Indianapolis Journal, Indianapolis, Marion County, 30 November 1890 — Page 2

THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL, SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 30. 1890.

IRISH DELEGATES AT CHICAGO

TTelcomed to the City by the Mayor, Aldermen and Citizens' Committee. Xo Hint from the Enrojs u to Their YIewi on the Irish Crisis Though They Read with iTiiitj Gladstone's Keplj to Parnell. Two Monster Meetings at Night Ad--dressed by Dillon, O'Brien and Others. Btselntions Adopted Condemning Tory Meth- ' ods and Praising Parnell, tut No Action Taken cn the Tital Question at Iuue. WELCOMED TO THE CITY. The Irish Delegates 3Iet at Kensington by the Reception Committee. Ciiicagv, Not. 2& Nothing could have been more inform&l than the arrival of the Ixih envoys in Chicago this evening. It Vxr&a after dark 'when the train bearing the six rolled into the dingy little depot on the .lake i rent, All of the party, including 'the two' ladies, silvery-haired Mrs. Sullivan and dark, petite Mrs. O'Brien, were in 'their traveling wraps, and in the hurlyburly under the dim gaslights were indis- ' tinguishablo from the mass of other travellers. Mellville E. Stone, chairman of the 'citizens' reception committee, had carriages at the street-curb, and stepping quietly in to these, the distinguished guests were I whisked away to their hotel with barely time to make hasty toilet for the big mass meeting before which they were to appear. Three hours before this time the Mayor ; of Chicago, lion. D. C. Cregier, accompanied by the comptroller, lion. Wm. J. Onahan, and .thirty members of the City Council, had gonedewn the road fifteen miles in a special car tv meet the Irish representatives. With the Mayor's party also 'was the entire membership of the citizens' reception committee, numbering twodezen or more gentlemen, all well known in of- , licial professional and business circles. At 'Kensington the special car stopped, and a Jong wait ensued before the arrival of the . train bearing, the envoys. , During the wait there were rumors that a strong effort was being made privately to commit the local Irish leaders present to a pledge of support . to a resolution which was shown, indorsing Parnell outright, and which it was proposed .shonld be offered at the mass-meet in gj notwithstanding the purpose of the committee on resolutions to have all snch matters first referred to the six men. Only a few miles down the road something of a damper was put on this by information, which only a few were at the time in possession of. that Gladstone totally denied tne truth of the statements contained in Parnell'e manifesto. When suddenly the envoys' train was eeen plunging through the labyrinth of tracks in the Kensington yards, and halted a moment, preparatory to the final run to Chicago, there was a wild scramble of badge-bedecked committeemen and shinytiled aldermen . to . get . aboard the cars or catch a glimpse of the guests. "Where are they, till I yelL" shouted one enthusiastic, but the query -was in vain, and the first sight of the visitors was when they were led back through the long crowded aisles of car after car, being introduced to everybody, and shaking hands right and left, laughing and chatting all the way into Chicago. Just before the envoys reached Kensington an Associated Press representative had an interview with John Dillon. Regarding the relations of Gladstone and Parnell, and the situation generally, Mr. Dillon said: "We have not yel arrived at the stage where we wish to give an expression on these subjects', and when we do we wish to give it as the sentiments of our entire party of six. It is for this reason tht we refrain from ex pressing individual opinions." During the confusion that followed attaching the reception committee's car, at Kensington, news arrived of the contents of Gladstone's manifesto, and a summary just from the wires was handed, to Mr. Dillon by the Associated Press representative. Mr. Dillon reached eagerly for it, but at the same time said: "While I am very anxious to read this, I shall probably make no comment whatever." Though jostled right and left ujr tucuunu, dii. isuiuu icau o!cuiijr uu till he had mastered the tenor of the dispatch, and then banded back the manuscript, resolutely refusing to open his lips. T. P. O'Connor read the telegram even more carefully than Dillon, and also declined to say a word, Timothy Harrington was told the contents, and was equally noncommittal, but was overheard remarking to a friend: "Too bad; too bad to have a contradiction between two such men and at such a time." TWO GREAT MEETINGS. Ten Thousand People Listen to Speeches by Dillon, O'llrien and Other Envoys. Chicago, Nov 29. Beyond question it was to the two big armories on the Chicago . lake front, not to the Parliament houses on the Thames that Irish eyes,in this city at least, unanimously turned to-night. Circumstances without number seemed combined to make the occasion not noted merely, but historic To say nothing of local causes, In themselves strikingly dramatic and of far-reaching importance, the situation was a strange one. At possibly the gravest moment in Ireland's history the six men who, by common consent of the world, seemed the arbitrators of her destiny were to publicly avow their sentiments. This was to be done, not in the capital of Ireland, but in a city 4,000 miles distant, with an Irish population said to exceed that of Dublin. As if to add to the extraordinary character of the proceedings, two, at least, of the chosen six men ere possible successors of Ireland's uncrowned king ; himself.. And, to top it all, were either of the two John Dillon or Wm. O'Brien to put foot on Irish soil that instant would iiud him, instead of welcomed toward a chair of state, hurried into a stone dungeon. It was to many persons present a striking evidence of the vitality of the Irish cause, whether due to individual leaders or methods, that in snch a peculiar juncture the auditorium, though ample for an ordinary convention, could not accommodate the jam of people which congregated this evening. That every mother's son and daughter in the throng was bound to pay for admission cut no figure whatever. From fashionable residences on the boulevards, from crowded tenements bordering the river, from the rolling-mills, the caraheps from factories and cottages in every corner of Chicago's broad area, the owners of Irish hearts hocked in every direction to the lake front. Two hours before the time et for tho assembly to begin the martial figure of an irish-Amcricau soldier Gen. Logan painted on the wall of Battery D Armory, looked down on every reserved eat in the place tilled with an expectant throng. Despite the depressive circumstances surrounding the Irish cause elsewhere, the natural Irish gavety soon here asserted itself. When the band struck up "Garryowen" and the "Wearing of the Green." cheer after cheer broke forth. During the long wait before the vice-presidents took their seats on a raised platform to the east of the hall, the crowd busied itself admiring the handsome festoons of Irish and American banners, entertwined. ornamenting the galleries. At 7 P. M., a whole hour before the speech making was to begin, Battery D Armory, big as it is, was choke full of people. The doors were ordered closed and all comera headed toward the Second Kegiment Armory adjoining, where the overllow meeting was to be held. Seated in the front of th reserved chairs next the platform was a matronly figure, with snow-white hair brushed carefully down in antique fashion over her broad temples. On her shoulders was a brilliant-colored hawi. and every now and then her down-cast eyes were raised, disclosing the old-time flashing glance of Mrs. Parnell. the mother of the man still at the helm of Irish affairs. Attention was divided between her and the sair rapidly arriving vice-pre-idents, rep

