Indianapolis Journal, Indianapolis, Marion County, 31 August 1889 — Page 2

THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL, SATURDAY, AUGUST 31, 1889.

ants. Some of them find their way illecally into the United State from time to time, but not now in any considerable numbers. MINOK SIATTERS.

Conclusions on IIakln? Powder Reached by Gorernment Chemists Enornion Profits. Washington, Aug. CO. The baking powder investigation, which has been conducted tinder direction of the chemists of tho Department of Agriculture, has been completed and resnlts compiled in a bulletin. The analysis of a largo number of samples of various baking powders, and the . conelusions derived therefrom, tho report says, are not such as to create any peneral alarm lest the American people should suffer injury to health from the use of baking powders. The investigations show that even with the best of tartrate powders the residue remaining in one loaf of bread procured with it wan of the same character of seidlitz powder, and in quantity exceeding that of an ordinary seidlitz powder by over 50 per cent. Tho report gives some interesting facts as to the baking powder industries, and says that the American people pay at least ,000.000 a year for baking powder, while the coat of it to the manufacturers is less than a third of that amount. Mexican Delegate to the Congress. Washington, Aug. SO. Information has been received at the Department of State that the government of Mexico has appointed Senor Matias Romero, the Mexican minister at "Washington, a delegate to tho International American Congress, to be held in this city in October, and that two other delegates are to be appointed at the earliest practicable moment. It is supposed that one of them will be Dr. Navarro, the Mexican consul-general, and the other will bo a distinguished Mexican statesman now in Europe. The State Department has been informed that the government of Honduras has appointed Senor Jeromi no Zelaya as delegate to the International American Congress, and that he will reach New York Sept. 34. The government of Ecuador has appointed ex-President Jose Maria Camaano as delej gate. Indiana Pensions. Pensions have been gTanted to the following-named Indianians: Orirfnal Invalid John Foltz, John A. naff, Frederick N. fcchrum, P. Du Come, Jacob C. Tlnkel, baronel Dunbar, C Harake, Kdwin R. Lewla, John Hon, James Hunks, lUchard I. Doweil, James M. Rid re. Increase John L. May, Samuel Davis, Adolph A. Ruth, Mordepla II. Dicks, Camper V. Land. Reissue Lewis G. Smith. Original Widows, etc. Susan J. Sellers, former widow of William T. Bright: Catherine, widow of James 0'Shea;,xninors of Elijah W. dinger. Chinese Iron. ; m Washington, Aug. SO. United States Minister Denby, at Pekin, China, has transmitted to the Department of State a copy of an imperial decree comnientmg on the late proposal of the Viceroy of Canton to develop the iron industry in the Two Kuang. lie has abolished the inland duties on iron and the prohibition against its export, and generally seems to favor the moro extended use of foreign methods in building railroads and foundries. Hollls Gets the Klrksland Fostofflce. Epecial to the Indianapolis Journal. Washington, Aug. SO. The Postmastergeneral has at last settled the question as to who is to be postmaster at Kirksland, Clinton county, and to-day appointed Frank Hollis to that position. Ilollis was v. soldier in the Twenty-sixth Indiana, and has an enviable record. The appointment will pive very general satisfaction, it is believtd. Pardoned by the President. Deer Park, Aug. 30. The President pardoned two men to-day, David II. Stansell, imprisoned' for violation of the revenue laws in South Carolina, and. larrett Citcher. sentenced in the District of Columbia for rape, to thirty years in tho penitentiary. lie was dying of consumption at the Uutlalo prison. A Check for SI 3,000,000. Washington'. Aucr. 30. Actine Secretary Hatch-oiler to-day signed his name to a check for $15,000,000. It was drawn in favor of the sub-treasurer at New iork, to meet the recent heavy bond purchases. General Notes. Execlal to the Indianapolis Journal. Washington; Aug. SO. William L. Chamberlin, of Indiana, a clerk in the Pension Ofllce, was to-day nromoted from a $1,000 to a $1,200 clerkship. Tho War Department has taken cognizance of the expose of the treatment ot recruits at Jefferson barracks and will order an inquiiv. Frauk P. Clark jwas appointed collector at Kl Paso, Tex. The President had a talk to-day with Mr. G. C. Stnrgis. district attorney of West Virginia, and John W. Bove, city clerk of El Paso, Tex. BAD BUSINESS, i . Why the West Uniou Hank Failed Grimes's Losing Speculations in Wheat and OIL Cincinnati, Augl 30. It is now ascertained that the total liabilities of Smith Grimes, the West Union banker, who recently failed, will reach $131,000. and that the assets are $78,835, leaving nearly 53,000 to represent the losses through speculation in wheat and oil. Captain Shinou, who .yvas said by Grimes to be the leading man in the speculating syndicate which caused the bank's ruin, denies most emphatically that he had any part in the matter during the past two years; but he says that as far back as 1S85 there