Indianapolis Journal, Indianapolis, Marion County, 8 May 1890 — Page 2

THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL, THURSDAY, MAY 8, 1890.

lunatic parading tho streets rejoicing m hia freedom and menacing women till ho was secured. Paying patients fared best, but tho great loss was among those confined in the upper stories and among thoso imprisoned in tho dark basement cells. Fire Commissioner Perry characterizes tho buildings as a death-trap and as a disgrace to a civilized country. . A startling report, current to-night, is that a large numDer of tho male patients perished in tho flames, all of whom were thought to have escaped. It is absolutely Impossible, however, to give the list of dead. It will be weeks beforo the nuns will be able to givo any information. OTHER FIRES.

Eighteen Residences and Several Factories Destroyed at Scranton, Pa. , Scraxton, Pa., May 7. At 3 o'clock this evening fire broke out in tho works of tho Bloom Camago Manufacturing Company, on Eighth street. It spread rapidly to adjoining property, and destroyed eighteen privato residences, the pattern-shop and the boiler-house ol Finch's foundry and the machine works of Brock & Ross. For two hours the tire raged with great fury, being fanned by a strong wind. Most of the families in the burned dwellings were unable to remove their belongings. One block of twelve bouses was carried away completely. Every tire company in the city was summoned to the scene, and at 10 o'clock the tire was nnder control. The entire loss will reach 100,000, only a part of which is insured. The Singer Works and Other Fires. Elizabethpokt, N. J., May 7. The entire western front of the Singer eewinginachino factory on First street was gutted by last night's fire. The flames worked their way to tho main building extending along Trumbull street, cleaning out the stock, needle, finishing, adjusting, inspecting and milling oms. The pattern department was also destroyed, together with 50,000 finished machines and 18.000.000 needles. The loss is estimated at $2,000,000: fully insured by the Singer company. All work Is suspended and over 3,000 operatives are idly gazing upon the burned building. -It will be at least two months before work can be resumed. Windsor. Ont, May 7. The brick block owned by Mrs. McAdbury. of Detroit, Mich., and occupied by Jacob Bristoll, tobacconist; W. T. Mossip, wall-paper, and j. Lo ranger & Co., manufacturers of pices. was burned this morning. Lass, 17,000; insurance, $13,000. MiDDLESBOiiOUGir, Ky., May 7. The livery-stable of C. E. Clay was destroyed by lire this morning at 2 o'clock, and twenty -six fine saddle horses were roasted alive. Loss. $6,200; mostly covered by in surance in the Ltna, of Hartford, Conn. Special to the Indian a rolls Journal. Bloomington. 111.. Mav 7. Earlv vesterday morning a quarter of the business por tion of Latham, Logan county, was de stroyed by nro. involving a loss of 0,000. PROCEEDINGS OF CONGRESS. The Jones Hilver Bill Taken Up in the Senate and Several Amendments Offered. Washington, May 7. Among the bills reported from committees and placed on the Senate calendar to-day were the follow ing: The House regular appropriation bills for tho army and for the military academy; Senate bill to extend the timo for tiling claims in the court of claims nnder the French spoliation act. The House bill to authorize the Secretary of War to deliver to the State of Colorado the flags carried by Colorado regiments during the war of the rebellion was re ported and passed, after an explanation that while the flags of State regiments wero carried home with them, those of Territorial regiments were kept in Washington. House bill to amend the act to divido the State of Missouri into two judicial . districto was reported and passed, after an explanation that it was rendered necessary by two mistakes made by tho enrolling r ww ,.. cier& ox me nouse in enrolling mo act. Mr. lirav moved to Droceed to the consid eration ofthe bill to transfer the revenue marine service to the Navy Department. Agreed to yeas CO, nays 24. Mr. Cockrell spoke against the bill, and was still sneak ing, when, at 2 o'clock, the presiding officer announced mat, nnder last t riday's agreement, the bill would be laid aside and the Senate would proceed to the consideration of the Senate bill authorizing the issue of treasury notes on deposit of silver bullion. After the bill had been read in extenso. Mr. Stewart arose and said: "I ask unani mous consent that the bill just read shall be postponed nntu Tuesday next, and shall then be the unfinished business at 2 o'clock." Mr. Vest objected, and continued to ob ject so strenuously that consideration of the bill was hnally proceeded with. Mr. Sherman moved to amend tne bill by inserting, as a new section, a provision repealing ail laws that required: money deposited in the Treasury nnder Section 5223 of the Revised Statues, to bo held as a special fund for tho redemption of national bank notes, and covering such money into tne .treasury: also, covering into the Treas ury sums deposited nnder Section 4 of the act of June 20, 1374, "Fixing the amount of United States notes," being Section 6 of tho Uonger bill. Mr. Plumb moved to amend the amend ment by inserting a provision that, hereafter, no finds available for the payment of the publio debt, including such as are kept for the redemption of Treasury notes, shall be retained in the Treasury m excess of 5110,000,000, and he made a statement in ex planation and advocacv of it. Mr. Sherman opposed 3Ir. Plumb's amendment. Mr. Allison suggested that, in the absence of Mr. Jon ea. the silver bill be allowed to go over till Tuesday next. Mr. Vest said that if he were the only Senator to object ne would not stand in tne way; but several other Senators said that thev also obiected. Finally, the difficulty was gotten over for the day by the suggestion on the