Indianapolis Journal, Indianapolis, Marion County, 26 July 1889 — Page 2

THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL, FRIDAY, JULY 26, 1889.

hut Kone of thera had a claim for loss of personal effects. O'Donnell, the other man mentioned bv name in the newspapers, was discharged, by sentence of court-martiaL The ouly men entitled to sympathy are Johausen and Stehmer. They have money due which they cannot get at present. Tho claims must follow a routine in the ronrth Auditor office, and if I am not mistaken, an act of Congirss is necessary.'7 TENSION UK-KATING9. What the l'rovldes Tor In Case the Claims Have Bwn Illegally Granted. Washington, July 25. The committee appointed by Secretary Nobla to investigate and report upon the manner of rerating pensions in the Pension Bureau during the last year were to-day busily engaged in examining cases. It is stated at the Pension Office that in the event the committee discovers that re-ratings havo been made in. violation of law, the facts can bo reported to the Commissioner, and the law points out the course he is to pursue. The pensioners are gi ren sixty days in which to show caase whv their increased pensions were not illegally jrranted. If they fail to respond, then the Commissioner can hayo tneir pension certificates recalled and the amount adjusted to its legal limits. He can demand that the back pension, if any, shall be returned, and he has full authority to collect it, aa he would any other form of indebtedness. A statement is being prepared at the Tension Oflice showing the number of cases that have been made special for any cause during the four months of Mr. Tanner's administration. It is stated by the pension officials that these special cases number less than oae thousand. A Premature Circular. Washington, July 25. A well-known pension firm, with headquarters in Chicago and New York, lecently prepared and sent out a pension claimant's circular printed on pink paper, with the following heading In prominent letter: "Corporal Tanner's Policy." It contains, among other things, statements said to have been made by Commissioner Tanner to newspaper correspondents in which he expresses his opposition to the policy of paying waall pensions, like $2, $3 and $4 a mouth. A copy of this circular fell into the hands of the pension officials, the other day, and the result is a letter will be written to the firm requesting it to desist from sending out the circular, as it had not been submitted to the Pension Bureau for its approval, as tho practice of the office provides. GAIIXETTED ' "WOO I WASTE.

ItlsDntlablo at the Rate of Thirty Cents a round, and Mast lie So Assessed. Washington. July 25. The Treasury Department to-day decided an interesting question in regard to the classification of 'so-called garnetted wool waste. The question arose on an appeal by J. Wild &, Co. from the decision of the collector of customs at New York assessing duty at SO cents per pound on a recent importation of that merchandise, which they claimed to be dntiable at tho rate of 10 cents per pound. It appears from the special report of the United States appraiser that the merchandise consists of 6o-called woolen waste, which has been garnetted or put through some process by which it is practically restored to the condition of unmanufactured scoured wool of the first class. In a letter to tho collector acting Secretary Batchellor says that the question as to the classification of merchandise of this character was decided by the department on tho 20th of October, 1SS7, and it was then, as it was on the 12th of July, 1S87, held that woolen wasto which may have been broken up and put through the garnetting-niachine, whereby it becomes practically scoured wool, was dutiable at the rate prescribed for scoured wool; that is to say, when on the first class and costing under SO cents per pound in the unwashed condition, at a duty of SO cents per pound as assessed by you. The collector's decision in the case in question is therefore affirmed. The appraising officers recently in conference in New York considered tho general question as to the proper classification of so-called garnetted, carbonated or other similar wool wastes, and have reported to the Treasury Department that in their opinion any process or manufacture whereby the valuo and character of a refuse article, such as wasto of wool, have been changed or enhanced, and its identity as a waste or worthless substance destroyed so that in fact it becomes scoured wool, it no longer belongs to the category of waste, but should be classified as scoured. The report pays that "the so-called garnetted and carbonated wasto have undergone a very decided process of manufacture: their valuo bars been increasod to within a trifle of the value of wool itself; their appearance is made so closely to resemble the actual article as to deceive even exnerts. and bv an admixture of the manu factured article with the natural wool their purposes of nso are identically the same, and should, in the opinion of the appraisers, be classified for duty at the same rate as the wool from which they come and which thev so closely resemble. The acting Secretary informs tho collector that these views are in accord with the rulings of the department above men tioned, and seem to be correct and proper. CIVIL SERVICE EXA3UNATTONS. l.arge Numbers of Persons Seeking Places in the Postal Service in Various Cities. Washington, July 