Indianapolis Journal, Indianapolis, Marion County, 9 January 1891 — Page 3

THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL, FRIDAY, JANUARY 9, 1891.

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POLITICAL ROY IN NEBRASKA

Governor Thayer Refuses to Give Up Office to Ilis Democratic Successor, On the Ground that the latter Is Not a Citizen of the United States Doon Barricaded and State Militia on Guard. Squabble in tho Legislature Partially Settled by a Supreme Court Decision. HcGrath to Be Impeached by the Kaniaa Fanners Alliance for His Alleged Dicker frith Turner Messages of Governors. Lincoln, Neb.. Jan. 8. The doors of Representative ball were closely guarded this morning, and none bat members of the Legislature, State officers and persons having business ipside were admitted. All the members were, on hand promptly, though they found great difficulty in punning their ray through the crowds that filled the corridors and besieged tho Capitol at all points. The Alliance members had taken possession of the House at 5 o'clock in the morning. They placed th Speaker in the chair and put a cordon of assistant!, aergeants-at-arms around him. When Lieutenant-governor Mieckoljohn appeared uo was uui miuwcu iu va&o uia ocuw uui etood in front of the Speaker ready to call - the joint session to order. At 9 o'clock the Speaker issued an order for the arrest of Lieutenant-governor Mieckeljohn on the charge of misconduct ?n oQice and breach of the peace. The Lieutenant-governor detted the officer, and was not taken into custody. Both sides had a forcoof eergeants-at-arms within call, and any attempt on either side to proceed with the canvass of the vote would have precipitated a row. To avoid this a committee from each party was sent with a statement of the case to the (Supreme Court, asking for a decision as to which officer has the constitutional right to preside. Governor Thayer 'ordered oat a company of National Guard, and at 11 o'clock they stacked arms in the corridors of the CapitoL The militia was called out only as a precautionary measure. At noon a report was spread, which was soon verified, that the Supreme Court had issued a writ of mandamus directing the Speaker of the House to canvass the returns. Immediately the sheriff of Lancaster county, with denuties and a bailiff of the Supreme Court, burst in tne doors of the House and fought their way through the crowd of Alliance men guarding the entrance. The writ was - served on the Breaker. A motion to take a recess nntil 3 o'clock was declared carried by the Lieu tenant-governor, and the Democrats and Republicans tiled out of the hall. The proceedings in the afternoon session were less sensational than the morning. The mandamus of the Supreme Court 'sobered the radical Alliance men, and a spirit of moderation was manfested. After the 'Republicans and Democrats left the hall, the Independents remaining, doing .some important business and making an effort to amend the rules of the joint convention to make the Speaker of the House presiding atticer. instead of the Lieutenant-governor, an adjournment was taken until 2:iJ0 o'clock. tueir scats, uuw irausacieu uu uusiucsa until the full body was present and the Lieutenant-governor appeared, and called the convention to order. A number of conciliatory speeches were made and the. Independents, seeing that they could not gain their point by instituting their contest before the canvass of the vote, offered no further obstrnction it.... v a a .i i : proceeded to open the returns, and the Democratic Governor, Doyd. and the full Republican State ticket, with that one ex-' caption, were found elected on the face of the returns. A resolution was then pasned, receiving the full Alliance vote, declaring that the canvass had been .conducted under protest, and that the Legislature in so wise recognized the election of the officers who had been returned as receiving the highest number of votes. The officers, however, were sworn in promptly by Chiefjnstiee Cobb. The contest will now go on as prescribed bylaw. There is a prospect that the Legislature will unseat every one of the new officers. Matters were further complicated to-night. . . At 8 o'clock Governor-elect Boyd called on Governor Thayer, and was informed that the latter would not give np the office on the ground that Boyd was not a citizen of the United States, and was therefore not eligible. This tangles the situation until nobody dares predict what the outcome will be. Governor Thayer has barricaded the executive office and remains inside, with police and a company of militia on guard. It is impossible to reach him to ascertain his purposes, but it is understood that he will remain Governor, if possible, until all questions affecting his successor are settled. e t Fanner McGrath to lie Impeached." Tofeka, Kan., Jan. 8 Steps have been taken looking to the impeachment ot , Frank McGrath, president of the Kansas Farmers' Alliance, who is accused of being party to the alleged scheme to elect E. J. Turner, Republican Congressman from the Sixth district, to the United States Senate. The matter will be brought before a special session of the executive board of the Alliance, which is to be convened in this city