Indianapolis Journal, Indianapolis, Marion County, 13 December 1889 — Page 5

THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL, . FRIDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1889.

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INDIANA AND ILLISOISNEWS

The Brown-ratton Feud in Crawford County to Be Aired in the Courts. Eer. W. F. Fettit Bound Over to Conrt-Strons Evidence in Uis Favor Farmer 3Inrders El3 Daughter's Lover A Big Contract INDIANA. A Genuine Feal in Crawford County Rivaling the Kentucky Article, facial to the Indianapolis journal. New Albany. Dec. 12. Not to be found wanting in each elements of sensation as have, in late years, robed various' Southern States in notoriety of n shade enviable, or otherwise, Indiana now steps to the front in possession of a full-grown feud of interesting and threatening dimensions. A rural neighborhood in the vicinity of English, a small town on the St, Louis Air-line road in Crawford county, has the distinction of being the battle-ground in the case, and two families of the respective namcsof Pat. ton and Brown are the parties involved In the desperate disagreement. Although the differences between ' the two families ran back for thirty-three years, when a quarrel arose over a purchase of land, more recent awakenintrs of war.lilcn anirit art to be dated in 1SS4, in which year, on Nov. 6, at dead of night, tho Brown family claims to have been visited at their homo by a party of masked and armed men, who entered the house rudely, maltreated every member of the family, threatened them with death and robbed them of ST-U Early on the following morning the Patton family appeared to challenge public sympathy inn state of great excitement and dishevelment. The elder I'atton was covered with blood, his clothing torn and his jaw badly bruised, while his son carriojl a serious bullet wouud in his head. Their house was badly torn up, windows broken out, furniture uprooted, a lantern kicked to pieces, and evidences of recent allrny present all about the'"premise. The Pattons asserted that this condition of atl'airs was due to a visit made them, tho night before, by a body of masked men, who had thus 'mistreated them because of resistance n f rlimiTid fnr nifumt' nrwl wlin inJ nevertheless, robbed them of 'J0O, which the Elder Patton had concealed in the house. The outcome of these two midnight visitations was that the' Browns accused the Pattons and their allies of constituting their midnight robbers; and the Pattons tiled the same accusation against the Browns. With the slownehs of all rural communities those rancorous sentiments smoldered in legal inaction for live years. Recently the Browns have secured an indictment against the Pattons for robbery, and for perjury in accusing them of robbery. The case" will come to trial at Leavenworth, Ind.. Dec. 2fi. Moro than two hundred witnesses will bo in attendance on both sides. Prominent talent of New Albany and Leavenworth has been retained to support the claims of the rival factions, and as all parties to the feud are known to go constantly armed, a warm Al 1 i A 1 trial is czpecteu. Itev. W. lVttlt's Preliminary Trial. Fperlal to t?. IndianauollM Journal. y Lafayettk. Dec. 12. Tho preliminary examination of Rev. William F. Pettit, which had been in progress for two days. closed this evening, and. on motion of defendant's attorneys, the court admitted the accused . to bail, fixing the amount at SI0.000L Pettit was arrested at Columbus, O., last Thursday, upon a warrant sworn out by a member of the grand jury of this county, charging him with poisoning his wife last July. The testimony of the attending physician was that Mrs. Pettit was taken with convulsions on Sunday; that she told him to treat her forstrychnine poibon, which he did; that she grew better until Tuesday, when the convulsions re- , tnrned, and she