Indianapolis Journal, Indianapolis, Marion County, 2 September 1889 — Page 1

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CftvelsiJ, Cincinnati, DT1 y Qko & St Losis. -PXvJr T"3b BIG) 4 OFFERINGS. Osfcaloosa, Iowa. Bod return, f 1X1.. Ticket now on ale at offices of Big 4 and will continue until (sept. 3 so days will t allowed for return. W can icive you choice of routts either via Peoria or Chicago With tut one change ot can. Cleveland. Ohio, nd return, (3.25. Ticket will be ' cm al Aumiit 31 and frpt. 1 aud will be a;ood return lng until Sept. 5 Inclusive, account of meeting fcaint Jimeph Benevolent Society. Jrentburg, In L, and return, f 1.85. Tickets cow on aale. g(MNi for return until Sept. '2, on account of itecatnr County Fair. Chicago. 11L, one way. This la our rate to Chicago and will continue to be until further notice. W e are the outy line running parlor Recllnlng-chalr Cars on day trains arwl bpecixl Pullman Cars on night trains between iDdianaUa, LAfay eUe and Chicago through without change. llailtare Harvest Exccrtlona. On Sept. 10 and 24 and Oct. 8. we will sell round-trip excursion tickets to points tn -A.laln.ma, ilUsiWppi, Louisiana. Texas, Ar iansaa, Oklahoma, New Mexico. Arltoca, Kansas Nebraska. Colorado, Utah. I.tabo, Wyoming. Montana, the Dakota and Minnesota. We are the only line running a Frre Keciining-chair Car to Bt Louis, connecting there with Free Kecllning-chalr Cars lor Kansas City, the West and Southwest. TIME CART). CINCINNATI VlXWlOy. De;rt 3:55am 0:45 a in 10:60 am 3:10pm 6:31' p m. Arrlre 10:35 am lU:A.pm 11:45 am. 4:55 pm. -10:60 p m CIXCI5XAT1 DTTIION BUTDAT TRACTS. depart. S:55am 3:ln p m. 6:00 pm Arnv 11:46 am 1'2:10 p m. 10:50 pm CHICAGO DIVISION. Jepart.....7:10ml'2:05no'n 6:15pmll:10 p m AiriTe..H.'):l)ui m lu.saam '-;:iipm t:iupm CLE VK LAND DIVISION. Depart for N. Y. and Boston i:ara, 3:40 pm v. leveru and trie East 7:30 a m. 8:00 p m Ft. Vt and Dayton " O'd Kauidsand No'th 115 am, 3:40pm 4:00 a ni, 0:43 pm Arrive from N. Y. and Bosum...li:Kam, 10:45pra Clerel'd and the East 55 a m, 6:15 p m 8T. LOCIS DIVISION. Depart for Ft. Louis and Kan. Cy .11:55 a m. 11:10 p m - . T. Hautaand Mattoon 7:,JS a m. 6:30 p m Arrive from fit. loui and K. Cy. a.io a m. 3.-05 p m T. lite and Mattoon 10:00 am. 6:23pm Dally. J. if, .MARTIN, Div. Pass. Agent. FAITH CURB FRAUDS. Horrible Death of a Ioy at Findlay Who . Trusted to Their 3Iethod3. Bjy-jcial to the Indianapolis Journal. Findlay, O.. Sept. 1. Bert Williams, seventeen yeaT8 old, whilo playing ball bruised his leg just below the knee. In a few days the limb gave him considerable pain, and a doctor was called, who treated the injury and left the boy in good shape. Unfortunately for the boy the faith cure people got hold of him and made him boliove that if ho had faitli the Lord would perform a miracle by healing him at once.. ' The stitches were removed ami the prayers begun. Young Williams was taken to tho sanctuary at Bluffton, where no attention whatever was given him beyond prayer. ' Gangrene set in, and the limb nearly rotted off. The smell from the decomposing member became so offensive that on Friday ho was removed to his home, where he died yesterday. Onlv a few dr-s before a consumptive from Findlay, over whom they had been praying for two months, died on his way hcine. ? MRS. MAYBRICK'S LOVER. Albert Brierly Arrives in Boston He Admits that lie Stood the Costs of the Trial. Boston. Sept. 1. Albert Brierly, the Liverpool merchant who has gained worldwide notoriety tnrough his connection 'tvith tho May brick ranrder, was a passenger on the Scythia. which arrived to-day. To a reporter, he said: 4,I havo no statement to make. When I left England I told all there was to say. I came to America to escape notoriety, and I do not want to fjffure in the daily journals." He said he heard of Mrs. Maybrick'a reprieve At Queensiown. "Is it true that you pnid the costs of tho trial, amounting to ViO0? Was asked him. "les," lie answered. "That was the sum. Do von care to say anvthinc rpcr!rding your relations with Mrs. Maybrickt" "Nothing more than I have already said. All that I can 6ay is that I have ligured more prominently in tho case in print than any real connection with it warrants," Hanging by Her Hustle. New Philadelphia. 0.. Sept. 1. A singular accident occurred to the daughter of a prominent citizen of Bolivar, this county. The young lady had climbed into an appletree, and. while leaning out for a luscious specimen of the frnit, her bustle got caught In the branches. In trying to diRcngage herself she lost her hold, aud hung susE ended in a dangerous position by her ustle. Tho cries of the young lady attracted the attention of some passers-by, vrho assisted in extricating her from the perilous situation and saved her from a frightful fall. Murderett from Ambush. Moxr.ou. La., Sept. 1. M. D. Carney was shot and killed by some party in ambush, this morning, on the Monroe and Bastrop road, twelve miles front iJere. The killing is believed to be the regult of an old feud KroTing out of the killing of Tone in Morelioua four or live months ago, by Caruej. He had been held in jail here for hafe-keep-ing. fears bemg enteitained for his safety, and was only recently liberated on bond. He was warned that it he attempted to return to Mor-.houo he would bo killed. Fob bilious and mlnsmatiediscases, Aycr Ague Cure is a safo and radical cure.

