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THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 27. 1889.

formation that ex-Con gressman Brown, of Cincinnati, will be appointed to succeed Tanner. A. B. Campbell, of Kansas, who ha bc?n eeekinsr another otlice. may bo added to the list of possibilities to-morrow,-

SOCT1IKKX OUTILIOKS Fearlesslr Condemned by the Colored Kecorrier of tbe General Land. Office. Eaecial to the Inli&ftiK)i:t Journal. Washington. Sept. 20. There was a large meeting here last night, andanumbet of speeches were made on the Southern outrages. Among tho speakers was J. M. Townsend, of Richmond, Ind., the newly-, appointed Recorder of the General Land Office, Mr. Townsend made his first speech before a Washington audience. Ho said that before he came to the meeting ho had been advised not to say anything. He had it intimated to him that he might jeopardise his office. The man who had said that to him did not know to whom he was talking. "Like Moses," he continued. "I would rather suffer the atlliction&of my people than hold office for a season." This statement was received with deafening applause. "If there is a man I despise and love to hate it is a negro who is trying to get away from his race," said Mr. Townsend. The applause here ; was louder and more prolonged than before. "If my holding office depends upon my keeping still about the wrongs of mv people I will hand in my resignation before midnight." With this as an introduction Dr. Townsend proceeded to arraign the South and the Southern people lor their treatment of the negro. He was particularly severe in his denunciation of State Senator Gibbs, of Georgia, who has recently beendenouncing the negro. "In stating that the negro is a vagabond," he said, "Senator Gibbs is a liar, and my address is the Land Office." He also said if the Southern people did not discontinue, their high-handed outrages, the colored people would rise np in their might and strike tho blow for their second emancipation; that if the government did not protect him, better .than in the past, he would stay at home and look after ins wife and babies rather than light for its Hag again. FOREIGN IM3IICSJCATIOX. Necessity for Additional Legislation on the Subject Head-Tax Regarded as Unjust. Ejeclil to tho Indianapolis Journal. Washington; Sept. 2a Men in both houses of Congress who have traveled all over the United States, and in many instances visited Europe during the past 6ummer, come back to Washington and report that there is greater necessity than ever for further legislation on tho subject of foreign immigration. The prospects are that when Congress convenes in December a general scramble will ensue for precedence in the matter of propositions to restrict immigration. About fifty men aro preparing bills on this subject. It is argued, with a good deal of plausibility, that the head-tax now levied by the government should be abolished, and all of the responsibility thrown upon the steamship companies. If it is wrong to permit the immigration of objectionable persons it should not be countenanced under any circumstances, and it is therefore a disgrace to charge 50 cents a head for all foreigners who corao to this country, as is now levied. Some of the most distinguished men in the old world have had to pay 50 cents to get into the United States just the same as the Italian of the lowest degree, with a monkey climbing over his back and a handorgan on his arm. It is proposed by some of the long-headed men in both branches of Congress that a law shall be prepared which will plaeo the entire responsibility of the immigration of improper persons upon the steamship companies, and that the tines collected for a violation of the law on the part of the steamship companies shall go into a general fund to defray the expenses of enforcing tho law, instead of levying a pittance on all who come here. The subject will attract a great deal of attention, as it will be fruitful of suggestions, and there is every reason to believe that some legislation will be enacted which will be more effective than the law now on the statutes. THE TEMPLAR CONCLAVE. Arrangements for Entertaining the Knights A Large Crowd Expected. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Washington, Sept. 26. Washington is expectod to fill up with visitors to tho Knights Templars' conclave on Saturday and Sunday, Oct 5 and 6. Arrangements are being made in the churches for special devotional exercises, and every citizen of the national capital intends to put forth extra exertions to make tho surroundings attractive and the visitors happy. There is a great deal of rivalry springing up among the business men in ' the matter of decorations, and the prospects are that Washington will present more of a holiday attire than she has ever presented before. The weather will be decidedly in favor of this kind of a demonstration. Presidential inauguration days have always been an incentive to the people in this respect, and they have ever attempted to make each succeeding inauguration day moro attractive than the other in the way of decorations. Snow and rain, however, have conspired to lessen the attractiveness of decorations on the 4th of March. Monday, the 7th, will be devoted to the reception of incoming commanderies and sight-seeing, but on the next day, Tuesday, the real work of the conclave will be commenced. Thero will be excursions down the river to Mount Vernon and the various resorts, and up the river to a number of points where the vision and the inner man are fed to tho soul's delight. The White Lot, which lies between the White House and the Washington monument, and overlooks the classic Potomac, will present scenes which will delight the eye of the drill-master on Wednesday and 1 hursday. There will be barbecues, and parades on the great Pennsylvania avenue and other thoroughfares, a reception by the President and Mrs. Harrison, and a great whirl around the city in general. One can estimate tho sizo of a crowd beforehand best by tho demands made for accommodations among tho landlords of the city. These people say there will bo more visitors in Washington during the week of the conclave than have ever attended an inauguration of a President. It is almost impossible to secure a room in any location about Washington now. INDUCTED INTO OFFICE. Judge GroflT Qualifies as Land Office Commissioner Forruer Iloosler Recognized. Fpeclal to the Imllanapol's Journal. Washington, Sept 26. Judge Groff qualified as Commissioner of the General Land Office, to-day, and was formally inducted into office. He was introduced to the Secretary of the Interior, tho Assistant Secretary, the various chiefs of divisions, and was shown about his department by Assistant Land Commissioner Stone. Judge Groff will assume formal control of tho office to-morrow. He has appointed Cant. Geo. Kedway, of the District of Columbia, chief clerk. Captain Kedway is a native Hoosier; served during the late war in an Ohio regiment, and is a newspaperman. Commissioner Groff will appoint Thomas P. Wilson, of Nebraska, the present reporter of the court at which the Judge has recently presided, to be his confidential clerk. There will be a number of other changes made in the office shortly. Commissioner Groff and his daughter. Miss Frances, have taken rooms and will live at No. b07 Twelfth street. Northwest, until the holidays, when they will go to their old home at Omaha, preparatory to removing here permanently with other members of the family. The new Commissioner has created a decidedly favorahlo impression in the Interior Department Tho Secretary of the Interior said to-day that he was impressed with JudgeGroft as being a good lawyer, and a man thoroughly familiar with the general duties of his otlice, and he anticipated for him a very successful official career. MLNOU MATTERS. Decision Concerning Forfeiture of Rights by Railroad to Rehearing In Certain Cases. Washington', Sept. 20. In the case of the Northern Pacific Railroad Company vs.

