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

THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL, TUESDAY, JUNE 18. 1889.

monument to Timothy Crean, who, pome years ago, was senior guardian of the Clan-. na-Uacl camp from which Cronin was expelled. The thought recently occnrred to one of Cronin's friends that among the per ions present at the monument dedication might have been some of those who subsequently helped put the Doctor out of the way. To-day Miss Faully, sister of a saloonkeeper, quoted as corroborating tho horsethief Woodruff's latest confession, denied emphatically the interview attributed to her. She says she knows nothing of Alexander Sullivan, and never saw any one nnhwering his description with Woodruff. Saloon-keeper 1'aully also denies the important features of the interviews reprebented as coming from him. OT THE KIGIIT MEX.

Chicago Teople Fall to Identify Maroney and McDonald Their Relea Ordered New York, June 17. The adherents of Alexander Sullivan gained a signal victory to-day. Judge Andrews, of the Supreme Court, has decided that Maroney and McDonald must be released from prison on the writs of habeas corpus, and the three men who came from Chicago to identify them as being connected with the murder of Dr. Cronin signally failed to do so. The refusal of Governor Hill to sign a warrant 'lor extradition on the insufficient evidence furnished him bo alarmed the Chicago an thorities that they played their trump cards In a determined, effort to obtain possession of the accused men. For this purpose they sent on the three witnesses on whose testimony they rely to convict Maroney and McDonald. Those witnesses are Win. T. Hatfield, from whom the mysterious J. 15 Simons purchased the furniture; K. G. Throckmorton, from whom ho rented the flat at No. 177 Clark street, and n. Martinzen, the expressman who removed the furniture to the Ashland-avenuo cottage. These witnesses arrived here yesterday and went to the Tombs to see if they could identify the accused. Acting. Warden Finley would not permit it to be done on Sunday, as contrary to the regulations. The three witnesses, accompanied by -detective T. J. Farrell, of Chicago, and detective Von Gerichten, ot Inspector Byraes's force, reached the Tombs shortly before 10 o'clock this morning. They remained a few minutes in tho outerwaitingroom while preparations for the identification were made. Acting Warden Finley placed twenty prisoners in a line. Among them were "Liverpool Jack," and old man Howard, of the electric sugar fame, McDonald was the fifth man from tho south end of the line, and Maroney tho fourth man from the north enu. All wore hats. The Chicago men were admitted one at a time, and passed along the east side of the second tier directly opposite the twenty men. The intervening space was about eight feet, and light was sufficient to permit a good look at the countenances of tho men. Hatfield was the first taken in to look at the men. He scanned eacbface closely as he passed back and lorthvbefore the men, but did not eem to recognize any one particularly. He was taken out 'and Martinzen, the expressman, brought in. He is a dull-looking Swede, and tho faces looked all one to him, apparently, as he made no sign that he had 6een any one of them before. There was a little excitement when Throckmorton appeared to see if he conld identify the man to whom he rented thehousoon Clark street, opposite Dr. Cronin's residence. He is a talk thin, foung mau, with a small, black mustache. Ie took twice as much time as the others to satisfy himself that the man he was after was not there. After pacing back and forth half n dozen times, he attempted to ask a question of keeper McCaffrey, who was at the north end of the row, but was sternly rebuked by acting Deputy Warden McDermott. "You are here to see If you can identify any of these men and not talk to anybody," said McDcrmott. In spite of this rebutt, Mr. Throckmorton continued to scan carefully the countenances of the men in front of him. He gave a short, quick glance at Maronev, but he stared for half a minute steady at McDonald and "Li verpool J ack," who stood beside him. Finally, he left, without giving any sign that he had recognized anybody. Both men bore bravely the ordeal to which they were subjected, Maroney being especially calm and collected. McDonald was a little nervous, and showed it by the twitching of his hands, which grasped the iron railing. It was evident that tho attempt at identification was a failure, as detectives Farrell and Von Gerichten took a look at the twenty men to see that Maroney and McDonald were among them. The men from Chicago and the detectives then went to the district attorney's office, where they had a long talk with Assistant District Attorney Macdona. Judge Andrews this morning, in the Supreme Court, discharged Maroney and McDonald on the ground that there was no evidence on which to hold them. After reviewing the arrest and proceedings the Judgo says that tho only question before him was whether the prisoners were lawfully detained. If there had been