WHEN INDICATIONS. .M0XBA1 Cloudy weather and light rain, followed by lair weather. "R" THERE

"Pm your oyster." says the bivalve, "for isn't this September, the- first ' month!" JUST THE SAME, Oyster or no oyster, wo are selling A Men's Frock Suit, all wool, extra size, $3.50. A fine steel-mixed Cassimere, was $16, now $13. , Fine all-wool Scotch at $3, was $12. ALL LIGHT-WEIGHT CLOTHING, Ono-FiOh OfT. ALL STRAW HATS, O n e. Third OfT. ALL LIGHT-COLOr.F.D 60FT AND STIFF HATS, One -Fourth OfT. " THE WHEN GLOVES, MITTS, Surgical Instruments & Appliances Atomisers, Option! Oooda, ArtifioCtf Eyea, and every utuigui Dtujfioni instruments ana App "WM. II. AHM8TKON illanoea. a cct a Surgical Instrument Hounds, Hi boutn Illinois street. THE N0RTIIEM DESPERADO Keimund Holzhey oflTIis Way from Marquetto to Bessemer with Skerift'Foley. Likely to Bo Lynched on Arrival Ready to Take His Chances to L'scape or Die He Talks About His Deeds and Capture. Marquette, Mich., Sept 1. Bandit Holzhey, long tho terror of the northern sections of Michigan and Wisconsin, surlily paced up and down a cell in the strong jail of Marquette county, to-day, until .6:30 o'clock, when he was placed in a special coach bound for Bessemer. He is a German, twentj three jears old, and by no means a desperate-looking fellow. The prisoner has confessed to all his crimes, and to-day he made the following statement to the two officers who captured him: "Idid hold the Milwaukee & Northern train. I don't just remember the date. I got a haul of about $o0. I boarded the train at Maplo Valley. 1 went through the train and p not ted such men as I thought would be likely to have money. I then walked back and tho first man I held np was the brakeman. I then held np a passenger and got &J0 out of him. I also held up several other passengers and got small amonnts. I had to take what they gave, and I could not search them, as I was playing a lone hand. I got a few watches but none of them were of much value. I did not have a sack to collect ihe booty in. I held a revolver in one hand and took tho money and valuables in the other. I go off at Ellis Junction and took to tho woods. I also held up the Wisconsin Central train. I think it was Aug. 7 or 8. I only got n small amount in cash. I got a few watches, two of which you havo taken from me. Tho black pocket-book found on me was taken from a passenger on the Wisconsin Central train. You will tind a 200 note and n lot of cards which, I think, give tho passenger's name. I have also done several other little jobs, but these do not concern' you, and are not worth talking about, as they didn't amount to much. I commenced business in this section some time this BpriDg." lie was at once recognized by tho driver of the Gogebio stage as the man who had halted and tired ou the stage, and recognized the driver in turn. He rathor facetiously inquired of the driver if he had been hurt in the affray, and seemed nlcnsed to hear that ho escaped uninjured, but did not evince any desire to talk further with him concerning the tragedy. Tho only regret that Holzhey expresses in connection with his criminal career is that the two oflicers at Kennblic who had effected his capture should have sncceded in taking mm so easily, as no 6ays he was determined not to bo taken alive, and doclares if he had had tho least inkling of their purpose, when they were approaching with such apparen t unconcern, as he was starting from tho hotel, ho would have shot them down tinhesitatingly. The proof against him without his admissions to tho officers would be complete, and unless he escapes bv suicide or a bold ru9h for freedom, he is booked for a life term in the btate prison at Marquette. The Gogebic sheriff left with his prisoner on tho west-bound South Shore train at 5:S0 this eveniug. Tho prisoner was sullen and defiant, his demeanor showing him to be ready for any desperate deed that would irive him death or liberty, and if not se curely kept there is dancer that he will vet ettect his escape. When he was brought to 41.. ...... I A A 1 I . 