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THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL, SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 1890.

du the committee itself is resolutely opToaed. aud havo threatened again and again to let tho bill die rather than let it pasa in its present form. They believe, however, that they can carry tho bill through the House without the enoilation clause, and nro therefore thinking of bringing it up some day next week, Clarkson May Become PltUburg Tdltor. Epecial to tli InTUnajoll Journal. Washington, Sept 6. Sinco hit retirement from the Toitoffice Department Mr. Clarkson has been devoting his principal attention to the work of the Republican concessional committee. Mr. Belden, of Kjw York, is the nominal , head, but Mr. Clarkson is to be tho main working spirit It is understood that Mr. Quay is hok jmaking strong efl'orts .to 1 persuade J Mr. Clarkson to accept tho managing editorship of the, Pittsburg Chronicle Telegraph, which, it is understood, Mr. Quay is ow making arrangements to buy. Mr. Clarkson, as is well known, is very anxious to re-enter tho newspaper field, and as there is a strong friendship between the two men, it is not At all improbable that he will yield to Mr. Quay's solicitations. Mr. r.aum Denies a Malicious Report. Washington, Sept 6. Concerning the statement that he was about to resign his oOice because of charges against him, Pension Commissioner Kaum says in an interview published here to-day: 'There is not a single word of truth in the whole story. I have not resigned, nor have I the lightest intention of resigning. I never yet have .run while under lire, and have no intention of beginning that sort of thing just now. It will be very easy for me to clear myself of all these charges against me, and, what is more, I can prove that the charges and the investiation are alike the results of malice and ad blood. That is really all I care to say 3 ust now." ; Ingall and the River and Harbor Dill. Washington, Sept 6. When the con-

. ference report on the river and harbor bill was presented to the Senate this even ing, the presiding officer Mr. In galls said that on a measure involving so large a sum of money and including so many contested considerations, he would not take the responsibility of declaring that the confer ence report was agreed to unless it appeared that a quorum was present On a division there were but twenty-one Senators voting, and so, without action on the conference report the senate adjourned. Kennedy' Speech. 8tIU Withheld. ' Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Washington, Sept C The Kennedy affair is at a stand-still just now. Mr. Kennedy is still withholding his speech from the Record, and has consented to withhold it till next Monday, when Speaker :Ieed and Major McKinley are expected 'Lack. While he still persists that le will publish the speech, it is believed that Mr. McKinley can persuade him not to do go. At all events nothing will be done till the matter has been carefully discussed by Alcssrs. Keea ana McKinley. "Necessity for Encouraging Ocean Commerce. Washington. Sept 6. Chairman Bingham, from the House committee on post offices, to-day presented the report of the committeo upon the Senate bill to provide for an ocean mail service between the United States and foreign ports and to urouiote commerce. The report, which is voluminous, contains a number of statistical tables to demonstrate the decadence of American shipping and the necessity for its encouragement as proposed by the hill. General Notes Washington. Sept. & The House passed a bill to-day granting a pension of $100 a month to Gen. Henry A. Barrium. Tho conference report on the river and harbor bill has been agreed toby the House. The population of the State of Vermont is announced by the Census Bureau to-day a j,.tx. a decrease in ten years of 81. The population of the city of Louisville. Ky., Is given as 101,005, an increase of 27,247 m ten years. MURDEPwOUS ASSAULT. Book-Keeper of a Greencastle Bank Dealt a Terrible Blow by an Unknown Assailant Bpecial to the Indianapolis Journal. Greencastle, Ind., Sept & Mr. John A. Cross, tho well-known book-keeper of the x irst national uanK or tms city, had a strange adventure last night that' may yet result in his death. It was about 0 o'clock when he stepped .out of his house into the yard, and not returning:, his wife went out in search of him. His moaning drew her to the spot where she found him lying on the ground in a state of insensibility, and the blood flowing from a wound on the back part of his head. Near by was a railway car coupler, and this gave rise to the belief that he had been assassinated, or, that a thief. being foiled in a premeditated robbery, had committed the desperate deed to cover up his crime. Mr. Croso can give no account of the. occurrence, and though resting easier to-day, is by no means out of danger. By some, it is thought that the miscreant had resorted to that mode of revenge fur a personal indignity. A son of Mr. Croso had occasion recently to rid the yard of a nocturnal visitor, who. in scanner the fence. dropped his watch, and it thus sot into the possession of the family. Possibly he sought to recover it by this method, but was foiled in the attempt. The affair is shrouded in the deepest mystery, and f urture develop ments oe awaited witn interest FIKSD INTO A CROWD OF PI0PLE. It Was Policeman Sweeney's Day Off, and He Got Crazy Drunk and Shot & Man. New York, Sept 6 Bleecker street was crowded with pedestrians, at 1 p. m. to-day. when policeman Edward J, Sweeney, crazy drunk, ran out of the barroom of the Madera House and sent five bullets in succession into the throng of people. People Hod in all directions panic-stricken. D. J. Hangen rushed out of his house at the first shot, and was stretched on the sidewalk instantly with a bullet in his sidel He was taken to St Vincent's Hospital. A policeman ran up. and Sweeney, turning . hastily to flee, fell nack heavily and broke his leg. The policeman was taken to the hospital a n risen er. It was Sweeney's day off. He went to the Madera Hotel to meet a woman, and when he did not tind her, fired his revolver at a mirror and shattered it He then rushed into the street ai.d tired at random in his crazy fit. m m Twice Arrested as m Deserter. fipeclal to the Indianapolis Journal. Rockport, Ind., Sept 6. Isaao Shoptaugh; formerly of this place, but for two years past a private in the regular army, utationod somewhere in Missouri, was arrested Wednesday by detective Hugh Hales, of this place, and placed in the hands of the authorities at Kvansville. This is tee second time Shoptaugh has been arrested for desertion. A Qalck Acquittal Applauded. FpecUI to Xhe XxivL&napoIU Journal. Martinsville, Ind., Sept 6. The case of tho State vs. Charles L. Kspey, on a charge of obtaining money and coods under false rretenses. has been on trial in the Circuit Court here for three days. The jury, after being charged, went to their room, where they remained but fifteen minutes, returning a verdict of not guilty. The verdict was received with cheers. Chokel to Death on m Tack. filial to tle Indianapolis Journal. Mcncik, Ind., Sept C To-day Oscar, the three-year-old son of John Hance, residing .live miles from the city, swallowed a large caroet tacl which caused tho little fellow's throat to swell until he choked to death, in a short time, after ir tense euffer-