25. Tho civil service rules require that examinations for clerks, carriers and other persons employed in the postoffices throughout the country shall be held twice in each year. The second ex-, animation for the present year occurs on the Cth of August next. From present indi cation the number of persons who will bo examined is very large, and it will require a long time to complete the examination in several of the cities where the applications aro very numerous. In New i'ork city alone about 2,400 people will be examined for positions in tho postal service. As tho accommodations ot the local examining board in New York city will admit of the examination of only about one hundred persons a-dav it will require all the workins days in a month to complete tho exam ination. In Philadelphia about eighty persons can be examined each day, and tho applications for examinations run so high that it will alao require about twenty-five days to complete the examination. A largo number of persons will be examined, also. in Chicago. Different sets of questions have to bo provided for each day s examination, and the amount of labor involved in their preparation is enormous. The Civil-service Commission has about decided to request the President to modify the rules refuting to the railway mail service so as to make printers, who may bo needed in the service, exempt from com petitive examinations. MIXOIl MKNTION. Iter. Dorchester's lleport on the Condition of the Indian School in Ills Charge. Washington, July 25. Rev. Dr. DorChester, superintendent of Indian schools. has returned from twoa months' tour of inspection among the Indian schools in the West. At tho Ch'.locco school, in the Indian Territory, the Indian boys, with the assistance, of two whito farmers, are cutivating. this year, 225 acres i corn, ninety acres of wheat. twenty acres of potatoes, besides smaller, acreages of other crop. In some of the bchools visited Dr. Dorchester said that the instructors and others in authoritywere inefficient and altogether improper persons to nil luo important positions which they occupied, lie said that in helecting instructor ho would bo governed by one consideration only, and that would be fitness. Politics would not figure in their selection in tno least degree. Indiana Pensions. Pensions have been granted to the fol lowing-named Indianians: Original Invalids Martin Mullins, James D. Brown, Isaac Kite, Jobn II. ArbucMe, Jacob Keller. Cbarle M. McNutt, DeWltt C. UjHllke, Itenjamla F. cott, IienJamlnTburmun.JfctcesM. Tresn. Humphrey Iio?er. Increase Ami J) Niittle, Taylor C. Johnon. Jacob Vankirlr. George W. htaeets. Will iam Okes, Jnn Corners, David Pelort. Uvi A. KeUin. Philip Wtiaiz. Henry Vtndbl trier. John R. J-ast, John IJenry, Cniltoiher fcfnielrcr, Jeaxe C. Oeler, Haiouel Jenes, John J. Kusnnaul. Alex. C. Mo$p Wallard Patten. )ioe Calver JJavid

Vail, James W. Vandeman, David A. Bands,

Francis M. Cook, wm. 1J. bnowaner, cnanes u. Hudson, Wm. II. Baker, Hamuel Mathers, George W. Keed. Iiobert 11. Cavanaugb, Charles G. Barr. Ed T. Jennings, James Skitterman. Kel4ue and Increaso Thomas. R. Kennard, John V. Jftckman. Original Widows, etc. Emily, widow of John J. Urehain; Mary, widow of Isaac Huff; Amanda, widow of J uci.son Bennett; minor of John Hecrist; Jemime SeUers, Widow of Peter Fellers? fcarah Jenkins, former widow of Levi Davis. Another Protest Against Detective Furlong. Washington, July 25. Representative Frank, of Missouri, after an interview with Secretary Windom last Monday, expressed the conviction that Thomas Furlong, of St. Louis, would be appointed chief of the Secret Service of the Treasury Department. This statement having been published. District Assembly No. GO, Knight9 of Labor, of this city, tonight passed resolutions denouncing Mr. Furlong as the chief detective for Jay Gould during the great strike on the Missouri Pacific railroad, and tho instrument of that "monopolist and oppressor of labor and laboring men daring that troublous time." The resolutions earnestly protest against tho appointment of "this tool of monopolist power, this defamer of workmen," to any position under the United States government Decision Against Wan am alter Affirmed. Washington, July 2.5. Mr. John Wanamaker recently appealed to the Treasury Departments rom a decision of the collector of customs at Philadelphia, assessing duty at the rate of S5 per cent ad valorem on 6o-called wicker baskets, claiming that they were dutiable at the rate of SO per cent The question of the classification of these articles was submitted to the conference of appraisers, recently in session in New York, and they were of opinion that they wero properly classified by tho collector as fancy boxes. The Treasury Department to-day sustained this opinion and affirmed the collector's decision. Mrs. Ilerron Not Under Sentence of Death. Washington, July 25. In response to his telegram of Tuesday respecting the case of Mrs. Ilerron, reported to be under sentence of death in Corea for preaching the doctrines of Christianity, Hon. W.F. Wharton, acting Secretary of State, this morning received the following cablegram from Minister Dinsmore: 1 Seoul, Corea, July 24. To W. F. "Wharton. Washington Report con cerning Mrs. Ilerron wholly without foundation. UIS5M011E. Counterfeiter Drlggs Did Not Have the Plats. Washington, July 25. Chief Bell, of the Secret Service, says ho did not expect to get the counterfeiter's plates