Indianapolis Journal, Indianapolis, Marion County, 29 December 1889 — Page 2

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the men. The foonOrymcn say that an explosion of this kind is of rare occurence in casting, and ras purely accidental boh-ki alive. Horrible Death of Wealthy ParaljUo In a Uath-Tnb t Kokomo. f to t2 XotUanurtUa Jeansi Kokomo. Dec 2S. John Clark, a pioneer resident of this city, met a horrible- death Friday night by being scalded in ft bath tab. Ho ira seventy years of ago and quito wealthy, bat had been a sufferer for fifteen years with paralysis. 11a "was helped into the bath at 5 o'clock in the afternoon, with a pas-jet burning furiously underneath it, after which the attendant left the room, and did not return during the night. This morning at 7 o'clock he ras found dead, with the flesh on his body and limbs literally cooked, much of itsloughinfr oft on removing him from the tank. George Tvkle, the proprietor of the place, and Charles Lang, the attendant, have been arrested for criminal negligence. The former -served a term in the penitentiary several years ago for counterfeiting, and the latter is of a bad family. The barbarous aftair created intense excitement. Clark leaves soveral children grown. OTHER CASUALTIES.

Three Persons TJnraed to Death and Others Seriously Injured at San Francisco. Sax Francisco, Dec 28. Three lives were lost and several persons seriously in jured last night at a tire in the old St Ignatius Church building on Market street. opposite Baldwin's Hotel. The first two stories of the building were occupied by the New York Furniture Company, the Carrier Dove Printing Company and a number of private offices. On the third floor were a number of roomers. The fire, whieh is supposed to have started in the furniture stores, spread rapidly. Miss Copeland, an -"old lady, perished in her room. Mrs. Elizabeth Evans endeavored to rescue her, ibut "was overcome by the smoke, and severely burned before she could be gotten out. Alter the flames were ex tinguished, it was found that two persons, in addition to Miss Copeland, had perished. The body of Mrs. Crowell, a roomer in the building, was found across the threshold of her door. The body of a woman known as "Ida." and who used to room with Mrs. Crowell, was also found near that of Miss Copeland. Both were burned beyond recognition. Fireman Logan and noliceman Williams went to the rescue ot Mrs. Crowell and her son in the attic Lon was overcome by the smoke and fell unconscious to the floor. Oilicer Williams took young Crowell out and then returned for Logan, whom he carried into a place of safety. He then went back for .Mrs. uroweil, but was aimosi sunocaieu, and was obliced to retreat to save himself. Jack McAuliffe. a fireman, was precipitated . to the ground by the breaking of a ladder, and received fatal injuries. Another tireman was slightly injured by a falling wall. The pecuniary loss amounts to about $40,000; covered by insurance. Three 31 n Badly Injured. New York. Dec 28. A loss of about $30.O0O was caused by a lire which broke out at 11 o'clock this morning, in the oil-cloth factory of William Brasher & Co., in Brooklyn. The fire started in the paint department from unknown causes. William J. , Finn, driver of an engine, was run over and seriously injured. An explosion of naphtha l-Ti nnlrvri Rrthrt F.nirV nnd Hnnr Mapes from a ladder, and they were badly injured, insurance, j,uw. rll Atrmnt anl I'natal fT!rl Yntnrf. I'lTTsBCRG, Dec 28. Passenger train No. 2fi, bound for Pittsburg, on the Pittsburg, Youngstown &. Ashtabula railroad, was : struck by a freight train on the Pittsburg ! t Western at the crossing of the two roads at Youngstown, O., this morning, wrecking the mail and baggage cars. Mail Agent ; Frank Gillen. who was going to his home in New Castle, and postal clerk Wilson were injured, but will recover. The passenger ; train had the right ot the crossing, i . Injured by a Sawdust Explosion. Cincinnati, Dec. 2S.- An explosion in a eawdust chute in the show-case manufact ory of Schmitt & Co., Nos. 55 and 57 Main street, this afternoon, injured three perxoiis, possibly fatally. Ed Lenz, a packer, went into the cellar with a lighted candle. nnd. going near, the chute, the explosion followed. He was badly burned, as were also engineer Seliotte and engineer Ed Boyla. who had come in from the adjoining room of Charles Mores x Co. ; Injured In a Runaway. Special to the Indianapolis Journal j Mcncie, Ind., Dec. 28. To-day, while ex Seuator M. C. Smith was out driving a ; spirited horse, the animal took fright and t made a quick lunge, which threw Mr. Smith out of. his buggy in a ditch, where pie alighted on his shoulder, injuring 'at seriously, oesiaes receiving other in1 1 it, !!- 1 - 1 1 . gunes, waicu wui cause mm mucn irouoie to survive. Tiro Boys Drowned. WA6nBunx,Vis.,Dec.23. WarnieBurns, the only son of Wm. Burns, and Johnnie Finlayon, son of John Finlayon. both aged seven years, were drowned in tho bay op posite tne pump-house here, this afternoon, while coasting from the shore on to the ice. The bodies were recovered. Two Xdres Lost. Citt of Mexico, Dec 28. A theatre at Villa Lerdo was destroyed by fire last night and two lives were lost in tho names. FLAMES FED BY COTTON. Property Valued at S330.00O Wiped Out by Tire at Yatw City, Mis.' Yazoo City, Miss., Dec 3. The Citi zens waiehouse, six th ousand bales of cot ton and iieven freight cars were burned here this afternoon. The alarm was sound ed at 1 o'clock, and in less than five minutes the whole building and contents were a solid flame. A strong wind was blowing from the southeast, which saved many thousands ofldollars' worth of property, as the Yazoo oil-works are sot more than a hundred yards distant. The warehouse was insured for $10,000, $5,000 in the Hanover and Phcenix and 5.000 in the Home of New York. Following is the insurance on the cotton burned: Fhoenix of Hartford. $9,900; Crescent of New Orleans, fcs.500; Fheuix of Georgia Home, $3,000; Columbus Banking and insurance Co.. of Columbus. Mist.. $10,000; iltna. $10,000; $19,000 in the com- : : iiv:.. t : 1 1 t . pauies in isJiicaKu; Liverpool anu lonaoQ and Globe. $a7..'i00; Western of Toronto, 510,000; Equitable of Meridian, Miss., $7,000; Delta of Greenville (Miss.). $0,000: Gerruania of New York, $0,000; New Orleans insurance Association, of New Orleans, f 1.000; Home of New York, $.,000. Only forty -eight of the .000 bales were not in sured. The baled cotton loss is estimated at $000,000; building. $10,000; seven freight cars, $10,000; two residences, ocenpied by negroes. $1,000. No one knows how the fire originated. It was first discovered bv one of the laborers in the center of the west wing of the platform. Mr. Allen iSinkler. the manager, had scarcely time to save the boo k , the names spreading so rapidly. It is the most disastrous fire ever known in this city, the estimated loss being $Co0,000. xne nre is still Durning. IIoslery-31111 destroyed. Lacoxia, N. IL, Dec 2S. The following buildings were destroyed by firo in Meredith village to-night: Hodson's hosierymill, Edwin Cox's livery stable and carriage-house, J), a. Ambrose's furniture store, a double tenement owned by the Blake heirs and several small buildings nsd for storage purposes. The hosierymill was a three-story wooden building, and with machinery as valued at $65,000. The loss will aggregate $100,000. Tho cause of the tire is not known. Other Losses by Fire, Eu.-Ul In tl JnUnxoll Journal. Ti:rrk Haute. Dec. 2&-Firethat started in fccott &. Dyer's elevator, this morning, rpread to the rag warehouse of Duncan &. LAzz-Uti, asd kept the firemen throwing

