Indianapolis Journal, Indianapolis, Marion County, 3 July 1889 — Page 1

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. JOUBNA r INDIANA A ESTABLISHED 1823. INDIANAPOLIS, WEDNESDAY MORNING, ULY 3, 1889. PRICE FIVE CENTS.

REDUCTIONS

IN BOYS' SUITS Boys' $5 suits reduced to 3.50 Boys' S9 and $10 suits reduced to 7.50 Boys' $12 suits reduced to moo And all $15, $16 and $18 suits reduced to 12.00 ORIGIM EAGLE . 5 fc 7 West "Washington St. TRAVELERS' INDEX. IT A NKAKEE T IXE VBIG FOUR MIL--WAY HALF EATES To Chicago and return, To Cincinnati and return, To Peoria, 111., and return, To South Bend., Ind., and return, To Lake Maxinkuckee and return, and to all stations on Big 4 main line and branches, all stations on Lojransport division Vanilalia. via Colfax, and to all stations on T., P. fc W. railway, east of Peoria. Tickets are fn sale to-day, July 3d, aud to-morrow. July 4. at tickei-otti? es. In Union station and at cor. ner WasMngton and Meridian txeels. TIME CARD. CTNCLVNATI DIY1STOTC. Depart.. D 3:55 am ti:5m lu.50am D3:10p m 0:3 p m. Arrive.. 10-.35 am DlOii'upm 11:45 am. 4:55pm. I 10:50 pm CCTCTXHATI DIVISION BCITOAT TRAI5S. Depart. 3:55 am 3:lupm. 5:00 pm Arrive 11:45 am 1:10 pm. 10:50 pm CHICAOO DITISIO.N. rjepart...7:inam Ul'i:05no'n !V:15pm Dll:10p m Arrive. .D3:30 am 10:35 am I2:45pm 6:10 pm Trains wlta prenx D, dally. J. IT. MARTIN. P. Y. A. 'EXCURSION TO THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS On Tuesday. Jnly 23, the twelfth annnal excursion totneltocky mountain will leave Indianapolis via the popular 'I.e. line" route. The excursion wiU be lu en&rse of n experienced "Boe-line agent, who will accompany the party through to their destination. Persons cunteuplaui g atrip to Colorado or Caiilornia, or to any punt in the West, and desirmjr to Join the excursion, are requested to snd in their name at once, so that reservation can be made for them in through ars. A special featuro of the excursion beintr the elrfrant Warmer and Pullman sleepinfr-cara and the reclinliigrchAtr-carit, and new tourist Bleep, era. that wi:i run through to destination. Through tickets will he sold at the lowest rate to all points In Kansax, Nebraska, Colorado. California and the Great Vet. i'or full Information, location In throngh cars. etc.. write or call on any "Bee-line" afcent, or address T. C. PECK. Passenger Agent, 'o. '1 Bates lloue or 2o. 13S south Illinois street, Indianapolis. TO MARRY GREAT WEALTH. A Pennsylvania Young Lady Who Is Soon to Become the Wife of a Rich Frenchman. Pittsburg, July 3. An Allegheny City young lady is to marry a Frenchman, a retired physician of Paris, whose wealth is estimated at between $3,000,000 and $4,000,000. She is Clara, the daughter of Mrs. M. E. Brownlee. The prospective groom is Hoppolite Sbauncr. The ceremony will take place in St. Andrew's Roman Catholic Church, Allegheny City, July 11. The manner in which the couple became engaged is very romantic. The families are distantly related. Mr. Shaffuer is a widower and pretty well advanced in years. About a year ago his sou, a young man of about twenty-live years of age, came to America on a tonr, finally landing in Pittsburg, where he found a convenient stopping place with the Brownlee family, Be- , fore a month passed young Shaft'ner contracted a cold which resulted in death. His body was embalmed and sent to Paris, accompanied by Miss Clara. She went in response to a cablegram from the father of the deceased, whom she had never seen. Their engagement soon followed. The prospective groom retired from active life several years ato, and lives in one of the handsomest residences in the French capital. He is now on the ocean, and will arrive in Pittsburg the latter part of the coming week. Two sisters ot the brido-elect aro inmates of the convent at Latrobc. The Browrilees are retined, but by no means wealthy. DEMANDING LOWER RATES. Grand Anny Men Will Notttend the Encampment Unless the Railroads Relent. Chicago, July 2. The following is furnished to the Associated Press: We. the under! jmed, representing the following department. of tho UrandArniv of the Republic, to wit: Departments of Michigan, Indiana, Iowa. Wisconsin, Illinois. Kentucky, Nebraska. Minnesota and 3IUsouri, rerre.M-ntlnc , 145,000 comrades of the (i. A. R., having mot In Chicago this Jdday of July. ISS'J, for the purpose of roprepeutiucr to the general passenger agents of the Central Traffic Association, now in session here, the claims of the ( rand Army of the Republic for the same rates to our national eucamprccnt ns heretofore made to us, aud as only recently made to other associations and societies, and having received the same evasive answer which has been made to the related requests of the commander-in-chief and the local committee at Milwaukee for a onerent rate per rulie traveled, and feelinar