Indianapolis Journal, Indianapolis, Marion County, 2 January 1891 — Page 2

THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL, 'Fill DAY, 'JANUAllY. 2, 1891.

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at Pine Ride had not been confirmed, and General Obeirne is encouraged to hope that the report first received is incorrect. COUNTERFEIT GOLD COIN.

An Ohio Coniaker, Who Made a Poor Imitation, Landed by Secret-Service Men. , Cincinnati, Jan. 1. John T. Miller, living near Lewisburg, Preble county, Ohio, was placed in the county jail, last night, by aUnited States Secret-service detective, charged with making counterfeit gold coin. His arrest was made by means of a confession of one of his agents. Last week, at Urbana, O., an elderly Grand Army man hired, a baggy and drove out to a farm-house and bought a turkey, paying for it with a new five-dollar gold piece and receiving change therefor. He went to other places and bought other turkeys, paying each time with gold coin. The woman who first sold her turkey went to a store for goods, and was told the money was counterfeit This led to the arrest of the man when he returned with his buggy. He gave the name of Robert Alexander, bat it was soon discovered that he was an ex-convict, and his name was Patterson. He consented to tell his story to save himself from punishment, and said Miller supplied him with the coin. He gave a letter to the detective, asking Miller to sell the detective a supply. The ruse worked. Miller offered to make some, but had none on hand. When a case was made out he was arrested, though he fought bravely. The premises were searched, and dies and preparations for electro-plating were found. Miller used Babbit metal, and coated it first with copper and then with gold. The coin was abont two-thirds the proper weight, and easily detected. Miller refnsed to say anything after he was arrested. DAILY WEATHER BULLETIN. Local Forecasts. For Indianapolis and Vicinity - For the twenty-four hours ending 8 P. M., Jan. 2 Light rain, turning to snow during the night; followed by colder. clearing and fair weather. GENERAL INDICATION'S. Washington, Jan. 1. Forecast until 8 p. m. Friday: For Ohio, Indiana, Illinois and Lower Michigan Rain or snow: winds shifting to northwesterly, with a cold wave. For Upper Michigan Snow in eastern, fair in western portion; northerly winds; colder. For Wisconsin Snow in eastern, fair in western portion; northerly winds; colder. Observations at Indianapolis. Indianapolis, Jan. 1.

Time, Bar. Ther. E. II. Wind. Weather. Pre. 7 a.m. 29.30 6 91 outh Cloudy. 0.24 p. ji. 23.23 49 78 S'wswt Cloudy. 0.37

atnrc 49. Following Is a comparative statement of the temperature ana precipitation on Jan. i: Tew. Pre, 0.11 0.61 0.50 0.50 Normal Mean... 30 ... M ... 21 1. 24 Departure from normal Excess or deficiency since Jan, Pius. I General Weather uondltlons. Thursday, Jan. 1, 7 r. m. Pressure. The storm area central in southeastern Kansas last night moved steadily northeastward; central this morning in central Illinois, it is to-night central in northern Michigan, extending from the Mississippi to the Atlantic, from beyond the lakes to the gulf. Another low area is approaching in the extreme northwest. Temperature. East of the Mississippi, n front t1 th !nw nTrt.a. fhft tpmnrn.t.nrft i " high; west of the Mississippi, in the rear of the low, it has fallen decidedly: also near the upper lakes. Zero and less is reported from northern Minnesota, northward; 10 and below from eastern South Dakota, northward; 20 aud below from Nebraska and southern Minnesota, northward; S0 and below from Indian Territory, Missouri, Iowa aud northern Michigan, northward; 40 and above from northern Texas, southern Arkansas, northern