lsrooklyn, f.ttX); ueen of Liverpool, $10,SU0; Hanover of New York, l'J.500; Mississippi Home of Vicksburir. 10.000:

water until noon. Scott & Dyer's loss is $7.ouo, with 000 insuranre. Loss on building. i.rmo. The remainder of the losses will amount to $J,000; insured. Daytox. O.. Dec. 23.-Firo at 10 r. M. started in TL M. Conr.able &. Co.'s overall . . a m

lactorj'. mined their stocic ana niacnmery. damaged J. H. Wild &, Co.'s woolen-mills Ti Tt untnL-a nnl wnur unt ifi1t1frw1 t lift till 1 1(1 'j ouivao cat t la nfc.a - J ing and warehouse which belonged to Pinneo &, Daniels. Loss. $10.X). Fully insured, chiefly in Eastern and Southern companies. NEW RAILWAY IX SOUTHERN' INDIANA. The KocUoort. Kranvllle. St. Meinrad & Ferdinand Company Organized. Flcial to tho Indianapolis Journu Evansvxxxr. Ind.. Dec. 9. Last night a meeting was held in Rockport for the pur pose of perfecting the organization of the Kockport, Evansvilie, St. Meinrad fc Ferdinand Railroad Corapanj. The organization was completed, and articles of incorporation under the above name havo been tiled with the Secretary of State. The company is composed of capitalist from Kockport, Evansvilie, Owcnsboro, Troy, and Canuelton. Tho road will run from Rockport to Ferdinand, Dubois county, by way of Grandview, Nowtonville, Evanston and St. Meinrad. and will bo about thirtylive miles long. It will penetrate an excellent agricultural region, and will develop a section of country rich in coal-field, .timber and building stone that has heretofore been destitute of railroad facilities. Tho originators of this project have long been quietly considering tho building of this road, and the news of th nrifinirnHnn nf thin roTiinjinr will be hailed with delight by the citizens in the section or country through wnicn it win pass. I he project will be rapiaiy pusuea to completion, and it is thought that aDoui lifteen miles of the road will be in opera tion some time next summer. The proba bilities are that this road will ultimately li run in connection with the Proposed dummy line from Kockport to Evansvilie, thereby giving tho people along its line a direct route to Evansvilie. Meeting of C, V. Jfc C. Stockholder. Ppectal t the Iultaua;Mls Journal. Paris. 111., Dec. 28. The stockholders' meeting, of tho C, V. &, C. Railway Com pany, was held at the general manager's office, in this city, to-day. The meeting was composed of Thomas P. Bon field, president of the C, V. &. C. railway; J. C. Davie secretary of tho C V. & C; J. J. Fletcher general passenger agent of the C, V. fc C; Anthony J. Thomas and Thos. E. Tracy, cx-receivers of the C, V. & C; John T. Dye, general attorney of the Big Fonr, and E. M. Osborne, secretary of the Big Four. The business of the meet ing was quickly dispatched, the party returning to the East on the limited. An affirmative vote was taken for tho issuance of 85.000,000 of new bonds for the purchase of exist ing bonds. The proposed traffic agreement and operating contract between the Cairo, Ymcennes &. Chicago Kailway Company and the Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis Railway Company was ratified and adopted by a unanimous vote. The interest on the new bonds to be issued will be guaranteed by tho Big Four. Break la Passenger Rates. Chicago, Dec. 23. Tho expected break in passenger rates, in consequence of the collapse of the Western States Passenger Association, has occurred. The Chicago, Burlington & Northern to-day set the ball rolling by announcing a preliminary re duction in Northwestern rates, to take ef fect Jan. 1, the day following the expira tion of the agreement. The present rates from St. Paul and Minneapolis to Chicago are 511 for first-class limited, tickets and 1) A ... . . . .. ... -c for second-class. It is proposed to reduce the first-class fare to t'J and the secondclass to $7. At the same time, the rate from br. Paul and Minneapolis to St. Louis, which is now $ir.S5, will be reduced to 13. President Harrison's Letter to a Little Girl. Richmond. Ind.. Dec. 28. When Presi dent Harrison passed through this city