Indianapolis Journal, Indianapolis, Marion County, 28 December 1890 — Page 2

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THE . INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL, SUNDAY, DECEMBER 28,' 1890.

vr. f TrlUnjent, th Joint treasurers of the . ft jViTestNl by both Messrs. Olirien h f irrinifton that fund being rnt to the wue Sim America should be sent to Messrs KeSy ard Webb, members of Parliament. TnC ATTACK OS GEN. BOOTH. .X I Sbl to CmtntU fro in the Church of Enflsnd, Which Has a Scheme of lu Own. (Copyright, im by the United Pt-m-J London, Dec 27. The attack on General Booth and his scheme for the social enlightening of "Darkest England" is attracting much attention. The real motive for - this attack is that the Cbnrch of England la a scheme cf its own not very different from that of the General, and is anxious )to prevent the charitable wealthy from firing all their money to the Salvation 1 Army commander.Thecburcb,indeed,claims ; to bo lix months ahead of General Booth In the labor-colony plan of relieving the , destitute and raising them to useful citizenship. The Church Army is not as reil k known as the Salvation Army, but there is J tmch an organization, with the Larl of tMeathas president. Ihe Larl of Meath tjiasbeen visitin? Germany, where it seems I labor colonies have been in operation for 1 long time, and- baa investigated their working and results, tile is in favor of the German jlan. The Earl is as emphatic as General ''Booth in pointing to the evilsof the system of relief under the poor law. He wants to see colonies established where unemployed fana homeless men can labor in return for (carport and go forth to the world, provided ihm remains a certain length of time, with ' tnrae money and a good suit of clothes. The condition he considers absolutely requisite is to demonstrate to the pubiiothat there .is no necessity to give money or food to fny one in the street, because any needy manor woman could obtain means of supiport through honest work. Of course, all this requires money, and while a golden rivulet has been flowing into the cotters of General Booth for the carrying out of his echeme, but little attention and less money is given . to the plan of the church authorities. Hence the severe criticism ia the London Times to-day, accusing General Booth of child-like ignorance of farmins and of projecting impossible theories, the article to be followed by others that, it is expected, will divert the golden rivulet in another direction. It is asserted that General Booth's scheme, although as yet only projected, is already attracting to London tramps and all sorts of worthless characters from all parts of England; that the roads leading to the metropolis are swarming with vagrants anxious to enjoy Booth's hospitality, and "that the class thus attracted consists rather of those who will not work under any circumstances than of people honestly seeking for honest employment. What, however, is looked upon uy many as much more alarming is the impression, widely spread, that there are practically no other methods for the relief of the miserable and destitute except that proposed by General Booth. The consequence is that the income of several most excellent and well-administered charities has greatly diminished since "In Darkest England" was published, and the meritorious poor, heretofore aided by them, are in danger of serious privation. These societies are now aroused to the probability that their existence ard work are threatened by the Salvation Army scheme, and are making appeals to the public not to cease contributions on account of it. . It is not generally known that General Booth is a banker as well as a preacher and commander of the Salvation Army. He

issues eaivauou Aiiay uuiius iccuiou uy first mortgage on the property of the Salvation Army and oilers the high interest for Great Britain of 4 per cent. The object of issuing these bonds is said to be fair interest, sound security and the extension of tlQ kingdom of Jesus Christ. Some curiosity is expressed as to the nature of the investment that justifies such a rate of interest. It is also charged that the General lives ia luxury, while his subordinate officers an often driven to beg. Such, in brief, is the attack on the Salvation Army leader ushered & by the article in to-day's 'Times. The St. James Gazette has joined the Times in the crusade against !be Salvation Army, for the attack upon tL:. "Dark est England" scheme is only a pretext for the inauguration of a warfare against the Army itself. The Gazette repeat, variations 0 A 1 I Si A A 11 A V A t A V flh W Z - M V ""t AAA rf"V A Timet, and further promises to publish the results of recent investigations of its own into the inner history of the. Army. These onslaughts have had the eflect of greatly increasing the 'zeal of Salvationists, who hare long been without the spur which persecution affords, and they are now rally ing to General Booth's srpr-ort with revived lervor. LEO AND THE SOCIAL fjUESTION. Synopsis of an Encyclical on the Subject Which the Pope Will Soon Make Public Paris, Deo. 27. Advices from Borne state that the Pope has finished the draft of his encyclical upon the social question. His Holiness has been working upon tha sub ject for orer a year.' and nt his request the cost competent economists and bishops of different countries, including America. tyre furnished memoranda. The Pope considers the question the greatest of the pres ent time. The encyclical will be the crown ing act of the Pops's work in this direction. The date of its publication has not yet been nxed. The Pope is in the habit of carefully correcting and polishing nis writings. He will also consult with cer tain cardinals and prelates on the leading passages of nis encyclical, but the Associated Press correspondent is enabled to give the substance of it now. The encyclical will review and expound the wnoio question anectmg wage-workers. ' The document will comnrise three carta. First, his Holiness will develop the general principles upon which social economy is founded; and the dominant idea of distributive justice which should regulate the intercourse of men and the spread of wealth. The Pop ears that distributive and restorative justice is needed to prevent misery and sweating on one side and exorbitant riches and tyranny on the other. The second part comprises the origin and cause of the present condition of the social problem. On this point his Holiness takes a new thesis, first developed in his encyclical on socialism. The third part contains tue views ol trio x'ope regarding the remedies, beyond religions and moral influence, to be advocated. His Holiness ex Dresses himself again in favor of intervention by the state within the limits previously set forth. He condemns capitalism as now organized and advocates a more equitable and