on which the money was printed when he made tho arrest of Nelson Driggs at Dayton, O. "W know," he says, "that the plates are not within eight hundred milcsof the place. Wo were acting under instructions from As sistant secretary Batchellor to prevent any of the new issue getting in circulation, and that is what we did uy capturing all the money." General Notes. , Special to tho IndlanapoUs Journal. Washington, July 25. These Indiana postmasters wero appointed to-day: Manilla, Rush county, Fred Hadil, vice Jasper VanCleve, resigned; Sexton, Hush county, John A. Jones, vice W. II. Rhodes, resigned. n . .t J 1 a X a lit loecreiary v maom uas reiurneu 10 v asuincton from New York, and was at the Treasury Department to-day. Secrotary Tracy also returned from New York this morning, and was at his desk in tho Navy Department. Warner Wilhite. of Indiana, has been appointed chief of a division in the Pen sion Oflice, at a salary of 8-.OQ0 a year. Mr. W. 11. iranimcll, of Huntington county, who was a presidential elector, is in the city, and had a 'long conversation with Treasurer Huston to-day. Among the arrivals from Indiana are H. S. Smith, of Richmond, and F. C. Hartman, of Ft. Wavne. Bond o lie rings and acceptances at the Treasury to-day aggregated $500,350, as follows: 730 registered fours at 1.28; $1,100 coupon and 24yt500 coupon four-and-a-half s at SLOOPS. Doctors Uriah 11. Farr and Daniel P. Kennedy were to-day appointed members of the pension board for Martinsville, lnd. D. S. Mclutire. of Illinois, formerly spe cial examiner in the Pensiou Otlice, and George V . Carr. jr.. of Kansas, formerly a principal examiner in the same office, hare beenreinstated under modified Civil-servico rule 10. TELEGRAPHIC BREVITIES. Assistant engineer C. O. Talcott. of the United States navy, committed suicide with a pistol onboard the Atlanta, at New York. yesterday. His health was impaired. Un to date about one-fifth of the $500,000 appropriated for the Johnstown sutterers 1 A 1 A-Jl S Al? A f nas ueen aisiriouiea. ai mis rate u win be cold weather before the balance is dis posed of. Coal-oil deposits of great nureness have been located in the Rocky mountains, at Crow's Nest Pass. A Canadian land sur veyor pronounces them the richest deposits ever aiscovereo. At n. meetinffof renresentativA hnftinp& men in New York, yesterday, it was agreed citr in ISttt. Committees were appointed lUillil VtUUUB laii DUUU1U UV 1JC1U 1U liJitll to carry out the project. , An attempt was made, on Wednesdav. to wreck an excursion train, near Wheeliuir. W. Va. A man was caught driving a largo spike between the ends of two rails, and was taken into custody. The Saloon-keepers' Association of Cin cinnati met yesterday, and a limited num ber of them agreed to defy tho law by keeping open next Sunday. The associa tion agreed to stand by them financially in in tho courts. Noe Eliza Loftin-Phillips. wife of W. W. Pugh, jr., died at Liuwood, La., last evening. Mrs. Pughwas well known in literary circles, bbo contributed to the literature of the South many sketches, under the nom de plume of "Asia." Commissioner Stephenson, of New York, yesterday got a letter from a German tanner of rsorth Bradley. Mich., named August C. Gabist, asking him to got the latter a wife from the old country, lie will give the commissioner 20 if he can get one for him. Chicago police yesterday raided a Chi nese opium den, which had been running under the cuise of a laundry. The place was fitted up in an elegant manner. Threa white women wero found concealed in a sub-cellar, enjoying a smoke. Tho whole party was taken to tho station. A son of Marshall II. Twitchell. United States consul at Kingston, (Jut, was arrested yesterday, on the charge of being the masked burglar who entered the residence of Mrs. Martin Wednesday night Ho is a mere boy, and up to the present time bore a good character, lie is said to be insane. Stephen W. Dorsey was taken in custody. at New York, j esterday, by a deputy 6herifi", on an order of arrest issued by Judge OTlrien, in the Supreme Court, for contempt of court in neglecting to put in an appearance at the supplementary proceed ings on a juuguieni ouiaineu against mm by the Nevada JJank. John Moriarty.of Elk Park. M.T.. an em ploye on the Montana Central railroad, was sirucK uy iigiiiuing.ycsieruay.unu instantly killed. Several other employes wero stunned. The electric current struck Moriarty in the breast, ran down his legs, tearing otf his clothing, shoes and stockings. His watch was melted, and chain burned in two by the stroke. The Klckapoot Will Not Sll Their Land. Hiawatha, Kan., July The Kickapoo Indian Commission met at Holtou yesterday, near the reservation, but, on account of the hostile attitude of tho Indians, were unable to accomplish anything. The commission was appointed to treat with the Indians for the nala of their reservation of l000 acres in JelFerson and Brown counties. The Indians are unanimously determined to have no dealings whatever with tho commission. An Infant That Sleeps all the Time. Galena, Wis., July 23. The physicians of this county are just now nuzzled over the cae of the infant child of Leroy Gibbs. in Warren township, eight weeks old, that has been asleep ever since its birth. Tho child, which is perfectly formed and of ordinary size, takes nourishment regularly, but never wakes. Aver'8 Ague Cure is a vegetable preparation, and warranted to cure all malarial disorders.