enroute to Chicago to attend the opening of me Auuiiorium, a nine ionr-yenr-oia gin was lifted into his tar and, with a kiss, presented him with a dainty knife. Sho is in receipt of the following letter, intended to have arrived Christmas day; Exkci tive Manion, Wauhngtov, Dec. 23. My Denr Little Friend When you came into my car at Richmond I did not see you until you stood at my r-rt. looking up to me so sweetly that I did not know hut a little fatty had come in through the window, fjut when I picked you up ana you gave me a kis then I Knew it was a real little cirl. The pretty knife you banded me I will keep till you are a big jrirl, and when I o bacttto Indiana to live you mut come and see me, and I will show yon that I have not lorirottcn you. The little doll which you will nnd in the dox xvitn tuis letter is ror you, ana I nope you Trill thlnlr t I nrcitv. If thft dnll nn1l t.ilb thn wouiu itiiTou cow mnru i idyo 10 ne lovca py . a V ft. a a . a the mtie children. Anectionateiy yours. BENJAMIN IIARUISON. Illinois Horse-Thief Captured. ElMtfbd to the IndlansDolls Journal. Bloomixgtox, 111., Dec. 28. A man giv ing his name as Parker was taken from this city to Paxton this morning, having been arrested yesterday afternoon on the charge of stealing a horso near Hoppeston. Vermillion county, on Tuesday. Tho horse was taken to Faxton and there sold for SsjO. with which the thief bought a suit of clothes and some jewelry. He went bv the name of Harkeneydcr at Hoopeston. There have recently been numerous thefts of horses in that part of 1 llinois. and llarkeneyder is now believed to be mixed up in several ailairs of the kind. Dry Goods Dealer Assigns. Special to tli Indianapolis Journal. Pkndletox. Ind.. Dec. 28. The reoplo's dry goods store, owned by J. E, Stephen son, made an assignment to-day to John Manning. Much surprise is expressed on the streets, as the firm is known to have boucht heavily just previous to the holi days and did a regular cash business with its customers. The stock on hand is supposed to be worth $5,000, while the liabilities could not be obtained.as there is a mystery surrounding the entire proceedings. It is known that there are several preferred creditors for large sums, several indianapoils nrms were caugui in me crasu. Torturers Asked to Pay 925,000. Eldorado, Kan.. Dec. 28. Mrs. Margaret Edwards, who, in company with her hus band, Alonzo .towards, was maltreated hy a mob, last summer, on suspicion of having murdered and concealed the remains of little Sadic.Hloomer, has brought suit against 1. 13. Tilton, the leader of the mob, and forty-live of his followers, for $',5,000 for in juries received at their hands. Mrs. JLdwards and her husband were brutuallv beaten by Tilton and his party, and both were hung up l3the neck several times until life was nearly extinct in the eftbrt to make them reveal the place where they had hidden the remains of the child. The child was afteward found on the door-step of a neiguuonng no use unnarmeu. "Wants 83,000 tor Her Disappointment. E&erial to the liliMiaioIlM JoumsL DELriu, Ind., Dec. 28. A breach-of-prom-ise case has been tiled in tho Circuit Court here. Mis3 May Marsh, of Flora, claims that oue year ago Martin IJ. Harter and suo entered into a marriage enirairement. and that Harter refuses to keep -the con tract. Mic asks for damages in the Mim of 5.0UO. Ifcth parties hail from Flora, and aro well known in the county. Ilxploslon of a Locomotive's Steam-Chest. xc:!al to Uie InAiAuapoCs Journal. Madison. Ind., Dec. 28. The steam-chest of the north-bound passenger-train engine burst this afternoon, causing delay nnd I passengers were conveyed hy 'bus to North .Mad i sou, ana irom mat poinr. xo-nignt, to Madison, Levi llamrick, brakeman, was kuocked insensible, but not dangerously hurt by the explosion. i The Marshal's Shot Proved Fatal, facial to the InJUutiHlli Journal. ANDUhsON. Ind., Dec. 28. Chas. Kyuett, who was shot by Marshal Downey Friday morning, died last night Avr.a's araparllla stops the nauseous charge of catarrh, and cures the complaint. (lis-