part of jur. oucrmau mat me senate proceed to executive business. No vote was taken on cither of the pending amendments, and Mr. Vest and Mr. Teller gave notico of substitutes which they would offer for the wnoie oui. A conference robort was nresented and agreed to on tho bill for a public building at iaiayeite, ma. Alter an executive ses sion the Senate adjourned. Alabama Election Case Report Washington, May 7. In the House to day Mr. Kowell of Illinois presented the report of the committee on elections in tho Alabama contested election case of McDuffeo vs. Turpin. Tho report, which favors the claims of tho contestant, was ordered printed. The remainder of the day - A ..1 a .1 : l. - a. !iii.:ii - wiuuoYuicu iu ujscusaiug mo lurni oiiu Clayton Militia Killed Ills Father. Little, Kock, Ark.. May 7. Tho proceedings of the Clavton-Breckinridce commit tee, to-day, wero entirely void of sensational developments. About two hundred ne groes testified as to how they voted in their respective townships. The judges and rieric ol election at Cotton Plant township. Woodruff county, were examined, and tes tified that the election was fair and the count was honest. II. A. Hooper, brother or tlio late lhomas Hooper, testified that his father was killed by Powell Clayton's militia, on Dec. G, le'tf). Ho never know what his father was arrested for. Ho was tied to a horse, and while tho militia was taking him to Louisville they riddled him with bullets. LSo one was over punished lor the murder. Ho testified that at no time during the month of January, !SbV,did he see his brother. Pugilistic Notes. San Francisco, May 7. James Corbett said to-day in relation to the offer of Dwyer Bros., of hew York, to back him for $50,(XX), that ho would not appear in public for the next year; then ho will commcuco lightIn London, May 7. Efforts are being made but not for a finish light. Jem Smith wants ... . i't t : kucutuuuicrniaviu again. Tins is the best time of tho whole year to purify your blood, because now you are more susceptiblo to benefit from medicine than at auy other season. Hood's SarsaparilJa is the best medicine to. take, and it is the meat economical 1U0 Doses One Dollar.

MB. TEST AS A FILIBUSTER

lie Violates a Time-Honored Rule of tho Senate to Delay the Statehood Bills. Views of Senators on the Silver QuestionProposed Amendment to the Pension Bill -Mr. Call's Appeal for Political Aid. THE STATEHOOD BIXT.S." Action Delayed in the Senate by an Act of Discourtesy on the Fart of Mr. est. Spccl&l to the Indianapolis Journal. Washington, May 7. Tho guardian of senatorial courtesy was off duty to-day, and in violation of all the traditions of that venerable body. Senator Vest insisted upon consideration of the silver bill, al though he was informed by Mr. Stewart of Nevada that his colleague, Mr. Jones of Nevada, tho author of the measure, who had reported it from the committee, and who intended to open the debate with a prepared speech, was out of town. Mr. Vest, however, declined to yield, and in sisted that tho programme originally laid out by the Republicans should bo- alhered to. Under this pro gramme, prepared by the caucus committee, the bills for tho admission of Wyoming and Idaho as States were to have been taken np on Monday and their consideration completed on Tuesday night. The silver bill was to be taken np on Wednesday, and one week devoted to its consideration, but the death of Senator Beck, on Saturday last, was announced in the Senate on Monday, and ont of respect to bis memory no business was transacted. On Tuesday his funeral occurred, and the Republican committee shoved their pro gramme forward three days, leaving each bill on the list in its origi nal position. This would have given the remainder of the weefc to the discussion of tho territorial admission bill, and it was the intention to call np the Bilver bill on Mondav next. Supposing that tne Droeramnie of his colleagues would be car ried out, Mr. Jones left last night for New York, but the Democrats, who are anxious to debate the silver question, and are desneratelv onnosed to the admission of any more new States, took advantage of tho situation, and insisted that the original arrangement should bo carried out. There was policies in this, for the House has already passed the bills for the admission of Idaho and Wyoming, ana it was the intention of thelCepubiicans to hurrv them through the Senate this week and send them up for the President's signature at once, so that elections for members of the legislatures might take place in the new States next month and the Senators and Representatives in Congress elected before the opening of the next ses sion in December. Now that the territorial admission bills are set aside, it will be diflicult for them to recover their place in the programme. Tho silver debate will continue mdehniteiy. Although the Republicans havo allowed a week for it, they cannot control the Democrats in tho exercise of the privilege of talking to which every Senator is entitled, and the Democrats aro ouite as determined to beat the territorial admission bill as tho Republicans to pass it. Therefore, they will throw every obstacle in the way. THE SILVER QUESTION. A Bill Will Be Passed, bnt No One Can Tell What It Will Provide For. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Washington, May 7. It is difficult to predict how the fight on silver in the Sen ate will terminate. Tho Republicans are by no means united, and there are ten men on that side of the chamber, viz., Messrs. Pierce and Casey of North Dakota, Jones and Stewart of Nevada, Pettigrew and Moody of South Dakota, Teller and Wolcott of Colorado, and Plumb and Ingalls of Kansas, and perhaps more, although they have not disclosed themselves, who aro sure to vote even against their own party to secure for silver the same position that gold holds in the money of tne world. it is tne programme to go on with the debate on the Jones bill in the Senate, and then allow an oppor tunity for Mr. Teller to offer his amend ment. If it is not adopted he will be satis fied that he has done bis best and will con cur in the action of the majority. If it is accepted the bill will go to the House to receive tho indorsement or the disapproval of that body, and there is no telling what will happen then: but thero is a universal confidence that some sort of a silver bill will be passed and receive the President's signature before the end of May. SENATOR CALL'S PLAINT. Oaviacr Incurred the Enmity of His Constit uents, lie Appeals to the Senate. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Washington, May 7. There was a broad smile on the face of every Senator this morning when Mr. Call, of Florida, intro duced a resolution, upon which he desired immediate action, directing the Interstatecommerce Commission "to investigate cases of interference by railroad companies with the election of United States Senators and members of Congress." The milk in the cocoanut is very bitter to the Senator from Florida. His term of office expires on the 4th of next March, and his campaign for re-election has already begun. Mr. Call is an industrious and loquaciousbut not very popular man, cither at home or in Washington, and he is particularly offensive to certain corporations in his State be cause of his efforts to secure the passage of a bill to lone it their land-grants. They are now engaged in endeavoring to elect some ono else to the United States Senate. and are furnishing free transportation to tho men who aro managing tho campaign or iir. uail'e opponent, I lie resolution has a pathetic interest to many of tho members of the Senate, and thore would be some in teresting disclosures if the truth on the subject could be told. The resolution went to the committee on interstate commerce, wnere it win proDaoiy siumuer. AMENDING THE PENSION BIIX. Senators Disposed to Be More Liberal to Aged Veterans Than the House. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Washington, May 7.-Tho Senate com mittee on pensions, which has under con sideration the bill that passed the House last week, is not seriously divided, but thero are diilerences of opinion. Some want the Senate to stick by tho bill it passed a few weeks since, whilo others favor the adoption of the House bill as it stands. It is possiblo that tho membersof the committee will agree npon an amendment providing that all soldiers of the late warno matter how long they served over sixty days, or what their physical condition may be, shall bo entitled: to a pension of $12 a month upon reaching the age of sixtytwo years, and the fact of their having reached this age is to bo considered as conclusively presumptive evidence that thev ar disabled, and by merely applying and submitting proof of aire and muster, certificates of pension will bo granted them. It is not proposed to force pensions upon people, but an application and proof of age will oe necessary 10 ooiain tnem. MINOR MATTKKS. Printing and Publishing Statistic to Tie Collected by the Census Superintendent. Special to the Indianapolis JournaL Washington, May 7. Preparations havo been made to secure very completo and interesting statistics relatingto the printing, publishing and periodical press. Superintendent Porter, of the Census Bureau, being an old newspaper man and much interested in the press of the country, has taken special caro to have prepared tabulated blanks, which will be sent out on the 15th inst. and placed in the hands of special agents during June

and July, which it is intended will return information of vast general interest. Jndge J. J. Noah, an old nowspaper correspondent of Washington, will have general supervision of the work, and it is to bo conducted upon an expert and intelligent plan, so that whatever is collated in the way of information will not .only be reliable, but to tho point of 'interest. Superintendent Porter has decided to form a collection of all tho newspapers, magazines and periodicals printed "in the United State during the present census, to serve as a permanent memorial of the development of this important branch of American enterprise. This collection will be made in duplicate, ono to bo deposited in tho library of Congress and tho other to be placed in the National Museum. A largo collection in this direction has already been secured from privates libraries. For the Benefit of Prohibition States. WAsniXGTOX, May C Representative Boutclle, of Maine, to-day introduced in

the Houso a bill intended to repair tho . J 1 l I -A. - 1 A. ft CJ,-. n.Ahitt)tnn' " uamagu juuicieu upon iuccmw uuiuuum ; Inn-a Yxr tka nnm ilnMiainTi rf (hn SllTirPTTIB uoun in me original pauKagu tusc. j.uo bill is in the shape of a section which it is proposed to add to the interstate-commerce act, and reads as follows: "That nothing t A. 2 A.t 1 1 1.ft nnri A cuuia.ucu iu mis acb ouau - -vmu,a v - authorize the sale or traffic in intoxicating liquors in any State contrary to the laws thereof." Senate Confirmations. Washington, May 7. The Senate, in se cret session this afternoon, confirmed tho following nominations: Collectors of Customs G. W. Tendeter. Portsrnoutb, N. II.: John 8. Sherry, jr., Sag Harbor, N.Y. Surveyors of Customs T. II. Baxton, rort Jef ferson. N. Y.: J. A. Farris. Wheeling, V. Va. rostmasters II. B. Durham, Wilmington, BL; J. C Ilarwood, Piano, 111.: L. L. Lee, n arren, UL General Notes. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Washington, May 7,George W. Sloan, of Indianapolis, is here. John S. Patterson and wife, of Piaua, O., aro at the Ebbitt The wife of Uepresentative Owen, of the Randall. Teceived to-davfroniS to 9 o'clock. This was her last reception before her de parture for her home at Logansport. Airs. Lula smithson. tuo only child or Col. T. J. Harrison, of the Seventh Indiana Cavalry, formerly of Kokomo, is to be ap pointed Postmistress at rmasiri. lenn. I he oihee is worth about S1.40O a yar. It is reported that J. C. Duianey, the librarian of the Pennsylvania State Senate, will shortly be appointed to a place on tho Board of Utah Commissioners, to sueceed Mr. Godfrey, of Iowa, who will be given s. place in the consular service. t The members of the Senate naval committeo were taken down the Potomac to day on board the new torpedo boat Cushmg. one ran at tne rate of twenty-seven miles an hour, reversed at eighteen miles A M A an hour, and turned within her own length. Icnenmatism conhnes Senator tdmunds to his bed. It is thought his condition is not serious. GENERAL GRANT'S PHYSICIANS. Mrs. Grant Says Dr. Douglass's Services Were Not Worth What He Was Paid New York, May a "Dr. Douglass juiVer did General Grant a particle of good: all he did was to look wise." This, from tho lips of Mrs. General Grant, was but one of tho many expressions of the lady's displeasure to wnicn she gave utterance, last evening, when seen ' at her residence. Dr. John II. Douglass, whose friends havo again asserted that he has been badly treated by the Grant heirs, lies at the Presbyterian -Hospital, suffering from paralysis. They assert, further, that he is penniless; that his wife has been forced, by reason of poverty, to start a boardinghouse in Bethlehem, Pa., and that since his attendance on General Grant ho lias been in capacitated from work, and thattho family of the- General persist .in' vnoglccting him. All of this Mrs. Grant read, and was very evidently irritated, lhen she began an explanation which went into Careful details of Dr. Douslass's claims, and how thev had been satisfied. "This fresh attack, in view of Dr. Doug lass's condition, is insulting and out rageous," said she. "Why should this family be a pensioner on ours? lie has been paid in lull, and more. Twelve thousand dollars was the amount allowed him for his services, and that was certainly sufficient. He received $2,500 while the General was at Mount McGregor, and S4,o(XJ in beptemoer or Uctober, following the death of General (.rant." Some timo during his illness tho General stated that ho believed Dr. Douglass should be paid $3,000. This Mrs, Grant unuerstooa to mean for the services rendered. Dr. Douglass understood it differently, claiming that it was a legacy. AVhen the money from the General's book was received ho was paid the $5,000, making a total of $12,000. Dr. Douglass at no time neglected his business. Mrs. Grant said she had been importuned timo and again b.7'"l)r. Douglass and his wifo for assistance nd was tired oi it. I have twice assisted the Doctor's wife." she added, with emphasis. Mrs. Grant said that Dr. Douglass was asked to-pnt in his bill shortly after the General's death. but preferred to seo what Dr. Shrad v would chargo before submitting his. "The fact is." she said, "that the Doctor never did tho General a particle of good. All he did was to look wise." Mrs. Grant was very anxious that the above statement should be made public. Sho said it was annoying to have the charge of gross ingratitude flung at the family when ' even an intimation of1' this ' nature would under the circumstances be manifestly unjust, ino superintendent or tne rresDyterian Hospital, where Dr. Douglass lies ill. this evening stated that the attack had af fected only his left arm and leg, and not the head. While tho Doctor is sixty-six years old ana naturally very weak, the physicians believe ho will recover. Airs. Douglass has not vet called on her hus band, although he has been in tho hospital biuvo muy o. cue is sun in neiuieuem. Obituary. London, May 7. Mr. James Nasmyth, tno ceienratea mechanical engineer and in ventor of the steam hammer, is dead. Paris. May ?. M. Catacazv. formerlv minister of Russia at Washington, who made himself so obnoxious to our government that he had to bo recalled, has died of paralysis at fct. Germain. Chicago, May 7. Dr. Joseph R. Cum min gs, president of the Northwestern Uni versity, at Evanston, died anddenlv this morning, at his homo m Evanston. Fatty degeneration of the heart is assigned as the cause. Chicago. May 7. Frederick Haskell, an old resident of Chicago, died yesterday, of pneumonia. Mr. Haskell -was for man v years president of the Haskell k. Barker Car Manufacturing Company, of Michigan city, inu. lie was born in .Last Windsor, Coun., in 1810. San Francisco, May 7. Judge Edward J. ilcaa, ot tne fcnpenor Court of ban Ma teo county, tiled at his residcnco in Kedwood city, yesterday, of pneumonia. Judgo Head had held tho oflice of Superior judge since 1S79. and, although totally blind, was recognized as one of tho ablest jurists of tho State. Deceased was a native of Massachusetts, aud during his early lifo was a weii-Known lawyer of Boston. Affairs of a Broken Hank. Philadelphia. Pa.. May 7. A meefincr of tho stockholders of the collapsed Bank of America was Held thisafternoon. About seventy were present, including four women. Tho assignee's statement showed liabilities, $o2G,04y, not including 270,000 paid in uy stockholders; assets, S753.745; nominal surplus, 2:i7,C97. The report of tne assignee snows a oetier siaro ot allairs than bad been thought to exist, and the de positors now bono to iret at least 50 ner cent, of their money back. All thoucht of re-esiaunsning tne Dans nas oecn aban doned. Bank President on Trial. New York, May 7. The trial of Peter J. Claasen, ex-preaideutof the Sixth National Bank, for embezzling the securities of the bank, was begun in tho Lnited States Cir cuit Court before Judge Benedict. Tho ac--ft a k eused is deienuea oy lien. 15enjamin F. Tracv and ex. United Stntea Asitnnf. trict Attorney Tenney. Tho prosecution is . A 1 . S A. t X . A . - . represented ny uniieu oiaies uisinct AtA ll.A.L .11 .1 ' . turuey mucucu uuu ma asajsiauu .