INDIANA AND ILLINOIS NEWS

An Unusually Large Number of Accidents, Fatal and Otherwise, Reported. Close of a District Conference Amateur Performer Shot Accidental Killing- of a Boy Hunter Reaper Catastrophe. INDIANA. Work of the IndlanapoUs District Methodist Conference at Martinsville. ' BxecUl to the IiuuanayoUs Journal. Martinsville, July 25. The district conference of the Indianapolis district, Indiana Conference of the M. E. Church, closed its session last night. It was an occasion of much interest, not merely to the members of the conference, but to the citizens generally, who were lavish in their hospitalities to the members, and showed their interest in the business of the conference by a large attendance at every session. Much of the business was merely routine, such as reading reports from the several charges. This was, however, interspersed with papers Tead and sermons preached by the members of the conference, all of which were far above the average of such papers and sermons on such occasions. One notable feature of the conference was the meeting of the Woman's Homo Missionary society, oeiore wnicn airs. Lowe Carey, of Indianapolis, read an able and interesting paper on the work of the society, one immediate result of which was the organization of an auxiliary society at this place, which already promises to do much good. The conference took an Important new departure in referenco to the local preachers and exhortcrs, by refusing, by a unanimous vote, to renew the license of anyone of either class who did not attend the meeting or send a report of his work or satisfactory excuse, and by giving notice to all local preachers who have been licensed since July, 1860, tho time of the taking eliect of the present law of the church, that they will be required to bo examined a year hence on the iirst year's course of study as laid down in the Discipline, and yearly thereafter until the four years' course has been completed. The unanimity with which this action was taken indicates a purpose to hold these officers of the church strictly to the observance of the rules of the church. The committee on temperance presented the following report, which was adopted with a unanimity and earnestness that indicated no abatement of interest in tho cause of prohibition: "Though recent events indicate that the people are not prepared for absolute prohibition, the Methodist Episcopal Cnurch should maintain its well-delined position, namely: total abstinenco for the individual and absolute prohibition for the State; therefore, resolved, "1. While we are opposed to license as a revenue measure, we favor the most rigid enforcement of existing laws. '2. We will labor in every proper way for the enactment of more elncient laws. 4'3. Wo will notecase to work for the early enactment and enforcement of the most stringent prohibitory laws as our ultimate aim, and we earnestly invito all true temperance workers to assist us." The next session of the conference will be held at Quincy, near the end of November next. Sulphur and Oil at Terre Haute. Terre Haute Express, 25th. Last evening the Joseph well, at 1,715 feet, found the sulphur water, which soon filled tho well to a depth of 100 feet. The Kinser well also found the water, Mr. Kin6er says, at 1,609 feet, and both drills were stopped last evening. Tho Joseph well company will meet this morning to determine if they will go deeper and find what there is beneath this white stone, into which they have gone thirty feet. The Diall well found the oil at 1.&0 feet, six or seven ieei in ine sione. At midnight the liig Four was 1.C70 feet. and seven leet in the white stutf; aad each pumping brought stronger signs of oil. This was in striking contrast with tho Jo seph and Kinser, where the amell of oil was in the black shale above this white stone, and none in it. Tho Button-hole is 1,400 feet deep, and will case Tuesday. The Vigo, or the McKeen, the nearest to the Joseph well, is 1,853 feet, and making good progress. The West Terre Haute is between l.txX) and 1.(40 feet, and in white stone or rock. Tho Elliott well is being cased and the Smith will be ready for casing to-morrow. Tho drill was started at the. Markle vesterday, and will start at tho I dab) and Thompson wells, south of town, in a or two. i " Has a Mania for Horse-Stealing. Special to the Iudiauayolis Journal. Peku, July 25. Allen Grifly, a halfwitted young man, was arrested late last night at his father's house in Rich Valley, a few miles east of this city, and lodged in jail here on the charge of horse-stealing, (Jriil'y has a strange mania for stealing teams, driving thein for a considerable distance and then suddenly abandoning them. He has alreadv 'stolen, and in this manner disposed of, four teams, tne last one. ana tno one tor which he is apprehended, being tho property of A. Wright and William Kinger, both residing near Broad Kipple. About one week ago a valuable horse and buggy, the property of J. W. Hiller, a farmer of this county, was stolen by Gritty, at midday, irom the public racks, this city, and notwithstanding strenuous efforts to capture him, he drove through to near Indianapolis, there turning the team loose. Thence going to Broad Kipple, ho stole the latter horse and buggy, driving through to his father's, where he deliberately turned it loose, and where it was found this morning. Grirly's folks are well-to-do people and perfectly respectable, and the strange mania of the young man is incomprehensible. A Bight I4vely Picnic. Special to the ImUHiiapollx Journal. Grkkxcastle, July 25. An Old Settlers' picnic of Putnam and adjoining counties was held at Cloverdale to-day. There was an immenco crowd in