jest distribution of riches. . The encyclical will probably armear be fore Easter. The Pope works upon it nearly every day. He is convinced that papacy and the church should lead the present social and democratio movement, and will appeal to all conservative forces and to Protestants to aid in seenrintr tha safety of society. The Pope's physician says that his Holiness may live some time ' a he has a robust constitution and is uiienng xroxa no infirmity. GETUIAN SOCIALISTS. Their Grievances and Desires Made Known in a Manifesto Wronci of Peasant. ICe-ynf ht, 1330. by the New York Associated Press. Berlin. Dec 27. The Socialist leaders issued a manifesto to-night The docn. raent affirms the determination of the So cialist party to rally the peasants around the flag of socialistic reforms. It says that the life of the agricultural laborers is scarcely human, and that they are serfs in all but name. They are exposed to the tyranny of capital quite as much as are the Russian factory hands. The bright dawning of tho new era shall bring rejoicing to tho peasants as well as to the toilorsin the cities, and they shall learn that they have a right to the beautiful earth, the fruits whereof they may not stretch forth their hands and enjoy. They mast be taught that the patriarchal system ia the xnortsi foe cf the agricultural laborers. The peasant proprietor and aristocracy are becoming brandy distillers, and will make the peasants the slavesof machinery, as the town workers have already been made. The poetry of country life has departed, and can only b i restored through therelievingof the peasants of the heavy burdens arising from their oppressed condition, and giving thera a higher sense of existence. The inamfesto concludes by asking the members of the party to contribute money to assist in the rural propaganda. Behindthe declarations in the manifesto, which the -r-"-" Clzxi dhicsud, are practical

arrangements for lecture tours, the dissemi

nation of Socialist leaflets, and the formation of rural braucbes. which are already having a disquieting effect upon the official mind. The nature of the manifesto was known to the government before its publi cation, and the matter was referred to the Emperor, who instructed that nothing should be done to suppress it. GENE11AL FOREIGN NEWS. Braxll's Plan of Encouraging Immigration lenoonced by a Russian Newspaper. Waiwaw, Dec. 27. The Courier publishes the text of what purports to be a secret Brazilian decree for the encouragement of immigration. The decree appears to have been issued June 29, 1890, and bears the signatures of President Fonseca and Senhor Gliceria. It contains forty-nine articles. It promises that immigration agents shall be paid 120 francs for every adult they send to Brazil and CO francs for every child landed. An additional premium of 100,000 francs is ottered to any company landing ten thousand immigrants in Brazil in one year. In addition immi grants are promised substantial advantages, contingent upon their signing, before embarkation, a declaration as to the handicraft they intend to practice. The Courier complains that emigrants sailing for Brazil from German ports are never asked to sign any declaration, and says that therefore when they reach Brazil they are in the position of outlaws, and have no rights, and are forced to enter into contracts which practically converts them into slaves. The Courier denounces this system as a fraud, and accuses the Brazilian government of connivance. The Elgin Marbles to Be Returned to Greece. Copyright, 1890. by the United Pre. J London, Dec 27. The announced intention of the government to submit to Parliament the question of returning the Elgin marbles to the Parthenon, where they belong, is received with general satisfaction, public opinion entirely agreeing with the article in the Nineteenth Cent ury pointing out the injustice of retaining these remains of ancient Greek art The marbles are confessedly deteriorating In the climate of London, with its smoke and fop. Even the marble statue of Queen Victoria, erected forty-live years ago at the eastern end of the Royal Exchange, has been so affected by the atmosphere that her .Malestr s lace is almost obliterated, and aituougn tho delicate work of the Athenian sculptor of two thousand years ago is in a much better pro tected situation It is showing sufficient wear to Indicate that before many years it could no longer claim to be immortal. Undoubtedly one of the inemorablo events of the year 189 1 will be the return to Athens in a British war vessel of the splendid monuments of Athenian art which have so long been absent from the genial skies of their birth. French Tariff Duties. Fabis, Dec. 27. Notwithstanding the protests made by M.. Robot, Minister of Foreign Affairs, and M. Roche, Minister of Commerce, against 'the tariff committee's augmentation of the tariff duties proposed in the government bill, the committee continued until adjournment to raise the tariffs to a prohibitive pitch. The representa tives of the agricultural interests in the com mittee have supported prohibitive duties on manufacturers In expectation that In return they would obtain a close market ror larm product. The agricultural party Is stronger botn in tne mamDer or deputies ana me senate than the industrial element, and will wreck the bill unless their demands are conceded. A ma jority of the committee are dissatisfied with the proposal or the government ror tne tree entry or the leaning raw materials suk, wool, mac, on, seeds, etc. and will offer as a substitute a pro posal to impose duties with a drawback upon manufactured articles exported with or without the government assent. , Population of German Cities. Berlin, Dec 27. The official census of Ger many, which was recently completed, gives Berlin a population of 1,574,485, being an increase of 259,000 in five years. The city containing the next highest number of persons is Ilambnrg, with 570,535. This is an increase of 99,531 since 1685. Hamburg, which, with the city of Altona, has 715,170 inhabitants, has added 21 per cent. to the population within the last nve years. Leipsic, which has 353,272 inhabitants, had only loy.ooo m ibD. This is tne greatest increase in any city, being 82 per cent Munich has 344,898: lireslau. 334.710: Cologne. 282,537; Dres den. 1T76.085; Magdeburg, 200,071, and Frank-fnrt-on-thc-Main, 179,850. The Cxar's Uncle Vying;. ST. Petfrsbcxg. Dec. 27.