Indianapolis Journal, Indianapolis, Marion County, 24 April 1890 — Page 2

THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL, THURSDAY, - APRIL 24, 1890.

ject of pensions, and. after & short discussion, indorsed the Morrill service pension bill, which grants a pension of S3 a month, to soldiers who nerved ninety days' in the war of tho rebellion and who shall have reached the age of sixty-two years. , The Lodge national election bill came next in order. Mr. Lodge briefly explained its provisions and necessity for its passage. Mr. Kowell. chairman of the elections committee, did not believe that it was necessary or expedient to pass a national election law, and submitted as a counter proposition a plan for a wide extension of the present supervisory system, which, he asserted, would meet all necessities. After some debate the caucus adjourned until next Tuesday, when the consideration of the Lodge bill will be conclnded. and the McComas bill, to prevent gerrymandering, will be taken np. PRETTY BALL SCENE. . '

Gathering of Tounr Teople at the . White Hons Floral Decoration--The Dretei. Special to tha Indianapolis Journal. Washington, April 23 The East Room of the White House is to-night, for tho first time in many years, since the time when Mrs. Sartoris, as Nellie Grant, held way there with her young friends, the scene of a ball, in which the young people cf social and official circles speed the fastflying hours in dancing. The floor is covered with crash, which is bordered on every tide with a thicket of palmetto and foliage plants, giving to the vast apartment the appearance of a conservatory. The decoration of flags and bunting, used last night at tho army and navy reception, have been allowed to remain, with the exception of the stars and anchors on the mantels, which have been replaced with a massing of lilacs, tulips, hyacinths and other spring flowers. The music, furnishedby the stringed instruments of the Marine Band, is stationed in the email corridor, immediately adjoining the East Room, from which the stairs lead to the offices on the second floor. The Red, Blue and Green parlors, as well as the inner corridor, are decorated with a few potted plants, the mantels banked with flowers and grasses, and the chandeliers festooned with smilax. The guests were received in the East Room by the, members of the presidential household. Mrs. Harrison's gown was of white faille and brocade, with gold embroidered tullo and passementeries; Mrs. McKeo's, a lowneck gown ot white tulle, with trimmings of light moss-green velvet: Mrs. Russell Harrison's, arsenic green tulle, with shoulder-knots of ribbon and corsage trimmings of iridescent passementeries and pendants. Miss Shepard wore a Worth gown of white tulle over white satin. The guests, about two hundred and fifty in number, were invited for 9 o'clock, and, as the etiqnette of the executive mansion requires promptness, nearly everyone arrived on time, although it was nearly 10 o'clock when the dancing began. Supper wa9 served in the private diningroom, though the favorite place with the young people was the conservatory, which, thrown open and brilliantly lighted, was ine scene oi numerous pre ivy limo mriations in the nooks and corners, embowered with the ferns and protected by the friendly screen of the palm branches from electric lights. The number of invitations sent out waa somewhat over three hundred, which included guests from Boston, New York, Philadelphia and Baltimore. FItOF. COrE'S GRIEVANCES. lie Complains to Secretary Noble About Ilia Delayed Book, and Is Asked AboutFossll. fcpeclal to the Indianapolis Journal. Washington, April 23. Professor Cope, of the University of Pennsylvania, called on Secretary Noble, at the Interior Department, to-day, and asked him to ask Congress to appropriate money to pay for tho issue of his delayed book, which is intended to be one of the volumes of Hayden's surveys. In his recent rather fiery newspaper assault upon Major Powell, the director of the geological survey, the delay in issuing the book was mentioned as one of the causes of complaint against Major Powell. No references of a personal char- ' acter were, however, made in the course of the conversation to-day. After hearing what he had to say, Sec retary Noble told him that a similar request had been referred to Major Powell, who had refused to approve it. The Secretary remarked that he would have to reverse his action if ho granted his request. He. however, promised to coneider the matter. The Secretary asked Professor Cope about the fossils which tho latter retained in his possession. The opinion was expressed by tho Secretary that as these fossils had been collected while tho Professor was in the government service that they belong to the government. Professor Cope, however, maintained that tho fossils were his prop erty, and the difference of opinion on this point between the Secretary and the ProifTor seemed to be as wide as that which evrtcd on the question of printing tho book. - MINOR aiATTERS. Democrats Object to the Time Fixed for Debate on the Tariff DHL Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Washington, April 23. It is the intention of Major McKinley to take np the tariff bill in the House on Monday, the 5th of May, and allow six days for general debate. The Democrats are objecting to this limit of debate, and insist that they should have, at least, a week for themselves, but the Republicans will not allow this, and tell them that, as these speeches are only for home consumption, they will do just as well to have them printed without deliver. The fight over the silver bill has acted as a counter-irritant to the tariff measure and has distracted the attention of a great many Representatives who were loud and earnest in their expressions of dissatisfaction with the ways and means bilL The demonstrations have only subsided for the time being, however, and are likely to break out again whenever the tariff bill is ' taken np. 1 The Ilutterworth Dill. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Washington'. April 23.-The excitement over the bill to prevent speculation in food products has considerably subsided. There is very little said on the subject nowadays. The hearings have stopped and are not likely to be resumed, but the bill has been reported to the House and stands upon the calendar ready for action. It is not likely that the arguments of the representatives of the different boards of trade that have been heard will have any effect on the result, as the members of Congress aronot seeking their votes, but the votes of the farmers, who think that such speculation unsettles values and reduces the profits on their products. Wants Our Ministers Called Embassadors. . Washington, April 23. Senator Sherman reported from the committee on foreign relations, to-day, an amendment to the diplomatic appropriation bill, giving the title of embassador to our ministers to Great Britain. France, Germany and Russia, the salary to be. as now, $17,500 per annum. Other amendments proposed oy the committee to the bill provide that the : salary of the United States minister to Turkey shall be $10,000. an increase of $2.r00; to Denmark, $7,noo, an increase of $2,500. and to Greece. Ronmania and Servia, $7,500, an increase of $1,000. Offices Filled by the President, Washington', April 23. The President to-day sent to the Senate the following nominations: ; Receivers of Public Moneys Alexander H. Jackson, at New Orleans; Thomas B. Shannon, at San Francisco; James li. ' Danskin. at Alliance, Neb.; James Whitehead, at Broken How. Neb. Registers of Land Offices John Reese, at Broken How. Neb.; Frederick M. Dorrington, at Alliance. Neb. Robert S. Gardner, of West Virginia. Indian inspector; John E. Helms, agent for the Sante Indians in Nebraska. Meat Inspection I! Ill Favorably Reported. Washington, April 23. The Senate bill providing for an inspection of meats for exportation and prohibiting the importation of adulterated articles of food or drink was acted upon favorably by the Uouse col-unit tee on agriculture to-day The bill