died on Wednesday. Boiuic ue-i utuiu tins, i ciut rAic.isru iuu belief that she had been poisoned by tea which had been made in a cup in-which "ehe had previously mixed strychnine to be tised in killing rats. Dlj; Contract for the Madison Ship-Yard. Deciai to the IndLanavolis Journal. Madison, Dec. 12, Representatives of a syndicate, formed in Kansas City two weeks ago, to build and operate a steamboat lino on the Mississippi, between St. Louis and Kansas City, havo just conA I ill. il ll 1 " n l . iracieu wnu me iaaison cnip-yara torn any to construct three boats, to be fortyix feet beam, and C'X) feet long. The en?ines are to be twenty inches jn diameter, noven feet stroke, with four boilers, fortytwo inches in diameter nnd twenty-two feet long, having four ten-inch flues. Tho boats will have electric lights. All are to ,be completed by June 1, at a total cost of 200,000. ' ' White Caps on a New Tack. Ifcectal to the Indiauaimlis J urnaL ' . , New Albany, Dec. 12. It has leaked out I that in Crawford county the dreaded White 'Caps have been so vigilantly discouraged by .United States oflicers that they have leen forced to assume a new dissrniso for their lawless workings. It is stated that their latest method of dealing with obnoxious persons in that neighborhood is to call together the members of the "circlo," and - manufacture against the obnoxious person frith cient evidence to procure his arrest for nome alleged crime, and then prpsecnte him to conviction if possible. 1 . . Middletown Board of Trade. , Fiwvlal to tli IiirilananoUs Journal. . Middletown, Dec. 12. An enthusiastic XLeeting of the leading citirensqj thisplace washeld in Hedrick's Hall last night to com plete the organization of a Board of Trade. The organization was perfected by tho . lection of oflicers as follows: . President, J. P. Shoemaker: vice-president, Willis W'isehart; treasurer, N. N. Showalter. Directors; F. Tykle. John'Hedrick, A. S . Miller, George L. Swaiuand J. O. Lambert. Middletown is situated on the C, St, L. fc P. railroad, in the most prohtic portion of the gas belt, and has some of tho Lest wells Jn the State. Crawford cvtlle Oas-Sale On. EpecUd to the Indianapolis Journal Cuawfordsville. Dec. 12. The 6ale of the gas and electric-light plant of this city to New York parties, for 105,000, has probably fallen through. The syndicate was to pay cash, and it seems that they are unable to do so, but otter to tako 50.t00 in stock. 1 his the directors refuse to accept. There is a forfeit of $1,000 put up by the New lork parties. The intended purchasers and their attorney here have spent tiOO sending telegrams in regard to this matter. Killed Ills Daughter's Lorcr. Fpeclal ti the InTUuaiol'.n Journal. Munch:. Dec. 12. Wednesday evening, while Lon Wisehard, a young man of Springport, twelve miles south of this city, was shot dead by Del Harry, an enraged father, whose daughter was by young Wise- . hard's side at the time of the murder. Harry had notified Wisehard that ho would kill him if his attentions to his daughter were not discontinued. Harry was taken to New Castle and placed in "jaih Ho approached the victim from behind. Two Years for KUlltie; Ills Wife. Epcial to the Iudiana;oIl8 Journal. Martinsville. Dec. 12. The jury in the case of John H. Taylor, for murdering his wife at their home, six miles west of Indianapolis, last May, came in just after dinner to-day with a verdict of guilty, fixing the penalty at two years' imprisonment, after being out since 5 o'clock yesterday. Six of the jury wero for acquittal, while the others wanted to send him up for any time from two to tiftecn years. Minor Notes. A movement is on foot in Fort Wayne for the formation of an exclusive social club for gentlemen. William Ltiruirieu. a switchman, was caught between the bumpers aud severelj- ' crushed at Columbus. John McCutdy, of FelWsbnrg, recently