next week. This board consists of five men, with McGrath as chairman. State Senator Codding, who is also alleged to be in the supposed deal with McGrath, is also a member of the board. McGrath sent a copy of a letter to the public and to the correspondent of the Associated Press this morning, in which he denies knowing anything of the authorship of the letter. In it Mr. McGrath says: "If this letter was written by Mr. Turner he is the prince of fools, and had no authority, right or encouragement to suppose that I would consider for one instant his or any other man's interests who did not insure the following qualifications for his position: He must be a farmer, an Alliance man and have worked for the success of the People's party during the last campaign." Mr. McGrath adds that he believes tho letter signed with Mr. Turner's name to !be a forgery. Mr. McGrath courts investigation, and has called a meeting of the Farmers Alliance and People's party leaders to look into the matter. The meeting is to be held to-morrow afternoon. Representative Turner, when asked at Washington, to-night, about the letter, said: "The letter referred to is a forgery, pure aud simple. I am inclined to think, written from Washington by a disappointed. . vindictive office-seeker, who planned to throw the letter into the camp of the enemy, knowing that it would be published, lie had access to my office in my absence as well as when present. I hope to be able to trace it down' The Idaho Senatorial Trouble. Boisn City. Ida., Jan. 8. There are rumors afloat here of a startling move to be made in connection with the recent senatorial election. Section 6143, of the Idaho Revised Statutes declares it a felony for a member of the Legislature to vote, or promise to support, upon any question or matter, in return for support of another member on any question or matter upon which they may be called upon to pass officially. It is said warrants will be sworn out, under the above section, for the arrest of several members of the Legislature who were con nected with the alleged Shoup-Dubois-McCounell combine, charging them with felonious conspiracy against the legislative power. New Hampshire's Needs. Cocord, N. H.. Jan. 8. Hiram A. Tuttle was sworn in as Governor this morning with the usual ceremonies. He then delivered bis message. . It deals with a wide rango of subjects, mainly of local interest. He strongly advises the Legislature to enact a secret ballot law. The Governor says regarding immigration: "Through

the efforts of the Commissioner of Immigration, with a small appropriation, more than ITX) abandoned farms have been repopulated, mainly by Americans, and the business of summer entertainment largely increased. Encouraged by such . results from his efforts, the Commissioner suggests an appropriation by the Legislature to prepare and issue a publication descriptive And illustrative of the attractions of New Hampshire in such form that copies of it may have wide circulation. The Commissioner, moreover, states: 'From the best statistics at our command there have been left in the State by summer tourists during the year more than 5.000,000. A large portion of this has been left with the fanners.' " Both branches of the Legislature Adjourned as soon as tho Governor had finished. Change of Governors in Michigan. Lansing, Mich., Jan. 8. The inauguration ceremonies took place this morning before the Legislature in joint session, at 11 a. m. Governor Luce, in his retiring message, after reviewing the affairs of the State, advised the Legislature that they will be asked to appropriate $50,000 towards the expenses of entertaining the G. A. R. encampment at Detroit next summer. Edwin 13. Winans. the incoming Governor, commended to the careful consideration of the Legislature the recommendations of his predecessor. He personally commended the new election law as a step in the right direction, but urged tho adoption of amendments applying the law to all elections; prohibiting the distribution of ballots outside the booths, and for a more expeditious method of counting. He urged care and economy in appropriations and a revision of the system of State taxation. He recommended'an adequate appropriation for tho Michigan representation at the world's fair, and closed with a recommendation lor a short and economical business session of the Legislature. Took Seats on the Republican Side. Springfield, 111., Jan. 8. Both Houses of the State Legislature met again to-day. Governor Fifefs message, a summary of which was heretofore sent in these dispatches, was read and referred to appropriate committees. In the. Senate, bills for the adoption of the Australian ballot law and for a uniform system of school textbooks were presented and referred. In the House a joint resolution was adopted providing for separate ballots in both Houses for United States Senator on Jan. 23 and