also authorizes the President to issue proclamations suspending the importation of adulterated articles of food and excluding importations from any foreign country that may discriminate against importations from the United Slates. Indiana Fourth-Class Postmasters. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Washington, April 23. The following fourth-class postmasters for Indiana were appointed to-day: Sharp's Mills, Harrison .county, W. L. Swarens, vice M. F. Sharp, resigned; Shelby, Lake county, S. G. Bently, vice C. T. Sauter, resigned.

General Notes. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Washington, April 23. J. B. Conner, editorof the Indiana Farmer, is at the Ebbitt The members of the pan-American conference now in Washington went to Mount Vernon, to-day, on the United States steamer Dispatch, as the guests of Secretary Blaine. The bill to incorporate the Society of the Sons of the American Revolution was favorably reported, to-day, by Senator Evarts. from the library committee. The total collections of internal revenue for the first nine months of the fiscal year ending June SO, IKK), were $100,943,220, being an increase of $7,504,779 over the collections during the corresponding period of the previous fiscal year. The Treasury Denartment to-dav pur chased $G3,950 four per cent, bonds at $1.22, and $1,700 four-and-a-half per cent, bonds at $1.032. COSTLY FIRE AT ROCHESTER, X. T. Large Ilaildlnjr, Occupied by Slanufacturers, Destroyed Panto at a Hotel. Rochester, N. Y., April 23. John G. Wagner's five-story block, Nos. 73 to 79 South St. Paul street, was destroyed by fire early this morning. Loss on building, $05,000. Weaver, Thomas & Kirk, fine shoe manufacturers, occupied the five floors in the south end of the block. Tho entire stock of finished goods, and material, and machinery, was valued at $SO,000. The company hold insurance of $40,000 on the stock and $17,000 on the machinery. Langslow, Fowler & Co., leather, plush and carpet chair manufacturers, occupied the upper five stories in the middle of the block. Their stock was valued at $50,000; two-thirds insured. Milton II. Smith's printing-office was damaged $2,500. The fire started in the roof, and when discovered was small. A brisk wind drove the flames down to the basement, and inside of ten minutes sheets of flames and dense volumes of black smoke poured out from dozens of windows on the east, west and south sides of the building, A and five minutes later the east walls oi the great five-story structure fell out. A moment later the south wall fell. No one was hurt. The new Osborn House was directly opposite the burning building, and soon the window casings of the hotel were on lire. The guests were awakened and began to inn down stairs in all degrees of dress a d undress, some with their clothing in the r arms and others dragging their trunks a.d satchels. The people in the Windsor and neighboring hotels ran out and swelled tue crowds on St. Paul street. The damage to the Osborn llouso is estimated at $3,000. Firemen Fall Into the Flames. Chicago, April 23. Five firemen were plunged through the floor of a burning building at No. 345 Illinois street early this morning, and three were badly hurt. Fire started just before 2 o'clock in Edward Badgeley's saloon and before the fire department arrived the first floor and tho wood-work below were in flames. Headed by Captain Oscar Weisner, the piperaen of engine company . No. 42 rushed into the second story and directed their streams on the flames. . Scarcely had they got to work when the floor gave way and the five firemen were, piled amid blazing timbers in the basement. It did not seem possible that they could escape alive, but instantly six streams of water were turned into the debris and the work of rescue begun. As soon as the flames were beaten back the imnrisoned men were dragged into the street. Captain Weisner was severely burned about the head and neck and pipeman Charles Heine burned about the hips. Wm, Callaghan was insensible from a blow on the head and it is thought internally injured. The other two escaped with but slight injuries. x x Town Destroyed and Two Men Burned. Jackson, Miss., April 23. Information received here this morning says that fire destroyed the entire business portion of Greenwood, Miss., last night. The fire is said to have been caused by a negro cook throwing hot ashes into a pile of straw. Thirty-three houses were destroyed, and two lives are said to have been lost. The victims are given as John Dorch and an un known man. The total loss is 120,000; insurance $30,000. . Incendiary Fire at L.ebanon. ' Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Lebanon, Ind., April 23. At 3 o'clock this morning fire destroyed the two Henry business blocks, on the east side of the public square. Insured in Germania of New York for $500; German of Froeoort, 111.. $800, and New York Underwriters, "800. The fire was of incendiary origin. Coachman Burned to Death. Itiiaca, N.,Y., April 23. Dr. Gallagher's stables at Slaterville were burned last night. His coachman, Egbert Williamson, and thiee horses were burned to death. The fh-e is supposed to have originated from a spark from Williamson's pipe. Other Fires. Tonawanda, N. -Y.. April 23. Fire was discovered in the yard of the Tonawanda Lumber Company about 11:20 o'clock last night. At midnight another fire broke out in the yards of A. M. Dodge & Co., in another quarter of the town. Both were subdued after a bard fight. Considerable excitement was caused by the discovery that the wires of the fire-alarm system had been cut in several places, and it is the general opinion that it was a deliberate plot to burn the town. Tho losses were not large. Belvidere, N. J., April 23. Fires are raging in the Blue mountains near Wind Gap, and at different points along the ridgo. The station of the Lehigh &. Lackawanna road at Katellen, together with the postollice and a store, are reported to bo in. ashes. The people along the base of the mountain are fighting the flames. A large amount of charcoal, rails, ties and timber have been destroyed. Charleston, W. Va., April 23. Fire this morning destroyed the paper-mill of the Kanawha Paper Company, causing a loss of 15,000 or more. The owners are Philadelphia parties, and it is not known here whether there was insurance or not. The origin of the fire is a mystery. Shawano, Wis., April 23. Several stores in tho business portion of this town burned yesterday. The losses aggregate $25,000, with $7,500 insurance. m He Forged Notes on Farmers. DrBtTQTE, April 23. Wilkes Smith, a bank clerk of Parkersburg. Ia., is under arrest on the charge of forging notes aggrogating $1,300. The names forged were mostly those of substantial farmers in the neighborhood. When they became due. Smith would pay up the interest and re new tho notes. hen arrested, he confessed his guilt, and wan taken to jail at Waverly. He was quite prominent in local society, and had the confidence of his em ployers. He was also one of the aldermen of the city. . Illinois Non-Partlsan W. C. T. U. Chicago. April 23. Delegates from eight counties eflected, to-day, a temporary organization for the proposed Illinois branch of the Non-partisan Woman's Christian Temperance Union. Among those present was Mrs. E. A. Phinuey, of Cleveland, nrcsident of the national association. Mrs. Phlnney, in an address, said the object was not to antagonize the old W. C. T. U., but to press forward in earnest Christian and temperance work, rermanent omccrs will be elected to-morrow. Obltnarv. London. April 23. Mr. Hancel Cossbam. Liberal member of the House of Commons for East Bristol, died suddenly to-day at the .National Liberal Club from heart dis ease. '