which restored his mental equilibrium. Ho had been flighty ever since his skull was

xractured. ten years ago, by a blow with a stick of stove-wood. James Brown, a colored farm-hand, was found dead in the woods near Edingburg, ha vine blown his brains out. Martin Jackson, a bor of fourteen, at tempted to board a moving freight train at Franklin, and his leg was amputated. Ex-Mavor William Wilson, of Logansport, is dew from typhoid fever. He was wen Known throughout northern Indiana. Ernst Schieman. an old resident of Fort Wayne, was seized with hemorrhage of the lungs at the breakfast table and died in a few minutes. Jndgo Campitt, special pension examiner, has been transferred to Logansport. and will be succeeded at LaPorte by Judge Stillwell, of Chicago. Fred Price, of Brazil, has brought suit for $10,U0O in the Vigo county court against Elsie Jones, in whose saw-mill he was permanently disabled. H. H. Everett, of Michigan City, was defeated in a wrestling match with Bert Schiller, of Beloit, Wis., who has issued a challenge to any roan in Indiana. Richard Hopkins, a young farmer of Greenfield township, Lagrange county, was found dead beneath his horses' feet in his barn. He had died of heart disease. Alonzo BerTyraan, of Union township, Montgomery county, sued tho township for damages, claiming that a pond which was formed after the grading ot a road caused several members of his family to have typhoid fever. He received $300 judgment. Rev. George Hoover, one of the oldest and most widely known ministers of eastern Indiana, died at his home a few miles east of Middletown, Wednesday morning, of paralysis. He was a minister in the German Baptist (Dunkard) Church, and until a few months ago had been an active preacher for quite half a century. ' August F. Siemon, head of the book and stationery firm of Siemon & Brother, at Fort Wayne, died yesterday, aged sixtyeight years. The deceased was one of the most prominent German-Americans of Fort Wayne, a veteran in bnsiness and highly esteemed. Ho was a devoted member of the Lutheran Church and leaves a large family well provided for. , Charles Latta, who was employed by the Patton Hollow-ware Company, at the Prison South, as a night foreman in the embellishing-roora, disappeared from his home last Saturday, and has not been heard from since that day. He lived with his widowed mother and sister at JeiFersonville, and his mysterious departure is causing them much uneasiness. ILLINOIS. Fatal) Stabbing Affray Between Farmers at ' a Ilirthday Party. Tuscola, Dec. 12. While attending a birthday party at the residence of Clans Hauson, ten miles southwest of here, Peter Stolly and David Krow, two prominent perman fanners, became engaged in a qnarTel, during which Krow was stabbed neven times by Molly and his throat cut. His wounds probably are fatal. The guests becamo panic stricken during the light, with the exception of Krow's wife, who finally separated the men and stood between them. Trial of the Atwood Murderer. Fascial to the' IutianatH)Us Journal. Monti cello, Dec. 12. The case of James Fitzpatrick, who shot Everett Thrasher and David Washburn at Atwood, this county, came up to-day before Judge J. W. Merritt. Fitzpatrick was held in 2,000 bond for his appearance for trial. Thrasher is latally wouuaed and will die. the trouble grow out of Thrasher having fired several times at ritzpatnck recently, for which ho was fined fifty dollars and. costs in the Piatt county court. The sympathy of the people is with Fitzpatrick. Wedding of Dear Mates. Special to tho InClaiiaU Jonrnai Bloominotox, Dec. 12. At Manito, Taze well county, last evening, Mr. Thos. J. Cranwell. of that place, and Miss Ella Hallett, of Crawford county, Illinois, were united in wedlock, at the Reformed Church. in the presence of a large company of friends. Tho interesting feature of the wedding was that both the bride and the groom am deaf, mutes. . Rev- Dr. Phlfip Gillette, superintendent of the State Insti tute for the Deaf