for joint ballot on the day following. The, drawing for seats then took place and the three Farmers'. Mutual Benevolent Association members took seats on the Ke publican aide of the House, to tho great delight , of the members of that party. The Democratic steeringcommitteeof the lower house of legislation decided tonight that no time should be lost in disposing of contested election cases. McCrone, Republican, will be the first victim. The programme is to unseat him to-morrow. Republicans Will Win In South Dakota. Pierre. S. D., Jan. 8. A break was made in the fusionist ranks to-day. Converse, Independent member from Jerauld county, nominated a candidate for a subordinate) office, but the fusiomsts all voted against it, and the Republicans for him. Converse then arose and announced that hereafter he would vote outside the combination, and is expected to work with the Republicans on senatorial and other political questions. He is a strong man, and was the first choice of the Independents for Speaker, but refused the office.' The liepublicans are jubilant, and expect the breach to widen. The fusionists are talking of 8peaker Seward as a candidate for Senator if Tripp cannot be elected, but he is hardly a probability. The Republicans are organizing thoroughly for the senatorial fight. Moody is the only candidate as yet, but there is a little talk about a dark horse today. Recess In Connecticut. Hartford, Conn., Jan. 8. The House assembled shortly after 10 o'clock. ' The joint resolutions passed late yesterday afternoon' by the Senate were received. They declare each of the Democratic State officers elected. A resolution was adopted creating a special committee of the House on canvass of State officers, referring the returns to them, and directiug them to investigate allegations of inaccuracies of tho count recited in the preamble. Adjourned till Jan. 20. The present situation of affairs is that the Senate has deolared the Democratio State officers elected; the House has set about a inquiry as to whether any one was eleeted, and meanwhile the old State. officers, Kepublican, bold their offices, although Lieutenant-governor Merwin has not appeared in the Senate, and that body is presided over by its own President, pr tem. Governor Rnnnell's Recommendations. Boston, Jan. 8 Govornor Russell took the oath of office at 12:30 to-day. In his message Governor Russell advocates an amendment tc the Constitution of the State annulling so' much of it as requires the payment of a tax as a qualification for voting. He advises that the law requiring the publication or election expenses be oxtended and be made more stringent. The Governor deals with the question of the "lobby" at great length. He- strongly recommends that the Legislature petition Congress to take action for the proper protection of railroad employes against the dangers to which they are exposed. Minnesota Dead-Lock llroken. I St. Paul, Jan. a The dead-lock in the .Legislature was broken to-day by the House electing a Speaker at the afternoon session. Immediately after the Secretary of State called the House to order, H. C. Stivers', the Democratio candidate, got the floor and withdrew in the interest of peace, and in favor of E. T. Champlin, the Alliance candidate. A ballot was then taken, resulting in 7i votes for Champlin to 41 for Searle. Mr. Champlin was at once called to the chair and read a brief speech, returning thanks for the honor conferred. Senator Stanford Renominated. Sacramento, Jan. 8. The Republican members of both branches of the Legislature held a caucus last night and unanimously renominated Leland Stanford for United States Senator. The Democrats de cided to give their complimentary vote to Stephen M. White. Senator Vest to lie Returned. Jefferson City, Mo., Jan. 8. Senator Vest was unanimously nominated to-day by Democratio caucus. The Democrats have an overwhelming majority in the Legislature and Mr. Vest will be re-elected beyond doubt. Aluminium United with Glass. Cincinnati, Jan. 8.- Bradford McGregor, the mechanical expert of this city, has succeeded, after numerous experiments, in uniting .aluminium with glass, and he claims to be the first who has done so. A large piece of aluminium with a glass tube in the center was turned in his lathe, and it was impossible to detect the slightest ilaw or joiut where they came together; in fact, it appeared as one solid mass. Heretofore no metal could be mado to unite with glass in which the contraction and expansion were the same, and it is claimed this will create a revolution in the way of reducing the cost of incandescent light, as it will take the place of platinum, which costs $820 a pound, while the new discovery will not cost $10. First Snake Story of the Tear. Norwich, Conn., Jnu. 8. In digging a cellar in the rural hamlet of Montville Centre, six'miles southwest of this city, a day or two ago, David A. and S. M.Johnson unearthed a solid ball of snakes live feet beneath the surface of the ground. They killed the serpents as the ball slowly unwound itself. Tbey got forty-three black and two milk snakes, whose bodies just filled a bushel basket. The snakes were from three to six feet long. Arrest of an Einbeztler. ' St. Louis, Jan. a Detective John P. Hoy, of Minneapolis, left to-night for that city, having in charge Leon Hulfern, the cx-confidentiai clerk of the Columbia Milling Company. Hulfern. it is charged, embezzled $"", 000 from the company and secured $12,000 from the banks by means of forgery. Actum produces chills and fever and malaria. Simmons Llrer Ktgulator xrevents them.

