Indianapolis Journal, Indianapolis, Marion County, 24 December 1889 — Page 2

THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 24, 1889.

cats in Congress it is becauso they are now cheatt-4 out of them. If they oro not cheated out of seats which belong to them an houest system of election will give them no advantage. The party effect of a federal -lectiou law. conceived and carried out so hsnlnte justice and honesty to

. . . :v. i. n.ail is a very small matter. iuvrri. real evil to be remedied and the peril to bo avoided is that which grows out of tho popular feeling that in many places the ballotbox is tainted by fraud, v iolence or corruption, and its verdict is worthless. We must have fair elections if wc are going to carry on onr system of government successfully, but we must have something more. We must hare an absolute popular belief that the elections are fair, and that the verdict of tho ballot-box is honest" UNCONFIRMED APPOINTMENTS. Nominations by the President on Which the Senate Has Not Yet Acted. Washington. Dec. 2.1. In the three weeks ended last Saturday President Uarrison sent to the Senate l,4-"9 messages, containing the nominations (including army aiyl navy appointments) of about l.CCO persons. When the Senate adjourned on Saturday afternoon thero had been made public tho confirmation of about 1,000 of these nominations, the great majority of them postmasters. The judiciary committee is noted for the deliberate manner in which it considers matters referred to it; so it is cot surprising that only a small proportion of the nominations of judges and othcers of the United States courts all over the country have been continued. The nominations of O. W. Chapman, to be Solicitor-general, of Alpbonto Hart, to be Solicitor of Internal Kevenue, and of W. P. Hepburn, to be Solicitor of the Treasury, are still undisposed of. In fac t, bo far tin nomination referred to the judiciary comruitteo are concerned, continuations are the exception. Of the diplomatic nominations, the following have. not been confirmed: George Many, minister to Paraguay and Uruguay; J. G. It. Pitkin, minister U the Argentine Republic; Clark K. Carr, to be minister to Denmark. Among the consular nominations. that have not been acted upon by the Senate aro those of Eugene Schuyler as consul-general at Cairo. Egypt, and of Win. 13. fcorsby. of Mississippi, to be consul-general in Ecuador. In the customs service the nominations remaining undisposed of are these of Amor Smith, jr.. to be surveyor at Cincinnati, and of Philip M. Hildebraud. to be surveyor at Indianapolis.' Robert Smalls, the colored ex-Congressman from South Carolina, nominated to bo collector of customs, is also unconfirmed. Other important nominations that went over until after tho recess are those of Messrs. Roosevelt and Thompson, Civilservice Commissioners; Taylor, Railroad Commissioner; Holiday, commissioner of customs; Rates, commissioner of navigation; Morgan, Commissioner of Indian Affairs, and Dorchester, superintendent of Indian schools. A CHANGE IN METHODS. Order Issued by Mr. Ilaum Looking to a Speedy Determination of Pension Claims. Washington, Dec. 20. Commissioner Raum, of he pension bureau to-day issued an important order looking to the speedy determination of 'all cases in his office in which no material evidence for or against the applicant seems to be wanting. He directs that the files of all pending claims shall at once be examined and a list of such as seem to be complete shall, be kept and known as the "completed tiles." Chiefs of divisions are directed to require all examiners to devote their entire time during five days of each week to the consideration of these completed cases, acting upon them in the order of the filing of the last niece of evidence. On Saturday of 'each week, the entire force of examiners are required to devote themsolves to the examination of cases borne upon the pend ing files and in making the necessary calls for evidence in those cases. As soon as tho necessary evidence in any case is received that case will be immediately put upon the completed list, and receive proper action in its regular order. It is expected that, on Saturday of each week, the day to be de voted to incomplete cases, eacn examiner in the oillce will be able to make the neces sary examination and calls lor additional evidence in at least fifteen cases. An im provement has also been made in the roani m neroi Keeping me recora in eacncaseoi what evidence has been received, and what is still required to make it complete. PENSION OFFICE RULINGS. Former Decision Reversed and ' a 'Widow's Pension Restored by Mr. llnssey. Washington, Dec. 23. Assistant Secre tary Russey has reversed tho action of the Commissioner of Pensions in the case of Sarah A. Carson, widow of Joshua Carson, of the Twenty-fourth New Jersey Volunleers, whose claim for a pension was re jected on the ground that the origin of hernia, the death canee, was not accepted as due to the wound for which he was pensioncdand was not shown to be due to the service. In considering the merits of this claim, Mr. Bussey says: "The theory ap pears to havo been advanced that no mat ter what the medical or lay testimony may have been as to the origin of the death cause, the unqualified and un supported opinion of the medical referee TTiiiatt: h final. It. i pminwnHr nrnnor in considering all strictly medical questions involving technicality requiring the skill of an expert to determine, that the opinion of tho medical referee should have great weight, and ordinarily such an opinion should be final; but, while giviugdue weight to the opinion of that officer, justice demands that proper consideration should also be given to competent medical testi mony emanating from those who. having the patient under daily observation and treatment, are presumably in a position to Know inn practical enecis auu result oi a disease." I he Assistant Secretary finds that the testimony in tnis caso establishes the applicant's right to a pension, and directs the Commissioner to'place her name on the pcuninn rnlfa MILLIONS IN A SATCHEL. Tom Cavanaugh Carried It Safely and Never Lost a Cent, fipeclal to Ch!cafo IleraM. 