Indianapolis Journal, Indianapolis, Marion County, 23 December 1889 — Page 2

THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL, MONDAY, DECEMBER 23, 1889.

PINTO AND THE MAK0L0L0S

The Port ngnese Officer's Fightwith England's African Allies Confirmed. British Missionaries Charged with Instigating the Trouble Pom Pedro Leaves Lisbon Sailors Eaten bj Cannibals. THE AFRICAN TROUBLE. Serp Pinto's Fight with the aiakololo Con firmed Charge Against the ISritisb. London, Dec. 22. Dispatches from Qaillimane, tinder date of Nor. 12, confirm the report made by Engineer Castellos to the Colonial Minister of the encounter with the Makololos. The dispatches say, also, that the natives made an unprovoked attack upon the camp at Mupassa, and that Castellos, after a stubborn resistance, defeated thea and occupied the country. It was reported that .the British missionaries at Blantio instigated tfci Makololos. Major Serpa Pinto conferred -with the Governor of Mozambique, and afterwards proceeded with the gun-boat Quanza to Quillixnane, going thence to Mopa. A fortnight later news was received that the natives were massed on the Zambesi, and were advancing in the direction of the Shire river. Serpa Pinto sent his scientific instruments to the coast for safety, and I laced Castellos. Engineer Themudi and lieutenant Contino in command of the Portuguese and native troops, Contino also directing the movements of the three steamers armed with guns and manned by Portuguese sailors. The latest news to Oct 29 was that Pinto had sufficient stores to last three months, and that there was great activity in tho camp. Pinto was sutleriug from malaria. He expected to be able to subdue the Makololos by December, and to return to Lisbon. The Spanish press, commenting upon the Serpa Pinto incident, criticise Portneal for not Laving sought commercial and social union with Spain, instead of courting British favor. She is now in danger of being left without friends or allies. DOM PEDRO LEAVES LISBON. fle Bid Farewell to the Capital and Goes to Col rubra Sensational Rumors. London, Dec. 22. Dom Pedro and the ex-Empress of Brazil to-day bade farewell to Lisbon and the Queen and do wager Queen and started for Coimbra. The Duke of Operto and a number of Brazilians witnessed their departure. The ex-Empress was deeply moved. The news of the proTisional government's action in issuing a decree suppressing tho allowance to the exEmperor, and forbidding the return of the imperial family to Brazil has been withheld from Dom Pedro by the advice qi his physicians. The decree, besides suppressing his allowances, orders the confiscation of his property, and forbids the return of the imperial family to Brazil for two years. There was a sudden and mj'sterious sennation in Paris to-day over a report that the King of Greece had abdicated. Since the midden chango of government in Brazil, Europeans are ready to accept almost any report of revolution and change of dynasty, no matter how unheralded or inexplicable. The old notion that governments that have not been seriously opposed are secure from immediate overthrow received a severe shock when Dom Pedro fell. The report in regard to Greece, however, proved unfounded. Hardly had it been disproved before another sensation was caused by a rumor that the Empress of Austria had committed suicide. This also proved to be a canard. The Parisians are consequently in such a skeptical mood that they are now disinclined to believe any news whatever. Just who has been amusing himself by hoaxing them is not known. It is singular that the false reports were not current in any other capital. The Brazilian legation at London an nounces that the illness of President Da Fonseca is not serious. -k---SJ ROASTED AND EATEN. Toar Sailors Killed and Devoured by Canni bals of the Solomon Inlands. San Francisco, Dec. 22. The Sydney Herald of Nov. 5 says that, according to a letter received from Captain Woodhouse, of the trading schooner Elma Fisher, the boat-steerer. Nelson, of theechooner Enterprise, of Sydney, and three of the native crew of the Enterprise were killed and eaten by tho cannibals of the Solomon islands. Tho Enterprise was trading among the islands and the natives from Hammond island, one of the Solomon group, induced Nelson and the others to go ashore to make come purchases. Once on shore, they were knocked on the head, and it is reported that tho bodies were then roasted and eaten. The letter states that the British man-of-war Koyalist shelled the villages on the islands, on Captain Hand learning tho particulars. CiENERAL FOREIGN NEWS. Various Reports About the Advertised Fight lie t ween Slavin and Jim Smith. London, Dec. 22. It is considered doubtful in eporting circles, just at present, whether the light between Frank Slavin, of Australia, and Jim Smith, of England, will take place at all. There has been something dubious about all the arrangements, and if the intention was to work up an advertising and hippodroming schemo the very best possible plan was adopted for that purpose. Still there is so much uncertainty about sporting events that no one is rash enough to say positively that tho tight will not come otf. and there is a largo party of believers in the genuiness of tho affair. The latest report says tho tight will take place to-morrow forenoon in a racquet court at Bruges. Belgium. Royal Victims of Influenza. London. Dec. 22. Among the victims of the intluenza epidemic are Count Von Taafe, the Austrian Prime Minister; Archduke William, f Austria, and Princess