1. lucsuiuuu iu iaKC mo uaiu tucru was an immense crowd gathered there to get a glimpse of him. As they crowded about the officer who had him m charge the prisoner scowled and said: 'If I had my guns and was free you fellows would not be so anxious to get close to me." What will be done in Bessemer time alone can show, but a lynching bee is imminent. Sheriff Foley and his prisonerwillnot reach Uessemer until after midnight. Likely to lie Lynched. Bessemek, Mich., Sept. L Sheriff Foley is expected to arrive from Marquette between 1 and 2 o'clock in tho morning with the train-robber and highwayman captured yesterday. Streets and saloons are crowded to-night, and there is much talk of lynch ing him before the stage which meets the traiu at North Bessemer reaches the city. The crowd contains many who havo been drinking heavily through the day, and feel very ugly. No one will go to bed until the prisoner is either safe in tho county jail or else dangling from 60ino convenient bough in tho forest. Vessel Attacked by Malays. San' Francisco. Sent. 1. Australian pa pers say that about June 20 tho Savo, a small trading vessel, was boarded by natives at Malay ta and one of them shot .Mato liUtkien dead, while another beheadnl n. trailer n:impi Prwinor n-Jth nn nv Keating, the owner of the vessel, and severai outers on uoaru were iadiy injured, hilt ilrilVA Off tllA Ilflt ivm l-t11tMf ttVAlfM ft them. It -is reported that Keating has

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EAOE WARS IN THE SOUTH

Dastardly Attack Upon a Train of Col ored Excursionists in Louisiana. Fired Upon by a Mob of Armed Whites Almost Within the Limits of New Orleans, and Five People Severely Wounded. YagueEeports of a Threatened Battle Be tween .tho Races in Mississippi, A Mob of Fire Hundred Armed Xesroes Massed Near Shell Mound Governor Lowry on ' the Ground with Plenty of Troopi. RACE WAR AT GRETNA LA. Four or Tive Hundred Shots Exchanged FiveTeople WoundedNo Explanation. Gretna, La,, rpt, 1. Between 2 and 3 o'clock an excursion train, composed en tirely of colored people, arrived at the Gouldsb'oro depot from Baton Rouge. A large number of colored men and women were near tho depot waiting for tho train, which had been due since 11 o'clock. As tho train neared tho depot, one of the excursionists attempted to get off, and fell to the ground. Some unknown person said: "Look at tho black ,w when the negro drew a pistol and fired four or five shots in rapid succes sion, one of which struck a white man named William Miller, a brother of one of the Gretna police, in the nose, and lodged i itself in tho back ox the neck. Then the shooting became general, some four or five hundred 6hots being fired in less than fifteen minutes. A terrible panic occurred, women and children running in all directions, shouting and screaming, leaving dishes, baskets, hats, shoes, etc Ed Levy, a colored man living in Algiers, was shot in the left arm, and a colored woman named Fleming was also fatally shot in the back. Mr. J ohn Hainey,the superintendent of the Algiers Gretna street railroad, who was two squares away, with four street cars, waiting for the excursion, stated that the panio caused by the rnpid discharge of fire arms was dreadful. He did not know what caused the trouble? but tho cars, on their way down to Algiers, were fired into, and one of the bullets passed through a dash board. Mr. Rainey stated that, for a timo, he and his drivers were in imminent danger oi losing ineir lives. About 4:30 o'clock this morning a large reflection was seen near the lino between Algiers and this fJeffersonl parish. An alarm of fire was turned in. Tho Algiers lire department hastened to the scene, and found a largo number of men armed with muskots, etc., and a negro church on tire. Thcro was no water at hand, and the chnrch was entirely consumed. Just after tho riro; at the colored church, a colored man named' Ben Watkins. aged seventy-five years, was shot in the breast, and slightly wounded,; by some unknown parties. N ; Several negroes, who claimed to havo formed a part of the excursion party, being interviewed, state that when the train was nearing tlie Gouldsboro depot it. was tired ou by men who were secreted along the line of the railroad track, sndwhen the shooting commenced tho train was yet in motion, and as soon as it stopped a general stampede took place. Where the shoot ing occurred is not thoroughly settled, and all those living iu close proximity to the depot, when interviewed, said they heard tho shots, but do not know who did tho shooting, or tho origin of the trouble. It is very difficult to locate a single person who witnessed tho beginning of tho shooting oulside of the police force of Gretna. Ben Watkins, colored, residing in Gouldsboro, was shot while lying in bed at his home by some unknown party, who fired through the window. Tho balls struck him on the right arm, hand, breast and left hand, mulcting severe wounds, lie was taken to tho hospital, where tho surgeons amputated the thumb of the right hand. The lingers of the left hand are also badly shattered. Watkins says ho knows nothing of tho trouble, as ho was asleep at about 5 o'clock, when the party fired at him through the window of his house. When the excursion tram arrived at Gretna a largo number of whites were on tho streets, owing to an alarm of lire that had been sent in. - Tho alarm was caused by tho burning of a house