-Grand Duke Con stantino, the Czar's uncle, la dying. Grand Duke Constantino was ' born at St. Petersburg, Sept. 21,1827, is the aid-de-camp-in-general of the Emperor and Grand Admiral of the imperial fleet, besides holding a number of other Important positions. In his character of admiral he, at a certain period, ventured to arrest his eider brother, the late Czar, who was on board tbe Grand Admiral's ship at the time, for which he was himself placed under arrest by his father. Grand Duke Constantino married, Aug. 30, 1848, the Princess Alexandra, daugh ter ox Joseph, uuxe ox Baxe-Aitenourg. ) - Skaters Drowned. LoNDoy, Dec. 27. the ice broke to-day on the river Avon at Portobello bridge, Warwick. There were thousands of skaters on the surface at the time. A panio followed and there was a rush for the shores. Many persons broke through and were rescued with difficulty. 8ereral disap peared under the ice ana were arornea. ; when tne nrst snocc was over a number or people hurried to the rescue of the drowning sKaiers ana a number or mom wero pulled out, but it is feared that many were drowned, as a large number are missing. The latest reports state that seventeen bodies have been recovered, among them several women. The Late Dr. Schllemann. London, Dec 27. There is mourning all over the continent for the death of Dr. Schllemann, and the newspapers devote columns to reviews of his life and discoveries. The element of ro mance in Sehllemann's career the grocer's ap prentice becoming the discoverer of Troy and the in 8 true tor of the most learned archaeologists makes the subject a most attractive one, and the lesson of encouragement afforded by such a life is duly dwelt upon for the benefit of the young and poor. Sulcids of a Chess-Player. Londox, Dee. 27. A telegram from Whlteby, Yorkshire, announces the suicide of Walter Grimshaw, the eminent chess-player and composer. He cut his throat this morning with a razor, a o reasons are assigned for the deed. Cable Ifotes. Professor Weiger. of etrasburg, is dead. According to dispatches received from Senegal tne trench troops under command of Colonel Archinard have marched against the Sultan of ssegon. Tho German man-of-war Frederich Karl, which struck on a rock off the island of Mitylne, in the .Lgean sea, near tne coast oi Asia .Minor, was coaied on umstmas day. Prince Sebonah-Catloth, rrand master of Ger man, Masons, has sent proposals to the leading Masonic lodges in the continent for the estab lishment of a central court of reference. It la reported that the Grand Orient of Rome favors the proposal. The Russian Minister of Railways has resolved to make a general reduction of '25 per cent, in the charges of carriage of freight, belie veng that the tratho will Increase so largely that the net earnings of the roads will be Increased as a result of lower rates. This movement is the result of a careful study of the system of low charges which has proved successful in Hungary. Dr. YonGosslerls known to differ with the Emperor of Germany in regard to his . Ideas ou education. It is reported that he offered to resign his office, but that at the request or the Emperor he has consented to rem sin for the present so as to give the Emperor time in which to make the selection of his successor, who, it is thought, will be Dr. Hlnz Peter, Emperor William's former tutor. The father of Gabrielle Bompard, the accomplice of Michael Eyraud in the murder of notary Gouffe, said yesterday in the course of an interview that he considered the verdict a Just one, and that he had only one wish regarding his daughter, and ttfat was that she might die quickly. From his daughter's childhood, M. Bompard said, nothing could be done to check her perverse instincts. A Father's Terrible Mistake. CcfcriNATi, Dec. 27. Louis eehwinge, worn out with watching beside his four-year-old daughter, who had diphtheria, took a brief sleep yesterday, and, suddenly awakening at the stroke of 2 by the clock, hurriedly poured a teaspoonful of medicine for the child from a bottle on the table and gave It to her. A shriek from tho child, followed by agonizing contortions, aroused him fully, and. looking at the bottle, he found he had given carbolic acid. The child died in two hours, and Schwinge was with difficulty restrained from taking his own life. Twer Erothra Shot In a Row. Chicago, Dei. r 27. Michael Flavin and his brother Frank wcra shot to-niKot in a njrht with Harrison Berry, and the latter's brother Thomas. Michael Flavin died shortly afterwards. Frank's wounds also are dangerous. All four men are packing house employes and had been drinking. A quarrel over a irl they met at a dance led to thought and that ended in the shooting.

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Indian Defense Association Accused of Doing Red Men More Harm than Good. How the Brave Police May Be Rewarded by the GovernmentMany Hostilea on Their Way from the Bad Lands to the Agency. INDIAN DEFENSE ASSOCIATION. An Organization That Does the Red Men More llarin than Good llrave Police. Special to the Indiansrolls Journal. Washington, Dec. 27. If there needed anything to convince the Washington public that too many friends of the Indian is worse than no friends, that proof was furnished the other day when the Indian Defense Association presented its version of the killing of Sitting BulL This organization claims to be the friend of the Indian, and is constantly intercedingbetween the government and the Indian, for the alleged purpose of seeing that the red man has fair play. It always interposes an objection to measures proposed in Congress, and is constantly calling tbe government's agents thieves, and giving them epithets which are intended to prejudice tbe savage against the government to which he looks for sustenance. t The Indian Defense Association claims that Sitting Bull was assassinated; that the Indian policof or scouts, dispatched to arrest Bull for inciting war and directing an insurrection of bloodshed and pillage, were his mortal enemies, and had a desere to'rak his life. The association's account of the killing would lead the uninformed reader to believe that the killing of Sitting Bull was an assassination. The Indian scouts, or "police,1' as they are called, had no influence whatever in the performance of their duty. The charge of the Indian Defense Association that these Indians were selected with a view to killing Sitting Bull has disgusted men in Congress who have read tbo account, and if ever the association had any influence in directing legislation that intluence is now gone. At the War Department and Indian Office, as well as throughout Congress, there is the greatest praise given to the brave police who laid down their lives in the performance of a duty which resulted in breaking up what threatened to be a very long and serious Indian outbreak. It is not improbable that a bill will be intro- , duced and passed by Congress, If not at this, then surely at the next session, which will recognize in some way the services of the Indians who lost their lives in this outbreak, and if tbe Manderson bill to reorganize the army should be adopted, these Indians who have come to the assistance of the government in suppressing the outbreak will be recognized in the enlistment of troops. It will be