Randolph, Secretary Noble to-day decided that,- by failing to appear to oppose final proof proceedings on the part of pre-emption or other claimants, a railroad company does not forfeit any rights which the whole case, as made, shows it to possess. It simply cannot insist npon any further opportunity to contradict the proof submitted, as it has had its "day in court:" but, if on those proofs themselves, it still appears on the face of the whole record that the company has the prior or superior right, judgment must go accordingly. This decision corrects, it is said, a widely-pre valent misapprehension as to the effect of the "Forrester" and other cases which were supposed to inllict forfeiture of rights upon railroad companies who failed to appear at hearings. Indiana Pensions. Pensions have been granted to the following-named Indiamans: Original Iuvatid-David Soals, Keth It. McCormick. Reason Baker, John W. JoDes, JienJ. F. Kahler, Win. A. Mc II wain (deceased). John F. Hoover, Asa Stewart, Francis M. HoUis, Jacob Raker, Daniel Stewart, Jes.e McGuffy, John MoGinnU. David K. Knolls. Oliver C. Elder, Henry n. Curtis, Uenj. Carter, James SL Duncan, Jas. h. Mill. Win. T. Wade. Henry J. Van Henthuysen. Increase Henry Rradneld. Jas. Hay, Allen RatlifT, Jas. W. Sipes, Jacob KisselL Jas. Waason, John E. Dick, Jas. Gasper, Wm. Jackson, Samuel Dodd, John O. Mullane, Liberty H. Jones, David M. Vaunce, Calvin D. Leuman, Devi A. Carr,

taleo bmlth, Luke McAvov. Original Widows, etc. Amanda E., widow of Ephraim E. Wartube; Adelaide 8. Rohannon, former widow of Wm. R. Connarroe; Elizabeth, mother of Wm. Travis, alias France. Electrical Statistics to Be Gathered. Washington, Sept. 26. Owing to the wonderful growth during the past decade of electrical industry, the Superintendent of the Census has decided to have a special investigation of the subject for the- report of the census of lb'JO. It will be intrusted to Mr. A. It. Foote, of Cincinnati, who has been recommended for tho position by nearly all the leading tinus engaged in the industry, and other prominent people generally. Stricken with Paralysis at Ills Desk. Washington, Sept. 26. While at his desk in the Postoffice Department to-day John IL Falconer was stricken with paralysis, his entire left side being affected. Tho physicians dp not hold out any hopes of recovery. Mr. Falconer was until recently statistician of the Postoffice Department, but owiug to advanced age, seventy years, he has lately been doing simple clerical work. He is a native of Maryland. l'lans for New War-ships. Washington. Sept. 26. The Construction Bureau of the Navy Department has nearly completed the plans for two 1,000-ton naval vessels, and tho preparation of a advertisement for them -will soon follow. These ships are to have 6ixteen hundred horse-power and make fourteen and onehalf knots, a pretty good speed for such small boats, which will bo between the Petrel and Vorktown in size. Experiment with Timothy Grans. Washington, Sent 2(5. The Agricultural Department has received a specimen of timothy grass grown on the Rocky mountains, at a height of 10,500 feet. The specimen will ho planted at ouo of the experimental stations with other specimens of grasses the department is now experimenting with with a view to obtaining some grass that can be successfully grown in the arid regions for fodder. Going Hack to Washington. Deer Park, Sept. 2d. President Harrison spent his last morning at Deer Park overseeing the packing of his private papers and official documents. lie will leave here to-morrow morniug for Washington, accompanied by Mrs. Harrison. Private Secretary Halford and wife, and Miss Sanger. Printing OfHce Employes Dismissed. Washington, Sept. 2d. Public Printer Palmer has dismissed thirty-eight of the employes in the (iovernment Printing Office. Thej were from all departments-composing-room, press-room and bindery. General Note. Fyeclal to the luUaiiaiKli4 Journal. Washington, Sept. 2a W. R. Gardner, of Washington, Ind., is at the Ebbitt. W. II. Smith, of Indianapolis, and his son, Arthur T. Smith, arrived here this afternoon. They will remain in this region a week and will visit Baltimore, Old Point, Norfolk, Virginia Peach and other points on tbe V lrginia coast. Gen. iieorge 11. Williams, formerly of Lafayette, has returned to the city, for the season, and will be joined next 'week by Mrs. Williams, who is now iu New York. These Indiana postmasters wero appointed to-day: Burton, Tippecanoe county, John Allen, vice A. Adams, resigned: Dudleytown. Jackson couuty, F. K. Stille, vice J. F. Niewedde, removed; Oilman, Madison county, m. h. Baker, vico J. M. Y illiams, resigned. To-day's bond offers were as follows: Coupon fours. SCjOO, at 81.20; registered fours. S7.C50and 149.500, at $1.2$: coupon four-and-a-halfs, &r00, at $1.0334: registered four-and-a-halfs. 810.000 and S273.500, at $1.0334. All the otters, except the four per-cents., at 1.29. were accepted. Tsui Kwo Ying, tho new Chinese minister to the united States, with his suite, arrived in the city last night over the Pennsylvania road. TELEGRAPHIC BREVITIES. Edward Smith, jr., and Daniel O'Connor, tw o victims of the suburban train accident. near Chicago, are not expected to live. Etta Robbins, the Putnam county, West Virginia, female horse-thief, has been adjudged insane. Her father gave 100 bond and she is now probably out of tho State. William Irving and his helper, a Polander, were sunocaiea in oiacs uamp in a coal mine at Mnhanov Plane. Pa., on Tues day evening. Their bodies wero recovered yesterday. . The tow-boat Spnnghill struck a snag at Brownstown. W. Va., yesterday, and sunk in seventeen feet of water. The boat was owned by Captain James II. Sentz and cost 15,000. Joseph Pulitzer announces that ho will be one of twenty-five persons to subscribe $100,000 each for an immediate guarantee fund of $2,500,000, to secure the World's Fair for New lork. David S. Terry's suit against Marshal Frank for $10,000 for three days' false im prisonment, jnst after the notorious scene in Justice Field's court; at San Francisco, has been dismissed. William E. Story, aged thirty-five, of Altoona, ra., deliberately stepped in front of a shifting engine at Hollidaysbnrg, yestcTtiay, ana was instantij Kiueu. no was subject to tits of melancholy. While attending tho funeral of Col. Gouvenenr Carr, at New York, yesterday. Jacob A. Waterhouse, a friend of the de ceased, and a member of his regiment dur ing the war, dropped dead of pararysis. a A number of prominent ladies of Chicago have formed an association and have hired a lawyer to prosecute the gamblers of that city unuer tno J5tate law. ine wort was begun yesterday with the arrest of John Morris, the proprietor of a gambling-house on Clark street. The body of the young aeronaut. E. M. Walrath, whose balloon and parachute fell with him into Otsego lake. New York, last Tuesday, has not yet been f on nth The parachute was found to-day a mile and a half from shore, lying at the bottom of the lake in sixty-live feet of water, but there is no trace of the body. R. P. Halliday, the defaulting cashier of the First National Bauk, at ML Gilead, O.. who ilea to uanaaa about a month ago. re turned homo Tuesday night, visited his family and departed Wednesday morning. ine ponce heard or his presence, but were not sharp enough to capture him. ITenry S. Ires Hack In Ills Old Quarters. New iork, Sept. Co. Before Recorder Smyth, to-day, lawyer Brooke moved that his client, Henry S. Ives, he transferred from the lombs prison to Ludlow-street jail on the grouud that the jury, having disagreed m tho criminal trial, Mr. Ives shonld co back to Ludlow-street jail, where he was locked up pending the trial of a civil suit agaiust him. Tho recorder said that up to tho present, since the criminal proceedings. Ives was properly within the jurisdiction of the Court of General Sessions. The district attorney, after some further discussion, consented that Ives be sent hack to Ludlow-street jail. This places Mr. Ives once more in tho hands of the BluTitl.