Indiana, Canada and northern New York, southward; 50 and above from southern Illinois, southern Indiana and Lake Erie, southward; G0 and abovo from Georgia and South Carolina, southward. Precipitation. Snow fell from Missouri and Illinois northward to Lake Superior. Rains from Indiana, the lower lakes and New England southward to the gulf. A Sadden Change In Temperature. CniCAGO, Jan. 1. Sergeant Frankenfeld, signal officer, said to-night that the thermometer here tumbled from 56"J, this morning, to oS10, to-night, and the barometer has been just as freakish. At noon it indicated 20.12, which would be equivalent to a cyclone warning in the summer. This is something decidedly nnusuaL The wind to-night has been blowing with a velocity of forty-four miles , an hour. "Since morning." he said, "the storm center has moved from Springfield, 111., to Grand Haven, Mich., but its motion now is more directly East. There is a general low barometer and the storm reaches from the Missouri river to the Atlantic coast, and from the lakes to the Gulf of Mexico. It's mighty chilly up in the Indian country, the reports from Fort Sully and Hurjii, S. D being 10 above zero." Lon; Drongnl Broken. ' Peoria, 111., Jan. 1. The drought, which threatened to produce disastrous revolts in this vicinity for two months pass,- was terminated last night by a heavy rain-fall, which has now continued unceasingly for twenty-four hours. A heavy wet snow is falling to-night, and the telegraph and telephone service is badly hampered. When the storm began a wide area of country was on the verge of a water famine. Wells which never failed before were dry, and cisterns have been empty for weeks. The continued drought was seriously affecting winter wheat, and countrv roads were 60 dusty that travel was a torture. Maklncr Ice While It Freezes. Kingston, N. Y., Jan. 1. Kain has fallen all day along the upper Hudson, with the thermometer above the freezing point. Ice men fear the result. Despite the storm. thousands of men, boys and horses were working on the ice from Ponghkeepsie nona io Aiuanj, scrapiug ou lue snow which fell during the night and cutting and housing, as there is great danger in waiting for the ice to increase in thickness. All the companies have decided, to at once secure what they can at the present thickness. Blizzard In Iowa. Cedar R An ds, la., Jan. 1. The rain of this morning has turned into a blinding snow-storm, and one of the greatest blizzards ever known here is raging. The weather is growing much colder. High winds prevaiand serious blockades on all the railways are inevitable. Reports from other parts of the State show the storm to be general. Heavy Snow-Storm In Kansas. Kansas City, Jan. 1. Specials from a number of points in central and eastern Kansas indicate that a severe snow-storm is raging over that district In many places attempts to move freight trains have been abandoned. A strong northwest wind is blowing. Snow is falling here. TVoald Not Indorse the Ocala Platform. St. Paul, Minn., Jan. 1. At to-day's session of the Farmers' Alliance considerable miscellaneous business was attended to, resolutions adopted and a new constitution favorably acted on. It was a warm session, with hot debates and sharp decisions on the part of the president. A resolution to indorse the Ocala platform was heavily defeated, and the subject of sub-treasuries was ignored in the regular resolutions, whilo the Conger lard bill was indorsed. Early in the session to-night the new constitution was defeated, but a little before midnight, after an exceedingly warm session, that action was reconsidered, and the new constitution, which is the codification of the suggestions ot President Donnelly last night, vas adopted. .