belonging to tho Misses Lunks. The list of casualties bv the GonTdsboro riot is as follows: William Miller (white), -V A. T 1 : T l 1 . Buob iu me iace, serious; XjU ievy coioredj, shot through arm; wife of Elder Fleming (colored;, snot tnrongn snouider, 6cnous; Mary Carroll (colored!, shot through foot; Ben Watkins, shot in hand and breast, se rious. From statements of, both whites and blacks, the followirg summary is made: There were about live hundred negroes on tho train, about half ot the number being women and children. About the time tho train stopped two or three shots were fired, causing a panie among the excursionists, who threw themselves from the train pell-mell, and ran in nil directions, under a brisk fusillado from rilles, shotguns and revolvers. The scene was lighted up by the Uames from a burning liouso on tho levee, and by this light tho negroes mado their way as rapidly as possible toward the street-car track, down which most of them lied. Tho light also enabled the firing party to take good aim. The stories as to the origin of tho trouble vary widely. The negroes say that a large body of armed men were awaiting the arrival of tho train, and that whilo the negroes were disembarking these men. without provocation, began firing into the crowd. The whites say that only half a dozen white men took part in the affray, and that tho first shots were fired by the neerocs before the train had stopped. They assert that two shots were fired from the train at a white boy named Burmeister, iust as the tram was coming in. Then Wm. rlillcr was shot in the face by a negro who was getting off tho train. Miller's brother, a policeman, attempted to arrest the negro, who. hred the shot. At this tho negroes began thine upon the whites, tho shooting became general, and tho excursionists lied panic stricken from the spot. The whites in and around Gotildshoro seem disinclined to talk, and, except officer Miller and a young man named Ustcs. they seem to know nothing of the origin of the trouble. Across the river from the foot of Canal street. New Orleans, is Algiers; above Algiers are Freetown.lGouldsboroand Gretna, in the order named. The object of the tire alarm might have been to call out the shooters: at any rate, they appear to have come out. The second alarm might have been necessary to hold the bold warriors toet ther till the arrival of the train of col ored excursionists. Thefiriug commenced about fifteen minntes after the train left Gretna, and soon after, or about the timo it was pulling up at Gouldsboro, where the excursionists left the train for their homes. A short distance below Gouldsboro four street cars were waitine to convev tho Algiers contingent to their town. The firing party was stationed between tho Gouldsboro depot aud the street-car tion, and fired mostly up the road in the direction of the excursion train. Goulds boro is the terminus of the Texas fc Pacific road. OUTBREAK IN MISSISSIPPI. Trouble Existing at Shell Mound Troops Promptly Called Out to Cow the 2sfrroc. Grenada, Miss., Sept. l.A telegram was received here this morning saying that the negroes were massing near Shell Mound,

Le Flore county, Mississippi, and that a contlict between tho whites and blacks was expected. Help was called for. as the negroes outnumbered the whites 6ix to one. A volunteer company of about forty men was raised here in an hour or two, and left on the 12:15 train for tho scene of the trouble, under the command of tho Hon. J. C. Longstreet. A company of cavalry will leave here to-night. A dispatch received here from J. C. Longstreet and C. L. Townes asks us to send all available men through the county at once. By order of the Governor tho Winona Killes, accompanied by several citizens, left on a special train at 2 p. M., to-day, for Greenwood, from which place they will go to Shell Mound to aid in suppressing the trouble. A telegram from Jackson says: No relia-. bio news has yet been received from Greenwood, the nearest telegraph office to Minter City, the scene of the threatened race riot. The Governor was advised this morning by the sheriff of LeFlore county that 500 armed negroes had collected, and that all eflorts to disband them were futile, and to send aid at once. The Governor left on a special at 6 a. m., accompanied by the Capital Light Guards. Companies troni Grennda Winona and Durant are also there. The trouble is said to have been started by Oliver Cromwell, an ex-convict and a desperate negro. There is but one telegraph wiro to Greenwood and that is down today. A Greenwood special, iust received says: There has been for the fast month a negro by the name of Cromwell, who has been organizing, as it was thought, alliances in this part of the delta. On Wednesday of this week a number of negroes belonging to the alliance demanded that some one beside Cromwell be placed at the head of the alliance movement as they claimed that he was an ex-convict, and they were afraid to trust him. This occurred at Shell Mound, ten miles above here, on tho Tallahatchie river. A majority of the Negroes' Allianco voted in favor of Cromwell, and ho retained his position. The next day Cromwell received a letter signed anonymously with cross-bones, skeletons, etc., ordering him to quit his work and