INDIANA AND ILLINOISNEWS

A Town Trying to Get Back the $50,000 It Squandered in the Effort to Get a Fact Peculiar and Fatal Accident at a Saw-Mill The LaPorte Confidence Men Trove to Be Notorious Crooks Old Settlers' Meeting. INDIANA. Citizens of Plymouth Sue the Fort Wayne Electric-Light Company. Special to the Indianstous Journal Fort Wayne, Sept. 26. An interesting lawsuit, which will, no douht, be stubbornly contested, was brought to-day against the Fort Wayne Jenney Electriclight Company by George B. Reynolds, of Plymouth, Ind., who represents a large number of citizens of that place. Two years ago the electric-light company promised to run their aro light department in Plymouth if that city would donate $110,000, of which 50,000 was to be used to build the factory. The agreement was made, and the citizens of Plymouth spent $50,000 in building the works. When the balance of the bonus was about to be paid over, the donors demanded of the company satisfactory evidence to show that their stock was worth as much as represented, and when the request was refused, Mr. Reynolds et aL declined to pay over the $0,000 still due. The electric-light company, thereupon abandoned the works at Plymouth, and they are now idle. Suit is brought now by the citizens of Plymouth to recover the $50,000 expended in building the factory. ,r A Itunavray Slatch. fecial to the Indianapolis Journal. Columbus, Sept. SO. Information was received here to-day announcing the marriago of Mr. H. T. Burnett, a prominent young business man of this city, and Miss Edith Sweeney, who also lives 'here, at Greenfield, Ind., last eveuiug. It was a runaway match, and a profound sensation was created amoug the relatives and friends of the couple when the marriage became public to-day. Mr. Burnett went t6 Indianapolis Tuesday morning, ostensibly to attend the State fair. Miss Sweeney lelt yesterday morning, statjng that she whs going to Rushville to visit friends. She joined Mr. Burnett at Indianapolisand the two then proceeded to Ureen held; whore they were married. Mr. Burnett returned hero to-night, unaccompanied by his wife. Fatal Accident at a Saw-Mill.? Special to the IiullauuiMiIia Journal. ' Waiiasii, Sept. 20. A fatal accident was reported this morning from Northj Manchester, this county. Joseph Turner, was resawing an ash board, about three feet long, at the saw-mill of Scott Duubar when it caught in the Raw. aud. Hying back, the end struck Turner between the eyes with terrific force. Both eves were knockrA out. and almost all the lower part of his face toru away, leaving an ugly holo "larger than a man's fist, and exposing the ihrain. Turner lived lor a fow hours alter tltfs" accident, and was conscious. He was fcixty years old. and his homo was at 'Milan. Mich., where ho had a wile and yeveral children. 1 Itnlloon ISurned. Special to the Indianapolis Journal, Wabash, Sept.2C There was an cxriting incident on the Wabash county fair grounds to-day. Thero was to be a balloon ascen sion and parachute descent by Miss Cora Ralliston. Tho huiro cas-bair was beinc inHated, surrounded bv an expectant multitime, when names were s en darting rrom the top. Tho man in tho balloon barely escaped alive, and in an instant tho air-liip was ablaze, causing a wild stampede, i lie balloon was the property of the Washington County Fair Association. ? A Nun Ttrutally Assaulted. Emtoria, Kan., Sept. 20. A brutal 4 a-; sanlt was made, last night, upon Sister Comilla at the Sacred Heart Convent, in this city, by an unknown man, who . fol-! lowed her. it is snpposed, from her homfe'in Terre Haute, ind. While in the hosjfrt.il at that place he made a similar assadlx, and the sister was removed to. tho convent here at her own request. Sister Comilla was unconscious all night, and did not' recover until tnis morning, ine man escaped. .i i The Jewish New Year. ui:tj. : glacial to the Iutlianaiiolis Journal. bti Wauash. Sept. 20. The Jewish! 'New Year was observed hero to-day by a suspension of business and special services at the Hebrew temple of the congregation Rod of Sholem, whero Rabbi F. Ber,khim delivered eloquent addresses. The miiVical programme was a special feature. Miss Dick, of Huntington, sang an appropriate i solo. Lalla Stephenson, the child violinist, j assisted in the nrotrramme. '-w dtt Didn't Know It Was Loaded, i )I - t Special to the Imliainpolis Journal. kiil Goshen-, Sept. 20. Wy land Bien 'acci dentally shot himself, to-day, while lpokiug into the barrel of a revolver which ho thought was not loaded, having snapped the hammer a couple of times. Iioilied in about three hours. He was twenty-six i years oiu, uuu uuumuicu. -irf ii i ,i - " - I -V k Minor Motes. 