosophical diplomas. Rev. Dr. Morse said that, impressed with the remarkable railway station at Madison, he had come out to Hanover determined to have his brother, Prof. T. L. Morse, use his inllueuce to get a new station there. His remarks that there is not another sight in America equal to tho beauties of Hanover scenery struck a responsive chord in tho hearts of all Hanoverians. Dr. Fisher then called attention to the portrait of Dr. Thomson, which : was hung in Donnell Chapel on Monday morning. In the chapel are also the portraits of the following: Dr. Crowe, tho founder of the college; Dr. Blythe, the first president; Dr. Scovel, a former president; Professor Holliday, father of Hon. J. 11. Holliday; Mr. and Mrs. Ayers, who gave $20,000 to the endowment of a professorship, and Mr. and Mrs. Donnell, who furnished the chapel. Dr. Fisher also announced that Mrs. Donnell had inst completed the endowment of the Mary Eward Hamilton professorship. The committee on nominations reported as follows: Member of board of trustees, Hon. John H. Holliday, 1SG4, president; Rev. Wm. Torrance, D. I)., 18(53, secretary; Prof. A. II. Young, 1871, orator; Dr. H. L. Vannuys. 184S, alternate; Hon. John G. Blake, 1WV, poet. Tlie committee on necrology reported the death of 6even alumni aud one former professor. State Tnlverslty Alumni. Special to the Inillanaiolts Journal Bloomington', June 13. The business meeting of the Alumni Association of Indiana University, held to-day, was tho largest in tho history of the university and much more interest was shown than ever before. W. E. McCord, class '72, of Martinsville, presided, and Miss Lu Maxwell, of Bloomington, acted as secretary. Shortly after the organization was completed, Senator Wright, of Iowa, entered and was given a cordial ovation. A committee, with Prof. James K. Beck as chairman, was appointed to look after Memorial day, to be celebrated in lbW, and gather history of tho dead alumni of the year, and also to select a suitable person to make the address. A year ago it was decided to establish an alumni alcove iu the library building, and this committee was continued and urgrd to act- About 8100 had been contributed and a number of valuable books donated. For orator, a year hence, Hon. J. H. Bothwell. of Sedalia, Mo., was selected, and Hon. W. D. Byuum, of Indianapolis, was selected for the alternate. The question of setting apart a dav in commencement week for tho exclusive use of the alumni was discussed and insisted upon as a proper courtesy from the university. The committee on nominations reported the following otlicers for next year: President, Senator George G. Wright, of Des Moines, la.; vice-president, ProL Jamea K. Beck, oi

Rloominirton? treasurer, linn. L. Ti. Untrpr

Bloomington; recording secretary. Miss Ida ! ? J? . . loomington; recording secretary. Miss Ida lanley. Bloomington; corresponding secreiry, Prof. J. E. Wiley, Indiana University; xecutive committee, B. F. Adams, jr., W, juanicv. tary, execi T. Blair, Miss Kate Hight, Prof. Joseph bwain. Miss Lu .Maxwell. Ylneennes University. Special to tli ImllanapoUs Journal. Vincexxes, Ind., June 13. Last evening a large and brilliant audience assembled at the opera-house to hear the orations of tne graduating class of the Vincennes University. Tho orations were all cleverly written, well delivered and roundly applanded The salutatory was presented by Miss Mae Bartlett. Her subject was "Labor," which she handled from the intellectual standpoint. Harry B. Keith, son of Kev. J. T. Keith, pastor of the Baptist Church in this city, treated skillfully the subject of "The IJomauce of the Nineteenth Century." "What Fools These Mortals Be!" was humorously and seriously discussed by Miss L. Bel Wallace. In the oration "What of the Niffhtf" Frederick M. Chancellor manifested surprising oratorical ability, as well as a clever appreciation of tho subject. Miss Alice B. kelso delivered the valedictory on "Tho Education of Women" with grace and force. Dr. R. G. Moore delivered tho gold prizes in a fitting little speech. The F resident's Latin prize was earned by larry B. Keith, and the Dr. Hiudraan prize was awarded to Miss Charlotte Malott. whoso srrade in tier studies for the past two years "was almost 99 per rent. The university is in a very prosperous condition under the etbeient management of tho scholarly and gentlemanly president. Prof. K. A. Bryan. It has grown to 6uch proportions that the building erected eleven years ago cannot accommodate the pupils, and, out of necessity, an addition will be built to the institution this summer. DePauw Normal School. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Green-castle, Ind., June 13.The opening of the commencement exercises at DePauw University occurred this evening, in Meharry Hall, when the second annual graduating performance of the DePauw Normal School took place, before a largo and attentive audience. Quite a largo number of visitors have already arrived, and every day increases the number of strange faces. While the normal department of DePauw is comparatively new, it being organized only four years since, yet this has been a remarkably prosperous year, aud tho work done in the various departments shows much excellence and attention. The schoolthisyear represents 117 pupils in the normal department exclusive. The school presented but two graduates this year, but the following class is unusually largo. "The Teacher's Professional Preparation," was the title of an address delivered by William H. Foreman, of Greentown, and the "Teacher's Source of Interest," was the subject of the oration of Charles A. Greene, of Ireland. The annual address was delivered by Dr. B. H. Hinsdale, professor of didactics in tho University of Michigan. Tho address was unusually interesting and commanded splendid attention. Dr. Hinsdale was President Garfield's successor as president of Hiram College and also his friend and biographer. The music was furnished by the city orchestra. At the close of the exercises Dr. Martin presented the diplomas. Elkhart High-School. Fpeclal to the Indianapolis J xirnaL Elkiiaut, Ind., June 13.-The graduating exercises of the Elkhart nigh-school took place at the Bucklen Opera-house, this evening, in the presence of a packed honse. The following are the exercises presented by tne graduates; Salutatory, Halla Swinehart; "Gratitude. Content, Hope," Ella Do Mund; "The Gymnasium," John Parker: Eva Phillips. At Westfield College, Special to tbe Indianapolis Journal. Marshall, 111., June 13. The nineteenth annual commencement exercises of .Westfield College were held in tho chapel hero this afternoon. The graduates were G. A. Dudley, Joseph A. Weaver, Quincy W. Frost and Miss Bertha Graham. Mr. Dudley took the classical course, and received the degree of bachelor of arts. The other three chose the scientific course, and received the degree of bachelor of sciences. TELEGRAPHIC BREVITIES. Charlie Monch, of Cincinnati, nine years old, was fatally burned, yesterday, by the explosion of tho tank of a gasoline stove. The Canadian Order of Odd-fellows, now in session at Toronto, voted down a motion to provide for the eligibility of colored men for membership in the order. A tobacco manufacturers' trust, with a capital of $2.),000,000, is said to be in process of formation. St. Louis and New ork lirnis are at the head of the project. Bob Younger, the youngest of the notorious Younger brothers, who has been in the State prison at Stillwater, Minn., for nearly thirteen years, is dying of consumption. George Cottec, the colored man charged with setting tiro to the residence of Rev. F. C. Clarke, in Princess Anne county, Maryland, whereby five lives were lost, has confessed the crime. Yesterday a squib factory, at St. Clair, Pa., was wrecked by an explosion of powder. Mamie Mull, aged nineteen years, was burned to death. Her charred remains were found in the ruins. Yesterday, at Louisville, Mrs. Catherine Boyle, aged sixty -live, and her children. Miss Nora, aced twenty-live, Frank, aged thirty, and William, aged twenty-three, were all decided to be insane. Robert Robertson, of Genoa, Minn., was arrested yesterday for stealing horses at Kirkland. 