Indianapolis Journal, Indianapolis, Marion County, 1 January 1891 — Page 3

THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL, THURSDAY, JANUARY 1, 1891.

ISDIASA AND ILLIS0ISKEW8

The Fort Wayne Desperado Fighting a Surrender to the Ohio Authorities. Heavy Punishment Meted Oat to a TVife-Beate Alleged Mnrdersr Arrested Queer Uigh way Robbery Eozdl Trial Begins.', INDIANA. Desperado Kuhns Making m Fight Against Going to Ohio for Trial. i Special to tLe I rulianapolla JournaL . ! Fort Wayne, Dec. SI. Marvin Kuhns, in spite of bis boast tbat the Campau mar der cannot be foisted upon him, made a bold effort to-day to escape being delivered over to the officers from Ohio. Geo. W. Lontill. an attorney, acting under instructions from the desperado, had him broaght before the Superior Court this afternoon tinder a writ of habeas corpus. Kuhns was brought into court, guarded by three deputies, heavily armed. A tremendous crowd 'was present, eager to get a glimpso at the , prisoner. After a few remarks by attorne3' on both sides the hearing was adjourned until Friday. Prosecuting Attorney Robinson said after the coart had adjourned that it is a foolish piece of business. Kven if Kuhns were to be released there are plenty of charges uuder which he can be rearrested. The sheriff has a warrant now from Noble county, where Kuhns is wanted for horse-stealing. The writ is a farce. in his abdomen, which had given him some trouble, was extracted a few days ago, and Kenelir will now be out within a week or ten days. Extradition papers from Governor Campbell are expected every day. Jury Secured In the Kozell Case. Special to tLe Indianapolis Journal. Newcastle, Dec. SI. At the reassembling of court this morning Judge Bundy ruled that in the further examination of the jury in the Kozell murder case when one party passed the jury it waived the right to the peremptory challenge ot any man left on. This rule narrowed the scope of peremptory cballenges very materially, and at eleven - o'clock, after the State and defendant had each made nineteen of the twenty challenges given by the statute, and the third special venire had been almost exhausted, twelve acceptable men were finally se1 rri i .n ti a" fir i i i f tnrn wuv-ak u Tftifiii b w. li. Colburn, Samuel Ward, Philip Barrett, Cornelius Coon, Uenry Brenner, Henderson Pearson. Thos. A. Dawson, Allen Butler, John McGraw, Perry M. Kussell, Chae. Gorman and Benton Woodward. The indictment upon which the trial is had is in two counts, one charging conspiracy to murder Ladd and the other charging Kozell with being accessory before the fact to the murder. After the jury was acceptea counsel tor aeienaant moved the court to compel the State to elect upon which count the prosecution was to pro- - ceeu. ne motion was overruiea. o. -L. sees, who lives on the farm where the tragedy culminated, and who was the only eye-witness to the killing, is sick, and other 'important witnesses for the State were absent. The State's attorney tiled amotion for a continuance on these grounds. As to-morrow is a legal holiday, and the information concern- . . m rr i - a. . jug uic sickness or oees ana tne ausence 01 the other witnesses was not altogether definite, an adjournment was taken to Friday morning, by which time it is expected the witnesses will be in attendance. - J. l , 1 m m a a m , Mm . . at " Special to the Indianapolis Journal. . . Portland, Dec 31. The famous license . case brought here from Winchester has ' been occupying the court for several days, and ended to-day. It was the application of Lafayette Irvin for a liquor license. Over sixty witnesses were here from Winchester. Every inch of the ground was hotly - contested, and the 1 temperance --, people were dotenainedto .make Winchester a dry town. The jury found that irvin was a moral man and tilled all the requirements of the law. but found he was' not a proper person to have license. The attorneys are nuzzled and are diviriari in opinion as to whether the judge can now grant the license on this kind ofa finding. The judge has not passed on the case yet. Prizes for Fine Corn. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Greenfield, Dec 31. To-day . W. S. t Montgomery, proprietor of the Greenfield Kepublican, gave a big corn show. There were thirty -four entries, and some fine corn shown. The judges were J. C. Alexander, county treasurer, W. C. Barnard and John T. Duncan, who awarded prizes as follows: George Walker, first prize. Imperial breaking plow, $15; George ISottsford, second, Jayhawker corn-drill, $11; Emanuel Smith, third, Malta doubleshovel plow, S3; Porter Wiggins, fourth, one year's subscription to Kepublican. gl. The decision was eminently satisfactory, and the exhibit demonstrates that Hancock county cannot be surpassed as a corn county. Wife-Beater Terribly Punished. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Peru. Dec. 81. Win. Voorhis, of this city, was severely beaten and whipped by six masked men late last night. Tho probable cause of this beating is the fact that . he Is addicted to drunkenness, and, when in that condition, is in the habit of shamefully beating his wife, who is a blind" woman. This has occurred repeatedly, and for it he has often been arrested, but in all cases his wife has appealed for leniency toward him. A repetition of his brutality last night brought six men to his door, and when it was opened ho was dragged forth and severely punished. Besides being covered with bruises and welts, his nose is broken. The perpetrators arc not known. - - Queer Highway Robbery. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Wabash. Dec 31. Yesterday afternoon Mrs. Eby and Mrs. Williamson, who live ten miles north of Wabash, bought a large, bill of goods here and started home, in a buggy about 7 o'clock in the evening. When just outside the city limits a man in disguise approached the buggy from tho rear and becan lifting the parcels of dry goods out. One of tho ladies saw hiu and pounded him over the head with tho buggy-whip, but he stood the punishment until he had secured every article. Then, after tearing of the wrappers so as to avoid detection, he disappeared across the fields. 1 here is not the slightest clew to the bold highwayman. - G. A. It. and W. R. C. Banquet, Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Ckawfoiidsvillk. Dec. SL The G. A. R., W. K. C. and S. of V. banquet last evening, in the Y. M. C A. armory, was a most enjoyable affair in every particular, there being oyer three hundred persons present. Every soldier, soldier's wife or widow and their children were invited, and the entire affair was free. A sumptuous repast was served, unci addresses were made by Gen. M. D. Manson and C. M. Travis, and a pr.per was read Mr Mrs, M. E. II. Griffith, and a poem by Miss Lou Brown. The exercises were enlivened by music, and it is proposed to hold this banquet annually. IIa m 3-anla for Stealing Horses. Special to the Inianaiol! Journal. r Wabash, Dec. Si. This afternoon a valuable horso and buggy.balonging to Abijah Teague was stolen from the streets in Wabash during the temporary absence of the owner. A man supposed to b Allen Griti'o was seen driving the rig south from town, ind a son of the owner, with an officer, gave pursuit. Griffn haa a mania for appropriating other people's horses, and has been arrestrd beforu on similar charges, but has always beu let goumlersnspended sentence on account of his unbalancedmind. v Charged with Murder. : special to the iDdianapolU Joprnal. ; Danville. Dec. 81. Flotcher M. Mitchell was arrested to-day, charged with murder. Homo months ago Lena Meyers, living near Brownaburg, disappeared! and after sev

eral days she was found in a straw-stack near Plainlield, where she had been delivered of a child, which was still-born. She charged Fletcher Mitchell with her ruin, and sued him for 30,000 for seduction. The jecent grand jurjr indicted Mitchell for murder, lie is in jail, and will be tried in -January. ) Shooting Affray at a Dance.Special to the IndianaDolia JoranaL 'X Greensburg, Dec. 31. Last night Walter Perry and John Petit, brothers-in-law, living here but formerly from Kentucky, went with several others several miles in the country to a dance. About 3 o'clock this morning, while preparing to return home, some difficulty arose between them, when Perry shot Petit twice in the body, producing quite serious flesh wounds. Perry fled, taking with him a fine young stallion and road-cart. Two Boys Missing. Special to the Indianapolis JournaL Martinsville, Dec 31. Wm. 1L Dryr den, postmaster here, has just received a postal-card from M. E. Ogle, of Fortville, Hancock county, stating that two of his sons, Alva and Homer, aged fifteen and twelve, left home on Thanksgiving day, taking with them a double-barreled shotgun, and nothing had been heard from them since. Mr. Ogle offers a reward-of $15 to the person locating them. Death of Captain Markland. Special to the IndlanapoliH JournaL Kokomo, Dec. 31. Capt. Garah Markland, a pioneer resident of this county, died at his home in this city this morning, aged fifty-two years. He was a prominent and enterprising citizen, and the community suffers a great loss in his death. He was four years and four months in the army, coming out with a brilliant record. The funeral will be conducted by the G. A. K. post Friday morning. Minor No tea. Jefiersonvillo is in the throes of la grippe again. The State convention of miners will be held at Torre Haute, March 3. The Postal Telegraph Company has about completed its line from St. Louis to Terro Haute. Wendeilin Eisenman, an old citizen of Greensburg, and former landlord of the old Moss House, died Tuesday. John Kodman, the victim of the asphalturn explosion in Kokomo. a week ago, died of bis injuries Tuesday afternoon. Samuel W. Little, of Pike county, has brought suit for ejectment against tho striking miners who occupy the houses near his mine. The shortage of Jackson Ferguson, treasurer of Pike county, which amounted to $5,810.99, has been settled. Mr. Ferguson paid $2,000 of the amount and his bondsmen the remainder. Morgan county makes a good showing in the matter of mortgages filed and released during 1890. Mortgages were filed to the amount of $97,500, while the releases amount to over S-50,000. The hub and spoke factory at New Market will probably be removed to Crawf ordsvillc There are seventy-five hands employed, which will increase the population at least three hundred. The terms of the compromise in the case of the State against ex-Warden Howard, of the Prison South, at Jeff'ersonville, were ratified and the cases ordered stricken from the docket. There are a few cases yet against the administrator of the estate of Capt. John Craig, deceased, who was deputy warden under Howard. Burglars at Bedford entered Haase, Owen & Co.rs clothing store by breaking a glass in the rear door and turning a broken key that had been left in the lock. They, worked the combination of the outer door of the safe, which was not properly set, but could not go f urther. The cash-drawer of the book-keeper's desk was knockedopen, and about $5 in cash secured. A considerable quantity of silk handkerchiefs, underclothing, etc, was also taken. No clew. . IXXIXOIS.