KIKE MOKE LEVEES BROKEN

New Crevasses Adding to the Perilous Situation of Mississippi Towns. Condition of Affairs at Bayou Sara and Pointe Coupee Portion of New Orleans Under Water Railway Tracks Submerged. 11 A YOU SARA AND VICINITY. Many More Levees Give : Way, Flooding a Large Extent ot Territory Rain in Torrents. Bayou Sara, La.. April 23. Seven crevasses are reported to-day between this place and Waterloo. This makes, nine on the Pointe Coupee front. Tho devastation in that and the Southwestern. parish will be terrible. The Stella Wilds, arriving from above this morning, brought in a largo lot of peoplo and stock from the other side. She had to run up Bayou Sara and land them at Lower St. Francisville. The rains continue, and last night it poured down in torrents, causing a freshet in the bayou and arise of five inches in the town. This, extra rise on top of what tho city already had caused additional losses, and the merchants had a large amount of ; goods damaged. The . effect of tho crevasses caused a decline here to-day of 12 inches, which aflords great reiiei ana leaves some or .tne stores on. t ront street free of Tyater. A freshet in Alexandria creeV. lnsf nitrht. wnshprl awnr the trestle, and now; ihelty is without man communication; 'I WQ oreaKs are reported on Old river, one : of ' which ia on Covle's place. . 1 1 . ' The water now -nnnrfnir'. throntrh tht crevasses at Morganza and in the vicinity will .d-fc.v4l a. 1 a . i tin uiciuun mo Kreaiur uuinuu ui mo onutrv between th Atphafnlavn. and ATie. sissippi rivers, extendinz from Old river -a- - T -r - aoove 10 uayon latourcne ueiow, ana embracing about 700 square miles of territory. Jf T1AWQ Vina Loo n vaai -rrrl fTrY Vw vxi. terinr nf PniritA (nnnAA TiftTiafi hnf rnliftf boats are taking care of all those who have reached the levees. As the critical condition of the leveen hnn hep.n lennwn for nmnA - -a mm -j- v -- - - - w m w w weeks, the hope is entertained that no loss in -t . . . oi me wm resuic irom oreaKs aiong tne front. Plaanemine. La., rpnorts? Thftrain ciitia down in torrents last night, and for the a a m a - iwenty-ionr nours ending tnis morning six inches Of water had fallpn. ThA rivnr taha considerably, but commenced failing this Twirr ftvwl Vm. A 1 , A- - I. uiutuiUKi OUU iittS UUWU UlgUt lUCllCS. The town has been filled with peoplo from the countrv. somo brineinir in families and cattle, and others seekUIT llimber And materials . tr ; fitht. back water. The great question is how high will the water come. Most of the planters have based their calculations on the water of 18S2. but the water this year is hieher. and it is feared that it will be morn destructive. Manv families from Grand river find in fhA infArinr ham mnrAH nnf and are camping along Bayou Plaqueminel AT AND NEAR NEW ORLKAXS. Portion of the City Overflowed by Water from the Lake Railway Tracks Submerged. New Orleans, April 23. Up to this hour (8 p. m.) the news from Pointe Coupee to-day has been xneagTe. Captain Kingsman was at Bayou Sara this morning. When he reached there ho sent a telegram to New Orleans stating that he had heard of no new breaks at the time of writing, but that he believed there are fow levees, indeed, which were able to withstand the terrific storm that visited the upper'river last night. Several dispatches have passed between General Comstock and Captain Kingainaii, among them one - notifying Kingsman that 40,000 additional had been allowed by the Mississippi River Commission. The allotment enabled tho government engineer to send a boat-load of material to the lower coast to bo used in closing crevasses on th east bank of the river between St. Sophie and Point-a-la-Hoche. Superintendent Spellman, of the. Shell Beach railroad, says there are to-dar eleven breaks from fifteen to 150 feet wide, and from four to eight feet deep, along that beach, and that all can be closed by prompt action. The crevasso on Congressman Wilkinson's