Indianapolis Journal, Indianapolis, Marion County, 20 December 1890 — Page 2

THE INDIANAPOLIS' JOURNAL, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 20; 1890.

anyloncer bo kept eolid. The sectional Tarty there would divide into factions It had already begnn to disintegrate. That disintegration must necessarily bring about protection to the negro's rote. Tbo organization now trresistable in some States in suppressing that vote would be among the earliest to bid for its power when they found it necessary for tfceir own excitement. At the conclusion of 3Ir. Stewart's speech Mr. Hoar rose and said he would cot now reply to it, bat be wished to have put upon the records the. provisions of the force bill to which reference had been made and which had passed the .House in 1S75. He had ita provision! read for the purpose of justifying the opposition made to it by himself and other liepublicans, and to ahow that there was no inconsistency in their opposition to that measure and their support of the pending measure. Mr. Uray Introduced a number of amendments to the pending elections bill, the effect of which are. in brief, to strike out the provision for a pernanent annual appropriation for the compensation of the supervisors and to deprive these officers of the power to interfere with the returns, and to separate them entirely from the elective machinery after election day. STAiTOJlTJ'S LOAX SCHZ3XE.

California's Senator Explains His Plan for Furnishlrs Farmers with Cheap Money. Washington, Dee. 19. Mr. Stanford addressed the Senate to-day in explanation and advocacy of the bill introduced by him on the 5th icst to provide this government with means sufficient to supply the national 'want of a sound circulating medium. It 'was substantially, he said, the same bill as lie had introduced last eessionf and he had not much to add to wbat he had said on the subject on that occasion. But the bill was rerr imperfectly understood, and aa the subject was a very important onohe desired to explain it still further. "The bill I am row considering," he said, "proposes to' put the government m a condition to issue a supply of money equal substantially to the general demand and to erect a stand ard by which the government may determine up to a useful value of 2 per cent what amount is needed. This baa never Lee ii attempted by any government. The money legal-tender notes will be issued under ; the provisions of this bill upon unimpeachable and practically inexhaustible security and its supply is ascertained and determined by the rate which .the borrower can afford to pay. Two per cent, is the amount to be paid to the government for the loan of its money, and so long as money is worth moro than 2 per cent., the security being practically inexhaustible, money will always be borrowed from the government, and thus the government will be able to discharge its duty and supply the general want As borrowed money is not expected to lie idle, but to be used, it goes into general circulation to supply tbo needs of business, and its abundance stimulates not only the larger but the smaller enterprises and indusries in which so largely depend the steady employment of labor with its natural consequence general prosperity. "The matter of immediate and overshadowing importance to us is to supply our own industrial wants. For this purpose we must have more money money" based upon perfect and unlimited security. No government can afford to issue money except upon a valuable consideration. The value of government paper is its quality as legal-tenner, and the proposed bill would strengthen this paper if the credit of a government of sixty-three millions of people, with all our vast resources, is not perfect by the particular security which the government would hold for Its retnrn at the expiration of the time fixed by the loan. The principle of our government loaning money is fully established by the advance it now makes upon its own bonds, which, while entirely good, as between the banker and the government, does not strengthen the security of the bill-holder, which rests at last upon tho authority of the governernment. The scheme of this bill is to supply an ample amount of money for all business purposes. I have mentioned the lands as security because they appear to be the best and most certain of all security and are sutlicient to furnish all the money that is needed. Tno people. I think, will have 2SQXfiLsatidencij in a financial measure that is new and radical if it has at present land only for a basis. The rate of interest on these loans on real estate is fixed at 2 per cent., but in time mar be rednced as experience shall teach. The rate of interest charged by the government under the provisions of this bill will not necessarily fix the general rate of interest for business purposes. That will always be determined by its valne in use. The fanner having this best Micurity will borrow for his own use, or the use of others who may be willing to pay him a satisfactory interest. The banker borrows money from the government free of interest and loans it at such ratn as its use commands in the market. "This measure has been compared to a plan adopted m the Argentine Republic for loans on land, but there is no analogy between the two. and to compare the working of a measnro of that republic of, say, five million population to that of our country, with its enlightened sixty-three millions, would be like comparing the methods of pome irresponsible banker to those of the Jt'otbschilds. This bill fixes a standard for the amount so long as money can bo profitably used at more than 2 per cent per annum. The ability of the government to make money being unlimited, the real wants and necessities of the people can be ascertained and met. The foundation ot the whole matter and the real question to lo considered is, that inasmuch as the government reserves the right to issue money, it is its duty, the means being provided, to furnish wnat is necessary to the prosperity of the people." At the conclusion of Mr. Stanford's remarks th bill was, on bis motion, referred to the committee on finance. THE FINANCIAL BILL. Republican Senators Not a Unit on All Clauses of the Measure Views of Mr. Aid rich. Washington, Dec 19. The finance committee of the Senate has agreed to report the financial bill introduced yesterday by Senator Sherman. The only amendments made in committee are said to be in phraseology. The chairman of the finance committee. Senator Morrill, was opposed to some cf tho propositions contained in the bill, and, with Senator Sherman, reserved the right to vote for the restoration of the two-per-cent-bond clause when the bill is considered in the Senate. Senator Hiscock reserved the right to vote against that part of the proposition relative to supplying the deficiency in national bank circulation which proposes to authorize the issue of original treasury notes therefor, if silver bullion cannot bo purchased. As for the Democratic members of the committee, they reserve the right to oppose the whole bill, ina;rauch as they had had no props? opportunity to examine it, tut cousented to tho report of. the measure, so that no yea and nay vote was necessary. Senator Aldrich reserves the right to advocate the retention of the bond clause and also, like Senator Hiscock, to oppose the proposition to issue treasury notes to make good the deficiency in the national bank circulation. It is the purpose of the committee to report the bill at the earliest moment practicable, and Stint tor Sherman has been charged with th.V duty. ben&to Aldrich expressed the belief this afternoon that the linancial bill will pass the Seuate probably before the 1st of January, and two or three of the Republican Senators will vote against it. The bill was agreed to in caucus with the distiuct provision that no one should be bound to vote for :t unless a majority of the Senate agreed to support it. If the assurances of a majority of the Senators are had then it becomes & party measure. It is the opinion of Mr. Aldrich that the Republican Senators will pass the bill, probably next week. It is likely that the speeches on the elections bill will contiuue until the list of speakers in the hands of the presiding olficer has been exhausted. Then the financial bill will be taken up and debated. If there is any disposition on the part of the Democratic Senators to prevent tho parage of that measure within a reasonable time the resolution to change the ' rales will be brought in. Mr. Aldrich believes that the proposition to change the cus will fca cresd to if it is brought in.