TIIE KAISER PLAYING AT WAR

Naval Display Intended tolmpressOther Nations with Germany's Strength. Chita's Tellow River the Scene of Great Loss of Life AgainAn Intermeddler in Central American Affairs I) aels in France. NAVAL MANEUVERS. The Kaiser Displays His War Fleet for the Benefit ef the Austrian. Copyright, lsso.by tbe New York Associated Press. Berlin. Sept CL Emperor Williann Gen. Von Moltke, Gen. Von Goltzo, Count Von Waldersee, Archduke Stephanand Admiral Sternecke, of the Austrian navy, to-day watched, on board the flagship IJaden, the maneuvers of the fleet in the Flensburger fiord. Sealed orders given to Admiral Demhardt outlined the plan of tho enemy's fleet The approach of tbe attacking squadron was to be through the great belt, and the German admiral had to attack the enenemy and keep him from entering the fiord. The Austrian fleet witnessed the maneuvers. The opinions of experts, both British and Austrians, concur as to the admirable condition of tho German fleet and the wonderful development of the navy. which, although the creation of a recent period, in as perfectly organized as any in tb world. - Public interest in the maneuvers is slight. but the Emperor has ' kept attention cen tered upon his movements by suggestive utterances at official banquets, obviously aiming to proclaim his steadfast adhesion to tho Austrian alliance. He seized the oc casion of a dinner given at Uravenstem yesterday to the Schiesweig authorities to refer to the presence of the Austrian fleet as proof of tho intimate friendship and tho brotherhood existing between the arras of Germany and Austria. At tho Flensburg dinner his words were: "Wo stand here upon -historic soil wherein our armies. united with Austria's, have gloriously gained blood-stained laurels." The Reichsanzeiger to-night publishes an omcial ver sion of the speeches, which is calculated to soothe the Austrian jealousies arising over thePeterbof interviews, and to prepare the way for conferences with Emperor Francis Joseph during the maneuvers in Silesia. Lmperor v illiam will leave Kiel Wednesday. His Majesty will sleep, on the train, which is timed to arrive at Potsdam at 6 o'clock in the morning. He will remain only two hours with his family, and will then start for Jireslan to attend the maneuvers at that place. He will meet Emperor Francis Joseph on Sunday. The interview between Chancellor Von Caprivi and Count Kalnokv has been fixed for the 15th inst TITOCSANDS DIIOWNED. China Unruly Yellow River Out of Its Banks and Causing Great Loss of Life. London, Sept C Advices from China report the Yellow river again on the rampage. The river has burst its dikes in the Shantung district and flooded a vast area of country. Thousands of persons have been drowned, and wide-spread famine has resulted. WHO IS CUNNINGHAM? Queer Mlulon of an Unknown Person Who Is Meddling in Central American Affair. City of Mexico, Sept 6. A message was received here to-day from Acapulco. Mexico, stating that the Pacific Mail steamship San Bias, which left Panama on Aug. 11, had arrived in that port, having on board one Cunningham, an American or Englishman, who was on his way to the United States for the purpose of influencing the press in' favor of Guatemala concerning the Barrundia killing. The telegram winds up by saying: 'Advise Geronimo Pou to be on guard, as I have reason to believe Cunningham has sent him a dispatch for some sinister-purpose, and is an emissary of Barillas." Pou was seen at his rooms tonight He produced this dispatch from Acapulco, addressed to Geronimo Pou: I warn you tor the pood of Salvador not to interfere in tbe liarrundla killing. If you think this Important telegraph me at San Francisco. I would not allow you to interfere. CUNNINGHAM. - Senor Pou, after reading the message, said: As you know, I have never expressed my opinion in regard to the BarTundia ailair, as it is not my sphere to take up the fight of the United States, in whose hands the killing of Barrundia now rests. The ofilciousness of Cunningham, whom I havo never met, is unparalleled. As you will observe, he says, I would not allow you to interfere.' Evidently he must bo a modern Atlas, on w hose shoulders the whole responsibility, of the killing of Barrundia rests. He is particularly absolute at long range, but 1 consider him and his advice perfectly harmless." An American passenger, speaking Span ish, and who was on shore at San Jose de Guatemala, says that he had several con versations while tin San Jose with prominent Guatemalans from the city of Guatemala, and they all expressed a fear that tho United States would demand redress for the killing of Barrundia. DUELS IN FRANCE. M. Thiband Wounded by M. Rochefort Fair Women Also Resort to the Code. London, Sopt 6. After having made four unsuccessful attempts to fight a duel on account of differences arising from the Boulanger. revelations, MM. Rochefort and Thiband this morning succeeded in having an encounter. M. Thibaud was wounded. The duel was fought at Laclinge. Holland. M. Thibaud was wounded in the thigh. His injury is trilling. From later dispatches describing the Kochefort-Thiebaud duel, it appears that tho combatants fought fiercely for twelve minutes. M. Rochefort displayed the great er agility, running around his adversary and making furious lunges. M. Thiebaud received three wounds, his opponent's sword piercing his left temple, right cheek and right thign. After tho third wound had been inflicted the two doctors who had accompanied tho duelists to the ground. utter a hasty