'It cost only $2, but it saved the government a lot of money." This is what Tom Cavanaugh, the recently-appointed .assistant Sergeant-at-arms of the House, said to a friend, on show iug him a cheap leather satchel. When Bnstow was Secretary of the Treasury he had a disagreement with the Adams Express Company about the rates to be charged for conveying cash to nnd from the Treasury. Cavanaugh, at that time, was a hpecial agent of the Treasury, ani Bristow conceived the bold plan of sending all the money to New York by him. It was a risky thin to do. There were days when Cavanaugh left the department with his satchel stutied full of greenbacks, and if ho had taken it iuto is head to light out to Canada or anvwhero else Secretary Bristow would have been confronted with a deticit of more than a million dollars. But the messenger was faithful to his trust, and the department did not lose a single rent. It was a terrible mental strain on Cavanaugh. however. In less than a month he ran down from 215 pounds to 15'J, and when tinallv relieved he was so nervous that he had to take a long rest. It is wouderfnl that no attempt was ever made to rob him. He used to leave the Treasury Department in tho afternoon and drive to the depot unaccompanied, and armed with only a revolver. On reaching the car he would go to his berth, but not to sleep. He remained awake all night with a tenacious grip on that priceless satcheL Arriving in New York he would drive at once to the sub-treasury and deposit his treasure, and then for the tirst time he would feel easy. After a sleep he was ready for another job of the same kind. MINOII 3XATTERS. 6llrott's Leavings Turned Over to the Care of the (iovfrnmrnt. Washington, Dec. 23. There was delivered to the Treasurer this morning a large package, with the following descriptive inecription: Contents of eah compartments of safe of Hrr-Citut-aV&nublluu uX Kcrucutalhes, acalcd

for the purpose of delivery to the Treasurer of too United Mates government, pursuant to a

resolution of the House, adopted Deo. 1:1. lHi. tM-ai of the House of Kepreenutlves, atllxed on feallnjr-wax in sundry place1, in the presence of tiie underpinned. (Ieokoe K. Adams. J. r. LKKnuw, A. J. HOLMK. J. . WllELI'LY, J. I. BELZEK. The nackaze contains npward of $83,000 in notes, checks and other securities, repre senting the money left by tho absconding Cashier .Silcott. Kx-.erireant-at-armsLeedom left Wash ington last nisht for his home in Ohio, but is ex pec ted to return here, before tho in vestigating committee meets again, after the holiday recess, to put the finiehing touches to their report. Death of Edward T. Watte. Washington, Dec. 23. Mr. Edwaxd T. Waite, son of the late Chicf-jnstice Waite. died at an early hour this morning at his mother's home in this city. His mother, wife, brother and sister were at the bed side. The remains were taken to-day to Toledo, whero the funeral will bo held. Mr. Waite was eniraured in the mactice of law in Toledo, where he was much respected. His death, which was due to U right's disease, occurred after a lingering illness. General Notes. Special to the Imliauavolis Journal. Washington, Dec. 23. The condition of Mrs. E. W. llalford is decidedly better this evening. Mrs. llalford is suffering from an attack of catarrhal pneumonia, which. complicated with her asthmatic trouble. has made her condition quite serious, but to-night the improvement is so marked that both Miss and Mr. llalford are full of hope. lo-day'sbond ofterings were as follows: Coupon fours. fcCO.OOO: registered fours. SliiO,(XX), at Sl.Ol5 All the offers were accepted. fcecretary iracy to-day decided to name thenew coast-delense vessel, now building in San Francisco, the "Monterey," in commemoration of the great victory of the American forces in Mexico. 1 he Supreme Court of the United States to-day granted the State of Virginia leavo to file a complaint . atrainst the iState of Tennessee in the matter of the disputed boundary line between the two btates. Subptrnas were directed to be issued against the Governor and Attorney-general ot Tennessee. The President will be unable to attend the annual dinner of tho New England Society in rmiaueipma to-nitrnt. and nas so informed Postmaster-general Wauamaker. through whom the invitation was extended. I no following House committee clerks have been annoiuted: Georire W. Unton. i'udiciary; Thomas Powers, expenditures iu 'ostotlice Department: li. J. Wvnne. patents; Addison Smith alcoholic liquor traftic; II. W. Spollord, Pacific railroads; W. H. Thorn. Indian affairs; G, A. llickok, banking and currency. Mr. Kiehard Smith, of the Cincinnati Commercial Gazette, who arrived here on Saturday, took lunch with the President to-day, and will leave Washington for his homo to-morrow evening. LIABILITIES WILL REACH $2,000,000. Indebtedness and Assets of J. IS. Sheffield & Son and J. O. Pre bid & Co. Kingston. N. Y.. Dec. 3. The liabilities of J. B. Sheffield &. Son, the Saugertics Blank Book Company, and J. O. Preble & Co., consist largely of promissory notes and acceptances held