were speculations made in oil, in which the bank's money was used as capital. Lewis llros. fc Co.s Statement. New York, Aug. SO. C. N. Miss, the assignee of Lewis Bros. & Co., to-day makes the following statement of tho linn's affairs: Assets Merchandise, $140,270: bills receivable, net. $7o.,779; cash, $10,821; 6tocks, bonds and other securities, 1.070,740; less loans secured by same, $812,000; real estate equities. $lft2,420; sundry items, $17,027; total. $l.S2i.07U Liabilities-General. $1,818,461; contingent liabilities, $1.841,30.; probable additional absolute liabilities arising out of contingent, $425,000; total, $'J,243,4S1. Hotchklss, Field Jfc Cb.a Failure.New York, Aug. CO. Charles II. Field, surviving partner of the firm of Guy C. Hotchkiss. Field, &. Co.. of which tho late Maurice 11. Flynii was a member, ami who assigned last month, tiled schedules of the liabilities of the firm to-day. The liabilities are $3G0.5864o; nominal assets, $3SO,444.SC and actual assets 42,300.79. Officers of the Legion of Honor. Chicago, Aug. CO. After hours of debate, the delegates to the convention of the American Legion of Honor to-day voted to reinstate Massachusetts in the Grand Council of the order. The following is the roster of officers elected this morning: Supreme commander. Knoch S.Brown, of New York; supreme vice-commander, F. H. Robinson, New Orleans: supreme orator, J. Foster llnh, M. D.. Boston; past supreme commander. Michael Nisbet. Philadelphia; supreme secretary, Adam Warnoek, New York; supreme treasurer, J. W. Gwinnell, Newark; supreme chaplain, C. C. Hitting, 1). I)., Baltimore; supreme guide, C. K. Meyer, Philadelphia; supreme warden, T. J. Newman, Illinois; supreme sentry, Nathan C. 'Jacobi. North Caroliua; medical examiner-in-chief, J. P.McFarland, of Tennessee; supreme trustees, B. P. Seaman, New York: M. F. Hudnall, Virginia: G. F. Hodges, Tennessee. Finance committee, J. W. Kcndrick, jr. Pennsylvania: W. A. Frick, Wisconsin; F. A. Benoou. Committee on laws, L. J. Storey. Texas; O. T. Rogers, Georg.a; F. H. Thomas, Missouri. Committee on appeals and grievances. F. F. Christine. Pennsylvania; W. C. Flint, Colorado; J. A. Sloan. Missouri. Commit tee on state of the order, Charles T. LitchTnan. .MasHaehUMKPtts: m. Davenport, Massachusetts: H. T. Kerr, Arkansas. General counsel, J. F. Fori. Newark, N. J. Ilroke the Ileeord. New York, Aug. 0. The new Hamburg American steamer Columbia to-dav con eluded the fastest trip on record from the Needles to Handy Houlc. her time being 6 days, iw hours and 20 minutes. I his beats her pievions record, the best, of C days, 21 t iiours ana m minutes.

INDIANA AND ILLINOIS NEWS

Shelby County's Defaulting Treasurer Transfers His Property to a Trustee. The Shortage May Reach $20,0O0-ConrMIou5Q Corner-Stone Laid Mangled by a TrainNeck Broken by a Kick from a Cow. INDIANA. Defaulter Posie Turns Over Ills Property The Shortage May lie Increased. Vpeclal to the IiullanapoUs Journal. S 1 1 e lb Y vi lle, Aug. 30. Tlie bondsmen of County Treasurer Posse, the defaulting Democratic officer, to-day held a meeting, at which Posse transferred to John Elliott, as trustee, all his property, valued at $7,500, to be applied on the defalcation. Robert Wiles has charge of the Treasurer's office, and will run it until Sept. 13, when the new treasurer, J acob Thomas, takes charge. On Monday the Commissioners will appoint experts to go over the books of Treasurer Posse and ascertain the exact amount of the shortage. Some of the bondsmen think it will be beyond 513,000, and inay reach Teachers Institute. Special to the Iudianapolla Journal Liberty, An g. SO. The Union County Teachers' Institute closed to-day, after a most interesting session. The -attendance was large. The special instructors present were Prof. A. B. Johnson, superintendent schools, Avondale, O., and Prof. J. A. Zeller, principal High-school, Lafayette, Ind. The evening lectures were largely attended. Monday evening Professor Zeller gave an interesting lecture on "Philosophy, tho Old and the New," and Tuesday evening Professor Johnson discoursed on 'Sand." The lecture Wednesda' eveniug was by E. D. Warrield, president Miami university. Last night Prof. J. V, Short, superintendent Liberty public schools, related the story of "Vicksburg, from Opening Gun to Flag of Trnce." Mr. Short's lecture was chietly arecital of his personal experience in that memorable siege, and was full of ! interestCounty Superintendent C. W. Osborne is highly gratified at the success of the institute. Anderson, Aug. SO. The Madison County Teachers Institute closed its session this afternoon. The attendance of teachers has been excellent, and interest has been maintained in the proceedings throughout. Prof. Bryan, of the State University, won golden opinions as an instructor, and a resolution was unanimously adopted by the institute requesting his employment for next year. Dr. Jordan could not be present to lecturo on Wednesday evenintr. as previously an nounced, but he has been with the institute to-day, and this afternoon delivered his celebrated lecture, "Ascent of the Matterhorn." It requires 165 teachers to fill the public schools of this county. Peku, Aug. CO. The Miami county teach