remembered that tho Manderson bill anticipates the enlistment of two full companies of Indians, and it is the universal belief in Congress and at the War Department that the Indians who have assisted the government should be recognized in this enlistment. It is not improbable that a lot of the red braves who have come to the rescue of tbe. government and settlers in the Northwest will not only be privates in the regular army within a short time, but minor officers. The etlort of the Indian Defense Association to create dissatisfaction among the people, and especially the Indians, over the manner in which the army has conducted the campaign against the savages in the Northwest has been an unfortunate effoifc for that association. It now appears that quite all of the work that this association has accomplished in the interest of humanity and peace has had the effect of creating dissatisfaction among tho Indians and put them on the war-path. COMING IN TO TOE AGENCY. Hostile Brnles, Cheyennes and Northern Indians Finally Listen to Reason. Rapid City, S. D., Dec. 27. The news today indicates that the Indian troubles are about to be brought to a close without the sacrifice ,of any more lives. General .Miles' advices of last evening that hostiles in the Bad Lands had listened to the logic and persuasion of General Brooke, Ogallala and Brule peace commissioners and wore moving in toward Pine Ridge, were confirmed by General Brooke's dispatches to-day. The whole body of braves, squaws and papooses of the Brutes, Cheyennes and northern Indians who have been enjoying several weeks' outing at the famous terrace of the Wall camps in tbe Dad Eands, killingand smoking beef.stealinghorses and engaging in other exciting pastimes are now en route to the hospitable agency at Pine Kidge. General Brooke's messengers state that the party have already reached White river, and will to-night camp on White Clay creek at a point sixteen miles from the agency. . Colonel Offel's scouts confirm this intelligence by reporting tbe camps in the Bad Lands deserted. though one dispatch says one of the camps was moved two miles southeast to avoid scouting parties or to secure better protection from the heavy winds of yesterday. This party is probably following the main body of the Indians. General Miles has issued orders to General Carr and Colonel Sanford, in commaud of the Western and northern sections of the cordon, to send in- forces to carefully search the Bad Lands for straggling Indians, cached arms, etc., and to draw in toward the agency. "Now," remarked the General, this morning, "I want to know where Big Foot is. My last advices were that ho was on Porcupine creek, but there is nd definite news of him this morning." TEE INDIAN STRONGHOLD. ' Story of a Half-Sreed Who Visited the Bad JLands Fears for the Fate of "Friendlies." Rapid City, S. D.t Dec. 27. A courier has arrived from Creston with the following dispatch: Things which a few days ago, under the policy of General Brooke, tended to a cessation of all hostilities, are to day just the reverse. Late last night General "Carr received a telegram from Colonel Sumner that the Indians from Hump's and Big Foot's camps, whom he was supposed to have held as prioners, had escaped and were heading for the Bad Lauds. At daylight General Carr and his troops pulled out from here to intercept them or capture and destroy them, but so far no word has been received yet from the General. The Indians are still carrying on their depredations as usual, and are growing much bolder, having stolen three valuable horses and ten head of stock out of a corral last night at the ranch of a Mr. Burns, situated only ten miles from this camp . otf the Cheyenne river. A half-breed came into camp and was interviewed on the subject of the hostiles in the Bad Lands, and gives a very interesting description, which is as follows: He says that he left Pine Ridge Agency a few days before the 500 friendly Indians left there for the Bad Lands to induce their hostile brethren to come in. He declares tbe number of "friendlies" is greatly exaggerated, and that thoy did not number over 150 in all. He says he was in one of their tepees outside of Pine Kidge agency, where a number of bucks were congregated, and that the squaws were crying and saying that they would never return, and commenced singing the death dance around them. He says there are, at least calculations, from five hundred to six hundred warriors among them, all well armed, a number having Springfield carbines, the same as are used by the soldiers in the army. They all declared that they wonld right. They also told him of a young Indian whom they had put to death by torture a few days before because he came to try and induce them to return to the agency. He says he knows this to be true, as the young Indian left Pine Kidge over a week go for tbe Bad Lands stronghold and has never returned. He also says he entertains great fears as to the 150 friendlies who went out as he is almost sure that tbe majority if not all of them will be killed. He says that they have an immense stock of provisions, and that their stronghold is skillfully fortified and is almost impregnable. He counted overone hundred tepees on the side nearest the Pine Kidge agency and sixty-three on the other aide, lie eays that love or money would

not bring him near their stronghold again, as he is afraid that should they recognize him. he wonld be killed also. General Miles was heard to eay in Rapid City to-day that he was tired of fooling with these Indians, and thought that the best thing to bo done was to attack them without any further delay. Captain Fonntaln Was Not Hemmed In. Dickinson, N. D., Dec 27. Lieutenant Sydenham and scout 8pence, of Captain Fountain's command of the Eighth Cavalry, havo arrived here with dispatches. They report that there was no foundation for the story that tho command was hemmed in by five hundred hostiles in tho Cave bill. Captain Fountain had not, up to Christmas mornlnjr, been able to discover any trace of the missing Indians, but had learned that Biting Bull's followers aie on their way to the Pino Rldre and Cherry Creek reservations. 8tor.es about ranchmen murdered and pro4ierty destroyed by the hostiles are also stated to be unfounded. As far as tho military authorities hero are aware not a shot had been exchanged between the Indians and tho troops. A general summary of the disposition of the troons shows that the en