resenting practically every shade of Irish opinion in Chicago. These gentlemen, as well as the bulk of the audience, began to speculate in lively fashion concerning the resolutions that were to be proposed to the meeting, and which it was whispered about were, at that very moment, being submitted to the criticism of the Irish envoys. Some of the people on the platform, and others scattered through the audience, had it that radical changes would be made to the original draft, owing to the Gladstone manifesto published in tho evening papers. This opinion was vigorously combated by others, who held that the resolutions as originally prepared, and which were understood to be rather non-committal regarding Parnell and Gladstone, were now just tho thing that would pass through the hauds of the- six members of Parliament practically unaltered. At 8i. ii. a majority of the remarkable list of persons who had accepted the invitation to act us vice-presidents were seated on the etaie. Tho list included many of the leading citizens of Chicago and in full was as follows, beginning with the nane of Archbishop r'cehan: Kobert T. Lincoln, Bishop Spauldinc. of Peoria: Right Key. Charles E. Cheney, Walter 11. Purdy. Philip D. Armour, John Cudahr, George M. Pullman, Carter Harrison, Thomas Cantwell, Charles T. Yerkes. Marshall Field. C. H. Fargo, D. J. Swene. P. T. Barry, W. F. Poole. T. T. Healy. P. McGrath. W. F. McLaughlin, W. J. Ouin. Dr. C. P. Caldwell. George E. Adams. V. E. Nelson, Gen. W. C. Newberry. A. T. Ewing. Abner Taylor, 8. M. Cullont, Jolm M. Palmer, Henry F. Donovan. Benjamin Botterwortb, Charles Kern. Thomas Courtney, George IL Davis, ltigbt Uev. E. W. McLaren. Kev. H. W Boltou. Kev. John H. Barrows, Kev. Dr. J. ft. Mcl'hersou, Christopher Mamer, Walter (). Gresbam, Franklin McVeagh and Kev. T. Zahu. At exactly 8:2.1 r. M., when Battery D and the Second Kegiment Armory were crowded as they never were before, probably 15,000 to 20,000 people being congregated in and about the two hall, and occupying every available inch of space, the . parliamentary party quietly entered from the rear of Battery D. The six gentlemen whom the thousands in front were awaiting, remained for a time out of view back of the platform waiting for the meeting to be formally opened. On a motion from Mr. Melville E. 8 tone. chairman of the committee on arrangements, the gallant six mounted the steps, led by John Dillon. The instant Dillon's tall form came into view the audience broke into a wild cheer, which was caught up again and again as O'Brien. Sullivan. T. P. O'Connor, Gill and Timothy Harrington were espied following closely behind in the order named. While the applause was still threatening to raise the roof Mr. Stone stepped to the front and said: "As chairman of the executive committee it becomes my duty to introduce to you the chairman of the evening, the Mayor of the city of Chicago, Mr. Cregier." Loud applause greeted the appearance of Mayor Cregier, who welcomed the Irish parliamentary party to the city, and then turned to John Dillon, the distinguished Irish leader, and introduced him as follows: "It affords me pleasure to now introduce to von the Hon. John Dillon, a member of the British Parliament." iGreat applause.) MR. DILLON'j SPEECH. Mr. Dillon advanced to the front of the platform, and as he bowed to the audience cheer after cheer arose from the multitude. Once he attempted to speak, but the dying cheers revived at the sound of his voice, and again he was forced to pause until the enthusiasm (had partially abated. When silence was finally restored Mr. Dillon spoke as follows, in part: "Mr. Chairman, and Ladies and Gentlemen To us who nave been for many years struggling in Ireland for our people against the most terrible odds, I venture to say, against which any political leaders have ever had to contend in the history of the world, it would be impossible for me to tell you how great the encouragement and how great the support and cheer such mighty gatherings as that we see assembled here to-night, give to us in this, our great and just struggle. Great applause. The assurance of the sympathy of the citizens of this free land ana of their continued assistance as long as we maintain the war is to us peculiarly gratifying. Applause. "If we would win the next struggle that is fought for Irish liberty, the armies who follow the banners of the leaders of the people in the battle must not be the armies of men whose homes, and wives, and little ones are at the mercy of their oppressors and at the mercy of the landlords, but they must be armies of men who have free homes, and you must know then that if you Butler in tho cause of your country at least !our children and wives are safe at home. Applause. We believe, and I think the ustory of the last ten yeais has proved that our belief is just we believe that the greatest mistake that has been made in past attempts to assert the liberty of Ireland was that the people who had made those attempts were not sufficiently free in their own homes; were not sufficiently well fed and comfortable; were not brought up as free men ought to be brought up, with the advantages naturally accruing to every man who is born under a free roof-tree, and that is one of the reasons why the attempts which have been hitherto made to assert the liberty of Irelaud have failed. The people will win liberty instead of experiencing defeat. Applause. "I believe in doing the greatest possible amount of injury to the enemy with the slightest possible injury to yourself. A voice. Hear, hear.'l The claim I have always put forward on behalf of our policy is that we bave inflicted more loss, more destruction upon the enemies -of our race with less suffering to those who have inflicted it than has ever been done by any men who have gone before us. What are the motives by which we induced the people of Ireland to break down tyranny which had crushed their fathers for generations and reduced . their country to a condition of beggary and chronic starvation! They were simply more or less combinations binding themselves loyally to one another to abide by certain rules and regulations, and not to spare any man who broke those rules and regulations. That is the whole crime and offense of which they have been guilty, and by their most splendid example of self-discipline and self-government have been incurring these and other epithets from the world. By tho splendid example of self-government the Irish people have broken down bit by bit the vast structure of tyranny by which they have been oppressed for so long. "We met last year the Irish people, and raised funds to the extent of $300,000 for the support of these evicted people. Thisyear, in the midst of their poverty, and it is a poor year in Ireland. I think they will raise the sum of about 5150,000 for the support of these evicted people, and so they have been doing these things in Ireland for the suffering people of our nation, for those who are threatened with eviction for non-payment of exorbitant rents. "Ladies and gentlemen, I have endeavored briefly as it was nocessary to lay before you the grounds on which we have come to this great city to-Light to appeal for your aid in carrying on this struggle for Ireland. We, for ourrpart, will carry it on so long as the people of Ireland and the Irish raco the world overaro at our back. We have advanced so rapidly on the path of progress during the last ten years that we feel at this hour the most absolute confidence that with the united Irish race, a few months, nt tho furthest a couple years a voice With Parnell as leader,' and loud and continued applausej cannot roll over your heads without bringing within your grasp that victory for which so many Irishmen in the past have laid down their lives for the sacred came of their country. Long and continued applause. ADDRESS OF WILLI AM0BRIKX. Mayor Cregier next introduced the Hon. William O'Brien. Mr. O'Brien spoke in part as follows: 'From my heart 1 thank you for this splendid and unparalleled welcome to your mighty city of Chicago. Applause. I need not tell you that our mission to America is not a pleasure trip. Our mission is an arduous and anxious mission. Believe me we have the most painful feeling a most deep and painful feeling of bow much may depend for the happiness of our poor people, and how much depends for the cause of Ireland as a nation, upon the manner in which we may be able to present the cause of Ireland to the hearts and to the intelligence of the people of America. As the victory comes nearer and nearer our foes are redoubling ana - trebling their efforts to break us down and stamp us out or to starve us out before the general election.The government and the landlords are righting with the desperation of men who know that the battle is going against them, and they are making their last onslaught