iuc vuuuuy, Hiving mm leu uays. He showed the letter to the. negroes, and the same evening the whites at Shell Mound received a warning letter from parties of negroes, who signed themselves 'Threo Thousand Armed Men," who said that they proposed to stand by Cromwell, and that if any efforts were mado to disturb him thev would kilL burn and destrov Shell Mound. About seventy-iivo armed, negroes came into the town and talked in a very loud and threatening manner. The general belief is that Cromwell wrote the first letter himself, and had it addressed and mailed to him at Shell Mound with the object of arraying the netrroes against the whites, so that the effect would bo to make members of the rsesro Alliance that wero opposed to him come over and join forces with the other negroes; but if sucn was his object it failed, as they are still holding out against him. Last night our sheriff received information from Snnuysido. fifteen miles above Shell Mound, that there were 600 armed necroes who were massed in the Johnson field near thero and help was needed. He wired the Governor the situa tion and asked for troops, which was responded to promptly by Governor Lowrv in person, bringing with him five companies of militia. 1 Governor Lowry has sent two companies to Suunyside to ,report to the sneritt", who went up thero this morning to see if he could do anything with the negroes. Tho steamboat running between hero and Sharkey has just come in, bringing -a number of' women and children. Governor Lowry cautions tho people to be free from all violence, and not to violate tho law in any particular, but to assist tho county authorities to enforo it. There havo been several reports from the scene of the trouble this evening, one of which was that the negroes had left the vicinity of Suunyside, breaking up in small bands of twenty or thirty, and seemed to lyvwU.'P and mad. ' . Prospects of a Riot in West Virginia. Charleston, W. Va., Sept. l.On Friday a negro desperado, named Tom Smith, en tered the store of Berry, Cooper &, Co., on New River, and made an assault on a clerk, who drew a revolver and shot him dead. In the evening a number of negroes 11 - 1 t . A. 1 ' Jl 1 A I A, couecicu in mo vicinity nou lureareneu o burn the town in revenge for Smith's death. Tho whites are greatly frightened, and orders have been received in Charleston for all available lire-arms. The negroes are well armed, and a bloody battle is expected to tale place. WENT OYER NIAGARA FALLS. Graham Claims to Have Accomplished the Teriious Trip in His Barrel. Special to the InUanaioi: Journal. - Niagara Falls, Sept. 1. Very early this morning it was reported on the streets that C. D. Graham had mado his long-coDtcm-plated trip over the Horse-shoe falls. Less than a dozen aro willing to testify that the trip was squarely made, while the barrel. which conld bo seen in the eddy below the falls, whero a boat could hardly roach, is oil ere d as evidence.' Graham, who is 111 ueu ub xiuruc a jiuioi. uuu buiuu of the party who claim to have seen the trip, tell tho story as follows: The barrel, which is the one in. which he made his trip through the whirl pool rapids last Sunday, was taken across the bridge about 3 o'clock this morning aud launched iust below Chippewa creek. Considerable work had been done on the barrel since last Sunday in the way of pad ding, etc. Two sand bags had also been strapped to the bottom on the inside. The barrel was towed out in the river by GaTrv Stalov aud Andrew Hohn. reputable citizens of Niagara Falls. The manhole wa packed to make it water-tight, and when the cover was shut down it was fas tened on the intide and two bars placed i i 1 1 i over it ana secured uy a spring jock. AtC:45 o'clock tho barrel was cut loose. and after taking a passage similar to tho one of two weeks ago, was seen to pass over tho falls about two hundred feet from tho shore at 7:10 o'clock. It was out of sight a little over a minute, and came out II I A. Jl xrom, under tne laus rignt siac up ana drifted into one of the eddies. Eliner Jones, an expert swimmer, swam out and brought in one of the lines attached, and. with the assistance of Mr. Cahill. pulled the craft ashore and opened tho barrel, at o'clock, it having been closed about liftv minutes. Graham savs of his trip: The ride through the rapids is as nothing compared with it The rapids before reaching tho brink, and which look so small from the shore, are not at all pleasant. I could not realize just when I reached tho brink, for it seemed ns though 1 must have been dazed: but l ex perienced tho falling sensation, and I knew I was going feet hrst. The noise no man will ever bo able to describe. I real ized nothing after that until something struck tne barrel, and I could hear some one call out. 