He has not determined when he will bring it in. but ho said. this afternoon that he might not bring it in before the financial measure had been disposed of. MINOR MATTERS.

The Mississippi Clown Iets Ixxse Some of His Alleged TTlt In the House. Washington', Dec. 19. In the House, today, Mr. Perkins of Kansas presented the conference report on the bill amending the act for tho division of a portion of the Sionx Indian reservation in Dakota into smaller reservations. The only change made is an authorization for the expenditure of the appropriation of $100,000 made for the purchase of beef in other nations. Mr. Enloe of Tennessee, in the interest of private bills, raised the question of consideration. The House refused yeas, 106; nays, 113 to order the previous question. In speaking of the measure. Mr. Allen of Mississippi criticised Congress fordoing nothing to relieve the financial stringency of the country, and expressed his belief that tho President had done wrong and shown his littleness in attempting to bulldoze tbe Senate. He quoted the remark of a lady who was fond of decorating her parlor with sculpture,, to the efiect that she was going to secure a life-size statuette of President Harrison. The report wasagrecd to, aud the House adjourned. Miss Minnie Tarpln Insane. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Washington, Dec. 19. A special dispatch from San Francisco published here this morning announcing that Miss Minnie Turpin, daughter, of the late Jap Turpin, formerly of Tipton, was insane and had been committed to an insane asylum, created much surprise and general regret among Hooeiers in Washington. Miss Turpin was a favorite among the Indiamans here during tbe term of Vice-president Hendricks. After the death of her father, Mrs. Turpin, the widow, secured a pension through the influence of the Indiana Senators. Minnie Turpin was thoroughly educated and her friends believed that a bright future awaited heron the stage. She appeared in public as a reader several times in Washington and won tbe praise of tbe critics. Hereditary insanity blighted her career, for she early seemed to realize that her fate was insanity. Sympathy for Russian Jews. Washington, Dec 19. In the House of Representatives, to-day, Mr. Cummings, of New York, oilered for reference the following resolution: ' That the members of the House of Representatives of the United States have heard with profound sorrow, and with feelings akin to horror, the reports of the parsecution of the Jews In Russia, reflecting the barbarism of past ages, disgracing humanity and Impeding the progress of civilization. That our sorrow Is Intensified by the fact that such occurrences should happen In a country which has been and now is the firm friend of the United States, and in a nation that clothed itself with glory, not long since, by the emancipation of its serfs and by its defense of helpless Christians from the oppression of the Turks. That a copy of this resolution bo furnished to the Secretary of State, with the request that he send It to the American minister at St. Petersburg, and mat said minister do airected to present the same to his Imperial Majesty, Alexander III, Czar of all the Russias. Tension Bureau Orders. ' Wasuinotox, Dec 19. In accordance with Secretary Noble's recent order the Commissioner of Pensions to-day issued an order prescribing uniform blanks for applications for placing cases on the "completed files." The forms will be printed on slips four inches wide and eight and a half inches long. It is believed that this will greatly simplify and reduce tbe laborof the bureau. The forms will be used after Jan. 1. 1891. The Commissioner has also directed that any attorney found habitually violating the rules in re card to the completed files by attempting to have incompleted cases placed thereon shall bo reported for disbarment. World's Fair Subscriptions. Washington, Dec. 19. Secra?y Butterworth, of the world's fair, to-iy said that there was no change in the situation with respect to the President's proclamation. There was a report in circulation to-day of trouble over the world's fair oubscriptions, growing out of rumors that some German subscribers and others bad threatened not to make payments of subscriptions unless assured that there would be no closing of any part of the exhibition on Sunday as proposed by Senator Blair's resolution introduced to-day. No importance was attached here to these reports, however. Classification of Bolting Cloths. Washington, Dec. 19. Assistant Secretary Spanlding has informed the Michigan State Millers' Association aud the Franklin Milling Grain Company, of Franklin, Ind.t that the qnestion of classification on imported bolting cloths must be primarily determined by the collector of customs at the port of arrival, and next by the board ot general appraisers, and that the Treasury Department cannot assume original jurisdiction in the matter under any circum stances. Ho Not Want the Tariff Question Reopened. Washington, Dec. 19. It is understood that after consultation between Senator Sherman and Representative McKinley on the subject, the former has determined to withdraw.the resolution introduced by him to so construe the tariff law as to maintain the Hawaiian reciprocity treaty in operation. The probability of amendments being ottered which might reopen the entire tariff Suestiou is understood to have caused this ecision. General Notes. Sceeial to the Indianapolis Journal. Washington, Dec. 19. Hon. John Whitcomb, wife and daughter, of Frankfort, are in the city, en route to North Carolina. W. 13. Owen, of llobart. Ind., is at the Fredonia. i Mr. Alfred T. Sinker, the well-known manufacturer of Indianapolis, is in the city on his way to New York. He called .at the White House to-day. Dr. J. D. Bailey, of Spiceland, is at the How' ard. General Browne is expected here jnst before Christmas. H. H. Hanna, of Indianapolis, is at the Ebbitt. Mrs. Owen is recovering slowly, but surely. She will not leave her rooms under a fortnight, it is thought. 31 r. Gray introduced in the Senate to-day a resolution providing for reciprocity on all articles between Canada and Mexico aud this country. Mr. Dawes, by request, introduced a bill in the Senate to-day to prohibit the opening on Sunday of any exhibition or exposition where appropriations of the United States are expended. A similar bill was introduced in the House. The President to day sent to the Senate the following nominations: Surveyors ot customs Henry H. H.'Hones,at Springfield, Mass.. and Albert L. Schimptl', at Peoria. 