by banks. The First Na tional Bank of Saugerties holds about V 000, the Saugerties Bank ,000, and the, National Bank of Kondout about $20,000. A considerable part of this indebtedness is on business paper taken by Sheffield fc Son and, the Saugerties Blank Book Company fcr goods 6old, from which the banks will realize the full amount. Otherbanks which hold this paper are the Merchants' Exchange, the Third National, the Mercantile and the runth National of rew York: tho First National of Spriniriield. Mass.. and the Merchants' National of Albany. While the total liabilities are estimated at "000.O)0. the liabilities of each company cannot bo stated accurately, l be assets of bheflield & Son consist of the mill property at Sau gerties, estimated at 5500,000, which is mortgaged for 203,000. of which S2C3.000 is represented in the mortgage bonds held by the Shotlleld family, and 5550.000 is in a mortgage upon that part of the property rented to the Barclay Fiber Company: stock, manufactured and unmanufactured, worth between $3)0,000 and $400,000, machinery, etc.. valued at S2OO.00O. besides ac counts with customers. The assets of tho Saugerties Blank Book Company are finished and unfinished stock, within the neighborhood of $o00,000, and machinery, etc.. valued at about SlOO.000. It is probable tfiat the receivers. Avhcn appointed. will complete the manufacture of all unfin ished goods on hand, in order to give them a market value. 'Ihe wages of all employes will he paid in full at the earliest possible moment. The pay-roll will amount to $10,000. , . Other Failures. . Chicago, Dec. 23. An attachment suit on a claim of $1,500 was commenced this morning by the FirstNational Bank against the. Wabash Manufacturing Company. The claim is for an indorsement of a check for that amount, drawn - by J. B. Sheffield & Son. of New York, who failed on Saturday. The defendants are dealers in paper on Wabash avenue, and were said to have been involved to some extent in the failures of fcbefhfsld fc Sous and II. W. Preble & Co. It is not known whether the Chicago house is involved further than the protested check on which suit is brought. Boston, Dec. 23.T. N. Catrevas. commission merchant. No. 19 Battery March street, doing business as Cliflord & Catrevas, owes &9.450, of which sum S21.640 is secured. Assets consist of account stock, bonds, etc., of uncertain value. El Paso, Tex.. Dec. 23.1I. I?. Wood fc Co.. hardware merchants, failed. Assets, O.COO; liabilities, $2U,0W. Marine News. Southampton, Dec. 23. Arrived: from New York. Ems, Hamruro, Deo. 23. Arrived: from New York. Moravia, Havre, Dee. 23. Arrived: La Normandie. from New York. Glasgow. Dec. 23. Arrived: State of In. diana, from New York, London, Dec. 23. Arrived: Lvdian Mon arch, from New York. The steamer P. Calanad collided with tho shin Thorbeck. to-day, and sustained some damage, the ex tent of which is not yet known. Tho latter vessel sank. Nr.w York. Dec. 23. Arrived: La Gascogue, from Havre; Gellert, from Hamburg; the Missouri, Captain Gates, at London. f .! a 1. j . . irom jaiumure; ine horseman, uaptam Williams, -t at Liverpool, from Boston, and the Palestine. Captain Whitcway.at Liverpool, from Boston, lost, respectively, rive, sixty-tivo and 117 head of cattle on the voyage. Cldff-oM'ollce llubbird Superseded. Chicago, Dec. 23. Chief-of-poliee George W. Hubbard was superseded in otlice tonight by Cant. F. 11. Marsh, who was President Cleveland's appointee as United States marshal for the district of Chicago. Captain Marsh's nomination as police superintendent was sent by Mayor Cregu-r to the City Council this evening, and met with little opposition. The new chief won his title of captain in the civil war. He enlisted as a private, and was promoted for gallantry on the tield. Ex-Chief Hubbard was a hold-over from the opposing partv administration preceding that of Mayo'r Cregier. There is talk to the etlect that the mayor will make a place for Mr. Hubbard on the roll of police captains. A Congressman's Sister Missing:. PtATTsncRG, N. Y., Dec. 23. Miss Catherine T. Moilitt, aged forty-seven years, sisterof Congressman Moth t, and of Collector of Customs Motlit, of this district, has been missing since Sunday night, when she left her father's house, about two miles from this city, after the other members of the family had ret ired. A large party of searchers were out all of to-day, but found no trace of the missing lady, and it is feared that she may have committed suicide by drowning while eullcring from mental aberration. l'aulc at Theater Averted. Nnw York, Dc. 22. There was a slieht panic in the Park Theater this eveuing, caused by the noise of tire engines, which had b eu summoned for a small lire a few doors from the theater. Son)e one in the ca.uery started tne trou uie ov crying "nre." Bv the judicious etlorts of tue ushers and policemen on duty, order was promptly fcu mo was injured. restored so

INDIANA AO ILLIXOISXEWS