AMERICAN MILITANT SPIRIT

How an Englishman Regards the Building of the New United States Xavy. . Revolutionary Appeals by Italian Anti-31on archists Britain's Finances Divorce Suit in Which Mr. Parnell 13 Co-Defendant. AMERICA'S MILITARY FKVER. Ixrtl Charles Ileresforn" Views on the Building of the New United States Navy. Special to the InUanaiKlls Journal London, Dec. 28. Lord Charles Deresford, speaking of the now American navy to-day, said: "The creation of a powerful navy by the United States would make a serious change in tho balance of military power. During several years there has been carried on under the auspices of the two American military departments a study of the proceedings by which a navy may be created and the different modes of manufacture of heavy guns with which it should be armed. A beginning of manufacture has been made, and these etForts will un doubtedly be continued. A fleet which should have eight iron-clads in the Pacific and twelve in the Atlantic would rival that of any but the stronger naval powers of Europo. The present Secretary of the United States Navy aims at nothing short of this. In addition, he wants an equal number of coast-defense iron-clads. carrying guns of the largest calibre. The fact that such a scheme is receiving the hearty approval of the American people is of great moment. No doubt the United States are not, as yet, infected with the militarism now rampant in continental Europe. The one idea which at prebent is expressed by American advo cates of naval preparation is defense, lhe unuea. aiaies are not Tviuing, in iuu uaj wi armies and navies, to leave either tbe raciticor the Atlantic seaboard exposed to some unexpected attack, lint the Luropean strategists responsible for advising their own governments on means of attack and defense, though they will doubtless assume on the part of the United States a pacific and non-interfering policy as re gards Europeans matters, will yet be unable to leave ont of their calculations the existence of these Americon ships-of-war. They are an addition to the total available force of possible friends or enemies. The result will oe sooner or later a further increase of Euro pean demands. The military fever has spreaa in a preliminary non-acute xorm into America. A few more years will probably bring a reaction upon Europe of this unfortunate contagion.'' REVOLUTIONARY APPEALS. Action of Antl-MonarchUts in Italy France Regarded as a Flre-Rraml. London, Dec. 28. It has pleased the Italian authorities to consider that the revolutionary appeals posted up in various parts of the country are due to French machinations, a conclusion that is not gen erally accepted. Italy has enough antimonarchist material at home to account for such demonstrations, and nothing conld bo more natural than that they should call upon their inflammatory brethren to iraitato tho Brazilian and establish an Italian republic. The hesitation as to the Te-establishmcnt of tho death penalty in Italy is said to be due to fear of an outoreaic on tno pari oi xueirreuentisis. a view of the case which is not very nat tering to that faction. It is certain that since the abolition of capital punishment crimes of violence have increased in Italy to an alarming degree, and the government sees no resource out to legalize us muicuou again. It is probable that there would be a tieau set at France by combined monarchies of Europe were they suiliciently sure of tho continued subordination of their own people. Irance -is, as the German Emperor lately said to the Kussian emnassauor, a ureuranu in me midst of combustible material, and the recent activity at Sheen House and the air of mysterious elation assumed by the sup porters of tho Corate de l'aris seem to prove that the rumored assurances of good will and assistance from abroad have sorao foundation. It mav be regarded as settled there can be no alliance between Kussia and France eo long as the latter nation continues to be a republic, and this may be looked upon as one of tho most important consequences of tho quiet shunting of Dom Pedro, as the story that tho alarmed Sultan of Turkey actually paid up somo ot his troops' arrearages on that account, is the most incredible. M ! ENGLISH FINANXES. Great Increase In the Revennes from the Income Tax, Liquor and Stamps. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. London, Dec. 28. The Chancellor of tho Exchequer has received fresh information from the departments concerned as to the very nourishing condition and prospects of the revenue. There is no doubt that something like the leaps and jumps" of the time of Gladstone at the exchequer has taken place, and the revenue from the income tax, from the tax on intoxicating drinks, and from stamps, will be found to have made a considerable upward movement. For the iirst time in the history of finances, the "penny-in-the-pound" income tax has produced over 2,000,000. This is said to bo due not only to tho improvement in trade and the fact that a reduced rate of income tax generally yields better returns, because thero is less evasion, but also to tho stricter methods of collections which experience has developed. In fact, Mr. Goscben next year will be ablo to show a better condition of the revenue than has ever occurred, and will be enabled to made a budget which certainly need not be what he himself has termed "humdrum." QUEER KIND OF POLITICS. Charles Stewart Parnell Charged with Improper Relations with Another Man's Wife. London, Dec. 28. Captain O'Shea, exmember of tho House of Commons, has filed a petition for divorce from his wife on the ground of adultery, naming Charles Stewart Parnell as co-respondent. The specific acts are alleged to havo taken placo during tho period extending from April, 1SV6. to the date of the petition, at Elsham, No. T4 York Terrace, tho residence of Mrs. O'Shea, Hegent's Park, Brighton, Aldington and Sussex. In an interview to-day. Captain O'Shea said that the charges mado m his petition were true. Of course," he added. T do not claim damages." It is the generally accepted theory that the action brought by Captain O'Shea, ostensibly against his wife, but really against Mr. Parnell, is purely a political move, and the suspicion is growing that the Captain was induced to spring the suit just at this time in order to counteract the effect of the , report of the special commission respecting tue iorgeu letters, r ox kj nea niineii nobody has had a particle of respect for several years, nor is thero tho slightest spark of sympathy for him in his tardy assumption of injured manhood. Thero is not a shadow of doubt in the mind of any man who has heard the story, and almost everybody has. that O'Shea. after calmly acquiescing for several years in the relations between his wife audMr. Parnell, black-mailed the latter into securing him a seat in Parliament, which he did in the face of the bitter opposition of his trusted lieutenants in the Irish party, and at the cost of the Eersonal friendship of soveral of them, the reach lasting to this day. It in to tho lasting credit of Mr. Parnell, however, that when O'Shea betrayed him in Parliament he had the courage to nqueezo him out of his scat in the House, anddaro him to do his w orst. This O'Shea is now making an effort to do as tho tool of Mr. Parneli's political opponents. The general belief is that Mr. Pan ell will admit the relations with Mrs. O'Sl ea alleged in the complaint, and show conclusively that they existed with the knowledge? and consent of O'Shea, thus preventing the captain from obtaining a divorce. The publication of the fact that O'Shea had begun the

action created a great sensation m Dublin, but made littlo or no stir here. Mr. T. 1. O'Connor's paper, tho Star, makes no men tion of the matter whatsoever.