and Dumb, at Jackson ville, of which both are graduates, per formed the ceremony. Urlrf Mention. Dr. J. Bryant, of Dcwitt, was given one year in the penitentiary for malpractice. . T. Bump, aged seventy-six, an old resident of McLean county, fell dead at Hudson. , Georgo McC. Rex, for twenty-five years a resideat of Bloomington, and a prominent politician, died at Reaville, N. J., Wednesday. Gideon Gore, son of J. H. Gore, a farmcT, was thrown from a horse against a tree, near 'Moscow, and killed. His neck was broken. Frank Watson accidentally shot his brother Albert in the face and neck while hunting, at Pana. Tuesday evening. The wounded man will recover. The residence of Mrs. J. P. Laird, at Alton, was entered by burglars Tuesday night and robbed of several hundred dollars worth of jewelry and silverware. Wallace W. Crandall, aged sixty-nine years, of Aurora, was accidentally 6ullbcated by gas in his room Tuesday night. He left the gas partially turned on after extinguishing his light. The State Board of Education, in charge of the allairs of the State Normal School at Normal, was in session at the university yesterday. The Normal will close for the holiday vacation on the 19th. The Illinois State Grange is in session at Springtield with 500 delegates present, Tho executive committee in its report showed fifty-twonew granges, with 2.500 members, organized during the last year. St. Alexius Catholic Church, at Beardstown, which has just been finished at a cost of over SSTi.ooo. will be dedicated next Sunday. The Rt. Rev. Dr. Ryan. Bishop of Alton, assisted by a number of his clergy, will perform the ceremonies of consecration. The State Horticultural Society, in session at Hamilton, elected the following oflicers: President, Javis Webster, of Centralia; vice-president, H. L. Doane, of Jacksonville: secretary. A. C. Hammond, of Warsaw; treasurer, H. K. Vickroy, of Normal. The next annual meeting will be held at Cairo. ' The Johnstown Theater Condemned. Johnstown. Pa.. Dec. 12. The investigation into the cause of the theater disaster was concluded last night, shortly before midnight, and a verdict rendered that death was caused in each case by suilocation in a jam resulting from a panic precipitated by a false alarm of tire in Parker's Opera-house during a performance. The jury also found that, owing to the insufficient number ot exits, the narrowness and faulty construction of the only one to the house, tho building is entirely unsafe for any public gathering, and request the authorities to take proper measures to prevent any public assemblies in tho building as now constructed. The funerals of some of tho victims took place this afternoon, and tho others will be buried to-morrow. All those injured in the panic are doing well, and the physicians Teport that all will ret-over. Messrs. Mack and Klein, the proprietors of the opera-house, have canceled all engagements, and the house will remain closed until it has been remodeled and better exits provided. As this was the only theater left in the city after tho flood, no more theatricals will be witnessed in Johnstown this winter. A UlU That Slipped Through Unnoticed. St. Louis, Dec. 12. It has just been dis , A V 11419 Jii.1l uri n insincreasing jurors fees day, which passed the covered that a bill irom si.w 10 1 per day Legislature and became operative last month, applies to St. Louis. Just how tho bill slipped through is a mystery, but there will be a mob of underpaid jurors alter tho extra half n dollar per day to-morrow when the fact becomes public. Sinco tho bill became operative over 9.000 jurors havo served from one to a dozen days, and the city will be mulcted in the sum of &X),000 to satisfy their claims. Nevf.r defer until to-morrow what should ho attended to to-Uy. A Mlht couch shouldn't bo neeleeted when Dr. Hull's Cough bvrup will enre it. The readers of our publication are requested to ue r'alvatlon Oil for any and nil pains. It is a cure cure, and costs only -o ceuU.