Stephanie, widow of the late Crown Prince Rudolph. The Qneeu of Sweden has also been attacked. The disease is spreading rapidly in western Europe. Dr. Damaschino, a leading physician of Paris, is dead. His death was due to intluenza and weakness of the heart. This is the tilth death from intluenza since tho outbreak of the epidemic, three deaths from the disease having occurred at the St. Cyr Academy and one at the Polytechnic School. Emperor William lietter. yrrKLiN, Dec 22. It wa announced toil ay that Emperor William had completely recovered from his illness of last week. He has created the Grand Duke of Saxe Weimar general oberst of cavalry in recognition of that general's military jubilee. Einln and Dr. Parke Improving-. Zanzibar, Dec. 22. The Khedive's .vacht Mansnrah has arrived here. Emiu Pasha is improving. Dr. Parke is better. Cable Note. Dr. O'Doherty has been created Bishop of Derry. Dr. Botkin. the Czars physician, is dying at Men tone. The entire German garrison at Mayeuce, Alsace, is suilering with intluenza. Lances have been introduced as part of the armament of the Bavarian xeguiar soldiery. The Imperial Academy of Arts at St. Petersburg has decided to exclude Jews from membership. A German syndicate has obtained a contract, amounting to 3,025,000, to construct railways in Egypt. The Egyptian government has increased the land-tax three piastres per acre, France opposing the conversion scheme. As a result of tho recent strike of the mother-of-pearl-workers in Austria, their wage 8 have been advanced JiS per cent. The commanders of the western military districts of Kusm.i have been ordered to form plans for tho mobilisation of their armies. Butlalo Bill's show is having remarkable success at Barcelona. The hpnniah fancy tuts beta caught by a new feature which

has been introduced in the shape of a spectacle representing the discovery of America by Columbus and his Spanish lleet

Prince Hatzfeldt and his bride, formerly Miss Huutiugton, will spend the Christmas holidava on the Hatzfeldt estate on the Ithine. Dr. O'Dcrhcrtv ha been created Bishop of the Koinan Catholio diocese of Londonderry in succession to the Most Keverend fiancis Kelly, deceased. 'The Pope has instructed the Catholic hierarchy in France to issno orders to the clergy to pursuad" a conciliatory course towards the republic in the future. A disease of the eye is epidemic among the children attending the schools at Worms, and all of the institutions of learnin? in that city are consequently closed. The soldiers comprising the Papal army are henceforth to be armed and equipped with guns, uniforms and accoutrements patterned after those in use in the Prussian military service. The Germau press are not yet ready to admit that Dr. Peters, of the African relief expedition, is dead. Many papers urge the government to send an exploring party to clear up the doubts as to Peters' s fate. It has been decided that, in tho future, the rector and professors of the University of Dorpha shall be nominated by tho Czar, instead of the university corporation as heretofore. '1 his change has been ordered with a view of makiugcertain of the exclusion of objectioual persons from the faculty of the institution. The Russian government has issued a decree imposing additional limitations upon traffic on the German frontier, making the regulations governing commerce almost prohibitive. A general outcry has been raised against the new order on both sides of the border line, but it is unlikely that tho protest will compel a modification of the edict. MISSISSIPPI RACE RIOT. i Fiht Over a Dos Between Whites and Blacks, in Which Several Negroes Were Killed. - BM Potts Camp, Miss., Dec. 22. A difficulty occurred yesterday afternoon between the whites and blacks at this place, followed by a general light with clubs, in which four white men were badly cut and bruised about the head. Three negroes were arrested and jailed. About 11 o'clock an un successful attempt was made to releaso the prisoners by the blacks, when a riot enensued, and two negroes, Tom McGhee and Henry Starks. where shot, the lattey dying almost instantly. About twenty-tive shots were exchanged. The trouble originated about the ownership of a dog. A telegram was sent to Sheriff Mc Williams, at Holly Springs, stating that an ontbreak was probable at any moment, and asking for protection, to which he promptly responded. Everything is quiet "to-day. Kumors are atloat of squads of negroes collecting in the country, but they lack continuation. McGhee. ona of the instigators of the riot. was found a short distance from town, to day, with a bullet through his body, lie cannot live. Another negro was shot, but is not dangerously hurt. HENRY W. GRADY DYING. The Famous Southern Editor and Orator Said to Ba Very Sick, with Little Hope Left. Atlanta, Ga., Dec. 22. Henry W. Grady grew rapidly worse to-day, and to-night is believed to be dying. A report is abroad that the doctors gavo the case up. This is not literally true, but there is little hope. Dr. F. II. Orme, the attending physician, has been consulting with Dr. Everett, of Denver, Col., who is in the city. They state to-night that tho patient's condi tion is not altogether without hope, but he is as 6ick as a man can be and live. The next few hours will decide. At 1O.S0 his respiration was forty; temperature, 103, pulse, 129 to ICO. Prayers for the sick man were offered in all the churches to-day. . . OBITUARY. Ex-Con gTPim an Orasmus IS. Mattison, Who Resigned lJUSeat Rather than Re Expelled. Utica, N. Y., Dec. 