tire reservation is hemmed in by troops ready for me neiu. ana rears ox an outbreak in tne spring are groundless. Soldiers Scored by a Ranchman. Pierke. 8. D.. Dec. 27 Rcottv Phillips, a wellknown ranchman living on the reservation, came to the city to-dav to make some arrange ments to protect hla own and Governor Mellette's cattle, which are running at large near tbe Bad Lands. He says the hostiles have hundreds of range cattle in the Bad Lands, which they are quietly eating, while the troops stay around in camps ATI V Vl A AfllToWitfd miaiuln 4l. a m -1 1 1 1 A Vk S VT aof vu tut? vuioa.ii to pi, Licai U.ili Liirjila v ixjau u.-j cuu That's bow ranchmen are txinj? benehtod by u.e troops," ne says, ana adds mat uie troops J assess ivr ajvr iiiuj laitl M-ihKA ixiuuo iaa va. being ambushed-IHo proposes to receive sanction will ttiiAn.h .Via VhAHI1. n . n Tul VAirain the stolen cattle or make some "good Indians." THEORIES OP ECONOMISTS. Professor Taussie's Explanation of the Cause of Varying Charges by Kailroad Companies. Washington, Dec 27. The first business before tbe American Economic Association, tonlay, was the reading of tbe report of Mr. Richard T. Ely, the secretary of the association. It represented the association as in a prosperous condition, the number of members and subscribers on the list begin C35. Three national associations on the other side of the world, the report said, had received the impulse which gave them existence from the American Economic Asso ciation. Tho report suggested the wisdom of continuing the policy of ottering prizes for essays, the object of theso prizes being to awaken public interest in economic topics and to lead to the formation of intelligent opinions upon important matters of the day. A paper was then read by Prof. F W. Taussie, of Harvard University, entitled 'A Contribution to the Theory of Railroad Rates." The paper considered particularly the explanation of the apparent anomalies in the varying charges for different classes of freight and passenger traffic. The Professor thought that the key to the situation lay in the fact that by far the greater part of a railway's expenses were joint that is, were incurred, not each expense separately for every bit of lraflic, but jointly for the traftic as a whole. The apparent and , real discrimination in railway rates, the classification of freight, higher! charges on shorter hauls, special rates,' party rates all these vere not the result of railway monopoly, or of arbitrary discrimination by railway managers, but arose naturally and almost inevitably from the peculiar conditions under which railway transportation was carried on. r f : v Papers were also expected from Hon. Geo. H. Ely, of Cleveland, on tbe relative cost of water and rail transportation, and from Prof. Edmund J. James, of Philadelphia, on the relation. of railroad passenger traffic to freight traffic. Neither gentleman was present, however, the former being ill and the latter not reaching the city on time. The report of the committee on statistics by Hon. Carroll D. Wright, chairman, first occupied the attention of the association at its evening session.. The report said that as to quantity tbe work of American statisticians' was equal to that of any other country; as to the quality their work still fell somewhat below the scientitio characteristics which belonged to continental efforts. The report spoke encouragingly of the progress of statistical investigation and science in the United States work which was viewed with increasing respect abroad, and was exciting widespread interest at home. ! ' The evening session was closed by the reading of a paper by Prof. II. C. Adamsou "Statistics as a Means of Correcting Corporate Abuses." It was the object of this paper to show that : there ia an essential difference between a business organized as a corporation and one organized as a partnership, and that many sooial evils arose from the fact that the law of private property was appropriately applied in the ease of a business organized as a corporation. A definite statement of .the idea embodied in this payer, so far 'as its direct proposals are concerned, isa expressed in the following four propositions: First The erantlng of corporate privileges should be limited to those businesses in which the interests of the publio predominate orer the interests of the Individual incorporators. Second All businesses in which the interests of the publio predominate over the interests of the individual incorporators should be obliged to assume corporate form. Third All corporations should be required to make such reports as will enable the government. acting under rules prescribed by law, to direct their policy and control then? administration. . Fourth All businesges, other than those organized as corporations, should be subleot to inquiry, thouKh not to control, the purpose of the inquiry being to determine whether or not a business in any cae should be required to assume a corporate form. DONNELLY'S "CRYPTOGRAM. The Author's Theory Upheld by a Dakota Justice, Who Thinks th;e Cipher Is Correct. St. Paul, Deo. 27. Waupeton, the cultured little city just across the North Da kota line, was the scene of a very important lawsuit Tuesday, and one which has a bearing upon the literary world, and especially that important controversy, "Did Bacon Write the Shakspearean Plays!" It came abont in this wise: When Ignatius Donnelly's "Great Cryptogram" was abont to be published Shelby Smith secured the agency for Richland county. In making the rounds oi nis canvassings this gentlemanly book agent called upon Hon. P. J. McCumber, the well-known North Dakota politician, and under the pretense that tbe "Great Cryptogram" explained the cipher running through the Shakspeare plays, sold hi in n copy. t Mr. McCnmber never paid for the book, and when the agent demanded tbe money declined on the ground that he had read the book and failed to rind the cipher which was represented to be there. Smith sued, and the case came off before Justice Thayer, who gave the plaintitl a verdict on the ground that the preponderance of evidence showed that the cryptogram was there, as Smith, the plaintitt, swore that it was, and McCumber couldn't swear that it was not, although he was certain of it. The courts seem to be with Donnelly, if the critics are not. Negroes as Targets in Arkansas. Pine Bluff, Ark, Dec 27. Meagre details were received here to-day of a bloody affray at Swan Lake, in Africa, this county. Two negroes are reported dead and ten injured. The row originated at a dance and a target practice was kept np all night No names are obtainable because of the excitement. Collided with Two Wild Engines. Fresno. Cal., Dee. 27. A collision occurred last nicht three miles north of this city between a freight train and two wild engines. Brakeman J. Latlerty was instantly killed. Engineer John Moore and fireman gtevinper Jumped. The latter was terribly mashed, and cannot live. The engineer sustained a llebt fracture of the hip and probably internal injuries. Of all articles used to grace a table none imparts more brilliancy than Dorllinger,a American Cut Glass. It is tbe richest cut glass in the world. Inquire for it of your dealer. Every piece has Doriiinger'a trade mark label.