before taking to their legs. We have the British people for us. and we have all with us. The coercion act makes a crime of every spoken or written word considered to be objectionable. Thus five years ago, when the Tories came into power, they and the landlords entered into a conspiracy to strike down the spirit of the Irish people. They undertook to crush out tho National League. They undertook to crush out every semblance of organization and self-defense. Their calculation was, if they kept np this dire despotism, year after year, that the patience of the people wonld be worn out, their spirit would be broken, and that all traces of national organization would disappear from the country, and then they could go to the English conspirators and say that coercion has caused the greatest national movement of the century to collapse. "I may say to you, and it is the last I may have the power to say to you, that in the day and it is not to be far off, and it won't be far off' when all the scattered children of the Irish race will be summoned over to witness the opening of our Irish national Parliament in College Green uproarious cheers when that day comes you will have the consciousness of saying to yourselves, and to your children and your children's children.thatyou have borneyour fart in that last great struggle which deivered the nation forever from terrorism, misery and shame." Loud and prolonged oheeis. The speaking of the evening was now suspended for half an honr. during which time contributions were received by tellers appointed to canvass the audience. Contributions flowed into the "hat" in lots of from $100 to $500. At 10:30 p. m. Mavor Cregier introduced the Hon. T. P. O'Connor, who spoke eloquently in behalf of the Irish cause, and, in conclusion, said: "Ijoin my friend, Mr. O'Brien, in feeling convinced that a glorious and triumphant end of all warfare is at baud. I do not deny that we shall not gain that struggle without having to pass throueh some dark and threatening hours, but I feel confident, like him, in the patriotism and courage, and honesty, aud good sense, and in the wisdom, and, I hope, above all, in themaintainingof unity among the friends and representatives of this great struggle in the Irish parliamentary party at home. I know very well we can rely upon you, and that your influence, at least, will always be in favor of unity, and strength, and standing together nntil the struggle is over, and that with your backing, your support, your confidence, we will be able to meet ail the difficulties that are in our path." Timothy Harrington, M. P., was the next speaker, but owing to the failure of his voice he spoke briefly, and ki conclusion said: "We should, if we require funds for parliamentary purposes, not hesitate or be the least ashamed to appeal for them. We believe they have been converted to a good use in Ireland, and that they have affected a great triumph for the people.'1 THE RESOLUTIONS. Following Mr. Harrington, Mr. Sullivan and Mr. Gill spoke briefly, and then the resolutions of the evening were read by Mr. Stone as follows: ' This meeting of the citizens of Chicago greets and welcomes the envoys from the Irish parliamentary party, John Dillon, William O'Uilen, T. P. O'Connor, Thomas P. Gill, Timothy Sulliv;n and Timothy Uarrlntfon.and recognizes in them faithful and zealous champions of the cause of liberty. The names of these Kentlemen are not less familiar to this oentral city of the American Kei'Ublio than in the homes aud at the firesides of Ireland. We have watched from afar, with no small interest, their magnificent services and -great sacrifices! Whether in the IJouse of Commons or in the common lails of Ireland, they have proved themselves loyal and zealous defenders of the rights of the people. Again we bid them a sincere and hearty welcome. We pledge onrselves anew to the cause of home rule for tho Irish people. Kobbed of her legislative Independence by force, fraud and corruption, after a conquest the inont brutal In all history, we denounce afresh the act of union anc all the black catalogue of wrongs and outrages that have followed in its train. The infamies of the past century, illumined by the light of to-day, bear a darker hue than any of the atrocities of the seventeenth century The imposition of one law for England aud another for' Ireland; a corrupted and purchased magistracy; the denial of the right of trial by Jury; the imprisonment without just cause of the rightful representatives of the people and the suppression of free speech; the abrogation of ail the sacred rights guaranteed by Magna Charta within the limits of the Emerald isle; coercion and eviction, famine and death; these are a few of -the atrocities perpetrated by the present government of Great Britain. We appeal anew to the conscience of mankind for a righting of these wrongs. We submit. In the name of the commonest dictates of humanity, that the time has arrived to arrest such methods of government. While conscious that the cause of home rule is by no means dependent upon any individual, we should be untrue to ourselves and to the Justice of the cause did we fall to recognize the splendid services of Charles Stewart Parnell. The Irish people owe to him a debt of gratitude which can never be fully paid. When all seemed darkness and doubt he sounded the tocsin which called into action an army of resolute and heroic men who.f or more than ten long years, have fctood with absolute singleness of purpose, with unquestioned purity of motive and with a patriotic fervor almost without parallel in the world's history. They won, for the first time in the century, the attention of England and the attention of the world. They went to Jail and behind the bars proved more potent than thelrjallers. To John Dillon and Wm. O'Brien, who are' about to return to the beloved but unfortunate island across sea to enter upon terms of imprisonment with all the indignities Involved, we tender the assurance that Incarceration in the coercion dungeon enshrines them in our hearts. Our sympathies go with them; we share in their sufferings; they will carry into their prison-oells our wannest affection; and every American, be he of Irish descent or not, must feel a sense of admiration for their heroism and their devotion to tho cause of human liberty. In the crisis presented at this moment it does not become us to attempt to dictate to the Irish people as to their course. We recognize that they are upon the immediate field of action, with infinitely better opportunities of forming judgment than is presented to us. The claim of Ireland's right to home rule presumes the capacity of the people of Ireland for self-government. Ifence, to them and their authorized representatives we leave all quest ious of policy and leadership, promising a lasting and hearty support to their judgment and choice. .It Is our earnest hope that, with calmness, forbearance and exceeding wisdom, they will so order the affairs of the Irish parliamentary party as to silence all discord, and that, hand in nana with the great common people of England, they may move on to the victory which assuredly awaits them in the near future. With charity for all, with malice toward none, let them move on in the work which is before them, doing tho right as God gives them to 6ee the right. Cheers greeted that portion of the resolutions referring to Parnell, and the applause . was unstinted where Gladstone was named. The motion to adopt the resolutions elicted a storm of ayes. Mayor Cregier said it was unnecessary after such an expression to ask for tho negative, and the meeting adjourned in the greatest good humor, cheering itself hoarse with enthusiasm. The overffow-meetingin the Second Regiment Armory was an almost' exact duplicate of the gathering in Battery D. except that the order of speakers was different. Judge Thomas A. Morao, of the Appellate Court, acted as the presiding officer. In a few eloquent remarks, Judge Moran gracefolly introduced each of the parliamentary party.as tbey arrived in the other hall, beginning with Mr. T. P.tVConnor. who was followed by T. D. Sullivan. Dillon and others. Judge Moran announced, toward the close of the proceedings, that the resolutions which he said had already been adopted in the Battery D meeting would now be read by Mr. K. W. Morrison. Tho mention of Parnell's name elicited considerable applause. A vote on the resolutions was called for. So rousing were the ayes in response that Judge Moran laughingly said it was unnecessary to ask for the noes. The meeting adjourned by the audience rising and giving three ear-splitting cheers in honor of the Irish cause. PLEAS FOIt CHARITY.