Myrtle Grove plantation, thirtylive miles below this city, on the right bank, is now TOO feet wide and eight feet deep. No effort will be made to close it until the river declines. The northeast wind, which blew verv 'strong again last night, drove in the guff waiter ana again overiiowed the L.ouisvillo & Nashville railroad, this time near Michou Station, fourteen miles from this city, and all trains have been abandoned. Cant. John Kilkenny, general passenger agent of tne roaa, saiu mat oniv a email portion ot the track waa overflowed, and verv likolv trains could pass over it all right, but it was deemed inexpedient to take any risks, as a change in the course of tho wind will ' probaMy cause the water to recede again ia a aay or xwo. The wind last nicht a train caused the lake vater to encroach upon the rear of the i. 9 l trouble is experienced by water from the canal flowing over the banks of tho old' basin on both sides between Johnson and Calvez streets, but not sufficient to do any great damage. The rear of the Seventh ward, up to Koman street, from Klysian Fields to St. Bernard street, and the entire rear of the , Eighth ward are flooded, and the water is rapidly rising. TheTexas& Pacific railroad office, in this city, received a dispatch this afternoon from Capt John A. Grant, reporting a break. in xne levco on ine rigns oanic or tho Mississippi, twelve miles above Port Allen. This will stop traffic to the Bayou Gasso Tete settlement and flood tho country be tween Melville and West Baton Konge iu forty-eiffht hours. The Texas & Pacific management have therefore consummated traffic and travel arrangements with tho Southern Pacific, and their through trains twill leave at the usual time, going over the Southern Pacihc road to Cheyneyville, a point beyond where any damage to tne road can occur. Tho time to all points West will be the samo as usual. Arrangements will be made later for the accommo dation of passengers between Chevnevville and Melville, and between Baton Kongo Junction and Melville. Trains to Baton Kouge Junction are running on regular schedule time, it was stated at tne olhce of the Southern Pacific Kailroad Comnanv that no danger to that road was apprehended, as it would require nearly a month for the surplus waters to spread as far as their tracka, and before that time tho river will have fallen sufficiently, to diminish tho volnme of water from Morganza : cre vasse. Movement of Atlantic Steamers. . Hamiiuro. April 33. Arrived: Kugia, r r irom iew i oik. Lizard, April 23. Passed: France, from INew lorK, lor JLondon. London. April 23. Arrived: Persian Monarch, from 2s ew lork. Moville, April 23. Arrived: Ethiopia, from New York, for Glasgow. Nr.w York, Anril 23. Arrived: Devonia, from Glasgow; Tuetonic, from Liverpool. Glasgow. April 23. Arrived: Beleravia. from New York, and Canadian, from Phila delphia. Qceenstowx, April 23. The Majestic, from New York, April 1C. for Liverpool, ar rived hero at G:4S a. m. Tho time of her passage was six days, eight hours and fif tyeignt minutes, tier daily runs wero 542, 434, 331, 443, 437, 442 and 347 miles. Fatal Holler Explosion. Fmnt, Mich., April 23. The largo boiler at Cook Bros tilo and brick-yards, six miles south of this city. . exploded about 10 o'clock this morning with terrible enect. I red, an eighteen-year-old son of Henry Cook, was scalded so badly that he died within two hours. The other victims were George Baldwin, aged eighteen years, and-r.d ward rurcell. an other lad about tho same age. Young Bald win's iniuries are so bad that recovery is aoubUUL Should Have Buttoned Ilr Dress. Chicago. April 23. Miss Lena Woodruff. from Appleton, Wis., had the misfortune to lose all her money, amounting to $700, while on the way to this city Monday. Sho was coming to buy a stock of millinery to atart a store in Appleton. Ou tho train. Miss Woodruil became very sleepy, and

slipped the pnrse into tho bosom of her . . .. 1 A A. 1 A. Cl A.