'Graham, are you alivef I had hardly strength to answer back, and not enough to undo the fastening on the inside, so I begged them. to break the barrol to pieces and get me out. But they only broke off the man-hole covering. 1 have got all 1 want of .Niagara la lis, and l do not think I ever want to hear them roar attain." Several flesh bruises w ere shown, and a physician has attended him to-day. m Drank Embalming Fluid. Amiw V V K.nf 1 Whit ih aIavoti. year-old daughter of Byron Welch was carrying in her arras her infant sister, eleven months old, to-dav.' the little one cried for a drink of water. The girl picked np a bowl containing embalming lluid, which stood beside the corpse of another child of tho family, and allowed tho babe to drink of the poisonous mixture The child died soon afterward. Farmers for Cronln Jurymen. CiiiCAC.o. Sent. 1. Fifty farmers will march into Judge McConnell's court to morrow morning as candidates for jury duty duriutf the trial of the Cronin sus pects. The special venire for them was issued without th? knowledge of the attorneys for the defense. Judge McConncll

yesterday quietly issued the venire and had Sheriff Matson dispatch country bailifts

in search of the jurymen, ineniiyvuo were summoned live on the farms and in remote suburban villages of the county. By to-morrow night it is expected that sninn rf tViArr -will hiiTA been accented aS jurymen or tho defense will havo made a big hole in the ninetv-six peremptory chal.I'll A . A- m I A lenges ii siiii nas in its power vu uu.c. WEATHER AND CROPS. Rain Badly Needed in Most of the Corn States A Warm and Dry Week. Washington, Sept. 1. Tho following is the weather-crop bulletin for the week ended Saturday, Aug. 31, 1680, issued by the Signal Office: ' , Tho week endinor Anff. SI has been slightly cooler than usual m tho Southern, Middle Atlantic and New En aland State. The daily temperature in the South Atlantic and eastern portion of the Gulf Mates ranged from 8 to 6 degrees neiow rue average of the week. In the Northwest including the States of the Missouri and upper Mississippi valley and the upper lake region, the week was unusually warm, the daily temperature from Lake Michigan west to the Missouri valley ranging from 0 to 9 degrees above the normal. The tem perature for the season from Jan. 1 to Aug. 81 has been slightly below the average of previous years, from tue lake region souinward to tho G till and South Atlantic coasts. within which area the season is slightly retarded. It has been warmer in New Kuglaud, New York and Pennsylvania, and generally throughout tlie Mates west of the Mississippi river, the greatest excels in temperature occurring in Dakota and adjoining States, where the daily temper ature for the entire period has been irom f to 4 above normal. There has been much less rain than usual throughout the country during the weeK, an excess oi precipitation octmnus only in Khode Islaud, southern Virginia aud portions' of North and South Carolina and western Florida. Well-distributed showers occurred generally along the Atlantic and east Gulf coasts, and in Georgia aud East Tennessee. Very light local rains were reported from tlie upper iaae region and the Northwest, but no rain occurred in the States of the Ohio valley, Illinois, eastern Iowa, Missouri, Arkansas, West Tennessee, northern Aianama ami .Mississippi. Tho seasonal rain-fall continues in excess from New, York southward to Florida, aud from tne .Missouri vallev southward to Texas. The en tire cotton retrion has received more than 80 per cent, of the usual rain-fall. The rain fall over the principal corn-producing States has been unevenly distributed, and while the creator portion of this area has received about 80 per cent., portions of Illinois, Kentucky and Ohio have reported less than 70 per cent, or tue average rainfall of the season. The weather durins the week was un usually warm and dry throughout the cornbelt, and tho extreme Northwest, caus ing corn to maturo rapidly, but the crop is mucn in neeu or. ram iu buoio iuv.auut. Hot winds anddrouirht have caused 6ome damage to crops in Dakota, Illinois and Missouri. Early corn in central valleys was much improved