4 J The Locansport Fresbytery will-meet ' next year at csoutn ucnu. . t Two new cas wells have been struck in the vicinity of Montpclier. :r. -i "Jackie" Byroads, of Lebanon, 'who fs eichty-eiKht years of age, was plaintiff In the courts this week in a divorce suit. Lawyers of Greencastle are comnlainine of a dearth of litigation, only one jury trial having been held since court opened;- four weeksago. , in:. Tho Manor Academy of Medicine; 'a society composed of the physicians of :Lavrencc, Orange and Washington counties, met at Salem yesterday. Ac President Fisher has concluded a-' contract with a Cleveland firm for tho building of anew observatory aud telescope for Hanover College. : in. It is reported at Lebanon that- John Greives. of that place, known on tho stage as John Hall, is under sentence of death in. Now ork for wife murder. v a' At Sevastopol, Kosciusko county .J.) II. Mollenhauer committed suicide by drinking carbolic acid. He was poverty stricken, with a large family on his hands, -tii:,.John Brighton, a farmer living six- miles east of Montpelier. lost his farm residence Wednesday night by fire, caused by a defective Hue. Loss, $1,500; no insurance.' Lightning-rod swindlers fleeced Wiiara Walkup. of Allen county, out of $140 br inducing him to sign a note, under tho supposition that he was making a contract "for repairs. Mrs. Adam Wyant has obtained judgment, in the Madison County Circuit Court j for $2,370, against the Bee-line road, for injuries received in a runaway accident two years ago. Her horse had become frightened at the cars. The iury in tho case of William Neal, charged with killing Jesse Sirams at a negro dance, near New Albany, some weeks ago, returned a verdict of guilty of manslaughter, and fixed tho defendant's punishment at five j'ears in tho State prison. Mrs. A. F. Smith, living south of Leba non, gave birth to twins lastfcunday. She is only thirty-five years of age, and is the mother of sixteen children. This is the third time she has given birth to twins, and she has twice given birth to triplets. Peter Flynn has brought suit against John Y ampler and Jim McGilliard. of Crawfordsviile, for $1,000 damages, resulting from the defendents selling him a loaded cicar. His eves were badly ininrert. and he cannot work, thongh he has a family dependent upon him for support. The Porter couuty fair beeran Tuesday and will close Friday. The attendance is good. The exhibits are excellent, especially in the departments of stock. Every department is crowded for want of space, and superintendents have more exhibits than they know what to do with. Tho case of Hamilton & Harwood vs. the Montgomery County Agricultural Association was decided in favor of tbe association by the sustaining of a demurrer to the com-

plaint. The thro suits were brought for $3,000 damages because the association refused three times to grant them huckster privileges on the fair grounds this year. The survivors of the Third Indiana Cavalry will hold a reuniou at Vevay on the 10th prox. One troop of the regiment was recruited in Floyd county, and a number of the members will meet with their old comrades on that date. The citizens of Vevay will tender the veterans an elegant banquet, and a general good time is anticipated. A meeting of tho Montgomery County bar was held yesterday, and a committee appointed to inquire into the rumors that G. W. Paul, a Crawfordsvillo attorney, had obtained money from the defunct Doherty carriage tirni by threats and promises to "sugar" the creditors whom he represented. If the charges are proven he will he disbarred. Spears B. Hollingsworth, the defaulting treasurer of Knox county, who was recently released from the prison, has entered suit against the present treasurer for the collection of $1,000, drawn by the plaintiff in his own favor while he was in jail at Vincennes. He has also begun an action against his bondsmen to recover the property they seized to cover the amount they paid out to make good a portion of the deficit. - ILLINOIS.