that the Grand Army of the Republic 1 entitled to at least as much consideration on the part of the railroad companies assuch othrr societies and organlxations, and that we should resent this unjust discrimination against tho veteran who saved the life or thi Nation, hereby insist that the proper railroad officials throughout the United States tit and establish on or before the lOih Instant a rate of 1 cent er mile to and from the National Encampment to be held at Milwaukee, beginning Auk. 2, pro.x.. and In ease of failure so to do within the thue specified, we hereby declare our determination to carry out by general orders la our respective departments the spirit of the resolution adopted at the twenty-second National . Encampment, which reads as follows: "Resolved Further. That unless the railroad companitvi now furnih the required rate to eomtades. then the various departments will discourage the attendance of all except members of the National Encampment. And further, that we shall call upon the coni-tnander-lu-chief to issue a general order, rcuestIng only the duly authorized representatives of the Grand Army to attend the encampment. This circular is signed by tho following department commanders or their representatives: Michael Brown, of Illinois: Chas. H. Smith, ot Iowa: M. Minton, of Kentucky; A. Barto. of Minnesota; Chas. M. Travis, of Indiana; Jas. S. Martin, of Illinois; J. B. Davis, of Nebraska; E. F. W icgel, of Missouri. Ilurlla uf Maria MiUhcll. ??TVKr:J Mass.. July 2.-The fuueral of Miss Maria Mitchell, the distinguished scientist aud astronomer, who died at Lyim on Friday last, took place hero ou Sunday There was a large attendance, several representatives of Vassar beiug present, among them president Taylor, who has been a summer resident here for se-ral years.

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WHEN INDICATIONS. WEDNESDAY Rain, followed by clearing and fair weather. THE WAY OF JT "One for the money, Two for the show, Tbreo to make ready. Tour for the go." This is July 3, and the call is "THREE TO MAKE READY." Therefore, swarm to THE WHEN and AVOID SUNSTROKE by getting a suitable hat. KEEP C00L by getting a thin coat and vest. BE EASY by wearing a negligee shirt. Thus you will be able to keep up with the procession when the call is "FOUR FOR THE 'GO."

(That's to-morrow.) THEWHBN Surgical Instruments & Appliances Truases. Supporters, Deformity Braces. Crutches, Atoruliers, Optical Goods, Artificial Ejts, and every. Wng In Surgical Instruments and Appliance. WM. II. AllMHTUO?J A CO.'S f urglcal Instrument Houso, J-' South Illinois street JOIN THE PROCESSION TO-MORROW, But provide yourself first with one of BAMBERGER'S "SUMMER HATS. 1G East Washington St. A FREAKISH SCHOOLMASTER. Frof. Corkery, the New Jersey Sensationalist, Gives a Parting Exhibition of Insanity. South Amboy, N. J., Jnly 2. Prof. James Corkery, the eccentric principal of tho Park publio school, has closed his last term as teacher, and the whole village is crazy with delight. To sustain his reputation for unconventional conduct, he signalized his retirement from the school by a sensational performance last Friday. That was tho closing da3 of the term, and Corkery sprung upon the 50 pupils a divertisement which was not on the programme. The members of the school were all assembled, with tho four assistant 3'oung lady teachers and many visitors, and after a song, m which all the little folks joined with enthusiasm. Professor Corkery arose with a solemn face and proceeded to read a chapter from the Bible, as provided for in tho good old Jersey law. Before tho principal had pronounced a dozen words tho astonished auditors realized that they were to be the innocent victims of another Corkerv freak. The selection which tho Professor had choscu ,to inilict upon his hearers was the thirty-eighth chapter of Genesis, in which is described the adventures of the venerable Jndah with that lively crass widow, Tamar, when he went up to Timnah. The language of the chapter is severely plain, but Corkery made it positively otlensiveby his peculiar reading, while the schoolmarms blushed and the prutty young misses modestly hid their faces. when Corkery had finished tho chapter ho advanced on tho platform aud addressed the audience. He said that his hearers appeared as if their modesty had been shocked by the recital of Judah's escapade, and they had a right to be. IIo then seized the Bible in both hands aud in an excited manner tore ont tho leaves containing tho words he had just read, scattered bits on the tioor, throwing some of tho crumpled leaves into a largo waste basket placed conveniently near. After this exhibition of indignation toward the sacred book, Corkery made another speech. He said that as a text-book of devotion and godliness the Bible was altogether ont of place in tho