uitoSi iuitiuu)( iw uuiiou lii up. ouo me p. soundly until the Chicago depot waa reached, and then got into an omnibus. M " h a wnue in xne venicie she thought of her purse, and felt for it, only to find it gone. Liken to the Home for tlin VrindlH. Her loss leaves her penniless in a city where buo xias uu actiuaiuiances or menus. 31'CALLA COURT-MARTIAL. Testimony of Sailors Who Suffered Punish ment by Order of the Commander. New York, April 23. The McCalla courtmartial was continued to-day at the Brooklyn navy-yard. Lieutenant Fichbohon, of the Enterprise, identified the log books of that vessel. The judge-advocate read from the book a list of the punishments inflicted on the cruise, upon which the charges are based. This occupied con siderable time, and objections were taken to some parts of it by Mr. Menzies. Louis Meyer Seamans, apprentice on the Enterprise, was then sworn. Witness said McCalla threatened to kill him for smiling at him, at Tamatav, Mozambique. a. it. uranam testified to having been hve days in double irons at Antwerp, and then released and told that the punishment had been inflicted under a misapprehension." Mr. Menzies said that statement of Graham exonerated McCalla. The point was not sustained. George J. Ross, boatswain's mate, testified to being m a straight-jacket at Lisbon, Portugal, in 1888, for ten hours. Otto Suudblad, a seaman, told how he had been ironed and placed in a straichtjacket. Coal-beaver Peter J. Armstrong told how he had been triced up to the Jacob's ladder on the run of the Enterprise irom fcuez to Athens, and ironed for having gone ashoro at Villa Franche, without permission. Edward S. Jelley, first-class seaman, said that he was ironed at the same place for jumping the ship, with Armstrong as his yoke-fellow. Matthew H. Hand, auartermaster, was ironed for getting ruuk at Cronstadt, and kept three nights on deck nntil 1 a. m. At this point the hearing adjourned till morning. Sentence ot Dismissal Remitted. Washington, April 23. The President has remitted the sentence of dismissal imposed by court-martial in the case of First Lieutenant James V. Shaddock, Fifth Cavalry, who was convicted of presenting a fraudulent claim against tho government and of duplicating pay accounts. The court, the acting judge advocate-general and the major-general commanding recom mended clemency on the ground of former good services and disability resulting from mjnries received in action. The President, in his indorsement, says he does not consider former gallantry a sufficient excuse for the present otlense, but that, however, it was plain that the "acts of the accused were only technically of a character calling for the penalty adjudged, and there was an absence of intention to defraud. He re mitted the sentenco because he did sot be lieve the interest of the service required 1 J X 1 At .A! me uisimBsa. ox mis omcer. VALUE OP SPIRIT WORLD ADVICE. Not Worth 60 Much as Worldly Counsel from a Lawyer, According to a Chicago Jury. -s---aS--a-Bk Chicago, April 23. A jury in Judge Jamieson's court decided yesterday that aJvices from the spirit world concerning scalp tonic and liver tonic were not worth as much as worldly counsel from an at-tornoy-at-law. Consequently lawyer R. D. Ilussagh obtained a verdict for $450 in his suit against Mrs. Sarah E. Bromwell for 1,000 for legal services. Mrs. Bromwell is a spiritualist, and conducted her own case. She submitted a counter-claim of $5,000 for advice of a spiritual kind and seances furnished the lawyer. In addition she claimed that she had supplied Mr. Ilussagh with medicine for his scalp and liver. She also asserted that through spir itual aid she introduced the lawyer to his present wife. Mrs. Bromwell was much put out at the jury's verdict. She said the spirits went to Judge Altgeld's court and were perplexed when they discovered her case had been assigned to Judge Jamieson. They could not find his court and hence she lost the case. DAILY WEATHER BULLETIN. Iocal Forecasts. For Indianapolis and Vicinity For the twenty-four hours ending 8 P. M April 24Occasional light rains: slightly cooler. cloudy weather, clearing Thursday after noon. GENERAL INDICATIONS. Washington, April 23, 8 p. m. Fore cast till 8 P. M. Thursday: For Indiana and Illinois Fair; clearing in southern portions; cooler; northerly winds. For Ohio Clearing weather: cooler; northwesterly winds. For Michigan and WisconsinFair: coolen northwesterly winds. For Minnesota, North and South Da kota I: air; warmer; winds becoming south erly. , ' Observations at Indianapolis. Indianapolis, April 23.