22. Hon. Orasmus B. Mattison died to-day, aged eighty-four years. Mr. Mattison was Representative in CongreHS from the Utica, N. Y., district in the Thirty-first, Thirty-third, Thirty-fourth and Thirty-fifth congresses. While in Con gress in 1S36-T57 Mr. Mattison was charged with declaring that a large nnmber of members of Congress were purchasable. The affair caused great excitement in Con gress and throughout tho country. A resolution ordering his expulsion was offered In the House, but after a long and bitter debate it was finally tabled. Before it could be called up again Mr. Mattison re signed his seat. About this time a number of Congressmen and other prominent per sons in the National Hotel, in Washington, were poisoned. It was believed to bo a nro-slaverv plot to murder President-elect Buchanan and seat Vice-president Breckinridge. Mr. Mattison was one of those poisoned, and came very near dving. In fact, his health was anected nermanentlv. During the later years of his life he en gaged in several disastrous business enter prises, and died comparatively poor. Knocked Out with Two Illows. New Orleans, Dec. 22. A glove contest between Andy Bowen, champion lightweight of the South, and James Mcllale. champion light-weight of Pennsylvania, for a purse of 500, came off this afternoon at the New Orleans Athletic club-house. West End. There were about five hundred spectators present, &2 being the admission fee. Alter u tow seconds, preliminary sparring, linwen srrucK .Mcllale on the mw. knock ing him down. Mcllale lay llat on his back. and it was fully fifteen seconds before he was brought to time. Under strict ruling iue ngm nau aireaay oeen won, out iucHale came up groggy, and Bowen struck him another lick about the jaw or jugular. knocking him down a second time. Mc llale lay sprawling on his back, and failed to come to time, lsowen was therefore do ciareutne victor, mo contest ueing one of tho shortest on record. Mlcott'a Taramour in Canada. Special to tho Itallauapulls Journal. Montreal, Dec. 22. The big rewards offered for the capture of Silcott, the defaulting cashier of the House of Repre sentatives, have induced several Mont real detectives to take up the case. One of them who is now workinir on it claims to have a clow that will lead to Silcott's apprehension. It is claimed that about a week ago Hermine Thebault, Silcott's paramour, arrived in Montreal on a visit to a married sister, and prolonged her visit until yester day, when she suddenly announced that she was going to Quebec. Eawlestnesa at Oklahoma City. Wichita. Kan., Dec. 22. The better class of citizens ot Oklahoma City are almost intimidati'd bv the law lessness in tho town. East nicht, in a drunken row between a United States, deputy marshal and a "touch.77 several shot were fared, ono killin a colored man known as John Kobtns. It is claimed that most of the trouble comes from the recklessness of the deputies who are supposed to enforce the law. Friday night n "tough" known as Thornton deliberately shot and killed James Hankin. a groceryman. without provocation. Ho then walked away, aud is thought to be still in town, but no effort is made by the deputies to arrest mm. Destructive Cyclone in Kentucky. Louisville, Ky.. Dec. 22. The town of rineville. Ky., was visited by a destructive 8tonn of wind and rain early this morning. Several dwellings and three business house: were swept away by the cyclone, which only passed through the center of the town. Grant aud James North, broth ers, received fceriou injuries. These were the- only ones hurt, though several pcopto had miraculous escapes. The loss is estimated at CO,00U.

INDIANA AND ILEINOISNEVS

Burglars Make an Unsuccessful Attempt to Rob the Kcntland Bank. Thieves and Their Booty Captured at Wabash Sunday-School Review Found DeadRussian Influenza at Bloomington. INDIANA. Bold but Unsuccessful Attempt to Rob the Kentland Rank. Special to the TntV.auapolls Journal. Kentland, Dec 22. Burglars mado an unsuccessful attempt on the discount and deposit bank at this place last night. They broke open the double doors of the vault and attacked the steel money-box in a way that demonstrated that they were expert cracksmen. They stripped off the outside plate of the door and proceeded to take off the other plates, eight in number. when they were frightened away by men who heard the explosion of their dynamite. They came to this place from Sheldon, IlL, on a handcar, but in returning became tired of the hand car and stole a horse from a farm stable and completed their journey to Sheldon, where they probably took an early train for Chicago. They are prob ably the same Chicago gan$ who have been working all over this section of the country. Had they been successful they would have secured several thousand dollars in currency. Professional Thieves Captured. Eieclal to the Indianapolis Journal. Wabash., Dec. 22. Last night Marshal Ellis and Deputy Lines captured two thieves who were about to board a west bound train. They cave the names of George Comes and Henry Williams. The pair had a quantity of goods which they had lifted from establishments about town. The articles were identified. It is believed that the prisoners are wanted for graver crimes. Williams's card represents him as proprietor of an electric battery, with laboratory, at No. 2T8Baymillcr street, Cincinnati. He is well dressed, has a light complexion, Roman nose and a way of blinking one eye while talking. Comes is thick-set and stoop-shouldered, and has the air of a tri rrVi If ii lim.irVit iliof tlmaa man nra lVUl. V lUVUUt IUUV IMVVV UVU UAW wanted in Chicago and Dayton. Sunday-School Review. Bpecial to the Indianapolis Journal. Crawfordsville, Dec. 22. The Meth odist Church Sunday-school held, to-night, a public review of the history and character of the past six months' Bible study. Miss Maggie Morgan read an essay upon. The Six Months' Study;" "Reading from Geikie's Bible Characters on Samuel," Miss Alma McClure: Claud Travis, decla mation, "Death of Saul and Goliath;" essay : ri - . 