111. Mr. Ingalls introduced a bill in the Senate to-day, which was referred to the finance committee, to allow tbe exchauge of the interest-bearing debt for legal-tender notes. Woman and Child Burned to Deatlu New York. Dec. 19. A frame dwelling at No. S7 Drift street, Newark; N. J., occupied by two families, was discovered to be on tire at 1 o'clock this morning. Tho inmates of the house awoke to find themselves surrounded by smoke and tiro, Peter Christianson aud bis family, on the first floor, escaped from tbe building. On the second floor lived Mrs. McGuire, with her son and little granddaughter Annie. The son made his way to the room occupied by his mother sud grand child, and, in response to their piteous cries, attempted to rescue them, but was driven back by a rush of flame, and compelled to leap from a window, breaking his leg. Mrs. McGuire and the child were burned to a crisp. Failure of a Marble Company. Atlanta, Ga.. Dec. 19. The American Marble Company was placed in the hands of a receiver to-day. Assets, $150,000; liabilities, esoo.ooo. Nervous debility, poor memory, diffidence, sexual weakness, pimples, opium habit, cured by Dr. Mi!es's?tervine. Samples free nt druggists, by mail 10c Miles Med. Co., Elkhart, Ind,

HYPN0TIZEES DON'T AGREE

Those of One School Say It Is a Good Detective Agency Hut Others Deny It. Walter Barttelot's Insinuations Repelled by Bonny Erain Recalled by Wissmann Irish Moonlighters Convicted, hypnotism: and crime. Experts Differ as to Its Value as v Means of Detection and Proof, Paris, Dec. 19. -When the court-room in which tbe trial of Michael Eyraud and Gabrielle Bompard is taking place was opened this morning tbe usual crowd was excluded, as the court had decided that the evidence of Dr. Liegreis, tbe bead of the medical faculty of the College of Nancy, should be given to tbe court and jury alone. Dr. Liegries stated that anybody who was hypnotized became, in the hands of the experimenter, a pure automaton, morally and physically. They could be made to commit crimes. He had made one of his subjects take an unloaded revolver and go through the motions or tiring it at a supposititious person. The subject afterward believed, acting on the suggestion of the doctor, that he had committed murder. Another of the Doctor's subjects had unknowingly signed a promissory note while under hjpnotio influence Dr. Liegreis said it was possible that Mile. Bompard had received suggestions of which she retained no recollections when awake. To efiect this it would be sufficient to place the subject in an anesthetic condition. The prisoner out again to bo put to b jeep by mesmerism in order to re vive her recollection of facts occurring at the momentof the commission of the crime. Tbe witness pointed out that according to the indictment Eyraud had not been able to put Mile. Bompard asleep, yet she had Dcen proved amenable to the hypnotic influence of Garanger, having revealed the crime to him while hypnotized. For his part, if be were the judge in this case, bearing in mind previous miscarriages of jus tice, he would rather cut off his band than pronounce sentence upon Mile. Bompard. When the sensation which this declaration caused in the court-room had subsided the procureur asked: ( "By wbat scientific means do you determine whether hypnotic sleep is real or simulated?" Dr. Liegreis replied: "The subject that 18 really put to sleep can bear, without betraying any symptoms of sensibility to pain, pin-pricks in various parts of the body." Dr. Brouardel, being recalled, said that he held tbe opinion of the Nancy school of bypuotizers in small esteem. He did not donbt the good faith of Dr. Liegreis, but tbe tatter's statements wanted scientific proof. Drs. Mollett and Ballets shared Dr.Bronardel's opinion. Both tbonght the crime so complicated that it could not have been committed under hypnotizing influence. M. Rebest, Mile. Bompard's counsel, here asked that bis client be hypnotized in open court, and M. Decori, counsel fcrJSyraud, joined in the request. Tbeprosnreur opposed the reguest. The judges declared the request rejected. Counsel for relatives of M. Uouffe then addressed the court. GENERAL FOREIGN NEWS. Walter Barttelot's Assertions Denied by Sonny Did Not Tell Discreditable Stories. London, Dec. 20. Mr. Bonny, in a long letter, denies Walter Barttelot's assertion that he Bonny told stories discreditable to all of Stanley's officers. He defends himself from Barttelot's attacks, 'and says he possesses many of the original documents, of which Barttelot's book contains alleged copies. These show that Barttelot pruned and falsified the documents to suit his purpose. In conclusion Mr. Bonny declares he acted independently throughout. He has declined to mix himself with any other officers in order to retain his freedom. Darttelot, he says, will get a big trump card from Tippoo Tib aud lose the game, and for this he will have only himself to blame. Irish "Moonlighters' Convicted. Dublin, Dec. 19. At Sligo, to-day, the trial of a number of persons who were charged with committing "moonlight7 offenses in County Clare, ended in a verdict of guilty. Lalor, the leader of the baud, was sentenced to penal servitude for lite. The other prisoners were sentenced to various terms of imprisonment, ranging from one year to twenty years. In sentencing the prisoners the judge said be regretted that the persons who instigated the band to commit tbe crimes of which they had been convicted had not been held for trial. Emin Recalled for Disobeying Orders. Berlin,- Dec 19. Advices from east Africa are to the effect that Baron Wissmann has recalled Emin Pasha from the interior owing to alleged disregard of orders. Wissmann claims that Emin's conduct has seriously impeded tho operations of Baron Stokes. He also charges that Emin refused to act in accordance with tbe plans of the imperial government. Emin will return after taking measures to seure the Victoria Nyanza station. The news causes a sensation in Berlin. A dispatch from Berlin says the Germans in east Africa believe that Emin will march to Wadelai despite Baron Wissman's orders for him to return from the interior. 