Catholle Newspapers Think Parnell's Sin Not Too Great to He Forgiven. Chicago, Nov. 20. The Sunday Union and Catholic Times will say to-morrow in reference to Archbishop Walsh's letter to the press: "There is intimation here that there is something behind; that the case against Parnell is not finally settled; that broad charity is necessary to avoid being unjust to him in the premises. If an archbishop of the Catholic Church takes this position, assured that it is right and wise for ns all to be a little reserved, clearly there is something within Archbishop Walsh's knowledge that we do not know; clearly that something is not unfavorable to Parnell. Possibly it may change matters very much as respects the Erivatesin with which heseemsnowsobadly randed. The word for tbe hour is, have atieace; have charity. Kemember that 'arnell never betrayed Ireland to Liberal or Tory. Parnell has sinned; we deplore and condemn sin; God hates sin and loves the sinner. Irelaud will never cease to love ParnclL" The Irish-American will say in the Sunday issue: "That the O'Shea scandal did

not really have any important bearing on the matter cau be readily judged when we come to think that the leaders of tho Liberals themselves, with the exception of Gladstone and Morley. cannot afford to have any question raised as to i heir own morality; while, on the Tory side, both Salisbury and his hopeful nephew, Balfour, are notorious despisers of all things that modern Christianity holds sacred. That Mr. Parnell did not enter a defense in his own case was a grievous shock to the moral sense of our people, most of whom at first viewregarded thedefaultas a confession of actual guilt- A little reflection, however, suffices to show that in such a court Parnell could not hope for even a show of justice, and that his wiser policy was to let what was clearly a prejudged case go by default rather than by attempting a futile .and ineffectual defense to furnish a nuasi-acknowledgment of the justice and validity of the verdict the court was certain to pronounce against him in any event. If the Irish people aud their representatives are true to themselves and their principles in this crisis it will matter little what attitude the English Liberals may take in their regard. They cannot bo more hostile than they were before they were driven from power, and since then it has beeu Mr. Gladstone and his party who in their need sought the help of the Irish Home-rulers not the Irish who sought the aid of the Liberals. One thing at least our people can never concede, and that is that any English party shall be allowed to dictate what policy they shall adopt or what leaders they shall follow." Asked to Stand by Parnell. Buffalo, Nov. 20. The following dispatch was sent this afternoou to William O'Brien, M. P., one of the Irish envoys, now at Chicago, by the Rev. Father P. Cronin, editor of the Catholio Union and Times of this city: My Dear Friend In view of the very powerful Irish sentiment prevailing here in favor of Parnell. I feel authorized in the present terrible crisis to impress on you and your colleagues the vital necessity of standing by Ireland's greatest benefactor in this hour of his country's ieril. Parnell, not Gladstone, has won our triumph. Desertion of him will. I nrmly believe, result in ruin of Ireland's hopes duriug the present generation. Disunion has been Ireland's bane. Close up the ranks behind him who, more than any other man. Las united and solidified the now almost victorious nation. BENJAMIN BUTLER'S VIEWS.

lie Thinks Parnell's Morals Shonld Be No Bar to Ills Leadership. Boston, Nov. 20. The leaders of the Irish cause in this city refuse to express opinions on the crisis abroad, and! feel that upon the action of the next few days will depend the success or failure of tho National party at the next election. In an interview on the subject Gee. Henjamin'F. Butler expressed himself as follows: "Assuming, as one must do, from Mr. Parnell's character as a straight-forward, truthful man, that his statements concerning Mr. Gladstone and Mr. Morley, the two leaders of the Liberal party, are correctly reported, two things very clearly appear that the whole movement against Mr. Parnell now is for political purposes only, and that tho pretense that the attack on him is founded solely upon the objection to him on tbe ground of his personal delinquency, is whollv false and hypocritical. That a man is really to be proscribed in English public life because of his supposed moral delinquencies with women is too farcial to be credited. If I were in his place I should .go into Parliament,' And after stating the 'accusations raadefrfgainst