1 on xsaviu, juss ivaio jvenneay; essay on Absalom, Miss Flora Darter; declamation. "The Death of Absalom" Miss Kate Fn - lenwider; essay on Solomon, Miss Stella Hunt: essay on the lemple. Miss Edna Dice; readings from "The Sling of David." the parley, Miss Jennie Bryant; the combat, Mort Xeegan. Stopped Smoking- with Disastrous Results. Goshen, Dec. 22. Charles G. Conn, editor and publisher of the Goshen and Elkhart Trnth, acknowledges through the Review that he was insane when he commenced the various damage, libel and black-mail suits filed recently in court. He also authorizes Judge Van Fleet to withdraw, at, his exj pense, all such cases. These suits aggre gate .x),000 in damages demandod, and against all, prominent newspapers in this part of the State. Conn was formerly the most intluential citizen of this county; and represented this district in the State Legislature. Upon nniting with the church he broke off" suddenly his drinking ana smoKiug naous, wnicn so snattercd his nerves that he became temporarily insane. " : Sudden Death of a Prominent 3 Ian. ; . Special o the Indianapolis Journal ' v Martinsville, Dec. 22. John K. '. Mitch ell, aged about forty-eight years, and' a wealthy citizen here, died very suddenly at his home in this city yesterday evening. He jetired Friday night and went to sleep at 8 o'clock, from which he never awoke: His folks having heard him complain of feeling badly on retiring, did nottryto arouse him until lato in the "day. They then called a physician but he never recovered consciousness. ' Minor Notes. ; F. P. Hench, a young attorney of Flora. was killed by an overdose of laudanum. - William Ashby has sued the citv of La fayette for 25,000 damages for permaueut disablement, sutlered by tripping over an clectric-ligflt wire. ' , The Business Men Association of Crawfordsville hast issued a twenty-eight-pa ge pampuier, wnicn presents iue ireograpnlcal, industrial and educational advantages of that city. B. E. Kidder, an old soldier, of Kokorao. is suffering from a peculiar and fatal disease consisting in tho enormous enlargement of the abdominal viscera. Physicians are unable to do anything with the disease. A fine team of horses, stolen from Charles McGrath. a banker, at Huutinuton. was captured near Fort Wayne yesterday. The tmei nau auanuoneu iue team, ior tne recovery of which a reward of 500 had been offered. Jephtha Thomas, of Firley, Scott county, went out to kill a bird tor his mother, who is sick. The gun exploded, a piece fracturing his skull and injuring him fatally. He lay helpless in the woods for hours before being found. James Brizendine, a deaf-and-dumb inmate of the county asylum, three miles east of Greenfield, was instantly killed on the railroad track Saturday afternoon by the east-bound vestibule train on the Panhandle road, while on his way home. A mysterious patient, calling himself Marouis Cook, was brought to the Howward County Infirmary by unknown persons. Ho was suffering from a broken arm, injured foot and ugly scalp wound. He refuses to account for his injuries. The jury in the case of Frank B. Reno, charged with embezzlement, returned a -verdict of guilty with two years' imprisonment. Reno was station agent at Carrollton, Hancock county, several mouths ago, and appropriated tho company's money and property Jo his own use. Frank Morrison, of Huntington.brakeman on the Chicago &. Atlantic railroad, was run over by his train near Hepburn, and was killed. Indications point to foul play, and it is supposed that he was thrown from tho train by tramps. He came from Loudon, Canada, where his relatives reside. Dubois county White Caps paid a visit to the residence ot Mis. Kallahau, at Mentor, a few nights ago. aud dragging her from her bed, gave her a severe beating and a lecture on morality. Tho band then went to the house of the village school-teacher, situated only a short distance away, and commanded him to call at every house in town, and inform the citizens of what had been done. The Montgomery County Pcultrv Association closed the lirst annual exhibition of one week on Saturday evening. There were Ctii entries, from all parts of tho State, and the utmost harmnuy prevailed among the owners of the fowls. Fred Shields, of Belleville. 111., anted as judge, who graded each fowl upon the per cent, plan, taking 100 as perfect.. This asyoeiatiou was formed last ADril.and the following aretheoilicers: President, F. C. itamlel; vice-presidents, A. W. Wilson and J. H. Sarvi; secretary. Ben S. Myers; treasurer, G. W. Fuller. It is proposed to mako this exhibition a permanent institution. ILLINOIS. . Illoomlngton Sets Up a Claim to Five Cases or Genuine Itasnian Influenza. fceclal to tli IitilUnADoUs J our us.:. Bloomington. Dec. 22. The Russian influenza has reached this city. The doctors report five well-defined cases. Ono of tho cases, that of Mrs. Herman Moratz, who is upward of seventy-five years of age, is a very serious one. llrief Mention. Dr. P. R. Langdon. of Kankakee, was I penteuced to tivo years' imprisonment by 1 Judge Pillsbury, Friday, for forging: tho