IN THE .RELIGIOUS FIELD

The International Gathering of tho Young Men's Christian Association. Its Work Begun at Nashville Quadrennial General Conference of the M.E.Cburch South at St Louis-Other greetings. Nashville, Tenn., May 7. The annual conference of the Young Men's Christian Association workers, of this country and the Ufitisb provinces, continued in session at tho State Capitol to-day. A large num ber of delegates arrived - during the night, and at the opening of tho Bible study, at 9 o'clock, the hall of Representative was filled. Promptly at 9 o'clock State Secretary Colley, of Connecticut, called tho conference to order, and, after the doors were locked, Prof. S. C. Beardslee, of Hartford Theological Seminary, conducted his first Bible study. Ater the singing of another hymn, George R. White, of New York, took the chair and the delegates who had arrived since Tuesday evening, at the suggestion of the chair man, arose and introduced themselves to the conference. Among them were International Secretaries Obor. and Brown, and Mr. Tolmae of Berlin. . A season of prayer followed, after which General secretary G. K. Shurtlett. of Utica. N. Y.. read a paper of great importance to the secretaries present on the topic "Tho business Management of the Association and the becrctaries7 Position and Responsibility in connection with it" F. W. Douglass, gen eral secretary at Indianapolis, then read a practical paper on lhe Relation of every Employee to the Religious work of the Association.77 George C. Jenner. State secretary of Georgia, presided at the afternoon session of the conference. From 2:30 to 3 o'clock. becretary Sinclair, of the Dayton, O., as sociation, conducted a Bible-training class. having for his class the entire conference. The opening paper of the afternoon session was read by Mr. C. K. Ober, college secretary of the international committee, upon the subject, "The Association Work in foreign Lands, and the Secretaries7 Isolation to it." State Secretary Fisher, of Kansas, was called npon for an explanation of the Sou dan missionary movement inangurated among the associations of Kansas. The ex planation showed that men were pledging themselves for pioneer work in the Soudan where the churches had not yet done any work. Some of the ministers had opposed it, but many favored it. An expression of opinion was taken, ehowins that the con ference was almost unanimously opposed to the associations encouraging the sending of individuals to mission-fields on their own responsibility. I ho last paper of the afternoon was prepared by Georire A. Sauf ord and read by G. W. Mahatiy. of Philadelphia. The topio was. "Training Members in Systematic Giv ing for tho Extension of Work among loungMen.77 The paper urged systematic giving for State, international and other work, and suggested plans for carrying it out. The discussion was presided over by Secretary Newman, of Detroit. The sentiment of tho conference was in favor of giv ing systematically. The M. E. Church South. St. Louis, May 7. This morning at 9 o'clock the quadrennial General Conference of tho Methodist Episcopal church South began in the Centenary Methodist Episcopal Church, at the corner of Sixteenth and Piue streets. This is the first meeting of the General Conference in this city since 1650. There are forty conferences repre sented in the General Conference, and tho States of Alabama, Arkansas, . Colorado, California, Georgia, Louisiana, Kansas, North Carolina, South Caro lina, .Maryland, Mississippi, Montana, Kentucky. Texas. Indian Territory. Tennessee, Oregon, Virginia, West Vir ginia, Illinois, and Brazil and Mexico. The conference is composed of eight bishops and 290 delegates. The venerable senior bishop. J. C. Keener, presided over the preliminary proceedings, and read tho opening hymn. Dr. John Matthews de livered a cordial address 01 welcome, which was felicitously responded to by Bishop Keener. The pastoral letter, sicrned by all tho bishops, and which is read only once in four years, was presented by Bishop Wilson, of Baltimore. The letter is very lengthy. aud relates to the allairs of tho church at home and abroad. The letter says: "The conduct of the allairs of tho church during the quadrennial period has been met with as little difficulty as can be expected nnder any system administered by men. With very few exceptions, tho preachers have been blameless, nor havo we to mourn many departures from rectitude and propriety of life among our members. Four years ago there were reported in the general minutes 4.40G traveling preachers, of which number 3,bS5 were effective; tho report of tho last year shows 4,802, of which 4,295 are effective, an increaso of 450 in tho itinerant ranks. Tho local ministry has grown in the same period from 5,943 to 6,2i9, an addition of 320. There were, according to the minutes of 18S5, 9S0,645 members. The last returns give 3,1GC,019, an increase of 185,884. The whole number of preachers and members at present estimated is 1,177,150, an addition to our force in tho four years of 186.156. The letter