publio schools. As a student of the dead languages he said he could show that tho Bible was a barefaced forgery and fraud, the work of vagabond Hebrews, The people who listened to his strange harangue were pained and surprised, and when the exercises of the day were finished they were thankful that it was all over. A Dish-Washer's Good Fortune. Sax Fkancisco, July 2.The Supremo Court yesterday aflirmed the decision of the lower court giving the whole estate of $1",000 to Kichard P. Jossup. natural son of Gershoni h Jessup, a well-known San Francisco bachelor. Jessup died three 3ears ago, leaving a will bequeathing the property to his brothers and sisters. Its probate was opposed by a lawyer, who astonished all Jessup's friends by bringing proof that Jessuo left a natural son by a young girl whom ho led astray while she was a student at a seminary across the bay, twenty-tive years ago. The girl afterward married, but tho boy, who was raised apart from his mother, never knew his father's name until on her death-bed, six years ago, his mother told him. Ho tried then to havo his father acknowledge him, but failed, although the father for a time supplied him with money. His father had also provided for him nntii he learned the trade of blacksmith. When his father died young Jessup was dish-washer in a private hotel here, and his story reached the lawyer's ears, with the result that after a threeyears light he has won a fortune. Indorsing Checks by Telegraph. Kansas City, Julv 2. Judge Philips, of the United States District Court, has prepared his opinion in the case of Garuett A. uarrcttson against the North Atchison Bank, of Westboro. Mo., tiled at St. Jo9enh. Tho case involves the question of tho liability of an indorser who indorses commercial paper by telegraph. James Tate, of Colorado, proposed to buy of the Muscatine Cattle Company, of Iowa, 1,000 head of cattlo for Sii.OOO. The cattle company, at the time, owed the bank, and wanted it to take Tate's check on the bank for the purchase of the cattle in payment of the company's debt. They telegraphed asking it if it would pay Tate's check for 22,000. The bank answered by telegraph: "Tate is good; send on your paper." Tho check finally fell into the hands of Garretton, but upon sending it to the bank it was protested. Judge Phillips holds that tho acceptance of the check as implied in the bank's telegraphic message amounted in law to an indorsement, and tho Jndgo decides that the bank must pay the plaintiffs tho amount. ltewai'ds for Adulterated Candy. Chicago. July 2. Tho National Confectioners' Association to-day decided to offer a heavy reward for evidence that will couvict any manufacturer who adulterates his poods. They desire tho co-operation of chemists, physicians and boards of health, to the end that candies may be protected from adulteration, and thus prevent the injury that is now being done to tho children of the land by & few manufacturers. Alleged Case of Asiatic Cholera. Wavkkly. 0.. July 2. A man whoso name could not bo learned was taken suddenly sick on Friday last, in Scioto county, and expired in a few hours. Two doctors, who wero summoned, found the patient's limbs cramped and contorted. They pronounced it 4 genuine case of Asiatic cholera.

A TRAIN'S DEADLY PLUNGE

A Fast Express Rashes Into a Washout While Moving Thirty Miles an Hour. The Boiler of the Locomotive Explodes and Several of the Splintered Cars Catch Fire from a Broken Kerosene Lamp. About Thirty Persons Killed and Ninety to One Hundred Others Injured. Mail and Express Matter Burned, and Some of the Unfortunate Travelers Are Supposed to Have Perished in the Flames, IKTO A WATERY CULT, Twenty-five or Thirty Persona Killed and Nearly One Hundred Injured. Lynchburg, Va., July 2. A fearful accident by which many lives were lost, and alarge number of people injured occured on the Norfolk & Western railroad at 2:30 o'clock this morning, a mile above Th acton's Switch, and thirty-one miles above the city. Rain had been falling almost continuously and at times very heavily for twenty-four hours, swelling the mountain streams greatly beyond their normal state. Several trains had passed oyer the road dur-' Ing the night, and it was thought that the' Bnewas safe for 'trade, notwithstanding the rains, and that no danger need be apprehended. At the placo of the accident, however, the water had undermined the roadbed. This caused a washout about eighty feet long and fifty feet wide. The water, at this point was eight to ten feet deep. Into this -watery gulf the engiuo made a frightful leap while running at the rato - of thirty miles an hour, carrying with it the tender and eight cars. As tho engine struck bottom tho rushing of the water into the locomotive exploded tho boiler. This greatly augmented the catastrophe. Debris was thrown in every direction