TROUBLE FOE PAIiNELLITES

Irish Priests Will Continue Their Fmht Against the "Uncrowned King." One of His Friends, the New Major of Cork, the First to Feel the Weight of Their DispleasureO'Brien May Become Leader. PItlKSTS MEAN WAR. An Incident That Shows the Intensity of Their Dislike for the rarnellltes. Cork, Jan. L The feud existing between th) Irish bishops and theParnellites. which has been smoldering since the election in North Kilkenny, again burst forth fiercely to-day, acd the most bitter feeling prevails on both sides. Mayor Hogan, an earnest supporter of Mr. Parnell, and one of the gentlemen who is said to have been promi nent in getting up the recent letter to Mr. O'Brien, signed by the Mayor and five exMayors, was installed at the Town Hall as Mayor of Cork to-day, amid a scene of intense enthusiasm on the part of the Parnellites. On the other hand, the anti-Par-nellites were conspicuous by their absence. This absence of Mr. Parnell's opponents from the installation ceremonies did not in any way tnd to dampen the enthusiasm of the rarnellltes, who were out in strong force owing, in addition to the fact that they de signed to honor Mr. Ilogan, that a rumor was circulated early in the day that there was trouble brewing for the Parnellito Mayor. This trouble manifested itself when the arrangements were being made daring the morning for the caetoinary installation ceremony at the Catholic Cathedral, which hasalwaye formed part of the day's proceedings. The Parnellites were then informed, first bv rumor, and afterwards as a Dositive fact, that the installation ceremonies at the Cathedral must be abandoned, as the Hshop.1 the Right Rev. T. A. O Callahan, 1). !.. refused to receive the Parnellite Mayor. This information was greeted with many signs of extreme indignation by tho Par nellites. who are now convinced that the battle with the priesthood is in its early stages. and that a long and desperate strug gle for supremacy between themselves and the priests may be looked forward to throughout Ireland if Mr. Tarn ell remains at tho head of his faction of the Irish party. Lord Mayor Meade was installed at Dub lin, to-day, amid a scene of considerable excitement. Messrs. Sexton and Healy were roundly hissed by the crowds present. and the mention of Mr. Parn ell's name was cheered to the echoConditions on Which Parnell Will Retire. Dublin, Jan. 1. It is understood here that Mr. William O'Brien, M. P.. had cabled Mr. John Dillon, M. P., now in New York, that Mr. Parnell consents to retire if Mr. O'Brien is made leader of the Irish party. It is farther understood that the Boulogne conference adjourned in order to await Mr. Dillon's reply to this cable message. It is also reported that Mr. Dillon is consulting with several prominent friends of Ireland who reside in the United States previous to answering the important question put to hm after the close of the conference. The Insuppressible. the organ of the Mc Carthy ite faction of the Irish party, says: "Mr. Parnell wants no vindication result ing in the annnllment of the O'Shea divorce. He intends to marry Mrs. O'Shoa when the divorce is made absolute." O'Brien Annoyed by False Reports. Paris, Jan. 1. Mr. William O'Brien is so annoyed by the false statements made by a news agency as to what did and what did not take place at the conference between the Irish leaders recently held at the Hotel du Louvre, at Boulogne-sur-Mer. that he has issued the following statement over his own signature: "In consequence of rumors concerning my alleged views and impres sions apropos of the conversation held with Mr. Parnell at Boulogne. I am obliged to again warn the publio against crediting such statements, as they are either pure conjectures or fabrications.7' GENERAL FOREIGN NEWS. General Booth Says There Is No Discord In the Salvation Army. Paris, Jan. 1. Clibborn B ooth, a son of General Booth, has written a letter to the Journal Des Debats, in wich he denies that there are dissensions in the Salvation Army. He also says that the "Darkest Eugland ' funds are not placed to the ac count of the general budget of the army. and asserts that General Booth is the sole author of "In Darkest England, and the Way Out." A London dispatch Bays Commissioner Smith has published a reply to General Jtsootn, in which he asserts that he under took the work as set forth in tho book. "In Darkest England," with the understanding that the scheme was to be directed by a separate department. He resigned his po sition, he says, because he found that the Salvation Army officials had decided that the financial and property departments of the army should be transacted by other departments, which he' believed were already fully occupied. Jewish Persecution In Russia. London, Jan. 1. Mr. Froude, in a letter on tho subject of the persecution of the Jews in Russia, says: "This proud, sensi tive government resents foreign interfer ence with its internal affairs. I fear that the action that has been taken by the En glish people is more likely to injure than to help the object of our sympathy." The Chronicle's Vienna correspondent says reports have been received from Rus sia that severe anti-Semetic measures are being enforced: that hundreds of Jewish shops are being closed daily, and that thou sands of families are being expelled from different villages throughout Russia. A great exodus of Russian Jews, especially to America, the correspondent says, may be expected in tno following spring. Gave the Pass-Word to the Ilerlln Garrison. Berlin, Jan. 1. Emperor William at tended divine service in Castle Chapel and afterwards held a reception in the White hall of the palace. Subsequent to the pub lic reception the Emperor gave audience to the embassadors and ministers of foreign countries. Count De Launay, the Italian embassador, who is dean of the diplomatic corps, ottered, the customary congratulations to the Emperor on behalf of that body. and Lis Majesty made a graceful and cor dial reply. After receiving the foreign representatives Emperor William attended the ceremony of the giving out of the Pass word to the Berlin garrison in the court yard of the Ruhmeshalle. All the princi pal generals and other high officers of the army were present. Want Pay for Tlma at Dinner. London, Jan. 1. The men employed on the Victoria dock have gone on strike. Hitherto the dockmen have not been paid for the dinner hour, and the piesent move ment is made for the purpose of compelling the employers to pay the men for the time they are absent at dinner. . Two thousand colliers employed in the mines in me vicinity oi aierinyr-tyavn. wales, nave quit work on account of al leged grievances. Mrs. O'Shea lias Not Compromised. London, Jan. 1. A denial is given to the story that Mrs. O'Shea had compromised her will suit by accepting the sum of 50,000, and, on the contrary.it is stated that the case will be begun soon after Easter. It is also denied that Mr. Parnell either com piled or witnessed the wilL Cable Notes. Dr. Koch, who had left Berlin for a short vacation, suddenly returned to the city yesterday, lie was summoned back to at tend a patient to whom, by accident, an overdose of the lymph had been adminis tered. At midnight Wednesday night, M. De Roulede, at the head of a number of en thusiastic members of the late Patriotic League, bedecked with Hags the monument in the Place de la Concorde, Paris, erected in memory of the French soldiers slain in the defense of Strasburg. Output of Ohio Oil Wells. Toledo. . O.. Jan. 1. The Commercial printed, to-day. the report of oil operations in tho Ohio held during the month of De