Fred Miller Murdered bjIIisBrotter-in Law, Kobert Thrasher, at Ashboro. Kokomo Suffers from aHiotograpli SwindlerWoman Arrested for Fernery Gamblers Use Their Pistols 31 iscellaneous Matters. INDIANA. i " t Fatal Quarrel Between llrothers-In-Law at A!1mico, Clay ounty, fperial to the TmllauaitoliN Journal. Brazil, Dec. 23. Particulars of a coldblooded murder at Ashboro, ten miles south of Brazil, have just been received. Last night Kobert Thrasher and Fred Miller, two young men and brothers-in-law, having married sisters, got into a quarrel which ended in Trasher whipping out his revolver and shooting Miller through the heart, killing him ihstantlr. Thrasher then lied, and has since succeeded in eluding the otlicers. The cause of the quarrel is not known. They had been apparently on good terms previously. A report is that they were drinking. Another is that they quarreled about the miners' strike. Thrasher has lived here for a number of years, but Miller came here recently from Ohio. rhotograph Swindler at Work. excla! to the Inmauapolls Journal. Kokomo, Dec. 23. About six weeks ago an agent canvassed Kokomo in the interest of the so-called Empire Copying Company, No. 10222 Water street. New York city, taking orders for copying and enlarging photographs, collecting invariably 75 cents in advance of all his customers, chiefly ladies, to pay express charges, ho said. Iu addition to the small sum of money taken, a large number of valuable photographs have been taken and no returns have ever been received. It has been learned that he has worked other towns over tho State, playing the same game. The superintendent of police of New York writes that there is no such number as 1022 Water street, so he is undoubtedly a fraud. He signs the receipts which he gives B. D. Manor, and is a smooth talking ami appearing chap. The editor of the Kokomo Free lress will give $." reward for information that will reveal his whereabouts, and will attend to the re mainder himself. Forgeries Acknowledged. Epeclat to the Tnrtian&cotls Journal. Brazil, . Dec. 2& James Dalgarn, tho forger arrested here Friday, to-day acknowledged having forged four notes, each for $000, whiih ho cashed at the Worthington Bank, two years ago, for 2,000. Tho banker suspected nothing wrong, as he knew the parties to be good, and did not learn of the fraud till the notes were presented at maturity, recently. Ho denies victimizing the Fiist National Bank here for $K)0, three years ago, but all the circumstantial evidence is against him. A full confession of further forgeries is expected. His career seems to havo been especially successful. II urn I ng of a House with a ITUtory. Fpecial to the Indianapolis Journal Brazil, Dec. 23. The two-story brick residence of Dr. John Williams, two miles west of Bowling Green, was destroyed by fire Thursday, in the Doctor's absence. Three years ago the house was supposed to be haunted, but the ghost was allayed on the disappearance of over a thousand dollars in money secreted about the premises. A grandson was afterward arrested and tried lor the crime. He made a sort of confession nnd implicated others, including a son-in-law. The tire was evidently incendiary. Loss, $3,000; insured for $000. Woman Arrested for Forgery. Attica, Dec, 23. Melissa ZInk Funk, plaintiff in tho celebrated case of Funk vs. Funk, which occupied the attention of the courts of Illinois a few years ago, was arrested Saturday evening on a charge of forgery. Alter a preliminary hearing sho was held under $2,000 bonds. Mrs: Funk brought suit in the Fountain Circuit Court on a note for $2,000 clcimed to have been given her by John Beverly, lately deceased. Mrs. Funk lost the suit, the court deciding tho note a forgery. Hence tho arrest. Serious Ending of a Carol Game, (fecial to the Indianapolis Journal. Washington, Dec. 23. 'The Harmony Kid," a gambler who is known all over southern Indiana, whose real name is Lawrence Vernar, had a quarrel with Dallis Tyler, a Seymour saloon man, over a game of cards here to-night, and the quarrel wound up in a fight, in which Tyler was shot through both legs. His wounds are dangerous but not fatal. Vernar escaped. Burglars Reaping a Harvest. Special to the IiitflanapoUs Journal. ' Crawfordsville; Dec. 23. Bnrglars aro reaping a harvest here. John Brown had $230 taken from his pantaloons pocket, and John Holloway lost $32 in the same way. The residence of Bert Whitney was entered and $10 and two sets of silver spoons taken. DatT.Casad also had 6ilverwaro taken valued at $20. Ilotli Igs Cat OtC ppecial to the Indianapolis Journal. Muxcie, uec. 5. i. w. juoun was run over by a train here this evening. His right leg was amputated above the knee, and the left one just below, to-night. He died late to-night. Minor Notes, t , The losses by the fire at Lee sburg. Kosciusko county, aggregated $23,000, with $10,000 insurance. The M. E. Church at Winchester was filled on Sunday evening to hear tho Hon. E. B. Keynolds on tho temperance question. Benton A. Re?d Post. No. 272, G. A. R.. of Clayton, Hendricks connty, has adopted resolutions indorsing Governor llovey's plea for a service pension. John Deibert, one of the earliest settlers of Miami county, well known, and identified with its interests, died at Perrysburg yesterday, aged eighty-four. One of the coal-oil furnaces at the'DePauw glass-works, at New Albany, exploded Saturday night, scattering the glass in the furnace, but doing no damage to any oue. Gibeon Crawford, of Cambridge City, received a serious kick in the head fiom a Texas pony, yesterday, so lacerating his ear as to require delicate surgical work to replace it. y Yesterday morning tho, jury that tried John Sage, at Marion, for murder in tho first degree disagreed atter being out eighty hours. They stood eight for conviction to four for acquittal. Leonard Pierce, a coal-miner, had a leg broken by falling slate in the Jumbo mine, at Knightsville, yesterday morning. Mr. Pierce is about fifty-five years of age, and is a resident of Brazil. Hev. L. L. Carpenter conducted'the dedicate services of the Christian Church at Kirklin on Dec. 22. It is a beautiful structure. The sum of $1.:XW was raised and all indebtedness provided for. Cornelius Blair, who has resided at Crawfordsville for forty -five years, died at Minneapolis, Minn., onl