attendance, and the gathering was made the occasion of a big frolic. As usual, a dozen or more fakirs plied their vocation, and several arrests followed. William Marks was shot in tho leg and Jerry Curran in the arm, during the progress of ailrays of which they were innocent spectators. t Miss Mary Stack, of this cit3. while viewing the pony race, was knocked down and trampled on by two of the animals, and strange to sav, escaped without serious injury. The Mono ran special trains from Bloomington and Crawlordsville, which were full to overliowing. . Made the Show Dangerously Kealistlo. Special to tho ImllanapolX Journal. Jkffeksonville, July 25. An amateur wild West show in the East End last night terminated rather disastrously for ono of the participants, Willie Cain, aged sixteen years. To mako the scene more realistic, one of the boys loaded his 32-calibre weapon with a leaden cartridge instead of a blank. The Cain boy took the character of an Indian, and when the order was, given to fire he received the ball from the JW-caliber revolver in the face. The bullet shattered the jaw-bone, knocked out several teeth and lodged in the left cheek. 1t. William Fry removed the ball, but the condition of the boy is herious. The show has dishanded. Soldiers Iteunion. Special to the Iiitlianapoli Journal. Delphi, July 25. Tho old soldiers of Carroll county held their regular annual reunion at the fair grounds to-day. There was a large attendance, many soldiers from adjoiningcouuties being present. Addresses wero delivered by Uev. . I. McKinsey, Hon. John H. Gould and others. 3Ir. Chase's Return from Mexico. Special to tlie Indianapolis Journal. Danville, lnd., July 25. Lieutenantgovernor Chase returned home to-day from a three week's trip to old Mexico. He was accompanied on the rounds by Mr. H. H. Blake, of Chicago, and Mr. William Goss, of Kochester. Ind. The object of the

trip was business and pleasure com

bined, and the Lieutenant-governor

says he experienced plenty of both. He bronght home with him a plentiful supply of curios and relics, in which Mexico so richly abounds. His journey within tho boundaries of Mexico extended over 2,000 miles, taking him through several of its oiaies auu cuies. Surprise to a Septuagenarian. Special to the IndlanapoUs Journal. Greencastle, July 25. Rev. Samuel Longdon reached his seventy-fourth birthday yesterday, and tho event was duly celebrated by his friends and neighbors. They gave him a surprise party, and when he returned from an evening ride he fonnd his j-ard illuminated and a house full of guests. They also gave him a moro substantial token of their reeard in tho shape of a well-filled purse, which was presented by Dr. Martin iu a lew well-chosen words, and appropriately acknowledged by the recipient. Mr. Longdon entered the ministry over fifty years ago, but is now on the retired list. Killed by Ills Own Weapon. Special to the IndlanapoUs Journal. Madison, July 25. Geo. W. Gillesnie. aged fourteen years, met with an accident at his home, near Mudlick, this county, yesterday afternoon about 3 o'clock, which. resulted in his death. Young Gillespie had started out for a hnnt, and noticing a steer in the yard, endeavored to drive it away. In the chase that followed the young man fell over a log, discharging his gun, the contents of which entered his lef tleg below the knee, severing the artery. His companions gave Che alarm, but he bled to death before reaching his home. Knlghtstewn Will llore for Gas. 4mSpecial to the Indianapolis Journal. Kxigutstown, July 25. The Consumers' Gas Company was organized here lastnight by the election of the following board of directors and officers: President, C. D. Morgan; secretary, It. 8. Harrison; treasurer, Chas. Haulier; board of directors, C. D. Morgan, Tobias Hoover, J as. Armstrong. K. S. Harrison, Will Foxworthy, J. M. Woods and Chas. Haulier. The company will be incorporated and receive bids for the drilling of gas wells and putting in a plant. The capital stock of the company is $5,000 Alleged Fraud by an Executor. Special to the Inrttanaoolis Journal. Crjlwfordsville, July 25. Mrs. Thomas Doarn, of New Richmond, Montgomery county, has entered suit against R. H. Johnson, of Wilmington, O., to recover money, duo her from her father's estate. Johnson was the executor, and out of her portion of the estate, $7,000, she has received only $1,650. It is claimed that Johnsou made way with the money, iu all $20,000, he having deprived the eight heirs of various sums. Excursionist Killed by the Cars. Special to the Indianapolis JoarnaL Fokt Wayne, July 25. Ed French, a young printer employed in the Journal office, fell off an excursion train six miles north of here returning from Home City late to-night, and was instantly killed. His body was cut in two, and his right arm severed from his body. French was very popular, and was the support of his widowed mother. Fooled with a Moving Train. Special to the Indianapolis JoarnaL New Castle, July 25. Everett Bcasley, son of David Beasley, of this city, was the victim of a frightful accident this morning, which may result fatally. He attemptedto climb into a moving car, when he waa thrown under the wheels and his lelt arm mangled. Tho limb was amputated just below the shoulder, and the boy is in a critical condition. Charged -with Infanticide. Special to the Indianapolis JoarnaL LoGANsrouT, Ind., July 25. Last evening the dead body of an infant was found in a vault, at the residence of Rev. .W. S. Slocum. Mary Smith, Rev. Slocnnvs domestic, has been arrested, charged with the murder of the child. Slangletl by Machinery. Special to tlie IndlanapoUs JoarnaL Lafayette, July 23. Luther Denny, owner