by the force of tho explosion, injuring some of those on the train by the flying fragments and scattering firebrands, which ignited tho wood-work of tho coaches. The flames spread, and destroyed a large amount of mail and express matter, besides spreading panio among the already terror-stricken passengers. It is supposed that some of tho passengers wero unable to extricate themselves from the wreck, and were consumed in tho flames, but it is difllcult to get accurate information, as the employes of tho Norfolk & Western road refuse to give any information to the public. It is impossible to state the . number killed, but tho most reliable estimate places it at between twenty-fivo and thirty. The nnmber wounded will bo far in excess of that. Thirty injured have been taken to Roanoke, thirteen to Bufordsville, and fifty to Liberty. Tho adopted daughter of Mrs. Judge Thomson of Augusta county.was killed.and Mrs. Thompson herself is known to bo very badly hurt. Pat Donovan, tho engineer, with his fireman, a man named Bruce, was scalded and burned to death by escaping steam. Train dispatcher Lipsey was also burned to death. Among the others who lost their lives were J. J. Boso, postal clerk, of Abingdon, Va.; John Kirkpatrick, of Lynchburg; W. C. Stead, and tho husband and two children of a lady passenger on the train, whose name cannot be learned. Mr. Stead was an Englishman, and was agent of an Idaho hunting and fishing expedition. He was on his way to England for supplies when ho met his death. Maj. J. C. Cassel, superintendent of the Lynchburg division of tho Norfolk &Vestern, was on the train, and was seriously injured, as were also baggage-master Ford and Capt. Bowland Johnston, who was in charge of the train. It was thought that Captain Johnston was fatally wounded, but a later report says that his condition and that of baggage-master Ird is somewhat improved. L. B. Summers, a postal clerk, of Abingdon, Va., was badly bruised, but fortunately escaped the fate of his running mate Kose. There is no telegraph communication nearer the wreck than Liberty, and it is hard to get information from there a3 the railroad people refuse to permit reporters to go on the train which went there. A relief train was made up at Lynchburg late in the afternoon, to go to the scene of tho wreck, and a number of physicians went down on it to do what they could to aid tho wounded. The Norfolk & Western peoplo absolutely refused to allow any newspaper men to board the train, and several who got on, despite orders to the contrary, wero put otZ The railroad men also refused to give out any information in. regard to tho wreck. A tpecial dispatch received about 11 o'clock from the scene of the wreck, by way of Liberty, says: "Six dead bodies have been recovered. The bodies of the engineer and postal clerk Rose were recognized. The others are not known. Superintendent Cassell, although badly hurt, is on tho ground and doing everything possible for the wounded. The railroad company has taken a large corps of physicians to the scene of the wreck from Roanoke, Liberty and other points. It is thought a large number of bodies were burned in the conflagration." Tho Dead and Injured, Special to tli Indianapolis Journal Roanokk, Va., July 2. -The east-bound passenger train on the Norfolk & Western railroad, which left here at 12:03 a. m., was wrecked at Phaxton's, twenty-two miles distant from this city, at 1:05 this morning. The baggage, express, smoker, passenger and two Pullman cars burned, having taken lire from the explosion of a gasoline lamp in one of the coaches. The train went into a chasm created by a washout while it was going at the rate of forty miles an hour. It is impossible to give an

exact list of the killed and wounded on account of the xneagerncss of the information obtainable. There is only one wiro in use between Roanoke and the scene of the accident, and it is next to impossible to get auy thing over it but railroad business. Tho names of the killed as far as positively ascertained are: JMTRICK DONOVAN, Lynchburg, Va. CHAKLKS 1IKUCE, Koanoke. Va.; fireman. L. I. HUMMKIls, Abingdon, Va.; raU agent. NATHAN COHEN, merchant, Roanoke, Va., en route to Germany to visit his parents. W. C. STEAD, Cleveland, Tenn., en route to England. J.'W. UEAL, Cloveland, Tenn., en route to Paris. A.M. JAMES. Koanoke, Va., traveling enginecruf the mad. J. W. LINDSAY, Roanoke, Va., train dispatcher. JOHN KIRKPATRICK, Lynchburg. Va. DENNIS MELLON, Roanoke; Janitor of the general offices of the Norfolk fc Western Railroad Company, en route to New York to be married. A LITTLE NIECE of Mrs. Judgo Thompson, of fctaunton. Va. It is believed that fifteen or 'twenty others perished, as there were nearly seventy persons on the train, and between fifteen and twenty are unaccounted for. The dead were horsibly cremated. Tho injured art: Bishop Alphens W. Wilson, of Baltimore, wrist cut and body slightly bruised. He is at the hotel Koanoke hero, aud will be able to leave for Baltimore in a few days. Tho Bishop lost his gold watch, all his clothing aud.$s0; J. F. Temple, PotUviUe, Pa., head and limbs burned; F. T. Dexter, Beverly; Mass., severely bruised on the head andbody;J. B. Younor. Radford, Va., arm mashed; Mrs. Judge Thompson, Staunton, Va., bruised and deranged with grief over the death of her little niece; Roland Johnson, Roanoke, Va., conductor, frightfully cut on head and face; B. C. DuBarry, superintendent, bruised severely; W. C. GUss, Roanoke, baggage agent, arm broken; W. H. Hay waf d. Pullman conductor, shoulder