any competent evidence before the police magistrates that Patrick Crouin was murdered in Chicago, and which furnished reasonable ground to believe, or from which it appeared probable that Maroney or McDonald committed the crimo. Judge Andrews said it would not be proper for him to review the decision, even if the court took a different view from what he did of the weight of such evidence. The difficulty is that, although it is a matter of general newspaper notoriety that Cronin was recently murdered in Chicago, it appears that no competent legal evidence whatever was produced before the magistrate either or the fact of the murder or that Maroney or McDonald committed the crime. Even if telegrams were to bo regarded as some sort of hearsay evidence, the telegram received is nothing but a request that Maroney and McDonald shall be arrested. It does not state, or assume to state, that Cronin has been murdered, or that either Maroney or McDonald had anything to do with the murder. Detective Von Gerichten, in his affidavit, does not say that Cronin has been murdered- but merely that Maroney and McDonald stand charged in Chicago with his murder, and that he is informed and believes that Maroney and McDonald are guilty of the crime. Judge Andrews further says: "It is too clear for argument that there was.no competent legal evidence whatever produced Defore the magistrate upon which, under the provisions of our penal code, a warrant could be lawfully issued for the arrest of Maroney and McDonald, or upon which they could bo lawfully committed to the prison." He therefore discharged the prisoners. THE GRAND JURY. A lATge Number of Wltnees Examined, but Nothing Sensational Elicited. CniCAGO, June 17. The grand jury examined numerous witnesses in the Cronin case this morning, but so far as known, no new evidence of a startling nature was adduced. Edgar S. Fatten, superintendent of the Postal Telegraph Company, was again called upon to enlighten t'ae jury as to the nature of certain telegrams alleged to have passed between prominent Clan-na-Gael men in this city and prominent New York parties about the time cf tho arrest of Maroney and McDonald. He was on tha stand for nearly an hour, and spread considerable documentary matter before tho jury, but such few telegrams as appeared to have any xossiblo bearing upon tho Cronin case were either so indefinite or so enigmatical as to offer little clew to their real significance. Mrs. Tom Whalen was subjected to a severe examination as to her knowledge of. O'Sulli van's complicity in the murder, but she stubbornly maintained entire ignorance of the affair. In emphatic terms she denied having taken any part in cleaning the Carlson cottage or removing bloodstains after the murder, and roundl denounced the criminating statements of Wood rutins latest confession. Janus C. CJninn, the Clark-street hatter, testified to the intimacy that existed between O'Sullivan, Coughlin and Whalen, and as au evidence of that intimacy cited a quarrel that took place in a Clark-street saloon between Coughlin, O'Sullivan and Whalen on one side ami a man named Koach on the other. Roach was badly worsted, and untie red severely as a result of a pugilistic contact with Coughlin. Captain Schuettler, of the Chicago-avenue ttation, was up and down at frequent

intervals, and furnished the jury with a post-mortem photograph of the murdered man, and photographic views of the Carlson cottage, the catch-basin and other points and localities prominently connected with the tragedy. Ham' Brown, the clerk and junior partner of Alexander Sullivan, was on the stand for three-quarters of an hour. To Mr. Brown were repeated about the same questions propounded on Saturday to Mr. Windes, Mr. Sullivan's partner. In its unimportance Mr. Brown's testimony compared fully with that of Mr. Windes. He testified that he shared Mr. Sullivan's confidence only in legal matters affecting the regular business of the firm, and that he knew nothing of the personal business transactions of tho Irish leader. Ho was unable to give the jury any information in regard to Sullivan's Board of Trade speculations, and knew nothing of the hitter's management of Clan-na-Gael or other revolutionary funds. The witness was not acquainted with Coughlin, O'Sullivan or oodruff, and if there was any intimacy between Coughlin, or any of the three, and Mr. Sullivan, he was not aware of it Mr. Brown's testimoney was of a very negative character, but it clearly established one fact that Mr. Sullivan s business relations as a lawyer and his relations as an Irish leader were ever distinct and separate, and that his duties in the latter capacity were never allowed to interfere with or become merged