cember, and also a recapitulation of oper

ations in the field for the year just closed. The field comprises the counties of Wood, Hancock, Allen, Auglaize and Sandusky. The new production for December is 8,424 barrels daily, as against 13,779 for November: 192 wells were completed during the month, as against 242 for November; 111 are drilling, as against 148; 100 rigs are up and building, as against 149 for the previous month. The outlook for next year is very bright, and work will be actively resumed soon after this month. Operations in tno Ohio field have been more active during the past year than daring any previous year of development in this field. NOT IN THE SILVER POOL. Senator Farwell Denies a Newspaper Report that He Speculated in the Metal. CHICAGO, Jan. 1. - Ever since the passage of the silver bill by Congress at its last session there has been talk of a silver pool in which members of the national legislature were said to be interested. In one in stance mention was made by a New York newspaper, the other day, of 'the name of Senator Farwell in connection with the supposed silver pool. Senator Farwell, when asked to-day in regard to the matter, said: "I want to say here to you, once and for all, that Senator Farwell never bought a dollar's worth of silver previous to the silver legislation last summer. While I know that everybody else, or, rather, while I was told, that many others were endeavoring to make something out of the anticipated fluctuation in the prica of silver, 1 steered clear of it. I knew, of course, that the price would go up, and when some friends of mine in London cabled me for my views I answered them to the best of my knowledge. Subsequent events showed that I was correct in my estimation, and I suppose they profited by it." "Did you receive any profit, indirectly. through the speculations of friends in silver!" "Not one cent's worth. I did not meddle with it. and no one did for me." "What do you know about a silver pool said to have been planned by Senators and Congressmen!" "I have since learned, or been informed. rather, a pool did exist, but this did not come to me until long after the silver legislation. There was not a hint expressed concerning a pool while the matter was before Congress." "Did you have any interest in the Atlantic & Danville Railroad Company, which is said to have assisted in swamping Bateman &. Co., of New York?" "None whatever, although I understood that a certain Senator did. Simply say for me that I deny wholly the charge that I was in any way concerned in the Bateman failure and also deny that I speculated in silver." MARRIED A JAPANESE NOBLEMAN. A Philadelphia Quakeress Defies Her Relatives and Weds the Man of Her Choice. Philadelphia, Jan. 1. - A New Year's; event which has caused not a little commotion among the usually quiet Society of Friends, the marriage contemplated be tween Miss Mary Elkinton, the daugh ter of a prominent member of the society, and Inazo Nitobe, a young Japanese, was known in social circles, took place this morning at the Friend's meeting-house. Every effort had previously been made by Miss Elkinton's immediate relatives and friends to prevent 'the consummation of the union. Argument and persuasion, however,' were alike unsuccessful in making the young lady swerve from the man of her choice, who had, out of regard for her, become a member of the Society of Friends. As a last resort the father of the bride endeavored to have the couple debarred from the meeting-house. On Christmas day a committee of Friends reported favorably upon granting the use of the building for the ceremony. The marriage license was secured and preparations at once begun for to-day's ceremony. After the wedding a reception was held at the residence of William Elkinton, a brother of the bride. Mr. Nitobe is'a man of high rank in his native country; his family being among the most distinguished and wealthy in Japan and occupying a leading position in the affairs of the government. He is a graduate of Harvard College and of a celebrated institution of learning in Germany. Mr. and Mrs. Nitobe will leave in a few days for San Francisco, from which port they will sail on Jan. 17 by steamer for Yokohama, Japan, their ultimate destination being Sapporo. CLUBBED BY HUNGARIANS. Over a Dozen Workmen Injured by an Angry Mob of Strikers at Braddock, Pa. Pittsburg, Pa., Jan. 1. The strike of the Hungarian furnacemen at the Edgar Thompson steel-works, at Braddock; Pa., resulted a a serious riot this afternoon,, in which four men were seriously hurt and a dozen others were battered and bruised. The Hungarians quit, work at. midnight, and the plant was . partially idle, only about one hundred men being at work repairing the furnaces. About 1 o'clock a crowd of two hundred strikers, armed with clubs, picks, shovels, revolvers, bars of iron and every other conceivable weapon, made an attack on the furnace. The men at work were wholly unprepared for the assault, but they bravely stood their ground, and a bloody riot was the result. The howling mob of Hungarians used their weapons freely, and men were knocked down, clubbed and beaten. The light lasted nearly half an hour, and when the Hungarians were put to flight it was found that Michael Quinn, John Neason and Patrick Briggs, all workmen, had been seriously wounded and at least a dozen others more or less injured. Quinu's injuries may result fatally, but the others are not dangerously hurt. The police about the works were unablo to quell the disturbance and the sheriff was called upon. He swore in two hundred deputies land will increase the number to one thousand to-morrow if necessary. He ordered all the saloons in Braddock closed and will remain on the ground until the strike is settled. The feeling against the Hungarians is very bitter and serious trouble is apprehended. Five of the rioters were arrested to-night and lodged in jail in default of $1,000 bail each. The Scotch Railway Strike. Glasgow, Jan. 1. - At a meeting of the stiikers to-day a proposal from Dundee that the strikers approach the railroad companies with a view to a settlement of the strike, and resumption of work while negotiations are pending, was rejected. The North British Railway Company, for the first time since the strike began, to-day ran a full passenger service, and the freight business shows evidence of improvement. The Caledonian company's freight tramo is heavy. An attempt will be made to-morrow to move foods, coal, ore, etc., delayed on account of the strike. Cyclone in Louisiana. SiiREVEroRT, La., Jan. 1. A telegram received here to-day states that at 12 o'clock this morning a cyclone struck. Keachi, a small town on tho Shreveport & Houston railroad, in Desoto parish. The Masonic Hail aud postoftice and several stores were demolished. The Spencer House and a number of dwellings were more or less damaged. No lives lost. The damage is estimated at $20,000. Contesting: tlie Tariff Law. Chicago, Jan. 1. Marshall Field Co., the well-known dry-goods men. have begun suit in the United States Circuit Court for the recovery of duties paid under protest as levied under the provisions of the McKinley tariff bill. They base their action on the ground of the unconstitutionality of the act and say they will carry the case to the United States Supreme Court. Family Poisoned. Richmond. Va., Jan. 1. A special from Luray says the family of Benjamin Sours were poisoned to-day by eating pumpkin pies which were supposed to contain rat poison. Mr. Sours and one child died, and the others are dangerously ill.