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Chicago Real-Estate Broker Charged with Misappropriating 70,000. Receiver Appointed for the Finn on Application of His Partners Kean's Assets Further Diminished Other Business Troubles. Ctiicaoo, Dec 27. According to charges xnado in court to-day the P. E. StanleyWinston Company, a well-known real-estate corporation, has been wrecked by speculations of the president, P. E. Stanley. Bertram M. Winston, the treasurer, to-day applied for the appointment of a receiver for the concern, and that the affairs of the corporation be wound up. Mr. Stanley is charged with the misappropriation of 870, 000. On the application for the appoint ment of a receiver Master in Chancery Noyes recommended that the prayer of the complainant be allowed at once. Judge Sheppard appointed C. M. Walker. Mr. Winston says that on the 22d of December it was discovered that Stanley had misap plied ito,ooo, and that the most of it had gone in wild and reckless speculation in tne Chicago btcck Exchange. 1 he wrecked corporation was organized Sept. 29 of this year, suceeding the old film of P. E. Stanley & Co., composed of Mr. Stanley and Dudley and Dertram Winston, the sons of Hon. F. H. Winston, exUnited btates minister to Persia. The corporation was the same as tbe old company, only it was merged into a stock com pany with a capital stock of 550.000 with 500 shares. Stanley was elected president. Dndley Winston was vice-president and Bertram Winston secretary and treasurer. Prior to the organization of the new comSany Mr. btauley was engaged in connential bnsiness with certain customers, and a considerable portion of this private business was never merged into the business of the firm. Among the transactions which the Winstons claim were put through by Stanley in his individual capacity were deals with L. H. McCormick and J. F. Keeny, involving, respectively. $15,000 and 125,000. After Stanley became convinced of his liability to criminal prosecution, so the bill says, in order to square himself be gave it out that tbe corporation was liable in an action at law to McCormick. Keeny and J. P. Odell, for the money intrusted to and misappropriated by him. The Winstons' bill said that McCormick threatened to bring suit against the corporation on tho wrongful ground of liability for Stanley's misappropriations. Keeny, it is 6aid, has also threatened to sne for his claim, amounting to $30,000. The court was asked to issue an injunction restraining, both parties from beginning suit. No action toward an injunction was taken by the court, and Mr. McCormick made good his threat to try and hold the corporation liable. This afternoon he commenced suit against Stanley and tbe Winstons for $50,000 damages. The assets of the corporation, according to Mr. Winston, are amply sufficient to meet its obligations and the value of its securities held by the banks exceed the amount of the iirm's indebtedness by $10,000. Uttle Left for Kean's Creditors. Chicago, Deo. 27. The assets of Kean's bank nave been further diminished by upward of one hundred thousand dollars. It looks much as if from 5 to 10 per cent, will be all the creditors will receive. Of the original figures of $270,000, or thereabouts, for bills receivable, $135,000 vanished early, It being found that large amounts of Kean's personal notes, accommodation paper of his friends and worthless claims were included. Now the expert accountant who has been going through the bills receivable rereports that fully $30,000 consists of protested notes, whereof the makers are entirely insolvont Many of these notes are long past due, some of them more than a year. In addition to this. $10,000 on deposit at the American Ex change Bank of New York has been applied on Kean's paper held by it. A Boston bank did the same thing with $3,500 m its vaults. This evening attorney Maver. for the depos itors, said: Ve had reckoned on saving about ninety thousand dollars' worth of that S3 100,000 worth of bonds floated in New York by Kean through Hatlield, the manager of the branch there. We won't get a dollar's worth of assets out of the deal, and I would be willing to take a quit claim deed from any of the banks, and think we were lucky to escape suit ror the bonds. That's how the matter panned out." The Maverick Bank of San Antonio. Ban Aktonio, Tex., Deo. 27. As stated briefly in these dispatches last night, the Maverick Bank, of this city, was compelled to close its doors yesterday, after a run of three weeks duration, with liabilities of $344,164 and assets of $1,789,015, as shown by the schedules of assignment. The assets, while more than double the amount of the liabilities, consist largely of real estate and other securities, which cannot be realized on Immediately without a sacritlce, and the policy of the assignee will be to avoid sacri ficing the interests of the creditors by hasty ac tion. The Alamo brewery. Maverick printinghouse, Ban Antonio Paint Company and Alamo Insurance Company, in .all of which Mr. Maverick has large interests, are not affected by the bank's cloving, and are being conducted uninterruptedly and without any change of management. The list of creditors to whom the bank is indebted was published to-day. Amonc the number are C M. Terrell, $1,400, and i.dwin II. Terrell, $3,000. . . Other Business Troubles. Grebly, CoL, Dec. 27. Tae old banking firm of Hunter & West has fail-id through bad out side Investments. Messrs. Iluuter and West have made an assignment )f all their personal property as well as the band's assets, as follows: Bank assets. $90,000; Mi. Hunter's, $33,000; Mr. West's $14,300. The bank's liabilities are S&.20O. Mr. West's private liabilities are SUtf.500. If time is given it 1 hoped that no one will lose anything. Several attachments have been made, one by the Union National Bank of Denver for $10,0O0. Elgin, 111., Dec 27. In the Circuit Court at Geneva, to-day. Judgment of confession was found against M. Dubois in favor of the Home National Bank of Elgin for $10,500. Dubois, formerly an English merchant, is large ly interested in Texas cattle-raising, both for himseirana the .1 gin cattle company, lie is believed to be worth several hundred thousand dollars, and the judgment. It is thought, was per- : haps entered through his inadvertence. WoossocKET. 