Time. Bar. Ther. R. 11. Wind. Weather. Pre, 7a.M. 30.14 58 94 Swest Lt Rain. 0.06 7 P.M. 30.13 63 92 South LX. Ilaln. Q.Qj

mometer. 58. Following is a comparative statement of the condition of temperature and precipitation on . 1 1 no t cnr. Ten. 54 02 8 41 350 Tret. 0.12 Normal Mean ' Departure from normal Excess or deficiency since April 1. - aT . m A -T O.IO 0.02 0.59 ixoe8oraenciency since Jan. x... -9.12 T1U8. . General Weather Conditions. Wednesday, April 23, 7 p. m. Pressure. The low area last night, cen tral northwest from Lal& Superior, moved rapidly eastward; high pressure prevails tonight from the Kocky mountains to the Atlantic, from tho gulf northward beyond tho lakes: tbo area is central, with 30.52. from northern Minnesota northward; west of the Kocky mountains the pressure is low. Temperature. beveuty and above is re ported from Arkansas southward, near the gulf and along the Atlantic coast as far north as Pennsylvania; GO and above from northern Texas. Missouri, eastern Iowa. Indiana, Ohio and New York southward; 50 and below from Wrommir. .Nebraska. southern Minnesota, Wisconsin, southern Michigan and Lake Ontario northward;"40 and below from Manitoba, northern Minnesota and Lake Superior northward. Precipitation. Kains fell from Colorado, southern Kansas, eastern Iowa. Indiana and the lower Lakes southward to the gulf. ' . Large Majorities for Iievlslon. Troy, N. Y.. April 23. The Presbytery of Troy yesterday voted, 41 too, in lavor oi re vision of the Convession of Faith, and sub mitted to the discretion of the General As sembly the details. RNewhurg. N. . April 23. The Presby tery of the North Hiver yestciday adopted the report of the committee in favor of the revision of tho Confession of Faith, only three voting against it. Scranton. Pa., April 23. The Lacka wanna Presbytery to-day voted ou the pro posed revision of the Confession of 1 aith. The vote stood 50 to in favor of revision. Accident to James Gordon liennett's Yacht. New Y'ork. April 23. No news has been received at the Herald office of an alleged accident to James Gordon Bennett's yacht Nainonna, which is described in a cable dispatch published here this mornintr. This dispatch, which is dated from Nice. savs tho Namonna was struck by a violent storm in tbo China sea, aud three of her crew washed overboard and drowned; that the yacht succeeded in getting to a small Chinese port, where she now is, and that Mr. Bennett himself was on board. Mr. Bennett was at Cairo when last heard from. 'Wanted to Smoke on Dutjr. Ottumwa, Ia., April 23. Conductors and engineers on tte electilc street-railway struck to-day for fewer hours, and the privilege of smoking on duty. Their places were tilled after a short delay.

Highest ofall in Leavening Fowcr.U. S. Gov't Report, Aug. 17, 1889.