me in the plainest language I should address the members in the language of 'eur Savior to the accusers of the woman who was charged with a like offense,-'He that is without sin among you let him first cast a stone at her.'" TELEGRAPHIC BREVITIES. Elmer G. Mellray, partner in the firm of George G. Fox & Co., bankers, at Worcester, Mass., and in Boston, has been missing since last Wednesday. He is a defaulter to an amount not known. . Henry White, formerly business manager of the Memphis Appeal, died yesterday at Memphis. He was a member of the typographical union, and one of the oldest and best known printers in that city. Jay Gould has bought the extensive works of the Hutchinson Salt Company, at Hutchinson, Kan., whose plant is said to be the largest in the United States. Two other works are also iaid to have been purchased for him. At a meeting of the Galveston (Tex.) Live Oak Club last night, it was resolved to send a request to Hon. James G. Blaine "for the honor of entertaingin him between Feb 5 and 9, 1&JVI. They want him to talk on reciprocity. . , Hon. E. M. Hewitts, of Cedarvale, Kan., reports that tbe cattle are practically all off the Cherokee Strip, and that when the sun sets to-night the closest inspection will fail to show a single instance where President Harrison's order has been disobeyed. Alexander Schnsett, the representative in New York of the dry-goods firm of Fleicher, Mayer & Co., of Portland, Ore., died suddenly last night in the Marlborough Hotel on Broadway. Heart disease was the cause of death. Mr. Schusett was fifty-nine years old. A gloye contest at Rayne, La., last night, between A. O. Boudreaux and Jim Stokes, ended in a victory for Stokes. In the second round Stokes forced the fighting and succeeded in knocking his antagonist down and drawing blood from his ear. In the third round Boudreaux knocked Stokes out by a blow under the heart. At the hearing before the congressional commission on immigration at Seattle. Wash., yesterday. Collector Bradshaw, of the Pnget Sound customs district, expressed an opinion- that fifty or sixty Chinese aro smuggled across the Canadian border each month. He recommended that the government purchase two swift steam launches to patrol the bound. Escape of Condemned Murderers. .', Somerset. Pa., Nov. 29. Two years ago Herman Amberger, an aged farmer residing here, was brutally murdered in ' the presence of his family, and robbed of $ro,000. Joseph and David Nicely were tried and convicted, and sentenced to death. At (5 o'clock this evening the new jail contained seven prisoners, the Nicely s and five others. At 7 o'clock four of them were gone. No definite clew has yet developed. Relatives of tho Nicely brothers were in town to-day, and it is believed that they aided the es caped prisoners, and conveyed them to places of safety in carriages. Shot by a Policeman Sadden Death. Louisville, Ky., Nov. 20. This evening Thomas Mann, a police officer, and. Martin Kane, a back-driver, became involved in a quarrel about the pending mayoralty election. Kane assaulted the policeman, took the tatter's club from him, and used it on the officer. Mann followed Kane into a 6aIoon where he bad fled and shot him. inflicting a fatal wound. Mann then surrendered to officer Birch Puff. On tho way to the station-house Pntf dropped dead on the street and Mann Eroceeded to police headquarters and gave imself up. - Robbed and Deserted Ills Bride. New York, Nov. 20. George Hardy, formerly a waiter at No. 178 West Huron street, Chicago, and Laura Hall, of the same city, were married last Monday, at Chicago, and arrived hereon Thanksgiving day. To-day the woman reported to the police that, early this morning, Hardy had deserted her, nd had started for Chicago with her savings of $80 and $1,500 of his own, together v;ith their trunks. Senator Chandler Defends Himself. Concord, N. H.. Nov. 20. Senator W. E. Chandler is on his way to Washington, but has left behind an open letter, in which he gives what purports to be tbe inside history of the great railroad controversy, and then proceeds to discuss aud defend himself against the charges of bribery made against him in tbe legislative caucus of 1W0, wherein he was renominated for the Senate. Motexnenta of Steamers. Lizzard, Nov. 29. Passed: Greece, from New York, for London. New York. Nov. 29. Arrived: Etruria, from Liverpool. Bremen-, Nov. 29. Arrived: Trave, from New York. A Mile and a Quarter In 3:07 1-4. Sax Francisco. Nov. 29. At the races ot the Blood Horse Association this afternoon Rinfax went a mile and a quarter in 2:07 This is the fastest time ever made by a two-year-old. liiniax was bred at Palo Alto.