8. D. Dec. 27. Stevens, the banker, who closed his doors yesterday, acta as as If he were delirious, and mumbles incoher ently when any of his creditors are allowed to see him. Some think he Is really insane. The 'twenty creditors had a meeting to take action to protect their interests. Depositors do not like the looks of things, as deposits were taken in up to ednesuay nigut. London, Dec. 27. -The false report as to the suspension or Messrs. fixiey az ADen, million brokers, of this city, arose irom tne financial in discretions of a youthful member of the firm, who has since retired. The firm's credit is unimpaired, and the Rothschilds and other banks are announced to be satisfied with the stability of Messrs. nxiey & ADeu. Boston. Deo. 27. At a meeting of the credit ors of Winslow, Rand & Watson, dealers in teas and coffees, the committee of investigation re ported from the firm an offer of 55 cents. 50 cash and 5 in notes at 6 per cent. The commit tee recommended that the offer be accepted, and the creditors will probably follow the commit tee s recommendation. Vicksbcrg, Miss., Dec. 27. Late this evening tbe dry gooes nrm or O Keere, uuiae a. co. as signed to D. J. Shenker, to secure a claim of $42.000. There are other preferred creditors to the extent or srco.uuu. Philadelphia, Dec 27. The total appraise ment of the assigned estate of B. K. Jamieson fc Co., bankers, is $165,000. Chicago, Dec. 27. Olney G. Glbbs, lumberdealer, has assigned. Assets, $10,000; liabili ties, $2l,ooo. - - Destitute Railway Laborers. Portland, Ore., Deo. 27. The situation of the discharged laborers from tbe Union Paclfio Puget sound extension is growing more serious every day. At present there are about one thou sand in this city, and the number is increasing hourly. Most of them are destitute and unable to get money on their time-checks, which were due Dec. 2(5. A large number are being fed and lodged by the citv. Owing to the inability of J. 11. 6m 1th & Co., who had the contract, to se cure money from the Union Pacin i, the men are being put off from day to day. an l as the money is not yet forthcoming it is di licult to foresee the offtcome. as the men are growing desperate. Some rre sore pressed and are discounting the time-checks at f0 per cent. J. U. Smith is now at Omaha endeavoring to secure money from the union iracine company. Career of the Dead Count Parisi. Ban Diego, Dec. 27. Count Parisi, whose death occurred here Thursday, and was followed br the attempted suicide of his wife, came m m a noble fanmy in Austria. His father formerly occupied a position of state in the Austrian em pire- He was forced to retire ou account of the burden of years. But he still stands at the bead of one of the foremost banking-houses of Austria. Count Farisl was the youngest of two brothers. From his early years he was of a wild disposi tion. 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where his half-brother Is now Austrian consul. He was married in Galveston, nis wne ociug ai one time a teacher of art in tbe university at Galveston. A cablegram has been received from the Count's f ath ordering the body embalmed and sent to Austria, and also that in cae of death of the Countess to have her body shipped there also. In case she survives she is to go to her father-in-law, there to take her rank and station with her husband's people. Lateh Countess Parisi died this evening. Y0LTJJ1E OP TAPER CURRENCY. A Correspondent Who Says the Treasurer's Re.port on the Subject Is Inaccurate. New York. Dec. 27. A Washington special to the Daily News, which will appear in to-morrow's issue, says that no one can form an intelligent ideaof the volume of paper currency to-day in circulation. The Treasurer purports to give each year an exact and detailed statement of the exist ing condition of the finances, but the Treasurer has no exact data upon which to base his report, and consequently it is defective and unreliable. There is not to be found in any bureau of the Treasury Department any record 01 notes or certificates for which the government is rmnnn itihtA. and the Treasurer's renort is consequently nothing more than guess work as to tne volume 01 paper money rpsillv n.nnnt lie cannot eav ot bis own lrnnwIadffA how many notes or silver certif icates of tbe several denominations author ized by law are outstanding, nor can ne give the precise aggregate amount, me nair thn Trumnrflr arrives at the cmount of money atloat is by deducting the amount of currency destroyed irom tne aggregate amounts paid out by the government. This would appear to be correct, but it is fatally defective, be cause he has no means ox Knowing that there are no duplicates of notes destroyed either in the Treasury Department nr in tlm h nnl nt the neorde. It mav be assumed that there are no duplicate notes alloat, but assumption cannot be accepted as a reliable basis for banking operations. The only way the gonernment has of knowing that there is no duplication of notes is by obtaining from the contractors who furnish the paper a sworn statement of the number of sheets supplied the Bureau of Engraving and I'rmting ana men aeancting the number destroyed in the pressroom and adding to this number the number of sheets of printed notes received at the Treasury Department. These must balance with the total number of sheets furnished by the contractors. TIN FOUND. IN TEXAS. The Metal Said to Exist in Large Quantities on the Colorado River, in Llano County. San Antonio, Tex., Dec. 27. Louis Giraud, a prominent civil engineer, has just come in from .Llano to-day with specimens from the new tin discoveries just nude, and which are creating much excitement, lie brings the ore here to be assayed. It has . j ? 