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with such recommendations shall be liable to a penalty of $100 h iay for every car not eupplied with such couplers; and any employe who shall bo injured, or the legal representatives of any employe who may be killed, by reason of a defective or unsuitable coupler ma j bring action against the railroad owning the car and Tecover damages to the amount of 5,000. The proposed board is also authorized to investigate and report upon other safety appliances for use on railroads. DENIAL FK03I FLORIDA.

An Editor Says the Administration Is 311staken About Lawlefttneis in That State. Jacksonville, Fla., April 27. Editor Hawthorn, of the Times-Union, published an open letter to President Harrison, stating that the people of Florida regard the President's letterto Attorney-general Miller with surprise, and a deep sense of injury. He says they are convinced that the statements it contains about resistance to the legal process in Florida must have been based upon misinformation as to the actual state of affairs in the counties named. This misinformation probably existed in tne reports mado to the Departmert of Justice by officers of the court for this district. Mr. Hawthorn proceeds to cast discredit upon those reports by a&serting that "District Judge Swayne openiy boasted that the policy of his court would be one of bitter persecution of Democrats. This threat put the Democrats on the defensive, and provoked widespread suspicion of Judge Swayno'a tribunals." The latter goes on to recite that "the United States iu rv commissioner flagrantly discriminatesatrainst Democrats, twenty-two out of twenty-three members of the grand jnry bo ins Repnblicans. Wholesale indictmonts against Democrats lor political otteuses were then found on most unreliable testimony. This roused the people to indigna tion and fear. In the cases that came to trial the court's rulings were often parti san. No wonder the people of the counties referred, to shrank from appearing lor trial before such a court, or that they preferred the hardships of concealment to the dancers of unfair trial, loese people are indus trious and law-abidinp. They have been terrorized bv the political persecution to which they have been subject This accounts for their reluctance to admit process, but they have been grossly misrepresented in other respects. They are not inhospitable to the marshals. The writer has the statement of eleven of the mar shal's pose that they were 'treated like eentlemen at Madison, where it has been alleged that they were refnsed accommoda tions. Jr the conit is cleansed or partisanship and injustice so that it merits the confidence of the people it will meet no resistance, obstruction or evasion.77 MINOR 3IATTERS. Wyoming nd Idaho Admission Bills Will Be Pasted by Both Houses. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Washington, April 27. It is the inten tion of Senator Piatt, the chairman of the Senate committee on Territories, to call up the bills creating the States of Wyoming and Idaho as soon as the pending land-forfeiture bill, the silver bill and the customs administration bill are disposed of, and both of these measures will pass the Senate, without doubt, adding two states to the Union. There will be more opposition in the House of Representatives, but the Wyoming and Idaho admission bills are to be a part of the Republican legislative pro gramme and are to be made party measures. Interstate-Commerce Legislation. Special to the Indianapolis JournaL ' Washington, April 27. The Interstatecommerce Commission will take no action on the several bills that have been intro duced to repeal or amend the long-and-short-haul clause of the interstate-commerce law until the interstate commission ers, who have been investigating the sub ject as it relates to the price of atrricnltnral products in the est, have made their report. 'm Indlantans at the Capital. Epeclal to the Indianapolis JournaL Washington, April 27. Jesse W. Weik and James McD. Hays, postmaster at Greencastle, are here. SENATOR'S REMINISCENCES. Murderers Set at Liberty in DakotaOne of Them Becomes a Legislator. Washington Star. "A tenderfoot judge from the East, when I Trent out to Dakota, fifteen years ago," said Senator Pettigrew to a reporter, "was holding court on the extreme frontier in a town on the banks of the Missouri river. when it chanced that an indictment for murder was brought against three men who bad hanged a horse-thief to . a teletrraDh Dole. The accused were released on their own bonds, and when , the. day, came for their trial they came into court, unaccom panied by an attorney, .and advanced toward the Judge, each one of them with bis hand on a brace of 44-caiibre revolvers. and moved that the case be adjourned for a year, during which they should be released as before on their personal bonds. The Judge promptly granted the motion, remarking subsequently that the argument in its behalf was the most powerful he had ever heard in a court of law. 'When the year had gone by no further . a 1 9 a action was msuiuieu, uni it nappenea that one of tho three men was elected to the Legislature. His seat was contested. ard the contestant, wishing to throw odium . upon his adversary, had him arrested under t the old indictment for murder and confined in the jail, which wan immediately beneath the room in the court-house where the Legislature met. The county was not willing to pay the prisoner's board, nor would tho town or territorial authorities, and so the contestant paid it. Uut he lost his case, and thereupon announced that he would not pay for his opponent's support anv longer. So, inasmuch as no one else would become responsible for it, tho man was liberated, walked up stairs, and took his seat in due form in the legislative body, of which I was myself a member." Senator Petti crew had some account to give of the town of Bismarck, which was i a j ti.. : x i x j ii muse ua.v a iuo irruuuus ui me iioriuern Pacific railway. That center of population was then composed of seventeen saloons and gambling-houses and thirteen other buildings. Avhen Mr. Pettigrew arrived, a variety show admission 15 cents was being given in the middle of the principal street in a big tent A parson one of the enthusiastio missionaries which such an exigency in civilization's advance brings into being was mounted on a box outside the tent declaiming on the advantages