INDIANA AND ILLINOISNEWS

Satisfacti on Expressed at the Success of the Great Gas-Belt Banquet. Captain Chapman Appointed Governor of the 3Iarion Borne Mysterious Death That 3Iaj Prove Murder Supposed Suicide. INDIANA. Echoes from the Great G.is-Delt Banquet at Marlon. Special to tho Indlazt polls Journal. Marion, Jan. 8. The banquet given last night by the Board of Trade to the press of the gas belt and other invited guests, now that the affair is over, stands out as one of the greatest business and social ovents that has ever taken place in northern Indiana. There Is no small amount of satisfaction expressed over the castlgation given by Mr. George L, Mason, of Mnncie, to the Standard Oil Company, the circumstances bringing it forth making it specially relish able not only to Marion, bat to all tho gas belt. Dr. Samuel Baxter, of Lima, who is understood to bo connected with the Standard, read a paper, in which he predicted that the supply of natural gas in Indiana would be very short-lived. As Mr. Mason had brought forty-two gentlemen from New York to look at real estate in toe gas region, this was a dampener on his efforts, and might result in frightening away prospective investors But he attacked the Standard Oil with a vigor that brought cheer after cheer from the assembled guests, and proved conclusively that few friends of that corporation were present. Mr. Mason alleged that a short time ago he was at Fainnount, and found that the Standard Oil folks had no less than sixty men in vehicles driving about among the country folks getting gas-leaaes of farms. One of the features of the banquet was the music. An especially brilliant piece, composed for the occasion, was "The Natural-gas Waltz," hy Dr. Robert A. Barnes, 'of Muncie, Tho nat-nral-gas exposition to be held next -September is now the next thiug to be attended to, and in this Marion expects assistance from all the cities and towns of the gas belt, as the exposition will help all. The crying need of the city is a first-class union depot. There are three railroads, and a movement of citizens, with a proper pressure upon the railroads, would bring this greatly desired improvement. 3ew Governor for the Marion Home. Special to the Indianapolis JonrnaL Marion. Jan. 8. For several days there have been rumors that Gen. A. F. Devereux, acting governor of the Soldiers' Home here, had resigned, either voluntarily or otherwise. On Monday the Governor left for Cincinnati to attend the wedding of a daughter. Previous to his departure he removed his personal effects without explanation, and an air of mystery has surrounded the affair. At the home it was generally believed that he would not return. To-day Gov. George W. Steele, of Oklahoma, who is a member of the board, and is here visiting his old home, received a telegram from President Franklin, of the National Board of Managers, announcing the appointment of Capt J. J I. Chapman, who has been treasurer of the Home. While Captain Chapman's appointment is thought to be an excellent one, nothing definite can be learned as to the cause of the change. Probably Committed Suicide Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Washington, Jan. a James McDonald is still missing, and it is now generally believed that he is dead. He left here on Dec 22 and went to Shoals. There he was seen next day wandering about in a manner which showed insanity. At last accounts he os walking toward the river, and it is thought he drowned himself. He was collector for the New .York Mutual Life Insurance Company and was a trusted employe. Recently he began playing oontz aud lost heavily. His accounts with the company, on investigation, show a shortage of over five, hundred dollars, and the supposition is that McDonald preferred death to dishonor. The deficit has been made good by his -friends, and no prosocntion would follow his return, if he is alive. Supposed to llave Jleen Murdered. Special to the Indianapolis Jontaab Marion, Jan. 8. -Mrs. Edward Poindextor, a colored woman of this city, came to her , death yesterday afternoon under mysterious circumstances. When the body was found it was lying near a gas fire, and was considerably burned. Death was at first attributed to escaping gas, but that theorv was- rsoon abandoned. One night about two weeks ago she was called to the door ot her residence aud struck in the face by en unknown assailant. That attack is supposed to be connected with her mysterious death yesterday, and an investigation will be made with that in mind. Injured In a Runaway Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Columbus, Jan. 8. Miss Martha Miller, daughter of Judge Miller, of Greensburg, visiting at the residence of Mr. Joseph I. Irwin, went out riding just after noon, to- ' day, with Mr. WiUiam G. Irwin. When the two returned to the residence on Fifth and Mechanio streets the horse took fright and ran away. throwingMr. Irwin to the ground and cutting a gash on top of his head, from which he bled profusely. The buggy was turned over and Miss Miller was thrown out. She suffered a slight wound on th head, but recovered sufficiently to take the evening train lor her home, (. Engineer Injured In a Wreck. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. ' Lebanon. Jan. 8. A Midland train and a freight on the C, C, C. & St. L. collided at a crossing at New Ross early this morning. The Midland engine was destroved aud the engineer severely injured. The property loss was fco.uuu. , Minor Notes. John Gray was found dead in' his bed at Hazelton. On Jan. 13 Princeton will vote on a propo sition to offer a bonus of $100,000 for the ' shops of the L. L. & St. L. road. Mrs. John Hartun was instantly killed near Clay City by the discharge of a re volver lying in a trunk she was moving. The daughter of L. N. Redman was fatally in hi red bv being thrown against a desk while romping in a school-house near Mili i JCJBUUt K. The name of New Providence, in Clark county, has been changed to Barden, in honor of Professor W. W . Barden, founder of the Barden Institute. At a dinner given by Dr. Wm. Lomax and wife, at Marion, there was assembled a party of forty persons, but two of whom were under sixty years or age. William Park, teacher at Tiflinger's school, uiark county, reiusea to give the usual holiday treat, got into a fight with some of the larger pupils, and was roughly Landled. While Walter Bairly, of Monticello, was sawing strips at the bending factory, yesterday, his left hand got caught in the saw at the wrist, and was cut entirely off, leav ing only part of tho thumb, which had to be amputated. A perennial quarrel between Charles Powera,of Sheldou, and his step-son Charles Curtis culminated inPowersstrikingCurtis over the head with a stick of stove-wood and fracturing his skulL Curtis will prob ably cue, ana rowers is nnaer arrest. ILLINOIS. Savage Murder Committed In the Car-Shops at Pullman. Chicago, Jan. S. A savage affray oc curred to-day in the Pullman car-shops. Robert Lemdreter, a carpenter, was sharp ening c. plane-bit when Michael Hubert, a tinsmith, and an enemy of Leindreter. chanced along. The two workmen glanced at each other a moment, then Leindreter. in a rage, jumped at Hubert, driving the keen edge of the knife nearly a dozen times

into the tinsmith's face and neck. Hubert

will die. His assailant is under arrest. without bail. Brief Mention, The annual meeting of tho Illinois Dairy men's Association is in session at Ashley. Mayor Sherratt, of Rockford. has extended an invitation to the executive committee of the Farmers Alliance to hold its annual national convention in Rockford next November. The Galesburg City Council has directed the city attorney to bring suit against the College City Street-car Company to annul its franchise because the company has failed to comply with a long-standing order to put down tram rails. When J. C. Norcross tried to sell a valuable horse at Galesburg for $10 suspicion was aroused and he was placed under arrest. It was ascertained that the horse belonged to W. L. Byers, of Monmouth, and was stolen from his premises. Norcross was taken to Monmouth for trial. Twowesks ago Mrs. Minnie Fred, aged nineteen years, left the home of her hnsband, E. J. Fred, at Lincoln, Neb., and came to Decatur with M. Russell, a former lover. The husband came to Decatur, found bis runaway wife, made up with her, and the couple are now on their way to Lincoln. The famous Garrett will case, which has been in court so long, has been finally decided, the jury returning a verdict confirming the legality of the instrument. The Garrettsof Douglas county, under an agreement, will pay the contestants $11,000 out of their legacies in order to avoid further litigation. - STABBED TWENTY-SEVEN TIMES. Frightfully Bloody and Brutal Murder of an , Aged Woman by Her Son-in-Law, Special to the Indianapolis Journal. ' Greenville, O., Jan. 8. This city and vicinity is to-night greatly stirred by reason of an awful murder committed about two miles from town. About 6 o'clock this evening Mrs. Louis Leas, abont seventy years of age, was stabbed and killed by her son-in-law, Christ. Oelslager, a man of about forty-five. He has been a wandering ne'er-do-well, according to report, for years, and for two or three years past bis wife and children have sought shelter with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Louis Leas. , To-day Oelslager came from his farm in Mississenawa township, and after indulging freely In liquor left Greenville afoot for his mother-in-law's house, about 5 o'clock, telling his friend, Andy Huber, he was going out to settle his family trouble. As soon as be reached the house he commenced wrangling about a sale of property for which his wife declined to sign the deed. He first struck old Mr. Leas and then his wife, who is paralyzed and an invalid from consumption. She, with the old man aud her four-year-old daughter, ran out of the house, leaving him alone with Mrs. Leas. There was a desperate struggle from one room to the other, in the course of which the victim was stabbed twenty-seven times through the heart and liver, five of her ribs were cut off, her-skull fractured and wrist and finger cat. The murderer is now injaiL m m ... TEXAS SHAKEN. .