in the business transactions of the hrm. Lawyer John F. Beggs is the senior guardian of the Columbia Club, of Camp No. IX), Clan-na-Gael, which camp is alleged to have tried Dr. Cronin and sentenced him to death on the charge of treason. Andrew J. Dnggan was called upon and testified at length to his knowledge of Beggs's enmity to Cronin. Ho cited as an evidence an incendiary speech made by Beggs at a Clan-na-Gael meeting in the North-side Turner Hall, in the course of which the young lawyer attacked Cronin vigorously, and characterized him as a malcontent whose influence could but be injurious to the harmony and success of the Irish cause. John F. Beggs himself was next called to the stand, and required to explain many of the inner workings of the Clan-na-Gael or United Brotherhood. Mr. Beggs's testimony, however, did not differ from his statements before the coroner's jury. He disavowed all eneraity to Cronin, and insisted that, while he had regarded the Doctor as visionary and somewhat fanatical at times, he had never doubted his sterling honesty, and they were really on terms of personal friendship. Mr. Beggs was crossquestioned very closely and at great length, but. so far as known, passed through the ordeal very successfully. Capt. T. P. O'Conndr, an active member of the Clan-na-Gael, and one of Cronin's intimate friends, testified that he had at one time been approached by an agent of the 'triangle," and notified to prepare himself for a secret mission to Great Britain in behalf of the "Physical Force" societies. O'Conner communicated this information to Cronin, and was warned by tho latter not to obey the mandate, intimation being given that it was a snare to get him out of the way and betray him into the hands of the British government. Tho Moore Brothers, of the firm of J. T. Lester &. Co., brokers, were again called upon to testify as to certain particulars in regard to Alexander Sullivan's speculation, while Michael McNulty, a Clan-na-Gael man, corroborated the many witnesses who had gone before in regard to Cronin's expressed fears for his lite. Geo. Beckwith, of Lakeview, testified that about April 8 a man giving his name as Mulcahey walked into his store at Lakeview and engaged in conversation. This man was about thirty-five years, of age, and corresponds to the description of the man who hired the Carlson cottage. Ho inquired the way to P. O'Sullivan's house, and told Mr. Beckwith that he was a relative of O'Sullivan. In the course of the conversation Mulcahey said he was an Odd-fellow from Fonda, la. Mr. Beckwith became quite friendly with the fellow, and invited him to his lodge. They went, and Mulcahey borrowed $10 on the strength of his Odd-fellowship. The next time Mr. IJeckwith saw him was on one of P. O'Sullivan's ice-wagons. To-day Mulcahey, who has constants remained in the city, was taken into custody and conducted to the Chicago-avenue station. Beckwith at once recognized him as the Mulcahey whom he had not seen for some weeks, and testified to the identification before the grand jury. Mulcahey is under surveillance, and may be arrested at any time. Margaret So 111 van Defends Iler naiband. London. June 17. Mrs. Margaret F. Sullivan, wife of Alexander Sullivan, who is spending a few days with friends in London, says, while she is deeply pained at the falsehood of the imputation implied in associating her husband's name with the Cronin mystery, her knowledge of her hus band's absolute ignorance of the crime sustains her. As far as the sensation relates to her husband, she says she sees in it Chicago newspaper rot, composed partly of antiquated calumnies, whose untruth was shown years ago, and partly of malignant aspersions of personal and political enemies whose motives the Chicago editors do not appreciate. She deeply deplores Cronin's death, and says tho presumption that her husband had personal interest in his death rests upon an error which, for the time, j may seem to justify censure. This error will be perfectly shown hereafter. Those who now condemn her husband will bo generous in acknowledging his patience and fortitude. Losses by Fire. Montreal. June 17. An extensive fire broke out at Mile End, last night, through the upsetting of a coal lamp at the Bnshnell oil refinery. The fire spread rapidly, and soon oovered fifteen acres. The refinery being alongside the railroad track the fire caused, considerable havoc to cars, telegraph poles and the track. About ten cars were destroyed. Tho refinery was burned to the ground. Nothing was saved except a stock of empty barrels. The total amount of the damage is not yet known, but the oil company's loss will probably amount to $25,000. Grand Rapids. Mich., June 17. Bolton's mill, near Newaygo, burned Saturday morning; Adjoining it was a large boarding-house, where tho employes lodged. Alonzo DeLacey and Ole McLenny perished in tho llames. and another man in jumping from a window received probably fatal injuries. It is thought the lire was incendiary. Determined to Commit Suicide. . Rochester, Minn, j June 17. Two desperate attempts at suicide were made this morning at the Olmsted county jail by Bob Robinson, the twenty-tive-year-old horsethief who was captured on Friday. He has already served a term at Joliet and at Stillwater, and he swore he would never enter another prison alive. He first tried to hang himself with the rope from his cot. but slipped and sprained an ankle so badly he could not stand to try hanging