ers institute closed to-day a highly successful and interesting meeting. the average attendance being nearly two- hundred daily. The officers elected for the year were: Chairman, N. E. Reese: vice-chairman, Mattie Smith; secretaries. Carrie Zurn and May Servoss; treasurer, J. Barkholder. Lectures during the course were had. by lion. W ill lumhack on "the Model Husband77 and Prof. -Thos. C. .Trneblood. of Michigan State University, on "Hamlet," Professor Mace, ot uerauw, was instructor. Court-IIouse Comer-Stone Ialtl. Special to tlte Indianapolis Journal. Blufftox, Aug. SO. The corner-stone of the new court-house was laid hero yesterday in the presence of about fifteen thousand people, The ceremonies were conducted according to the ritual of the Masons, the following officers officiating: J. J. Todd, D. G. M.. of the Grand Lodge, acting as special deputy; J. W. Templar, Muucie, D. G. M.; E. J. Church, LaPorte. S. G. W.; II. F. Drover, Huntington, J. G. W,; Isaac Underwood, PennvilIe..G. T.: Jere Worth, G. S.; Rev. W.MI. Xanders, G. C; Wm. North, Portland, u. S.; R. a. Peterson. De catur. G. M.; John Branstctter, Pennville, S. G. D.; M. W. Newman, Ossian, J. G. 1).. and Wm. Stine, Ossian. G. T. Knight Templar commanderies from Ft. Wayne ana Munciewere present, each with a band, and Masonic orders from Huntington. De catur, Warren, Pennville, Markle, Ossian and Zanesviue. K, of P. orders from Muncie, Hartford City, Marion, Montpelier, Ft. Wavne and Decatur were also present. Many valuable and precious articles wero placed in the corner-stone. Tried to Cut Their Way Out of Jail. Biecial to the Indianapolis Journal New Castle, Aug. SO. A timely discovery by Sheriff Macy, to-day, prevented a wholesale tdelivery of prisoners from the county jail in this city. There are ten prisoners confined in the jail at present, and among the number some rough charac ters. To-day, when the sheriff carried din ner to the inmates, he noticed that one man's fingers were sore, as if from handling A S-l k a. I 1 1 1 a rousu material. Aiioiuer naa oncK-uusi on his clothes, and a blanket hung suspici ously upon the wall. The officer's suspicions were aroused, and an investigation revealed the fact that a hole had been made through the wall of the building by remov ing the bricks, and all that remained be tween the prisoners and freedom was one ll . A J 1 VI layer oi oncK on me ouisiue oi too wail. They were planning to escape to-night. Holiness Camp-Meeting. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. New Albany. Aug. SO. The second day of the Holiness camp-meeting, on Silver Heights, was a pleasant one. Last evening Miss Leonard preached a sermon which left a marked impression upon her congrega tion. This morning's service, consisting of songs and prayer, was led by Rev. John Thompson, of Philadelphia. Great interest is being manifested in the work, and much good is expected to be ac complished during the meeting. The after noon servico was conducted by Kev. Thompson, and to-night Miss Leonard again delivered a sermou. Kev. Sheridan and sister Laura, of In dianapolis, have arrived, and Keys. Smith and Pepper are expected to-morrow. Horribly Mangled by a Train. Fpclal to the InUanajHl. Journal. Frankfort, Aug. SO. Egbert Lee, assist ant agent of the Lake Erie road at this point, met with a horrible death here this evening. In boarding the west-bound passenger train to ride down in the vards. his hold on the railing loosened, and he was thrown under the train. The wheels of the hind car passed over his head and shoulders, severing tho head from the bodv. Mr. Lee was a member of the class of 'SO of Frankfort High-school, and a model young mau. Fatally Kicked While Milking a Cow. Ppeclal to the Iiitllauaitolta JjiirnaL Middletown, Aug. SO. Mrs. D. L. Honslog, aged thirty-five years, was killed at her home, six miles east of this place, yes terday evening. She had gone to the barnlot, with her two small children, to milk the cows. She had just begun milking when the cow kicked her, striking her under tho chin, with sufficient force to break her neck, and she died in tho presence of her two little children before older persons could be summoned. Cadet for West Point. Ppeclal to the Imllanapol! Journal. Marion. Aug. SO. A competitive examination was held at Bluflton. to-day, to select a West Point cadet from this, the Tenth, district. Ralph Stogsdall. of this city, secured the highest grade, and will be awarded the appointment. There were twelve contestants for the prize. Insurance Policies Stolen. PpecUl to the Iul.aua;ol!s Journal. Con'M ill's, Aug. SO. The room at the Commercial Hotel in this city, occupied by the late Keuben Trigg, the Jefiersonville. Madison V Indianapolis railroad brakeman, who met with n fatal accident here last Moudav, has been entered and robbed of a new suit of clothes belonging -to the deceased, in the yockcts of which were threo

life insurance policies to the amount of