consultation, ordered the tight to be stopped. M. Thiebaud subse quently went to Brussels, where he is now confined to bed. His wounds, however, are not oi a serious nature. Tho Paris correspondent of the Dailv Telegraph sends a sensational story to his paper to-day. It is that two ladies re siding in Paris, one a Parisian by birth, the other an American. the names of both of whom, he claims, are very well known and very carefully suppressed, went yesterday to the woods of Meudon with the intention of lighting a duel. The tift which precipitated tho hostile meeting began on the Boulevard des Italiens the evening beforo and involved a certain well-known man about towu and frequenter of the fashionable clubs. Swords were the weapons selected for the contest. and the combatants were preparing for the fight, when three gen-darines appeared on the battle-ground and ordered all parties present to accompany them to the police station. There the superintendent gave the two women a severe lecture and advised their reconciliation, retained their weapons and dismissed tnem. BISMAUCK'S MOVEMENTS. nil Stay at lloiuburg One Long Oration lie stored to Grace with the Emperor. Copyright 1S90, br tho Unite Press. Brums', Sopt. 6.Prince Bismarck and the Princess left Homburg to-night on their way to pay & viiit to Fran Von Arnim, tbe ex-Chancellor's sister, at KrochteudortT. Tho Prince's stay at Homburg bai been one prolonged ovation. A crowd gathered at the station to witness his departure, and bade him a hearty farewell. Last evening the local societies had a torchlight procession in Prince Bismarck's houor, and tho Prince afterward attended a fete at tho Kurgarten. and mixed freely with the vis itors. During the evening he mado a brief

speech, concluding by proposing cheers for the Emperor. At tie conclusion of his visit to his sister the ex-Chancellor will proceed to Varzin. Count Herbert Bismarck had a secret meetiug with Emperor William at Potsdam just before the Emperor started for Kiel. Count Herbert promised to use his influence with his father to induco him to cease his revelations' and to return to friendly relations with his Majesty. The Emperor declared his readiness to resume friendly intercourse with the ex-Chcncellor, but a meeting between tbe two was postponed until the Emperor's return from Silesia. The Prince, during his stay at Kissingen, often associated with the Duke of Edinburgh, whose admiration went to the length of begging as a present the pipe which Bismarck was accustomed to smoke. EUnoPES NEW BISSIARCK.

Premier Stambaloff and Ills Work In Behalf , of Bulgaria Russian Army Movements. CopyrlKbt, 1890, by.the Urlted Press. London. Sept fi. The new Bismarck of Europe is Stambaloff, the Premier of Bulgaria. He has not the stage of Germany to play upon, but neither had Bismarck when he began to build up degenerate and discredited Prussia'. Stambuloff has-defied the Czar, consolidated Bulgaria, and wrung valuable concessions from the Sultan, while he has also compelled the clergy to abandon their Philo-Russian attitude and pray and preach for their native land and its chosen sovereign. M. Stambuloff says his ambition is to make his country strong enough to go on in its progress and independence under any Minister. He declares that he has no longer the slightest fear of Kussia, and does not believe that the Czar will dare any violent interference in Bulgariau a flairs. This belief is made all tho more plausible by the fact that tho Russians, while exercising their armies on a vast scalo in the west, are showing genuine military activity in the east, where General Shereinotieff, the new Governor of the Caucasus, is making what seem to be preparations for an advance on Turkish Armenia. An army numbering 170.000. more than sufficient to over whelm anv Turkish force in the vicinity. is concentrated at the froutier, and Arme nian refugees are nocking to Russian territory with prayers for deliverance at the hands of the Czar. News of an invasion of Armenia is expected at any moment in Lon don. - ' GENERAL FOREIGN NEWS. Effect of Hypnotism on the Catholic Con science rfs Viewed by the Pope Rome, Sept 6. Several prominent bish ops some time ago requested the Pope to express his opinion on the merits or de merits of hypnotism. The Pope, in a clear and interesting communication, referred examination of the subject to the office of the holy inquisition, requesting it to ex press its opinion on the effects of hypnotism on tho Catholic conscience. No full de cision has yet been rendered, but from what the holy tribunal has already decided. without going into the scientific principles involved, the tribunal will give as its opin ion that tbe church should condemn hyp notism as practiced upon human beings. upon tho ground that it disturbs human liberty and is dangerous in its etlects upon tbe mental and physical condition of the hypnotized subjects. The Danube Rising Again. Vienna, Sept. 6. The Danube is again rising. The steamers of' the Danube com pany have ceased running, and all freight traffic on the river at Vienna has been stopped. The landing stages here are flooded, and on sections' of the Northeast railroad the running of trains has been suspended on account of the tracks being submerged. Dresden. Sept Tbe river Elbe is ris ing rapidly here, and a portion of the city is inundated. A number of school-houses have been closed, as they are in danger of being submerged, lhe Isober river in Plesia has overflowed its b.nks, and tbe town of r ischerwerdcr is inundated. It is estimated that forty-five thousand persons in Praguo have been rendered des titute by the Hoods there, and there are thousands more sufferers in tho other Hooded districts. Subscription lists have been opened here and at v lenna for their relief. Proposed European Customs League. Berlin, Sept. 6.A committee of Ameri can consuls at a meeting here, presided over by Consul-general Edwards, approved the decisions of the Frankfort and Paris meet ings in favor of an eqnal application of the provisions of the McKinley bill to all European countries. The agricultural congress at Vienna adopted a resolution declaring that in view of the political tariffs of the United States and Kussia it will be necessary to create a customs league in central Europe. It was proposed to form an international commission to prepare a scheme for a customs nnion. Several delegates who were asked to sit on the commission asked who would pay the expenses of the or ganization, and declined