111. Ho will be taken there tomorrow. Robertson wa? released from the Stillwater penitentiarj' in March, where ho was imprisoned for the same oflense. Stockholders of the Chesapeake & Ohio Canal Company, at Annapolis, yesterday, directed the use of all resources to put the canal in repair. President Stephen Gambrell and the old board of directors were reelected. The president's report says it will take $300,000 to put tho canal in order for business. The East St. Louis Dressed Beef ComEany has sold its entire plant in East St. ,ouis, and some twenty refrigerator storage-rooms in various parts of the country, to the Fairbanks Canning Company of Chicago. Tho purchase price was $o00,000. The new owners will operate the East St. Louis plaut to its full capacity, of 1,000 to 1.500 beeves per day. T. C. Munroe, of Lucas, Mich., caught bis coat fdeeve in the cog-wheels of a machine. He called for help, and two men ran to his aid. They grabbed him around the body and called for somebody to stop the machinery. The warning -was not heeded, and Munroe was gradually dragged into and through the machinery, and his body reduced to a shapeless pulp. The Canadian government has received advices that several Canadian sailing veswls havo sailed for Behrinjr sea. The British men-of-war are still at Victoria, B. C, but it is likely that one of them will cruise in Alaskan waters later on in the season. There is no likelihood of any interference on their part with the operations of tho United States Treasury protection service. Rubber-shoo manufacturers held a meeting at the Hotel Brunswick, in Boston, yesterday, to perfect nlaus for a rubber-boot and shoe trust. A plan proposed by a gentleman interested in the Standard Oil Company was discussed and a committee aprointed to report at a subsequent meeting, t is claimed that the conditions of the trade force the uniou of parties interested. Frank James, arrested last Tuesday night at Bowling Green for an attempt to blow up Mrs. Mertio Williamson's honso with dynamite, hung himself in jail with a pair of suspenders, lie bad been assisting Mrs. Williamson to get a divorce from her husband, and when she refused to marry him he secreted himself in her cellar with a dynamite cartridge. While waiting for the woman's return, ho fell asleep, and was dis covered with the cartridge fuse in his hand. The World Moves. Albany Journal. Cineinrati is crying for gas: and Indiana is willing to funmh the sumdv. A resonsible Hoosier, owning thoiands of acres of gas-producing land, proposes to furnish J5,000,000 daily whenever the lueen City is ready to meet the conditions. Tho world moves.

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Ho was slim, an' light-haired an blue-eyed, an' his upper teeth stuck out in front, an ' made him look more innocent than ever. . He was a pleasant kind o feller until ho got mad. &t? then the dust used to fly jest a trifle. 1 seen Billy kill two men at White Oaks, an' he did tho job up clean. They never kicked. "Iwasiu Santa Fe when Bob Ollingcr and Jim Bell brought Bill in after he'd biu arrested. He nearly dug ouW jail there, but they were too slick for him. an' thev tuk him for trial to Mesilla, The principal witness agin him was a feller as owed him an old grudge, an' so Billy got it hot. The necktie party was tokbeheld at Lincoln, an' when Bob Ollinger an' Jim Bell tuk him there they put him in an upstairs room, next where the deputies kep their cuns an things. They knew Billy was smart, an' always one o' them kep' in the room with, him. 4The mornm1 after they got to Lincoln, Billy asked the deputies tor old times' sake to loose ono of the bracelets he had on, an' as Bob, and Jim, too, had known Billy fof a long time, they thought they couldn t refuse a request like that, so they loosened one bracelet an' left it danglin' by tho other wrist. "At dinner timo Bob said he was goin over the way to get somethiu' to eat, an' Jim, ho was left with Billy. Tho Kid was draggin' his leg irons after him as he walked about, an' Jim Bell was readin but lifted his eyes every time tho Kid como close to him. All tho same. Billy got his work in in great shape, for he watched his chance an' buried the loose handcuff in tho skull o' the deputy. To make no mistake ho pulled Jim's gun from his boot an started pumpin' lead into him at a great rate. At the lirst 6bot Bob Ollinger jumped from the table where he was eatin' and said: My God! there's Billy tryin' to git, and Jinrflshot him!' Ho rushed out an acro3s tho street an' was iust ekippin' up the stairs when he seed Billy standin' at tbo top p'intin a Winchester at him. Next xninit Bob dropped, done up in real good, stylo with a bullet thro' his head. Billy never did no burglin' work it was always done slick