of the theft. The parents of the young man arrived here this morning to make a thorough search for the missing papers. HarUvtlle College Sued. Special to the IntliananoU Journal. Columbus, Aug. 30. The Union Biblical Seminary, of Cleveland, O., to-day entered suit in the Bartholomew county Circuit Court against the Hartsville College, of Hartsville, this county, for 84,000. which sum is demanded on note and mortgage. The payment of the claim will not greatly injure the financial condition of the col lege. Ilamilton County Fair. Fpeci&l to the Intliananolis Journal Noblesville, Aug. SO. The most success ful fair ever held in Hamilton county closed to-day. the final game of ball in the cham pionship series resulted. Noblesville, 29; Arcadia, II. Fatal Fall of an Aeronaut. Bpeclal to tho Indianapolis JournaL Knightstowx, Aug. SOl Prof. Smith, who fell from the trapeze while making a balloon ascension here yesterday, was seriously, if not fatally, injured. His nose and one wrist were broken, besides internal in juries. Minor Note. 4 m Fifty cases of tvphoid fever are reported in Corydon and vlqnity. The Unitarians of LaPorte nave called Rev. Miss Tuttle to their pulpit Franklin Linke fell dead of apoplexy while feeding a threshing-machhie, near Elkhart. Dr. Joseph Richardson, a well-known dentist and member of the Terro Haute school board, died yesterday. William Kilauder. of Wabash, died Wednesday nicht from the ettects of a car buncle. He was seventy years old. Prof. George W. Sanderson, of N.ishua. N. H., has accepted the chair of rhetoric in the Indiana University, at Bloomington. Otis Williams, a voung man of Spencer. blew into a shotgun to see if it wa9 loaded. It was, and tho load tore his cheek away. Henry Wildbacker and his team fell into a hidden cave while plowing, in Harrison county, and were rescued with difficulty. Francis Murnhv and sons will begin eospel temperance work at the rink, in Martinsville, Sunday, Sept. 8, continuing eight days. The reunion of the Mitchell family was held yesterday on the fair grounds near Salem. I here was a large attendance irom abroad. A lamb-killing snake, alleged to be sev enteen feet long and eleven inches in di ameter is reported to have ueen Killed near Muncie. George Reese, one of tho oldest settlers in Floyd county, died at his home near Ga1 n 1 1 Ail V? l a. iena, on mursuay, at me age oi eiguiy-iwo years. George W. Hatfield, for many years a prominent business man of Knightstown, died at his old home near Cleveland, last evening, at C o'clock. Jennie Jessnn. aeed twenty, has been sent from LaPorte to the Logansport In sane Asylum, having been rendered insane by a broken marriage engagement. Miss Nannie Norman has brought the suit nt Bloomington, threatened some time ago, against the men who paid her father a White Cap visit. She asks 5,000 damages. The Catholic Knights of America will, on Sent. 5 and C. give a harvest home celebra tion on the fair grounds of Peru. Speeches will be delivered by several distinguished orators. James Schultz has sued E. A. Bateman. Aclow Ader and James Brock, at Greeniafln fnf fc YlO f nw -ffilen ininriannmAiif They had him arrested on a charge of petit larceny. The congregation of Centenary M. E. Church, of New Albany, will petition the General Conference, which meets at Kockport in October, to return their present minister, Kev. J, E. Steele. AtLakeville Peter Hathaway returned home drunk, and compelled his wife to get up from her su-k bed and cook supper for himself and a boon companion. She did so and shortly afterward fell dead. Yesterday morning, while James Panloy was walling up a well near Liberty, a stolEf! weighing about twenty pounds leu upon him from the top, fracturing the bones of nis shoulder. The 6tone barely missed his head. Warden Patten, of the Prison South, has iust added 500 new books to the convicts' library. It now contains 2,f00 volumes, consisting of prose, fiction and historical works, and is one of the finest libraries iu southern Indiana. , . The Floyd county Sunday-school Association will hold a convention at Normal Institute, in New Albany. Sunday and Monday, Sept. 2a and 23. The Kev. J. E. Gilbert, of Indianapolis, State superintendent, will conduct the exercises. William A. Vandyke, ' a lawyer from Georgetown, O., who located in Hartford City, last spring, died at Dunkirk, ten miles east of there, yesterday afternoon, of typhoid fever, aged twenty-six. His body will be taken to his old homo at Georgetown. The appointment of John R. Bonnell as postmaster at Crawfordsville meets the approval of the citizens, irrespective of party. While he is an active Republican partisan, he has retained the respect and confidence of the Democrats. James H. Cook, an old soldier, has been selected as his first assistant. Artesian water, similar to that at Martinsville, thouirh weaker, has been struck at Spencer. I he water rose some three hundred feet in the well, but it is believed that another hundred feet will develop a strong overflow. Many of the shareholders prefer artesian water to either oil or gas, 1 Al A A it --if. aim are sanguine rnai mey win gee lr. Tho thirtieth annual district fair of Fountain, Warren and Vermillion counties commences at Covington on fcept. 