contains this paragraph: "Tho iterary enticement of our timo constitutes a positive threat to the manhood and womanhood of the coming generation. All tho worst and vilest element of life aro pushed forth daily from the press in the attractive form of fiction, and becomes the almost exclusive nutriment of thousands of young minds. At any cost, our young people should bo secured against this pest.7' American Tract Society. New York, May 7. The American Tract Society held its annual meeting here today. Gen. O, O. Howard ' presided. The treasurer's report showed that the total receipts for the year had been 122,208, and that the balance on hand was $0,804. The society has issued 8.435 distinct publications. It has six periodicals, with an aggregate circulation of 2,413,000. Hon. Wm. Strong, judge of the Supremo Court, at Washington, was elected president; Major-general Howard, vice-president; Kev.T. W. J.Wylie, 1). D., and Mr. Joshua L. Bailey, of Philadelphia, honorary vice-presidents; John F. Anderson, a member 01 tbo board of managers, to succeed Judge VanVorst, deceased. Bishops of the M. E. Church North. New York, May 7. Tho bishops of tho Methodist Episcopal Church met, this afternoon, at the rooms of the Methodist Missionary's secretary. Bishop Bowman, of St. Louis, presided, and Bishop Andrews acted as secretary. The object of the conference is to fix tho various dates for tho district conferences which are to take place in the fall, and to apportion the work among themselves. Pharmacists in Convention. Washington. May 7. The decennial convention of delegates from tho leading societies and colleges of pharmacy in the United States met here to-day. Officers were elected to-nieht as follows, to serve for ten years: President. Dr. Horatio C. Wood, of the University of Pennsylvania, vice-presidents, Drs. W. S. Thompson and D. V. Prentiss, of Washington; J.M.Flint, United States navy; A. E. Ebert, of Chicago, and J. W. M. Searcy, of San Francisco. Secretaries Dr. Hare, of Philadelphia, and Dr. G. II. C. Klie. of St. Louis. One Thousand Volts 1'ussed through Iliiu. Detroit, May .7. Joseph Gingrass, an employoofthe Detroit electric-lUht, was told yesterday by the superintendent to go to the basement and cut one of the wires of the lightning-arrester a duty with which ho was familiar. An hour afterward ho was found lying dead beside the arrester. The shock of one thousand volts from a live incandescent-light wire had instantly killed him. A Tammany Leader Dylnjj. New York, May 7.The Times this morning fays: There is no chanco of Mr. Richard Croker, tho big chief of Tammany Hall,

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ever again resuming tho reins of the leadership that he relinquished to Mayor Grant, W. Bourko Cockran and Thomas Gilroy, when, on Feb. 8, he hastily set sail for Europe to seek the restoration of a shattered constitution in Wiesbaden,, and, as some lovers of scandal have put it, to avoid a terrible family quarrel, in which it is understood his wifo has turned against him. There is no hope even that he will ever again return to New York. The best information as to the nature of the disease from which Mr. Croker is now suffering indicates that it is either cancer of the liver or cirrhosis of the liver. PROGRESS OP TilE STRIKES. Chicago Packing-House Employes "Vfill Ilcturn to Work at the Old Scale. CniCAGO, May 7. The strike inaugurated two weeks ago by the coopers at the packing-houses camo to an end to-night, when at a mass-meeting the men by unanimous vote decided to go back to work at the old scale of wages and hours. Nine hundred colored waiters held a meeting to-night and decided to strike in the morning if their employes did not yield to a demand for fewer hours and better pay. All present signed tho strike agreement. The large establishment of A. H. Andrews & Co., manufacturers of school and office desks and fittings, declared a lock-out today, as a result of the strike by a portion of the employes yesterday. About five hundred tanners struck today for nine hours work and ten hours' pay. It is thougnt probable that an agreement with their employers will bo reached within a few days. Illinois Miners Slay Compromise. Chicago, May 7. The executive committee of the Coal-miners' Union of Illinois is in the city for the purpose of conferring with the mine operators. A member of the committee said to-day that a general strike is not probable; that the indications are that a compromise will bo eff ected to last until next falL The miners ask the operators in northern Illinois to sign an agreement to advance wages in case the price of coal is advanced, or in case the southern Illinois operators advance wages. These terms havo been agreed to by, Congressraan Scott, of Pennsylvania, proprietor of the Spring Valley, ill, mines. insist on Boycotting Non-Union Men. Special to tho Indianapolis Journal. Fort Wayne, Ind., May 7. The conference committees of the Master Builders' Association and the striking carpenters have been in session for three days, but havo not yet reached a