Indianapolis Journal, Indianapolis, Marion County, 10 January 1891 — Page 2

THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL, SATURDAY, JANUARY 10, 1891.

Miss Anna Parnell says she has no opinion as to "which side is right, and suggests that 'if the Home-nil Association is revived on & national independent basis it Tronld protect and prevent the interests of the country from suffering through the conllict. When the Heme rule League was merged into the National League the former had shown that Ireland did not accept, and never meant to accept, English rule, which facts were upheld until they became indisputable realities in politics, after wnica the Home-rule leaguers' work ended, as the .National League and the parliamentary party, as long as they were trustworthy, were bonnd to do everything possible to procure the triumph of a principle whose theoretio recognition was already obtained. All is changed now. A lively civil war is raging, with the home-rule question in the center, while the ational League and the parliamentary party keep nntrustworthy watch upon its most vital interests. The latter party, whether right or wrong, cannot be trusted as a safeguard in difficulty. The explanations they give for their conduct sound a serious note of (Linger and warning for the people. Some sty pathetically they did not know what they were doing raising the hope that they will take nurses along with them hereafter when they go out. Others say they were misled by personal affection. Others that they have been too loyal to the people. But if they did not know what they were doing on one occaaion, they will not know any better another time. Tender sentiment for Mr. Gladstone, of whom they were Tery fond, may again "bezuiie them. M The plea of excess of virtue is most alarming, because the Irish members have so many virtues which have proved stumbling blocks to their possessors, and Jed them into the present quandary. If they did not know what Mr. Parnell. whose political career has been under their observation, would do, how can they know what to do, or what Mr. Gladstone, old and crafty, is going to do! They propagate the doctrines that their policy is reliable; that radical hatred is extinct between England and Ireland, except the remnant cherished "by some Irishmen. They claim that the English Liberals are influenced by Co lofty a regard for religion and morality that if the Irish 'disregard it they will lose the good will of the Liberals and incur their contempt. They do not tell us why Mr. Gladstone is judged only by the last six years of his life, and not by the preceding seventy-five, nor why nothing he did while backed np by a British majority can count; but only his actions after his loss of power. What is there to hinder Mr. Gladstone and the Liberals from repeating after the next election what they did after 1880; they do not tell us why the Conservatives may not cive us home rule. English parties change like Irish parties, but not so fast. Ireland Las broken the world's record in this respect. They do not explain, if Kadical hatred is extinct, why the brutal, bloody Balfour is where he is; why the British party, whether Liberal or Conservative, always receives a mandate to prosecute Ireland, nor why, when the Liberals are out of office they are the only body entitled to respect from the British race." Xlitch In the Negotiation. Nev7 York, Jan. 9. John Dillon, the Irish envoy, was escorted to the French steamer to-night, and sails for France tomorrow. In regard to his departure he naid: "Difficulties hare arisen in the negotiations which are now going on between Jlr. Parnell and Mr. O'Brien, and I have been called upon to commit myself to a definite opinion on the points in the debate, and I cannot do it at a distance." . WAR TS THE CAROLINE 9.