TELEGRAPHIC BREVITIES. The Women's Tribune is to be transplanted from Nebraska to Washington. El Rio Rey, the famous running horse, will be taken from California to Nashville, Tenn., in February. The search for the remains of the missing firemen of Boston was finished last night. Two of tho three were found. Capt. T. A. Wood, of Houma, La., was shot and instantly killed by Ernest La Payranz. a tenant npon his place. So far thirty-seven children in the Russian settlement at Heyd, South Dakota, have died of diphtheria, which is epidemic in that section. At McFall, Mo., it was asserted last night that Press Howard, who murdered Selus Fall at that place last Thursday, would be lynched before morning. Three thousand dollars were subscribed to the Grady monument yesterday. Among the subscriptions were several from New York and other Northern cities. J. H. Rube, who is wanted at Beebe, Ark., for forgeries on tho Hank of Beebe and the Bank of Little Rock aggregating $5,400, was arrested yesterday at Jackson, Miss. Three bodies were recovered from the Conemaugh, near Coopersdale, Pa., yesterday. All of them were so badly decoraposed as to render identification impossible. Marcel Bernier died at his home in Newaukum Prairie. Lewis county, Washington, Friday, aged sixty-nine years. He was the first white child born in Washington, then Oregon Territory. S. J. Winkihson, son of wealthy parents in Baltimore, Md.. attempted to commit suicide, at New Castle, Pa., yesterday, taking forty-eight one-eighth grain morphine pills, lie will probably die. A mysterious explosion in tho still-room of the Boot ltiver Distilling Company, near Milwaukee, caused the destruction of tbe entire plant, together with 400 barrels of highwines. Loss, $0,000; insurance. $3,000. Three masked men visited the house of A.J.Jones, a prominent merchant of Kacine. Wis.. Tuesday night, and called him to tho door. One of the men held a pistol to the merchant's head while the others robbed the house. Seventy-five of a lot of 109 cattle, said to bo lumpy -jawed, that arrived at the Chicago stockyards on Friday, were shot yesterday al Kess's packing-house, and thirtyeight will be killed to-day. The infected carcases will be destroyed by the city health officers. Great excitement was caused by a loud explosion in front of the HolFinan House, New York, last night. The street was crowded with people at tho time. The police report that a large cartridge exploded. No one was hurt, as far as known. State's Attorney Longenecker, of Chicago, saya he has secured considerable evidence against four or five other men who were suspected of complicity in the Cronin murder conspiracy, and that he might before long take steps to have them indicted and brought to triaL Chu Fong, a young Chinese merchant, of New York, who is accused of swindling a number of Chinese, Jews and Christians out of over $20,000, was arraigned yesterday and held without bail for examination, lie is alleged to have used forgery and other devices in his operations. A negro, crazed with liquor, terrorized the good people of Des Moines. Ia., yesterday. With an ax in his hands he chased up and down the streetsstrikingatpassersby. He was finally captured, after having struck Abrara Warford and Deputy Marshal Burns on the head, indicting wodnds of a serious nature. C. Hall and Max Nold are under arrest at Kansas City, on the charge of highway robbery. At the time they were preparing to waylay the driver of a transfer wagon. On one of them was found a murderous slungshot, and on tho other a pocket-book taken from C. E. Derom when he was assaulted by footpads, some time since. The lloods of the last few days have caused the river to change its course a few miles below Los Angeles, CaL, and to cut a new channel, thus turning the water on the fruit lands. The owners claim their property has been damaged to the extent of half a million dollars by bulkheading the stream, and that the city of Los Angeles is responsible. -it t . Christina Knbaek; 'aged nineteen, was arrested, at Newark, N. J., yesterday on complaint of her mother. On Christmas eve the girl eloped. with; Frederick HilL aged twenty-one. The couple made a round of half a dozen ministers' houses, and were unable to get a clergyman to perform the marriage ceremony. They then proceeded to house-keeping, without having any ceremony performed. The twenty-fourth annual dinner of tho Yale Association, of Chicago, was given Friday evening, about 100 graduates being present. The special guest of the evening was Prof. William Harper, of tho college faculty. Prof. Harper said that in the last four years Yale had gained a larger number of new students than any Eastern college. There had been an increase of more than 400 in tho past four years. So great was the pressure on the faculty that 250,000 was immediately needed for the academic department alone. .Texas Criminals Admitted to Bail. Galveston, Tex., Dec. 28. This evening United States District Judge Sabin admitted the remaining twenty-six prisoners in custody, from Fort Bond county, under indictment for murder, to bail. Yesterday evening tho attorneys for the government joined with those for the defense in a statement of facts, in which each side stated what they i expected to prove on the trial of the cases, and also that the otiense for which tho parties stood charged was bailable. This was submitted to Judge Sabin, who, after a careful consideration, decided to admit the accused to bail. This was readily furnished, and the parties left for their homes to-night. They, with those, accusod of a conspiracy, are to appear for trial on March 3, lbvo. Offer for Cherokee Lands Withdrawn. Taiilequah. Ind. T.. Dec. 23. The Cherokee Council adjourned sine die this mornmix. Before business had hnally been con eluded a letter from the commissioners was read before the Senate and Council, con taining the following: 'The government be ing unwilling to be embarrassed in the slightest degree by any course which may hereafter be pursued with reference to tho lands west of the Arkansas river, known as the Cherokeo outlet, by having any ofier concerning them pending now, withdraws the ofier to the Cherokecs made July 81, 1SS0, by a letter addressed to Chief Mavs. to which the National Council has made no response, of 1.25 per acre for any claim, title or interest the Chcrokees may havo to those lands, or au3 part thereof." Killed His Mother and Himself; Brooklyn, N." Y., Dec. 2S. Frank Brack, a young man who keeps a barber-shop at 113 Union avenue, in the eastern district, shot and instantly killed his mother Johanna, aged sixty-two 3ears, and then shot himself, inflicting a mortal wound. Brack and his mother lived on the first floor of the building where ho ran the shop. The mother had been ill for some time and this afternoon told her son sho believed she was dying. He went out, bought a pistol, and on returning put the pistol to his mother's head, blowing out her brains. He then shot himself in the right temple, and late to-night was at thepoint of death. No cause is assigned for the murderous deed. Brack had the reputation of being an industrious young man, and supported tho old lady. Stole a City's Land and Platted It. St. JoF.nt, Mo., Dec 2S. A discovery of land-grabbing has just been made by the city authorities. A land company hastaken possession of, platted and sold four acres of valuable land belonging to the city, situated in the northwest part of town. The discovery was made through an attempt on the part of the laud company to get possession of several lots in the tract deeded by tho city to tho School Board in 18G7. The lacd involved is worth about $20,000, and the citT'Tvili atouce begin suit to recover it. Drank a Tint of Alcohol and Died. Dlt.uth, Minn., Dec. 2S. This afternoon a Finlauder named Herman Keenara, who has of lite been drinking heavily, and has been (ioveral times run in as a "drunk." purchased a pint of alcohol, and entering a saloon on Lake avenue, took a seat in ono corner by himself and drank it alL Twenty minutes later, when a companion attempted to arouse him. it was discovered that the man was dead.