again. He next tried to cut an artery with a lead pencil, but without success. When his cell was opened he made a savage onslaught on the turnkey, and was secured after a hard fight. Murder and Attempted Suicide. Cincinnati, June 17. Late this afternoon the police were notified of a murder and attempted suicide in a house on Turner alley, in the western part of the city. They found Mrs. Nicholas Pearl dead, with her throat cut, and her husband with an ugly gash in his throat. He was taken to the hospital, and talked in an incoherent manner of having concluded that it was better that his wife should die. He is seventy-one years old. They came from a farm near North Vernon, Ind., some months ago. Neighbors say they have had many quarrels. . In Memory of the Fallen at Bunker Hill. Boston, June 17. "Bunker Hill" day was celebrated in the Charlestown district to-day, by a carnival parade in the forenoon and a military and civic parade in tho afternoon. Two large bronze tablets, erected by the city and bearing tho names of Americans known to have fallen in the battle of Bunker Hill, were unveiled. Train-Wreckers Receive Long Sentences. Clkvkland, June 17. Frank Sadler and Frank Ryan, tho two young men who made two attempts, about a month ago. to wreck the limited vestibule train on the Pittsburg. Fort Wayne fc Chicago railroad, pleaded guilty at Canton, C, to-day, and were sentenced to fifteen years in the penitentiary, and to pay a line of $500 each. Presto! Change! Gray and faded beards made to assnme their original color by applying Buckingham's Dye for the Whiskers. It never fails to satisfy.

INDIANA AKD ILLINOISNEWS

A Quarrel Begun by a Drunken Man's Impertinence Ends in a Murder. Fatal Freshet Near Huntington Hydrophobia at DanvilleJuvenile White CapsSale of Short-Boras. INDIANA A Fatal Termination to a Senseless Quarrel Between Two Strangers at Tern. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Peru, June 17. Daniel Whiteman, of Miami county, Ohio, who is visiting friends in this city, late this evening shot William Seely through tho hreast, from the effects cf which Seely will probably die. It is stated that Whiteman and an uncle, while passing Seely's house, which is located on the canal hank, had some words with Seely, who remarked that he Whiteman) was the man he was looking for, and running down a short distance crossed on a bridge. Meeting Whiteman. some words followed, when Whiteman, drawing a revolver fired, with the above result. Although considerably under the influence of liquor. Whiteman ran some distance west, closely pursued, and finally jumping in and swimming the swollen river, and would have escaped had not the pursuers called to some fishermen on the opposite bank, who caught the fugitive and held him nntil the officers arrived. lie is now in jail. There is much excitement over the affair. A Sunday-School Worker. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Brazil, June 17. The Sunday-schools of this city have received a new impetus through the presence and labors of the State superintendent, Rev. Dr. Gilbert. On Saturday evening last he held a parlor conference of pastors, superintendents, teachers and earnest workers, inquiring carefully into the condition of the schools and presenting the new plans of work proposed by the State union. Yesterday he moved quietly among the schools, making personal and minute observations of tbe system of management. At 10:30 he preached in the Presbyterian Church on the "History of the Sunday-school Idea." In the afternoon there was a mass-meeting of children and youth, in the Methodist Church. At night a union of the congregations was effected when the subject of teacher training was presented. Doctor Gilbert appointed a committee to arrange the preliminaries for a normal class and for his system of house-to-house visitation, and promised to return early in the fall and to begin this work. Tho leaders of Sunday-schools here were much interested in all that was proposed, and this city will undoubtedly have a large part in the advanced work now being done in our State, An Alleged Case of Hydrophobia. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Danville, June 17. A five-year-old son of Henry Adams, of this place, yesterday morning began to develop strange sjTmptoms, and was taken to the office of a physician, who submitted the usual test by offering the child water. Each time the water was presented the little patient manifested tne utmost terror. The test was applied three times, with the same results, the symptoms growing more pronounced each time. Tho doctor then informed the parents that the child had the hydrophobia. Since that time the child has grown worse, and its condition to-day is critical. Any attempt to administer liquids brings on the most alarming convulsions. The slightest sounds tend to irritate the child's nerves, and the spasms this afternoon are very frequent. Several physicians have examined the patient, and they all agree that it is hydrophobia. One of the attending physicians has seen one case before, and does not hesitate to pronounce this a genuine case. A Juvenile White Cap. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Vincennes, June 17. A White Cap scheme was suddenly brought to a termination today by a prompt prosecution, LasA Saturday Wm. Boldeu, of Bridgeport, found a bundle of switches and the following notice at his front door: "Mr. Bolden, please take advice and obey these rules. If you don't, you will take what follows. These rules are to give those girls of yours freedom to work out. If you don't start them before the sun sets again, the White Caps will wear out withes just like these on your frame before the sun rises Sabbath morning. It makes no difference where you go. Signed James and sons of White Cans." Mr. Bolden was completelv scared, ana brought his family and effects to Bridgeport. This morning. Luther Clark, a boy sixteen years old, came in and informed Bolden that George Carnes, another lad of the neighborhood, had left the letter. A warrant was immediately issued for young Carnes. He has disappeared. Fatal Freshet Near Huntington. Special to th Iii(1iaii3iKlls JonrnaL Huntington, June 17. An insigniGcant stream known as Pony creek, across the border of Huntington county, and in Chester township, Wabash county, was raised to such an extent by a cloud-burst, during a heavy storm, last Sunday afternoon, that it flooded its banks, washing out road culverts, fences, etc. A farmer named John Maple was driving to his home, near Pleasant View, LaGro township, from Liberty Mills, with his wife, three children and a servant-girl. In crossing one of tho culverts it gave way, and all, with the vehicle, were swept down the stream. Mrs. Maple and two of the children were drowned. Maple managed to save his own life and that of one of the children, and the girl was also rescued. Tho bodies of Mrs. Maple and the children drowned had not been recovered up to 9 o'clock this morning. Dedication at Charlestown, Special to tlie Indianapolis Journal. Charlestown, June 17. The Christian Church in Charlestown has just completed one of the best church houses in Southern Indiana. It is most beautifully carpeted and furnished throughout. Yesterday was the day selected for its dedication. An immense audience assembled. Visitors wero present from Jetfersonville, New Albany and Louisville, Ky. Rev. L. L. Carpenter, of Wabash, preached the sermon, raised the money, and dedicated the house. There was needed some $700 to meet all indebtedness. Mr. Carpenter in a very short time raided between $800 and 000. All were surprised and delighted with the ease with which he raised this money, when no one thought that it could do raised. Everything passed off most satisfactorily. At night Rev. Carpenter preached an eloquent sermon on the happiness of God's people. A Famous Case Settled. Special to tlie Indianapolis Journal. Vincennes, June 17. The celebrated starch-works case of James Cunningham against the Evansville & Terre Hauto railroad was compromised this afternoon. Ten years ago the Vincennes starch-worus was burned. The owner alleging that it took lire from a spark from tho locomotive of a passing train on that road, a suit for $i0,000 damages was entered and tried three times. At tho second trial a verdict of $lft,0X) was rendered. The third trial resulted in a disagreement, and this afternoon all parties concerned got together and effected a compromise. The amount of the compromise is being kept secret, but it is rumored that the amount of the above verdict was very considerably lessened, in fact, shrunken much more than half. It is the ending of a famous law-suit that promised to hold on forever. Kohomo'i Free-Gas Acquisitions. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Kokomo, June 17. Last Saturday afternoon the corner-stone of W. G. Fischer fc Co.'s safe and range factory was laid in this city with imposing ceremony. Among the witnesses of the auspicious event were about fifty visitors from Chieago, they coming down on a special train for that

purpose, and to look over our thriving city. The delegation embraced many representative business men of Chicago. The Fischer factory is our latest industrial acquisition, and is capitalized at $150,000, giving employment to 500 workmen. This is our twenty-fourth new factory since we secured natural gas, and the third one employing 500 operatives, the other two being the canning factory and tho Diamond plate-glass-works. Dr. Wedding's Departure. Special to the Indianapolis Journal Evansville, June 17. Dr. C. V. Wedding, who recently figured in a tragedy whereby Albert Wilson shot his erring wife and then killed himself, is again in trouble. Suit was filed against him by Sarah Newman, a married woman, this morning. His brother, a prominent attorney, compromised the case. Finding the climate of this city growing warm, the Doctor threw up a lucrative practice and left for Kansas Cityx Mo., where he is now located. Wedding is a prominent A. O. U. W. member, and charges are now pending against him. A Hurricane at Macy. Bpeclsl to tlie Indianapolis Journal. Macy. June 17. A hurricane passed through