hurt; J. D. Tanner, Lynchburg, badly 'braised; Joseph Goldberg, New York, leg aud shoulder bruised and hand hurt; Miss Inez Jackson. Texas, bruised; R. B. Goodfellow, Roanoke, hand aud foot injured: J. C. CasseU, Roanoke, superintendent, arm 'hurt; H. W, Marsin, Chattanooga. Tenn., cntand bruised; M. D. Temple, Chicago, back injured, Mrs. R. B. Young, Marshall, .Tex, body bruised. On the body of Mr. W. C. Stead, of Cloveland; Tenn., was f onnd the sura of $1L000. .He was on his summer vacation, and was going to England. ' " OTHER CASUALTIES. A Costly Explosion in Which Two Men Are Killed and Several Injured. Lyons, la., July 2. About 5:S0 o'clock this eveningan immense upright iron steambleaching vat in the Lyons paper-mill exploded, hurling a portion of the tank a hundred feet in the air. The southern and largest portion of the building is a total wreck. The damage will reach $15,000. Thomas McBride and Alex Hart were instantly killed. James Callahan, another workman, was badly scalded, but will recover. Several others were slightly injured. Injured fn m Freight Collision. New Castle, Pa., July 2, Two freight trains, on the Erie fc Pittsburg road, collided a short distance south of this city, this afternoon. Both engines and a nnmber of freight-cars were badly wrecked. The engineer and fireman of one train escaped by jumping, but engineer Welch and lirtman Curtis, of the other, were slightly hurt. Conductor Holmes jumped from tho train and fell into the Shenango river, twenty feet below tho track. Ho was not .injured. Passenger trains wero delayed several hours. Three Women Drowned. Gayenhukst, Ont., Jnly 2. Mrs. I. Cam ron, Mrs. Loseo and Myra Losee, her d'ttyuter, were last nivht drowned in Lake K&r&.au b'f tho upset l ing of their boat. t nOXORLXO A 3IURDEEER. Flowers and Congratulations Heaped Upon I)r. McDow, the Slaver of Captain Dawson. Charleston. S. C, July 2. Dr. McDow is tho hero of the hour. His parlors are crowded with people offering him congratulations; they are fragrant with flowers presented to him. A great many people are visiting him with congratulations whoa week ago expressed the utmost reprehension. Tho result of the McDow case, beyond any manner of doubt, has root in the time-honored prejudice in South Carolina against hanging a white man. There is added to the situation a multitude of enemies of Captain Dawson in politics. But the congratulations of McDow aro only one part of the community's sentiment. There is another side to it. It would bo nothing surprising if within a week or two McDow should meet his end. Captain Dawson's friends wero legion. Among them are numbered members of the best families in South Carolina. The precedent of non-punishment has been confirmed by the verdict in the case, and many a man abont town has left his home of an eveuing of late with 'special precautions," in his hip pockets. There was a murmur of prophesy in the air all dav Saturday and Sunday that McDow would be taken from his home and 13'ncbed. 'Thus far he has onlv been feted, but," said a man last night, "Dr. McDow had better walk a chalk line from now out. His precious head isin danger." Yesterday McDow went to church, and in the afternoon took a long walk after the procession of carriages hadceased roUing to his door. His father was with him. There was firmness aud elasticity in the Doctor's gait Just as he passed tho court-house, where another man is now being tried for murder, some ladies drove by in a carriage. As they passed he smiled and bowed, and the occupants of the Victoria waved their handkerchiefs at him. It is the general sentiment of the vommnnity that the French maid has had virtual vindication. Her appearance upon te witness-stand made her a host of friends. The lawyers piid tribute to her as a witness, and every one has made comment on her good looks. The 6lurs upon her havo ceased. There cau be heard at every turn of the street impressions of disgust at the way in which Captain Dawson's slayer has been set at large. There are poorly concealed hints of duplicity in tho choice of the iury. ltisnot uncommon to hear men saying they are