of salvation lor the benent of a gathering of gamblers and other rough characters of all degrees. This distraction annoyed tho manager of the variety show, and presenti jy ne came out. ana, mounting upon anotner box. shouted: "Gents, salvation is free all the year round; this show is free for precisely thirty minutes." And every man in tho preacher's andieuce, without a moment's hesitation, de serted the parson and walked in to ece tho show. Nevertbele." added Senator PettigTew, "my observation has been that the gamblers and roughs of a mining camp have a very great respect for tho cloth. In any wild Western town tbey are the ones who couiriDute most to the. support of religion. In this they are influenced in two wavs. Primarily they were born more or lens under the shadow of Christianity, the inflnence of which is never altogether lost, aud. secondly, they have an instinctive belief in the propriety of giving what they call a fair deal to any man who is trying to do his level best, in a town like Bismarck in its early days it is a usual thing for a clergyman to ank the privilege of sneakinir in a garnbliug-hoiue. And. as a rule, uotoulv is the privilege granted, but the game is suspemieu until the preacher has been heard, and not infrequently a collection is taken up for bin benefit at the end of the performance.77 Engineer Killed. IlATTlESBiTKr.. Miss.. April 27. A freight train standing on the track here, headed north, was run intu by a train that was following it. Half a dozen cars were wrecked. ome cattle killed and engineer George North so badly injured that he died this eveumg. Movement of Steamer. London, April 27. .Sighted: Gellert, from New York, for Hamburg; La Gaseogno, from N'e York, for Havre. Queknstow.v, April 27. Arrived: fccrvia from New York.

PACKING-HOUSE EMPLOYES

They Hold a Meeting at Chicago and Re solve in favor of an Eight-Hour Day. Strike will Be Ordered on Thursday if Their Demands Are Sot Conceded Expressmen. Accept Reduced Wages Labor in Europe. CHICAGO PACKING-HOUSE MEN. Meeting Yesterday at 'Which 1,000 Decided to Strike Thursday for Eight Hours. Chicago, April 27. Fully one thousand packing-housemen, by a unanimous vote, decided this afternoon to go out on a 6trike Thursday, unless their request for an eight-hour day is complied with. The announcement of the vote was followed by deafening cheers. Frank O'Neill, president of the Packing-house Laborers' Union, acted as chairman of the meeting.. The first speaker, John McCnllough, said that the packers owned the laborer:, body and sonl, sinco the last strike, and that now, when an effort was being made to shake the coils that bound them tbey should take advantage of their opportunity and embrace it quickly. He said he hoped the men would win the issue; xnat mis lime mere wouia ue no Jt'i nicertons to intimidate and mnrdertbem. He cautioned them not to resort to deeds of violence, but rather keep away entirely Irom the packing-bouses. Among tho other speeches was one by lawyer liichraan. who promised the men from whom money forfeits have been exacted by the different packing establishments that they would not lose a cent or the forfeit by the strike. President O'Neill, in an interview after the meeting, said the men had an organiza tion oi four thousand members and were being backed bv the Chicaao Personal Rights League and the Federation of Labor. March IS they had sent a' letter to every packer at tne yards, asking that a committee be appoint ed to confer with a like committee from the union to discuss the eight-hour question. ' Only two .email establishments answered. Efforta were subsequent ly made by Congressman Lawler, but with no better result President O'Neill said he had not as yet, however, despaired of a hearing, and was still endeavoring to arrange one. In any event "Wednesday the packers will be served with a demand for the eighthour day, and an increase of 22 cents an hour, which would leave a day's wages less than at present. Thurs day a strike would ensue in all houses not making the concession. Employment, he said, bad been very unsteady, there being cases where the men did not obtain seven months in the year, thus aver aging but 4 a week. President O'Neill asserted that the man who held the key to the situation is Philip D. Armour. The packers, including Mr. Armour, argued that under the eight-hour system they could not compete with Kansas City. Armonr, O'Neill continued, did not have to compete with Kansas City, for at that place he bad a monopoly. Ihe Carpenters' Council will meet to morrow afternoon to determine the future policy of their strike. Affairs to-day ' were in statu quo. Expressmen Accept Reduced Wages. Chicago, April 27. All fear of a strike by the employes of the United States Ex press Company were finally banished to day. The men met, and by a unanimous vote decided to aecept for the present, at least, the new reduced scale of wages announced by the company, to take eftect May 1. This determination was the result of a thorough discussion of Vico-president Crosby's communication in answer to the employes' committee who waited upon Mr. Crosby April 23. In his reply Mr. Crorby said that the reduction in salaries as absolutely necessary, and that he exigencies of the company could be met in no other way. Unrestrained competition of express companies necessitated unprofitable contracts with railroads: and the employes had been paid regularly when the stockholders bad received nothing. A pledge was given that when the condition of the company would warrant it the salaries would be restored. A permanent organization of employes was formed. A. VV. McCormick was elected president; E. C. Hose secretary, and M. A. Ward, treasurer. A negotiation committee of seven was also appointed. Other cities will be represented by delegates. Delegates were present at the meeting to-day from Detroit, Grand Rapids. Milwaukee. Battle Creek, St. Louis and other cities. Unfounded Predictions of Trouble. Chicago Tribune. Alarming reports have been published in some of the Chicago papera predicting a tre mendous labor upheaval in Chicago Mayl or thereabouts. It- has been stated that there will be strikes innumerable, and that the number ot men who will be idle will be 100.000 and over. No one who in. at all fa miliar with labor matters in Chicago and the United States for they must be considered in conjunction would venture to make such a prediction