Monday morning, from heart disease. He was there to remain during tho winter, and leaves a wife and a daughter. Tho fifteen-year-old son of Cummin g Bennie, three miles east of Clay City, was killed, on Saturday, by the accidental discharge of a shotgun, tho entire charge of shot entering his abdomen, and driving part of his clothing into his body. There is a man at Crawfordsville who has left his wife four times. The first time he was gone seventeen years, five years the second time, two years the third time, and one year tho fourth time. After leaving the fourth time his wife obtained a divorce, and now he is back again. She has always made her own livelihood. At' a late hour last night the grocery establishment of John Weber, at Wibasb, was burned, with all its contents. Shortly after the fire was discovered a keg of powder in the store exploded, blowing the building to pieces. No one was injured. The property was insured for $700 in the rhuuLi, of London, Tho meat market oi

George Aldrich, adjoining, was damaged. It was insured in the Girard, of Philadelphia. Miles H. Tihbetts Post. G. A. R.. of Plymouth, elected tho following officers for the ensuing yean Commander. Capt. Amasa Johnson: senior vice, Charles L. Morris; junior vice, Simon Myers: surgeon. Dr. O. A. Kea; otlicer of the day, Chan. H. Lehr; chaplain, Ezra K. Barnhill; adjutant, Daniel B. Armstrong; quartermaster. John C. Kuhu; officer of the guard. Henry Shaw; sergeant-major, David ShafeT; quaitermas-ter-sergeant, James K. Houghton. Saturdaj night the notorions Favors gnng, consisting of three brothers of that name, together with two unknown toughs, took possession of the little village of Botfgatown, Shelby county, beating and stabbing every man they njet, and wrecking the village drug store, where one Jof them stabbed Henry Van Cieve. and wlnn Justice of the Peace George Walker interfered the gang jumped on him nnd beat him almost to death. Melvin Wilson and Ed Keeth were met on the street and beaten terribly, without the slightest provocation on their part, and Sam Miller was not only beaten, but robbed. Frank Donnelly was unfortunate enough to meet the gang, and he was almost beaten to death. ILLINOIS.

Gleanings from Kxchanges and Calling from Correspondence. Over S00 building improvements, costing .VmO,000, have been made in Galesburg during the last year. While attempting to cross the railroad track at Danville, Saturday night, Eddie Lewis, a lad, was run over by a train and killed. William Bell left his home, in Rock Falls, on the evening of the 18th, and has not bee ii beard of since, lie leaves a wife and four children. Two freight trains on the Vandalia road collided near Pocahontas. Saturday night, wrecking both engines and demolishing ten tfars. No one was injnred. Tho farm residence of S. A. Hayward. three miles north of Tremonr, Tazewell county, was burned Friday night. Loss, $6,000; insurance, $2,000. The tire is believed to have been of incendiary origin. Thieves plundered tho Olmstead store, at Victoria, of a large quantity of jewelry and other articles, and then stole a horse and bnggy from 'Squire Van Bnren's barn, with which to cairy oil their booty. Daniel Cornwall, of Poplar Grove, was held under $1,000 bonds to await the action of the February grand jury. Cornwall was indicted for selling liquor without a licenso and for almost all the possiblo violations of the liquor law. Adjutant-general Vance has granted permission to all camps of Sons of Veterans in the Illinois Division to drill and parade with arms, but without ammunitionuntil June 3, 1600. Leave of absence was granted to Col. William S. Brackett, inspector-general. ' Sixteen Miners Burled Alive. San Andreas, Cal., Dec. 23. A cave-in occurred at the Lane mine. Angels' camp. Calaveras county yesterday afternoon, burying sixteen men. There is no prospect of getting them out alive. Nearly all the victims had families. All day messengers have been expected to arrive at some telegraph office near Angels' camp, in this State, bringing particulars of the entombing of the miners there. At a late hour this evening, however, little additional news has been received. A special dispatch from Minton says word reaches thero that the cave occurred at 3 p. m. yesterday at the Utica mine. Twenty men were imprisoned, two of whom escaped without injury and one with serious injuries. The remaining sixteen, with the possible" exceptions, were at work in the drift some distance from the main body of workmen, and may possibly oe aiive. Losses by Fire. Cinc nati, Dec. 23. News has just reached here that the Thomas Emery Sons' extensivo candle-works, at Ivorydale, six miles north of this city, burned since 11 o'clock to-night. Less and damage, 8100.000; no insurance. The Emcrys, being largo property-holders, carry their own insurance. St. Louis, Dec. 2a The cotton compress at Fort Worth, Tex., together with ten carloads of cotton on track, and about 2,000 bales on the platform, were destroyed by fire early Sunday morning. Loss, $150,000. Lf.wistox, Pa., Dec 23. Fire this morn ing burned the clothing and notion store of I. Leopold, a barber shop, six dwellings and McCurdy's job-printing office, and most of its contents. Loss, 15,000. Passengers Injured by Projecting Timber. Axdovkr, Mass., Dec. 23. Apiece of timber projecting from a freight train ran into the side of a passing express train, on tho Boston &. Mainq railroad, here, to-day. DreaKing every window and sasn and cov ering tho passengers with glass and splint ers, lhe cars wero tilled with passengers Fifteen or twenty persons were slightly cut or bruised. A number of ladies