MADE FOOD FOR TEE FLAMES

The Handsome DePauw-Gamble Block at Kev? Albany Partially Destroyed. Loss of $14,000 Chicago Fire Department Kept on the Run All Night-Livery Stable and Residence at Tipton Burned. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. New Albany, Nov. 29. The fine DePauwGamble Block, on Main street, near Pearl, was partially destroyed by fire this afternoon. The block was occupied by John Hood, dealer in cigars, and Frank Shraders furniture warerooms. The fire originated in the third floor, and was caused by a 6park from a defective flue igniting a pile of excelsior. The entire fire department was summoned, and the firemen worked for two hours before the flames were under control, though six streams were playing on the flames. The damage from water was greater than from fire. Mr. Sbrader'a stock was valued at $15,000, and his loss will reach $12,000, on which there is insurance to the amount of 0,000 in the following com?anies: Merchants' of New Jersey, New ork Underwriters', London Assurance, National of Hartford. American of New York, and Niagara of New York. The loss to Hood's tobacco store will reach nearly ftOO, with no insurance. The damage to the building will amount to 1.200, fully insured in the Farmers' of Pennsylvania, Rochester Germania and the New York Bowery companies. As the tire was in tbe very heart of the business center it caused much excitement. Chicago Firemen Kept Busy. Chicago, Nov. 29. Every pieceof fire apparatus in the Chicago fire department moved last night. From sundown nntil tbe break of day men, animals and machinery were active. Eleven alarms were sent in, and before daylight every 'fireman and horse was exhausted. Street cars were blocked all night, and the fire alarm, telephone and telegraph wires became badly tangled by reason of the firemen having to cut some of them. Reporters returned to their respective offices, wrote an account of one blaze and hurried away to another. The first fire was in Shnfeldt's distillery. Early in the evening John Wendt, an employe, let down his lantern into a tank of naphtha, and an explosion followed which shook the buildings in tbe vicinity. The man himself was terribly mangled, and lies dying at a hospital. Two hours later a fire at Canal and Madison streets, in a very inflammable district, destroyed $15,000 worth of property, and caused the mangling of a man and woman by a fire engine on its way to the tire. An incendary fire in some barns in the stockyards district, near the packing-houses, was then reported, the loss, however, proving light. Next a tire in a factory on Kinsie street, near Clark, did $200 damage. Then came a wild cry from the vicinity of State and Ontario streets. A woman ran screaming down the street clad only in her night clothes. The house at No. 283 Ontario street was burning and a dozen lives were in peril. The engines were slow in responding, being widely scattered, but the police rushed into tbe burning building and roused the sleeping inmates, or dragged out those who were overcome with smoke. After two or three false alarms from distant points the Ogden flats at Ogden and Warren avenues were found to be on tire. A score of families were being driven into the street half naked. A colored cook in her room on the top floor had set the building on tire, and the flames were spreading rapidly when the department arrived and dragged the occupants from their beds. The flames were soon under control. Other Fires. Washington, Nov. 29. A fire broke out in tho kitchen of the Hotel Patawomick, at Glen Echo, a pleasure resort several miles from town, at 2 o'clock this morning, and the structure was burned to the sround. There were about fifteen persons in tbe hotel at the time, and several of them had narrow escapes, many fleeing from the building in their night-clothes. The tire had full sway, and in less than an hour burned itself out. The resort was owned by Baltzley Brothers, their loss being estimated at more than $90,0f0, on which there is an insurance of $24,500. BASTRorE, La., Nov. 29. Fire was discovered in Shaw's saloon, at Oakridge, this morning about 4 o'clock, and resulted in consuming the property of the following persons: Larkin & Fields, loss estimated at $8,000; insurance, $5,000. Shaw's saloon and stock, valued at 3,000; insurance, 82,000. Nettles & Bro., 18,000; insurance, $10,000. W. T. Barnham, glO.OOO; insurance. $4,000. Furniture company, $2,000: insurance. $1,250. W. E. Conger, $2,000; insured for $500. TirroN, Ind., Nov. 29. This city was visited by an eight-tbousaud-dollar