going to move into some other commonwealth. Tho Charleston Sun. a newspaper for which Captain Dawson had no marked friendship, nevertheless says editorially to-day: "The verdict returned Saturday by the jury in tho McDow case was a shock to tho peoplo of this city, both those who were well-inclined toward the accused and those who were not. The suddenness with w hich the jurv reached their verdict of acquittal strikingly illustrates the proverbial uncertainty attributed to thein." McDow has said some foolish thintrs since his acquittal, among them this. "When I read some of the reports in the papers! felt like taking a shotgun and going around among the newspaper offices." He has threatened to wreak vengencc upon Rev. Dr. W. G. Thompson, the Breshytenan preacher who, after the murder, spoke his mind abont the killine. and who intends to preach upon the verdict next sunday. Dr. luompson was a member of John Marmadnke's cavaliers inMissouri. and they call him about Charleston "the fiirhtincr nreacher." He savs rerv lit tle, but when told that McDow had threat ened to punish jiim, ho simply said, ''Would liKe to have uim try it.77 The South Fork Dam Again In Danger. Altooxa, Pa., Jnly 2.A water-spout broke over this citv about 10 o'clock to night, doing great damage. The rain is coming down in torrents, overflowing the streets arid bursting the sewers. - Re ports from fconth -rork are that the great viaduct is in danger, and no trains from the West have come in since 0 o'clock. The Juniata is rising beyond bounds at Tyrone. Kittanning Point reservoir, this city's water supply, is expected to break, as the water is pouring over its tanks like small iwagara, fchoulditgo.

the city's loss will be $100 000. The damage by the water-spout is widespread. Mrs. H. L. Nicholson, wife of the Pennsylvania ticket agent, was struck by lightning, and is not expected to recover. The Pennsylvania agent at Hollidaysburg, A. M. HeiL with his wife and child, were found unconscious in their homo from the effect of stroke. '

THE JOXES GIRLS FREAK. How the Twins Impress the Medical Fraterni ty in Their Neighborhood. Bpeclal'to th InriianapoUa Journal Kokomo, July 2. The "Jones girls" freak continues the reigning sensation of the hour. The inseparable twins are now nine days old, and apparently have as firm a hold on lifo as any infant of their age. The peculiar formation of the little won ders has been heretofore furnished. Their fame has extended widely, and, notwith' standing the oppressive heat and frequent showers, over two thousand people visited tho scene of the birth, last Sunday, to 6ee the human monstrosity. Tho mother is a spare-built little woman, jnst turned nineteen, with nothing extraordinary in her physical appearance, and with no peculiari ties of ancestry No occurrence during tho period of gestation is remembered by tho mother that could in any manner account for the deformity. Both father and mother were greatly distressed over the unfortunate birth, though they now accept the situation with cheerful u ess, as the children have a promise of lifo without physical suffering. Mrs. Weaver, tho mid wife, who was the mother's only attendant fit vflA filiVft C firia riftrl til stl a4 Vtinir at hand adapted for the purpose, and declares them the hardest youngsters to tit in her fifty years' experience, Should the wonderful twins live, a collossal fortune awaits the parents. Already they have received tempting offers from museum proprie tors in Chicago and Cincinnati. Museum proprietors from the former city are now nere to try to secure the double baby for exhibition. Owing to the great crash of sight-seers it was deemed best to exclude visitors, and no one is now admitted to their presence. This action was imperative, as the excitement caused by tho great influx of strangers was having injurious effects both on mother and cnildren. It is the purpose of the Earents, as soon as the little nondescripts ave arrived at sufficient age. to make an exhibition tour of the country. The medical and scientific journals of tho country are all giving the freak prominent notices, and theV will bo thoroughly advertised. The parents live on a small farm fifteen miles from tins city, and are industrious, hard-working people. A delegation of physicians consisting of J. C. F. Thome, J. M. Moulder, J. C. Wright. M. S. Watkins, A. J. Bates and Dr. Beale. visited the freak Thursday afternoon. The result of their examinations was presented by Dr. Thome as follows: "I will not attempt any general description that has already been given several times better than I am able to give it but 1 will try to correct some of tho errors and contradictions that have been published. Tho freak represents a twin birth, each child having an entirely separate and independent organism, and each representing a marked deformity, besides