fainted from fright, and one of them remained nn conscious lor nours. it is said sue re ceived injuries which are likely to prove fatal. When the train arrived at Law rence the injured were cared, for, and most of them were able to continue their jour ney. inetramto wmcn tne misuan oc curred was the Portland express. All trains were delayed half an hour. Dr. Cronin's Estate. Chicago, Dec. 23. Theodore T. Conklin, the Clark-street saloon-keeper and particular friend of Dr. Croniu, hied in tho Probate Court an. inventory of Dr. Cronin's estate. Conkliu is the administrator to collect, and his report shows that the only property left by the murdered man consists of a library, worth 300. and surgical instruments worth 100. The inventory, was approved, but no tinal disposition was made of the property, which will go to Conklin as a creditor, and Dr. Cronin's brother in Arkansas. Insurance Company's Assets Rejected. IIaktfoud, Conn., Dec 23. The Insurance Commissioner reports that ho has rejected SS6.000 of tho 100,000 capital of the Mutual Benefit Life Insurance Company of this city. : He forbids tho company from continuing to insure for fixed sums, when, in fact, tho amount paid depends on tho amount raised by tho assessment. The company is a small one, with fewer than 3,000 policies out. Woman Counterfeiter Arrested. Braifom, Pa., Dec. 23. Emma Cole. aged thirty, of - Windfall, this county, was arrested by United States Marshal McCrea for making und circulating counterfeit money. Miss Cole says she was taught by a friend how to make counterfeit inonoy with plaster-of-pans molds, and that she only made 4. 8he will have a hearing before United iStates Commissioner Chapman to-morrow. m e Convincing Itetort. Mrmpbls Avalanche (Ieiu.) The American Economist calls attention to the fact that America under a protective policy has gained in population about 10,000,000 adecado for the last forty. years, whereas Ireland, under a free-trade policy, has lost about 1,000,)0 each decade. The Avalanche also calls attention to the fact that Kussiau inilueuza raced as fiercely in protective Ucrmar.y and France as in freetrade England. There is much wisdom in these comparisons to the analytical and penetrative mind. Women in 1'olltlc. Washington Post. The W. C. T. U. may now be fairly counted as a politicul training school, for women, and the recent bolt and ro-organiration of tho non-partisan element determines one thing in woman's favor. he has political judgment as well as moral convictions, and she develops the latent characteristics of the statesman when she bolts the tacit ruling of the national convention and draws after her a third part of tne delegates. A Seasonable Word, rnnartelphift Inquirer. If Christ's words are not worth obeying. His birth is not worth celebrating. Not only for salvation hereafter, but for our own present happiness and that of others, let us act as if we bt-lieved His statement: "It is more blessed to give than to receive." There Is more ex perk me, time and brainwork refunded In the preparation of Hood's e.irsaparilla tlsau In any other nu dMne. It is tnisvvhich umkes Hood's arcui-arMi.1. pt-cnUar In Its curative power, und In tho eniarkable urea It fcHtcU. Olve It a jrlaL

JOIXT ADDRESS TO MINERS

Plan for tlie Consolidation of the Pro gressive Union and Knights of Labor. Amalgamation to Be Effected Without Sacrific ing the Essential Features of Either Body Call for a Joint Convention. Columbus, O., Dec. 3. A joint meeting of the representatives of tho National Pro gressive Union of Miners and Mine Labor ers and Natioual District Assembly 135, K. of L., was held this morning to consider plans for the amalgamation of the two organizations. As a result of this meeting the following joint address was to-day issued to the members of National District Assembly 135, K. of L., and the Progressive Union of Miners and Mine Laborers. 'For many years, by reason of a conflict originating in the existence of two rival mineis' organizations, much valuablo energy has been utiprotitably employed in an unnecessary struggle for supremacy, and in the contest the miners connected with both bodies of organized miners have been tho principal sutlerers. No sadder commentary upon the ell'orts of miners to improve their condition as a craft could be presented than the spectacle of the few and we U6e the term "few" only to intimate that quito a percentage of our calling stand outside the paie of any form of organization at war with each other, to tho infinite pleasure of Unscrupulous employers who have - learned toooften tbe strength born of unity nnd the injury of ail who find employment in the business of mining coaL "The condition of our craft to-day has been reduced to the present low level first, by reason of an absence of a proper interest in mining a Hairs, and, second, because of the failure tin to this date of the two or ganizations to unite their powers and agree J upon a policy that would at once be acceptable t3 both classes of present officials, and satisfactory to the rank and file of the respective miners' unions. Our inability, as shown bv the character of nast efforts, to thoroughly unite our powers uv hannonizing our rorces nas tea 10 reaucxion in wages, and in dillerent parts of tho competitive district rendered our miners and officials powerless to resist imposition and aRsert the rights of their members as wageworkers, with no other prospect before us but of suffering stiil for the modifications of onr already too low standard of mining rates. "While efforts have, in the past few. years, been made to consummate the object; that not only we, but the body