The Confidence Men Arrested at LaPorte Belleved to Have Kaked In at Last 860,000. Ottawa, Sept. a The confidence operators who swindled farmer Fred Glcim, of Streator, out of $5,000 were brought here f rpm LaPorte, Ind., and landed in jail yesterday. Four hundred and fifty dollars were found in a seam at tho bottom of one of the prisoner's pants. There is no doubt that the two men are noted confidence men, as they are waited from Boston to Missouri. The State's attorney of Morgan county thinks they are the men who swindled a man in Grant county out of $7,000 since the Gleim robbery and just before their capture in Indiana, and that they aro the.sarae men who took in farmers a year ago' iu the same county for 7,000. Tuesday night Sheriff Kced, of LaPorte. Ind.. secured tho arrest in Chicago of H. B. Wilson, who is supposed to bo the third member of the gang. Wilson claims to be a Ne ty York attorney, and was at LaPorte for, the purpose of interviewing the prisoners, but was refused admittance to the 1'ail; It is estimated that their operations lave netted them $00,000 during the present Old Settlers Keunion. . Special to the IntlianaitoUs Journal. Sai:siiall, Sept. 26. The fourth annual reunion of the Clark County Pioneer Association was held in Marshall to-day. It virsr the most successful one yet held, especially in point of attendance, both of old-- folks and citizens in general. Tho fiioheels were given a free dinner in Opera all, and 4ii0 ot them partook of thn feast. At 1 o'clock P. MM a Jargo crowd, including tb'cA old settlers, gathered in the Circuit C'durt room, at the court-house, and, after mWsie by the hands and clee club. Judeo Jrthn Scholficld.of thcState Supreme liench, delivered the address of welcome. Ho wa followed by Hou. Etholhort Callahan, of Robinson, speaker of the day. After this there were personal reminisconces by some of-the old folks present. The meeting cfosed with the siugingof "John Andersou, irry Jo." There were fullv ten thousaud people in the cit3. The oldest person present ? as Maj. Wm. C. Griffith, of Sullivan, Ind.. dfced ninety-two. The oldest Clark county pfoneer present was Martin Grove, aged eighty-right. The oldest couple present were Joseph Kemper and wife, of Martinsville, who were both- born iu 280G, were Warried in 18S0, and have lived in Clark ebuuty continuously siuce 1S40. y:Got III Money Back, 'fecial to the Intliaiiaixr.U Journal. f.. Bloom in gtox, SepL 20. To-day the jury in the case of William A. Gevkeu versus jUeorge W. Cox returned a verdict allowing ho complainant, Gerken. 5,500 damages. ,ln this case Gerken brought suit against Cox, claiming that the latter, bv a conspiracy with Wilnnm II. Wentz, of this city, had sold to (if i ken the undivided one-half of the Crown roller-mills, of Bloomiugtoii, for a sum greatlr in excess of the mills real value. 1 he jury found his complaint to he true, and that the mill, for half of which Gerken had paid $21,000. waa worth but $31,ti00 in all. J. T. Crumbaugh, who also purchased an interest in the mill, and William H. Wentz have each hronirht suit 'against Cox on similar grounds. nr. Ilrlcf Meutlon. 9 Af Plianmilcrii Wrlrwarli v Fnlirnl tn Manderson and his wife were arrested for .attempting to murder Matt Andersou. -l Charles loung, pardoned from Joliet prison ten days ago, died on the way home Wednesday. "His parents reside at Dauville. b'The Hebrews of Blooinington on Wednes day began tho celebration of the oOoOth Jewish Jew Year, lhe celebration was 'Continued until last night. lias filed, at Springfield, a certificate that it i im i i lining .11 H I II t iiriirviiiriiL iii 11 I v has changed its name to the Illinois Mason ic Life Associatiou, with headquarters at Chicago. William R. Harvcr, of Moweaqua, who was adjudged insane a few days ago and placed in iail preparatory to wending him to the asylum at Anna, committed biiicido Tuesday night. The annual rally of the Illinois Citizens' Mutual Protective Association took place at Odin Wednesday. Tho chief object of the association is to recover horses which may be stolen from its members and the capture of horse-thieves. John Sheriff died at the family residence. in Paris, Wednesday evening. Ho was born in Danville. Pa., May 1, 1812, aud came to Paris in 1834. Mrs. Sheriff, aged seventynve, survives nun, dm is now lying in a critical condition, her death being hourly expected. j The Rev. C. A. Nyhlad. who figured so conspicuously in the Lutheran Church Bcundal, and who now has large damage salts pending in the United btatcs Uourt, was married to Miss Josie Corine. of Alton. at Galesburg, by the Rev. G. Q. Lucky. Ah immense congregation was present. 1 At Springfield tho Grand Council of the Improved Order of Red Men of the State elected officers as follows: A. F. Herman, Blooinington, great prophet; A. II. Braish, Chicago, great sachem; ueorge b. Illume, Decatur, great senior sagamore; . H. D. Chonch. 