fire, yesterday afternoon. The livery stable owned by the Bower brothers, and occupied by J. M. Foster, and a fine residence belonging to J. A. Gleason were burned. No definite cause has yet been assigned. Insurance, $3,000. One horse perished. Long Island City, N. Y., Nov. 29. The para Dine plant of tho Queens county oilworks, on Newtown creek, just east of the Blissville bridge, was destroyed by fire today. The loss is estimated at $75,000, and is mainly on machinery. The origin of the fire is not known. St. Louis, Nov. 29. The extensive barrel and stave-works of B. F. Horn & Co., situated near the relay depot, East St. Louis, were entirely destroyed by fire at an early hour this ' morning. Loss, $75,000; insurance, $25,000. New Haven, Conn., Nov. 4. At 9:45 tonight tiro was discovered in tbe attic of south middle dormitory on the Yale camEns. The tire was soon checked. The loss y water was $10,000. PENSION APPROPRIATION BILL. House Sab-Committee Agrees to the Amount Asked by Commissioner Itaum. Washington, Nov. 29. The pension appropriation bill for the next fiscal year was to-day agreed upon by the sub-committee having it in charge, and it will be reported to the full committee on Monday morning, when it is hoped to conclude its consideration and have it ready for report to the House at the first opportunity. The bill as agreed upon appropriates the full amount estimated as necessary by the Commissioner of Pensions, except that the estimates for clerk hire at pension agencies and for fuel and light are cut down approximately $ 100,000 in -the aggregate, as the appropnation for these purposes is about $100,000. instead of $200,000 in excess of that for the current fiscal year. For the payment of pensions $133,173,085 is appropriated, and for examining surge ons, $1,500,000, an increase of $500,000 over the current fiscal year. Brazilians at the Tomb of Washington. Washington, Nov. 29. The Brazilian naval officers were taken down f he river to Mount Yeruon in the United States steamer Dispatch this morning. They were accompanied by Admiral Walker i.nd Lientenants Mason. Buckingham and Staunton. When tbe party reached the tomb they were surprised and delighted to see displayed a floral piece five feet in height, tbe center of which was a fac-simile of the Brazilian flag, under which was inscribed in letters of white immortelles: "In Memory of the Great Washington, from the Navy of Brazil." In the evening the Brazilians were entertained at a dinner given at tbe Metropolitan Club to the officers of the organization. Among the guests were Secretaries Blaine and Tracy. . Increase In Internal Keren ne Receipts. Washington, Nov. 29. Commissioner Mason, of the Bureau of Internal Revenue, has prepared a statement showing that the collections from the Internal revenue for the first four months of the present fiscal year aggregated $51,028,29, or an increase over the corresponding months of the last fiscal year of $1,245,290. The principal

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GEAND OPENING OF Alaska Seal Garments and Furs of All Kinds ox Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, Dec i, 2. and 3. from A. E. BURKHARD T & CO., OF CINCINNATI, Whoso exclusive agents re are. Their entire stock will bo represented on our spacious second floor, and Mr. Stevens will personally conduct the 6ale. Never before have tho people cf Indianapolis had an opportunity to inspect so largo an assortment of fine Furs and Seal Garments. Orders taken for repair work. During this opening of Seals and Furs we shall make special prices on the Burkhardt Seal Plush Garments. These garments are tho embodiment of all that go to make a first-class article. The GOODS aro guaranteed in all respects, and tho FIT is superior to any other garment on the market. At these prices you should not delay your buying. Our, $48 Sack goes at $40.00. Our 38 Sack goes at 31.00. Our 29 Sack goes at : 24.75. Our 25 Sack goes at 21.50. Our 22 Sack goes at 18.25. Our 25 Jacket goes at.... 22.00. Our 20 Jacket goes at 16.50. Our IS Jacket goes at 13.50.

OUR CLOSING-OUT SALE OF NEWMARKETS For Ladies, Misses and Children is still in progress. Lot 1 $4 and $5 goods going at $2. Lot 2 S6 and $8 goods going at $3. Lot 3 $10 to $12 goods going at $5. Lot 4 $10 to $20 goods going at $8. Let no ordinary event keep you from attending this special sale.

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P. S. Holiday Goods now coming in. Make no purchases until you have seen our assortment GREAT SALE OF HOLIDAY GOODS

: Wl t mm, 11" JEWELER, j . . ' ?