The Remarkable Midwinter Drought Broken by a Heavy Rain. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Bloomington, Dec. SL The new year promises to open with great rejoicing among the people of this portion of the State. A heavy rain is falling to-night, the first in several months, breaking ono of the severest and most remarkable droughts ever experienced. Wells, cisterns and streams are dry, and farmers and railroads havo been hauling water long distances. . Drlef Meution. , Ice-cutting and storing have been actively inaugurated at Galena. William Lafter, postmaster at Catlin, died yesterday, aged sixty. At the special election for member of the Legislature at Kock Island, Tuesday, Wm. Payne, Kepublican, was elected by 1,500 majority. The Lane county Board of Supervisors has ordered the issue of bonds to the amount of 200,000 to defray the expenses of building a new court-house. Kev. E. S. McMichael, of Carlmville. a patient in the Insane Hospital at Jacksonville, hanged himself Tuesday morning with a rope made from his bed-clothes. The temperance peoplo of Blue Mound held a mass-meeting and organized a law and order league to drive out the gamblers and the whisky men. Funds will be provided to vigorously prosecute all pending cases in the courts. FUNERAL OF DECATUR'S MAYOR. The Ceremonies Marred by a Dispute Between the Cbnrch and the Odd-Fellows. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Decatur, Ind., Dec. 31. The funeral of Hon. Byron H. Dent, Mayor of this city, took place from SL Mary's Catholic Church this morning at 9 o'clock Tho attendance was the largest ever known here on a similar occasion. The vast Cathedral was filled. The Legion of Catholic Knights, of which Mr. Dent was a commander, was out in full uniform, as were also the legions of Huntington and Fort Wayne. Tho celebration of hieh mass was observed, and Rev. Father Wilken delivered a funeral sermon. Unfortnnately, however, the fnneral was beset with a sort of nensation. Mr. Dent had been an active and prominent member of the Independent Order of Odd-fellows for thirty years; and in his last sickness ho united with the Catholic Church, toward which, of late years, he had had leanings. His dying request was that his funeral be preached at the Catholic -Church, but that his remains bo interred with the rites of Odd-fellowhip. The Koman Church is opposed to secret orders, and hence differences appeared. The Oddfellows attempted to carry out the wishes of their dead brother by proposing the arrangement that they be permitted to march iu procession, following the Catholio Knights, and then, after the cermonies at the chnrch, that the remains be delivered to them Ithe Odd-fellows) to be interred. The Catholics accepted the terms with such modifications as to crowd out the Odd-fellows. The latter were offered the right to march in tho procession, provided they would wear neither badges nor regalias of their order, but this demand, under the lodge rules, could not be complied with. Hence tho Catholics took full control of the funeral Oeremonies and tho Odd-fellows remained in the back-ground. The affair has produced a sensation here, although, in tho face of the conliict of church and lodge rules, it was unavoidable. Lake Veaael-Omiera Object. Buffalo, N. Y.. Dec. 31. Lake vesselowners are taking steps to seenre therepeal of the law which compels them to furnish their steamers icith line-carrying projectiles. They hold that it is wholly uncalled for and the apparatus is useless as a life-saver, and the law was passed through the influence of a combination of manufacturers of such apparatus. A meeting of the managers of the Lake Carriers Association was held to-day to take action on the question. Sudden Change of It rather Canao throat diseases. There Is no more effectual remedy for coughs, colds, etc., than Brown's Bronchial Troches. Bold oaly in boxes. I rioe 5 ceutd.