this place yesterday, at 1:30 p. M., destroying houses, barns, sheds and fences. Ewing's two-story brick business building, occupied by Hamilton's saloon, was badly wrecked. Tho tlonring-mill smoke-stack, with the engine-room roof, was swept away. The loss in fruit and shade trees is great. Uox cars were blown off the sidetrack. Wheat and oats were damaged by hail and wind. Kain fell to the extent of four inches during the day, the largest ever known through this section of country. Short-Horn Cattle Bale. Bpeclal to the Indianapolis JonrnaL Columbus, June 17. The sale of shorthorn cattle, under the auspices of the Bartholomew County Short-horn Association, recently held here, was largely attended. The stock all brought good prices, the aggregate amount paid for thirty-six head being nearly $2,000. A few of the cattle brought as high as $130. CoL R. H. Edinundson, the noted Kentucky auctioneer, cried the sale. Among the prominent cattlebreeders present were Mrs. Henry C. Meredith, of Cambridge City, and lion. T, A. Colton, of Hush county. St. John's Church Dedication. Special to the Indianapolis Journal TirTON. June 17. Tho laying of the corner-stone for the new Catholio church at this place, yesterday, was a most flattering success in every particular. Excursion trains came in from every direction, and the number of visitors was estimated at from three to four thousand. The building, when completed, will cost $40,000, and will have a seating capacity of 1,000 people. 311 nor Notes. Spencer Knights of Pythias observed Memorial day last Sunday, with impressive ceremonies. John Seegar, a prominent business man of Columbus, is reported as insane, and committed to an asylum. Four practical miners are reported to be working a silver mine on the farm of widow Baker, near Spencer. C. O. Chilton and family were caught by high water near French Lick last Sunday, and narrowly escaped drowning.

Thomas Scirp fell from a plank, near Bicknell, yesterday, and was drowned while trying to cross a swollen bayou. The tramp who was shot through the lungs at Crawfordsville, last week, is recovering. Tho bullet passed through his body. An ex-convict named Sheward shot and fatally wounded a brakeman named Frank Batey in a quarrel, at Cayuga, last Saturday night Another lynching is apprehended at Paoli, Orange county, where John Johnson, charged with criminal assault on a little girl, is imprisoned. Capt. James Harper, an old veteran, and founder of the Tri-istate Veterans' Association, died at Fort Wayne, yesterday evening, at tho age of forty-seven. Bridget Mugg, of Lafayette, recently got a judgment of $9,000 against the L. E. & . railroad, as damages for the killing of her husband in January, 1888. Woodward Stewart, living near Noblesville, struck a match near his water-well, last Saturday, and was seriously burned by a gas explosion which followed. The trial of John Fleming, who killed Sheriff Jones, of Grant county, last fall, while resisting arrest, begins at Kokomo to-day, with a large array of counsel employed on each side. James Stark, a laboring man, of Ore encastle, was accidentally shot by a pistol being discharged in his pocket, yesterday. The ball penetrated the abdomen and made a very serious wound. Last Sunday night there was a water snout in the vicinity of Beckville, Montgomery county. Much damage was done to crops, culverts and fences. The barn of Robert Bruce was washed away. Alonzo Hewitt, a young man who made a novel attempt at suicide by sticking his neck between the timbers of a foot-bridge, at Shclbyville, and hanging his weight on his neck, has been pronounced insane. Sylvanus Fitzpatrick left Franklin yesterday for Shelbvville on a bicycle When at Clark's Mill he fell down an embankment, broke his right arm, and was seriously bruised about the head and shoulders. Willie Kinney, a Franklin hoy, ignited powder in a hole in a large stump. The explosion burned his right ear to a crisp, destroyed his right eye, burned the sides of his face terribly aud singed all the hair from his head. He is in a precarious condition. A company of the State militia was organized at Vincennes yesterday, with captaiu, George W. McCoy; first lieutenant, Mason J. Ni black; second lieutenant, John Nordhaus, and tirst sergeant, James Harris. About fifty members were enrolled. Otto Anifsdon was arrested at Shelbvville last Saturday by a deputy United States marshal, charged with voting illegally at the November election. His uncle, E. B. Arasden, ex-county sheriff, was also arrested for swearing in Otto's vote. Both wero released on $5,000 bond. A railroad election to vote an appropriation of $12,000 in aid of the Eyansville fc Kichinond road was held in Sand Creek and Rock Creek townships, Bartholomew county, on Saturday and resulted in the tax carrying in Sand Creek township by fortynine votes. In Rock Creek townshfp it was defeated by forty-live votes. The caso of Sam Kesterton, taken to Orange county from Dubois on a change of venue, has been continued in the Orange Circuit Court until the October term. Kesterton is charged with having