'Peoria, great jnnior sagamore; George H. Fanchv. Freeport. great chief of rUcords; T. L. McGinn. Galesburg, great keeper of wampum. The next meeting 'Will be held at Ualesburg the second luesday in next May. , c Obituary. Salt Lake, U. T., Sept 26. Bishop Abratn A. Kimball died yesterday, at Kanosh, in dullard county, lie was a promi nent man in the Mormon Church, and had a number of wives. He was sent to the Utah penitentiary last November to serve a sixmonths' sentence, but was pardoned by President Cleveland last December, because ho was a oonsfimptive. His father. Heber C. Kimball, is the man who had about fifteen wives, and used to reier to his wives as heroes. Providence. R. I.. Sent. C.Sarauel L. Caldwell, D. D.. LL. D., ex-president of Vassar College, died suddenly to-day, after a oriel illness, aged sixty-nine years. Ho was a native of Newburyport. Mass. He was for more than tifteen yeais pastor of the t irst Baptist Church, of this city, and was for seven years president of Vassar. Denver. Col., Sept. 26. Father Davin. tho Catholic priest who was most diligent in rendering assistance to the sufferers of the recent disaster at Johnstown, died at St. James of acute stomach trouble. His remains will be sent east for burial. Lisbon, Sept. 26. The Duke of Coimbia, brother of the King of Portugal, is dead. He was born Nov. 4. 1847. He was a general of division and inspector-general of cavalry. New York, Sept. 20. John J. Farrelly, the well-known yonng newspaper man, died at the homo of his parents in this city to-da3' of consumption. Embezzled Between 040,000 and 050,000. Philadelphia, Sept. 26. Dennis Kel leher to-day pleaded guilty to the emhez zlement of money belonging to Capt. Geo. IC lieck. a tug-boat owner, and was sen A. M . m fenced to imprisonment ior three years. Kelleher, who is about twenty-seven years of age, bad been taken into Captain Beck's

employ when a boy, and had full charge of $9n.4.-Ot and sixteen parsonages valued at his affairs. It was claimed that he had ap- 8.ttV. The conference next year will be propnated between 40,000 and $50,000, com- held at eedershurg. M. L. Chandler was

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District Reports Received in tlio Southeast Indiana Methodist Conference. Proceedings of the Yearly Meeting of Friends The "War Spirit" Appointments of tho Upper Wabash United Brethren. E&eclal to the iDdia&a&oUt Journal. Madison, Ind., Sept. 2.x In the Southeast Indiana M. E. Conference, Bishop Joyce again presided, to-day, thongh suffering from a severe cold contracted in Huntington, W. Va. The conference convened at 8:30 a. m., and religious services were conducted by C. C. Edwards. At 9 a. M., Bishop Joyce took tho chair. The list of absentees was called for the last time. The list of allowances to conference claimants was read by Charles Tinsley. Fraternal greetings were read by Dr. Lynch. Dr. J. P. D. John, through Dr. Curtiss, asked and was granted leave of absence, having been called to Greencastle. Connersville district was called and reported npon by Presiding Elder Sargent. At College Corner ISO additions to the church have been made, and the church in every way strengthened by the labors of K. T. Black and wife. Tho Connersville station has had an unexampled prosperity, Robert Roberts in charge. It now has the best parsonage in the conference, and all church interests are in capital condition. The report was so good all the way through that Dr. Tevis was constrained to pronounce it the most magnificent elder's report he had ever heard, only suggesting that a few quotations from the Declaration of Independence might have helped it. Indianapolis district was reported by Presiding Elder Tincher as in a relatively good condition, though somewhat embarrassed by church debt; but .some of tho churches had paid all these off and were moving off grandly for the Master. More than one thousand have been added to t he membership in this district during the year. The spiritual interests of theentrro district are in a good state. Dr. Keene reported $250 as the missionary contribution of Roberts Park for the year. Jetlersonville district was represented by Presiding Elder A. N. Marlatt. Henry Ross had been transferred. A. J. Stewart was here seeking admission to the conference. The general condition of thework in the district was good. .Rev. J. K. Pve had done a grand work, at his charge in fceviuour. Mrs. Waltham had bequeathed S2,000 to the Jeflersonville district. The missionar3' collection at Wall-street Church was 2$J. Moore's Hill district was reported on by Elder Wood. The churches generally are Srosperous. Aurora has the largest Sunay -school in the district. A supt'niniuerarv relation was asked 'for B. F. Morgan by" Elder Sargent Prof. C. W. Hnrjxitt was continued as professor of Miami Lmversity. I his alternoon Doctor Gilbert spoKein behalf of the Sunday-school normal. io-nieht lr. iu. . c. Hammond (colored) addressed a mugnilicent audience. The Friend and the Grand Arm j. ElKttial to Uio IiMli&naDolis Journal. . Richmond, Ind., Sept. 20. In the Yearly Meeting of Friends, this morning, follow ing the reading of the epistle from the London Yearly Meeting, which was ordered spread on the minutes, and a thousand extra copies printed, tho tract committee report ed .00,000,000 pages distributed since its or ganization, ttiO.000 in its depository, $112 spent, aud $10$ received for Bibles the past year. The peace committee's report deprecated tho organization of tho Grand Army and the custom of Decoration day as fostering a war spirit in tho yoiyig, with which'Judge A. W. Doan, of Wilmington, O., a colonel in the late war, took issue in a very spirited speech. Judge Doan said: 'I was four years a soldier, and therefore am doubly interested in the promotion of peace. Of my 806,000 comrades, fully 1)5 per (cent, are in favor of peace; 50 per cent, of them aro walking witnesses to the horrors of war, going up and down in our land with their empty sleeves or upon crutches, and with shat tered constitutions. 