settlement, and negotiations are off for the present The osses concede all demands of tho strikers except that which forbids the employment of non-union men. The bosses are now advertising for non-union carpenters and will endeavor to fill the places of the strikers. A long struggle is inevitable, as the men are well organized. Organizations at War. Lynn, Mass., May 7. The Boot and Shoemakers' International Union has advertised for twenty-seven shoemakers to take the Glace of Knights of Labor called out of B. !. Patton & Co.'s factory because of the emuloyment therein of a non-union man. The titzht between-the two labor organiza tions has wrought the shoe operatives of Lynn to a pitch of excitement not beforo witnessed here for years. Ended at New York. , New YoiJK.'May 7. The strike of tho organized carpenters of this city for tho eight-hour work day and &3.50 wages was practically ended this morning by tho announcement that the only two prominent employers. Hermann & Sons, of West Thirty-fourth street, and Hedden & Son, of Newark, N. J., had acceded to the demands of the men and would sign the contract ConGdent of Success at Boston. Boston, May 7. The striking carpenters of Boston are so confident of success that preparations for tho indignation meeting in Faneuil Hall have been suspended. Their leaders declare that the men will be working eight hours a day before such a meeting could be held. All Miners May He Ordered Out St. Louis, May ,7. It is rumored hero that the next move of tho Confederation of Labor is to order out tho coal-miners all over the country on the 13th or loth of May. Book-Hinders. New York, May 7. Tho book-binders' national trade district assembly, No. 230, Knights of Labor, is holding its fourth annual convention to-day in Granada Hall, Brooklyn. Delegates are present from tho principal cities of the United States. , Old World Troubles. Seventeen hundred carpenters at Berlin have struck. They aro supported by all the unions. The masons have also struck. Twenty-six masters have yielded to the carpenters' demand of nino hours. An encounter between the police and a body of disorderly strikers took place at Lillo, France. Two of the strikers wero wounded and seven were arrested. Allairs at Tourcoing are becoming more quiet. It is expected that the strikers will generally resume work in a short time. Premier Crispi, in a confidential note to King Humbert on the May day demonstrations, states that sixty foreign acitators were expelled from Italy; that i'Q0 Italians distributing revolutionary pamphlets were arrested, that 8,000 suspects were punished or warned, and that 300 soldiers possessing manifestoes wero punished. ROBBED BIS PATRONS. Philadelphia Real-Estate A sent Accused f Embezzling: from 050,000 to 870,000. Philadelphia, May 7. A. Ellwood Lancaster, a young man who carried on the business of real-estate agent at No. 03 Walnut street, has disappeared, and it is charged that ho has embezzled funds intrusted to him by various parties to invest in real estate. The amount is variously estimated at from $50,000 to $70,000. The heaviest loser is Wm. E. Fleming; who says he gave Lancaster $10,000 to purchase a dwelling-house. Lancaster informed Fleming that he had bought tho bouse, and for several months gave him money which he said was obtained from rents of the properties. Kecently, however, Fleming has been, unable to get any mouev from him, Lancaster putting him off with excuses. A number of other persons were victimized in various ways by Lancaster. Wm. Diebel, a hosiery manufacturer, who charges Lancaster with embezzling $1,000 from him, has caused a capias for tho arrest of the fugitive to bo issued, and it is now in the hands of privato detectives. Forged Ills Uncle's Name. Memphis. Teun., May 7. J. S. Cross, of the real estate firm of Cross & Cordes, has left Memphis, and somo queer business transactions behind him. Several bills were filed in the Chancery Court' this morning by Cordes, alleging that Cross was concealing himself, and had absconded to avoid the payment of his indebtedness. It has also developed that Cross is indebted to five Memphis banks in the sum of $0,000. which he obtained by forging tho namo of his uncle, J. H. Fairea When last heard from Cross was in Kentucky. He has promised to return and straighten ont matters. Stole 630,000 Worth of Iloml. New York, May 7. It was to-aay discovered that Wm. Guion, the old and well-