with any claim to cer tainty. The fact is that the labor situation is so mixed that a clear statement of it is impossible, and any prediction is the merest guesswork. "Labor movements travel slowly," said a well-informed laborite, yesterday, "and it Is utterly impossible to tell how far the masses have become affected by the eight hour enthusiasm. Before May 1 no reliable prediction can be made, and it ought to be the business of newspapers and public speakers to calm the public mind Tather tnan to exciie unnecessary aiarm. Many a strike has beeu provoked by the repeated publication ot a prediction that it would take place. Such statements excite the la boring people. It makes them hopeful of success where the chances are slim and increases the fever. They plunge into a strike, get beaten, and are worse off than before. The recollection of their lost ground makes them restless and keeps them in a constant state of ferment. All labor leaders deprecate a sensationalism chat will predict labor troubles where none are in sight, or exaggerate a trifling diflerence u opinion into a dangerous breach. It not only incites men to strike.it also brings trouble by hardening the minds of employers who. reading that their men are talking of striking, will naturally be less disposed to listen to them in any grievances the men may call to their attention and bring on a strike where a kind word might have set everything right. The Tribune will do the cause of labor a good turn by exposing the danger that lies in such extravagant and utterly unfounded predictions of trouble. 'Moreover, the peace of the. city should not be wautonlj' disturbed in this way. The demonstration bj the labor organizations May 1 will be the rirst indication of the extent of the eight-hour movement. After that fchall have shown how many persons are interested in it actively, we shall issne a call for a meeting of prominent labor men to form an eight-hour association, and talk over matters and exchange information. "Another thing must be borne in mind in any discussion of the probabilities. Much is said against labor organizations, but tho fact is that their tendency is to preserve peace, not to create disorder. Four years ago the laboring people of Chicago were disorganized. 'Ihe eight-hour movement found them undisciplined, incapable of understanding the movement or of weighing the chauces of success. With the enthusiasm of a mob they rushed into it and created havoc and unsettled business, and in most cases were worse off after than before. "The last four years have taught them valuable lessons. Organized labor is numerically stronger to-day in Chicago by fully CO per cent, than in !$$;. Its form of orgnnizatiou, too. is moro compact and effective The union men represent a strong nucleus of well-disciplined men who know what they want, and are trained in estimating the chances of success. Tho non-union men who have rushed into the union by the thousands of late hud themselves led and watched by men many of whom could give a college professor odds in a debate on questions ot political economy. "These things have imparted a conservative tendency to all labor movements at present. One need only to look at tho attitude of tho Federation oi Labor in confin

ing the eigbt-honr movement to one trade. This condition of things also gives more

weight to the influence of labor leaders and enables them to hold a movement in check better than in former years. It is not improbable that some tradt s will not heed the desire of the Federation of Labor to confine the eight-hour movement within certain limits. But the predictions of wholesale strikes are, from the present condition of atlairs. wholly unwarranted. "Take all these matters in connection with the undeniable fact that the attitude of employers towards labor has become more considerate within the last few years, and you can set down these alarmist opinions as altogether wild." SITUATION IN ECKOrE. Meetings In London to Prepar for Next Sun day's Demonstration The Irish Strike. London', April 27. Numerous meetings were held to-day by labor organizations, at which the great eveut in the labor world the advent of the momentous 1st of May, 18.0 was discussed and plans finally set tled for next Sunday's demonstrations. The men in tIl the trades clalui to be- con fident of success of the niovenient'for fewer hours, and tbey are certainly enthusiastio enough to indicate that their confidence ib not assumed. The chief features of next Sunday's programme will bs a nnmber of imposing processions of the members of the various trades, and subsequent monster mas8-moe tings. The police profess not to be at all afraid of any disturbance, but they are very properly taking every precaution that experience or foresight can suggest to guard acaint any accident or untoward incident 'Which might provoke trouble. The general disposition on the partof the authorities is to give free, rein to the people in the matter of the lawful assemblage and movement through the streets and not interfere, unless it becomes absolutely necessary to do so. It is to be regretted that, according to advices from other capitals, the authorities of the continental countries seem to take a different view of their duties, and are inclined to place restrictions upon the people which may prove so Irritating as to cause disorder where, otherwise, everything would pass off peacefully. There is no denying the general feeling throughout Europe is one of uneasiness and apprehension, and everybody wishes the 1st of May were passed. The Irish railway strike situation is becoming worse rather than better. Labor disturbances in Ireland, like social disorders in that country, seem to assume a more bitter aspect than similar aflairs in most other countries, and it is not improbable that serious trouble, will occur before the present difficulty is settled. The railway directors have determined to take advantage of the legal rights possessed by them, and have begun prosecutions against the signal men who left the company's employ without the formal notice required by law, and there is little doubt that the men will be made to sutler severely for their hasty action. Tho American mail train was one hour late in reaching Queenstown to-day. Several railway directors and several clerks from the Dublin offices ot the railway manned the train and had charge of the mail. The clerks carried the mail