IN TIIE GRIP OF IA GRIPPE

The Popular European Malady Spread ing Throughout America Swiftly. Washington Physician's Theory Health 0ffi cers Attacked in New York A Woman Dies of It in Chicaner Influenza Abroad. LA GRIPPE IN AMERICA. On the Increase at Washington A Physi cian Says It Is Endemic. t Bzcl to the Indianapolis Journal. Washington, Dec. 23. The local physi cians here report that within the last fortyeight hours the number of cases of influenza which they have been called npon to attend is enormous. There seems to have been a sudden outbreak of the complaint in all sections of the city, but it is not epidemic in form np to the present time. One of the health officers said to your correspondent to-night; "The diseaso is endemio rather than epidemic Two or three persons in a family are sometimes taken down, but it does not go through a family as it would if it were epidemic. The present outbreak differs very little from that "which occurred here three years ago this month, the marked distinction being that. besides the air passages, the whole mouth of the patient shows signs of indammation. Up to the present time, in my own practice, I have used the old-fashioned remedy for a cold with marked success that is. ten gTains of quinine, with eight grains of Dover nowder. made un into four capsules: two to be taken just before going to bed and two immediately after 12 o'clock. In almost every instance where this old remedy has been tried I have found decided bene tit. and 1 would recommend its use elsewhere." An Acred Woman Dies of the Disease. Chicago, Dec. 28. The iirst fatal case of acute influenza in the city was reported to the health department to-day, when the death certificate was filed. The victim -was Mrs. Julia A. Ingalls, aged seventytwo years. She died Dec. 24, after being sick one week. T doubt very much if it is the Russian disease," said Health Commissioner Wickersham, "but we have no way of going behind the record." Dr. 8. S. Bishop said to a reporter to-day that the influenza had been prevalent in the city for two weeks, though people were not generally aware of it. It was not, he said, the ordinary variety of this diseaso, being more sovere.lcompelling the sufferers to remain in bed. He added that Signor Tamagno, the tenor of the Patti Opera Company, was suffering from the disease in its mild form, and that it was likely to bother him for some days to come. Dr. Bishop said, further, that opera singers were generally unfavorably affected as to tneir throats when in Chicago. The following is an extract from a lecture delivered by him In 1877 on this subject: "An opera singer visited my office and announced that she had the 'Chicago grip.' Onr surprise was mutual when I confessed to ignorance of the meaning of the term. 'Don't you know what tho Chicago grip is!' she replied. 'We all have it when we visit Chicago. We take cold and sneeze, our eyes water, our noses run, our throats are affected and we sing at a great disadvantage. Whenever we are at Chicago or Pittsburg we expect to have this trouble, and it is known among professsional singers as the Chicago grip.' " La grippe was the subject of discussion at the meeting of the clinical society of Hahnemann College to-night. Over thirty practicing physicians -were present. They were all of the opinion that there is now an epidemic of influenza in Chicago. Every physician present had cases under his care. One doctor said that during the past two weeks he had treated thirteen patients suffering from tho disease. He said he was not sure that tho influenza was really Russian influenza, but, if not, it was as severe and as difficult to treat. Dr.Gilmincitedan institution in the city whore twenty-live clerks and sixteen messengers aro disabled by the malady. The Scourge In New York. KkwYork, Dec. 28. The grippo is officially ignored at sanitary headqnarters in this city. When the case of the Klemroth family, who were stricken down with it, was reported, Surgeon-general Hamilton telegraphed from Washington asking for an official verdict upon the report of the sanitary inspectors. Health Commissioner Bryant dictated a reply, saying that there "was no evidence of the existence of the epidemic in this city." The grippe, however, has not ignored the health officials. President Wilson, of tbe Board of Health, is prostrated by it, Sanitary Superintendent Kwing is down with it, and half the other officials of the department are suffering from it. Unofficially, repre sentatives ot the neaitn department say that probably fifty thousand people in Nework are guttering from more or less sovere attacks of influenza. There has been a large and sudden increase in tbe number of deaths from bronchial and pulmonary diseases durintr the present week, and many physicians attribute this to the influence of the grippe. The number of deaths in this city duriug xne wees irom pneumonia was lou, as against eighty-seven last week, 181 from phthisis, as against ninety-seven last week. and fifty from bronchitis, against forty last week. The total number of deaths this week was TG2; last week, G&. Is at Detroit to Stay. DETROlT,.Mich.. Dec 28. The influenza has come to Detroit to stay. Inquiries at the health office, the city physician's office, police headquarters, and other centers of information about the sanitary conditions of the city show that over 5.000 peoDle are down Trith the disease. Fif tv policemen. more than half of the city officers and their assistants are laid up, and there is hardly a store or a factory in the city whose clerical and working force is not seriously crippled by the dreaded Russian distemper. The inmates oi xne pnonc institutions are not vet seriously aflected. .The disease has in no case proved fatal as yet, but soeras to be getting more virulent from day to daj. It Interferes rltli Traffic. Oswego, N. Y., Dec. 2$. There are over one hundred cases of la grippo in this city. General Manager Bowen, of the Rome, Watertown fc Ogdensburg railroad, said to a reporter to-day that more than fifty employes of the road are laid upwith the disease. Freight business in the yards hero is at a standstill. The two train-dispatch ers ana nearly ail the men employed in the yards are sick. Philadelphia Has Plenty of It. PuiLADFxrHiA, Dec. 28. It is stated that there aro fully 25,000 persons in this city now being treated for influenza in some form or other. The character of the enU demic. nhysicians say. is not productive of fatal consequences. All classes of citizens are numbered among its victims. Mr. George . Chilus is recovering from an at tack which kept him indoors for several days. Tacoma Has It Too. Tacoma, Wash., Dec. 28. Tho influenza has reached the northwest Pacific coast. two cases of the real Russian malady hav ing been discovered here to-day. A mild form of la grippe is now quite general in this citv. A waiter in a hotel was the first to be taken down, showing that the disease had traveled fast It Rages in Kansas. Abilene, Kan., Dec 28. The influenza has made irs appearance here. An annoying dust-storm, which has prevailed all dav. has caused its aggravation to a con siderable extent. The physicians say that hfty cases are under trertment here. lhe disease is of a comparatively mild form, and no deaths are expected to result from it Increased notion's Death Rate. Boston, Dec. 23. The week has been marked by an unusual number of deaths in Boston. Total deaths nnmber 24. In Christmas week last year the figures were

190. Consumption carried off forty-three this week, pneumonia thirty-six; bronchitis hixteen. At the Canadian Capital. Ottawa, Ont, Dec 28. A large number of persons in and around this citv are affect with a mild type of influenza. It appears in almost every case reported to be complicated with pneumonia or neuralgia. Death of a Boston Hanker. Boston. Dec. 28. John Templeton Coolidge, president of the Columbia Bank, died this morning at his residence of la grippe. Mr. Coolidge was one of the oldest bank presidents in Boston. Senator Ingalls Better. Atchison. Dec. 2S. Senator Ingalls's attack of la grippe, though very severe, was of brief duration. Ho was able to be about to-day, and will leave for Washington to-morrow night. Notes of the Epidemic There are 1,500 cases of influenza in Newark, N, J. Thirteen Staten island policemen and 200 other people there have the grip. Georgo W. Chllds is ouly just recovering from an attack which kept him indoors for