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BLOODY BATTLE IN DAHOMEY Five flnndred Natives Slaughtered and Fifty French Soldiers Wounded. President Carnot's Tour in France an Endless Ovation The Kaiser Talks in Flowery Language Banquets to Stanley. D A HO MI AN S SLAUGHTERED. Fire Hundred Killed by French Troop Near Porto Novo Fifty of the Latter "Wounded. Paris, April 23. Advices from Lagos state that tho French garrison at Porto Novo having been warned that the Dahomians were advancing upon the place sallied out to meet the enemy. The Dahomian army was met marching to attack Porto Novo and a battle, which lasted two hours, took place. Five hundred of the Dahomians were killed. Fifty Frenchmen were wounded. The advices make no mention of any of the French soldiers being killed. OiEcial dispatches confirm the report of the French reverse announced yesterday in Dahomey. One white was killed and twenty native allies wero wounded. CARNOT'S TIUUMPHAT. TOUR. The French President Cordially Received at All Points -Shrewd PoIlticalJannt. London. April 23. The triumphal tour of France which President Carnot isnowmaking is one of the most powerful strokes of political wisdom that could possibly have been conceived in the mind of any poli tician desirions to perpetuate the French republic, to which it may be said it has given a new lease of life. Everywhere the President, whose name recalls historical events of a most stirring character, has been received "with manifestations of ad miration, and demonstrations of devotion to the existing administration, which must convince the minority of malcontents, ad venturers and intriguers of the hopeless ness of their attempts to overthrow the popular government and re-establisn tue monarchy. The itinerary of M. Carnot's tour bas been admirably planned and faithfully carried out, while everything has opportunely added itself to the succession of preconceived events, which could tend toward achievement of the objects of tbe trip. His visit to the house in which the great Napoleon was born at Ajaccio, yesterday, is described as an intensely theatrical affair, wherein tne visitor vied With his entertainers in magnifying the importance of the occasion, and its eli'ect as a shrewd political move may be accurately estimated by any one acquainted with the volatility of the r rench provincial character. Altogether the trip is the greatest triumph of tbe Carnot regime, and its returns will be plainly ap parent at the next elections. rui a. : n : .1 - r x xiie irttiu uu wuicu ricsmout varxiu. was traveling from Ajaccio. Corsica, was pre vented irom reaching Pastia on time by tbe derailment of a train preceding it. At Corte, thirty-one miles southwest of Bastia. President Carnot received the municipal authorities. He made an address in which he congratulated them that the dissensions in Corsica bad ended, and tbat only a French party, united by patriotism, re mained. The track was finally cleared, and when the President reached Bastia he was welcomed by an immense crowd; An Italian naval squadron, which was lying in tbe harbor, tired a salute in honor of the President GENERAL FOREIGN NEWS. Germany's Emperor Uses an Exalted Figure of Speech In Alluding to the Bismark Crisis. Berlin, April 23. Emperor William left AVilhelmshaven for Oldenburg to-day. In the course of his speech at Bremen, last night, the Emperor said that as a lover of the sea he had observed with keen atten tion all natural phenomena. Once, while sailing on the Baltic, his squadron changed its course and the vessels became separated in a fog. Suddenly, high above their heads, appeared a German flag. The fog clearing away, it was found that all were steering faultlessly a new course. This had been a parable to him. "If dark hours," he said, 'should await our country, let us always strive to attain our common end. We fear God, and nothing else in the world. If in the press and in public life signs of danger appear, let us believe that things are not so bad as they appear." Some of the newspapers think the Emperor had the Bismarck crisis in his mind when he made these remarks. ' . Mr. Terrell's Banquet to Stanley. Brussels,. April 23. Mr. Terrell, the United States minister, gave a banquet today in honor of Henry M. Stanley. Among those present were Prince De Chimay Conteoultremont, Baron Lambermont, Messrs. Thayer, Charles Emory Smith and Roosevelt, Sir John Kirk, and the representatives of all the European powers. The King and Queen and Mr. Stanley afterward attended a ball in aid of the African Ked Cross Society: ' The Anti-slavery Society gave a luncheon to-day in honor of Henry M. Stanley. Mr. Stanley, referring to the Lavigerie crusade, said he was of tbe opinion that tho suppression of slavery without the assistance and direction oi the local officials of the powers occupying Africa would be disastrous, and, therefore, that the co-operation of the oliicials ought first to be obtained. - Rio De Janeiro Not a Desirable Capital. Rio de Janeiro, March 20. Gen. Deodoro Da Fonseca, the head of the provision?.! government, says he is determined to deliver up the government to thn legislative congress just as soon as possible, and that internal peace and order shall be maintained, let it cost what it may. From some words tbat the General and his ministers have let drop, it would seem that they are convinced of the necessity of removing the capital from the metropolis, or principal commercial , city, just as soon as possible. The provisional government have declared that they do not consider it the proper opportunity nor convenient for any change in thelegislation now in force regarding the registration or election franchise of women. No 3Iore Advertisements for Laborers. Daiilap Cable Sptciai. Consul-general Xew stated to a reporter that the daily News, which paper had published the advertisements of the American firms of stone-dressers asking for laborers, assured him that no similar advertisements from the United States would ever again be received by tbat paper, and tbat other papers had also given him the same assurance, being afraid of the law holding them responsible for the wages of the laborers who might be left destitute in a strange land. Americans Convicted or Attempted Kobbery. London, April 23. The trial cf the three Americans who gave their names as Frank Lackrose, William Smith aud Charles Robinson, who were arrested on the charge of attempting to rob bank clerk Stone of a bag containing 5,000 worth of checks, notes and gold, which he was about to deposit in tho City Bank, took place to-day,