Farther Details of the Fighting Between Spaniard and Natives -Towns Shelled. San Francisco, Jan. 9. Herbert L. Band, of Carthage, Hi., the newly-appointed consul to Ponape, says the communication received here from his brother. Rev. Frank Hand, who has been a missionary in tho Caroline islands for sixteen years, confirms the news of the recent lighting on the islands between the natives and the Spanish soldiers, of which mention has been made in these dispatches. Farther details show that in the first battle the Spaniards were repulsed, and forty of them were killed. Some time after that a Spanish man-of-war bombarded several villages, and the troops afterwards went ashore and de stroyed a number of houses by fire, including the King's palace and the missionary buildings, which were on the island adjacent. A detachment of eighty soldiers landed at Uana and set fire to the buildings there. The natives attacked them, and all but one, including an officer of high rank, were killed. Oua was afterward shelled. Groves of cocoanut and bread Iruit trees were destroyed. x "i)n the Sunday following a detachment of Spaniards effected a landing on Ponape and sixty of them were killed, the Ponapeans losing only thirty. On the Saturday following another party landed and burned all of the houses of the natives, churches, school-houses and mission buildings on that island, including Kev. Rand's house, in which there was stored several thousand dollars' worth of Ponape books and a great lot of personal property belonging to the missionaries. The women and children were then loaded into frail barks and small "boats and taken to the' Island of Kusaie. where they would not be molested. Consul Rand will ask the government to station one of the . men-of-war recently ordered there, at Ponape until attain are finally settled. ' A dispatch from Madrid says: An enormous sensation has been created here by the receipt of details of the figuring in the Caroline islanda between the Spaniards and the natives. Fears are expressed that the United States will demand very heavy damages, for the destruction of the missionary buildings and the residence of Dr. Rand by the Spaniards in their Sunday attack upon the Ponapens. - In an interview with the President of the Spanish Council regarding the reported troubles in the Caroline islands, the Minister of War declared that it was impossible for anything of such a nature to have occurred in the Carolines without his being informed of the fact. Missionary Rand, he said, was second in authority at the Methodist mission at Ponapi. He had left the island since the defeat of the natives by the Spanish troops. The Minister of Colonies, when questioned in regard to the matter, declared that he had received no news of the alleged insurrection. lie said he believed the statements of the trouble were incorrect, or else referred to an old conflict in which the Spanish troops were victorious. He added an expression of regret that the government lacked the meaos of obtaining frequent precise reports o events which were transpiring in the coltnies. GENERAL FOREIGS NEWS. i New Gulnec Tillages Lootl and Forty of the Inhabitants Mttsacxed. Brisbane, Australia, Jay, 9. Advitts received here from Now Gu'nea give account of atrocities which have been committed by tho natives. The report says that the Tugare, the headhunting tribe of the island, made an attack on a village, and during the raid thiy massacre! forty of the inhabitants and hooted a largo num ber of the dwellings. The tribe threaten to make an attack cq some villages neat the government post keld under the com mand of Magistrate Cameron, who hai charge of the western district, A force of armed constables has been sent to the assistance of Magistrate Cameron, who has received orders to act, in the meanwhile, on the defensive. Women Trampled In a Court-Room. Paris, Jan. 9. At Draguignan. to-day, at the trial of ex-Mayor Fouroux, of Toulon, for conspiring to procure a criminal operation upon his mistress, Mme, Jonquieres, -wife of Captain Jonquieres, of the French navy, counsel for Mme. Jonquieres demanded that his client bo acquitted of all responsibility for the crime. He based his demand on the ground that his client, the victim of the operation, had yielded herself to it becanse terrified at the threats of M. Foioux. who. alone, should be held responsible for the crime. He added that j'lmc Jonguieres was now a wife without a home, sr. had already been punished enough fcr her transgressions. During the day a serious tumult was created in court by the rough efforts of a crowd outside to enter the already over-crowded court-room. hi the disturbance several women were trampled under foot and more or less seriously injurtd. The case was given to tho -rj thia ereni ng. All the accused person

were found guilty. Sentence was then imposed upon the prisoners Mme. Lauro being condemned to three years, Mme. Jonquieres to two year?, and Mme. Audibort to one jear and ix months' imprisonment. Mayor W. Fouroux received the heaviest sentence, of all. his ruuishment being solitary imprisonment for five years.