names of tho county judge aud State's at

torney to requisition papers lor Jou 31. Hay ward, of Pine Bluff. Ark. Tho five-year-old son of James Lundnuist was smothered in bed Thursday night, at Rockioru. The Farmers' Alliance and Kni-hts of Labor of Jo Daviess and adjoining counties will hold their amin.il session at Warren, on the 21st and 22d of January, lbVO. A stranger who last week passed forged notes on the First National Bankof Paxton. to the extent of over 400. has been captured at Effingham and the money recovered. The reports that diphtheria in a malig nant f jrin was prevalent at Rockford are emphatically denied by the officials of that city, ho state that there is less of the disease known now than there has been at this time of year for several years. Frank Hopkins, a well-known Aurora man, was found lying in the shallow water unuer the Indian creek bridge, near that city, Saturday morning. He was alivo when found, but died shortly afterward. A deep gash was found on his head, aud it is thought he fell from the bridge while drunk. Over two thousand persons were present at the annual contest between the two lit erary societies of the State Normal School, lhnrsday evening, at rsormal. The debating, oration and declamation contests were won by the PhiladelDhians. the vocal solo. essay and instrumental solo by the Wrightonians. 11ns gave the victory to the rnuadelphians by a score of 4 to 3. James Fitzatrick, the murderer of fanner Everett Thresler. was taken from Tuscola to At wood, Saturday, where his preliminary trial was to have begun, but the officers returned with the prisoner, the trial having been coutinued to the 29th inst. on account of the strong feelingon the part of relatives and friends of the murdered man against Fitzpatnck. Their desire for revenge is very strong, and it was deemed best to remove the prisoner to a place of safety as quickly as possible. GRAVE-ROBBERS AT WORK. Two Stolen Bodies Captured by the Washington PoliceCharges Against a College Professor. Washington-, Dec. 22. The gTave-rob-bers have been at work in this city again, and to-morrow Dr. A. C. Adams, a demonstrator at one of the medical colleges, will be brought into court on a charge of being concerned in the affair. Last Friday night the police stopped a carriage near the outskirts of Ihe city, and found in it two bodies, one white and the other colored. The driver and two others with the vehicle escaped into the darkness, leaving the horse and carriage behind. It was at first supposed, the bodies came from potter's field, near by, but the.body of the white woman has since been identified as that of Mrs. Cheek, wife of a gentleman living on South Carolina avenue, in this city. Her body was to-day reinterred in the Congressional Cemetery, from which it had been carried away. An examination of the body showed that the ears had been foully mutilated, and the fingers bruised by the force with which the robbers had stripped the body of some costly rings, in order thattthey might not be held on the serious charge of larm i All i ceny u caugni wiin me Doay. UNIQUE BURGLARY. Heavy Safe Taken from a Store and Bragged a Mile Through the Streets. Bridgeport, Conn., Dec. 22. A grocery store situated on the corner of East Main and Walter streets, occupied by the Village Store Company, was broken into early this morning, and a email safe, weighing 500 pounds, was taken out and dragged by a rope through various streets to the north end of the - town, over a mile away. The . burglary was committed within a stone's throw of the second precinct police station, and was .discovered by an oiricer who, with others, followed the tracks of the safe until they found it in the cellar of the house occupied by Patrick Kiel. On searching the house John Connolly and Edward Burns, two , 'crooks' were found asleep in one room. Each had a loaded revolver grasped in his hand, and there were a number of dynamite cartndges in their pockets. They were arresiea, logeiner wiin itiei anu nis wiie. The safe was not broken into. TELEGRAPHIC BREVITIES. Johanna St. Clair was fatally stabbed by her husband, Christopher St. Clair, at New lurk, yesterday. Elton A. Fay, the chemist of Chicago who was found in a New York Bowery lodginghouse sutleriug from cocoame poisoning, died last night in Bellovuo Hospital. The mate of the ship Robert B. Belknap, which firrired in New York harbor vesteri o 4rrwn finn Prn iW'icn lain 1 rrtn a iYiartraA with having knocked one of the seamen overboard and causing his death. Louisa Yost, a fifteen-year-old New York girl, tried to end her life, last night, because of a disappointment in love. She got a rubber tube, put it in the gas-pipe and lay down to inhale the gas. When found she was unconscious. But small hopes are en tertained of her recovery. The remains of another fireman were found yesterday, about noon, in the ruins of the Thanksgiving firo at Boston, about twentyfive feet from whero the body of Buckley was found two weeks ago. The body was so badly charred that identification was impossible. The head, legs and arms were mi stung. ' James A. Parker, a real estate agent at Kansas City. Mo., committed suicido bv lumping from the wharf into the river at ashington, 1). C, Saturday evenintr. His body, was recovered yesterday. From a letter found in his overcoat pocket, if is inferred that financial difficulties caused him to commit suicide. During the dedicatory services of the new St. Francis de Sales Church at