1 cannot agree with some of the allusions of this report to the Grand Army of the Republic Twentv-tive years ago it stood as a wall of lire between your homes and the desolation of civil war. I am a member of the Grand Army of tho Republic. Let me ask. what is it doincf It raises $400,000 a yeaf. What for? To visit and minister to the fatherless and the widows in their affliction. But it is said we aro a secret society. Why are we so Because we had been grievously imposed upon. We are pledged never to go back on a comrade. But it is said that wo parade. Well, of our 2.000.000 original soldiers. 8,000 died last year, and 10,000, it is said, will die this year. Be patient, friends; soon the ollensive parade will cease. Soon the last soldier will fold up his blanket in the bivouac of the dead. Then our procesl.sionwill cease to 'evoke tho war spirit.' Does it oll'eud the Indiana Yearly Meeting for cripnles to meet and talk over the hor rors of their four years of carnal warfare! To get together to find out where the widows and orphans of tho dead comrades are, and how it .fares with them? Are scenes of the battle-held likely to stir up the war fcspintT rso, no; but a few llowers have been tenderly brought by the old fellows and their children for soldiers' untimely graves. Will that kindle the 'war spirit'? Oh.no! it is a religious rite; a duty they owe to their fellow-comrades. Wo were in thirty battles together: we felt the touch of shoulder to shoulder, and when one feels his right or' l n t i l ' m l xeiwanu man Binning away irom mm will he forget it when, in after years, he stands at his grave? Oh. no! And we do not forget, either, the Quaker bonnets of tho women who came to the battle-field to bind up the wounds." lhe discussion that ensued resulted in the report being returned to the committee for modification, if, in their judgment, it was found hest. lhe .barlhain College committee joined that of the cstern Yearly Meeting in recommending the re ducing of the number of trustees from twenty-four to twelve. Allen 1 errell was made clerk, and Charles Francisco and Owen Henley, assistants, while messengers and a business committee for consultation were selected. A most satisfactory report was made on White's Manual Labor Institute, and it brought out much favorable comment. Thirty-nine of the Indian stndents had professed Christian faith. The report of the committee on Indian affairs was likewise received. The name of Mississinewa Quarterly Meeting was changed to Marion. Fairfield Quarterly proposed a change of discipline. rendering any one unworthy of member ship who is able and persistently refuses to contribute to the support of the meeting. This and the request of Fairfield. Center and Miami quarterlies for a yearly meeting at Wilmington. O., were referred. Upper Wabash U. IS. Conference. ' Bpeclal to tlie Imlianapolls Journal. CRAWFORDSViLLE.ept. 26. The annual United Brethren Conference of the Upper Wabash District was held at Newport, commencing on Wednesday, Sept. 18. There were one hundred ministers and as many lay delegates in attendance. The conference was presided over by Bishop Castle, of Elkhart. Rev. Dr. Booth, of Dayton, O., secretary of the Missionary Society, was present and gave several interesting talks. This conference was composed of 5,646 members a year ago. During the past year 1,437 persons have united with this church, which makes a total of 7.0S3. From this number subtract 1.020, the number of deaths, expulsions and removals, leaves the present membership 6,0.7. This would make a gain within the year of 40S. In the conference there are 103 Sunday Bchools with 6,021 scholars, and an average attendance of 4,541. There has been 11,160.10 paid to ministers and $1,660.04 to presiding elders. The sum of 61,217.75 was raised for missions. There are eightytwo churches in the conference, valued at

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Snyder; Thorntown, V. N. Cofl'man; Lebanon, U. w. Meredith; Veedcrsburg, A. J. Nupent. tlreen Hill District T. M. Hamilton. preMdlnjj elder. Iroquoia, L. Byrd; Hattle-groiind. O. W. Wile y; Green Hill, J. F. Miller, Gilboa, E. A. Goodwin; Independeuce, J. G. Albert; Woodland, W. n. Jones; fclieldon, J. 8. Brown; Row vi; W.H. frherrill; Toint Pleasant, 8. Stackboue: Anibla and Cisana Park, Joe IL Scott. PcrryBvllle IMRtrict-J. C. Cooper, presiding elder. Broulllett's Creek. W. P. Faylor. Newport, R. B. Van Allen; lVrrysvUle. E. 1 Thorn; (Jessie, David Brewer, Blue Mound, G.T.etump; Potomac, W. E. Stanley; Oakwood, not supplied; Danville, J. A. Smith: Broadlaad, J. M. Tuggle; Vermillion, not supplied. Church Work Among; the Colored Race. New