GAS-STOKERS OUT Otf STRIKE

A Labor Disturbance That Will Put 3Iauy Londoners lo Great Inconvenience. The Arbitration Committee Only Partly Successful Stanle j to Be Presented with the Freedom of London Spain Irritated. LONDON'S OAS-WORKERS. A General Strike Arerted, Though the Strikers Will Probably Cause Trouble. London, Dec 12. The strike of tho gasetokers is fairly begun and the preliminary sparring of the men and the masters having rendered the one desperate almost to madness and driven tho other to the extreme of determination, thejikelihood of rioting and perhaps bloodshed 6eems very great. As yet no demonstration partaking of violence 'has been made, but fears are entertained that when the last shift of the men come out of the works at 6 o'clock tomorrow morning an attempt will be made by the strikers to prevent the new men from entering. . Many . of tho newcomers are as desperate from want of woTk and consequent hunger and exposure as the strikers can possibly be from brooding over their grievances and the refusal of tho company to redress them, aud a riot between the two elements must result in injury to many if not promptly quelled. The public sympathy' which was lavished upon the dock laborers iu their great strike is eutirely lacking in the present struggle, and there is also an entire absenco of the sj'mpathy shown by the police on the former occasion. In these circumstances the 500 policemen who are surrounding the gas-works may be depended upon by the company to show the strikers no mercy if they attempt by force to prevent the new men from going to work, and the latter may also be relied upon to protect themselves if it shall become necessary for them to fight. The gas-stokers ha,ve issued a manifesto,' declaring that the employment of soldiers to directly or indirectly assist the gas companies, or to interfere with the strikers in their contest with the masters, will' inevitably result in social revolution. To-night it was said that at a conference held at the Mansion House this afternoon between Sir Mark Wilks Collet, Sir John Lubbock and Lord Mayor Isaacs, acting as arbitrators, and representatives of tho gas companies and their employes, an amicable arrangement of the existing troubles was made, and that a general strike of the coalporters is thereby averted. Tho strike will, therefore, be confined to the gasstokers ' and coal-porters employed by the South i London Company. ' That company is engaging able-bodied paupers. of which there are thousands now in the poor-houses of London, to take tho places of strikers. Pickets sent out by tho strikers to-day stopped many of these men and persuaded seventy of them not to go to work. i . The second shift of men employed' in tho Metropolitan gas-works struck at ll.'o'clock to-night. There was no disturbance and they went out in an orderly way. Tho company is engaging "blacklegs'' in tho provinces. It oilers a bonus ot 2 for the first week and 1 a week for each succeeding week dnring the strikeinadditTontotho regular wages. Tho pickets working for the strikers got hold of nearly two hundred men brought up from Portsmouth by the company aud induced them to desist. Tho committee organizing the strike has appealed to the public for funds. The gas companies, in view of threatened stoppage of. their supplies of English coal through a boycott arising from the strike of their employes, havo arranged with Hamburg dealers for supplies that will be transported in ships with German crews and be handled by German porters. HONORS FOR STANLEY. He Will Be Presented with the Freedom of London The Queen's Congratulations. London, Dec. 12. The corporation of Loudon has invited Mr. Stanley to accept the freedom of the city. " The ceremony of presentation will take place in the Guild hall. The parchment! conferring citizenship upon Mr. Stanley will be inclosed in a gold casket. On thecuvening of tho day on which the presentation is made a reception . will be given to Mr, Stanley in the GuildhalL - - j The Queen has sent a cable dispatch to Mr. Stanley, in which she says: '.'My thoughts are with you and 3'onr brave followers, whose hardships and dangers are at an end. I again congratulate you' all, including the Zanzibaris who displayed such H devotion and fortitude during your marvelous expedition. 1 trust Emin P&sha is making favorable progress." It is announced that Stanley will pay a visit to the Khedive on his way home, remaining at Cairo three days. The Khedive, it is stated, has already begun preparations for receiving the explorer, which contemplate manifestations of welcomo usually reserved for royalty. -3? All Zanzibar is engaged in feting Mr. Stanley and the members of his expedition. The BritishJndia Steam Navigation Com-imnyto-dayTgave a luncheon to him on oard the steamer Arawatta, which ho,s arrived there as the pioneer vessel in tho di- . rect service between Great Britain and East Africa. Mr. Stanley made a .speech, in which he predicted tho rapid growth, and prosperity of East Africa. The Zanzibaris who accompanied Stanley on his expedition through Africa were received by the Sultan of Zanzibar to-day. The Sultan thanked-them for' the splendid services they had rendered and rewarded them with presents. EmhVs Condition. . Zanzibar. Dec. 12. Emiu Pasha had a restless night, disturbed by frequent and vcr severe paroxysms of coughing. He is unable to swallow solid food. His bruises continue very painful. Otherwise his condition is uncnanged. ; SPANIARDS AROUSED. United States Senator Call's Proposal in Regard to Cuba Roundly Denounced. Madrid, Dec. 12. The papers here manifest a great deal of irritation at Senator Call's proposal in regard to Cuba, and roundly denounce it This is a subject upon which Spain is very sensitive, and the mere suggestion of any change in the ownership of Cuba is apt to bo regarded as an oflense to the national dignity. The proposition was that the Washington government should open negotiations with Spain to secure her consent to the establishment of a Cuban republic, and the payment of an indemnity to Spain, and tho newspapers are indignant that any one should imagine that Spain would listen to such a proposal. The Epoca says: "This is a mad idea, and it cannot be that anyone in Washington takes it seriously. Even if a Tcnnblic were established in Spain, she would not consentto the separation of Cuba. Spain is resolved, at all hazards, to maintain the integrity of the national territory, and political divisions do not exist thereon." GENERAL FOREIGN NEWS. France Takes a Hand in the Ojuarrel of the French-Canadians with the Government. Ottawa, Dec. 12. Judging from the reports which are reaching here from Paris, there appears to be strong reason for believing that the appeals for protection the French-Canadians have made to France are likely to be productive of results not looked for in political circles in Canada, The French government, it is nnd rstood, has determined on looking into the question fully as to how far the terms upon which Canada was ceded to Great Britain by France have been carried out, and whether there has been any infringment upon the concessions made to the French-speaking population of Canada at the time tho treaty was signed. In view of the possible intervention of France, which could but result in M-rious international complications between that republic and Great Britain,