31 ore than Eight Hundred Were Killed. San Francisco, Dec 19. The steamship Belgic arrived this morning, bringing Chinese advices to Nov. 20, aud Japanese advices to Dec. 3. Tbe deaths resulting from the powder explosion at Tai Ping were more than at first estimated, it being stated that 800 coffins had been taken out of the city, and yet they were not enough to bury all the dead. A Chinaman lighting a pipe while repairing the roof of the powder-mill is said to nave caused the catastrophe. Export Duties Proposed by Argentina. Buexos Ayres, Dec. 19. Parliament has commenced debate on tbe proposals of the Minister of Finance. Thso include the imposition of a duty of 5 per cent., payable in gold, on exports, duties on imports and taxes on tbe manufacture of liquor, cigars and matches. It is also proposed to place a tax of 2 per cent, on deposits in privato banks, and to make foreign financial com Eanies doing business in this country pay eavily for licenses. Kutnor About a British Cruiser. London, Dec. 19. It is roported that the new British protected cruiser Latona has gone ashore. The Admiralty Office authorities do not confirm the report, however. Cable Notes. Snow-storms prevail everywhere in Great Britain. The fall has been deep and traffic is blocked in many places. A number of wrecks of small vessels have been reported. Tbe governor of the Bank of England is to be presented with the freedom of the city ot London, as a reward for his services in connection with the recent financial difficulties ot the Baring Brothers. Queen Victoria yesterday started to Osborne House, the royal residenceon the Isle of Wight. A blindingsuovv-storin was prevailing when ber Majesty left Windsor, but the weather was clear when the royal party crossed the Solent. The St. Petersburg correspondent of the Cologne Gazette says that the Czar has intimated to the London committee that he will decline to receive tbe appeal on behalf of tbe Jews in Ktissia which was recently adopted at a meeting of influential persons in the Guild Hall. Dr. Pettit has produced before the Society of Practical Medicine at Paris specimens of a lymph invented by himself which, he states, will produce results in tubercular diseases identical with those produced by Professor Koch's lymph. The lymph is composed by synthesis. Its appearance is exactly similar to tbe lymph prepared by the Koch formula. Professor Xoch visited United States Minister Phelps at Berlin yesterday for the fmrposo of assuring him, in view of the aige mass of American letters and telegrams he had received, that it is impossible to depart from tho principle of ouly giving the lymph to hospitals. Minister Phelps

has sent a phial of the liquid to one of the leading medical institutes in tho United States.

GRAFTED AN INCREASE. Employes of Chicago Railway IJnes Secure an Advance iu Wages. Chicago, Dec. 19. For some months past the railroad switchmen in all of tbe larger cities of the Northwest outside of Chicago have been agitating for an advance in wages to a parity with those paid in this city. As a result of it, the general grievance committees of the Chicago &, Northwestern, the Chicago. Milwaukee &, St. Paul, the Chicago, Kock Island & Pacifio and the Illinois Central roads were callod to this city some days ago, since which time they have been in conference with tbe officials. The result is that a general advance in wacs has been agreed on. In tbe larger cities this amounts to So per month. In the smaller towns the advance has not been fixed, but it will be somewhat less. General Manager Earling. of the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul railroad, to-day said that he had succeeded in reaching a settlement of the demands made by trainmen on his road for an increase in( wages Concessions were granted on both sides. Demands of Pittsburg Railway Employes. Pittsburg, Dee. 19. The threatened strike of railroad 'switchmen, firemen and trainmen on the various lines centering here has not yet taken place. The hot heads who wanted to tie up the roads yesterday have been subdued by the conservative element, and no immediate trouble is feared. No replies have been received from tbe officials as yet, but the concessions made to the switchmen of the Northwest at Chicago have encouraged the men hereto hope for favorable answers. The grand officers have charge of the matter, and are awaiting the reports of the sub-committees before deciding upon any action. Employers Terms Rejectee s Rochester, N. Y., Dec 19. At a meeting of the striking shoemakers, to-day, to decide whether they would n't urn to work under the manufacturers' manifesto, which requires the abandonment of the Cox strike before any members of the Boot and Shoe-workers' International Union can secure employment, it was unanimously resolved not to resume work nnder the terms ottered. The shoe council will now appeal to the executive committee of the American federation, which will meet in New York probably on Tuesday next, to take action in support of the Rochester ebuexnakers. Miners Demand an Advance. Altoona, Pa., Dec 19. The miners' convention to-day announced that they would immediately demand an advance of 5 cents per ton on all coal mined in central Pennsylvania. . TELEGRAPHIC BREVITIES. George T. Munns, president of the Oxford (O.) Bank, was fatally kicked by a horse Thursday night. W. P. Ijams, of Terre Hante, has been elected a director of tbo Northwestern Trotting and Pacing-horse Breeders' Association. The Seattle and Northern Coal Company, which opened offices in San Francisco recently, ii pronounced a swindle. Its managers, after selling considerable stock, havo disappeared. ' In tho original-package case of South Dakota vs. Geo. Chapman and Wm. Roller, on a writ of error, the Supreme Court of that State has rendered a decision against the defendants. The Standard Oil Company has gobbled another independent company, the concern being the Delaware (O.) Oil Company. The sale of the Delaware leaves only two independent concerns in operation. The trial of Isaac Sawtelle, for the murder of his brother Hiram, was continued at Dover, N. H., yesterday. Ali the testimony was iu line with tho published reports at the time the crime was discovered. James II. Stevenson, treasurer of the Bound Brook railroad, who was struck by a train Thursday night, is not bo bad as at first reported. He is at the Philadelphia Hospital, where hopes are entertained for his recovery. ,., ) . A large number of laborers were working in the old Portage tnufcel:at. Altoona, Pa., last evening, when the roof caved in, bnryinir several Italians, taking the right leg oil a negro and severely injuring a number of other laborers. The American Health Association, which has been in session at Charleston, S. C, for three days, adjourned yesterday. The next meeting will be held in Kansas City next December, the date to be fixed by the executive committee. The two women killed by an express train at Somerville, Mass.. Thursday night, were May and Maria Morrison, sisters, aged twenty-two aud twenty-seven, whose parents live in St Johns, Newfoundland. They resided in Somerville with a