Aristocratic Londoners Scared. Lonton, Jan. 0. A decided scare ,was experienced in police circles here to-day ; upon the announcement that the Socialist element of the unemployed masses of this city had determined to march in procession through the aristocratic West End. The police reserves were hastily called out. and large nnmbers of mounted police in the suburban division were ordered by telegraph to report to the police stations about the West End. The rumor tnrnel out to be a canard. The Socialists, it 6eems, bad not even contemplated the march referred to. Strikers Mulcted for Damages. Glasgow, Jan. 9. The railroad strike situation in Scotland has changed but little. A few men have been reinstated. The ctiortsof the strikers to bring out more men have failed. At Perth thirty-eight suits' for damages, brought by the Caledonia company against strikers for leaving its employ without giving the company proper notice, have been decided in favor of tho company. At the trial of these cases the defendants were not piesent. At Hamilton 210 similar actions have been adjourned at tho request of counsel for the defendants. IWhrfnp Sea Negotiations. Loxdox, Jan. 9. The Press Association announces that the Bohripg sea negotiations between Great Britain and the United States have taken a favorable turn. CaMs Notes. The Knssian Minister of the Interior has issued an order for the expulsion of all Jews in the Terek regions of the Caucasus. Dispatches received from Iquiqui, Chili, mrtko no mention of any revolution in that country, and say that all is quiet at the port. Kmin Pasha has founded a fortified station at liukoba, on the shore of the Victoria Xyanza, and is now returning to the coast. OHIO'S EARTHQUAKE EXPLAINED. It Was a Terrific Explosion of a Nitro-Gl jcerine Uasnzine Felt 100 Miles Away. Toledo, O., Jan. 9. At 12:30 to-day the magazine of tho Bradford Nitro-glrcerine Company, located between Prairie Depot and Bradner,- Wood county, twenty-five miles south of Toledo, exploded with a stunning report that was heard over a wide area, and was mistaken everywhere for an earthquake shock. No one was in or near the niagizine at the time, and, hence, there are no deaths to record. The force of the explosion was so terrific that the trees over many acres were torn up by the roots, and the ground is torn npfor half a mile on every side of the. yawning chasm which now occupies the site of the magazine. The scattered farm houses in the neighborhood had their windows smashed. The shock was felt at Monroe, Mich., twenty-four miles north of here, and, hence, it must have been distinctly heard over a circular area of at least one hundred miles in diameter. DEMANDS CONCEDED IN FULL. Engineers and Firemen of the St. Paul Road Gain Every Point Asked For. Chicago, Jan. 9. The engineers and firemen of the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul railroad have gained everything they demanded. The five days' conference with General Manager Earling, in which Chief Arthur, of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers, and Master Workman Sargent, of the firemen's association, participated, was concluded this evening. The company agreed to pay $3.70 on eight-wheel engines and2$3.S5 on ten-wheelers for ten hours' work. For the same time the fircmeu are to receive $2.20 on eight-wheel engines ana 2.40 on ten-wheelers. These were the wages previously paid for a rnn of 100 miles, with no extra pay for extra time consumed over ten hours or nnder thirteen and a half hours. One hundred miles is considered a fair ten-hours' run, but by the new agreement the men are to be paid proportionately for every additional hour required to complete the run. If, however, the run is made in less than ten hours, no deduction is to be made from their pay. Further than this, the company agreed to allow the yard engineers and firemen at St. Paul, Minneapolis and Milwaukee the same wages that are paid in the Chicago yards. Secretary Debs, of the Firemen, to Resign. Soeclal to the Indlanapolla JoarnaL Terre Haute, Ind Jan. 9. Eugene V. Debs, grand secretary of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and editor of the Firemen's Magazine, announces his resignation in this month's issue of the magazine, on the ground that the labors of his dual position are too exacting. To him more than to any other man is to be credited the remarkable growth of the organization and the magazine, which has the largest circulation and is the most prosperous of any of the labor organization periodicals. 4Gang of Counterfeiters Captured. Detroit, Jan. 9. Wednesday night Edwin Stinsou was arrested here on the charge of having counterfeit silver dollars in his possession. Yesterday secret service agent Mulhall. Accompanied by some American and Dominion officials, went to St. Clair siding. on the Canada side, and arrested John Stinson. the father. William and James, his sons. Mrs. Doodley. the housekeeper, and Thomas Stoddard. All were locked up at Windsor. The officers found on the premises a largo amount of United States counterfeit com and a lot of molds and tools. Officer Mulhall then came to Detroit and arrested Albert Fisher, an electrician at No. 217 Jefferson avenue. Fisher is charged with being a mold-maker. Edwin Stinson and Fisher, who were captured on this side, will be tried here, while the others will be tried in Canada. The mold, said to have been made by Fisher, is a fine piece of work. Obituary Baltimore, Md.. Jan. 9. General E. B. Tyler, ex-postmaster of Baltimore, died at his home, "Kos'idale;" near Calverton, tonight, lie was seventy years old. During the late war he was colonel of the Fifth Ohio Regiment, subsequently being in command of a brigade serving in Westj Virginia, and later on commanding a division in the Army of the Potomac. Dkm Moi.vks, la., Jan. 9. Hon. Wesley Redhead, the pioneer of this city, uied this morning after a lingering i linens. He was prominent in business, and leaves a comfortable fortnne to his family. He served one term in the State Legislature. Stuttuakt. Ark.. Jau. 9. Colonel Robert II. Crockett, onn of the leading politicians of Arkansas, and only surviving grandson of the famons Davy Crockett, died here yesterday. CoL Crockett was about forty years of age. Installment-House Swindlers Run Down. Buffalo. N. Y., Jan. 9. The police yesterday succeeded in running down a band of swindlers who have been victimizing installment bouses in this city. The band came here from Washington a short time since, and consisted of three men s.nd two woman. They took a house on Rhode island street. The men secured employment as agents for the installment hon&e. It was their method to takeout articles to sell. They would take the articles to their house, and, returning to the store, would claim to have made a sale of it, producing a bogus contract and paving the first installment, usually a small tum. The prisoners gave their names as F. C. Walters, Arthur 11. Bronson and Harmer. Impending War in Kansas. Topeka, Kan.. Jan. 9. Adjutant-general Roberts started this morning for Garfield countv to prevent trouble. A dispatch received here announced that Ravenna and Eminence, rival towns, are both claiming the county-seat, and that an armed force has been organized in Ravenna to capture the county records, now at Eminence. Two years ago there was a tight between armed forces from the two towns on the same matter, and several men were killed.