aboard the Umbria. the regular employes for that purpose haviug joined the strikers. The Umbria was bnt very slightly delayed in sailing. The American-Irish mail from the Servia was then taken aboard the same and brought to London. The Servia's English and Scotch mails were kept aboard the steamer until she reached Liverpool. Michael Davitt. in an address to the strikers' to-day, in Phoenix Park, Dublin, advised them to submit their grievances to arbitration. He condemned the action of the signal men in quitting work without giving notice, and in not giving opportunity tor negotiations. The Vienna gas men have'withdrawn their demand for a 50 percent, advance in wages, and intend to present revised and more reasonable demaoas a fortnight hence. The bakers have abandoned their intention to advance tho price of bread. The committees of the various trades earnestly appeal to the men to preserve order on May day. The workmen in Buda-Pesth will carry white flags in their parade. The insurance companies decline to be responsible for auy losses that may be incurred through rioting. ' in consequence of this decision all the shops will be closed on May 1, and some of them will be barricaded. MISCELLANEOUS LAllOR NEWS. Illinois Steel Company Employes to Be Made Sharers In the Firm's Profits. JOLIET, 111., April27. J. C. Sterling, secretary of the Illinois Steel Company of which the Joliet rolling-mill is apart, employing about two thousand men, addressed the employes last night, submitting a proposition to them which is remarkable, considering the way the world is now running on. The company will give to each man who stays one year 1 per cent, of his wages, and so on up to five years, when 5 per cent, of his wages will be added to his pay; thns, at the end of five years, the company will be giving these employes 0,000 a year. Men entering into the company's employ July 1, 1889, are entitled to the benefit. The men . received the proposition with unbounded joy. This will settle all likelihood of strikes, or quitting of work without giving notice. Meeting of Locomotive Knglneera. Oswego, N. Y., April27. A social meeting of tho Brotherhood of Locomotive En gineers was held here to-day. About live hundred engineers were present, including Grand Chief P. M. Arthur. They came from all points between Boston and Chicago. The affair was in charge of Division 152. of this city. A secret meeting was held at Knights of Pythias Hall, in the moruintr, but ro important business was considered. The public meeting was held in the Academy of Music, and was presided over by Patrick Fennell, known as Shandy Magnire," the Brotherhood poet. Two thousand persons were present. The meeting was opened with prayer by Kev. E. 11. Lovett, pastor of West Baptist .Church. Addresses were made by Chief Arthur, Patrick Fennell, Col. T. 13. White and P. N. Buleer. The visitors left at 6 p. m. The next meeting will be held in Wilmington, Del., May 18. MasMeetInr at Montreal. Monirkal, Que., April 27. A gigantio labor demonstration took place here' last night in favor of the eight-hour movement. Between three and four thousand representatives of the several labor organizations assembled in Chaboillese square, and were addressed by their leader. Thev were advised to combine to combat capital, which was daily driviDg the workingmen to starvation. Resolution in favor of eight hours were passed. A strong police force maintained order. Detroit Carpenters and Joiner. Detroit, Mich., April 27. Committees from the Builders-' Exchange and Brother hood of Carpenters and Joiners met yesterday to consult on demands of the carpenters for SO cents an hour and eight honrs a day. The builders agreed to increase wastes, but decliued to shorten tho day. This did not satisfy the carpenters, and the conference ended without result. Both sides seem determined. Philadelphia Carpenters. Philadelphia, April 27. At a meeting of carpenters last night, delegates representing over half tho union carpenters in the city resolved to maintain the demand for cents an hour, and to insist upon thet payment of that sum on and after the 1st of May. ni83lARCKS rOKTUNE. The Prince lias a Yearly Income of Over 8100,000. Courrler fles Etats Fnls. Bismarck refused the title of duke on the ground that his income was not sufficient to euableihim to support the burdens which the thing would bring upon him. but in reality he refused because he could not very very well accept an honor which might look like a compensation for his removal. We have the most trustworthy information to prove that the fortuue of Bismarck at the present moment may -be estimated at more than 100,000 income. He is one of the largest land-owners in Prussia, lie owns a brewery, a paper factory, a saw-mill, and distilleries, lie was always proud to say that everything that was consumed iu his

house was the product of his own property. The donations given to him on several occasions formed the greater portion of his fortune. His property at Varzin was purchased by him in 18C. after the war with Austria, with the $300,000 which was then presented to him. After the war of 1871 Emperior William took out of the indemnity milliards $S00.000 for M. de Bismark, and this sum served to purchase the great domain of Friedrichsruhe. This latter castle is remarkable for its simplicity. There are some portions of it that are simply whitewashed and without any ornamentation whatever. Up to 1845 Bismarck was obliged to live rather modestly, and, as he himself admits, he did not resist the temptation of gambling, ib the hope that chance would favor him. The inheritance of his iathor bettered his pecuniary situation and brought him the property of Schcnnhausen, aud it was shortly after that when he married Johanna von Puttkamer. For some time Bismarck's charity was eagerly solicited, but the old Chancellor was always economical and he rarely responded to appeals for aid. A few years