murdered his step-father, Daniel Nicholson, near Hillham, Dubois county. Tho evidence against him is purely circumstantial. ILLINOIS. Gleanings from Exchanges and Callings from Correspondence. About seven-tenths of $10,000 needed for tbe Mattoon natural-gas project has been subscribed aud there is a very hopeful feeling there as to the final success of the undertaking. "While swimming in the Vermillion river a short distance below Danville, yesterday afternoon, Robert Courtney, aged fifteen, and another lad "whose name ha not been ascertained, were drowned. The bodies have not been recovered. Madison Reynolds, the seventeen-year-old son of Walter Reynolds, a farmer, was drowned at Blizzard ford, a few miles north of Marshall, last Sunday afternoon, while in swimming. A seine had to be used to recover tho bod3 Charles W. Warner has been elected postmaster at Hoopeston, receiving 158 votes. The other contestants received the following vote: George Prutsman, 102; J.X.Evans, 7.1: H. M. Heely, city attorney. 29; O. B. Charaberlin, 20; C. E. Smith, 7. Mr. Catherwood. the present Democratic incumbent, is the husband of Mary Hartwell, the wellknown magazine writer. Destructive Tornado In Florida. Jacksonville, Fla., June 17. Heavy rains have done considerable damage throughout the State. A tornado at Lake City cut a swath one hundred feet wide, destroying much propertv. The South Florida railroad track is submerged in several places. It is rumored that the steamer 11. B. Plant was partly wrecked at Blue Springs.

HOUSES FOR THE HOMELESS

The Citizens of Johnstown to Be Supplied with Dwellings by the State, And These Will Be Furnished with Necessary Outfits to Begin Housekeeping at Once Progress in Cleaning ap the Wreck. Johnstown, Pa., Juno 17. Sentiment has been permanently supplanted by business men here. It began this morning, and the most heavily-stricken citizen, both in family and fortune, has brought himself face to face with the inevitable, and in a meeting of a committee of business men, asked General Hastings to erect one hundred two-story business buildings on the public square for immediate occupancy. General Hastings promptly replied that he would rush the work night and day, and give them every facility that was in the power of the State and himself to confer. The City Council will meet to-morrow afternoon to grant the right to build, aud work will begin Wednesday. The buildings will last until the business men are able to rebuild at their own expense. One hundred houses, ready toplace upon their foundations, will arrive from Chicago on next Saturday, and will all bo put up by the middle of next week. Genoral Hastings said to-night: "We will put all the carpenters wo can get to building nouses on lots from which buildings were taken by the flood, as soon as the lumber arrives. It will begin to arrive this week, and I think Johnstown will look very much like u city by next fall.' When the houses are erected I shall furnish the householders with cooking utensils, cots, bedding and the necessary articles to begin with, and when they are ready they can build better houses." About 2,500 men were engaged in tho clearing up work in tho five districts, and the outlying boroughs are beginning to look themselves again. The drift at the bridge was largely reduced to-day. Dynamiting was temporarily suspended on account of complaint from citizens, but was resumed later in the day, but the quantity used in the charges was reduced. Seventeen more bodies were dug from the wreckage here to-day. Among them was the body of Mrs. Annie Bates, of Racine, Wis. Sue was a passenger on the day express lost on the fatal day. Besides a gold watch and chain and several rings, a draft for $&i and $63 in money were found on her person. She was buried promptly, as were all the other bodies found. Among . those found were the three children of James Clark. They were tangled and entwined about each other and were horribly decomposed. All the others are as yet unidentified. Dr. Leet of the State Board of Health, states this evening that there are no conditions unfavorable to the health of citizens or soldiers here, and no present probability of any number of infectious diseases. General Hastings will, to-morrow, furnish tents for voting places in the various voting precincts in Johnstown and surrounding buroughs. The town was illuminated for the first time to-night by the flames from the furnaces of the Cambria Iron Company. This concern is rapidly getting into full blast. J'WWe got. a channel on both sides of the drift big enough for a steamboat to go through,'7 said Major Phillips to-night. "With the dynamite and carbon oil we will have the river clear by the end of the week. To-night we will put 140 barrels of oil on the driftwood and burn out all the loose debris." The oil was applied, and there is now a blazing mass of rubbish that lights up the valley for miles. There was an incipient riot among the Italian laborers to-night, but it was soon quelled by the police. It has been decided to consolidate all the morgues to-morrow, and hereafter there