Lord Salisbury has requested to be furnished with full information setting forth

the questions in dispute between tho Lominion government and the French Cana dian people, the equity of such demands as may have been set up and what measures have been taken to adjust them. The polltical atmosphere m Canada is anytning but reassuring just now, and an open ru pi ll TO between the two nationalities is not beyond the range of possibility. Portugal May Follow Brazil's Example. Madrid, DecJ 12. Senor Castelar said in an interview that the events in Brazil had been no surprise to him. He believes that the example will be followed in Portugal soouer or later, but not in Spain, because in Spain the Regent, during the King's mi nority, keeps liberal Ministers inoflice. and has allowed Sagasta to establish nniversal suttrage. Ho thinks the Brazilian repub lic is stable. Christians lleaten with Canes. Athens, Dec. 12. Despite the amnesty declared in Crete, twenty Christians were recently brought before tho authorities there iu chains and beaten with canes. Advices from Corea state that Chakir Pasha is disarming tho Christians as fast as possible, while the outrages by Turkish troops and otlicials increase rather than diminish. - An Odious Law Repealed, Berlin, Dec. 12. The Reichstag, by a large majority, approved the motion to repeal the law of 1874, which gives the government authority to expel from tho country any clergyman who. having been officially deprived of bisykrical charge, yet persists in the perfornCance of his clerical duties. Miners Lockout Ended. Dortmund, Dec. 12. The directors of all the mines have agTeed toget&er to end the lockout. All the men have therefore been restored to their places. The leaders, Bunte aud Siege I, have declined, for the present, all oilers to return to their former employment Cable Notes. The English sh I'a lie Pru Parliament will meet on i eb. 11. The Catholic Primate has approved the Irish icnants' League and its objects. The German Reichstag, by a vote of 127 to ill, has adopted Von llnne's resolution for tho exemption from military servico of all students of theology. Mr. Parnell has written a letter in which he says he if recovering from the cold from which he is sufVering, and that he hopes to be able to speak at Nottingham on Tuesday next v Ten'son's new volume is published. All the poems are short One, is dedicated to "James Russell Lowell. All tho dailies declare that many of tho poems are equal to any of Tennyson's former efforts. - Cob Clibborn Booth, chief of staff to the commander of the Salvation Army, who was arrested for infringing the decree by which ho was expelled from Switzerland, was arraigned at Geneva and liberated upon the payment of 5. Corveo has been abolished throughout Egypt. It has been replaced, however, by an addition to the land tax. If France will give her consent to the proposed conversion of the Kg3rptian debt no further addition to the taxes will be necessary. Mr. Qladstone has written a prefatory letter to be published with the English edition of the "Memoirs of a Southern Planter." He commends the book highly. These are meii.oirs of the life of Colin Dabny. written by his daughter, Mrs. Swedes, oft uammoie. The Communal Council of Berlin has sanctioned, by a vote of 70 to 28. the proposal of the syndicate to demolish certain houses opposite the palace for a site for a monument to Kaiser William, but has rejected the proposal to raise funds for the mouument by a lottery. The influenza is spreading throughout Germany. The administration of justice in the courts at Berlin is suspended, becnuso all the judges are down with the epidemic. It js proposed to close all the schools, especially at Dantzic, where at least half the children are aflected. ' Tho difficulty of obtaining a sufficient number of agricultural laborers to cultivate the crops in many parts of Germany has become so great as to induce the farm.oSvners in Pomeronia to seriouslv nronoan f tho importation of Chinese farm hands. and the project has met with general approval. The Socialists of Germany are vyirg witn tne national leaguers of Ireland in the amount of funds they aro receiving irom their brethren in the united States, much of the success achieved by the Social ists in the recent elections having been se cured by the expenditure ot money contributed from America. DAILY WEATHER BULLETIN. Local Forecasts. For Indianapolis and Vicinity For the twenty-four hours ending 8 p. m., Dec. 13 Fair weather. : GENERAL INDICATIONS. Washington. Dec. 12, 8 p. m. Forecast till 8 p. m. Friday: For Ohio, Indiana and West Virginia Fair and warmer; southerly winds on Fri day morning, followed by westerly winds and much colder by Saturday morning. for juicuigau and w isconsin t a'.r on Friday and Saturday; much colder by Sat urday morning; winds shifting to northwesterlv. For Minnesota, North Dakota and South Dakota Fair; northerly winds; lower temperaturo. Jror Illinois I air; lower temperature; northerly winds; iair on Saturday. Local Weather Report. iNMAXAfOLIS. Dec. 12.

Time. Bar. Jr. if. H. Wind. Weather. Pre. 7 a.m. 30.36 35 77 Seat Cloudless 7 p.m. 30.16 53 47 South Cloudless