ago he caused to be inserted in the papers a singular advertisement declaring that it was useless to ask him for assistance. HAIL-STOM AT BALTIMORE The City Pelted with Large Ragged Chunks of Ice that Did Great Damage. Horses Frightened, Windows Broken and the Streets Flooded Texas Visited with the Greatest Flood It Has Known for Years. "Wasringtox, April 27. The Signal Office furnishes the following report from the signal-service observer at Baltimore, Md.: The heaviest ' hail-storm on record at this station passed over Baltimore from northwest to southeast between 3:45 and 4 p. M., to-da'. Many thousands of windows in the city were broken, the damage being confined mainly to the western exposure. Many runaways are reported. Some, horses and carriages were abandoned in the streets, the owners leaving them to seek shelter. It is probable that a number of people were injured, as the etoncs were very large, some measuring more than two inches in diameter, and weighing more than four ounces each. The extent of the damage has not yet been ascertained, but it must have been very great. Very heavy rain fell with the hail, eight-tenths of an inch falling between 3:45 and 4 P. M. Many of the car tracks at the foot of the hills are covered to the depth of six inches with soil washed down upon them. The wind at 3:55 attained a velocity of thirty miles per hour, the rapidity decreasing after the passage of the storm. Another dispatch says the hail was not like the snow-coated hail, but was plain hard ice, frozen through and through, clear as crystal, and solid as a rock. It went through thick panes of glass as if they were tissue paper, and the amount of damage done by it can only be figured up when all the broken panes are counted and the glass-setters' bills are paid. The loss will run up into the thousands. Some of the hail-stones were ragged and sharp on tho edges as a steel-blade. Hen's eggs were nothing to them in size. Many of them were as large as a man's list. The storm came from the west, was local in its character, and swept to the east with a rattle like heavy musketry, frightening people out of their wits, and hitting those who were on the streets many hard knocks and driving them into places of shelter. The storm came all at once, like a thunder-bolt. There was a perfect Niagara of water, with hail-stones or rather chunks of ice weighing some of them a quarter of a pound. Almost in an instant the streets were rivers, the pavements were flooded from two to three inches deep, and a man who remained on the street was almost in danger of losing his life. The heavy chunks of hail drove the horses wild. Those that pull the streetcars became uncontrollable, and the drivevers were compelled' to let them have their own way and to run at their own free will. The people in the cars became panic-stricken, and many of them, crouched trembling on tho floor ' of the cars, praying for a rescue from the elements, while the drivers dodged - the missiles the best tbey could. All over the city the damasewas heavy. No glass that met the full force of the hail was strong enough to stand the cobble-stone-like blocks that came out of the sky. Charles-street windows look as if there had been a battle fought, and in the houses on Mt. Vernon, Place the damage was very considerable, in the annex the rain, wind and hail did even more severe damage than in the city. Wails were swept down, houses unroofed, glass smashed and other damage done. The Great Flood In Texas. Dallas, Tex., April 27. The most destructive flood ever known in the history of northern Texas is now passing through Trinity river. Tho great rain on Friday raised every tributary of it far out of its banks. Yesterday and last night it rose rapidly, and at 10 o'clock this morning passed the highest water-mark in fifty years. In front of this city it is two miles wide, extending to the foot of Flander's Heights west, and to Oak Cliff, south of the city. On the north all resi dences from a hundred yards beyond Cochran street are submerged, some to the sec ond floor and others to the attic No one has been reported drowned. All night and all day to-day they have been movintr to high er ground. ( The back-water extends far upon tho north side of the city, while on the south houses are submerged as far up as Ward street, north. South, and in front of the city there is ono vast ocean of water thirty aud forty feet deep, and at this hour it is still rising, and will so continue until at least luesday. Its like has not been seen. Trains on all the railroads, the Pacific and the Missouri Pacific, the Santa Fe und the Greenville, were not running west, north or south of the city to-dav. Wash outs are reported all along their lines, but the worst are immediately around the city. Gangs of men are watching the bridges over the Trinity and keeping oft' the drift. To-night the crest of the waves lack six feet of the flooring of the bridges in the city, but the Santa Fe and Central, below town. are reported submerged. News from the surrounding country is bad. Small bridges have been destroyed by the deluge. Indeed. few are left. The destruction of crops will amount to little or nothing, for as soon as tne watir goes down they will grow again. Tho storm of Friday will be a memorable one. It extended from the Indian Ter ritory to the gulf, and from Marshall to Abilene. There was not a stream. however 6inall or great, that was not raised high above its highwater mark. Atmanv points were hurri canes of wind aud one genuine toruado. Many houses were blown down, but so far not a single life has been reported lost. To day a "norther" is blowing, and fires are quite comlortable. To-morrow the people look for several feet additional water in the Trinity, but it will go into the gulf direct and not down upon unfortunate Louisiana. There was thirty-ono feet of water in Bed river, at Arthur City, this morning, and it : : : ji mi. .. v, - . wiii bum nsiufc rupiuiy. xuo uououis aro all overflowed, and the crops aredestioj'ed. Village Blown Away. Llitlk Rock. Ark., April ST.YorkviBo, a villa2e a few miles southwest of Cotton Plant, iu Woodruti' county. was entirety blown away during a heavy wind and rain-storm early yesterday morning. Hundreds of cattle and stock are reported killtd. but there was no lo3s of life 60 far as can be learned. Detroit Wants a National Convention. Dktkoit. Mich.. April 27. A project is on foot among the leading Democratic politi cians nere to secure the Democratic .National convention in lKQ for Detroit. I. M. Westou, of Grand Rapids, chairman of tho Democratic central committee, is chief mover in the matter, and Don M. Dickiuson's aid is also being counted on. Surrender of a Defaulter. Trkxtox. N. J.. April 27.-Casper Soer. chief clerk in the monev-order department of the Newark nostotlice. has surrendered himttelf as a defaulter in the sum of about 5,000. i

Highest ofall in Leavening Power.