brother-in-law. Tbo remains of Major-general Alfred Howe Terry, the taker of Fort Fisher, were placed in their last resting-place at New Haven. Conn., yesterday. In accordance with the wishes of tbe family there was no pomp, military or civic, connected with the obsequies. The General Transatlantic Steamship Company, owner of the steamship La Champagne, has begun action, at New York, against the steamship Lisbonunse to recover 3106.000 for damages, resulting from a recent collision between the two steamers in New York bay. Elvira Porter, for James Hilton, the child of the late W. L. Hilton, of Franklin. Ky., has sued Elvira and Chanty Hilton, sisters of the deceased, for $159,000. He alleges that the sisters fraudulently took from their brother that amount in bonds just before his death. The German sealing schooner Adele. which arrived at Victoria, B. C, from tbe Behring sea on Wednesday, and which was seized for unlawful sealing, has four hundred skins. The crew reports two raids made on the island of St. Paul, where seals were gathered in thousands. Miss Kate Drexel, who was received as a novitiate into the Roman Catholic Church as Sister Catherine a year ago, will take her final vows in February, when she will give her fortune, estimated at $8,000,000, to the order of the "Sisters of tbe Most Holy Sacrament." recently founded by her. At Yankton, S. D., yesterday. Special Examiner Godfrey, of the Pension Department, arrested Charles Loftier, a wellknown citizen, for impersonating a claimant for pension, presenting a fraudulent claim, and for perjury iu support of his claim. ( George Winn, superintendent of the firealarm telegraph of Allegheny, Pa., fell from a telegraph pole yesterday, and was instantly killed. He was repairing a wire, and it is supposed received an electric shock, as a long burn was discovered on bis body. When picked uo his neck was broken and he was dead. Thieves drilled through three feet of solid masonry at tbe warehouse of McNeill's & Campbell, Chicago. Thursday night, opening a hole large enough to admit a man's body. A little tinsmith shop adjoining the warehouse concealed the audacious cracksmen. Only the very finest grades of goods were stolen, mainly silks and Irish linen. All the plunder was loaded intj a wagon in waiting. There is no clew to burglars or goods. The haul was worth 3,000. Losses by Fire. Kansas City, Mo., Dec. 19. The grand stand at the Exposition Driving Park was burned to the ground to-night. The loss is about $10,000, with $2,000 insurance. Just betore the fire was discovered two tramps were turned out of one of the boot hs by the watchman. Clkakfikld. Pa., Dec. 19. Twelve horses were burned to-day at McGee's Mills, south of this place. The horses were in the stables of the Bear Kun Lumber Company. Loss. ?k.uuu. Sheffield. Ala., Dec. 19. The roundhouse of the Birmingham & Sheffield railroad, together with six locomotives, burned last night. Loss, $15,000. CiiuitciiviLLE, N. Y Dec. 19. The WTillard Block was destroyed by tire early this morning. Loss, $40,000; partially insured. About Christmas Time. Philadelphia Ilecortl. This is the tea-table conversation in the presence of the children as conducted on the spelling-book lines. The wife says: I think a s-l-e-d would be nice for J-o-h-n-n-y." ,4Yes," saya the husband, "and a b-a-b-y c-o-a-c-h for S-a-l-M-e."

SITTING BULIS PIECES. Alleged Relatives of tbe Dead Sioux Leader Say Be Was Killed in Cold Blood.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Wilmington, Del., Dec. 19. An evening paper to-day prints an interview with Mrs. Viola Leonard, who lives here with her sister, both claiming to be nieces of Sitting Bull. Mrs. Leonard has all tbe characteristics of an Indian and has lived in this city for eight years. Her husband is a mulatto. Mrs. Leonard, who claims that she can prove her identity, says: "My uncle's body, I understand, will be brought to Washington within the next few days. I have written to the Secretary of the Interior for permission to see his body, but I have not got an answer, although I expect one daily. She further says: 'Our people have been robbed, ruined and persecuted by the white people, who have driven us from tbe lands which were formerly ours, and not content with this robbery they have now killed my uncle in cold blood. This country was owned by our people before any white men came. Now they have killed tho chief, taken his body, and white men come to his family to look about his history. Yon shall hear nothing. His history will be published, and the world will get it. My uncle was killed without cause or provocation and it is natural that we should feel strongly. 1 have two brothers yet living in the Sioux territory. Many others of my family left the Sionx territory, like myself, and are now scattered over the country," - SENATOR IRBY'S DUXX. Great Display of Cowardice at College by Wade Hampton's Successor. Cumberland (Bid. ) News. The newly-elected Senator from South Carolina, John Laurens Manning lrby. was a student at Princeton College in 1370-71. A dispute arose between him and a fellowstudent over a trifling matter, and after being convinced that the stain upon bis honor demanded satisfaction, he sent a challenge to the fellow-student. To the utter astonishment, horror and dismay of lrby the challenge was accepted, and pistols were selected as tbe instruments of death. His young Southern blood was not nearly so but when tbo letter of acceptance was rend and considered. lrby in his challenge had named his second, who does not reside more than a hundred miles from Cumberland, and he straightway took himself to the second for advice and consolation. During the conversation lrby intimated that dueling was wrong, it was an evil that had grownup in the South and was not adapted to theNew Jersey climate, and hinted at possible means of escape, but the second would harken to none of it Flight would be worse than death; flight there must not be, if the second had to take part himself, and if he did lrby would be his subject. After no little argument tbe man who so shortly before had been writhing and torturing ULder an honor blackened and disgraced by an insult from a Northerner, consented to appear upon the field of honor provided the bullets would be extracted from tbe cartridges before loading the weapons. Even then danger might perchance come from the powder. Early in the morning the party repaired to Potter's woods, and placing the combatants back to back the seconds instructed them. Though short of stature they both managed iu ten paces to put enough ground between them to effectually remove from the mind of