Chartiers, Pa., yesterday, a pillar under the tit .11 A . Duiming gave way, allowing ine uoor to drop about four inches. The church was crowded, and a general rnsh was made for out serious injury to auy of its members. Six 3Ionths of Profit-Sharing:. Fall River. Mass., Dec. 22. The first six mouths of proht-Hharmg with its employes. announced by the liourne mills, last Mar. will end next Saturday. It is believed that about three hundred hands will have a share in the division. During the six mouths the Bourne Company has paid 8 per cent, in uividends to its stockholders. and it remains for the directors to decide whether 6 per cent, of the amount thus paid or more shall be divided among the help. Tho directors and officers of the mill are not prepared to say that they consider tho protit-slmring a great success, but they will issue a circular to the help, this week. announcing a continuation of the scheme until jnne'JO, ip'.w. ine employes appear well satisued with the scheme. Failure or a Nebraska Hank. Pawnee City, Neb., Dec. 21. The Nebraska State Bank, of this city, assigned vesterday for the benefit of creditors. D. P. Hempstead and S. E. Smith, the cashier, came here two years ago from Mendota, 111., and purchased the bank, which was then well established. He built a fine residence aud organized an electric-light company, of which he is now president. Smith went to baling hay as a side issue. The bank building. Hempstead's residence and his share in the electric-light nlaut are turned over to the creditors. Hempstead only reserving a $2,000 resilience, allowed by law. The bank transacted business up to noon, when tho president closed the doors, saying it was tfi best thing he could do. The total liabilitier aro unknown. The property turned over is estimated to be worth between $40,000 and $50,000. Thelvlng .Mall Clerk Arrested. Bittalo, N. Y.. Dec. 22. Thero have been complaints for months past by leading merchants here that letters to and from them containing money have been lost, and as a result of investigation by. detectives, W. F. Hedstrom. a mailing clerk in the postoffice. has just been arrested as the guilty man. Letters stolen by him were found on his person, and be confessed. The exact amount of his peculation cannot be learned. it's only a oueMIon of time. aud a sbort tlne, too. as to when youf rheumatism will j kid to Uuwl s earsapartua. Try 1U

AN0LD0ILT0WN DESTROYED

The Business Portion of Petrolia, Pa., Burned Earlv Yestenlav Morning. A Loss of Nearly $Ko,0'J. on Which There Is Little Insurance Lpesborg, Ind., Suffers to the Extent of Abont $20,000. tpeclal to the Indian apulia Journal. Butler, Ta.. Dec. 22. The little town of Petrolia. fifteen miles north of here, ouce the scene of the liveliest oil happenincs in the country, was desolated by a fire which started at 3 o'clock this morniug and raged fiercely, helped by a high wind, until the entire business portion of the towu was destroyed a blow from which the place will doubtless never recover. The fire originated in Klingensniith's store, and swept ud Main y street. consuming the frame buildings on both sides. and reaching back to the side streets, making a clean sweep of ruin among the stores, dwellings and hotels. The town has a fire department, which responded promptly, bnt the water-pipes were clogged up and refused to do service. The fiames had it all their own way until they died out for want of something to burn. The buildings were all frame ones two stones. The lower tloors were used for business. while the upper ones were used for dwellings. There are now left but two stores, a bakery aud hotel. Owing to the inflammable material in the buildings, the rate of insurance was high and the owners in but an instance or two had any insurance, 6o that the loss, which will reach between S&.OOO and $100,000, is a total one, and the majority of the sufferers lose their all. No lives were lost nor any injuries re ported. The heaviest losers are: C. M. uurnett. Central Hotel, 7.uuo: J. M. iiawK, two buildings. 81.000; E. P. Chesbro'a store, $10,000; insurance, $5,000. H. A. Klingenhmith. $0,000; insurance, $2,000. Foster's drug store, 3.000; insurance S1.000. Jamison's store. SS.OOO; partly insured. Borcherdt, $0,000; small insurance. Masonio Hall, S-i.OOO; fully insured. Campbell fc Byer's livery stable, S3.0C0: insurance. S500. Among' the forty or more buildings de stroyed was the Episcopal Uhurch. postollice, Western Union and National Transit telegraph office and the Oil Exchange. Serious Fire at Leesburg, Ind, Bpecl&l to the Imlianioll Journal. Wabash, Ind., Dec. 22. At 3 o'clock this morning a call for fire-engines was received here from Leesburg, a town on the Cincinnati, Wabash & Michigan road, located six miles north of Warsaw, Kosciusko county. Owing to the lateness of the hour and distance nothing could be done. The fire started in a saloon at 2:30 o'clock, and spread rapidly. The establishments of D. U. Lecsig, postmaster; Win. Simman, Garrett Shipley, O. M. Tlorton, D. K. Brown, A. Robertson and R. C. Baxter were bnrned. and but a small portion of tho goods was saved. But four stores were left in the place. The loss is between 815.000 and $20,000, with an insurance of 85,000 in various companies. The cause of the tire is unknown. Child Burned to Death. Indiana, Pa., Dec. 22. Last evening a party of little folks were popping corn in the kitcbon of Mrs. Fred Wegley, of this place, and. in their sport, the laiap was lrnnAlro4 tV4la .1il 'Ptiat linrairwr e fall upon a little four-year-old girl cf Mrs. Wegley, and in an instant she was enveiopea in a sneei ox names, reacning tnrce feet above her head. Water was thrown on her, and she was wrapped in blankets, but she was so badly burned that she died this morning. Other Fires. Pittsburg. Pa.. Dec. 23. A large summerresort hotel, located at Alpsville. on the Baltimore & Ohio railroad, twenty miles from this city, was dostroyed by fire to-day. L.0S3. S21MJ00. 