of a tile factory neai Octagon, was this afternoon caught in the belting of an engine and mortally injured. His left arm and side were ground into pulp. Arrested for Forgery. Special to the Indianapolis JournaL Portland, July 25. Arthur ShulL of this city, forged a note of $250 last Monday and sold it to Dell Lupton. He was arrested at Winamac and brought here today. Minor Notes. Near Forest Joseph Prichart was struck by a train and seriously injured. James M. Reynolds has been elected pres ident of the projected Lafayetto belt rail road. The Edinburg Fair and Trotting Associa tion will hold its fair during the first week in October. TheStawsou elevator, at Dunkirk, burned last Wednesday night. Loss, 3,000; insur ance, 1,200. Anderson has secured another glass factory, which is expected to be in opera tion by November. Samuel Darey, of Crawfordsville, has lauen neir to siou.wu oy tno aeatn ot an uncle at Bay City, Mich. C. M. Travis, department commander, has been invited to lay the corner stone of a soldiers monument at Winchester, on Aug. 15. Miss Hettie Myers, residing near Huntingburg, was instantly killed by being thrown from a wagon attached to a runaway team. Mrs. Jessie Addington, an aged lady residing near Winchester, was seized with vertigo and fell from a porch, fracturing several bones. Recent deaths include Mrs. Abigail Pomeroy, of Logansport, aged seventy-one years, and Fetor Canclo, of Germantown, at the age of seventy-live. The toll-gates in Union township, Montgomery county, have been removed, and now there are not over ten miles of tollroads in the entire county. Fire yesterday destroyed the old Smith foundry, at Peru. The loss on the building was $500. with no insurance; on machinery and contents, 1,500, with $500 insurance. The Iirst annual missionary meeting of the fifteenth district of the Christian Church, composed (of Marion and Hancock counties, is now in session at Warrington, with a large number of visitors aud delegates present. S The annual joint picnic of the citizens of Knightstown and 2s ew Castle was held at Stone Quarry Park, midway between the two places, yesterday. A large number from both places were present, and the day was ono of unusual social enjoyment. After an illness of three months, Mrs. Charlotte L. Jones, wife of R. O. Jones, died at the family residence at Montezuma, Wednesday, aged tifty-seven years. .She leaves a husband and one daughter, Mrs.Grace Gentry. The funeral services will be held at the residence Friday afternoon at 2 o'clock. A peculiar case of insanity has developed at lort Wayne. Miss Amelia Day was atHicted with a tumorous growth on her face, and constant brooding over the misfortune drove her crazy. Shortly afterward her elder sister. Anna, who had been her constant attendant and companion, also weut insane through sorrow for her sisters fate. The large three-story brick building occupied by R. B. Breckenridge &, Sons as a stove, tinware and iunk 6tore, at Knightstown. was damaged by tire, last Wednesday night, to the exteut of 2,000. The building Is situated in the very heart of the business portion of the city, and had the tire had a few moments' start the entire business portion would havo been destroyed. Four motherly old ladies, Mrs. Catharine Williams, of Henryville, Ind.; Mrs.Celestia JSnavely, of UnionMills, Ind.; Mrs. Mary A. Rose, of Louisville, Ky., and Mrs. Eliatho Mathes, of Neoga, I1L, whose ages range from sixty-three to seventy-eight years, with their descendants, have just closed a happy family reunion near Seymour, at which they all met for the nfst time after a separation of over twenty-tive years. A smooth swindler has just beendoing np the grocers and other merchants of Warsaw. Ho represented hhnacU i the tdvanco

purchasing agent of a circus and made several contracts for supplies. After completing a bargain he would suggest to the merchant that the' add $10 to tho price and divide it between them. If the merchant bit he would collect .-$5 as his share from him. In this way he is said to have carried out of town more $5 bills than the tradesmen of Warsaw care to admit. James and Edward Thompson, brothert, of Staunton, engaged in a light, in which hatchets were used freely. Both were horribly cut and mangled. James has not been seen since the tight, and it is thought ho took, to the woods whence, weakened from the loss of blood, he is unable to return. The other brother's condition is dangerous. Their mother stood bv durius

theficht. horrified, not knowing at what moment one or the other of her sons would drop dead at her feet. ILLINOIS. A Farmer Badly Mangled by a Reaper Child Almost Devoured by Hocs.c Special to tlie Indianapolis Jonrna Moxtickllo. July 25. Max Swartz, a farmer residing a few miles north of Monticello, met with a frightful and probably fatal accident in tho harvest field to-day. He was driving a self-binder, when his team ran away, throwing nim from ms seat. He fell in front of the cutter bar and his flesh was horribly torn and mangled by the guaras ana sicKie. s m A young child, the son ot Aaron Stevenson, vrna attacked hv hoars to-dav and al most literally eaten up by the brutes be-" fore assistance could arrive. Ine little fplln-w'a ftpah xr-oa triT-n ntiri lfifArJltfll in A horrible manner by the ferocious beasts, . v, : 11 i e l. : -.. uuu iuciu jb email nope ui ma ictucij. Drief Mention. Benton reports rreat dirraage to lowland corn by the recent heavy rain-fall. Sam Small will onen the national prohi bition camp-rueeting, at Decatur, Aug. 1. Michael Redmond, a fanner residing near Springfield, was run down by a train and killed. An unknown man was struck and killed by a T. 11. & P. train, near