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Oreencastlo ami Tcrrellaato Acrxra'datloiv. 4:00 pro. Arrive from St. Louis, 3:45 am, 4: 5 am, 2:50 pm, , :15 pm, 5:20 pm. Terre Haute and Greencastle Accom'dation. 10.00 am. Sleeping aud Parlor Cars are run on through train. Ferrates and Information apply to ticket agents oC tho company, or IL It. DE111NG, Assistant Ueneral Pa&senger Agent THE VESTIBULTD PULLMAN CAR UXE. LEAVE IXDUVAPOUS. No. 2 CMcajro Express, daily ex. Sunday.... 7:30 am Arrive la Chicago 2:30 pm. No. 32 Chicago Llrru Pullman VeaUbuled coaches, parlor and dining car. daily 11:10 am Arrive In Chicago 5:00 pni. No. 34 CLicapo Night Ex., Pullmau Veatihuled coaches and sleepers, dallr 1:15 am Arrive in Chicago 7:33 am. No." 18-Monoa Ac. daUy 6;00 pm AlililVE AT IMJIANAPOLIS. No. 31-Veatibttlo 3.53 pm No. 33 Vestibule 3:53 am No. 1 Nlsht Express 8:33 ani Pullmau VestluulcHl Sleepers for Chicacro stand ac vrest end of Union 8taUon, and can be taken at 8:30 p.m., dally. Ticket Offices No. 2G South Illinois street and at Union StaUon. Wronglit-Iroa Pipa ros Gas,Steam& Water r Boiler Tubes. Cast and Malleable Iron Flttlnes (black and Kalvanized) valves. 8 ton Cooks. En&lno Triraminfre, gteatn Gauges, ripe Tonjr, line Cutters.. Vises, fcerew Plates and. Dies, Wrenches, Steam. Traps, Pumis, Kitchen Blnks. IIoe, Belting. Bab-' bltt Metal. Solder, White, and Colored Wlplnc Waste. . and all other supplies used. In connection with Oas ftcain and Water. Natural Gas Supplies a epeolaltr-fcteam-heatlne Apparatus f orPublic Bntldinpi, Storerooms, Mills. Shops, Faotorloe. Laundries, Lumber ; Dry-houeos, etc Cut and. Thread to oraer any alia WrouKht-lron Fire from lifch tn 12 Inches diameter. KNIGHT & JELLSON. 7a & 77 8.Penn8ylvant&st known shipping man. is a defaulter to tbo amount of $30,000. Tlio bonds stolen" by Sir. Guion formed part of securities, amounting in all to $150,000, which were deposited with Mr. Guion by the British American Jamaica Assurance Company, of Toronto, Canada, in accordance with the law which requires foreign insurance companies doing business in this State to keep a certain proportion of their resources her for the protection of their local customers. TELEGRAPHIC BREVITIES. Hon. J. P. Doliver, of Iowa, will be Memorial-day orator in New York city. W. Y. Sweinhaut, lumber dealer. Pottstown, Pa., has failed. Debts, SSO.000. The New York Assembly last night passed a bill making liable tho furnisher ot a willful libel to a newspaper. A commission to report oa the feasibility of unitingNew York aud Brooklyn in,ono was created yesterday at Albany. The builders' trial of tho new cruiser, Philadelphia, yesterday, resulted iu twenty-ono knots per hour, with 154 pounds of steam. Two thousand tons of ico was stolen by a flood in Kennebec river, at Augusta, Me., yesterday. Twenty thousand tons more is in danger. Edwin Stokes, a non-union molder from Philadelphia, was fearfully beaten, at San Francisco yesterday, because ho refused to join the strikers. The bleached bones of little Annie Ulrich, missing from Wilkesbarro, Pa., threo years, were found, yesterday, on the Upper Lehigh mountains. It is said that ex-President Cleveland and his wife will visit Bloomingtou. 111., in July, as the guests of ex-Assistant Postmaster-general Stevenson. Ten members of the Allegheny, Pa., Night Owls,'' an organized gang of railroad robbers, wero arrested at midnight by . the Allegheny City police authorities, and aro now in jail. The college at Lafayette. Ala., was sf rnck by lightning yesterday. The clock and belfry were torn to pieces. There were two hundred students in tho building, most of whom wero shocked. It was two hours before order was restored. Tho remains of Bishop Caspar H. Borgess wero interred in St Augustine churchyard, at Kalamazoo, Mich., yesterday, in tho presence of an immense throng. Th ceremonies were celebrated with all tbo pomp peculiar to the Catholic Church. A letter has been received from Joseph M. Hawley, the absconding member of the banking firm of C. A. Mather iV Co., of Berlin, Wis., which failed Monday, in which ho confesses that ho appropriated the bank funds and lost all in deals on tbo Chicago and Milwaukee Boards of Trade and m bucket-shop speculations in stocks. Hawley was on his way to Cuba. Mrs. Eliza Morton, a resident of Cincinnati, bnt temporarily residing at No. -101 East Eightv-second street. New York, caused the arrest of Nathan Arrow, an arttist, forty-three years old. of No. i0 East Seventy-seventh street, whom she charges with abandonmenr. The woman said his right name was Arthur Norton and that he was her husband. Arrow denies ever having seen the woman before. New York Aqueduct Frauds. Nr.w Yokk, May 8. Under double-column head-lines, and in double-leaded type, . the World this morning prints n four:column expose of alleged frauds in construction of the new aqueduct to supply this city with water, and which is not vet completed, though it should havo been in It says: 'Exclusivo of land expenditures, tho great work, with the supplying dams, has cost nearly - 8i.000,(xx), ami tho cud ot tho expenditure has not yet been reached. More than this,themeu whocoi) traded to do tho work demand that the citvof New York shall pay them somo $10,OnO,oco for whrit? For repairing work which they should havo done according . to their contracts in the tirst place. but which they failed to do. iu transparent fraud of the city. As tirst built, there waa scarcely ono htiudred feet of solid work on tho whole aqueduct." lUthop O'Conuvr living. Omaha, Neb.. May 7. Bishop O'Connor, of this city, is sinking very fast and no hopes aro entertained for his recover.

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