10. Several thousand dollars have been expended in making a new racing track, amphitheater and other buildings, as well as improving the grounds generally, and the adding of a great many new box-stalls. Tho premium list has been greatly improved over former years, there being a general increase of premiums on races and stock in general. ILLINOIS. Opening-, at TSemenf, of the Central State Temperance Camp-Meeting. Bpeclal to the Indianavolls Journal. Montickllo, Aug. SO. The Central Illinois temperance camp-meeting opened to-day at Bemeut, this county. It is con ducted by Rev. E. H. Baker, of London. England, and Revs. T. J. Crowder and S. M. Kennedy, of Illinois. On Wednesday the services will be nnder the supervision of Rev. Coultas, of Danville, 111. This will b styled G. A. R. day. Tho Bands of Hope, W. C. T. U. and tho Christian Endeavor so cieties will each h.ive a dav for sneein! services. Tho meeting is held in Collins's Grove, under a great pavilion. Honoring the Founder of the Pjthlans. Poecial to the ImlianaiMillM Journal. Bloomington, Aug. SO. The founder of the order of Knights of Pythias, Justus Henry Kathbone, of Washington, D. C, visited this city to-day. and his coining was made memorable by a picnic at Miller Park by the Pythiau brotherhood and their fiiends. Mr. Kathbone was escorted from the hotel to the park by Custer Division, Uniform itank. and De 3ioiay liand. Ilriof Mention. Henry Knippenberg, aged twenty, was killed by a threshing machine near Peardstown, on eduesday. At Olney, on Thursday, A. J. Mcintosh. of Alendale, abash county, was held in S'JOObail for selling liquor without a license. He 6old rock aud rye. The old settlers oi .iacon county Held a reunion at Decatur on Ihursday. Abraham Eyman, aged eighty-six, the second .. . III'! oldest native linnoisau. was present. James Burnett, clerk of Garrett town ship, was seriously if not fatally scalded by the explosion of a boiler attached to "a threshing machine near At wood on Thurs day. 15v tno explosion m a ooiier in a sawmill near Murphy sboro. on Thursday, William Gallihur was killed and Samuel Stevenson and tho colored engineer were seriously injured. A valuable short-horn cow belongiue to Charles Fowler, of Watseka, was attacked

by a lot of hogs feeding in the pasture with

herand literally torn to pieces. The hogs

were uu treat uiincuuy uriveu uuui their prey when discovered. At the meeting of the Academy of Home opathy, held at ltock Island, on Thursday. Dr. C. J. Burger, of Booneville. Mo., was elected president, and Dr. C. E. Laming, of The Hon. N. W. Edwards is dving at his home, in Springfield, in his eightieth year. He is a son of the first Territorial. Governor of Illinois, and was for many years himself tunsjjicuuus iu xue pontics oi ino oiaie. The ceremony of killing the fatted calf for the prodigal son will be the closing feature of the colored Christian Evangelical camp-meeting, now in session at Virginia. The event will take place next Saturday. Rev. T. G. Morse, of ITavover. Ind.. has forwarded his acceptance of the call to the pastorate of the South Piesbvterian Church, in Galena, to succeed Rev. Dr. A. C. Smith, who has accepted the presidency of a college at Preston, la. The President has annointed the follow ing-named postmasters in Illinois: Smith D. Atkins, at Freeport, vice John F. Smith, removed; W. H. Norton, at Earlville. vice B. u. Barrett, resigned: Cad Allard, at Beardstown. vice A. E. Komenerer. re moved; Arthur J. Driver, at Sycamore, vice Frank II. Smith, removed: Edward J. Kramptf, at Havana, vice Samuel A. Murdock, removed: Clarence A. Murray, at 1 1 1- T , 1 w uuncgau, vice james Moran, jr., resigneu. THE BRAZIL STRIKE. rresldent Torter's Offer Not Kindly Recelred A Triangular Fight. epeclal to tho Indianapolis Journal Brazil, Ind., Aug. 80. The miners do not take kindly to the offer of President Porter, of the Chicago & Eastern Illinois railroad, of free transportation to a committee of miners to investigate the condi tion of the coal market. Some of the lead ers are out in replies through the local papers. The language is not al ways the mildest. One refers to ''Porter and his compeers of tyranny," who with "dastardly intent, gloated for months over the opportunity with satisfaction, when the miners and their innocent children would fall victims to their unholy greed. They stand convicted of the attempt to coerce Governor Hovey to silence, to pre judice public opinion, and to-day they have these spies and cut-throats abroad persuading the people from sending relief to starv ing women and children,1' etc. Another is more moderate, and insists tjiat in a friendly arbitration all that could be learned at Chicago, and more. could be ascertained in BraziL Mr. Porter spoke for the railroad and the differences between the operators and tho miners. But the road, of course, has lost heavily,- and would like to see the strike end. llence the offer, coming from a third party. It is the privilege of the miners not to accept. ncoiups, vucy wouiu nna mni in respect to the special uses to which block coal has been put. the operators' claim in regard to cheap substitutes is true. lhe fight is triangular miner with miner, operator with operator, railroad with railroad. The miners have betrayed a remarkable consideration for their competitors, for whose sake they are yet holding out The Indiana operators are suffer- ; r a i i . . jug ixuui iuo worst cui-mroat competition in the history of the coal trade. Their