several uays. La grippe has victims amontrtheemnloves at the New York rit Tntnt1ir " trday's absentees in the general office numbered sixty-five. The influenza has made its appearance in Cincinnati. Vnllir rlH rronnin asa f - a gVHUlUW t ' W w. linsrti&n in cri nnn li n v Kinnn rortrirtrwl here, but of a comparatively mild form. Ia grippk a 11 road. Its KfiVct on the Mortality of ParisDe Freyclnet Growing Worse. Paris, Dec, 28. The number of deaths from influenza is increasing, and the residents of the city are beginning to manifest a panicky feeling. The condition of M. Do Freycinet,' Minister of War, who is sufleringfrom tho disease, has changed for the worse. Doctors Brouardel and Proust havo been attacked, and their condition is seri ous. The recent mortality in the citv has been as follows: Wednesday. 318: Thursday. 303; Friday. S44. The sudden drop from the 4: XV C Tt... 1 A. A 1 uguics ui iuuhuuj- 10 muse 01 rrmayis taken as an evidence that the epidemic is on tho wane. All Through Karope. It is estimated that there nre upwards of 1,500,000 victims of tho influenza on the continent. Thero have been two deaths from influ enza at Dantzic. At Trankfort fortj'-six members of the opera company and 1C0 soldiers of tho garrison aro il). Upwards of 200 of the operatives employed in the fire-arms factory at Krf urt are prosa . AY A 1 1 . i 1 - 1 iraieii wnn miiuenza anu tue worKs are practically shut down through a shortage of hands. Proclamation Against the Liquor Trade. Concord. N. II.. Dec 28. Governor Goodell, to-day issued the following "Ex traordinary I'roclamation:" In view ot the various heinous crimes which havo been committed in our State within t-.e fast few weeks, directly traceable to tbe use of ntoxloating liquors, in the salo of which the criminal laws have been flaerantlr violated, now, therefore, I warn all persons enraged In this illegal and deadly tratlic to desist therelrom lranie-' diatcly, and I call upon the Attorney-general of the State, tbe solicitors and sheriff of the counties, the Mayors of the cities, and selectmen and all other onicers throughout tho State, and npen all good citizens, of every party, to unite in one supreme enort to close up ana suppress every HquorIaloon of every description within our borders. "Let no guilty man escape." Numerous decisions of our Supreme Court attest the constitutionality 01 our promuitory liquor laws. Let them be vigorously enforced, that our people may enjoy the great benefits which are sure to ronow; ana I cannot rerrain from urging all churches, temperance organizations, and all persons who desire the best pood of our Commonwealth, to redouble their ettbrts to promote personal sobriety and temperance among our people. 3Iontgomery Farmers Council. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Crawfordsville, Ind., Dec 2S. The Montgomery County Farmers' Council met to-day at the court-house, and proceeded to elect officers after perfecting the organization. Tho officers elected are: President, J. X. Davidson; first vice-president, M. B. Wauffh: second vice-president, Mrs. M. A. Mount; recording secretary, J. E. Lidikay; corresponding secretary, i b. Kennedy; treasurer, J. M. llarshharger. Alter the election of officers, the following papers were read: "liaising bheep lor Mutton;77 bv M. 1. Waueh: "Poultry Kaisinc." by Joseph Grubb: "How to Better the Intel lectual and bocial Condition of farmers' Families," by Mrs. James A. Mount; "How Plants Grow and WhencoThey Draw Their Sustenance." by J. D. Tracy. The council starts out with an enrollment of 6eventyono members. Equipping Two New Cruisers. Washington. Dec. 2 Arrangements were being made to-day at the Navy De partment for the fitting of tho two new vessels recently added to the navy, tho Charleston and Baltimore, with proper complements of men. There is some diffi culty about equipping the Charleston, which is now at Mare island. California. There are not enough men by about 100, on tho rabific coast, to givo the ship her full allowance, and it will probably be necessary to send part of the crew overland by rail. This is very ex pensive and will be a heavy drain upon the meager resources of the department for traveling expenses. The Baltimore will receive her complement in about ten days, and will then steam down from Philadelphia to Norfolk to receive her last touches. "Wealthy Merchant Commits Suicide, y Fpeclal to the Indianapolis Journal Vernon, Ind., Dec 28. E. S. Whitcomb, a wealthy hardware merchant of North Vernon, committed suicide on Thursday morning by taking poison. Mr. "Whitcomb arose from his bed as usual on the morning ho committed the rash act. and went to the suburbs of the town, made him a bed near a haystack, and then took the deadly drug. His body was not found un111 xu:s mumiijg. ao cause is assigned lor 1 1 1- Z . V tho act. Unlicensed Marriage ltelations Held Valid. NkwYork. Dec. 2$. Judee O'Brien, in the Supremo Court special term, has hand ed down a decision athrming the findings of a jury establishing the marriaze of Allie M. and Leon Weil, and awarding Mrs. Weil a separation because of her husband s cruelty and desertion. Weil was a traveling salesman for Lord it Taylor, of this city. He met Miss Allie M. Miller, in handuskv. O.. and persuaded her to live with him as his wife, saying that his recognition of her as such made their union legal. For years they lived together as man and wife, but when a chila was born eil denied that she was his wife, and deserted her. Ten Hour Pay for Nine Honrs "Work. Baltimore. Md.. Dec. 2S. Tho garment cutters' and trimmers' local assembly of the Knights of Labor have demanded of their employers a work-day of nine hours. A - A t AT A circular nxiiig me nay ior me new system on the first Monday Jn January was sent to-day to each clothing manufacturer in the city. It asks the same rate of wages as has hitherto been paid for ten hours. In Favor of Sorico Pensions. Terre Haute. Ind.. Dec 2.-A meeting of soldiers uuanimonsly indorsed Governor Hovey s appeal to Congress and the people in favor of service pensions, and also in dorsed Senate bill on pensions. No. l.(4, in troduced by henator lugaLs, or Kansas, and the s ime bill introduced in the House by Hon. Joseph Ik theadle, of Indiana. Sadden Death from an f id Wound. Special to the Iiuliauapolis JournalMarshall, 111., Dec. 28. John Hargrove, an aged pioneer of this county, died this morning at his home near Marshall. An old wound, received during the war. reopened and caused his death in leas than two hours. He was about seventy years of age. Peach Trees in Full Illootu. Bf.lviokuk. N. J., Dec. S. Peach trees are in nearly full bloom in several orchards in Hunterdon county. The owners are old J each-growers, and they ay they never beore saw the like in December. Pear trees in dillerent parts of the country begin to show strong indications of bloom.