Hilton, on Wednesday. An instrument has been perfected by a Wenona inventor that wiU remove all foul gases from earth closets. James L. Stein, a section hand at Niantic, was struck by an engine, on Wednesday, receiving very serious injuries. A ten-days camp-meeting, under the auspices of the African Methodist Episcopal Church, is being held at Monmouth. About fifty tons of provisions will be shipped from Chicago to Spring Valley, 111., for the relief of tho striking miners in that portion of the State. Hon. David Ross, James Courtney, William Wirms and J. M. Denneler have been .selected as an examining board to examine candidates lor positions as district mine . inspectors. , W. S. Clinton, a verdant youth of Mt. Vernon, has found his lines fallen in hard places. He went to Oklahoma, and started to tramp home. At Wichita he gave up 4, the last ho had, for a badge and commission from a bogus private detective agency, and when he reached St. Louis he was arrested and fined for impersonating an ollicer. ALLEGED BIGAMIST SET FREE. Interesting Tolnt of Law Decided in the Case of a Former Resident of Indianapolis. Chicago, July 25. The trial of Emil Frederick Werner, for bigamy, before Judge McConnell this afternoon, came to a sudden end. After tho State had closed its case, attorney Storch entered a motion that tho court instruct tho jury to return ,a verdict of not guilty, in which he was sustained. A number of interesting points were inyolved in tho case, and especially tho question of how far the rule that ignorance of law is no excuse for crime may be carried. Werner was married to his first wife, K aro Li no Werner, at Philadelphia, in l&GS. He left her in 18S3, camo to Chicago, secured a divorce from her in Indianapolis in the fall of 1SS1, and married Annie Bechler in April. 1885. His Iirst wife began proceedings in the Superior Court of Cook county to set the divorce aside on tho ground that it was fraudulently obtained, no notice having been sent to her, and the charges of infidelity made against her being false. The Superior Court refused to set aside tho decree of divorce, but in February, 18tfJ, the Appellate Court handed down a decision reversing tho decision of the Superior Court. On the strength of this Werner was indicted for bigamy. Judge McConnell 6tated he did not believe that the doctrino of ignorance of the law being no excuse for infractions of it should be carried so far that a man should be sent to tho penitentiary for acting upon the faith of a decree which 60 respectable authority as tho Superior Court of Cook county had declared to be good. He, therefore, instructed the jury to bring in a verdict of not guilty, which they did without leaving their seats. PROHIBITION CONVENTIONS. Rev. J. B. Ilelwlg Nominated for Governor of Ohio Tlie Platform. Zanesville, O., July 25. The Prohibition convention to-day made the temporary organization permanent with Rev. C. L. Work, of Portsmouth, for chairman. The committee on credentials reported 444 delegates present, only two counties were not represented Auglaize and Carroll. The platform adopted begins by acknowledging God as the source of all power and authority in human government. It proceeds to declare ip, favor of suppression of the liquor traffic. Revenue from a trafiic crimiual in its nature is declared to be contrary to fundamental principles of right. The platform also favors woman suffrage, denounces stock and grain gambling, favors arbitration for settlement or disputes between employers and employes, opposes land monopoly,- favors non-sectional adjustment of tariff and declares in favor of enforcement of Sabbath laws. A resolution was also adopted, not as a part of the platform, declaring that the present riotous attitude ,of the liquor clement in the leading city of our State, under which a murderous assault has already been made upon a member of our party, is but another evidence of tho terrible and portentous riots that follow the compromising and profit-sharing policy maintained by the old political parties toward the liquor interest. The Rev. J. B. Helwig. of Springfield, was nominated for Governor on the first ballot. He made a speech like a sermon, saying he knew no better way of promoting the religion of Jesus Christ than by the politics of the Prohibition party. 'Ve must put the government," said he, "on the shonlder of Jesus Christ." L. B. Lo can, of Stark county, was nominated for Lieutenant-governor by acclama tion. Other nominations were: For su preme iudce. Gideon T. Stewart, of Norwalk: for Treasurer, D. M. Trowbridge, of loledo; for Attorney-general, L. J. Piuney, of Ashtabula. Tlie Third Party in Minnesota. Minneapolis, July 25. The larger por tion of yesterday session of the State Prohibition convention was taken up with pa pers on third-party topics, and discussing ways and means to increase the strength of the party. The committee on the plan of work reported in favor of a more thorough organiza tion, and recommended the holding of reg ular meetings. A telegram of greeting was received from the Ohio Prohibitionists. Steamship Arrivals. Bremen'. w July 25. Arrived: Chester, tmrti 'w YnrVr. Soutiiamptox. July 2(5. Arrived; Saale, from lew lorK, ior uremen. Queenstown, July '25. Arrived: Nevada, New Yokk, July 25. Arrived: Rhinelaud, from Antwerp; Lahn, from Bremen. Lovnov. .Tulv 25. Tho La1 Snnpri.-i. from Montreal, for Liverpool, passed Maliuhcautnis morning. UvaufPCl A i rwl i croat i r liA.fl.lia and that tired feeling are cured by Hood's Sarsaparilla. which tones the stomach, promotes healthy digestion, creates an appetite, cures sick headache and builds un the whole system. Sold by all drucciats. 100 do& one dollar.