competitors are not operators alone, but the miners employed by them, since both profit by the strike. A feature in this opposition, also, is lake transportation as - A. 1 1 ! A , ll 1 ugiuusb run, 10 wiiicu must do aauea necessity that has compelled Ohio and Pennsylvania operators and miners to find new markets. As to railroads. if thero is to be a different rate established the railroads alone must establish it. The operators cannot. The Chicago & EastTil: Ai L.'i.nL! t j? vi n Jiiiiiuis, mruugu its unieagooz- inaiana Coal division, charges $1 per ton from Brazil, against C5 cents from Coxville. fourteen miles closer to Chicago. Ten cents of this goes to tne vandalia lor switcniug, leaving but DO cents, or cent per mile. It is claimed a reduction in freight rates should be made by this road from Brazil. Said reduction would enable the operators to pay A. I Al, AL t 1A ? - , i lie miner iuai inuca more, 11 is urgcu. But the railroad company evidently cannot make a reduction. They have borne their heavy losses of the past four months without a murmur. If they could have ended the strike by a 10 or 15-cent reduction it is .reasonable to suppose they would have done so sooner. Man wants confidence in man. This is a trouble here. Again, blatant political demagoguis'm is another trouble. Arraying labor against capital, and preaching up i Aid uuiitttug ui lud VyUiucBies; 1 1 is u lucuace to the perpetuity of the Republic, although the guise that hides its deformity is worn exceedingly thin. There will bo an awakening some day, when the deceived miners here will find out that their real enemies have been the agitators that have in stigated and prolonged the strike. Terrible Sufferings of Illinois Miners. Chicago, Aug. SO. The Rev. J. O. S. Huntington, O. n. C arrived in this city this morning, en route from the Illinois mining district to his home in New York, and was subjected to an interview. Tho situation in the mining regions' Baid he, "is unspeakably distressing. Hun ger and diseaso are abroad, and death is desolating the homes of the hopeless vic tims of this unnatural struggle. It would be hard to exaggerate the horrors which I have witnessed during my week's trip tnrougii tne coai region, it is oaa enongn everywhere I went, but it is worse at Spring Valley than elsewhere. But even there the poverty-stricken inhabitants are not like the poor I am used to seeing in New York. Thoro is no whining; the people show intelligence and pride; even hun ger has not debased their leelmgs, as one might expect. l am used to scenes oi want, but what I saw at Spring Valley was different. It was more pitiful than anything I ever witnessed before. I went among the cottages. They are nice, and are surrounded by pretty lawns and gardens, but the awful poverty within was shocking. Women told me that they had not so much as a piece of soap with wliich to clean their children's clothing, and their stoves were rusting for ALjTlfALA.l--l!-L -" l want oi a iittie poiisn. cicitness is increasing, and the doctors told me the people were AP 1 , 1 A -A so euieeuim oy iong privation ana anxiety an epiuemic mignt urean out at any mo ment. "Business is utterly dead. Merchants are giving their goods away. The people go to the drug stores for medicines and the drug gists supply them, as far as may be, but take no account oi the purchases on their books. Despair is written everywhere, but there is determination also in the faces of the hungry men, and they will not yield." Illinois Sllners Convention. Streator, I1L, Aug. SO. The convention adjourned this afternoon to again meet with'the operators, at Joliet, next Monday. The recommendations of the Business Mens' Association for 72 cents per ton, aud semi-monthly payments were adopted. It now remains to be seen whether the operators will make the concession regarding pay-days. Fever IUter Causes a Child's Death. Birmingham, Ala., Aug. SO. An infant4 nine months old. the son of Mr. and Mrs. W. II. Pence, of this city, died a few days ago from the effects of a fever blister on the lip, the first of tho kind on record. About three weeks ago the blister appeared on the lip of the child, then a tstrong, healthy iniant. After a few days the blister broke and commenced bleeding. It bled a long time, and a doctor was summoned. He applied the usual remedy and tho bleeding stopped for a while, but in a day or two it commenced again. The child continued to bleed at intervals, growing worse every time. Doctors were called iu, and still others came out of curiosity to see so remarkable a case. Everything known to medical science was done to stop the bleeding, but it continued until to-day, when the child died. The infant had grown very weak, and it died from loss of blood. The case has greatly puzzled the doctors of the city. Sharp's Road Sold to Dan Lamont. New Yohk, Aug. SO. At noon, to-day, the franchise, tracks, etc., of the Broadway surface railroad were sold at auction at the Keal Estate Exchange for $25,000,000. Col. Dan Lamont, who was President Cleveland's private secretary, was the purchaser. There was no other bid. It is believed that Colonel Lamont bought the road for a syndicate, of which ex-Secretary of the Navy Whitney is At the head.