by tho hot. dry w Gather. The absence of rain has affected grass, frnit and tobacco unfavorably in the Onio valley, whilo showers in , Tennessee have improved the j tobacco crop. Keportsfrom Texas indicate that the weather for tho week was very favorable ,for cotton, and the crop is being secured rapidly. In Arkansas, Louisiana and Mississippi the cotton crop was much improved byfavorablo weather, but more rain is needed, and especially for can in Louisiana. Considerable damage has bees caused by boll worms in Arkansas and Mississippi, but the injury from this source is less threatening. In South Carolina and Tenuesseo the weather was unfavorable for cotton, while in Alabama the crop was improved, and is reported in cood condition. In the Middle Atlantic States, including New Jersey, Delawnre,rcnnsylvanta aud ew' lorn, tne weather, was favorable, causing corn to mature rap idly, with prospects of a large crop. Potatoes were improved in Now York, but need more rain, while in Pennsylvania and lew England the potato rot continues, with a prospect of a short crop of inferior quality. In New England the weather was cool, but an average crop of corn is ripening rapidly. The fruit crops in this section are generally in good condition, but the yield of apples will be light. A tobacco crop and a large second crop or grass nave been secured. Reports from the Pacific coast indicate that recent rains have been beneficial to the root crops in Oregon, and that forest fires have ceased. OBITUARY. . Dr. J. n. Haien, One of the Men Who Par ticipated In Perry's Famous Victory. Special to tlie Indianapolis Journal. Marshall, 111.. Sept. 1. Dr. J. II. Hazcn died last evening of old age. Dr. Hazen was ninety-one years of ae. and about forty of these years wero spent in this county. "Ho was probably tho last of the heroes of Perry's victory on Lake Erie, in 1813. Ho was born at North Hero, Vt., in 1799. When tho war of 1812 broke out he joined a company of young lads organized to protect tho town while the men were away at tho wars. Ho went to Ohio early in tho year 1813, and fell in with Perry's company of ship-build-rs. He joined them, and, when the vessels wero completed, went on board tne .Law rence, lie was one of those who accom panied Perry in his perrilous passage from tho disabled flair-ship, the Lawrence, to tho Niagara in au open boat. He was severely wonnucu on iuo iMairara. aim carneu. iuo ball in his body during the remainder of his days. German Catholic' Convention. Cleveland. Sept, 1. The city was filled to-day with delegates to the thirty-fourth general convention of the uerman Roman Catholic Central Association, which opens to-morrow morning. High mass was celebrated at 7:1) this morning at the Cathedral, and the remainder of the forenoon was devoted to sight-seeing. It was nearly 3 o'clock when the proces sion moved. The column, which was forty minutes in passinir a eiverf point, was com posed of 821 uniformed Knights; twentythreo hands, aggregating 400 musicians; fiftv-one carriaces. with 204 occupants; fortv-eiuht cavalrymen; sixty-two men in military uniform, and thirty-three societies with a membership of 1.057. The total num ber of persons in line was 3.G08. Losses by Fire. T?frrrESTEn.N. Y..Sept. 1. At 7:30 o'clock this morning tire was caused by the expiOSlOU oi u Kasuuuo biuvu iu tuo jivuumtan, a small cottase hotelon Ontario beach, and before the llaiues could bo extin guished the Manhattan, the Kialto, another cottage hotel, ana xne unwno ocacn natuing pavilion were entirely destroyed. Loss, 15,000; insured. Lykchburo, Va., Sept. 1. Fire this morninc completely destroyed the lanre three-story tobacco manufactory of Vaug & O'Kcefe. Each lioor was stored with a largo quantity of fine leaf and manufactured tobacco, and nothing was saved. The stock is insured for about 45,000, which will nearly cover the loss. Loss on build ing, gl5,ouu. River Steamer Sunk. St. Lottis. Autr. 1. The steamer Gem City. of the St Paul line, which left this city at 4 o'clock Saturday afternoon, t while prorepfllntr orr. her wav. beiran sinking at a point a few miles above Alton, about 8 o'clock Saturday night. She was headed for shore and sunk almost immediately upon reaching the bark, lying in eight feet of water. The crew and passengers all behaved admirably, and all were saved. The cargo, being on deck, will nearly all bo saved. Tho cause of tho sinking is as yet unknown. Indlenatlon Meetlnr at Victoria. Victoria, B. C, Sept, 1. An indignation meeting. of parties interested in tue sealing inrtiifctrv in llVirinrr bat was held In at nicrht. Resolutions were nassed asking for compensation for vessels already seized, for protection in tne rnture. ana xor a speeuy Boiixciucnii vi vue tuuicuiijr.