1 he hotel was occupied. iy permanent tenants, and was owned by the Donnelly estate, of Pittsburg. Winchester, Va., Dec. 22. Christ Epis copal Church caught fire from a furnace, this evening, and much damage was done by water. It was the handsomest church in the city. Fatal Stabbing- AflVay. Pknsacola. Fla.. Dec 22. J. M. Thomp son stabbed C. Carter to death yesterday. The men were prominent citizens. A year ago airs, uarier ooiaineu a aivorce irom Carter on the ground of non-support, and she afterward married Thompson. Carter has often insulted her on the street since then, and yesterday, whilo Mr. and Mrs. Thompson were standing at a corner conversing. Carter passed and applied an insulting epithet to his former wife. Thompson resented the insult, and the two men clinched and fell. Carter on top. Thompson quickly used his knife, and as Mrs. Thompson stooped to try to separate the men her face was struck by a stream of blood that spurted from Carter's neck. Carter received a number of wounds in various parts of the body. Tiro Sailors Drowned. Sa: Francisco, Dec. 22. Charles Stevens, first mate, and William Higginson, second mate of the ill-fated ship Durham, which was damaged by lire at Port Costa last week, and in tho hold of which two men were suffocated by foul gas last Friday, were drowned in the bay this afternoon. Stevens and Higginson, together with four others, started from tho ship in a small boat for the shore. High wind and tid were prevailing at tho time, and in attempting to run near a barge anchored in the stream their boat was capsized and Stevens and Higginson were drowned. Both men are natives of Liverpool, and Higginson leaves a wife aud several children in that city. Revival or the Quall-a-Day Idiocy. Baltimore, Dec 22. Mr. Carroll M. Gill. of this city, has nearly accomplished the feat of eating thirty quails in thirty days. The task grew out of a wager that Mr. Gill could not eat a quail every morning between 10 and' 11 o'clock, the birds vto bo cooked in any style he might wish. "Tho twenty-eighth bird was eateu to-day, with apparent relish, and Mr. Gill is confident ho will finish the task Tuesday. The first birds eaten were roasted. Since then he has been eating them stewed with potatoes. He says the eating does not bother him in the least, but ho would not undertake the task again for big stakes Another Church Battle with Razors. Kansas City, Dec. 22. For some time bad blood has existed betneen two factions of the First Baptist Church (colored) in this city, and tho troublo culminated this evening in a fight between tne members, in which Mike Benjamin, C. Patterson and William Jackson received severe wounds from razors. Jackson was so badly cut that fears are entertained as to his recovery. Twenty arrests havo been made and warrants aro out for twenty-five more of the lighters. Township and Village Changes Hand. Lancaster, N. H., Dec. 22. David H. Beattie and bons, of Lancaster, have sold to George Van Dyke, also, of this place, tho township of Beattie, Maine, consisting ef 8,500 acres of land, on which there is a village containing a custom-house, postodice, saw-mill, store and four dwellings. Tho price paid was 870,000 for realty and $00,000 for persoual property. Mf. Van Dyke alio owns 25,000 aires of .timber laud in other parts of northern New England and south-, em Canada. He is president of the Connecticut River Lumber Company. F.nglUh Syndicate After Kentucky Whisky. Louisville. Ky., Dec. 22. An effort is being made to negotiate a purchase of the control of the manufacture of Kentucky whiskies by an Euglish syndicate. E. Hofheimer, who has been acting as an agent in the matter, left hero for New York yesterday with ontionz upon seventeen of the largest distilleries in the State. In some cases it is stated that the sale nas actually been made. The property sold, or upon which options are held, is worth about $.i.000,000. 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i t teg If '.BUM Absolutely Puro. This powder never Ttriee. A marrel ef parity strength anI wholesonienefta. More economical than the ordinary klmta, anl cannot be sold in competition with the mulUtxidt of low test, thorVweifM alum or phoephste powders. Bold only in cans. ROYAl BAKING POWDER CO.. 106 Wall street, X. Y. A FATHER'S TERRIBLE DEED. The Throats of His Wife and Three Children Cut arid His Own Life Ended the Same Way. Niles. O.. Dec 22. This community was startled this evening by the discovery of one of the most wholesale aud bloody butch eries that has ever occurred in this section of the State. The victims, five in number, are Charles Shelar, wife and three children, and the crime is supposed to havo taken place at an early hour this morning. When the inhuman deed was discovered, at about 5 o'clock this evening, all, five bodies were stiff' and cold in death, with their throats cut from ear to ear. Shelar and his wife were lying together .across tho foot of the bed and the three children were on the Uoor in different parts of the house. Shelar was a mill man. and had steady employment, but of late drank heavily, and it is rumored that