VAHIOUS BASE-BALL BUMOBS Change in the League Opening Dates at Chicago fcrtho Benefitof Pittshurg. Report that the Latter Club Will Be Dis banded and the Franchise and Half the Havers Transferred to Indianapolis. CniCAGO, April 27. Now that the diffi culties of the big base-ball organizations are over, it look a as though the almighty dollar is once more to cut the same old principal lignre in the great na tional game. The National - League made a change of front last night, deciding to open the Chicago series next Tuesday instead of Saturday, thns averting a condict with the Players' League. Secretary Brunell, of the Players' League, said to-day that his organization would make no move to meet this latest action of the rival bodv, adding that the Players' League schedule was made to stay, and would stay, no matter wnat the old League does. President fepalding refused to admit that the National League schedule was to be changed to avoid all conflicts. He declared the main reason the Chicago opening date had been shifted was because the club was booked for thirty-four straight games in this city during the latter part of August and September. Mr. Spalding declined to talk on the subject of a com promise with the Players League on dates. A local paper, discussing the significance of the incident, says, however, that the alacri ty with which the National League magnates unanimously consented to the Chicago change proves that the warfare is practically at an end, both sides welcoming a truce. It is asserted that the Chicago. Pittsburg, Cleveland and Philadelphia clubs nave already have consented to a non-conflicting schedule. With - the hatcnet buried between the League and Brotherhood there win not only te an opportunity for all hands to make money by the rearrangement of schedules, bat the exhibition season before and after the close of the regular season can be made mutually pro li table. A dispatch from New York save: "Jonn B. Day said to-day there was nothing in the Htory of a change in National League schednlo dates. He said the original schedule wonld be carried out Everything was S l" a 51 r m T ,, going sausiacioruy ior me .Leaguo." Here's Hope at Last. Pittsburg, April 27. At Chicago, com mencing Tuesday, the Pittsburg National League Club will try its players against the Chicago National League Club in eight games. At the end of this time, it is reported, the best of the Pittsburg players will be sold to Chicago, and the remainder of tho club will be transferred to Indianapolis with the Pittsburg franchise. American Association Games. St. Louis, April 27. Columbus opened here to-day in the presence of 5,761 tpe .tators, turnstile count. St. Louis won with ease. Columbus could not bat Stevitts, getting only four scattering singles. Stevitts struck out twelve men, the first seven that came to the bat being among the number. Earle, late of the Cincinnatis, canght in almost faultless form, having eleven put-outs and making two runs and one bit. Gastright, the Columbus pitcher. waB hit very hard and for seventeen bases, with a total of thirty-two. ihe Columbus men were very unruly, and umpire Connell assessed a nnmber of fines. Score: St. Louis 2 4 2 1 o 3 2 o 014 Columbus 0 0010000 01 Hits Louisville, 17; Columbus, 4. Errors 6c Louis, 3; Columbus, 2. Batteries Stevitts and Earle; Gastxlght and BI!gh. Umpire Conno.il. LOUISVILLE, 4; TOLEDO, 3. Louisville, Apiil 27. Louisville deserv edly won to-day's ball game. Toledo mado strong play, and while there were three errors for the visitors, Louisville had to win every run. Ehret and Cnshman both pitched eflectively and were fairly backed up by Kyan and Sage. Nicholson at second. Hamburg in rignt, and weaver in center, played notably well. Attendance, 7,857, Score. Louisville 1 000000200 14 Toledo 0 20000001 0 03 Hits Louisville. 12; Toledo. 8. Errors Louis. ville, 2; Toledo, 3. Batteries Ehret and Ryan; i.ui4a!iian auaeage. umpire-ouea. ROCHESTER, C; BROOKLYN, 5. Brooklyn, N. Y., April 27. In spite of the unfavorable weather the Brooklyn and Rochester Association teams did not disappoint the 1,200 spectators who went to see a Sunday game. Pitcher ' Toole is responsible for the defeat of the home team. In the hrst inning be gave four men bases on balls and forced in two runs. In all, he gave twelve men tneir bases. Score: Kocbester. 2 00120000 10 Brooklyn 0 10000202 05 Hits Rochester. 