RAILWAY TIHE.TAUX.ES. From Inllanipolls Union SUtloa. ennsylvania Lines. East West- South Worth. - Trains run by Central Standard Time, .Leave for Pittsburg, Baltimore ( d 4:30 a m. Washington, Philadelpliia and New d 2:35 p in. York. (d 3:30 pm. Arrive from the East, d 11:40 am., d 12:30 pm. and d 10:20 pm. Leave for Oolambns. 9:00 am.; arrive from Columbus, 3:30 pin.; leave for Richmond, 4:00 pm.; arrive from Richmond, 9:40 am. Leave for Chicago, d 10:35 am., d 12:20 arou; arrive from Chicago, d 4:05 pm.; d 3:55 am. Leave for LoulsTlUe, d 4:00 am.. 7:35 am., d 4:10 pm.. 3:20 pm. Arrive from Louisville, 9:30 am., d 10:30 am., 3:50 pm., d 12:15 am. Leave for Ylnoenaes and Cairo, 7:25 am 4 :10 pm.; arrive from Vlnoennes and Cairo; 10:S0 am., 5:12 pm. d. dally; other trains except Sunday. TTANDALIA LINE SHORTEST ROUTE TO St. Louis and the West. Trains arrive and leave Indianapolis as follows: -Leave for St. Louis, 7:20 am, 11:50 am, 1.-00 p m, 11:00 pm, 7.00 pm. Grwncastle and Terr riant Acoom'fiatlon. 4:00 Tm. Arrive from tft. Louis, 3:45 am, 4:15 am, 2:50pm, 7:45 pm. o-.20 pm. Tem Haute and Green castle Accom'datlon. 10:00 am. Sleeping and Tarlor Cars are run on through trains. For rates and Information aprlyto ticket aptntsof the company, or II. It. DISKING, Assistant General Passenger A cent. THE VESTIBULED PULLMAN CAR LINE. LEAVE rXDIAJTATOLIi No. 2 CMcajro Express, daily ex. Sunday.... 7: SO am Arrive In Chicago 2:30 pm. No. 32 Chlcaaro Llm Pullman Vestlbuled coaches, parlor and dining car, daily 11:10 am Arrive In Chicago 5:00 pm. No. 34 Chicago Night Exu. Pullman VesUbuled coaches and sleepers, dallv 1:15 tm Arrive in ChlcsKO 7:35 am. No. 18 Monon Ac-, daily 6:00 pm ARRIVE AT INDIANAPOLIS. No. 31 Vestibule 3:55 vm No. 33 Vestibule 3:65 am No. 1 Night Express 8:35 am Pullman Vestlbuled Sleepers for Chicago stand a west end ot Union JStation, and can b taken at b:20 p. m daily. Ticket oflces No. 26 South Illinois street and at Union Station. t National TiiWMs WroiigM-Iroa Pipe roa Gas, Steam & Water Boiler Tubes, Cast and Malleable Iron Fittings (black and galvanized), valves. Stop Cocks, Engine Trimmings, Steam Gauges, Plpo Tongs, Pipe Cutters. Vises, Screw Plates and Dies. Wrenches, Steam Traps, Pumps, Kitchen Sinks, Hose, Belting. Babbitt Metal, Solder, Whits and Colored Wlplne Waste, and all other supplies used In connection with Ga. Steam and Water. Natural Gas Supplies a speolalty. Steam-heatlne Apparatus forPublic llnlldlngs. Storerooms, Mills. Shops. Factories, Laundries, Lumber Dry-houses, etc Cut and Thread to oraer any siro WrougbMron Pipe- from a Inch to 12 Inches diameter. KNIGHT & J1LLSON. 7&fc 77 S.Pennsylvaniast and resulted in the conviction of the prisoners. They wero each sentenced to eighteen months imprisonment at hard labor. Queen Victoria at Darmstadt. Berlin, April 23. Queen Victoria arrived at Darmstadt from Aix-les-Baines to-day. Her Majesty was received at the railway station by the municipal authorities and other prominent officia.8. A guard of honor was also present at the station, and saluted her Majesty. Has Challenged Eight NoMcmen. Stuttgakt, April 23. Tho Club of Nobles, of this city, has ostracised Baron Muenich because he was elected to tho Keichstag as a representative of the Peoples' party. The Baron has challenged eight of the members. Cable Notes. Tho Pope is incensed at the Archbishop of Naples, and the latter will be superseded by the present nuncio at Munich. The Hood cansed by the overflow of tho Darling river, in New South Wales, is aubfiidinp. A fund has been opened for tho benefit of the sufferers by tho flood. The French newspanerJiStamboui has been suppressed by the government for publishing the reports of the arrest of Grand Duke Constantine, of Kussia, cousin of the Czar, for taking part in a revolutionary plot. By the explosion of a shell in the pun-works at Mohlheim. Germany, two men were killed and several terribly injured. Tho explosion, fortunately, occurred in a part of the building where there were few workmen. . The wife of the Shah of Persia is in Vienna to consult Dr. Fuchs, a famous oculist. When she appears in public she wears a heavy veil, which completely conceals her features. She appears to bo of middle age. She sees no one except Dr. Fuchs and the members of the Persian embassy. WANTS TO SELL MORE BOOKS. School-Book Contractors Would Like to Snrplj ' Physiologies, Spellers and Histories, When the State Board of Education, as text-book commissioners, last year considered proposals to furnish text-books to the schools of the State the Indiana Schoolbook Company submitted, along with other books, a physiology and speller. It had no history, and the commissioners did not regard the other books named as coming up to the standard. The company, therefore, took tho contract for readers, geographies and arithmetics, but it Is now desirous of supplying physiologies, spellers and histories. It is understood that a proposition will be made to the State Board of Education at its meeting in May to have the lists completed for next year's supply. But to do this will require a renewal of advertising for proposals to furnish physiologies, spellers and histories, and for advertisement for such purpose the board has no money. The $1,00) the Legislature gave it to be used in advertising for school-book bids has been exhausted, and no money in tho treasnry can bo- made available until the Legislature makes another appropriation. . Optler of Eastern Star. The Grand Chapter of Indiana, Order of the ' Eastern Star, met in its seventeenth annual session yesterday at Masonic Temple. Mrs. Mary E. Mason, of Blufttou. grand matron, presided, supported by Ir. E. J. Church, of LaPorte, grand patron; W. H. Smythe, of Indianapolis, secretary, aud Mrs. Helen A. Macomber. of Sonth Bend, treasurer. There wero about 125 person present as delegates and a considerable number of visitors, among tho latter being Mrs. L. J. Pitkin, of Chicago, right worthy grand secretary of the General Grand Council. Eleven chapters havo been organized during the 3ear. Tho annual receipts have amounted to S2..V.K1.13. while the balanco remain in? in tho treasury s51.--S3.J?. Martin II. liice submitted a report on correspondence, which was read and ordered to be priuted. Last night Quen Esther Chapter gave a beautiful exeuiplitication of the work of tho order. To-day tho morning will be occupied -vrith reports of committees. Tho election of omccrs for the ensuing year will tako placo this altcrnouu,

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