SURPRISED TIIE "SUSPECTS"

State's Attorney Longenecker Proceeds at Once with the Cronin Trial. He Is Confident of Conviction The Work of Getting a Jury Bgun Seeking the Tin' Box CooneySaid toBe in Milwaukee, Chicago, Ang. SO. There was no diminution in the number of eager spectators that thronged Judge McConnell's room at the Cronin trial this morning. ,A half hour before the opening of the court every available seat in the vast chamber was taken, and hundreds of spectators were derled admittance by the bailiff at the'foot of the stairs. There was a confidence on the part of the attorneys for the defense that the State would make a confession of weakness in a tight for delay, but in this they were sadly disappointed by the promptness with which State's Attorney Longenecker announced his readiness to proceed with the' prosecution of the case. As soon as the court opened the attorney for O'Snllivan and Kunze tiled a motion for an immediate trial. The State's attorney turned to all the lawyers for the defense and asked: "Do I understand you to say, gentlemen, that you are all ready?' The'auswer was yes, and then, rather unexpectedly, the State's attorney announced that the State was ready to proceed at once, and asked the court to appoint Luther Latlin Mills, George C. Inham and W. J. Ilynes to assist the State in the prosecution, and that the record show that it was unon his request that these gentlemen were designated by the court. The defense ob jected to this last request, and insisted that the record show that these lawyers had been retained by private parties to assist the State's attorney. But the court said that at the latter request he would recognize the gentlemen named as his assistants in the trial. A special venire for tifty jurors Was ordered to be at once issued, re turnable at 2 o'clock, to which time a recess was taken. When the afternoon session was resumed it was stated that only half of the fifty talesmen provided for in the special venire had been secured. The defense waived any technical objection which might arise on that ground. Then lawyer Donahue, on behalf of his clients, O'Snllivan and Kunze, objected to the appearance of attorneys Ilynes, Miller and Ingham as assistants to the State's attorney in the prosecution, on the ground that they had been employed by private persons, aud on the further ground that Mr. Hynes had fr personal animosity against CrtSullivan. Lawyer Forrest,, on behalf of Coughlin, and Senator Kennedy, on behalf of Burke, made similar objections. The motion was overruled, and the questioning of the talesmen as to their competency to serve as jurors was begun. The hrst man questioned was Mr. A. G. Barger. The drift of the questioning was to acertain whether Mr. Barger had ever belonged to any secret organization, notably the Clan-na-Gael; whether he knew any of the defendants, or had any prejudice for or against them, and whether he had formed an opinion on the case or not. Mr. Barger's answers were all in the negative, and ne was accented by the State. Three other talesmen were passed by the State before adjournment E. S. Lilibridge, W. S. Biclev and A. W. Roth. Dnrincr tho afternoon lion. David Dudley Field, expresident oi the American liar Association. entered the court-room and was escorted by the Bberili to the judges' bench. The venerable jurist remained for some time and took a lively interest in the proceedings. Searching for the Tin Box, Chicago, Aug. SO. When asked- to-day if he received the tin box which is supposed to contain Dr. Cronin's clothes. Chief of Tolice Hubbard said: "Did yoa ever play hide-and-go-seek? Well if you have. j'ou'll know that we just about stand in the position of the one who 'blinds' and linds out where one person is hiding, and some one knowing that the 'blinder is aware of the hiding place, goes and tells tne niuuen lnuiviuuai mat nis position is known, and that person nnds another hidine place. Can't you see?" The inference is that the police once knew the hiding place of the box; that this fact was dis covered and that the box was removed just as the doIico were about to pounce on it. The chief hinted that the trail was not en tirely lost. Is "The Fox" In Milwaukee? Chicago, Aug. SO. An afternoon paper gives publication to a rumor to the effect that Cooney "the fox," who is under in dictment with the other Cronin suspects. is in Milwaukee, and that he will be produced at the trial when wanted. The authorities here decline to say anything on the subject. lKsea by Fire. Evansville, Ind., Aug. 29. Shortly after 1 o'efock this morning the yard watchman of the Louisville, St Louis & Texas rail road, at Henderson, Ky., discovered the roof of tho machine shops to be on fire. The machine shops was a frame building, erected several years ago at a cost of $3.0oo, and contained machinery valued at $12,000. and work under construction valued at 84,000, all of which was totally destroyed. ISo insurance. Purnrtvniv An it 5!A Rm.b AVlll'OV Ajll, AV' . A . f .tVUpk. W. A A A A fc. A Daly's saw-mill, two miles up shore, burned yesterday. Loss, about $20,000; partially insured. About one hundred men were thrown out of employment. WFaEPING Watkh, Neb., Aug. SO. Sackett & Gates s hardware store, Chase s furniture store and Alexander's dry goods store burned yesterday Loss, 3o,000; insurance, 18,000. Jackson. N. II.. Aug. SO. Abbott's saw mill was burned Wednesday night withmachinery and seven hundred bushels of grain. Loss, o0,ooo; insurance, $o,wu. OBITUARY. Col. R. X. Iludson, a Weil-Known Indiana Journalist, Soldier and Politician. Biwclal to the IndiAxiapoIi JournaL TFaRRe Haute, Ind., Aug. SO. Col. R. N. 1 1 J .1 1 J A . ll tinason aieu 10-aay, in ms sevennein year, after four weeks' illness from chronic gastritis. Colonel Hudson was born at Brookville, Ind.. and came to Terre Haute in 1840. entcring Asbury University soon afterward, and graduating in 1844. He was elected to tho Legislature in 1840, and again in 1853. From 1856 to the end of the Lincoln cam paign he conducted the Express. He was appointed financial agent of the State at New York, and resigned that position to enter the war as a member of General i remimt'i tnttin Miasonri. and was afterward in the'Mountain Department He returned home and organized the One-hundred-and-thirty-third Infantry, of? which ho was ..1...ip1 T?pfnrnini? to Terra Haute. Iia started the Gazette, and advocated liberal . A a . A A , . a. A A OUUl lit jlllCl I1C H.V a-1 I C Li 11 J'lllchased the Journal, which he conducted until 18TJ. He leaves a wife and five chil dren. Joseph G. Lemoo. 8dcU1 to tb AladlaaapoUs Journ&x. Richmond. Ind., Aug. CO. Joseph G. Lemon died of heart disease early this morning. He was adjutant of the Thirtysixth Indiana Regiment, in which he en listed as a private, subsequent to the war Grace M. E. Church, Sunday afternoon. Kev. Charle Wlneat. Haverhill, Mass., Aug. SO. Rev. Charles Wingate, pastor of the Church of St John the Evangelist, died this morning. He was born in Haverhill, iu 1815. He was a son of Hon. Moses Wingate. who died at the age of 101 years. He was a schoolmate of John