1 1 Deen iounu m woraauie quanti ties on the Colorado ' river in Llano county, one hundred miles northwest of here, south of the famous Balliuger iron b,ll. The specimens are cassertito and the deposit covers a large extent. It lays near tne iron fields and was passed by unrecognized by the miners. Prof. Cornstock, assistant State Geologist, ' recently made the discovery of the ores and their valne. New discoveries are being made daily, aud sixty deposits have already been located. Obituary. New York, Dee. 27. Gen. James Ilughes Stokes died athis home. No. 18 East Forty-seventh street, to-day, after an illnebs of two weeks. He was born in Maryland and was graduated from West Point in 1833. He offered his services to the Governor of Illinois and was made a brigadier-general of volunteers. At the elose of the war he returned vo private life, and lived until eleven years ago in Chicago. He leaves two eonn, a daughter and a widow, hla aecond wife. The sons and daughter are living in Chicago. Philadelphia. T. 27. James ir. Stevenson, secretary of the Philadelphia & Bound Erook railroad, died to-day at his home, near thin city, from the effects of injuries received on the North Pennsylvania railroad recently. New York. Dec 27. Franklin, Chase, who was for thirty-seven years in the consular service of the United States, died Unhiy at his home in Brooklyn, aged elghty-tive. Assaulted and Robbed of Q5,OG0. Chicago, Deo. 27. A brutal case of assault and robbery, the details of which have been suprefeed by the police, has just come to light, ast Friday night Dr. II. A. Kelso, of Fax ton, 11L. was knocked down and robbed of $5,000 in cash, a watch and chain worth $200, and a diamond-studded Knight Templar watch-charm. He was carried to the Auditorium Hotel and placed under the care of his son, Professor Kelso, of the Chicago Musical Conservatory. It was found that the injured man's skull nad been fractured, but he was able to go to his home at Paxton last Monday Dr. Kelso's condition is now said to be critical. The police have found no clew to the robbers. lyopoed Changes in Kanisi Laws. Topeka, Ksn., Dec. 27 The committee appointed at the last session of the Legislature to revise and codify the existing laws ot Kansas has completed its labors, and rendered its report to Governor Humphrey this morning. Following are the most - important chaoses proposed: Providing for free public school text-books; for a State board of public works; the election of Railroad Commissioners, a State Board of Charity; making a reduction in the salary of county officers; the taxing of aetual values of property, and limiting the privileges of State banks. Killed at a Crossing. Ecedsl to the Indianapolis Journal. Log an f port, Ind., Dec. 27. James McCain and Elizabeth finowberger, while driving across the track, were struck by a north-bound extra freight train on the Vandalia. near Camden about 8 o'clock this evening. McCain was instantly killed and the girl fatally injured. Farmer Shot. ' Special to the InfiiansDolis Journal. Columbus, Ind., Dec 27. At Ellzabethtown, nix miles southeast of this city, James Martin shot Darl Adams, a farmer, through the left shoulder, inflicting a wound that may prove fatal. Martin has been arrested and nlaced under $500 bond. Arm Torn from Ills Shoulder. Kkoxville. Tenn., Dec 27.-Wm. Nelson, of theKnoxville handle factory, met with a horrible accident to-day. His sleeve caught In the machinery and his arm was torn troa tha

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The north room was owned by Mrs. Frances Flagg. and tho other two by Norval Blackburn, proprietor of the Decatur Democrat. The estimated loss on buildings was aboutS2,0U0. and on stock about $3,li00. an follows: Colchin, Sl.COOj Lebrun, $400. Hale &. Co., $1,000. Insurance as follows: On buildings. IHackburn. $000, in the Indiana Insurance Company of Indianapolis; Airs. Flagg. $400. in the Fire and Marine of New York. Insurance on stocks: Colchin, f.W. in the Hamburg of j Germany; Lbruii, $150. in the Traders ol Chicago; J. D. Hale & Co., no insurance. Depot Burned with Heary Loss. Cincinnati, O., Dec. 27. The freight depot ofj the Little Miami railroad burned at S:30 o'clock' to-night. The length of the building was fifteen ' car lengths about six hundred feet, by about 125 feet wide. At the time of tho fire U contained about forty-three car-loads of unloaded freight, though only four freight cars were in the depot. Among the freight were ninety barrels off whisky and thirty bales of cotton. The Cre spread with great rapidity, and within half an ; hour the building was a total wreck. The loss If J estimated at about $lf0.000. Tbe los on the biilldmg will be about $25,000, with no Insure auce. . Other Fires. . PLATTSnuRO, N. Y., Dec 27. The Mount. Porter Houfe, located at Keene Valley, was' burned at 5 o'clock yesterday morning. The hotel was owned by Kew York capitalists and man a (red by Mr. James Holt. The structure was completed last summer, aud cost $40,000. The tire origiuatcd In the parlor ou the ground floor, and in a very horr time the entire building was in ashes. The fire is believed to havo been of incendiary origin. Tho Insurance on tho building was $17,000. Auburn, Si. Y Dec 27. Fire in the Auburn priscD, this mornln?, destroyed the fclate workshop, badly damaged tho broom-shop, and par' tlaliy burned the store-room of the collar- nop and the chair-shop. The loss is $18,000. Prod A. M unlock und Joe aulm, flremen,whlle upon a ladder, were precipitated into the ruins by the falling of the wall, and seriously Injured. They are now In the prison hospital. Losses to Lake Shipping. C Detroit. Mich.. Dec 27. The past season has been unusually disastrous to tbe eliiDptug on tha great lakes. Irom a tabulated state men t compiled by the Journal it is learned that sixteen steamers, whose total tonnatre was 5.015 tons aud whose value was $Ho6,500, were lost. Twenty-seven schooners and barges, valued at $278,000, and with a tonnatre of 8.585 tons, were also lost, an weU as twelve tugs, valued at $79,00C), and of 520 tons burden, making the total number of vessels lot fifty-five, with an: aggregate tonnage of 15,020 tons and a financial loss of $713,000. Garfield's Son to Be Married. Chicago. Dec 27. James R. Garfield, a son of the late President James A. Garfiela. took out a license to-day In this city to loarry Mls Helen Newell, a Chicago lady. 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