the Senator in embryo all misgivings of dangerous consequences from the powder. . The word was given. "One" they wheeled, "two" up came the pistols, "three" a report only one, that of the opponent. lrby walked toward him, pistol pointed, but he stood like adamant, and, as coolly as it was cowardly, lrby deliberately fired. No one was hurt. If the courage, conduct and tactics of Senator lrby in obtaining tbe election to that high position were in any particular in keeping with those of tha student lrby then South Carolina has lost much by the defeat of the venerable soldier. MRS. CLOVER'S BABY. How It lias Improved by the Help of a French Invention. Washington Special. The wife of Lieut. Richardson Clover, who was so ill at the time of the death of her mother, the widow of Senator Miller, of California, has improved sufficiently to be up aud about her room. Her infant daughter, just four weeks old to-day, proves beyond a doubt the success of the new method of bringing up babies in what is generally, but mistakenly, understood to be an incubator. The invention is known in Prance as a "convert," and is nothing more in fact than an oaken bedor box about three feet long, built with double walls, through which the hot water percolates after being poured in through an open funnel-like arrangement set in a separate division at the foot, and slowly passes out into a reservoir at the back. Several inches below the surface, upon a light wire frame work, rests a tiny mattress for the accommodation of the little sleeper, who when snugly tucked in. robed in its dainty linen and protected by a glass top that can be moved at pleasure, needs no, other covering to keep it warm, and looks for all the world like a delicate blossom iu its conservatory bed. When the little one was born it weighed just five aud a half pounds, and has steadily gained a halfpound each week. Mrs. Clover is very jealous of her baby being reported to be delicate, and denies such assertions most emphatically. To judge by tbe lung power it displays when hungry or restless one would never doubt its possession of a strong constitution. Within the last few days it has shown strong aversian to ita comfortable little nest, and kicks and struggles violently to be taken up and held in tbe lap, and it is probable that as the invention is needed by the physician for another case, it will shortly be discarded for a dainty crib and warm blanket. At the time of the child's birth Dr. Fry had but recently returned from abroad and brought over with him a "convert" in the hope of establishing their use in America, and took advantage of Lieutenant and Mrs. Clover's willingness to exemplify its advantages. The result has been most gratifying, and when taken np to be dressed or fed the little maid has been unusually bright. Difficulties That Ileset Lansdowne. Toronto Empire. Lord Lansdowne has religious difficulties to smooth down in India. He has received a petition from the Jains sect of Gwalior asking him to use his influence to allow their image, known as Ruth Biroan, to be converted into a real god. This process of conversion consists of carrying it through the streets in procession, a privilege which the Brahmins object to. The Jains charge that the Brahmins broke into their temple and destroyed the last god tbey had. and that for want of one the ceremony of marriage cannot be performed, and their daughters are growing up unmarried. Whether the Viceroy will care to interfere between two religions disputants in one of tbe native states is doubtful. Mrs. Stanley Has Tariff Views. Washington Interview. "I was very much pleased with President Harrison, but we were sorry Mrs. Harrison was not there, for we have beard so many nice things about her. I was told beforehand that the President was not a man of much conversation, but I think be talked splendidly. He told me many things about the country, the people and the government, which were very interesting We also talked about the tariff. He thought that it was for tbe benefit of America, but we do not think so. He made it very clear from his side, but still we believe in making trade free. America will come to that after a while." He Couldn't Pay. Chicago Tribune. "Mr. Orville R. Dnp." said the man with the bill, in a loud, harsh, menacing voice, 'you said you would certainly pay this if I would call this morning!" "I know I did," said tbe miserable man, "but my wife is out somewhere with my pocket-book buying me a birthday present." That Would Do. pittstmrg Chronicle-Telegraph. "I don't know what to aive George for a Christmas present," said Mildred. "I saw some handsome smoker's jackets to-day," replied Amy. "One of them will do first rate, for George is a handsome smoker."

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I1E SAW BOOTH DIE. Chat with Frederick, One of the Soldiers Who Assisted in the Assassin's Capture. Buffalo Commercial. Frederick Deitz, of Colden, Erie county, enjoys the distinction of having been one ot the handful of Union soldiers who eurrounded Garrett's barn, near Bowline Green, Va.. on the morning of April 25, 1SC5 that historic barn in which John Wilkes Booth, slayer of Lincoln, stood at bay. Mr. Deitz will be tifty-threo years old on the 22d of next April. He bas been a farmer at Colden for nineteen years. He belonged to Company K of the Sixtieth New York Cavalry, and was in Virginia when Lincoln was assassinated. "My regiment was called Into Washington, and attended the funeral of Lincoln."' said Mr. Deitz in a chat with a Commercial reporter. "A squad from the regiment was kept looking for Booth constantly. On the morning of April 24, ten days after Lincoln was shot, 'boots and saddles' was sounded, and twenty-eight men responded. 