ST. LOUIS STOCKYARDS. Chicago's "Big Four" Combine of Packers Said to Be Interested in a Bfg Deal. St. Louis, Mo., Jan. 1. Tho announcement is made here to-day that a deal, signifying much to the live-stock interests, is on foot, the exact nature of which is known only to the parties interested. It has leaked out that the movement looks to nothing short of the complete control of the Union stockyards of St. Louis and the National stockyards of East St. Louis by the Chicago "Big Four" combine of packers, with Hammond, of Baltimore, comingin for a share of the amalgamation. Armour & Swift, of Chicago, and representatives of Nelson Morris, of Chicago, and Hammond, of Baltimore, met in conference in this city last Saturday. The object of Uhe conference was either the purchase outright of the National stockyards or the removal of the St. Louis Union stockyards to East" St. Louis for the purpose of consolidation. The butchers profess to be in utter ignorance of the intentions of the packers, but all agree some startling change in the management or ownership of the Union and National yards is about to take place. Mr. John M. Glasmere, who handles the meats of Hammond, of Baltimore, declares that he knows nothing respecting the objects of the packers' meeting, but he does not deny tbe conference was held. Said he: "It may mean the consolidation of the two yards in East St. Louis. But I have an idea that this meeting was called to foreStall the possible opening of a new yard. Several large butchers have seriously been considering the proposition to open a new yard and build an abattoir, where they could kill their own cattle. The whole thing has been carried on so secretly that we have not been able to learn anything of their movements. It may be this is what has stirred up the Chicago people." Otlr butchers spoke in the same vein. , m s i FIRE IN A PRISON.

Stampede of the Convicts Checked and None Escaped Loss of 8200,000. Troy, N. Y., Jan. 1. - A telegram from Plattsburg announces that a tire brose out in the kitchen department of Clinton prison about midnight, and when discovered it was impossible to check the flames, and at 5 o'clock this morning the new portion of tho prison, the kitchen, the hospital, the store-rooms, the State shop and the machine-shop were in ruins. The new portion of the prison contained S70 prisoners, and they made a regular stampede to escape, but the panic was soon checked and the prisoners were transferred to the old prison in good order. The loss is estimated at 200,000. All the provisions were burned and word had to be sent to Plattsburg for food. It is believed some of tbe prisoners will have to be transferred to other institutions until the buildings are rebuilt. The fire, according to latest accounts, started in tbe lamp-room. The weather was ten degrees below zero. Mr.. Blaine's House Damaged. . Washington, Jan. L Fire started m the house owned by Secretary Blaine, but at , present occupied by Mr. Leiter, of Chicago, shortly before noon to-day. The fire department soon got the flames under control. On the north side of the house the portico and lawn was crowded with piles of handsome furniture, rugs, pictures and curtains. The Leiter house was one. of tho most handsomely furnished in the city. The damage was almost entirely to the house, for as soon as the flames were discovered and the alarm turned in the maids and the servants started to work to remove the handsome paintings and furniture and store them in tbe neighboring houses that were opened np hospitably at once. . In tbis they were assisted by the police and a number of willing volunteers. In the garret were stored seven ' immense trunks packed with gowns just from Paris. Although they were in a room just in front of thd back building where the fire raged fiercest they were uninjured apparently, as tho trunks themselves wero closed and water-proof. Mr. Leiter told a reporter that he had no insurance at all upon his belongings in the house. Mr. Blaine, he understood, was insured. Most of the .paintings and other movables in the house, he said, were his own property, although there was considerable that belonged to Mr. Blaine. He thought that all the valuable things had been saved, and the damage to the movables was mainly confined to the carpets. Clothlng-IIouse Damaged. Terre Haute, Jan. 1. Fire broke out in the clothing-house of II. D. Pixley & Co. at 3 o'clock this morning, and burned fiercely in the rear of the upper floors for some time bofore discovered. The flames were easily quenched upon the arrival of tne department. The loss on stock ranges from 810.000 to 815.000; on bnilding. 1,000. It is covered by insurance. The fire orig inated from a blind due. Other X.osses by Fire. Halifax. N.' S., Jan. 1, The loss of J. W. Salteri, clothing-dealer, who occupied the ground lloor of the Globe Hotel, which was burned last night, is now estimated at 15,C00, with $7,000 insurance. There were many narrow escapes, several persons having to leap from the windows. It is believed,' however, that no lives were lost. . Providence, R. I... Jan. 1. The old Wilkinson & Green mill was gutted by fire last night, ouly the walls remaining. Loss, 125,000; fully insured. The mill was built in 1813, and has lately been run by the Dexter Yarn Company. Montreal, Jan. 1. Bauchmein & Alain's five-story block on Gabriel street, with its contents, was destroyed by fire last night. The loss is 100,000: insurance, 30,000. The firm are wholesale book-sellers and stationers. Lexington, Ky Jan. 1. Fire at Midway, Ky., yesterday afternoon, destroyed three three-story brick buildings owned by T. C. Collins. Loss. $15,000; insurance, $9,000. ; CHARGED WITH FRAUD. . Suit Against the Manager of a Kansas City . Commission Company for 991,000. Kansas City, Jan. 1. The Midland Mercantile ' Company, produce commission brokers, failed recently. Suit was brought by several of tbe creditors to recover alleged losses. An answer to the suit, prepared by the company's attorney, was filed to-day. It charges the manager of the company, C. H. Comstock, with having entered into a conspiracy with several large commission-houses here to defraud the company, Comstock, it is alleged, would buy produce on the company's credit and then sell the produce for about half its value, pocketing the proceeds and making no entries of the transaction at all. In this way Comstock is alleged to have defrauded the company out-of $10,000. Suit will bo brought against the firms involved in his transactions. When the failure of the company occurred Comstock tried to commit suicide, and, failing, ' left town. His whereabouts are unknown. - Another Dank Goes Down. Abilene, Kan., Jan. 1. Tne Wallace County Bank closed its doors. Liabilities about $45,000; assets nominally $X),000, but almost entirely in Western lands and equi ties. A large line of re-discounts on Westera mortgages guaranteed to central Illinois and Pennsylvania investors caused the failure.' Other Business Embarrassments. Denver, Col., Jan. 1. The jewelry house of Benjamin & Co. was closed late last night by attachments aggregating l?2C,S00. The liabilities amount to about &.- 000. Mr. Benjamin thinks he will be able to settle all claims and resume business within a few days. . International Prens Club Convention. Pittsburg, Pa., Jan. 1. The responses to the circulars inviting the press clubs of the world to send delegates to an internatianal press club convention in this city, on Jan. 27, are already numerous enough to indicate that tho idea meets with general favor.