5: Brooklyn. 5. ErrorsRochester, 5; Brooklyn, 3. Batteries Rochester, McKeough and Callihan; Brooklyn, Toole ana xoy. u mpire uarnum. ATHLETICS, 5; SYRACUSE, 3. , Philadelphia. April 27. The Athletic and Syracuse clubs played a fairly good game, at Gloucester Point, this afternoon. The general play of Couroy was tho feature. The Athletics have made arrangements to play at Gloucester every Sunday that they are at home: Attendance, 1,500. Score: Athletics 1 O O 1 O 3 O 0 05 Syracuse 01000000 23 Hits Athletics. 8; Brracu&e, 6. Errors Athletics, ' 3; Syracuse, 2. Batteries Prico and Cantz; Casey and Britgs. Umpire Eraslie. Wanted Their Money Back, and Got It. Long Island City, L. I., April 27. There was a lively time at tho Recreation ball grounds in this city, this afternoon, which almost assumed tho proportions of a riot. The Metropolitan base-ball nine, of New York, were to havo played the "Senators." Five or six hundred persons paid admission to the grounds to witness the game. The Senators failed to appear. 'Ihe Metronoli tans oll'ered to play a picked nine, but the oiler did not please the crowd, which shout ed for return of the admission money. Manager Thomas Kyan otlered to irive them checks good for next Sunday's game. This oiler made the crowd angry, and with yells and hibses they set upon the manacer. whose clothiug was nearly torn on" his back before he could announce that ho would pay back the admission money, lie instructed the ticket seller to ref nnd the money and the demonstration ceased. Lafayette Defeated by Kokomo. Special to the lmllanapoll.4 Journal. Lafayette, lud., April 27. Lafayette played its initial game to-day and was easily acicaieu uy jvokoiho. ocore: y Kokomo 0 3 1 1 1 2 0 0 0-S Lafayette 0 OOOOOOO 1-1 Hits Kokomo, 5; Lafayette, O. 1'rrors Kokomo. 2; Lafayette. 5. Batteries Lucid nud Jone: (iyle and Bevllle. Umpire Kllpatrick. Buffalo Players Will Stick to Buffalo. Buffalo, N. Y., April 27. The report that Washington capitalists arc- nego tiating with the Buffalo Brotherhood backers to obtain Dossesion of the PI a vers' League team is denied here. Moses bhire said to-niuht. " e have not received or made any Deposition to Washington tend mir to the transfer of our club, bucu a

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To) TU h i nro; 11 RAILWAY TIME-TAMI.ES. From Indlaaspolls Unlaa sutlaa, ennsylvania Lines. I&st Wetl- South North. Trains rtm by Centrvl Standard Timt. Leave for Pittsburg. Baltimore Cd 4:30 am. Waahington, PnUadelpuia and New-J d 2:.15 p m. York. Cd 3:30 pm. Arrive from the East, d 11:40 am. d 12:50 pm. axidd 10:20 pm. Leave for Columhus, 9:00 am.; arrive from Columbus. 3:50 pm.; leave for Richmond. 4.-00 pm.; arrive from Klchmond. 9:40 am. Leave for Chicago, d 10:35 am., d 12:20 anu arrive from Chloaw, d 4:05 pm.; d 3:55 am. Leave ror LotiU7liie. u 4:oo am.. 7:33 am., a 4:10 pm.. 9:20 pra. Arrive from Louisville, 9:50 am., d 10:30 am., 5:50 pm., d 12:15 am. Leave ror v moennes aud Cairo. 7:'Jo am., :io pm.; arrive from Ylnoeime and Cairo; 10:30 am., 5:12 pm. , d. dany; other trains except Sunday. VAN D ALIA LINE SHORTEST ROUTE TO st. Louis and the west. Trains arrive and lrave iadianaDolii as follows: Leave for St. Louis, 7:30 am, 1 1:50 am, 1:00 p m. 1 1.00 cm. 7.00 Dm. Greencastle and Terre Haute Aeeora'rta- len, 4.00 vm. Arrive from Mt, Louis, 3:15 am, 4:15 an, 2;50 pra, f:45 pm. 5:20 pm. Tei rt Haute and GrcencasUe Ac comVtation, 10:00 am.' Sleeping and Parlor Cars are mu on througn t rates. For rates and Information anplrto ticket amenta of the company, or 1L It. DISHING. Assistant General Passenger A fnt sfiUPijffllH! THE VESTIBULED PULLMAN CAB LINE. LEAVE IXDIAKJLPOL1S. No. 2 Cblcaro Express, ilaily ex. Bandar.. ..7:35 an Arrive la Chicago 2:30 pm. No. 32 Chicago Lim.. Pullman VesUbuled coaches, parlor and dining car. daily 11:10 am Arrive In Chicago 5:00 pm. No. 34 Chicago Night Ex., Pnllman Vestlbuled coachea ana leeiera. d&Uy ...... 1:15 am Arrive In Chicago 7:35 am. No. 18 Monon Ac, dally 6:00 pm ARRIVE AT IXDIAJfJLPOLEv. No, 31 Vestibule i 3:55 pa No. 33 Vestibule 3:55 am No. 1 Night Express 8:35 am' Pnllman Vestibuled Sleepers for Chicago eland at west end ot Union Station, and can be taken at 8:30 p. m daily. Ticket offices No. 26 South Illinois street and at Union Station. 