1 was amoug them. We didn't know wbat we were called for or where we were going. Lieutenant Doherty was in command of the squad. He marched us to the navy-yard and on to a boat. Then he showed us a picture of Booth, and told us if we saw a man of that appearance to take him, dead or alive. We landed away up in Virginia about 2 o'clock in the morning, and marched until daylight. We had ld rations. At daylight we went to farm-houses in the neighborhood and got breakfast, then marc bed until noon and got dinner the same way. The people were rebels but were very friendly.. After diuner we came to the Rapidan river and crossed on a ferry, and, marching on about two miles, came within sight of the house where Booth was. We didn't know at that time that he waa there, but afterward learned that from tbe veranda of the house he saw us march by. We kept marching until the middle of the night, then stopped at a hotel in a little village, wbere we captured Dr. Mudd, who set Booth's broken, leg and helped him across the Potomac. The Doctor afterward hanged, you know was in bed at the hotel. We stopped just long enough for the Doctor to set ready, and then started straight back to where Booth was, taking Dr. Mudd with us. But be escaped on the way. He seemed to be willing enough to go along and be was allowed to go to a farm-house for a drink. We pushed on, for we were in a hurry, aud tbe Doctor failed to follow. He escaped but was soon caught We got to the farm-house about 2 o'clock in tbe morning, and surrounded it. It was ten or twelve rods from the road. There was a veranda almost clear around it. The rebel who owned the bouse, a young man, came out of a little barn near by aM asked what we wanted. He was askeu if there was a stranger iu the house. He said 'No, but there are two men in that barn,' pointing to another barn a few rods away. We surrounded the barn and sent in the confederate to tell the men to come out. It was quite dark. Pretty soon tbe confederate came running out in alarm. Booth had threatened to shoot him, charging him with having betrayed him. Then Booth began talking, asking what we wanted. He was told to surrender and to return to Washington with us. He said he wouldn't come out. He said he had his way made for Mexico aud would have got there only for bis broken leg. Ho was again ordered to surrender. Then he told the Lieutenant todrawotf his men fifty paces and he would oome out and have a fair tight. He had two 6even-shooter revolvers, a seven-shooter carbine and a big dagger or knife. The lieutenant again called to Booth to surrender. Booth said the young mau with him (Herold) was willing to surrender. "'Hand out your arms, then said the Lientenant. "The arms that are here are mine,' replied Booth. Then Herold was told to hold up his hands and come out, and he did so. Just then a man I thought he was a sailor who had comealong with us from the boat-r-came up past me where I was at the rear of the barn and set fire to it. When Booth saw the fire he tried to trample it out, but it was too much for him. and when he fonnd he was unable to master it he made for the door at the front of the barn. Tbe tire was pretty bright by this time, and Boston Coroett, looking through a crack in the front of the barn, could see Booth coming toward the door. He put his revolver to the crack and bred. U'be ball went clear through Booth's neck, through the back part of tbe barn and dropped within a pace of me. I could see it knock np the dirt. I never thought to Dick it up.. If I had I mittht have made a fortune out of it. Booth dropped the moment he was shot. We carried him to the porch of the house. He lived about an hour and a half. His only words were to tell us to give his best respects to his parents, and to say he died for his country. It was about daylight when he died. One of bis crutches was burned. The other we took with us. We put Herold on a horse, tying his legs beneath it, aud with the body of Booth in a wagon started bac& to the boat. We marched all day, got to Washington next morning and unloaded tbe body in tbe navyyard. The news got to Washington before we did, and there was a crowd in the navy yard. A few days afterwards the same squad of soldiers went back to the place where we got Booth. Part of the squad stopped and took a picture of the place, and part went nu and captured Dr. Mudd. He was found iu the same hotel where ha was caught before. The 8100.000 reward oilered by the government was divided np between us according - to rank. Lieut. Doherty got $16,000. Boston Corbett got $4,000. My share was Sl.rbUTO. Tbe check for it was sent to Springville, Cattaraugus county, this State, a year after 1 got home. It set me up in a nice way in housekeeping. I bad iiity acres of laud then, and I soon sold it and bought 100 acres at Colden. I've got a wife and six children live boys and oue girl and they're all living." "W here are the rest of that squad of men!" Mr. Deitz was asked. "Scattered far and wide, and most of them dead very likely," be replied. "1 know of only one that is living besides myself. Ho is in Chicago. 1 have no knowledge of the rest of them." DO posxorricES PAY in totes? The President AdvUed to Extend the CivilService Rules to that Branch. Philadelphia Press. The practical politician ismore certain of nothing than tbe inliuence of the couutry postmaster in politics. City folk, the practical politician is always asserting, may not care who bandies his mail, bnt the rural voter does not feel that his partv has won until the little tin sign, "Postorlice," is moved from ono store to the other of the two which divide the politics aud trade of the two parties on the village green. Is this truef What are the factsT Tbe Democratic party won in lbS4 with every country postmaster in the land against it. During four years President Cleveland's administration made a clean sweep of these officers, changing over sixty thousand, and the Democratic party was beaten in 1688, and beaten in the rural districts. In every State lost by the Republican party in 1SS4 and won in lbb-S its increased von was in the regions- where tbe rural voter, as ha drove in to vote, saw a brand now sign "Postouilce,, on the Democratic country store. By l&XHbis sign stood on a Republican store. The change was made to quote a familiar postoftice rule which requires mails to le carried with "certainty, ceJj-rity and security" vith "certninty and celerity." Wras it made with "security" to the Republican party! Not at all. In lbSSthe Republican party won. In 1800 it was beaten, beaten as it never was belore, aud beaten in the very districts where these changes were mnde. The cities held up the Republican vote tolrrably well. But the farmer, the rural voter, the country Republican, who was to lay such store over seeins that tin sign, "Postothce,"in Republican hands, did he show his appreciation by a Republican votef Not much! He hauled out the Re publican Congressmen, who bad been. try1 . i l : a 4l! - . ing to win votes uy cuauging posiuuicca uy