-.......". . - ' An Earthquake Visits the Town of Rusk and Knocks. Down Chimneys of Houses. JRupK:,'.Tex., Jan. 8.Last night at 13 o'clock this town and immediate vicinity experienced two well-defined shocks of a seismic nature. Each paroxysm was accompanied by a detonation loud and long as thunder, rolling from south to north. Several chimneys were leveled with the earth and sleepers in various portions of town were, awakened. W. McCord, in charge of the county jail, a very strong structure, declares that for fully one minute he ap- ; re bended a collapse of the building, and 'heo-Miller says that tho Acme Hotel was ,shake. tou.its. foundation. There was no wind, though there was a slight rain falling and some electrical force prevailing, but not of sufficient strength to produce the shocks. A few persons here who were through the Charleston shocks of 1887 pronounce the phenomenon last night a genuine earthquake. THE DEAD &NGER. Emma Abbott's Remains on Their Way to Chicago Floral Tributes from Friends. Kansas City, Jan. 8. The train on which the remains of tho late' Emma Abbott are being conveyed to Chicago arrived here at 6 o'clock, being delayed an hour by the storm. The entire .company of the dead singer, numbering fifty-nine people, accompany the body. Two Pullman cars are used by the party, the casket being placed in tho bead one. Delegations from all the companies now playing in this city met the train at the station and almost buried the casket under a drift of flowers. The cars of the mourning company were attached to the Chicago & Alton express which left for Chicago at C:S0 p. m. i Proposed Funeral Services at Chicago. Chicago, Jan. 8. The remains of Miss Emma Abbott will reach this city about 0 o'clock to-morrow morning, over the Chicago & Alton road. The body will be conveyed to the apartments of Miss Abbott's mother, in the Continental Hotel, where it will remain until 1 o'clock in the afternoon, when it will be taken to Central Music Hall, where services will be held by Rov. Dr. Thomas and Professor Swing. The incidental music will be rendered by a quartet consisting of Whitney Mockridge, tenon Mrs. Geaevievo Johnston-Bishop, soJrano; Mrs. Marie Hester, contralto, and Jeorge Ellsworth Holmes, basso. The organist will be Harrison Wild. The audience-room will be decorated with flowers for the occasion. Floral tributes from allparts of the country are being received. The honorary pall-bearers will be local theater managers, and the actual pall-bearers will be selected from thc members of tho Emma Abbott Opera Company. One Hilled and Seven Injured. Newberry, Mich., Jan. 8, The Newberry Furnaoe Company's plant, located here, was the scene of a terrific explosion this morning, supposed to have resulted from an accumulation of gas. A number of men were at work when it occurred. One man was killed outright and seven others more or less dangerously hurt. The entire roof of the stack-house was blown off. John La Bompard was literally cooked to death before he could be rescued. Henrv Woolner was in the wreck half an hour, lie is badly cut about the head, and his body and limbs are badly burned. Charles Liudquist had his face 'and head badly fut aud body bruised. Louis Liberty had his feet badly burned by hot irons. Alex. Terrace has a badly sprained back and is burned. Claude W. Case, secretary and manager, was carried down nnder the falling roof, but escaped with a few scalp wounds. Police Courts Must Have Juries. Chicago, Jan. 8. Judge Altgeld, of the Superior Court, to-day rendered a decision which, if sustained, will materially interfere with the rapid transaction of business in the police and justice courts of the city. It has been the custom to hear cases of disorderly conduct aud charges of vagrancy without juries, greatly accelerating busi'ness in that way. On a hearing, under a writ of habeas corpus to-day, a prisoner thus tried and sent to the House of Correction was released by the judge, who pointed out that courts of record could not abrogate the right of trial by jury, therefore much less could justice courts. Cannot Prink Raffle Advertisements. Vermilion, 8. D.. Jan. a Word has been received from the nostofiice authorities at Washington sustaining the action of the postmaster at this place in refusing to receive the Plain Talk newspaper for distribution, on account of its containing an advertisement for the rafile of a music-box by one of the merchants of this city. The editor of the raper threatens to carry tho matter into the upper courts for settlement. Short breath, palpitation, pain in chest, weak or faint spells, smothering, cured by Dr. Miles's New Heart Cure. Sold at druggists. Free treatise by mail. Miles Med. Cc Elkhart, Ind.

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Used in Millions of Homes WROUGHT TOBh'ADO IN TEXAS.' - Houses Demolished Near I oakum and Sherman and Five Persons Serionfly Injured. . Yoakum, Tex., Jan. 8. About 4 o'clock yesterday afternoon a tornado passed about two and one-half miles west of Yoakum, working havoe as it went. The path of the storm was about three hundred feet in width. As far as heara from three houses were demolished. Trees were uprooted and hay-stacks sailed in the air like kites. No one was injured. Near Sherman several houses were blown down and an infant and four adults seriously wounded. John Scmidt was blown over a barb-wire fenee. He seized the wire as ho passed and his hand was almost torn off. Household goods were scattered about for miles and the loss is great. Further search may reveal many more dead bodies. At Shinier the tornado greatly damaged property. A child was killed and several persons dangerously wounded. DAILY WUATDEK BULLETIN. Local Forecasts. For Indianapolis and Vicinity For the twenty-four hours ending 8 p. sr.. Jan. 9 Cloudy weather; occasional light snow: nearly stationary temperature. GENERAL INDICATIONS. Washington, Jan. 8. Forecast .until 8 p. m. Friday: For Ohio, Indiana and Illinois Increasing cloudiness, with snow during the evening; easterly winds; stationary temperature. For Lower Michigan Fair during the day; stationary temperature; easterly winds; snow on Fr'Jay night or Saturday. Observations at Indianapolis. Indianapolis, Jan. 8. Time. 7 a.m.