Highest of all in Leavening Power.

TELEGRAPHIC BREVITIES. The firemen of the Western New York & Pennsylvania road huve been granted an advance of over 10 per cent, in wages. During 1890 Colorado mines produced $20,881,334, divided aj follows: Silver, $20.259,906; gold, $4,512,186; lead, $4,740,852; copper, $359,440. The Louisville Courier-Journal has reduced its price from 20 and 30 cents per week to 15 and 20 cents, and $10 and $12 rer year to $8 and $10. The robbery at Albia, Ia., was that of O. M. Purdy, agent of the American Express Company. Hobbers bound and gagged him and robbed the office of $600. Vice-president Morton has sold his summer residence, Fairlawn, at Newport, R. I., to Isaac Tansend Barden, of New York. The price was aboat $130,000. John W. Galvin, a laborer, fifty years of age, was shot through tbe heart and instantly killed by John Greasley at St. Louis. Greasley claims the shooting was accidental. C. F. Resseguie, general manager of the mountain division of the Union Pacific, has been deposed, and W. H. Bancroft, late superintendent of the Rio Grande Western, put in his place. The change goes into eflect Jan. 15. The announcement is made that the Young Men's Christian Association of Chicago is to erect a magnificent building on the corner of La Salle and Madison streets at a cost of $1,400,000. The building wll have fourteen stories. . The Kickapoo Indians began a ghost dance on their reservation, near Hiawatha, Kan , on Sunday, and have been at it ever since. One of their number fell dead with exhaustion yesterday. No trouble is expected to result from their fanaticism. In the physical laboratory of Colby University, at Waterville, Me., Prof. Edward W. Morley, of Adelbert College, Cleveland, and Prof. William F. Rogers, of Colby University, succeeded in measuring, by means of wave lengths of light, the changes in the length of bars of metal caused by radiation of the temperature. A machine constructed by Professor Rogers for the special purpose was employed, and changes in length were measured in millionths ot an inch. Drowned While Crossing the Missouri. Pierre, S. D., Jan. 1. - News reached here to-day from Fort Sully, of the drowning of Mrs. Lieut. K. C. Carnahan. while crossing the Missouri river in a closed army ambulance. The ice over, the main channel broke and the entire conveyance was drawn under the ice. Lieutenant Carnahan, who was riding ahead, seeing the catastrophe, went to ihe rescue, and was barely saved from drowning by a detail of soldiers. The ambulance containing Mrs. Carnahan was found nnder the ice, but the driver's body has not been recovered. The lady'was a daughter of Dr. Wrotten, superintendent of the government Indian school at Cheyenne agency, and was highly connected with leading families in Kentucky, being only recently married. Resignation of a Postmaster. Montgomery, Ala., Jan. 1. - There has been no trouble at Catherine since last Monday and nobody was hurt there. It is a false alarm. There was opposition to a negro postmaster at that place and it culminated in a shooting between the citizens of the place not known on one side, and Aaron and Beverly Bruce, white Republicans, on the other side. The latter left the place, and one of them is here to-day. The postmaster has resigned. Gone Out of Business. Detroit, Mich., Jan. 1. - The wholesale dry-goods firm of Allen Shelden & Co., founded nearly half a century ago by Zachariah Chandler, yesterday ceased to exist, having been dissolved by mutual consent. It was in 1833 that Mr. Chandler laid the foundation of tbe firm that has flourished through many stages of commercial life, to eventually die a natural death by the xnutuaf consent of the partners. The Ohio Rising Rapidly. Pittsburg. Pa., Jan. 1. All river reports say the water is rising fast, and rain still continues, and the recent heavy snows are disappearing fast. Some alarm is expressed in several quarters, but it is thought no serious Hoods will follow. The river here is 9.6 and rising at the rate of eight inches per hour. A fifteen to eighteen-foot stage is expected here to-morrow. Movements of Steamers. . Liverpool, Jan. 1. Arrived: Cufio, from New York. . New York, Jan. 1. Arrived: Circassia, from Glasgow. Hamburg " Jan. L Arrived: Morovia, from New York, American Luxury and Love of Money. Talleyrand's Memoirs, in the Century. At Frenchman's bay, on the border of the Eastern States, a violent storm having compelled me to stop at Machias, I questioned the man at wlose house I was staying. That house was indeed the best in the district, and, as people say in tbe country, the landlord was a most respectable man. Having exhausted the chapter relative to the value and price of land. I asked him whether he had ever been to Philadelphia. He replied tnat he had not yet done so. He was a man of about forty-five years of age. 1 scarcely dared to ask him whether ho knew General Washington. "I have never seen him," he said. "Jf you should go to Philadelphia." I went on. "you would be F leased to see the great man?" "No doubt shall, but," he added with beaming eyes, I should very much like to see Mr. Bingham, the man who they Bay is so rich." Throughout the States I met with similar love for inouey, and often as coarsely expressed. This country is too soon acquainted with luxuries. The latter are, indeed, shocking when men can hardly provide themselves with the necessaries of life. I recollect having seen, in a drawing-room of Mrs. Robert Morris, the' hat manufactured in the birthplace of the master of the house, carefully laid on an elegant Sevres hina table bought at Trianon by some American. Hardly would a European peasant have consented to wear such a hat. ' On the banks of the Ohio, Mr. Smith possesses a residence known in the country by the name of a log honse. The walls of it were formed with rough trees. The drawing-room contained a piano-forte enriched with most beautiful bronzes. M. de Beauroetz, having opened it, Mr. Smith said to him, "Please do not attempt to play it, for the man who tunes it lives a huudred miles from here, and he has not come this year." Britishers Fear the Shipping Bill. Boston Journal ... The English press apparently despairs of the ability of the American free-traders to block the shipping bill. London Fairplay declares that the passage of the measure "will prove a severe blow to the British shipbuilding industry," and that, inasmuch as the subsidies "will readily enable American owners to pay the increased cost of steamers, as compared with English built vessels, a large number of vessels will be built in America instead of here, as hitherto." Our English friend is right; that is sure to be tho result of tbe bill; but the American Bourbons are working desper ately to prevent it. Decay of the Free-Trade Idea. New York Press. The Dutch government has about concluded, it appears, to sign the agreement permitting the Congo Free State to impose an import duty of 10 per cent. Thus another "market of the world" puts up the bars against free trado. It is a 6iuall market, it is true, in the purchasing sense, but with the great countries of Europe all enacting McKinley bills our mugwump friends munt be getting close pressed for communities to draw illustrations from. f They have our condolences in tbe with drawal of the Congo cannibals from the free-trade markets of the world.