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Army Officers Say Tliey Are "Well Fed and Never Abused. Philadelphia Inquirer. Members of the regular United States ar my stationed in this city rind considerable fault with the utterances of a reporter of, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, who eulisted in tho annv at Jelferson Barracks, Missouri, and, it is alleged, iouud a horrible statu of atlairs. According to his report tho "recruits are treated like dogs," and "brutal sergeants deem no cruelty too 6evere.r The army officers in Philadelphia declare that thero can ne absolutely no truth in tho story. One of the men best acquainted with the condition of a private soldier in tho West is Lieutenant Dodd, of the cavalry recruit ing station m this city. .Lieutenant Dodd is a member of the Third Regiment of cavalry, and has served thirteen years in tho regular army. When asked about the truth of the Post-Dispatch reporter'siStatement, and tne actual condition ot a soldier at tho present time, he said: "lhe whole story is a fr.bncation. It 1.4 one of those sensational stories some news papers delight in. and to any ono who knows anything about tho regulations ot tho united estates army, it sounds ridiculous. No officers are allowed to rtrmir men by their wrists or Hog their subordina tes, uorporal punishment was done away with soon alter the close of the war. Sergeants arc not allowed to indict any arbitrary punishment on privates, and aro not even able to put a man in the guardhouse -until a commissioned otlicer has made an inquiry into his alleged olfeusa aud has made a careful investigation as to the truth of the charge against him. A non-commissioned oiheer's testimonyhas no more weight with a commissioned oliicer than a private's. The credence given to the contrary' statements of a sergeant and a private depends altogether upon tho character ot the two men. "The ofiicers of a reirimcnt are held more strictly accountable for their actions than the men, and wero they to permit such a state of affairs to exist as the reporter charges they would be court-martialed at once. During my thirteen 3'ears of actual service 1" have never known of a case of such gross abuse of authority as is charged. No ofneer is allowed to strike a man. It would be absolutely impossible for ollicers to allow such treatment of their men, even if they; were disposed to do 6o. As to tho condition of the guard-house, I don't know much about it. Those accommodations aro not supposed to be palatial, and it is a man's own fault if he has to spend a nigh ft there. "As to tho chnrges of poor sleeping accommodations, the beds and bedding in uso in the army are the very best that can bo had, and much better than ollicers had ten years ago. "Io prove the absurdity ot the charge or poor food," continued the Lieutenant, "it is only necessary for a man to take a meal in the mess of private soldiers. The quan tity of meat furnished is more than tho men require and a part of it is generally sold and fresh vegetables bought with the money obtained. Good, plain, substantial food, no delicacies, however, constitute tho somiers aany iare. "The reporter says he saw vermin. I can't think where they were, unless ho brought them into tho barracks himself. The men are obliged to keep themselves and their clothing, bedding and quarters clean, and are given plenty of soan to do it with. A daily inspection is made of tho quarters, and any nncleanliness is tho causo of punishment of the unclean man who caused it. "Our officers miirht treat us better, but they don't treat us as bad as that reporter says," said a corporal cf Company B, Seventh Infantry who is stationed at the local infantry recruiting sta tion. "They swear at us a little, especially the sergeants, but they are not allowed to beat the men. No fault can be found with the food or beds. We get no dainties, but we get plenty of good, substantial grub. Some sergeants are rough on tho men, but they dont let the ollicers know about it. The army is getting better every day, and the men are treated much better than they were ten years ago. I thick that reporter is stretching his yarn. If corporal punishment were indicted on a man he could easily get redress." Pennsylvania ProhibitionUta. Albany JournaL The . Pennsylvania Prohibitionists held their convention to-day. Not many weeks ago the State overwhelmingly declared for the existing system of high license; the majority against the prohibitory amendment was nearly 1XX.0U0 votes. Rut tho Prohibitionist is unique as a politician, and as a humau beinir in that he rarely prolits by experience. To-day he appears aeain in Pennsylvania, like a peddler otieriug the same old wilted watermelon to the man who yesterday declined in most unmistakable language the unwholesome fruit, and kicked the vender down stairs. If Pennsylvania were a doubtful Stato we could readily understand the determination of the Prohibitionists to reiuam in politics. Like Neal Dow or-John P.M. John, he would be anxious to "smasa the Republican party." Rut thebO,000 majority that Blaine and Harrison received in the Key-stone Stato renders such a supposition absurd. . , , The only explanation of the Pennsylvania Prohibitionist's existence in practical politics is that he is a peculiar k:nd of a fellow, exhibiting in the highest perfection the impracticability that usually characterizes the man of one idea in politics or any other branch of human activity. The Monument. American Tribune. When a State soldiers monument in In diana was first talked of it was contemplated only as in honor ot "our comrades who fell." To this idea solely the first $1,000 was given. To this idea. solel3t the (.rand Army took up the work. Not that they were seltish. not that others should not'have honor, but to memorialize tho one grand civil war of the country. No other idea was over nieutioned or thought of. No other idea could have induced an appropriation bo munificent