Bar, Ther. R. II, Wuid. Weatker. Pre, 30.62 22 91 East. Pt cloudy 0.00 30.51 30 02 East! Cloudy, 0.00

7 r. m. Maximum temperature, 32; minimum temper attire, 21. Following Is a comparative statement of the temperature and precipitation on Jan. 8: Tem. Pre, Normal 25 0.10 Mean 2d 0.00 Departure from normal 1 0.10 Excess or deficiency since Jan. 1. 31 -0,1D Plus. . , General Weather fjondltlon. Tticrsdat, Jan. 8, 7 p. it. Pressure. The high barometrio area over the northern, central and eastern portions of the country remained stationary, with its central isobar over Michigan; also, the storm area in the Southwest remained central south from Galveston. Temperature. Ten degrees and below is reported from Montana, Manitoba and northern Minnesota, northward: 20 and below from New Mexico over Colorado and North Dakota northward; S0 and below from Kansas, Missouri, Iowa, Indiana, Ohio and Pennsylvania northward; 40 and above from Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama and North Carolina southward; 50 and above near the gulf coast Precipitation. Snow fell from Wyoming and Nebraska southward to Kansas, Missouri and southern Illinois; rains from the latter States southward to the gulf. Very heavy rains fell at Palestine, Tex., 4.60 inches in twenty-four hours; at Galveston, Tex., 1.82; at Little Rock, Ark., 1.56; at Shreveport, La., 1.46; at Wichita, Kan., 1.50, and at Fort Sill, Ind. T., 1.54. Hlg Snow-Storm in the West. K ANSIS City, Jan. 8. The severest snowstorm of the season raged all day and continues to-night in Kansas and north western Missouri. The storm extends over the whole of the former State. Snow has fallen there to the depth of from six to ten Inches. A high' wind accompanied the fall of snow, which has drifted to such an extent as to seriously impede railway traffic. The regular freight service on many of the roads has been abandoned and the passenger trains from the far West on roads which pass through the northern half of the State are badly delayed. The snow is very wet And heavy. Keports from several points in the State say farmers regard t be snow as very beneficial to the winter-wheat crop, which was in sore need of a good covering. Blizzard In Northern Kansas. Miltoxdale, Kan., Jan. 8. A heavy snow-storm, accompanied by a strong wind, is raging throughout northern Kansas. Freight trains have been abandoned. There has .been no trains in on the central branch of the Union Pacitic for eight days. Two Stockmen Killed In a Collision. Chicago, Jan. 8. A collision resulting in the death of two men occurred tnis morning on the Chicago. Burlingten & Quincy tracks. An Illinois Central stock train was standing on the main track, when a C. B. A, Q. stock train crashed into it. The .caboose aud one stock car were , smashed into kindling-wood and two stockmen who were occupying the caboose were instantly killed. Thev are supposed to be a Mr. French, of Warren. 111., and a Mr. Stout, of Peoria. The collision was due to a misunderstanding of the orders to the C, 13. & Q. engineer. Starving Crew Rescued at Sea. New York, Jan. 8. The steamer Nevada arrived in port to-day, bringing the crew, nineteen in number, of the British steamer Pollux, oil-laden and bound from Kouen for Philadelphia. They were picked up wheu the Nevada was two days out from Glasgow. Captain Wilson, of the Pollux, told a terrible tale of hardship and suffering. His vessel had been disabled in the great storm of Nov. 22, and being only provisioned for an ordinary voyage all hands had, suffered from lack of food. Perished In Ills Burning Home. Morgan City. La., Jan. 8. The Lawrence homestead, situated on the outskirts of this city, was burned at 3 o'clock this morning. Hon. Wm. T. Carrington, excollector of this port, occupied the house, and had been seen there at a late hour last night. In searching the ruins, to-day, the remains of the unfortunate gentleman were discovered near the tire-place in the parlor. It is surmised that in endeavoring to escape from the burning building bo was overcome by the smoke and perished. BrRiyo-TiME stirs up the bile. Regulator removes 1U Simmons Liter

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SENATOR INGALLS'S CAUL Lit. Ills Admiring Wife Recalls Some Notable Erents In Her Huiband's Lire, Washington Letter in New York Ban. . To me my husband has always been a hero, said Mrs. John J. Ingalls to a newspaper correspondent to-day. Like him. I was born in New En gland, and still cherish both reverence and affection for the ideas which belong to Mew England culture. My, father came to Kansas from Massachusetts in the days of John Urown, of Ossawattomie, and in the midst of the great struggle to make Kansas a free State. Singular as it may seem. I first became acquainted with my husband when he was a candidate for the Senate against my own father, and in that contest Senator Ingalls was elected and my father defeated. Uut they soon became intimate friends and have been such ever since. The history of my husband's first election to the 8enate will not soon be forgotten by the country. His name had barely been mentioned in a few newspapers as a possible candidate for