York, Sept. 26. The conference of colored Protestant Episcopal clergymen, and others interested in church work among the colored race, was continued to-day. in St. Philip's Church, on West Twenty-fifth, street Tho principal business of the day was the discussion of matters connected with tho church halls, for the education of ; colored students for the clergy, at Washington, D. C, and Nashville, Tenn. A committee was appointed to make arrangements for a mass-meeting of all Christians to discuss the, color question on church affairs. At the evening session to-night of the colored Episcopal diocesan convention, tho Key. W. Cain, of Texas, read a pa per on the "Relation of the Church to the Colored' Question." He condemned the Southern colored church for submitting to tho action of the Virginia conference, which drew the line on color, and urged further action in the matter. German Baptists of North America. Milwaukee, Sept. 26. The triennial conference of the German Baptists of North America and Canada is being held in Mil waukee. Tho attendance of delegates, ministers and laymen is an exceptionally large one. Otticers were elected Bo-day as follows: President, Rev. J. C. Griramel, of Brooklyn; vice-president, Ker. C. Nagel. of St. Joseph. Mo.; secretary. Kev. alter Rauschenhusch. of New York city; treasurer, Kev. J. G. Mcrkel. of Cleveland. LOSSES BY FIRE. Two Saw-MHls at the Ohio Falls Car-Works Burned Loss, S35.000. Louisville, Ky., Sept. 27. Two new sawmills belonging to the Ohio Falls Carworks at Jeflersonville, Ind., were destroyed by tire this morning. The flaufei were discovered about midnight and a call was sent to Louisville for assistance. Two engines were sent over the river and succeeded in saving tbe car-works 6hops. Tho los9 is about $35,000. Insured. Destructive Forest Fires. Santa Anna, Cal.. Sept. 2a The fire which has been burning for the past two days still continues in tho canyons. The burnt and burning districts now extend over one hundred miles from north to south, and ten to eighteen miles in width. Over $1,000,000 worth of pasturage and timber have been destroyed. , Caudle-Works Burned. Cincinnati, Sept. 26. The Emery Candleworks, atlvorydale, wero burned early this morning. Estimated loss, (50,000; insured. Dehorning Cattle Denounced as a Cruelty. Louisville. Ky., Sept. 2C. The American Humane Association continued its sessions to-day and held a mass-meeting tonight. Mrs. Caroline White, of Pennsylvania, read a paper on tbe progress of tho movement for the protection of animals. The following resolutions were adopted: Resolved, That this association considers dohorning of cattle a great and miueceary cruelty, and therefore recommend to all tho societies here represented to prosecute any cases coming under their notice In their respective States and localities.Resolved, That this association requests every State or local society in the union to endeavor to obtain from its legislature a law mak ing it a penal offense to dehorn cattle, to dock the tail of borcA, and to shoot pigeons and ether live birds from traps. This afternoon. Frank B. Fay, of Massachusetts, read a paper on tho work among children. It detailed much of tho work of the Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children, of which Mr. Fay is secretary. .A Negro's Confession and Demand. Dkcatuk, Ala., Sept. 2d, A negro named Tom Haywood, who lives on the farm of Mrs. Thomas Williams, confessed to that lady that he had killed her husband, who was mysterious! v murdered about a rear ai;o. When making his confession Haywood presented a revolver at the head of Mrs. Williams and compelled her to agreo to sell her property and llee with him to the North. Being at tho mercy of the negro fiend she pretended to consent to his proposition. She afterward escaped and notified tho authorities. The negro has not yet beeu captured, but he will undoubtedly bo lynched if caught. Hunting Bobbers with Dogs. Mobile, Ala., Sept. 20. The pursuit of the robbers who held up the train at Buckatunna. Miss., yesterday morning, has been delayed by a heavy rain, but the pursuers think they will overhaul them to-night. Tho parties supposed to be the robbers camped all day ten miles east of Bucka tunna, and moved otl about three hours ahead of the Mobile &. Ohio railroad pursuing party. The rains spoiled the.trail and the dozs could not follow it, and the pursuers had to laj- up for several hours. Other parties are chasing and trying to headolf tho robbers. now Canadians Get American WhUlry. Montreal, Sept. 26. Tho Minister of Customs has ordered an inquiry into the smuggling of whisky Juto Canada. Whole ship-loads of American whUky are being brought into Canada by the St. Lawrence route. Tho vessel takes half a cargo of whisky ami half a cargo of plaster. Thn it uuioaus tiie piaster ana a portion oi mo whisky at an intermediate port and obtains a clearing sheet, after which it runs into some other port on the strength of its clearance sheet and unload lhe greater portion of the whUky free of duty. A. A. Ilodi;. I). . I). LL. I. . Princeton Uv narv.saysof the American Supplement to thel.'ncyclop edia Uritaunira: ! have 1kcu trcclally delighted uith Its religious article."