will be only one dead-house. The consolidation is made possible by the fact that the number of bodies recovered now is growing smaller each dav. and their ad vanced state of decomposition compels immediate interment. Eleven children whose parents lost their lives in the Hood, and who are suffering from exposure, will be sent to Atlantio City by the Children's Aid Societv to-morrow. Others will be sent every few days, and all will remain until they are fully recovered, then they will bo provided with homes. There are over SOO children, too small to help themselves, to be cared for. Funds for the Sufferers. New York, June 17. John Munroe &. Co. have received cable instructions from United States Minister Reid, at Paris, to pay Messrs. Drexel & Co., of Philadelphia, an additional sum of 2,206' received from the treasurer of the Paris Johnstown relief committee. With the previous contribution from Paris this makes a total of $14.1C6. Berlin, June 17. The committee appointed to raise a fund for the Johnstown sufferers held a meeting to-day. The burgomaster presided. Herr Von Levietzow, the Duke of Katibor and Herr Von Kceller wero appointed to act as honorary presidents. The dowaeer Empress Augusta has subscribed 1,000 marks to the fund. Allegheny River Water Pore. Pittsbl'rg, June 17. Prof. Hugo Blanck, who has just completed an analysis of the Allegheny river water for the State Board of Health, reports that it is purer than at any time for years. Steamship Arrivals. IIamburo, Jane 17. Arrived: Hhaetia, from Kew York. Glasgow, June 17. Arrived: State of Nevada, from New York. Southampton, June 17. Arrived: Elbe, from New York, for Bremen. PniLADELi'iiiA, June 17. Arrived: British Princess, from Liverpool. Queenstown, Juno 17. Arrived: British Prince, from Philadelphia. New York, June 17. Arrived: La Normandie from Havre, and Ethiopia, from Glasgow. London, Juno 17. Arrived: Egyptian Monarch, from New York. Sighted linein, from Baltimore, for Bremen. The International Unlony Adjourns. Denver, June 17. The typographical convention met again this morning, and, without transacting any business, adiourned to meet in Atlanta, Ga., next June. Most of the delegates left for their homes to-night. POPE JUDITH. A Poor Old Dame Who Thinks She Is Married to Leo XIII. Pall Mall Gazette. All scholars are agreed that tho once widely-credited pontificate of a female pope. Pope Joan, is a fable. A second female Pope, anything but fabulous, has been 5:iving 6ome trouble to the Italian police in tome. She calls herself 'PoDe Judith." Early last month she presented herself at thePortonedi Bronzi of tho Vatican and demanded instant admission to the interior. Upon being questioned by the guards, she informed them that she was the wife of Pope Leo XIII, and that he had sent forher, an ho was anxious that she should sharo his throne and assist him in the dithcult task of governing the church. The guards handed her over to a company of police who were passing by at the moment, and they conveyed her to the nearest police station. When she was examined b' the commissary of police she refused to giv any other name but "Pone Papissa Judith." The commissary asked her how sho came to know that she was tho Papissa. She replied that fcbo was always called by that title in her family, and that she had discovered that she was the lawful wile of the reigning Pontiff. Upon further inquiry into the case it proved that tho old lady lived in a village near Cosenza, had walked all tbe way to Borne on foot, and must have been fourteen days upon the -journey. Her kindred said that she was not sane, but was quite harmless. In the asylum where she is now lodged the institution founded by Pius IX at the Luugara sho insists that she is the papissa. or "Pope Judith," and will doubtless enjoy the proud illusion until her death. A. M. and 80 in the Shade. Pittuhuri? Telejfram. "The thermometer and the college graduate resemble each other this mouth," said Sqnildig. 'In what way!" asked Mrs. Squildig. They get there by degrees.1'

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It is said that $1,000,000 has been subscribed in Ban Francisco lor tho proposed cablo between Honolulu and San Francisco, and that the work of laying the cablo will. be commenced within eighteen months. Two women and one man, afflicted with leprosy, have been discovered on Cape lireton island. Nova Scotia. They havo been living with their friends, but. will bo removed to the leper settlement at Tracadi at ' once. August Swanson. thirty years old. and employed as hostler, committed suicide aQ Chicago yesterday morning. Swanson was determined to die, and he took the poison while he kept a friend covered with a revolver. Mrs. Charles Cleaver and Erdine Cole, a younn woman of sixteen, were drownwl as Springfield, Me., Saturday, whilo bathing. Mrs. Cleaver leaves four children and a husband in the West. Tho bodies were recovered. Capt. Hamilton Murrell. of the steamer Missouri, was presented, yesterday niorninp, in the private othce of George Yv. 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