ho and his wife did not live happily together. The theory advanced is that Shelar, in a lit of madness, cut the throats of his wife and children and then his own. The weapon was a razor, and was purchased by Shaler of a hardware-dealer Saturday evening. The street in front of the house has been densely packed all evening with an excited populace, all eager to get a glimpse of the ghastly spectacle. a Another dispatch says: Kittie Meeker, a little eister of tho murdered woman, caused the discovery of the tragedy. She went to the house to deliver the evening's milk, as usual, and was nnable to gain admittance to the house. Charles Moss man was in the vicinity, aud she told him about it. He went with her to tho rear door of the house, and, finding a door open, entered. The first lloor of the house was deserted, bnt a terrible sight met their eyes in the second story. The dead baby was on the floor of ono room, two murdered children, with gaping, bloody throats, lay on their bed in another chamber, while tho murderer and his wife were clasped in the embrace of a bloody death on their own couch. It appeared thatthe wife was the first victim, aud that she made a desDerate fight for life. The broken handle of the razor was found by her 6idc. Then he went to the room where the eight-een-months-old girl lay and nearly severed her head from her. body. Then came the . bloody slaughter ofthe girls, aged fivo and seven years. The murderer then apparently, took a lamp, went to a mirror, and deliberately cut his own throat, and, staggering to where his wifo lay, threw himself upon her body. The scene of the tragedy was sickening. Niles is intensely excited, and strong men. who viewed the bodies, turned faint, and rushed into the open air, and women had to be borne out of the house. The onlv theory advanced thus far as to the cause of the crime, is insanity. A DELAYED WAR SHIP. The Torktown Falls to Arrive at Lisbon with . Other Vessels of the American Fleet. LisnoN, Dec 22. The man-of-war Yorktown, of the United States squadron of evo lution, had not arrived here np to noon to day. Admiral Walker reports that her non-arrival is due to severe weather. Tho Chicago exchanged salutes with the land batteries, and Admiral Walker paid an official visit to the Portuguese officers. The latter subsequently returned the visit The squadron will remain here ten days, and will then go to the Mediterranean. The squadron behaved admirably. The vessels made the voyage under an easy head of steam in order to economize coal. No anxiety is felt for the Yorktown. Admiral Walker gives her two days in which to arrive He thinks she may have put into Fayal or possibly have met with a siigjht mishap. Whilo anchoring here tho Chicago snapped her chain and lost her big anchor. All the vessels showed good speed and coal endurance. The crews are well. A British Steamer's Tussle with the Storm. Boston, Dec. 22. The steamer British Empire, Captain Wills, which arrived today from London, reports a very tempestous passage. On the 15th inst.whcn in latitude 48 north, longitude 37 west, a tremenduous sea broke on board sweeping everything before it. carrying . a way all the cattle tillings forward, tearing two large ventilators from their fastenings, letting a vast quantity of water into the hold, and probably doing considerable damage about the decks. Ouartermaster Smith, who was on deck at the time, was thrown with terribly fury, breaking his right leg and fracturing his ribs. After arriving here he was taken to the hospital. The I?ritnnic' Stormy Trip. New York, Dec. 22. In the dark haze which hung over the bay this morning tho steamer Britannic arrived at her pier, after a tempestuous V03age of eight days from Liverpool. She presented a battered appearance externally, and her red funnels were incrnsted with brine. After leaving Queenstowu she encountered a 6torm which lasted live days. The balance of the passage was moderatelv pleasant. Two sailors were thrown against the gunwale, during the storm, on the starboard side. One had his leg broken and the other sustained a severe abrasion. Tho Britannio bronght fcixty-sir cabin passengers and 172 steerage Other Marine Xews. London", Dec. 22. The missing boat of the steamer I'rinz Wilhelm I. which was run down by an unknown sailing vessel ot? the French coast, has arrived at Le Treport. The boat contained thirteen persons. Liverpool, Dec. 22. The Aurania. from New York, arrived to-night. Owing to the prevalence of a heavy fog the Aurania did not touch Qucenstown. Queexstowx. Dec. 22. The British Princesw, from Philadelphia, arrived hero to-day and proceeded to Liverpool. Stole a Check for 81,100. Denver. CoL. Dec. 22. Joseph Woodward, delivery clerk in the Denver postoffice, was arrested, last night, while attempting to pass a check for $1,100, made out in favor of Henry Bohm. a jewelry-dealer of this city. To-day Woodward confessed he had taken the check from an immediate-delivery letter addressed to Bohm. The postotlic e otncials say this kind of robbery has been going on for several months. Another arrest wil probably be made tomorrow. . Oh! the Tricks of a Trade, Chicago neraliL Salesman in shoo 6tore (deferentially) I hardly think a No. 2, ma'arn, will " Customer (with some asperity) That is the i7.e I always wear. sir. If you have noue I will go elsewhee., Salesman (equal to the occasion) I was speaking of the ordinary No. 11 Here is a tine grade of shoe wo call the ampliticd No. Sella her a pair of lives

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