EYEKTSlNTnEFATIIEELAND

Social ITappcriinss in Which Kjiiscr Wilhelm and His Family Participated. ITow the Emperor's Remission cf an Editor! Fine for Libel Has .Affected the Politics of the Empire Letter Irom Dr. Peters, iCor-yrUlit. 1W. by the Xew York AMoeiatM Tr. Berlin, Dec 2S. Prince Bismarck is nn-' der the weather, but he is apparently nofr one of the victims of inilnenza. His condition does not occasion any .larm, but ho is ill enough to compel him to give np almost entirely the effort to transact official , business and to prevent his presence at court on New Year's day. His doctors oppose his desire to reappear in the Reichstag and take part in the debate on the Socialist law or the military credits, or any subject likely to irritate him. In responding to compliments at the dip lomatic reception on Xew Year's day tho Kmperor will make a short pacific declaration, the presumption being that the royal' and imperial word on this occasion gives a key-note for Europe for the year. On Christmas eve there were assembled in the new palace only the Trince and Princess Leopold of Prussia. Tbe Duke and Duchess of Saxe-Meiningen are at rotsdam, but the illness of Princess Feodora, their only child, prevented their attending the family party. Each ono of tho Emperor's five 60ns had a largo Christmas tree all for himself, placed on & table in the shell hall, the tree of the Km peror ana Empress being on another tabled in the renter of the hall. Tho Emperor, passed tho greater part of Christmas evening assisting in the decoration of tho trcesl and frolicking with the children, and left the party to go to the theater for liarnay'st revival of "Hamlet." On Christmas day ; the Emperor and Kmprees and the Grand! Duke and Duchess of liaden dined with the Empress Augusta and her family. . The Grand Duke did not remain, but was compelled to retiro in consequenco of hifi illness with influenza. The w hole Bismarck family celebrated Christmas at" Fricdrichsruhc Count Herbert has tho inilnenza slightly, bnt it did not prevent his presence at the family gathering. To-night the Empress Augusta cave a special reception to Mr. Phelps, the United btates minister, in the presence of her full court. Countess Perponcher, the first lady of honor, attended the Empress, and Count MesMeirode, assisted by Paron Yon Eude, made the presentation. TheEmpress, in tho course of a cordial convematioa with Mr. Phelps, expressed her lifelong interest in American affairs, and her great desire that tho people of the United states should use their immense resources always in the interest of the pence of the world. All society is now intensely interested iu the coming fancy-dress ball, which the Em-, peror is to give at the Schloss, where every one of the guest s must appear in an Oriental costume. Another notable social event will! be the ball at the opera-house on Feb. 12. j This is patronized by the imperial family.' The nominal price of tickets is 20 marks, j but the price has risen so that tickets aro ! now selling for 120 marks. An exceedingly interesting discussion is. carried on in private life everywhere, ac-d not without much heat, over a case just made by a queer proceeding of the Emperor i in remitting a line of 400 marks indicted : upon an editor by the courts. Dr. Dachtcr, : the editor of the fctaatsburger Zoitung, a i Conservative sheet, libeled Herr .Singer, be-, cauta he posed publicly as a Socialist and friend of the people, while in fact he is tho head of a factory for making worn-' en's cloaks and similar garments : in which the "sweating' system is practiced at the expense of many girls employed by him. Singer apSealcd to the courts, the editor was conemned and paid his line in August. This line was returned by the Emperor on Mon- , nay last. Such a use of the royal prerogative naturally surprises people. Hitherto .' the exercise of royal clemency has been restricted to state cases. For tho Erarerorto ' thus interfere and stand between justice and an accused person in a mere case of private interest in an ordinary violation of one man's rights hy another man, is so plain a substitution of royal caprice for tho law of the land that everybody can under- i stand it, and therefore everybody is pro-' foundly moved -by it. The journals cannot ignore the subject, but they are obliged to touch it with tho greatest caution for fear of prosecution. The Liberals of all shades discuss it in private, however, and it is a universal themo. The Nationalists intensely regret tho incident, as it plays into tbe hands of tho Progressists and the Socialists on the eve of an election with a clear demonstration of a gross abuse of power. This incident will cqnlirm the National Liberals in' their inclination to refuse to vote, as stands, the expulsion clause of tho Socialist bill. This party now proposes, as a compromise, that it will vote for the expulsion clause if the application of that clause is limited to Socialists proved to bo engaged in a conspiracy against the state, and it shall not apply to mere advocacy of Socialism in the press or on tho rostrum. It is improbable that Prince Pismarck will accept this compromise, and the immediate political future will take shape from this as a starting point, lhe Liberal spirit of the National Liberal party, quickeucd by tho Dachter incident, will make it impossible for that party to yield on this expulsion clause Without this party it cannot bo carried.! Prince Bismarck will therefore withdraw the bill and dissolve the Keichstag. An exchange of views with the English government regarding tho decree of th provisional government in Brazil concern-1 ing naturalization has caused Princo Bismarck to abandon tho intention to take any immediate action. The Chancellor favored from the first absolute non-interference and refusal to recognize the change in Brazil as valid until it should J bo ratified by an election of thef people; bnt he was 'willing to. act.in concert 'ith England and Italy in' any measures necessary to protect the financial and commercial interests and personal rights of the subjects of each power. The fear of a Republican uprising in Portugal, consequent npon an extension there of, the ferment originating in Brazil, is much less since the character of the movement in Kio do Janeiro has been revealed. Adviccareceived here from Lisbon indicate, in fact, that tho Republican propaganda there has been pnralj'zcd by the despotic doings in Kio de Janeiro, and that there is a strong popular reaction in favor of the monarchy. Herr Peters, brother of Dr. Peters, the explorer, has received a letter from his brother, written at Kenia. Oct. 8. It describes the crossing of a waterless desert, the explorations as far as Kenia and the construction of a fort. The Doctor and his people were then well and had plenty of supplies. This letter has not dispelled the fears caused 03 tho report of the massacre of Dr. Peter which reached Zanzibar, Nov. f. CaptainTheodore Bingham, U. S. A.,of th corp. of engineers, is military attache at the German court, vice Sandford, relieved on account of ill health. Mr. Trench, for t ight years secretary of the British legation at Washington, now first secretary of tho embassy here, isdangerously ill with fever. Mr. Phelps gave a farewell dinner to Count Byianat, the secretary of the Dutch legation, just appointed minister to Japan. Soldier Ileunlon. Eeei-l to the Itilmuaii: Journal. Fop.t Wayni:, Ind., Dec. 2$. The annual reunion of Company D, Eighty-eighth Indiana Volunteer Infantry, was held to-day at Sam S. Bass Post Hall. G. A. K. To-day is also the twenty-Miventh anniversary of the battle of Stone river, in which the company plaved nn active part and covered itself with glory under the leadership of Ca?t. Scott Swan. The attendance to-day was very large, many members froni abroad being present. Tho day was pleasantly spent, with npeeches nnd talking over tho olden times. Ohltuar. ArorsTA, Me., Dec. 28. Miss Susan L. Stauwood died to-day at tho home of J. G. Blaine. She was Mrs. Blaine's sister. Sho was seventy-six years old. Auciuhta. da., Dec. Si. Judge Kit Warren, a veteran journalist and a prominent figure in Georgia politics for years, died hero to-day.