3 WroBglt-Iroii Pipa : FOB Gas, Steam & Water Boiler Tubes, Cast and Malleable Iron Fit Unci black and palvanlzed), valves, Stop Cooks. Engine Trlmnilnps, Steam Gauges, Pipe Toug, line Cutters, Vises, Screw Plates and Die. Wrenches, 8 team Traps, Pumps, Kitchen Sinks. Hose, belting. Babbitt Metal, Solder, White and Colored Wlplne Waste, and all other supplies used In oonnrctlon with Gas. Steam and Water. Natural Gas Supplies a specialty. Steam-Lea tine Apparatus for Public Bnildlnffs, Storerooms. Mills. Suope, Factorles. Laundries, Lumber Dry-houses, etc Cut and Thread to order any size Wrought-lron Pipe from Inch to 12 Inches diameter. KNIGHT & JILLiJON. 7d& 77 S.Penneylvania st movement has not been thought of. Wo are in the Players7 League to stay and stay WO Will." Commercial League Games. At Coy's Park yesterday afternoon tho Buflalos defeated tho Dalton's. in the presence of abont one thousand people, by the following score, the feature of the gamo being the batting of Johnston: Daltons 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 01 Buffalo 1 2 4 1 O O 1 O " 'J Earned Runs Daltons, 1: IluXTalos. 1. Twobase hits Daltons. 1; iltiffalop, 2. Three base hits Daltons, 1. First base on balls Daltons, 1; Buffalo, 3. Baae hits Daltons, 3; Buffalo. 6. Batteries Daltons, Ramsev and Condon, aud Ilealey and Lyons; Buffalos, Bencil and Doremus. Struck out By IJealy, 11; by Ramsey, Is by Bencil, 12. Passed balls Condon, 2: Lyons, 1; Doremus, 1. Time 1:55. Umpire Mllford. One thousand people saw the Easterns defeat the Grand Avenues yesterday afternoon at Brighton Beach in a close and exciting game. Score: Grand Avenues. ...O 0 1 2 0 0 1 0 2 rt Easterns O 2 0 10 2 11 07 Base nit Easterns, 13: Grand Avenues, 5. Errors Easterns, 11; Grand Avenues, 3. Batteries -Grand Avenues, Shulti and Bright; Easterns, Ilealy and Iten. Umpires Sowdert and Uoughbauer. Base-Ball Notes. Philadelphia will sign Shreve. Boston Is negotiating with Davis. The fonr high-priced players of the Pittsbnrg League clab are paid as follows: Miller, $3,600: Dnnlap, 3,500; Hines, $2,800; Bowders. $3,700. The Old Dumps have reorganized an follows: Mac, catcher; Connors, pitcher; McCulloagh, first: McCarty, second; Williams, third; Barrett, short: Check, right; MrGlenn, center; Ivory, left. There was no lack of amateur base-ball sport about tne city yesterday, the result beine: Athletics, 7; Brenner Stars, 6. Eclats. 13; Young Sluggers. 10. Ryans,6: Westerns, 3. Young Hustlers, 19; Little Hustlers, 13. The excuse given by the Pittsburgers for transferring their home games to Chicago is that they want to improve their park: but that is rather flimsy, in view of the fact that .they would have all the time necessary as soon aa the club left on its first Eastern trip. Under tho new arrengement the club will not return home until June 2. A Youn? Girl Assaulted. John Russell and Edward Day, fanners. reported to Superintendent Travis, last night, that Hattie Barger, thirteen years of age, had been criminally assaulted at Smith's Valley, a little village twelve miles south of the city. The man suspected of the crime, they said, was being pursued by farmers and residents of the community. What the Bed l Uc -Means. New York, April 27. Socialists at a labor meeting here to-day endeavored to have a committee appointed to wait upon Mayor Grant and ask him to havo a red flag displayed on the citv hall May 1. Sergius Schevitch supported the effort. Ho gave a histoo of the red flag, which, he said, did not mean war and bloodshed, but wassimplytypic.il of humanity, and intended to show that the blod of ail workingmen all over the world was of one color, and that they should bn brothers. He thought if the Irish Has could rly from tho City Hall on March 17 the red flag might fly on May 1. Tho chairman of tho meeting refused to entertain uch a no tion, and the Socialist subsided after hot talk. IVhy lie Was Asked. New York Mall and Express. It is not easy to see why Mr. Cleveland should havo been asked to a piano-makern dinner. But the full title of tho concern is tho Piano and Oran Manufacturer' Association of the United States. Doubtless it was aH an organ manufacturer that the exPresident became eligible to temporary membership. Tlie More Correct "Word, rittstnirg ClmwiclcTi Icgraph. Somebody wanta to call the operator of a type-writer, a 4,manu-printT,,v when & '.vouimw)!naiiti'printer ' wotiM be more correct. But pcriiaps that is too lung.

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