of organized minors, whether belonging to the one or the other of the present forms of organization, have in view, they have not had the desired effect, and if painful lessons of the necessity of harmony of action, as shown in the series of defeats which our miners have been compelled to submit to, so required, surely our late experiences cannot fail to persuade even the most enthusiastic advocates of numerous onranizations, oth cored by different sets of officials, whose positions -as the official representatives of the JnTfterent organizations invited and made possible the existence of tho conditions from which we, as a craft, suffer to-day. ' The results growing out of a division of our forces has created an almost general demand to be made from the rank and file of both organizations for a consolidation of our powers under one official head, and in keeping with their expressed desires the writers of this met and agreed upon tho following plan, which we believe, if adopted, would unite our forces upon a basis satisfactory to the members of both organizations, and bring about' the beneficent results that all tiemand. "First To unite the two organizations under one head, to govern and protect the interest of miners and mine laborers. This union to be effected without sacrificing es sential features of either organization. "Second The organization to be divided into national, district and local divisions. the. meetings of which are to be either secret or open, as the members may de termine or the exigencies of the case may require. That is to say, the meaning of tho term 'open or secret, shall, be construed as applying to the meetings of the National Progressive Union or tho Knights of Labor, as the case rcav be. "Third Equal .taxation upon affiliated members. "Fourth The staff of officers for tin national and each district and local organiza tion, iu which due provisions shall be made for visiting and directing the business oi both branches of the organization. "Tne necessity for a unilication or our forces demands that all the members of both existing unions, and even those miners not connected 'Witn eitner, give these propositions their careful thought and study, that tney may be better pre pared to intellieentlv consider the adop tion or modification of the policy here outuneu. The address is signed by John B. Rae, V. M., District Assembly 133, K. of L.; Kobert Watchorn, secretary and treasurer D. A. 133, K. of L.; John McBnde, president National Progressive Union; Patrick McBryde, secretary and treasurer .National Progressive Union; David Ross, National Progressive Union. President McBride also issued tho call for the regular annual convention of the National Progressive Union, to be held in Columbus Tuesday, Jan. 22,1890. He refers to the fact that the Knights of Labor havo issued a call for a convention oi all miners. organized and unorganized, to be held in this citv. on the same date, "and it is in tended to hold a joint meeting with thera. to make a final effort to unite our forces ana inaugurate a decisive movement to in crease mining prices and better tho condi tion of mine-workers. We extend an invi tation to miners not organized to send delegates to our convention, and we ask our members to urge upon them doing so. Do not let past differences nor present preju dices prevent our making a strong and an houest ettort to ameliorate tue condition or our craftsmen. The Chicago Auditorium Boycott. Chicago, Dec. 23. Some time ago the Apollo Club, the best known singing society of the city, announced that it had made ar rangements with tho Auditorium company by which it would give a series of concerts for working people, the price of admission to which would be only 10 cents. Subse quently, at a meeting of the Trades and La bor Assembly, resolutions wero passed warn ing workiugnitn not to attend tnesa com certs because the Auditorium building was under a boycott, the walla having been put up by non-union masons. Yesterday, however, the Socialists departed from their usual rule, when at their meeting they de clared acainst the boycott of the Auditor ium as inaugurated by tho Trade and Labor Assembly. The resolutions to that ellect were introduced bv "Tommy" Morgan, and defended Ferd W. Peck, the Apollo Club and the Auditorium management from the charges made bv the Trade and Labor Assembly. Resolutions presented by Mrs. Woodman were adopted, in which the "ostentations display" made during tjie recent opening of the Auditorinm was he ve rely criticised; also bewailing the act of a millionaire in paying -,000 lor a toy-house lor his daughter. Kngllsli Hoot-Makers Iocked Out. Bristu Dec. 23. Ten thousand bootmakers are now locked out in the labor dispute here, but the employers are willing to submit the difference between them and their men to arbitration. Demands of Printers Refused. PiilLADKLriilA, Dec. 23. The newspaper proprietors to-day decided to refuse the demand of the printers for 45 cents per one thousand cms, instead of 40 cents. An Important Omission. New York Evening Post. - Mr. Edward Bellamy, anthor of "Looking Backward," who has discovered in what he calls "Nationalism," an easy devise for abolishing all those ills from which the race has suffered ever since the creation of man. delivered a speech in Boston last evening which "closed with nu eloquent picture of the peaceful and prosperous era which is to come when. Nationalise having triumphed, there shall be no tariffs, no race issue, no intemperance, no labor question, no poverty." Ve note but one omission in tuisbcatihe catalogue. Mr. Bellamy should have added, "and no human nature."