to act It is not probable that the league will not take dehnite shape. Archbishop Stonor May Succeed Newman. London, Sept 6. It seems probable that Archbishop Stonor will receive the red hat as the late Cardinal Newman's successor. No fitter appointment could be made. The Stonors are a Catholic family who have never changed their faith. At Stonor, their beautiful soat near Henley the mass has never been intermitted even in tbe dark days of the general laws. Tbe father of Archbishop btonor successfully claimed the ancient barony of Camoys. created in 12(54. and was called to the House of Lords in 1839. He was a stanch Whig, and his irraudson. tbe present peer, was a lora-in-waiting in Mr. Gladstone's last govern ment Edmund. Archbishop Stonor. was born in 1831, and has Jong been olhcially attached to the court ot Koine, lour of his sisters have been nuns. Prosperous Mexico. City of Mexico. Sept. C -From reliable authority the Associated Press correspond ent is enabled to state that President Diaz, in his speech to Congress on its opening. Sept. 15, will announce that the cash receipts of the federal treasury for the fiscal year ending last June amounted to $37,000.000. against &2J.000.000 the preceding year. This has never been equaled in tbe history of Mexico. The government has decided to reduce tho army and change the 83-stem of recruiting. Tho Moxican Central Railroad Company has signed a contract with tho government by which tho company will receive 14,500OoO Mexican dollars cash out of the proceeds of the new loan, in puyment of outstanding subventions due to J une lo. Trince Albert Victor In Poor Ilealih. London, Sept. a The illness of Clarence, Prince Albert Victor, of Wales, is undoubt edly more serious than is admitted by his physicians. It is now announced that he is so much out of sorts that ho will be una ble to keep his autumnal engagements. He has. tho harassed look which comes of nervons depression, and nothing seems to do him anv good. His sister, the Duchess of Fife, is gradually recovering in the bracing air of Scotland, but the Prince does not seem to havo nny recuperative power. It is said that lie did too much in India, and is now suffering tho consequences; but it looks very much as though sorao constitu tional weakness were developing itself, the t ' t M . - - - . existence ox wnicu nas not nitnerto been suspected. ' Fined for Fomenting a Strike. London, Sept 6. A sensation has been caused among trades-union men by the result of the prosecution of President Inwood, of the National Boot-makers' Union, on a chsrge of attempting to iniluenco the manager of a factory at Daveutry to join the striking employes of the establishment. Inwood was convicted and fined A Trsjlucer of 1)1 1 in arc k Goes Insane. Hambuug, Sept C The Hamburger Naclirichten says that Herr Abrauii, the Bulgariau Deputy who recently published au account of an interview purporting to have been had by him with Prince Bismarck, but whose assertions were repudi-

ated by the ex-Chancellor, and who then

published a letter insisting that his ac-. count of the interview was correct, is suffering from nervous mania. His condition is such that it has been decided that it will be necessary to place him in a lunatic asylum. ' ; Britain's Unpopular rostmaster-Generat London, Sept 6. Publio indignation was again aroused against Posm astergeneral Kaikes on 'account of his continued petty persecution of the postmen who were dismissed because they sought to secure better treatment. Kaikes, It appears, has induced the association for finding employment for discharged soldiers and others to refuse their friendly services to the dismissed postmen. Cable Notes. In the recent Herman maneuvers smoke less powder was used yrith success. Aii organizer of an Anarchist meeting was arrested yesterday, atlcoubaix. t ranee, aft er - a severs struggle. -The prisoner wounded two nnlirpmen .with a revolver before he was overpowered. A nmn nampH f!nrrtti has been ftrrnat.pd at Trieste on suspicion of being concerned in th rfflnt tiitnrrl prnlnsioni there. Thft last outrage of this kind was the throwing newspaper that is friendly to the govern ment. ArivtrAB frnm A pur utittt that. A Frftnch expedition against Aboruey, the capital of Dahomey, will net out on the 18th inst. it will be composed of throe divisions, one of which will start from Grand Popo, another frnm WViwlnh onH f h tfiinl frnm Pnrt.rt Novo. Dabomian troops are already march ing to oppose tne invaders. CANADIAN RECIPROCITY VIEWS. Cabinet Ministers Inclined to Favor Senator Sherman's Proposition. Ottawa, Ont, Sept C All the Cabinet Ministers now in the city were asked to ex press an opinion on Senator Sherman's reciprocity resolution. They were of course reticent, but displayed no antagonism to Senator Sherman's proposal. On the contrary, they seemed to regard it with some favor, and were of the opinion that if tho proposal passod tbe United States Senate it will be taken up by Vhe Parliament of Canada. ' Sir John Thompson, Minister of Justice, said' it was a delicate matter to speak of without consultation with tbe Premier and his colleagues. All be could say was that tho proposition, as he understood it, was an improvement on former proposals emanating from Washington, inasmuch as it did not commit either party to any par ticular method or plan to promote the object in view. In this regard the resolution seemed to him to be unobjectionable. As to the distinct proposal for free trade in coat Sir John said ho did not think the feeling of the mining interests in Nova Scotia, his own province, would be in favor of free trade with the United States in coal. Mr. I oster. Minister of Finance, preferred not to express a decided opinion. Tho Sherman resolution, he said, was the best proposition made since the old reciprocity treaty. It seemed fair towards Canada. As to reciprocity in coal alone, he was not in favor, as a rulo. of these single-clause reciprocity treaties. No doubt if tbe Sen ate, which was tho controlling body of Con gress, passed the resolution it would be I at1 a A w9 I a D K wl k 4 fv M n 4 lion. Edgard Dewdney. Minister of tho In terior, spoke favorably of the Sherman res olution, saying on the face of it tbe resolution appeared a, reasopaMo one. REED'S CAMPAIGN CLOSED. Final Meeting at Portland, at Which Major McKinley Spoke on Protection. Portland, Me., Sept 6. The campaign in Speaker Reed's district closed this even ing, when more than three thousand per sons attended a mass-meeting in the City Hall under the auspices of the Young Men's Republican Club, whose banner hung above the platform, where sat seventy-five members. President Walter C. Emerson, editor of the Advertiser, had charge. Mr.1 Reed's entrance with.Major McKinley was greeted with long applause and cheers by the audience, which was larger and much moro enthusiastic than any other during the campaign. He was introduced by Mr, Emerson. He referred to the influence of the McKinley bill on. business; also, to the silver bill, saying the united Mates, circu lating medium was the best. in tho world. and be called upon Major McKinley to de1: t. i- r a. 1 ...1 . 