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Absolutely Pure TWii powrter n-fr varies, A marvel of imrttjv Strength anl wholoa'imenoM. Moro wooootnical taal nmwuuutjr am.is, uin cannon ix som m compnoa win the multitude ot lw-tost. "lort- weight .lnrn or pho-phAtft powur. Poll only in can UOYA& XAMNO pnWDKH Q:i,, IPS Wall trt. V. Y. OBITUARY. Charlemag e Tower, a Lawyer and Former Owner of the Vermillion Iron Range. Philadelphia, July 25. A private dispatch from Waterville, N. Y announcethe death, at his summer residence there, of Charlemagne Tower, of this city. Mr. Tower was in his eighty-first year, and his death was due to paralysis. He leaves four daughters and a son, and an enormous fortune. Mr. Tower was born in Oneida county. New York. He graduated from Harvard University in 1830. He studied law in New York city, where he practiced his profession for some time. Some leirul questions that arose in connection with his practice took him to Pennsylvania, in 1846, for the examination of the title to large bodies of mineral land Ivircj chiefly in the county of Schuylkill. Mr. Tower waa the leading counsel in the famous trials that arose out of questions relating to the Munsou & Williams eatato in Schuylkill county, comprising a largo body of coal lands, the litigation in regard to which he carried along for more than twenty-tive years. He has mastered it and perfected the title to these lauds, which are) now the property of tho Philadelphia A Reading Coal and Iron Company, and his footsteps may bo traced through many other great legal battles in different counties of Pennsylvania. He became the owner of largo bodies of coal lauds, and was a director iu several corporations. He was actively interested in the construction and manageraont of the Northern Pacific railroad, and a member of its board of directors for several years. The greatest and most successful undertaking of Mr. Tower's long business careex was his development of tho iron resources of Minnesota, now well-known tothc world as the Vermillion range. Ho purchased land and developed tho region with his own means, his investment being very large, and he subsequently sold the entire plant for 6,000,000. Alleged Cronln 3Iunlerers in Court. Chicago, July 25. Dan Conghlin, P. O'Sullivan, J. F. Beggs, John Kuuro a tut Frank Woodruff, under indictment for the) murder of Dr. C renin, were arraigned before Judge Horton this afternoon. In answer to questions, all tho prisoners, with the exception of Coughlin, uaid they were) ready for trial. Coughliu said ho wished to see his attorney before answerintr. Tho matter was continued uutil to-morrow morning, when the prisoners attorneys will bo in court. A Winnipeg dispatch says: The appeal case of Martin Burke, wherein he seeks release from custody, was begun here to-day. but was adjourned at the conclusion of Mr. Howell's argument until to-morrow, when B urke's counsel will bo heard. Fatal Kxploalon of a WhUky IJarreL Summit, Miss., July 25. An explosion oc enrred at the homcol Peter Rollins, colored. nve miles from town, causing tho death oC his daughter and mortally wounding his son. Koliins himself was severely burned. Rollins was drawing whisky from a barrel and tho girl was holding a coal-oil lamp, the burner of which, not being properly fastened, fell into the drawn whisky and caused the explosion, blowiug the barrel into many pieces. SCARED BY A BIG hNAlCE. How a Fython Ilecame Monarch of tho Denmark Bilge. New York Times. Third Engineer Baxter.- of the National line steamship Denmark does not likn snakes. A little experience which ho had on the last westward trip of tho steamer lias con urmea for good and all this natural and inherent dislike. The Denmark is a ship which occasionally brings a consignment or wildaud doniestia animals, and on this voyage she had an unusually larce number of all sorts of liv ing and squealing things. Among them were forty-three French donkeys, eight een monkeys, one blood-hound, fourteen fox-hounds, an opossom, three lemus. ; wild bush cat and a plain wild cat. Hue the most important part of the animal pon-. nlation was made up of two pythons, a mala and a female. The python is an extremely largo and affectionate snake, noted for its hugging capacity ami its ability to surroumi largo amounts of food. It was the female mem ber of this familv which irave engineer Baxter his fright. The pythons, both of which were about fourteen leet long and. twice as big around as a man's arm, wer) packed in private boxes before embarkintr on the Denmark. These boxes were eighteen iucbes deep and two feet square, with slits in the side about half an inch wide to admit air and light. Previous to packing ia these boxes the snakes were given a hearty meal, each one swallowing three live rabbits. A state oi siupiaiiy ana uigesllon followed, in which Mr. and Mrs. Python made no objection to tho pronosed sea age. They were taken on board the Denmark, ami put in a warm place in the storeroom on the port sido of the engine-room. The ship sailea, ana all was well, lho clanking of the engine, the motion of th ship, and possibly the added stimulant of the French donkey chorus, assisted the process of digestion on board Mrs. Python. At any rate, something about the surroundings in which tdie found herself induced her to wish for a chanee of air. About 8:JtP o'clock on the morning of Sunday, July 11, the blanched aud oily visage of he third engineer, Mr. Baxter, was described by the omcerontne bridge peering around tuo corner of the deck-house. Tf you please, sir, one of them big snakes is out of 'is cace and is walkin' round the engine-room," quoth Mr. Baxter. At the same time he carefnlly closed tho door behind him. The ollicer on the bridge at once ordered tho carpenter, Mr. Last, to see what he could do toward putting the snake back. The engineer said that the monster had pushed her head through tho sliding door which had been put in the sido of her cage, and the Iirst thing ho knew tho beast was ambling over toward mm wnn very hungry smile. The carpenter, accompanied by a hiemiu, and armed with a hatchet, descended into the deserted engine-room with great caution. The python was iut disappearing down the gansrway leading to tne hold. Iast followed, and was the brst on the deck below, where tho last that was seen of tb python was the tail, sliding down between the hull of the shin and the planking of the deck, 'lho carpenter made a bold divo and grabbed tho python's flimy tail. Bnt he could not get a crip. The snake slipped away dow under the tloor of tho hold into the bilge. No further atte;npt was made to find her, and for all that is known to the contrary she was still there when the vessel arrived, bho will be fonnd to-day. probably, when the piatea are lifted and tho bilgeway cleared. The monkeys, wildcats, lemurs and snakes were all destined for the. Central Park menagerie and came from JauirackN melingerie in London. The monkeys were iu very good condition, with the exooptiou of ono little family. Thin had sullered bereavement Oil tho way over. An heir had been born at sea, but died shortly after. The father pined away and died of grief in a few days, tho mother remainiug alono mourning her lois and refusing all comoi.v