Maximum thermometer, 58; minimum thermometer. 34. Following is a comparative statement of the condition of temperature and precipitation on lec. 12: Tern. . 37 46 9 -127 roo Prre. o.n Normal. Mean Departure from normal , Excess or deficiency since Dec. 1... Excess or deficiency tince Jan. 1., o.oo -0.11 -0.14 0.10 , 'Plus. General Weather Conditions. Thursday, Dec 12, 7 p.m. . Pressure. A small low barometric area torn oil' from that west of the Rocky mountains rushed eastward; central this morning in western Iowa, it is to-night over Lake Huron. One large high area is central north from Manitoba, with 80.40 at Qu'Appelle. and temperature below zero; extending southward to Kansas it joins another large high area over the south and east portions of the country, central with 30.38 in fliorth Carolina. The low area west of the Kocky mountains remained stationary near the Pacific coast. Temperature. From northern Montana and northern Minnesota northward less than zero is reported; 10 below zero in Manitoba; 20 aud less in Dakota, central Minnesota aud north from Lake Superior; 40 and abovo Irom yorning. Colorado, Nebraska, Iowa, lseousin. Michigan and tho lower lakes southward; M and above from Indiana Territory, southern Iowa. Missouri and southern Illinois southward: 70 and above from northern Louisiana and Mississippi southward. Precipitation. Snow has fallen in Mon tana and Manitoba; heavy snow. 11 inches. at OirAppelle, Man.; light rams at St Louis, bait Lake City, and in southern Texas. ' Direct from the North Pole. St. Paul. Dec 12. Observer Lyons, of the signal service, reports that the cold wave is approaching nsfrom the north polo and more than one thousand miles wide. This evening all the territory north of Montana, Dakota and west of Minnesota had a temperature of from '2 to 14 degrees below zero. At Medicine Hat tho mercury stands this evening at lo degrees below zero; Prince Albert, 14 below; Qu'Appelle, 10 below: Minnedosa. 10 below: r ort Assinaboine. Mont., and St Vincent "Minn., 0 bolow. The barometer is very high to tho northward, and that is evidence that tho wavo will be of considerable duration. nine of Jndge Loncenecker Assistant. .--Chicago. Dec. 12. Luther Latlin Mills. who wa to have made the tinal argument iu the C ron in case to-morrow, has trans-

f erred his duty to Jndgo Longenecker. Mr. Mills haa been ill for some days. Until today he was confident that be would bo able to perform the task assigned to him, but a sudden relapse caused him to ciiaugo his plans nnder a stern injunction from his physician to remain at home. THE STREET-RAILROAD PLANT. Mr. Shaffer Sajs the City or Any Individaal or Ccmpany Can Have It on Easy Terms. The matter of the Citii ens' Street-railway Company's paying a large price for its franchise was suggested to Mr. Shaffer, tho company's president yesterday. "It would be impossible considering the revenues of tho company," said he, 'to pay anything like the sum advocated by some people. The company would be glad to sell its plant for $2,000,000 .and if it could, it' would agree to distribute $100,000 to the poor. We are willing to sell to the city or any individual for $1,000,000 if the purchaser will give us thirty-years bonds at 8 per cent. On these terms we will turn over the capital stock, and the stockholders can take the road ns it Is. with all tho property, including animals, cars and stables, together with tho indebtedness of the company. The street-railroad business is dilierent from that of others. We cannot turn our money over . and over, as many corporations do. All the property remains fixed, nnd so is the revenue which comes from one . source the passengers we carry." The opposition to granting an extension of tho franchise on