U. S. Gov't Report, Aug. 17, 1889.

RAILWAY TIME-TABLES. From Indianapolis Union Station. East - West - South - North. Trains run by Central Standard Time. Leave for Pittsburg, Baltimore, c d 4:45 a m. Washington, Philadelphia and Sexr d 3:00 p m, Tork. , t d fl:30 p m. Arrive from the East, d 11:40 am., d 12:30 pro. findd 10:00 pm. Leave for Columbus, 9:00 am.; arrive front Columbus, 3:45 pin.; leave for Richmond. 4:00) pm.: arrive from Rlohmond, 9:00 am. Leave for Chicago, d 11:05 am., d 11:30 pm4 arrive from Chloao, d 3:45 pm.; d 3:30 am. Leave for Louisville, d 3:40 am.. 3:00 am d 3:55 pm. Arrive from Louisville, d. 11:00 rryf 6:0 pm., d 10:50 pm. Leave for Columbus, 4:30 pm. Arrive frosa Columbus, 10:25 ain. Leave for Vlooennes and Cairo. 7:20 am.. 4:00) pm.; arrive from Ylnoennes and Cairo; 10:50) anu. 5:00 pm. - d. daily; other trains except Sunday. VANDALIA LINE - SHORTEST ROUTE TO ST. LOUIS AND THE WEST. Trains arrive and leave Indianapolis as follows: Leave lor 8C Louis. 7&0 am. ll:5oam. liOOp m. 11:09 pm. All trains connect ai Terre Haute ThrouiK sleeper on 1 1:mi n. m. train. - Greenoastle and Terr Htnt Aeooro'datlOTu 4.-00 pm. Arrive from St. Louis, 3:45 am. 4:16 m, 2:50 pm, 5:20 pm. 7:45 pin. Terre Haute and Qreencastle Aecom'datlon. 10:00 am. Sleeping and Parlor Cars are run on through trains. For rates and Information apply to ticket agents oi the company, or W. F. BHUNEH. District Pa, aensrer Axent THE VESTIBULED PULLMAN CAR LINE LKAVB XX DIANA.POUS. No. 88 Monon Acc, ex. umlay 6tl5 pn& Wo. 32-Chioa o Llm Pullman Vestihuled coaches, parlor and dining car. daily. ...... 11:25 an Arrive in Chicago 5:10 pm. No. 34 Chicago Night Ex.. Pullman Vest. Luled ooaoliee and sleMfr, daily ..12:40 am Arrive in Chicago 7:35 am. ' AKUIVE XT LNDLA-KJlPOLU. No. 31 Vestibule. daily...-. 3.20 pm No. 33 Vestibule, daily..-. 3:43 ant Nu. 39 Monon Arc., ex. Sunday 10:40 sa No. 48 Local freight leaves Alabama-sc. yard at 7:05 am. Pullman VesUbnled Sleepers for Chicago stand t west end of Union station, and can be taken at 8:30 p. m.. dally . Ticket Offices No. 23 Souta Illinois street audit Union Station. IT i ft. WrongM-Iron Pipe FOR Gas, Steam & Water Boiler Tubes, Cast and Malleable Iron Fittings (black and galvanized). Valves, 8top Cocks, Kngme Trimming. Steam Gauges, Pipe Tones, Pipe Cutters. Vises, Screw Plates and Dies, Wrenches. 8 team. Traps, Pumps, Kitchen ginks. Uoe, Iielting, Babtilt MetaL Solder, White and Colored Wiping Waste and all other supplies used in connection with Gas. fcteam and Water. Natural Gas Supplies a specialty. fcteam-Leating Apparatus for Public Buildings. Storerooms, Mills, Shops, Factories, Laundries, Lumber Dry-houses, eto. Cut and Thread to order any site Wrought-iron Pipe from Inch to 12 inches dlameten KNIOIIT A JLLLttON, 75 fc 77 8. Pennsylvania st. SAVED BY PREMONITIONS. SXysterlous Warnlrgs That a Doctor Heeded In Time to Escape Injury or Death. Ban Francisco Chronicle. I want to tell you a story," said Dr. MoHere, tbe well-known physician, to a reporter yesterday. "I'm not a eupen titioui man, nor do 1 believe iu dreams, bat yesterday, for tbe third or fourth time in my life, I was saved by a premonition. I got aboard oi car No. 81, on the Gutter-street lino, at the ferry yesterday to ride np to my oflice. As usual, I walked to the forward end of tho car, took a seat in the corner with my back to the driver, and, pulling a paper from my pocket, was soon deeply engrossed iu tho news. Suddenly something said to me, 'Go to tho other end of the car.' Acting on impulse, I changed my seat, and so rapid were my movements that the other passengers in the car noticed them. Remember, I was sitting in the first place with ray back to the driver. 