'itliver me epeecu tu vue evening, luin was the latter' s first Portland speech, and was the most eloquent one of the campaign, be ing devoted to the tariff as affecting busi ness prosperity. - Speaker Keed stated to-day that he anticipated a majority of 1.000 in his district, although his friends feel confident that it will reach 1.500. - Skbago Lake, Me., . Sopt 6. Speaker Reed snoke lor twenty minutes to-day to a crowd on the fair grounds on the history of the Republican party. The Democrats, he said, had opposed every Republican benefit when introduced, and now claimed them as their own. The same would be true in fivo years of the system of counting nonvoting Congressmen present. Political Ruling In Arkansas. Little Rock, Ark.,,Sept 6,Application was made to tbe Circuit Court for an in junction restraining the canvassing board from counting the returns from Pulaski county from the precincts wherein the sheriff ejected the legal judges and placed the polls in charge of judges of his own selection. The application was refused by tho court The court says: "There are duplicate returns from those various precincts in t3e clerk's office, duly verified by oath, of the election under onr election law. The whole matter of an election, including the voting, the returns of tho procinct election officers, the county board and tbe certificate of . that board to be forwarded to the Secretary of State, is to be completed, except in special cases of delay for correcting returns, on the seventh day. It can bo seen at a glanco what inevitable confusion would occur if the courts should lightly, and, except in extremo cases, resort to the restraining order to stop . this election machinery and hold it in suspense till a litigated right might be settled." Knocked Down the Jailer. Special to tbe Indianapolis Journal. Fort Wayne, Ind., Sept 6. A bold attempt was made this afternoon by a number of prisoners, confined in the county jail in this city, to overpower the keeper and effect a wholesale jail delivery. James Bennett, who has just been sentenced to two years in tho penitentiary for burglary, knocked down Charles Upleagcr. one of the keepers, and mado his escape.' Before any of the other prisoners had gotten ont, the keeper had been joined by the sheriff and soveral deputies and the mob was suppressed after a desperate struggle, and the ringleaders were handcuffed and placed in dungeons. Bennett has not been recaptured, although a posse are in hot pursuit ' Cass County Republicans. Special to the Inrtlanapclls Journal. LoGAXSi'ORT, Ind.. Sept. C The Republican connty convention met in this city today and named a strong ticket, with J. C. Hadley for Senator and B. F. Campbell for Representative at the head of it Strong resolutions were passed indorsing the administrations. State and national, and the Representatives in Congress, and denouncing the gerrymander and the administration of connty affairs. The convention was enthnsiaitic and harmonious. Residence Struck by Lightning, v Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Martinsville. Ind., Sept. 6. The heaviest rain-fall (five mches) that has visited this place for years fell last night Daring the storm tho residence of John Whitlock was struck by lightning and damaged to the extent of JoC. Tho building was unroofed, and nearly all the plastering was knocked oil. Theinniatea were considerably shocked. Mrs. Elbert Sadler, who lived two squares away, was knocked down, aud remained unconscious for live hours.

FIFTEEN CRUSHED TO DEATH

Terrible Result of the Premature Firing of a Blast at Spokane Falls. Tirenty-Eive Thousand Cubic Feet of Rock Thrown on a Crowd of Workmen Fifteen Known to Ilave Been Killed and Many Iiurt Spokane Falls, ,Wash., Sept 5. At 5 o'clock this evening a premature blast in the Northern Pacific yards killed fifteen men and possibly more. The full extent of the disaster is unknown. It was just beforo the hour of quitting work. A large force of men were engaged in blasting out a huge rock pile in the Northern Pacific freight yards in the east part of the city. From fifty to seventy-five men were at work in the cut at the time. Fifteen have been taken out dead, a number injured, and still others have come out alive. All is confusion, and it is impossible yet to get names or particulars. As rapidly as tho mangled bodies are taken out they are carried to the hospital. : Some of the workmen were preparing blasts to be touched ff after the other workmen and teams had departed for the night. One blast had been prepared. In the second it was exploded, the jar also touching oft the first blast Twenty-five thousand cubic ieetof rook was blown over upon the unsuspecting mass of humanity, with terrible results. Hundreds of people soon gathered at the scene, and tho work of taking out the dead and injured has since been going on. The scenes at tho hospital are heart-rending. The wives and relatives of the workmen are crazed with grief and suspense. . m - NORTHERN INDIANA EDITORS. Many Interesting Subjects Discussed at Maiinkuckee Election of Officers. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Warsaw, Ind., Sept 6w At to-day's session of the Northern Indiana Editorial As, sociation at Maxinkuckeo W. 1L Smith, of Indianapolis, addressed the convention on the subject of "How to Maintain the Prestige of tbe Local Press." He was followed by J. C. Hewitt, of the Lagrange Register, with an address entitled "Is the Newspaper Buiness Overdone? If so, what is the Remedy!' The subject, "Woman as a Factor in tho Newspaper Business,'1 was then discussed by J. W. Bsker, of the Columbia City Commercial. Next A. P. Kent, of the . Elkhart Review, discussed tho subject, "Do Politics Occupy Too Much Space in the Local Press!'7 "Advancing the Moral Tone of the Press" was handled by W. K. Sherfer, of the Kendallville News. F. D. Hairabaugh, of the Peru Sentinel, addressed the assemblage on tho interrogated subject, "Is Office-holding or Office-seeking Incompatible with Con ducting a Newspaper!" Thad. Butler, of the Huntington Herald, then told "How the Newspaper Business may be made More Profitable," after which the convention proceeded with the annual election of officers. i FAM0DS FEUD ENDED. Hatlields and McCoys, of West Virginia, Now .Living on Friendly Terms. Huntington, W. Va., Sept 6. The famous Hatfi eld-McCoy feud is at an end. The two men were seen on our streetsyesterday conversing together in a friendly manner. One was a brother-in-law of old man McCoy, and the other was a son-in-law of Arse Hatfield. They spoke freely of the famous feud, and said that by common consent it would be allowed to cease. All con cerned have gone to work and propose to live quietly. A number of tbe members of both factions ars still under indictment for murder and lesser crimes, but will probably now not be troubled by the authorities. The feud has been in progress nearly twenty years, and in that time at least a score of the Hatlields and McCoys have been murdered. Only one member of either side has been legally punished. That was "Captain" Hatfield, who was hanged at Pikeville. Ky., some months ago for the brutal murner of Alma McCoy, a young girl whom he shot down as she was trying to escape from her father's house, ; which the Hatfields had tired. Business .Embarrassments. Toronto, Ont, Sept C. The Colonial Umbrella Manufacturing Company has made an assignment. The liabilities are not yet known, but will, it is believed, be fully covered by the assets. Ail the heavy creditors are in England and the United States. The assignment is said to have been brought about by internal disagree ments. Ihe hrm is the hrst umbrella roan ufacturing concern in Canada. Providknce, R. I., Sept C Tho whole sale grocery house of Babcock & Briuhara last night made an individual and copartner ship assignment for tho equal beuuht of their creditors to Albert Baker. Tbe cause of tbe failure is en id to bo insufficient capi tal and heavy losses of the past year. It is expected tbe liabilities are largely in ex cess of the assets. Antioo, Wis., Sept 6. The large lumber firm of Iloxie & Mellon, which has been in financial straits for several days, finally made an assignment to-day. lhe liabili ties are about $500,000, and assets probably a little lees. Attachments aggregating 30-. 000 were out on the DroDertv of the concern here to-day by creditors from Milwaukee and Oshkosh, Fatal Stroke of Llghtiilng. Special to the Indianapolis JonrnaL Crawfordsville, Ind., Sept 6. Yester day afternoon John, and Ashlard Groves and John Patton. aged eighteen years, were in tho barn of Hugh Groves putting up a horse. . A rain-storm coming up the men remained 111 tho barn, and a bolt of lightning struck the building. John Patton and theliorse were killed. Ashlard Groves was knocked across the barn, and John Groves was stunned. Tho two men are yet suffering from the effects of the shock. Mrs. Whitehead lias Lett the State. Special to the Indianapolis JonrnaL Lafayktte, Ind., Sept. 6. A deputy sheriff to-day went to Shawnee Mound to subpoena Mrs. Elma C. Whitehead as a witness for the State against Rev. William P. Pettit Her father blandly informed the officer that Mrs. Whitehead had gone to Oregon on a visit Pettit' a friends think she will be back before tho trial, while his enemies assert a belief that she has gone to avoid being summoned as a witness. . Union Connty Alliance Not in Politics. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Liberty, Ind., Sept 6. The various organizations of the Farmers' Alliance of this county met here in mass convention, yesterday, to consider the proposition, advocated by some of its members, to put a county ticket in the field. After discussing the matter fully, it was decided by a largo majority not to take the step proposed. The leading members of the Alliauco in this county are determined that the organization shall not be used by political schemers. New York Farmers' League Organized, Aliianv. N. Y., Sept. 6wTh New York State Farmers' League was incorporated by the Secretary of State to-day, and is formed by W. Kdtfar Knapp, Nathaniel O. Spanlding, F. E. Hicks, II. Scott Corwin and A, M. Uhl. who are the officers of tho New York State Farmers' League heretofore or-

ganized and existing as an incorporated body. The object for which the league is formed is to unite the farmers of the State for political action, and to secure a federation of all farmers', organizations in the State. The gentlemen above mentioned are the board of trustees and managers of tbe league for the first year. The principal office of the league will be in the town of Stamfordsvilie, Dutchess county. PISKEET0XS DENOUNCED. Strong Resolutions Adopted at a Mass-Meeting of Worklngmen In New York. New York, Sept a Tho large hall of Cooper Union was crowded to-night with men and a few women, at a meeting held under tbe auspices of the Central Labor Federation and the Socialistic Labor party. August Delabon, of tho Bakers' Union, presided, and sat beneath tho red Hag of socialism. Resolutions were adopted extending earnest sympathy with the striking employes of the New York Central road, and pledging to them moral and financial support demanding the repeal of the charters of the railroads included in the Vanderbilt system, and charging that these roads, by failing to . provide ilagmeu, antomatic coupling, iron railings and other necessary appliances, caused annually . the actual murder of thousands of employes and passengers. These resolutions were also adopted: Resolved, That we, citizens of New York, in mass-meeting assembled, hereby form ours elves into a defense association for tho purpose of stamping out the blood-stained gang of murderous tramps who have dared to establish their headquarters In tho metropolis of American civilization. Pesolved,. That this defense association hall be conducted by a committee of organized labor, composed of delegates of tho trar.e-unions represented In the Central Labor Federation, and auy other bona-tide labor organization that maiy tender Its aid and co-operation. Resolved, That this committee s.all immediately proceed to raise a delenso fund for the purpose of prosecuting with the utmost vijror all rinkerton detectives and police othecrs who may be guilty of outrages upon the persons and rights or the people. Resolved, That we demand the enactment of a law forbidding the employment as special officers of ir.cn who are not citizens of the State and havo not resided three years at least In tho county where they are to be so employed. Flate-Glass-Workers Form a Union. Epe cial to the Indianapolis Journal. New Albany, Ind., Sept. 6. The employes " of the JJePauw plate-glassworks and a number of delegates