these terms in the pending ordinance has caused leading citizens to appeal for its passage. Council, at its meeting next Mon day' night, will doubtless have two long petitions before it, one asking that the or dinance be not passed, and the other that the lranchise be granted, lhe latter nas been in circulation for a day. or two. and has the names of many heavy property-holders. AMUSEMENTS. GRAND OFERA-HOUSE-- VICTORIA VOKES. The engagement of Miss Victoria Vokes, supported by the Thearle and Cooper Comedy Company, began at the Grand Operahouse last night with Bucklone'a one-act comedy of "The Rongh Diamond," and a clever sketch entitled "Hubby" by H. A. Sherburn. The latter seemed all the brighter in contrast with the rather heavy and cumbrous piece of humor that preceded it. What induces a competent and well-balanced company, with the most versatile, most refined and best equipped fun-maker of her day at its head, to load itself with an introductory whose main merit is its brevity, is one of the things which no average theatergoer can explain. It serves, however, as a foil to bring out more strongly the good points of better thinga that follow it. Miss Vokes makes the best of Margery. She is too good an actress to fail to invest whatever character she undertakes with some touch of her genius, and she plays the part of the good-natured and impulsive hoyden with her old-time force and heartiness. But there is little in the part, as written, for the development of her best work, and even less for the capable people included in her support. Mr. Vernon struggled manfully with an insipid character, as Sir William Evergreen. Leighton Baker indicated his strength in old men's parts as Lord Plato, and Fred Sidney worked hard to furnish employment for the risibles of tho audience as Cousin Joe. The comedy which followed it came like a new revelation of the strength aud capacity of the company, from the star to the humblest member of the support. Miss Vokes has grown heavier sinco her last appearance here, and her jollity, as it came out in the more genial atmosphere of the afterpiece, seems to have increased proportionately with her avoirdupois. She still has the marvelous quickness characteristic of her. family, and her deftness in the stage business suggests dramatic heredity as well as long and careful training. Her facial changes are as wonderful as ever, and her merry English countenance is not more expressive than her pantomime, in wnich her anms and shoulders speak volumes. She has, besides, the faculty of inspiring the people who act with her to their best efforts, and the crisp talk and lively movement of Mr. Sherburn's brilliant play were given with a finish and dash that would have carried off less clever comedy successfully. Of Miss okes s singing and dancing a good deal has been written, and a good deal more could be written without conveying any adequate impression to tho future in vestigator of the musical and saltatory at tainments of tho nineteenth century. It is enough to say that no one else seems to fill an average theater so full of music, or an average stage so full of skirt as easily. Sho has her own methods in both. I hey seem to iequire no caveator letters patent for the protection of the in ventor. In tho duet in the second act of the comedy la.t night, with Mr. Vernon, the enthusiasm of tho audienco was unbounded, and the minuet which followed was admirably done. Of the half a dozeu bright characters distributed among tho support, Mr. Vernon's Hopscotch. Fred Sidney's O'Braggerty, and the Mrs. Hopscotch and .Mrs. Uattermole of Miss Gertrude Wood aud MmcAnnaDoNancase were noticeably good. To-night "Hubby" will be repeated and Vau. the Good for Nothing" will tako the placo of "The Hough Diamond." At the matineo nnd oveniu performances to-morrow "Mero Cipher." "IN an, the Good for Nothing" and Checkmate" will be presented. ENGLISH'S OPERA-HOUSE. The sensational drama "Guilty Without Crime," given at English's Opera-house last night, pleased a good audience It has several startling incidents, and the story brings the run' of the play up to one or two very thrilling situations. The company presents it with all the effectiveness the nlav demands, uoro uaviason and -Miss Kamie Austen, who have the characters around which the interest chiefly centers, fill the requirements of the work they undertake. "Guilty Without Crime" will be repeated to-night and to-morrow- after noon. NOTES. "The Wife." a society drama that enioved such a long and successful run in New York, and which will be at the Grand Onera-house next weeK. was written DV Belasco and DeMille. the authors of "Lord Chumley." The play was seen here last spring, and was well received. Daniel Frohraan's Lyceum Theater Company will play it here, . . . The last eutertainment of the first series of the Indianapolis Lectnre Course will bo given by Prolessor John lowers and local musical talent including some of the best singers. The programme will consist of English glees and madrigals. Seats will be on sale at Baldwin's on Saturday morning. The Florence Bindlev Company played "After Taps" to large audiences at tho . , . , 1 I A T 1 i'arK yesreniay aiiernoon anu jasi nient. Frank Lindon will be the next attraction at this house. He will appear in "Monte Cristo." The "Said Paha" Onera Comnanr will give two performances at the Grand next week, following the engagement of "The Wife." "Daniel Boone." a sensational drama, will bo presented at English's Opera-houso tho latter part of next week. One of Stanley's Old Chums. Omaha Republican. , The whirluiac of time brings many men to the front who were once looked upon as verv ordinary beings. The return of Henry M. Stanley from the wilds of Africa recalls the fact that among his intimate friends while living in Omaha was ono Comstock, who tried to practice law but failed for want of clients. Comstock afterwards drifted to Minnesota, took a shovel and went to work on .he Northern Pacific railroad. When he cr.me to the Hed Kiver of the North he settled down and hung out his nhingle in tho little town of Moorhead. He stayed there and madea fortune by laying out towns along tho Manitoba road. Finally ho was elected to the Legislature and is now a member of Conures-s. Ho isn't us well known, perhaps, as his old Omaha chum, Henry M. Stanley, but he is getting along comfortably i" lifr "Why tho President Is Welcomed. New York Tribune. One of tho reasons why General Harrisou is welcomed wherever ho goes is that.he in the President of the United States; another

is that as often as ho Appears in public his simple dlguity of demeanor and manifest sincerity of feeling do honor to his ortice and to tho peopl who placed him in it. The universal cordiality of his reception in Chicago puts to rout a host of silly inventions about tho indifference of lllimis Republicans to the Republican President, and shows at the saruo time the respect with which a faithful and ellicient chief magistrate is regarded by citizens of all parties.

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