GOING BACK TO BUSINESS

A Conple of Small Excursions Will Close the President's Sumlner Outing. Mortgage on the. White House Chimed by tho Virginia Legislature, from Which Was Borrowed the Ione'y to Build It. Acting Secretary Bachellor ou tho ' Causes of the Heavy Bond Offerings. Further Developments Concerning the Tele graph Conference Curious Question Abcut Marshal G lodes Ke ward Capital :sotes. THE PRESIDENTS MOVEMENTS. He Will Return to Washington Friday Pro posed Trip to Pennsylvania. peclal to tl: Iilluaiolis Journal. Washington, Sept. 1. -It was not ex pected that the President would return to Washington beforo tho end of next week. but it is now reported that he will be here on Friday. A privato telegram,. received from Mr. Halford to-day says that the President intends to start for Philadelphia on Wednesday, and that he will proceed thence to Hartsville, twenty miles north of Philadelphia, to be present at an anniversary celebration at tho "Log College." This institution was established in 1730 by a Presbyterian, and since that timo a great many eminent men of that section have been graduated from it. It is possible that tho President will be unable to take this journey, but in any event, he will be in Washington on Friday. On Monday. Sent. 9. the President will co 'over to Baltimore to see the trades dis play. The committeo from Baltimore desired him to visit that city .sept, vz, tne anniversary of the battlo oi North Point, on which niflrbt will occur a mimio bombard ment of Fort McIIenry, but the President replied that his engagements for tnat dato were oi aucn an important nature iuai uo could not comply with their wishes. After . i i .i , i k. r witnessing tne iraaes aispiay on cepu uo will bo tendered a reception at tho City. HalL TREASURY OPERATIONS. Heavy Offerings of Bonds' No Indication of Stringency 3Ir. Bachellor Views. Esecial to tho InAi&n&DOlU Journal. Washington, Sept, 1. Attempts are be ing majje by certain self-styled financial writers with bearish tendencies. to 6how that the recent heavy offerings of bonds for redemption are proof of a 6erious state of affairs in the money market. That this ideais correct, is not believed for a moment by the Treasury officials, nor is it borne out by the facts. The total purchases of fours and four-and-a-halfs during tho past ten days. havo aggregated about $22,000,000. "The eflerings havo been remarkably steady," said acting Secretary Bachellor to your correspondent last evening, "and there is not the faintest indication that they resulted from any panicky feeling in the money centers. On the contrary, they camo from excellent houses and simply in dicate that the holders of the bonds have made up their minds that the government noes not intend to advanco tno price wnicn will bo paid. - "It is worthy of note," he continued, "that while last year at this time the actual surplus in the treasury was about one hundred and seven million dollars it is now reduced to below forty millions, and this in spite of the fact that the price paid is 1 per cent, below the ligures prevailing a year ago. I consider the financial situation healthy and encouraging." It is expected that the olTerincs wilicontinue quite neavy L during tho present week. THE TELEGRAFII CONFERENCE. President Mackay, of the Postal, Was Also In It Basis of Rates Agreed Upon. Special to tlia InOlacapoUs Journal. Washington, Sept. 1. It transpires that both Norvin Green, tho president of the Western Union Company, and John W. Mackay, tho president of tho Postal Tele graph Company, were in Washington on Saturday and held a long consultation with the Postmaster-general, leaving on the limited express with him for Philadelphia in tho afternoon, and riding together as far as that city. There have been some rather sensational stories published about an arrangement entered into by Mr. Wananiaker and Mr. Green, but tho object of the meeting was to con tinue in privato the discussion that has been carried on through tho newspapers for two months regarding the prico to be paid for tho transmission ot tciegrapu message. It mnr be said that Mr. Wauamaker is not so tierce in privato a he is in pnut, and that ho does not intend to treat unjustly even so wicked a monopoly as tne Western Union Company. Dr. Green and ho found a basis upon which they can agree as to rates, and it was also accepted by Mr. Mackay on behalf of tho Postal company. Thequestion of uniting the telof;raph ami tho mail service and using the otter-carriers to collect and deliver mes sages was only touched upon during the couiercnco, vui n is n pei niau vi .ur, Wanamakor's and he will doubtless mako some such recommendation in his report. MORTGAGE ON THE 1VIIITE HOUSE. Claim that the Money to Hulld It Was Bor rowed from Virginia and Never Paid. Epeclal to tho Indlan&Doll Journal . Washington. Sept. l.The recent agita tion about building a new and more ext : i : " i : v. v.. V . pensive jjicmucuuui mansion uas uiuu&u in thft surfaco an old mortgage on the White House, that' has been forgotten or lost sight of for a long time. Mr. M. 13. Harlow, secretary and treasurer of tho Mount Ver-nou-avenuo Association, is the man who brings forward the claim. In an interviow about the prop6sed new executive mansion, he says; "I am glad to see the subject agitated, and I hope it will be taken up and pushed byCougress. When it is, our association, to whom tho Virginia Legislature has transferred its claim against the government for money borrowed by General Washington to build the present structure, will present that claim aud ask for payment for the old before it commences the new. The c"laim, which is for S120.0U), hai never been denied by the government, nor can it be, for we havo the promise of tho government'made through Washington, to pay the mouey back to Virginia should it ever bo willing to do so. We will not perhaps ask that the claim bo paid in mouey, but will probably request that Congress defray the expense of building tho proposed national highway toMount Vernon. If they aree we will transfer the Virginia mortgage on tho White House as a contribution to the project." MINOR MATTERS. Interesting Question ArWlng Orer the Reward for the Capture of Relmund Holzhey. BvecUl to the Indianapoh Journal. Washington, Sept. 1. An interesting question for the postofiice officials to decide has arisen over the arrest of "Black Hart, the Wisconsin highwayman. Until the day beforo yesterday the regular reward offered by tho authorities for the arrest of mail robbers was $200. On that day the reward was increased by the Postmaster-general to $1,000. According to 'the dispatches, tho