from the moro important establishments of the country met at 9 o'clock to-night for the purpose of organizing a national union similar to that of the window-glass-workers, said to be tho ganization in the world. strongest orThere were nearly three present at the meeting hundred men, and ' though some of tbe proceedings were kept secret it was announced that the organization would be perfected at a second meeting to-morrow afternoon. The new union will include the skilled workmen of all the plate-glass-works in the country, and it is the intention of the organizers to make this city tho headquarters of the organization, which will have a membership of several thousand. The delegates from a distance are: Price Dixon, Frank Jones and Harry Patton, of Kokomo; Otto Linne, of Dnquesue, Pa.; James Lester and James Valentine, ot Butler, Pa.; Arthur Knight, of Crystal City, Mo. lhe Strike on the Cotton Belt Paris, Tex., Sept Cw A copy of Judge "Bryant's order restraining the strikers on the Cotton Belt was received at tho marshal's oflice to-day. Marshal Dlckerson is in Tyler personally looking after the company's property thero. Deputy Marshal Leatherman will go to Texarkana in tho morning. It is reported that the engineers and firemen held a meeting last night and agreed not to handle any freight trains manned by scabs, but would haul mail and passenger traing withont regard to tho crews. Obituary. Special to the Indianapolis JonrnaL Tipton, Ind., Sept. 6. Dr. Silas Blount, a pioneer, died at his residence, seven mi k-s southeast of here, yesterday evening, at the advanced age of ninety years. He came to this county in 1840 and laid out the town of West Kiuderhook, and for over forty years practiced medicine, making roost of his calls on horseback: and on foot, and was a faithful member and attendant of the Christian Church. He raised a family of ten children, four boys and six girls. Elder 1. M. Blount, of Irvincton, and Rev. Jacob Blount, of near Knehville, are tho surviving sons. Two daughters are dead. Fort Wayne. Ind., Sept. 7. Joseph D. Nuttman, president of the Nuttman & Co. Bank, of this city, died to-day at tho age of seventy-three years. He was the founder of the First National Bank of this city, the second national bank in the State. Mr. Nuttman formerly lived in Decatur, and leaves an estate valued at nearly half a million dollars. A widow and a married daughter survive him. London, Sept.C The death is announced of Fraucis Kobert St. Clair Erskine, fourth Earl of Kosslyii. He was born in 1833, and succeeded to the title in 1ST. Dublin, Sept 6. Most Rev. John "Pius Lehy, D. D.. Roman Catholic Bishop of Dromore, is dead. Losses by Fire. Wilkesrarre, Pa.. Sept a Shaft No. 3, of the Susquehanna Coal Company, at Glenlynn, caught lire this morning frnm a bit of discarded wick from a miner's lamp. Before it was discovered it had made great headway and had destroyed the fan-houee at the head of the shaft' The flames were tin ally subdued by tbe apparatus of the company. The mine and breaker were idle aud no one was injured. Loss not known. Philadelphia, Sept 6. Fire broke out early this morning 111 the store-house of Hoftman & Co., doors, sash and blinds manufacturers, at 1414 Wood street and before it was extinguished tho entire building was destroyed, and the liames spread to adjoining property, doing altogether damage to the amount of $X),O00. Hoffman &. Co.'a loss will be $50,000; fully covered by insurance. Industrial Hall, adjoining, which is owned by. R. J. Dobbins, was damaged by fire and water to the extent of Sij.OOO; fully insured. The loss to the occupants of the hall, who were principally societies and lodges, and to the adjoining properties, will not be above $5,000. Seed Wheat Offered to Oklahoma Farme Torr.KA, Kan.. Sent. C President Mi vel, of tho Santa l c, hits authorized ie announcement to the farmers In Oklahoma that hisroad wiil nupply them with $10,000 worth of seed wheat, at cost, and wait until thoir crop is harvested for their money. The condition of tho Oklahoma farmers was presented to President Manvel a few davs ago, by George R. Peck, attorney for the road, aud this plan euggested. The farmers of northwestern Kansas who havo had crop failures are being supplied with seed wheat by a loan company. Servant-Girl Question in North Carolina. Asheville, N. C, Sept 6. The ladies of Asheville held a meeting this afternoon, in response to a call publiNhed in tho Citi7.cn, to take action on the servant-girl question, which has been agitated for several weeks. General incompetency and unreliability are tbe complaints made. Mrs. M. F. Fitch was elected president, and read a paper advocating the formation of union of housekeepers, to secure good servants and to iix schedules of capacity aud rates of wages. This is the first society of the kind ever formed in the Southern States. Isaac D. Saw tell Indicted for Murder. Dover, N. II.. Sept C The grand jury for Statlord county to-day reported, among other indictments, the following: 'The State vs. Isaac B. Sawtelle, indicted for murder as principal in this State; aecond count as accessory before the fact of the murder of Hiram li. Sawtelle committed in the Stato of Maine by tome person to tho juror unknown: third count, as accessory before tbe fact of the murder of Hiram B. Sawtelle committed in New Hampshire by some person unknown to the jurj Time Granted Cherokee Strip ' Cattlemen, Kansas City, Sent 6 A. J. Snyder, of the Cherokee Strip Live-st'ck Association. in an interview to-day stated that ho had received a telegram from Washington to the enect that the President had ijrauted an unconditional extension of time for clearing the Cherokeo Strip until Dec. 1,