STEPNIAK, THE NIHILIST.

Force Advocated in Securing Needed Liberal Reforms in Russia. New' York, Dec. 31. A loosely-built man of medium height, in an ill-fitting gray suit, sat in a room at the Everett House, smiling, gesticulating and chatting about nihilism in Kussia. Occasionally he ran his hand lightly over his curly black beard or barely brushed the top of the great bluffy mane of Lair above his high, round forehead. As he proceeded from the general to the particular part of his subject he leaned forward e.igerly, with shining eyes and flushed cheeks, then slid up to the edge of his chair, and finally half rose, with his hands clutched on the table, as he said with tremendous earnestness: "Yes, the revolution in Kussia must come. There is no other way possible." This keen, enthusiastic man. with conviction in his every word, was Sergius Stepniak. ono of the original Nihilists in Knssia.longago.the soul of the present nihilistic movement west of the Kussian border, and perhaps the most courageous of the members of a party that contains few save brave men. He and Mrs. Stepnaik were landed at the Cunard dock from the steamship Umbria at 10U0 olock yesterday morning, arnid cheers and cries of "Welcome, Stepniak!" from the Russians who had gathered there to meet him. Mr. Stepniak was seen later on at his hotel. Ho said his trip to this country had two aims one to secure financial aid in plans for public agitation in favor of a freer Kussia, and the other to make directly the desired public opinion against tho Kussian government. "You 6ee this is the only way we can reach the Kussian government and the,better class of Russians who read newspapers," ho said. Tn Kussia nothing objectionable to the government can be generally circulated, and so public opinion cannot be aroused. But tho making of opinion abroad adverse to the government is a tremendous thing, for a nation, liko an individual, is sensitive to what is thought of it. The programme for which wo agitate now is, first, representative government, with a parlia ment, constitution and universal suffrage. , After this comes, as secondary matters, our other demands for reforms local autonomy, nationalization of all land, probably woman's suffrage, and religion as a private matter7 As regards the use of force in the nihilistic movement. Stepniak takes the same position as Liebknecht. the leader of the German Social Democrats. It will be remembered that, when Sophie Gunzberg, just before her last return to Russia, askod Liebknecht for his opinion as to bombthrowing tho German Socialist answered: "In countries where anything else is possible, no. In Kussia, where there is no other hope, yes. This is Stepniak's position as he dofined it to-day. "If there is any other way out I object to terrorism," he said. "But, then, you must not look at violence in Kussia from the American point of view. If a man's sister is flogtied to death here if his brother is crippled for life by the brutality of the police there is redress in your courts. With us there is none. The whole people aro insulted, and angered, and oppressed by abuses and torture without sufficient cause, and without opportunity for legal reparation. Whole classes are wrought up to a frenzy by the utter recklessness and galling brurality ' of the government. Think of the effect of an order that college directors may refuse instruction to children of petty tradesmen, because too widespread : education is dangerous?" Mr. Stepniak will remain all winter and ; spring in tne united states, ana win deliver about fifty lectures in tho various cities. BARON niRSCll'S SCHEME. Half a Million Russian Jews to Be Colonized as Farmers in the Argentine Republic Washington, Dec. 31. With reference to the proposed organization for the colonization of Jews in the Argentine Republic, the Bureau of American Republics furnishes the following from the Kevue d'Amencaine, Paris: "We have before referred to the projects of Baron Hirsch, who proposes to establish in the Argentine Republic a Jewish colony of 500,000 persons from Kussia, which enterprise will require a capital of $20,000,000. Rothschild, tho great banker of Frankfort, and several other powerf ul'Sewish capitalists will participate in the undertaking, which, besides the possible idea of gain, will assure to the Israelite colonists a shelter against the anti-Semitic movement, wflich in eastern Europe threatens not only their property but their lives. "Some time since Baron Hirsch sent out several agents to study the conditions which the Argentine Kepublio offered to the proposed emigration. At their head was Dr. Lowenthal, who has particularly examined the climate of the different regions of the Republic. As a result of the examinations the enterprise seems to be in a fair way to start favorably. One cannot sufficiently praise an undertaking which before a great while will have transplanted to Argentine soil 500,000 good Russian farmers, and which will in itself double the extent of lands devoted in the Argentine to agricultural products." m 0 DALLY WEATHER BULLETIN. I-ocai Forecasts. For Indianapolis and Vicinity For tho twenty-four hours ending 8 p. M.. Jan. 1 Warmer, cloudy weather and rain during tho night; falling temperature Thursday i afternoon; colder Thursday night; rain, probably turning to snow. GENERAL INDICATIONS. Washington, Dec 31. Forecast until 8 p. m. Thursday: For Ohio, Indiana, Kentucky and Tennessee-Rain; easterly winds; slight change in temperature. For Lower Michigan and Upper Michigan Snow or rain; northeasterly winds; colder; cold wavo in upper Michigan. For Minnesota, Wisconsin, Illinois and Iowa Rain or snow; northerly winds; colder; cold wave. For North Dakota Fair Thursday; northerly winds; colder. Storm signals are displayed from Corpus Christi to Pensacola, and at Ludington, New Haven and Milwaukee.. The lower Ohio will rise. A SPECIAL BULLETIN. A severe storm is central in eastern Kansas, which will causo general rains in eastern portions of the United States, with, snow in New England and rain in the centrail Mississippi valley, which will turn into snow during the day, with high northerly winds, and a cold wave in upper Michigan. Wisconsin, Illinois, Missouri, Kansas, Northern Texas, Iowa and Minnesota. Observations at Indianapolis. Indianapolis, Dec 31.