the deformity that excites the wonder and pity of every one that sees it that of leing inseparably joined together. The deformity consists of a deflection of the lower part of the spine and body, each toward the left, the deflection being sufficient to bring the line of the pelvis and lower extremities to a right angle with the body, so that the legs belonging to each child, respectively, arethetwo to the left hide of tho body. That this condition is the true one isproven by tho position of the outlets of the alimentary canal,' the bladder and generative orgmis. Hieao outlets are always through the pelvis, and that they are at tho sides of the body in proper relation to the limbs is sufficient to prove that this is the line of the pelvis, and that the spine is not continuous from one head to the other. Observing the motions of one child, it was 6een in a tit of restlessness - to throw its arms and kick with tho feet only of ono side, the other child being asleep at the time and perfectly quiet. The soles of the feet are directed outwards, or away from the body, as are also tho flexures of the knee joint, and the patella, or knee cap, is on the side of the knee toward the body." The following account ot a 6nbsequent visit is furnished by Dr. I. A. Cooper: "Friday evening several physicians, accompanied by their wives, drove to the scene of the noted Jones twin birth. On entering the gate we met Mr. Jones, the grandfather, who ushered us into the bedroom where lay tho mother and twins on one bed. They had just nursed and one already fallen to sleep. The other was awake, kicking its heels in mid-air. apparently inviting a play as infants mnch older do. They are evidently a little subject to precocity. Upon physical examination, first of tho anterior region, we found apparently one continuous abdomen with one umbilicus, centrally located. But closer investigation convinced us that there existed distinct and separate abdominal and pelvic viscera. Posteriorly, we found the spinal column to be perfectly normal, terminating in a coccyx naturally curved and approximating its fellow of the on-site side to an inch and one-half, laterally, or upou side, centrally atached, aro the inferior extremities (legs). Between them and posteriorly are the outlets for the abdomen and pelvis. The legs are placed ono on each side and not both on one side as has been asserted. In substantiation of our theory and refutation of any other we simply refer tho reader to a few facts. "First The thighs flex upon the abdomen, the legs upon tho thighs, and extend horizontally to the body the same as any other baby, which would not be the case if both legs were on one 6ide. For then the flexion and extension would be at right angles to the body, or crosswise. "Second We have stated that the spinal column is normal, which condition could not exist if the legs were both on one side; for then the pelvic bones, including the lower part of the 6pinal column (sacrnm aud coccyxLwould necessarily be contorted so as to conform to this condition, which is not the case. Again we have already stated that one baby was sleeping while tho other was awake and kicking,ahe legs of the latter being placed one on each side, respectively, as indicated by its movements." Steamship News. London, July 2. Arrived: Elbe, from Bremen. Copenhagen1, Jnly 2. Arrived: Slaronia, from New York. Movillk. Jnly 2. Arrived: Ethiopia, from New York for Glasgow. Hamberg, July 2. Arrived: Gellert, from New York. The Columbia, the new Hamburg-American-line steamer, arived here this morning from a most satisfactory trial trip. The steamer made an average of over nineteen knots an hour, and occasionally exceeded twenty knots. Opening of the Chautauqua Assembly. Jamestown", N. Y., July 2. The Chautauqua Assembly opened its sixteenth annual session to-day. Divine benediction was offered by Rev. Frank Russell, of New York. Remarks were made by J. W. Bashford, president-elect of the Ohio Wesleyan university, and secretary w. A. Duncan. Dr. Bashford spoke favorably of the Chautauqua University work, and said that it was a 'great popular educator, second only to the colleges in its educational and religious influence. The English university extension will be introduced in this session's summer lectures. Severe Hall-Storm In Dakota. Hope, D. T., July 2. An excessively hot wind prevailed yesterday, culminating about 4 o'clock in a thunder and bail-storm, during which the Hope school-house was' struck by lightning, and tho Masonic hall, in the upper part of tho building, badly damaged. Lightning killed a $400 team of norses belonging to George Vauduzeu. At Sherbrook nearly all tho glass in the county building, and in many residences, was shattered. Crops in the path of the storm were leveled. Some hail-stones measured eight inches in circumference.