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McDonald, chareed with the murder of Mrs. McBae, at t. Johns. N. B., by means of poisoned candy sent through tne mail, nas titen louna euilty ox commit ting the crime while insane. The date for the next Methodist national camp-meeting utKaton Bapids. Mich., has been fixed for the last week in Julr. lKkL This date ii over a month later than tho meeting has ever been held before. By a cavc-in of , earth yesterday at the new railroad depot at Memphis. Tenn.. Walter Bodkins and nn unknown man were killed, and John McLaughlin seriouslv in jured. The men were all laborers. Edward Callachan. of Seottdale. who complaining that ho was impeding justice. At NorthPoint. Utah, vesterdar. Charlon Gillman shot and instantly killed Joseph Walker, a sheep-herder. The men had quarreled abouj a band of sheep which Gillman alleges wero trespassing on his land. The Rev. Dr. Lorimer. a well-known Chicago divine, received yesterday a call to tho Warren-avenue Baptist Chnrcb, Boston. When seen last night Dr. Lorimer was non-committal on the question of accepting. . Services in memory of the late John Creerar. who left 6oine millions of dollars to found a library in Chicago, were held in that city on Sunday. Mayor Cregier presided, and there was not a vacant seat in the Auditorium. A shocking traeedv occurred at Meadville. Mo., yesterday. John Barbee, aged, seventeen, and Edward Davis, aged eighteen, became involved in a dispute which a. ; a. - ,1 t i . t it Tenmuaieu in uaroee uisemooweimg young Davis with an ugly-looking knife. The self-styled Rev. W. II. Ramsey, who was last week convicted In New York of assault upon seventy-year-old John Laverty. in the Old Gentlemen's Unsectarian Home, was yesterday sentenced by Re corder Smythe to one year's imprisonment in the penitentiary, and to pay 100 fine. The New England Society, of Pennsvlyania. held its annual meeting, followed ny W . A A f ll I T a uanquet, at rniiaaeipnia, last nignt. Over three hundred persons were present at tne nanquet, including Postmastergeneral Wanamaker, Rev. Lyman Abbott, Gen. Horace Porter, and many other disiinguibneu persons. Win. Eubanks, a widower about fortyfive years of aire, shot and killed his sixteen-year-old daughter, at Los Gatos. Cal. He then attempted to commit suicide by cutting hjs throat with a razor, but will probably recover. It is alleged that the cause of the deed was the girl's refusal to give her father her wages. Like Helhazzara Warning. Philadelphia Record. One curious detail of the furnishing of the room in tbe Carlson cottage, in 'ii capo, where Dr. Cronin was murdered, iwited by the Upholsterer, of this city, as having thus far escaped public attention. Tho wall is covered with an inexpensive light ecro paper, unobtrusively designed. Around the top a nino-inch fuezo runs with an Arabic lettering brought out in heavyconspicuous flock relief. The special signilicance of this design at this time, and under the circumstances which point to the t cause of Dr. Cronin's death, becomes plain f to all when translated. It reads: 'Thero is no conqueror but God." This detail of the wall-paper was copied by tho makers from a bit of ornament in the Al ham bra. Decadence of tbe Cattle Hutlneis Kansas City Star. Yesterday was dividend day with tho American Live-stock Commission Company, and Treasurer Paul Phillips, in tho American Bank Building, was busy paying dividends to membors. The fiscal j'ear ended oji Nov. W. The organization has been in existence seven months, and on the preferred stock of $100,000, 25 per cent, of which was. paid in, a dividend of JX)per cent, was declared, and on the common stock, $150,000, 25 per cent, paid in, a dividend of 15 per cent was declared. This is equal to CO per cent, dividend on the actual amount of common ftock paid in and ICO per cent, on the actual amount of preferred stock paid in. Interesting Paragraph. Philadelphia Press. The tish killed by dynamite in tho Schuylkill river in tho effort to find the body of Joseph (J. Ditman ought to bo carefully netted out of the river. If they aie left to decay it tny be impossible to tell by tasto or 6mell that Philadelphia's drinking water has, had hundreds of dpl fish added to it, but the ellects on health may be serious, however little they aro perceived. A Reasonable Hope. New York Commercial-Advertiser. It is to be hoped that, as thaelectrlc-light companies continue to improve their nicth ods and spread their sway, they will not find it necessary to use such an extraordinary number of volts that when a lineman or a simple citizeu tb.nnc s to touch one of their wires all the fluids iu his body shall at once be turned into gas. and he be scattered in a flash into thin air and nonentity. t Hat She Didn't .Smoke Cigarettes. Albnny Journal. We can call attention, this morning, to another awful warning. Mrs. Mary Brunner died at 1 Jerry station. Dauphin county, Pennsylvania, yesterday. Mie had smoked tobacco all her life, and her sinful indulgence in this sould-and-body-destroving habit cnt her oil in the bloom of her youth, at the untimely age of lirJ years. m a The Soutbern Idea of Heaven. Atlanta Constitution. Explorer Stanley was paid at the rate of V).0u0a year while ne was hunting for fcmin Pasha, lie was not docked for sickness or for time loss in shooting elephants, and ho was allowed to kill as many niggera as ho pleased without even being reprimanded. V A Triumph IVorth Living For. X&nsas Cltr Journal. John G. Whittier is tho ouly man in this country who can stave oil n turpris-party of his friends upon his birthday, when ho knows that they are coming. And Mr. Whittier couldn't do it until he was ciO two years old.

made the charges of conspiracy against T. V. Powderly, yesterday sent an impertinent telegram to Judge Archibald, of 8crauton.