Time. Var. Thcr. It.ll. Wind. Ycathcr. Pre. 7a.m. D.OO 43 90 South Lt. Bain. 0.09 7 r. M. 'J.70 50 100 South Lt. Bain. O.OG

Maximum temperature, 00; minimum temperature, :'J. Following Is a comparative statement of the temperature and precipitation on Deo. 31: Tein. lYe. Normal 31 O.ll Mean 44 O.lft Departure from normal 13 "0.04 Excess or deficiency since Dec 1.. 15 1.74 Excess or deficiency since Jan. 1.. 384 9.6l Tins. General Weather Conditions. Wednesoat, Dec. 31, 7 r. r. Pressure. The storm area central this morning, with 29. CO, at Denver, Col., moved eastward with increasing ' energy in temperature and pressure, and is central to night, with 'J9.40,' in southeastern Kansas. It will continue to movH eastward across the continent during Thursday. A high barometric area central north from Manitoba is moving southeastward. On the Atlantic coast the pressure is still moderately high. Tkmperatuke. In front of the storm area exceedingly high temperature prevails; in its rear lower. A cold current is extending southward, with zero and below from Manitoba southward; 10 and below from central Minnesota northward: 20 and below from Dakota and southwestern Minnesota northward; 30 and bo low from New

Mexico, westorn Nebraska northward; also from Lakes Huron and Ontario and New England northward; 40 and above from western Kansas, Iowa, Wisconsin, southern Michigan. Lake Erie and western Pennsylvania southward; 50 aud above from eastern Kansas, central Illinois. Indiana and western Ohio southward: 60 and above from Texas, Missouri and Tennessee southward. Precipitation. Snow fell in northern Nebraska, Dakota, western Minnesota, Montana and northern New York; rains from northern Texas, Indian Territory. Kansas, Iowa and eastern Minnesota eastward to the Atlantic Sixty Xegree Ilelow Zero. . Fort Fairfield, Me., Dec. 81. The thermometer registered sixty degrees below zero this morning, beating the record.