senatorial honors, and he had gone to Topeka to argue a case before the Supreme Court, without the slightest intention of engaging in a senatorial struggle. It was during that memorable contest that 8. C. Pomeroy, then a Senator from Kansas, was charged with giving to Senator Yorke ?7,000 for his vote. The combination was made in a single night to bring forward the name of John J. Ingalls immediately after the exposure upon the floor of , the Senate of the attempt to bribe Senator Yorke in the interest of Pomeroy. After an able speech from Yorke on the floor of the Senate Pomeroy's friends deserted him en masse, and Senator Ingalls was elected upon the first ballot Nobody was more surprised at his own election than my husband himself. Hut I will not not enter into the details of this historical election, because it would seem to be "walking on ashes thinly covering fires.'' I3ut the old bitterness which outlived that struggle has long since passed away. The second election of Mr. Ingalls was very remarkable. He was opposed by several candidates, ail prominent men, but tho leading candidate for the senatorial purple was Chief-justice Horton. The tight lasted for several days, and the defeat of Mr. , Ingalls seemed imminent, when a meeting of his friends was called at the Topeka Opera-house. Both his friends and his foes attended. The opera was crowded from pit to dome, and the friends of Horton rallied in full force. K very thing depended npon the character of the speech which Senator Ingalls was to make that night. He was equal to the occasion. He spokb for two hours. His audience listened to him with breathless interest. He attacked his enemies while he defended his own course in the Senate. This, was the ablest speech of his life, and resulted, the next day. in his triumphant election. I remember with what eagerness I awaited the result at tho principal hotel in Topeka. The Assembly chamber was but a short distance from tho hotel at which 1 was a guest I saw the signal whioh announced my husband's election, and in a few momonts thereafter his rejoicing friends called in a body to eon gratulate me. Foremost among the Senator's friends was his brother, who no sooner caught sight of me than, in the ioy of the moment he sprang forward, and. catching me in his arms, he lifted me bodily from the floor. Never was there such excitement in the Capitol of Kansas. The ovation to the trinmphant candidate was kept np until long after midnight and such vociferous enthusiasm I never witnessed on any other occasion in my political career. It was then Erophesied that Chief-juitice Horton would e a candidate at the next senatorial election. On the contrary, Mr. Ingalls's election for a third term was practically unanimous. Mr. Ingalls at one time was a candidate for Lieutenant-governor of Kansas. The Kepublican candidate for Governor was elected. Mr. Ingalls was defeated. During the canvass my father. Mr. Cheeseborough. who bad become a warm advocate of Senator Ingalls after the latter defeated hitn for the Senate, called at the Topeka Hotel, nhere he was staying, to urge him to take the stump in his own behalf, explaining that the politieal situation was critical, and he found the Senator, in the middle of the day, comfortably reclining on a sofa in his room at the hotel, reading the latest novel, and when urged to go out and stir up the people Senator Ingalls languidly replied: "I reckon we will win the tight" Needless to say he was beaten. My eldest son is now a successful lawyer, fracticing his profession in Atchison, where spend ail my summers snrrounded by my family. Onr eldest daughter has devoted herself for some years to literature, aud has achieved considerable success as a newspaper and magazine-writer. My husband has often said tome thatif he was not a Senator he would be a journalist; and 1 never bad any doubt that if he devoted himself to a literary life as a purt uit. his success would .be gratifying and satisfying to himself and to his family. "Fin de Slede." Chicago News. (r,. Tbe popular French phrase "fin de siecle" , is fast becoming domesticated on this side of the great Atlantic tear-drop. Dunugthe nine short years at the end of which it must inevitably die the expression will have doubtless become quite indispensable. It is suthciently vague in its meaning to admit of its general application to everything in art or nature; yet it expresses in three words what cannot be otherwise asserted save by circumlocution. Science, Stanley, the Eiffel tower, lymph, electricity, microbes, tariff reform, the Salvationists, trusts, Bernhardt, Jerry Simpson these, all these, are (in de siecle illustrations and examples of the very latest in the advancing id ich of civilization. m m - Advanced View. TLe Epoch. First Female What are husbands good for, anyway? Second Female I never heard of one that was good. Children Cry for Pitcher's Castoria.': When Baby was sick, we gave bar C&ttorta. When she was a Chili, she cried for C&storia. Wheu she became Kiss, she clung to Castoria. 'Aiusn she had Children, she gars thsm Castcria Children Cry for Pitcher's Castoria. Children Cry for Pitcher's Castoria)