38 West Washington Street, Opposite Transfer Car.

In order to give our customers and the public a chance to purchase their Holiday Presents and save the high prices attending tho Holidays, we make a special low price sale on our stock for two weeks, oflering our entire stock at prices that will talk for themselves. You can select your goods and make payments on them and have them laid away AT CASH PRICES. Our stock this season is much larger than ever and is unsurpassed. OUR PEICES ARE LOWER, And we mean to do the business. We ask your careful attention to our mammoth stock of fine jewelry. We show you a fine assortment of lovely Diamond Necklaces, Diamond Bracelets, Diamond Kings, Etc., Gems of Bare Beanty. We are Headnuartcrs for Ladies' and Gents' Gold Watches and can save you money. All goous sold engraved free of charge. Rogers Bros' 1847 Knives and Forks, Tea and Tablo Spoons, Tea Sets, in elegant design, Clocks and lironzea. Lamps in new and nobby styles.

FINEST ENGRAVING IN THE CITY. ; Watch Repairing, Jewelry Mending, Music-box called for, repaired and delivered. . Store open every night till after Christmas.

CARVEItS. TABLE CUTLER POCKET LKHY. KOOKkss' PLATED WARE P1UCES. NUT CKAUK8 NOVELTIES IN CUTLEHY. THE LAKUEHT AND BEST ASSORTED STOCK IN THE CITY. items in which increased receipts are shown are: Spirits. 1,053.477; tobacco. gl.198.ClG; fermented liquors. Sl,:01.550. Ttie net increase in October, lb'JO, over October, l&ift, is $985,1S1. Prepared to Supply Small Bills. .Washington, Nov. 29. The Treasury Department is now prepared to supply tho country with bills of the denomination of 810. ?5 and a few of the l in exchange for bills of Si. 000 denomination aud It ss. The amount of such small denominations now on hand is about 20.000,000. i General Notes. Washington, Nov. 29. Attorney-general Miller has appointed Flemming Dabignon, of Georgia, to be special assistant United States attorney for the Southern district of Georgia, to assist in the prosecution of Luther A. Hall and others indicted for conspiracy to murder Mr. Forsyth, the agent of the Dodge estate in Georgia. A. J. Warner, chairman, and Lee Crandall, secretary of the national executive silver committee, give notice that a meeting of the committee will take place In this city Dec. 10, lb'.W. I he amount of four-and a-half cent, bonds redeemed to-day, under the circular of Oct. 9, was 87,0G0, making a total to date of 0.081,000. It is estimated at the Treasury Department that the public debt btatcment, to be issued on Monday, will show au increase in the public debt, for November of $4,000,000, The United Slates Treasury to-day mailed S.S07 checks in payment of 5:w.77S Interest due Dec. 1 on registered four-and-a-half per cent, bonds. Clay County TeacLers. Bpf-clal to te Indianapolin Journal. Brazil, Ind., Nov. 20. The Clay County Teachers' Association has just closed an interesting two days7 annual session in this city. At the oratorical contest last night T. W. Hutchinson, of btaunton. "won lirst prize. Miss Mary Uradley second and Miss Laura Kverhart third. The contest took place in the opera-house and was well attended. , Theft of 87,480 at Loul.Tllle. Louisville, Ky.. Nov. 20. The money set aside to pay 225 men at Lithgow's foun-. drv was stolen this evening. The amount of'tbe loss is $2,10. There is no clew to the thief. Hao-IIores Die from Pneumonia. New Orleans, La., Nov. 20. Several of E. 8. Gardner's horses caught cold while on

TORE LILLY & STALNAKER, 64 East Washington street their way from his Avondale Etables aft Nashville to take part in tbe races here and typhoid pneumonia resulted. Impress. Ida K., Pierre and Katuna have died, and. Malacca and Wicked are not expected to recover. Malacca is a Luke lilackbunx Lilly and all were valuable animals. Waste. Lands fur Fruit and Forest. Professor Majnard calls attention to the fact that apple trees, remarkable for theif thrift and vigor, are often found on land o rough and stony that it cannot be cultivated. The lruit rroduced iirou such land is noted for its high color and rich flavor, and for long-keeping qualities. There are thousands upon thousands of acres of this kind of land, aud much of it is almost worthless for any other purpose than forestry and the production of the largo fruits, and, if properly cared for. it would, in a few years, give a large income for the investment. In planting snch land particular care most be given to the preparation of the soil directly around the tree, and to saving the material often found growing upon it, such as sedges, bru-b, etc.. r obtained elsewhere to be usrd for mulch, to prevent the escape of rnoiture that is rapidly carried away by the leave or grasses and other plants. The advantages claimed for the turf system are that th trees mature their wood much earlier in the autumn and, consequently, are les liable to injury from cold; the roots .nre protected from injury from the extremes of heat and cold by the grass roots; the tres begin bearing much earlier and bear more regularly; the fruit is of better quality and keeps longer: the cost o 2ari and cultivation is worth much less, while a satisfactory growth may be obtained by the use of a small amountof fertilizer applied to the surface. The Cow Tree. The cow tree, the ap of which closely resembles milk, is a native of South and Central America. It is a species of evergreen, and grows only in mountain regions. A hole bored in the wood, or even a wound made in the bark of this remarkable tree, is. almost immediately tilled with a lacteallike fluid. Alexander von Humboldt was the first traveler to describe this tree aud bring it to tho notice of Europeans. So Appropriate. Chlcsffo Tribune, Salesman (showing samples of wa!I-papet to young couple) Here now is a pattern with a beautiful chocolate background that Youthful Pride O Herbert, that will just suit me! You know I almost live ca chocolate.

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