COMMODORE BATEMA3. Career of an Indianian, Who Won Success as a New York Banker and Then Failed. Special to tire Indianapolis JournaL Richmond, Ind., Dec 31. Reproducing from this morning's Journal the New York dispatch narrating the failure of the wellknown bankers. Bateman & Co., which, by the way, was not found in the Cincinnati papers, the Telegram this evening prints the following interesting comments on the rise of the senior partner, who was a Richmond boy: "Perhaps no Richmond boy ever had a more phenomenally successful career than Arthur E. Bateman, now widely known ou both sides of the Atlantic as Commodore Bateman. But misfortune, which never comes singly, has at last overtaken him, though he gave it a rapid chase, and was until recently far in advance A few months ago it was stated that he was in Europe, hoping for a restoration of his health, which had been impaired by rich living, and to-day comes the news from Now York that the great bank of which he was head has failed. He was the younger son of Kersey Bateman, recently hero on a visit, of the firm of Bateman & ShHling, who kept the Huntington House during the latter years ot the war, or immediately following the war. Then Arthur was a romping boy about the hotel office, and a particularly bright one, but, while not an incorrigible, and never doing anything absolutely bad, ho was a seemingly uncontrollable one, as a bright boy reared in a hotel, mingling with men in the office, is liable to be. And his father wisely allowed him his way when he became possessed of a desire to enter the United States Navy School at Annapolis. There he not alone got the instruction his active and comprehensive mind was quick to grasp and absorb but also the rigid discipline as well, and there is little doubt but that he owes.inuch of his success to the training, while the circumstances that put him in at the flood of tbat 'tide in the affairs of men which, taken at the flood, leads qn to fortune' may, probably, also be attributed to associations growing out of his connection with the United States navy." After leaving Richmond, in 1805, he went into the government service before the mast as an apprentice boy, and spent the next fifteen years of his life cruising in different parts of the world, and in all grades of service, from the lowest up to lieutenant-commander. In 1SS0 he resigned, from the service and embarkod in banking in Washington, D. C, under the patronage ana assistance of thejamented President, James A. Garheld and Senator John Sherman. Since tbat time, up to the present, his career has been remarkably successful, and six years ago the firm. Green fc Bateman, removed their main office to New York, leaving their Washington office in charge of Richmond's other distinguished whilom citizen, Col. W. W. Dudley, following his retirement as United States Commissioner of Pensions. ' "Their New York office was connected by Erivate wire with most prominent cities, aving in all, with certain intermediate ones, twenty-two connections outside of New York, while they had a cable address, "Ureenwall," in European banking centers and were members of various exchanges. Privately, Mr. Bateman has also been very prominent as owner of the steam yacht "Loando," on which he would take cruises to the West India waters. He was elected vice-commodore Of the American Yacht Cl,ub' to succeed Joseph C. Hoagf&ticL. 'when he succeeded Alfred De Cordova, as commodore, in December, 18S5, whereby he got his title as 'Commodore .Bateman.1 It was reported about that, 'time that Green & Bateman were were making, on an average, over 60,000 a month as commissions alone in conducting Armour's operations in New York. Then his partner, Douglass Green, became too notorious for business purposes, resulting from an escapade with Mrs. McCrea, with whom he ran away to Europe, and withdrew from the tirra, which has since been styled Bateman & Co., with Charles E. Coon, ex-Assistant Secretary of the United States Treasury, as his partner." THE HARVESTER COMBINE. Various Rumor About It Denied by the Head rfi jr of the Osborne Works. Auburn. N. Y., Dec. 31. When shown the St. Louis item, this morning, regarding the discharge of 110,000 men by the American Harvester Company and the conffrmation((of the story by Assistant Manager Kelso, of the St. Louis agency of D. M. Osborne & Co., President Thomas M. Osborne said: "Mr. Kelso knows no more about the indentions of the American Harvester Company; than one of our office boys. He is noti our assistant, but merely an attache. He is not in a position to learn anything of theplans of the new concern. If Mr. Kelso has made the statements attributed to him I will telegraph his discharge at once. The fact is that all such statements as are attributed to Mr. Kelso are absolutely w ild. The American Harvester Company itself db6s not know what its profits will be or What number of men shall be discharged. There are twenty-two concerns that have either sold out or joined tho new company, and none of them will be closed. All will not be operated as manufacturers of machinery, however. Tho intention is eventually to manufacture all the paints, varnish, twine, etc.. used in tho business, so that none of these shall suffer." When asked if he could say when the shops will start, Mr. Osborne said: "No, I cannot. Everything is in the air, so to speak." To Compete with the Reaper Trust. St. Louis, Dec 31. The Farmers' Alliance of Missouri will establish a binder factory to compete with the American Harvester Company, of Chicago, the trust recently organized by all the reaper companies. m m Hanging as a Persuasive Argument. St. Louis, Dec. 31. A story of horrible brutality comes from Cabot, Ark. Simon Close had "swapped" horses with one Joe Sims. Sims discovered afterwards that tho trade did not suit his fancy, and demanded of Close the return of the horse. The latter said be had disposed of the animal, whereupon Sims and some friends captured