"A RACE TTITII DEATH Arnons the nameless heroes, none aro more worthy of martyrdom than he w ho rode down the valley of the Conemaugh, warning the people ahead of the Johnstown Hood. Mounted on a powerful horse, faster and ' faster went the rider, but the flood wa swiftly gaining until it caught the unlucky horseman and swept on, grinding, crushing, annihilating both weak and strong. In the same way is disease lurking near, like unto the 6vord of Damocles ready to fall, without warning, on iU victim, who allows his system to become clogged up, and his blood poisoned, and" thereby his health endangered. To eradicate these poisons from the system, no matter what their name or nature, and save vourself a spell of malarial, typhoid of biliou3 fever, or eruptions, swellings, tumore and kindred disfigurements, keep the liver and kidncy3 healthy and vigorous, by tho use of Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery. It's the only blood-purifier sold on trial Your money is returned if ic doesn't do exactly as recommended. A concentrated vegetable extract Sold by druggists, in large bottles, at $1.00. 1 PERILOUS FEAT AT NIAGARA Fool-Hardy Canadian Walks Arross tho Gorge on a Slender Wire Cable, And Tempts froTidcnce by Pcrlorznlng Many Hazardous Tricks on the Way Previous Attempts to Crcs3 at tbe Same Place. Niagara Falls, Ont., Sept. 6. Tho greaC Blondin and all other tight-ropo walkers wero outdono this afternoon by a plucky resident of Toronto, who walked a cablo seven-eighths of an inch in diametor stretched across the Niagara gorge between the suspension and cantilever bridges. True to his announcement, ho appeared at the Canadian end of the cablo at S: 8 o'clock. Dixon, us he stood on the narrow wire, with his balance-pole in his hands, looked pale and anxions. He whispered some words of instruction to his attendant, and started on bis perilous trip. At least 8,000 spectators, lining both banks of the river, had their eyes fastened on the intrepid ropo-walker. People hold their breaths and seemed to be petrified at tho antics of the man as he scampered down the wire hundreds of feet abovs Niagara's roaring waters and rugged clifis. On ho went till about a quarter of the distance had been traversed, when & halt was made. He etood on one foot, holding ont the other almost horizontally and waving his hand to tho Fpectators. Then he continued on his perilous journey until the center was reached, when ho sat down and threw both legs over his balance pole, -which was resting on the wire, and stretched ont at full length on bis back oa the wire, crossing his feet and folding his arms on his breast. A shriek of horror went up from the female spectators, many of whom walked away to save themselves from fainting. Dixon calmly unfolded his arms and waved first his right and thta his loft hand to the spectators. Hotben arose, and as be did so the wire vibrated so much that he had to lean a cood deal over to get his equilibrium. Then he went on uuti) three-quarters had been passed. Then lie again stood ouonoleg, aud went through, x number of other maneuvers, atter which, he ran up the incline, reaching the American side at 3:42. Ho sprang from tho wire three feet over the edge of the clilf. much to tbe relief of thousands of spectators, who applauded and cheered him vociferously. After a rest of live minutes on the American 6ide Dixon returned to the wire with a hoop on his ankles aud walked out to where the stars and stripes lloattd in tho breeze, about one hundred and titty feet from the clitl", and went through eevernl maneuvers, winding the llag about his shoulder, after which he drove to the Canadian Hide, walked out about tho same distance as he had done on tbe American side, and wound the union jack about his shoulders. He then returned to terra lirma and went direct to his hotel, where he was seen by a representative of the Associated Press. He said that tho only trouble he experienced was with the vibratiou of tbe cablo in the center, wnich was caused by tho sand-bags'nat being properly adjusted. Ho had no motive in making the perilous trip other than that while crossing the suspension bridge about a mouth ago with soma lrieuds to attcud a photogrnphers couTention at Washington be noticed the cablo and remarked that he could walk across it. Tho result of this remark was the performance of to-day. He said ho had dono ropewalking in his youth, and for the past fw days, preparatory to to-day's feat, bo had walked several times on a rop two hundred feet long stretched sixty feet abovo tho ground on Haitian's Point, Toronto. Dixon is thirty-eight years of agt is fivo feet eight inches high and weighs pounds. Ho is of sallow complexion and wears a heavy dark mustacLo and whiskers. He was dressed in terra cotta colored tights, black silk trunks and cap. and wore moccasins. The balance pole be cur--ied weighed thirty pounds, wan tvrentytwo feet six inches long and was tipped with iron at either end. Dison was torn in New York city and he is of Irish nan n tage. Prior to his residence in Toronto, where he has lived for the pat fifteen years, his home was in tho village of Clarksburg, on Georgian bay. 1 ho wire on which Dixon crossed to-day is the one on which fctephen Peer walked on Jnuft 1887, and below which his lifeless body was found a week later. It is supposed that Peer, while intoxicated, attempted to walk the wire after dark, and fell to the rocks below. Prof. Do Leon, a well-known rope-walker, attempted to cross on the cable in tho summer of U7, hnt after walking out about thirty feet, lio slid down a rope and took the tii.st train lor parts unknown. Dixon say he will return hero next Juno and givo three darn' performance. Iin will then arrangu an ttractive progranimc.Jwalking thecal lo.ift-r dark, and giving a pyrotechnic display from tho wiro and bridges. MlMlsftippi' Militia. Jackson'. Miss., Sept. 0. In the constitutional convention to-day the luiliti question was disposed of by the adoption of a substitute to the committee's report, huh instead of lixing tlie amount to be appropriated for the State militia annually at ilO.OOO, leaves the amount blank and to bo fixed by the Legislature. A provision is also included requiring the State national guard to consist of not less tLan one hundred men for each Senator and Kepresontative to which the btate is entitled in tho Congress of the Unitinl States. Tho committee on election franchise made their supplemented report to-day. A synopsis of its features has been sent in tbese dispatches. . Destructive Hall-Storm. Devil's Lake, D., Sept. G.The worst hail-storm on record occurred hero last evening, and all crops in this county that wero spared by tbe drought and ready for harvesting were ruined. For an hour hugs hail-stones fell, smashing windows in every bouse m the city and drivingtheir atirigbN ed occupants to the cellars for shelter. Tho extent of the damage cannot bo estimated.