1 was paying no attention to any thing but my newspaper, and the premonition, if I may so call it, conld not have come from any outside inilnence. such as seeing approaching danger, but, 6ir, I had not been in my new seat more than live seconds when the tongue of a heavilyloaded wagon crashed through the side of the car just where 1 had been first seated, and had 1 not changed my seat my back would have been broken by the wagon tongue. "As I said," continued the Doctor, 'I am not superstitions, but tbe incident I have just related, taken in connection withothei incidents of a similar nature occurring in my life, makes me believe, in spite of myself, that there is a 'destiny that shapes oar ends, rough hew them bow we will" In answer to a question as to what similar warning or premonition of danger ho nad ever received. Dr. Moliero said: "Well, one time I was riding on the Michigan Central railroad. It was a bitter cold night, and when I entered the car my feet seamed frozen. I walked forward and took h seat next to the stove in tho forward part of tho car. puttins my feet on the fender. In a short time a gentleman changed his seat and came and sat beside me. The train was running at a high rate of speed, and the draught soon made the beater, in the car red-hot. Suddenly there came to me a premonition of danger, and, turning tc my companion, I said: lf we should meet with an accident, a collision, for instance, you and I would be in a bad place. We would certainly be hurled on that red-hot Otove At the same instant, and before my seat-mate could reply, tne impulse to grasp tbeendof the seat came upon me so strong I conld not resist it, and hardly had my lingers closed upon the rail of the seat when there came a crash, and the car wa were in was thrown violently from tht track. I clue? to the seat, aud my companion, when thrown forward, narrowly missed the stove. My position in tho seat was such that had I been pitched headlong as he was I could not have missed the beater. A broken rail cansed tbe accident, but what caused me to grasp the seat as I did I would like to know." Speaking of Dr. Moliere's story to a wellknown sporting roan, the latter said; "Well, I've had the same sort of experience once or twice in my life. I'm superstitious. I admit it. Of course, fellows laugh at me, bat for all that I believe I've got some sort of a guardian angel that whispers to me when I'm in danger. Maybe it's one of the wrong sort, for they do say the devil takes care of his own: but wrong or right, as to kind, I know one tiling certain, that my life has beeu saved more than once. One time I was nt a race course aud was up in the grandutand. I was broke, and wanted to keep away from the boys. There wre not many people on the stand; it wasn't half tilled, but suddenly I felt an impulse which fairly drove out of the place. I had not j'ot clear down the stairs when the whole aland went down with a crash, and the fellow who was sitting right next to me was crashed oat of all semblance to humanity by a great big beum that smashed the whole row of seats we were in. That is not the only time 1 have been warned, and if the wf.at-is-it would only whisper to me when I go to put my money on the wrong horse, I'd be a millionaire in a month." While Juries 31ake It Popular. Atlanta Constitution. Assassination ought to be made unpopular in Mississippi. BoOK-KF.LrERS and others of sedentary habits cure constipation with Simmons Liver Regulate

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