REPUBLICANS IK COUNCIL

Informal Gatherings of Members of Con gress to Consider Cojiing Elections. Leaders of the Party Conclude to Make a Determined Fiht to Secure Representatives in Montana and the Other New States. Probability that Congress TYill Not Bo Called Together Until November. ' Efforts to Oust Gen. Johnston from the Inter state Commission The Practice of Advancing Tension Claims Abolished. TERRITORIAL, ELECTIONS. Republicans Will Make a Fljht to Capture All the Congressional District. Fpeclal to the Indianapolis Journal. Washington, July 2. There are more members of the House and Senate here at the present time than there has been at any time before since the great rush for offices first subsided. There has been more or les3 secrecy maintained in reference to these visitors, and Senators especially have shown a disposition to throw inquirers off the scent by the statement that they aro simply "looking" out for a few places for their friends. It is learned, however, that there is an object in these gatherings, which is of far more moment than the petty spoils. Tho greatest interest is being manifested in the forthcoming elections in the four new States, and every Republican is exceedingly anxious that tho elections . shall be carried in every district for tho RepubBcan nominee. The gatherings therefore my be positively stated to have a very close connection with these elections. The practical unanimity of belief that Congress will bo called together before the date for the regular session, and the report of Democratic success in one of the local elections in Montana, together with the knowledge that the best efforts of the party are necessary to control and maintain the organization of the House, havo set tho leaders to thinking that something must be dono. The consultations, which have been of an entirely informal character thus far, havo resulted in apracticaldeterminationamong xho leaders of the party to take hold, of tho campaign in Montana and to make the fight a national one. It is thought hero to-night that the national committee will be called upon ;o take chargo of details. While Montana is the principal point of weakness in the Republican fabric in tho Northwest, it is not intended the other new States shall be neglected, and it is probable that within the present month a plan of campaign will be outlined, which will insure as vigorous a political movement in the two Dakctas, Montana and Washington as characterized the contest in any of the oldest congressional districts last falL The Republicans here do not propose to lose any of the five seats by default. On the contrary, they aro determined that if the Democrats carry any one of them it will be only after tho liveliest kind of a canvass. Aa Informal Conference. Fpeclal to the Iudiiuisiiolis JvurnaL Washington, July 2. The accidental meeting of three or four Seuators in the rooms of Mr. Cullom last evening has been magnified by tho local papers into a formal conference of Republican leaders at which, as is alleged, there was a long discussion and important conclusious reached regarding party policy. The facts of the matter aro that Senators Allison, Chandler and Dolph, who are in the city, called npon Mr. Cullopa last evening. While they were sitting with him Colonel Dudley came in with Mr. Fessenden, the Connecticut member of the Republican national committee, to" ray. their respects. The conference naturally drifted upon tho political situation in the House of Representatives, and the importance of the Republicans in taking every precaution to secure their majority. The elections in the Torritories were f-lso alluded to, aud it was the general opinion, that the Republican national committee ought to take charge of the canvass in Montana, where there is much doubt as to the result regardin g an extra session. There was a general interchange of opinion, nearly every one agreeing that Congress should not be called until after the special elections in tho Territories, because of the narrow majority in the House of Representatives, and the several Senators present agreed to speak to the President on the subject at the first opportunity, but did not do so to-day, and there was no conference with him. as reported in the Washington evening papers. Mr. Culiom, Mr. Allison aud Mr. Chandler were at the White House, but the latter was the only on who had tho ftatience to wait for an opportunity to see lim. It is the general opinion among these Senators that tnere will bo an extra session called for the first Monday in November. SENATOR SrOONEK'S BEQUEST. Ho Wants a "Wisconsin Editor lnt In Commissioner Johnston's Place. Fpeclal to tho InUauajoll Journal Washington, July 2. It has developed that the private business upon which Senator Spooner and Chairman Payne, of the Wisconsin Republican committee, met here tho other day, was to secure the appointment of Hod Taylor, of Wisconsin, as Interstate Commissionerof Railroads, in place of Gen. Joseph E. Johnston, whose retention General Sherman has made a personal matter with the President, Senator Spooner is exceedingly anxious to havo Taylor taken care of in some way, and has been pressing him upon the President for several different ollices. Ho eeeins to be as anxious to get Taylor fixed as he was to put Rusk in the Cabinet; but whether he can secure Johnston's removal after General Sherman has requested his retention, is a question. Mr. Taylor is a fellow-townsman of Senator Spooner, the editor of th Hudson Star and Times, has been chairman of the Republican committee of the State, and a member of the Legislature, and as h aspires to Mr. Spooner sat in the Senate, tho latter is particularly anxious that ho shall be well taken care of. MUST WAIT THEIR TURN'. Secretary Noble Directs Tanner to Dlscon tlnue Advancing Certain Pension Claims. Washington July 2. Secretary Noble has addressed a letter to James Tannert Commissioner of Pensions, in which he calls the attention of that oClcer to tho regulation applicable to the Tension Bureau, contained in order No. 103, issued Jan. 23, 18S5. It is as follows: "Owing to the pressure brought to bear from all quarters to take rases out of their regular order, and as, at this date, poverty and hardship from further delay can be. alleged of almost every applicant alike, therefore cases will be taken out of thir order only wheu such cauo therefor is shown to the CommiKsioner in writing as would satisfy the other worthy claimants whose claims precede theui, should they know the facts, that such action is proper. Hereafter no case will be advanced that is not clearly within this rule." The 'etter of the Secretary continues: "D. is hereby further ordered that this rule will be extended so as to embrace cases only where the applicant is in very great