an' ne.at. 0' course, a big crowd cot around, but they wusn't all agin Billy. An' when he got tho drop on u feller, an' told him to come up an' lile his irons oft, why, he did it. When he got free ho rode out o Lincoln. an' nary a man darst try to stop him. rat oarrett wasn't thero then, but when ho heard didn't he cuss. Parties made out to ketch Billy, but he got down to tho Pan handle, an' after things had toned down ho come np into New Mexico agin. Billy had been gom' it puny strong in Lincoln county, and no mistake. Iu the tusslin' back an' forrard his ganp got purty wt-ll cleaned out, au' Pat Garrett swore he'd git even wnii mm. "Billv had taken a fancv to the nrettr daughter o' a small ranchman, an' she was sort o' fascinated with him, but the old man wasn't pleased. He knowed Billv'd jest take her away with him when he went, an' if the old man kicked he'd get killed. that's all. Billy wasn't perticlar; he'd just as 60ou kill ono man as another. The old man was in a bad lix, when, as luck would have it, Pat Garrett he come along and said he was lookiiv fer Billy. Now, Billy was keepin' shady at young Maxwell's place, an' tho old man put Pat on his trail. Pat got there all right, an' seem' no one around he went inside an' found Maxwell in bed. He denied that Billy was aroun', but when Pat got the drop on him an' swore he'd shoot him if ho didn't talk straight, he confessed that Billy had just gone to the outhouse to get some steak for cookm'. Pat had just timo to drdp behind the bed where young Maxwell was lyin when in come Billy, with his knife in one hand and his gun in the other. The Kid was 'snicious, liowever, as if he'd snielled somethin' was wrong. Comin' from tho blindin' sun into tho 'dobo house, he couldn't see well, but when he entered he asked: Quien sabet' He was jest say in the words when Pat put two bullets into him before anybody could wink twice. He hated Pat like pisen. an' if he'd had any idea that Pat was armed he'd never taken chances, for ho was like an Indian, an' jest as treacnerous. He'd play up to a man an' make him think he was his friend, an' when he got him oil his guard he'd kill him. He waa a mighty queer lad; whenever begot his fingers near a gun there was bound to bo a dead man not far away. Why, he could jest make a pistol talk, an' when he was around all the boys sung low. 1 didn't pine much when I heard he was killed: fact ih, I thought Billy had Homethin' agin me, an' I was lookin' out sharp that he didn't plug a holo in my carcass." SWEET GIRL GRADUATES. Kind Words for the Fair Young Faces Who Are About to Iave the School-Room. Pittsburg Chronicle-Telegraph. A notable feature of this month is tho graduating of the young women of tho female seminaries. Tho irreverent wags of tho press will have their usual jokes over the philosophical essays, but these same wags will be sensible of the interest attaching to the practical entrance into life of the possible wives and mothers of the land. Thes attractive young persons are to havo their share of responsibility and trial, and if they have really been students and conformed to the wholesome discipline of school, they will bo better qualitied to exerciso judgment iu their spheres of action. Silly women are doubtless a source of as much confusion in human aflairs as reckless men, and are not half soeasily disposed of. It is of no small moment to reiuforce the class of intelligent women who are to guide the domestic fortunes of households. Capability and sound principle in this sphere are just as needful as knowledge in the counting-room or in the halls of legislation. In the graduating classes of the female institutions of learning, thero will be young women who will play as useful a part in life as any young men. however distinguished, and few can bo insensible to these exercises in view of these facts. This is not altogether a business of gowns, and rbbons. &nd llowers. These fair faces are shortlv to look squarely at the problem of life. That they may do so with a rational understanding ami worthy purpose concerns the happiness of many besides them belvcs. They, too, are shapers of destinies. 1 Only One Thins: Jju-klnjr. Pocx. gage is admitted to be excellent. Now if,' fcotuo genius would invent a method of , checking the American baggago-sma&her j our system would bo I'ciXcwl '