Close and strung him up by the neck to a tree until he agreed to give Sims $150. Sims was found by a posse at his father's home, and when his surrender was demanded he opened fire. The posse returned the Are. wounding Sims and his father, who were finally captured, as well as the others who participated in the affair. To Fight for Lower Insurance Rates. Kansas City, Mo., Dec. 31. Tho Business Men's League, which is struggling to secure lower insurance rates, has determined to proceed against the underwriter's board in the Federal instead of the State Court, and to make the movement national in character. The underwriter's board is to be charged with violating the federal antitrust law. The first suit will be brought in Kansas. If it is successful suits will be then instituted in Missouri, Nebraska, Iowa, Illinois and Indiana. The business men of the large cities in tnoso States will be appealed to to inaugurate these suits and contribute to the expense. HM-HaBM-HIi The Hawleys II uy a Denver Newspaper. Denver. CoL. Dec. 31. The Denver Evening Times was sold to-day to H. W. Hawley, of a Minneapolis company. Mr. Hawley will manage the paper, acd take possession to-morrow. It is understood 175,000 was the consideration. , Exit Consul Iyal. Galveston, Tex., Dec. 31. Consul Lyal has been instructed to vacate his office tomorrow. ' -

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E?-?--'."t, I J iwi 1 WROUGHT sa &a &2i NEGKO GHOST DANCES. The Weird Orgies Carried on by the Colored People of Kansas City. Special to SL Louis Republic. Your correspondent visited the section of this city known as Belleview Hollow last night, and by the aid of a negro friend secured admittance to the room where the so-called ghost dance was in progress. It was presided over, by lteuben Carter, who Broclaims himself as the forerunner of the Hack Messiah. The dance was one of the most grotesque scenes ever witnessed in this part of the country, and was nothing more nor less than the "voodoo" dance of the negroes of Georgia and Louisiana, only the orgies were not so horrible. Carter was most fantastically arrayed and led the mad dance with an energy which was surprising. He was stripped stark naked, with the exception of a cloth which was fastened around his waist and hung down to . his knees in the form of a skirt. His body was oiled so it shone in tne light of the candles which were stuck around the room. Around his neck and down his back were a lot of rattlesnake skins. On his breast hung a 'voodoo" charm string, composed of bones, shells and odds and ends of all sorts. In his left hand he carried a rabbit's foot, while in his right he carried a willow wand, at one end of which was tied a bunch of rooster's feathers, which he whirled about as he danced. The prophet went from one end of the room to the other, while the followers of the new crazo sat around on theirhauncbes watching the mad gyrations closely. As he passed along the line be would touch one after another with his wand, and those so designated would follow him in the dance. This was continued until fifteen men and women were on the floor dancing, presenting a weird sceue. As the dance proceeded, those assembled kept up a monotonous song full of negro melody, witn a humming interlude, the refrain being the word "come," which some of the singers repeated constantly. Faster and faster became the dance, nntil suddenly Carter came to a lull stop in the middle of the floor, with both arms extended forward and upward. His eyes became fixed, and assumed a glassy appearance, and he slowly sank to the floor, and, after a few convulsive tremors, lay perfectly quiet, while the devotees waited with painful silence for the next manifestation. Slowly, like one asleep, the prophet rdse to a kneeling position, and, with his eyes still fixed, began to talk. His voico wan changed and seemed to come without the action of his lips. Gradually it rose from a whisper until the full volume tilled the room with a sonorous sound. His words were those ofa camp-meeting exhorter, and his talk continued for many minutes, during which his hearers interspersed the harangue with groans and cries. By degrees his voice grew weaker and gradually it ceased. Ho again sank to the lioor, where he lay for a moment, and then he started wildly to his feat and gazed around the room in a dazed manner. He was led to the corner of the room, where he was placed on a couch and given nourishment by some of his followers. As he lay there he told of the dories which had been rovealed to him while in his trance. He told them that all who believed would be led to a land of perpetual summer. They would all have what their hearts desired. They would bo shown miracles, and signs, and wonders which would convince them that their leader was the true Messiah. Oklahoma was the promised land; there cities would rise out of the earth to be possessed by the blacks. He continued in this strain for more than an hour and then dismissed them, telling them to spread the glad tidings among the people. To Investigate the Ghost Dance. Richmond ralladium. Mr. James Mooney, who has been for a few days visiting his mother and sister iu this city, leaves this evening for the Indian Territory and the Indian reservations of the West. Mr. Mooney is commissioned by the Smithsonian Institution, of Washington city, to make a study of the mysterious ghost dance now prevailing among some of tho tribes and what information ho can . gather in regard to the Indian Messiah, of which so much has been heard lately. Mr. Mooney will be employed at this work three or four months.andif necessary, for longer tin.e. He is supplied with money and transportation by the government, and will, no doubt.make a thorough investigation. He has had much experience in this kind of work, having, under employment of the Smithsonian Institution, spent much time among the Cherokees of Isorth Carolina, and prepared a work, soon to be published, giving