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To) TU UAILWAV TIAUC-TAIU-XS. " s,' From Indianapolis Ualoa Station. "INT : r , ennsyiyaniaynes. It&i Uesk- Soutn aorta. .Train run by Central Standard Tim. Leave for Pittsburg. Baltimore, ( d 4:45 a o. Waahinjrton PhUadelphla and Kew d 3:00 p tn. York. (d3:lJpm. Arrive from tbe East, d 11:40 am-, d 12:50 pro. and d 10:00 pta. Leave for CDlumbna, 9.-00 am.; arrive from Oolumbus 3:13 pin.; leave for Klchmoud. 4:00 pnu arrive from Ulchuiond. V.OO am. Leave for CMoaffo, d 11:05 am., d 11:30 pm4 ' arrive from Chicago, d 3:45 pm.; d 3:30 am. Leave for LouiaYiilA. d 3:u ain. 8:im am, d 4:00 pm. Arrive from Louisville, d 11:00 auv 6:bj5 pm., d 10:S0 pm. Leave ff-r Columbus. 4:10 pm. Arrive froia Onluiubuit, 10: JO am. Leave for Vlnoenues and Cairo, 7:20 acu 4:00 put.; arrive from Vlnoeuuea and Galxos 10:50 suL,9:uOpiOi d. daUr; other trains except Sunday. T7ANDA.LIA LINK SHORTEST ROUTE TO V fcT. 1X5 IMS AKD THE WEST. Trains arrive and leave IadianapoTUas follow Leave for 8 L Louis. 7:30 am. 11:50 am, liOJp m, 11:3 pm. All train a couurci ai Terre Haute. TLroua slet-p-T'n 11. ito p. in. tram. Greenes st le and Terre Hauts AccomMstlnn. 4:00 r Arrive from at, Louis. am. 4:15 am. '2 bo pm, 5:V 3 pin. 7:45 pm. Terre Haute and Green casUe Accom'dattoa. 10:00 am. Sleeping and Parlor Cars are mu on through tr&los. Ferrates and Information apylj to ticket amenta of the miiir, or W. f. fiHUNKEH. inatrict Pa, sena-er A cent flMl i;fljiT: THE VESTIBULE PULLMAN CAE LINE. uurt urotANAroua ICo. &82Iouon Arc, ex. tunljr 5:15 pta No. 32-Clilcofo Linu Pullman VeiUbaled eoachea parlor and ilintua car. dally. ...... 11:35 am rzlTeln Ohloairo 5:lO pm. No.34-CliIcaKO NlKhl l, Pullman VetO. baled ooache and s!eeir&. lal!r.'. 12.40 am ArrtTe In Cbioaito 7:35 aio. JKIUVK AT LNiHAAJOU. No. Sl-Veitibtile, dally S.COea Ho. y 3 Vestibule, daily ..... . 3:45 am Ko. ay 2d on on Arc, ex. ftnnrtay.. ...........10:40 am No. 48 Local freight leaves Alabama-st. yard at 75 am. Pullman Veetltmlmt Sleeper for Chloaro stand est end of Union UUUoa, and can be takcu st ti:23 p. m., daily. Ticket Office .Ko. 26 South Illinois street aadai Union Station. 1 roDgtt-Iroa fija roE Gas, Steam & Water Boiler Tubes, Cat and Malleable Iron Klttlnrs (blank and palvanlzod). Valves, Stop Cocks. Knjrino Trimmlnirs, Steam Gauce Pipe Tonps. ripe CuttersVises, fctorew i'lates and Dies. Wrenches, Fteanx Traps, Punii'B, Kitchen Finks. Hose, Ueltlnp, Babbitt Metal. 8oldrr, White and Colored Wiping Waste, and all other supplies used In connection with Oas. bteain and Water. Natural Gss Supplies a fpecialty, Ream-beating Apparatus for l'ublio UuildiiiKe. Hturerooms. Mill, blioj. Factories, LJiundriea, Lumber I)ry-houes, etc Cut and Thread to order any slzo Vroupht-iron Plp from lnrli to 12 iurxia ulniiieteb KNIGHT JILlON, 75 Sc 778. Pennsylvania s St. the thousand, and he slansbtered them, from tbo rising of thesun to tbe going down thereof. The country postoCQce proved a mill-stone about the neck of the party. It raised quarrels. It promoted divisions. It made bad blood. Congressman after Congressman at Washington, this winter, as be takes his last regretful smokes iu a place that shall know him no more, before the lire in tho dingy rooms that open oil the House, is telling how his vote was cat down by postofiico quarrels. The Republican party has had about enough of the 'practical politics" which gains one postmaster and loses 100 votes, It does not pay. The only way to get votes i8notbrgivingoQice.bat by giving good government, and by living np to tbe pledges of the party to extend the reform of the civil service. President Harrison could do nothing of more service to the party than to extend the civil-service roles to all nonpresidential postoffices. . Points In Drainage. W. F. Brown, In Country Gentleman. The distance apart and depth of laying; tile cannot be determined by any arbitrary rnles, but must be decided according to the circumstances of each case. On my farm it will not pay to put drains mere than two feet deep, as on most ot my land this is as deep as we can spade, as we strike shelly limestone, and it is expensive work picking in the bottom of a narrow ditch. I find also that, with the good tail I have, by nsiug large tile I can pnt my drains much further apart than is usually recommended, and that lrom sixty to one hundred feet apart will drain the land Quickly aud thoroughly. In my judgment the laterals may be laid enough further apart, if three or four-inch tile are used, instead of two-incb, to make the cost of drainage actually less with tbe large than with the smaller tile, Tbe piece of land on which the marvelous crop of beets grew that I referred to in my previous article, was drained eutirely wita six-inch tile, and this crop of beets was not grown in a wet yt-ar. but in one when we had sixty -eight successive daysof drought, during which less than one-inch of rain fell in the aggregate. One mistake often niado by men inexperienced in draining is in joining the laterals to the mains. They should always come in at an acute angle never square or at right angles to the main drain, aud they onght to enter at a littio bigher level than the bottom of the drain, so as to give a fall of ond or two inches. The month of a main should always be carefully linUhcd. as tho success ana durability of thedrain depends much on this. 1 believe it will always pay to build a stone outlet, and to grade so that tbo water can neither tlow over it to wash oil" tho soil or back un into the drain. The neglect of this and allowing bogs aud cattle to tramp over the mouth has ruined many a drain after a few years of service. When a drain must be laid in a depression where the water collects in a heavy rain, avoid putting it in the lowest part, as there will be daDger of its washing out. I lost a line of drain in this way. where if I had pnt it three or four feet to one side I should have avoided this datmer. Of all work done on the farm there is none where Sood judgment .nnd thorough work pay etter than in draining. Properly done it is a permanent improvemunt;half done, it soon becomes worthless. A II ard Case. Detroit Free Presi. A Fort-street car, which was traveling the northerly end of its route, was hailed by a bare-headed and excited housewife, who said to tbe conductor as the car camo to a stop: 'Oh. sir. yon and the driver, and all the passengers come into my house as quick as ever you can!" 4,V bat's the matter! "It's perfectly awful, air! I opened tno stair door and a mouse ran into the sitting room, aud bVs there yet. That's irsy d lighter crying in tbe back yard, and that's tin poor baby yelling in the kitchen, aud bring your revolver, and a.club, and " The conductor rang two- bells, and tho car rolled on. How They Felt. Boston Globe. . A pleasing little refrain, which seemed to keep up the drooping spirits of the Harvard eleven before aud after tbe foot-ball game with Yale, ran in the nature of a chant, as follows: I feel tike helI feel like Lrl1 feel like helpins toae roor tinnlcs soul.

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