hitherto unattainable information of the mystic rites and ceremonies of the medicmo men of that tribe, together with their games, festivals, etc. To accomplish all this he has had to learn the Indian language and live among them almost as one of themselves. Upon All matters of this kind be is now the standard authority at the Institution, and all investigations such subjects are delegated to him. Senator Fartrell's Visionary Grievances. Chicago Times (Dem.i Senator Farweli shifts his ground. As he firat announced himself, his quarrel was with the President on personal grounds. Chastened by criticism, ho concludes to arraign the President, not for studious disregard of himself, but on the ground that ho has not treated Chicago with respect. Let us see how far the Senator's indictment lies. The President appointed all the federal oflicers in Chicago. They might not be Senator Farwell'a choice, but they were appointoes, Republicans every one of them, from postmaster to appraiser. The Senate ad vised and consented to every appointment. Neither Senator Farweli nor his colleaguo offered the slighted opposition to any name proposed. They may not be henchmen of the Senator's, but he lacked tho courage officially to say so. Chicago, then, has no causo for complaint. It is the Senator, not Chicago, that is disgruntled. This count, then, is not valid. It is quashed. We pass to the other count namely, tbatthe President failed to accord proper courtesy toChicago in the matter of the world's fair. In tho light of the official proclamation, which if not particularly cordial certainly serves, tbat feature of the indictment does not stand. There is one other particular. Senator Farweil declares that the President

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- IRON PIPE Gas, Steam and Water Goods, GEO. A. RICHARDS, CS South Pennsylvania St - i KAD. a is fully determined upon a veto of any bill whatever looking to tho construction of a new federal building in Chicago. This, however, is clearly anticipatory. No such bill has passed cither bouse of Congress, and it is noteworthy that Senator Farweli is not at Washington prepared to facilitate the passage of such a bill. It is idle to arraign the President in advance. lie may or may not sign such a bill. Such a bill may never reach him. Until it does tho Senator borrows trouble Warning to Theorists. Cincinnati Commercial Gazette. Gold in the Argentine Repnblio has reached 222, and is moving upward. Information in Washington is to the effect that the nation cannot recover financially. And that it must go through bankruptcy. The rapidity with which values have been inflated since the system of loaning government funds on real estate was adopted is illustrated in a striking manner by a single transaction related from Washington. A small tract of land which sold for 24,000 when the wild-cat financiering began was held at $300,000 before the recent panic, and the government had actually loaned 250,000 upon it In all respects tho f overnment of the Argentine was what our farmers' Alliance agitators demand in the direction of paternalism, lt loaned its funds to its citizens on land and personal effects of every sort. Its national pawnshop made it possible for every man who owned anything to deposit it and procure a loan of public moneys. The result is universal and crushing disaster, both to government and people. Ingalls and Cleveland Are Cousins. New York Star. There has been a good deal said lately about the alleged antagonism existing between ex-President Cleveland and Mr. In gal Is, but few are aware that the two are cousins. The grandmother of Mr. Cleveland was Mehitable Ingalls, and Mehitable was first cousin toliufus Ingalls, the father of the Senator. The two men, the Senator and the ex-President, aro probably, as the country well knows, as much unlike relatives in their characteristics and general makeup as any two strangers, born without a strain of consanguinity, could be. Shattering Their Idols. Boston Globe. But, although there is considerable Puritan length of face and Puritan narrowness of mind still left among us, almost any New Englander of to-day would rather have a funeral come into his family than an ancient Puritan. It would be sure to drive them to crime, for the penitentiary wonld seem much more inviting than his home. Mr. mil's Compliments to Sir. Cleveland. Utica Herald (Rep.) T am a Democrat" "I left my cyclopedia at home." 'I did myjspeaking before election." 1 am, my dear Mr. Cleveland, yours truly, David Bennett HilL Interfered with the Editors. Washington Post. There are indications that President Harrison's selection of Jndge Brown for the Supreme Bench has spoiled a number ot editorial scoldings. A Lonely Feeling. Ram's Horn. The heroism that can wear old clothes until able to buy new is said to be the most lonely feeling on earth. When Girls Should Throw Kisses. New York Press. Girls throw so badly tbat they should never throw kisses except when they really wish to miss the mark. Those who believe that Dr. Sage's Catarrh Remedy will cure them are more liable to get well than those who don't. If you happen to be one of those who don't believe, there's a matter of $503 to help your faith. It's for you if the makers of Dr. Sage's remedy can't cure you, no matter how bad or of how long standing your catarrh in the head may be. The makers are the World's Dispensary Medical Association of Buffalo, N.Y. They're known to every newspaper publisher . and every druggist in the land, and you can easily ascertain that their word's as good as their bond. Begin right. The first stage is to purify the system. You don't want to build on a wrong foundation, when you're building for health. And don't shock the stomach with harsh treatment. Use the milder means. You wind your watch once a day. Your liver and bowels should act as regularly. If they do not, use a key. The key is Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets. One a dose.