THAYER HOLDING THE F0ET

Mbraska Trying to Get Along: with Two Governors with 111 Success. Confusion of Orders to the Militia in the Field and at the Capital Supreme Court Will Pass on the Case Next Tuesday. Lincoln, Neb., Jan. 9. Nebraska has two Governors and a third man claiming the office. The Legislature and Supreme Court are moving but slowly toward a solution of the difficulty, and meantime all kinds of conflicts of authority are taking place. The situation is unique and new developments of more or less sensational nature are taking place hourly. Yesterday the Legislature opened the returns and found J as. E. Boyd, Democrat, elected Governor This was done in spite of the violent opposition of the majority, who evidently wished to count in the Alliance candidate. Powers. Mr. Boyd was sworn, but Governor Thayer refused to vacate the office, declaring that Boyd had never been naturalized and was therefore ineligible. The old Governor fortified himself in his office, sleeping there through the night nnder guard of a company of militia and a number of special officers. He held the fort without opposition and this morning the 15oard of rublic Lands and liuildmgs met and assigned Governor Foyd quarters in another part of the building. He im mediately assumed possession, appoiuted J. (J. iliggius, of Grand Island, private secretary, and began acting as Governor. The first conllict of authority took place this afternoon when telegrams were received by a member of the Legislature and transmitted to Governor Boyd stating that an Indian outbreak would take place in the northern part of the State to-morrow, and asking that militia now at the front be placed so as to repel the attack. Governor Boyd ordered Adjutant-general Cole to make preparations for the outbreak, bat General Cole refused to obey, stating that he would take orders only from Governor Thayer. The office of . Adjutant-general was at once declared vacant and soon after Governor Boyd appointed General Victor Vifquain to the position. v The State forces on toe frontier now have two commanders and it is impossible to tell which they will obey. The janitors of the State-house and the mail-carrier Lane have gone over to Governor Boyd, and it is said that gas and steam will be tnrned oft Governor Thayer's office. To-day Governor Thayer petitioned the Supreme Court for a writ of quo warranto to determine the position of Gov. Boyd. The court answered informally that no decision would be made until next Tuesday. As to the jurisdiction of the court in the premises. Governor Thayer makes the following statement: To Whom It May Concern My position Is exactly this: There is a general conviction that Mr. Jloyd 1 not a citizen of this State; that, although he has lived here for many years, he owes allegiance to a foreign power. I desire this matter to be tested berore the Supreme Court, for it is a Judicial question. If he is a citizen, it Is a very easy matter for blin to prove the fact. If he is not a citizen, that fact should be established. . Article 5, Section 2, of the State Constitution of Nebraska, is in the following words: 'Persons Ineligible No person shall be eligible to the office of Governor or Lieutenant-Governor who shall not have attained the atre of thirty years, and been for two years next preceding his election a citizen of the United States, and of .this State," Language oannot make this provision any stroucer. I have sworn to support the Constitution, and It is my duty to prevent, so far as It is In my power, a person who owes allegiance to a foreign government, becoming Governor of Nebraska. If the proper tribunal should decide after Investigation that Mr. Boyd is eligible to the position, I will Immediately transfer the oilice to bim. I am advised by high legaltauthor Uy that It is my duty to defend the Constitution. John M. Thayer. Governor Boyd has nothing to say about his case except that be knows he is a citizen, has been legally elected and qualified, and intends to act at ali hazards. He issned a requisition for a prisoner, to-day, and performed other official acts. His friends claim that even if Mr. Boyd was not a legally 'naturalized citizen, he is nevertheless a citizen of the United States, because he was a citizen of the Territory of Nebraska, and when the State was admitted into the Union all of its citizens were invested with full citizenship. Others say that it is the design of Mr. Boyd to take the office and keep the case in the courts during the greater part of his term. Intense interest is felt in the situation, but all parties remain, cool, and are determined that there shall be no disturbance pending official settlement of the controversy. The morning session of the Legislature was wasted in wrangling over the minutes of the joint convention, which were badly mixed on account of the confusion in the procee-diugs. This work was unlinisbed at noon. The proceedings in the Senate this afternoon were not of much importance. A movement was made toward limiting the employes to about half the number given places last session. Several bills were introduced, and an attempt was unsuccessfully made to approve the minutes of the last session. This business was still pending when an adjournment was taken until 1 o'clock to-morrow. In the House an up-, roar was created by a motion to appoint a committee to wait on the Governor and ask for his message. Amendments directing the committee to wait upon Governor Thayer, Governor Boyd and Governor Powers were proposed in rapid succession, and this matter had not reached a focus at the time of adjournment. A resolution directing the preparation of a bill appropriating $100,000 for the relief of the drought sufferers near the Colorado line was adopted with enthusiasm. Vifquain sent word, bis evening, to Captain Rhada, who commands the squad of twenty in Thayer's office, that be umst remove his men from the Capitol Building. Rhada declined to remove them to-night. Unless they are removed early in the morning, all will be arrested as trespassers. Steam was turned off at the rooms occupied by Thayer this afternoon, and he is having a rather chilly time to-night. To-morrow he will be removed, by force if necessary, as he is using the public building for private purposes without permission. Brigadier-general Colby, commanding the militia in the field, has recognized Governor Boyd's authority, and has telegraphed for instructions. Features of Legislation In Illinois. Springfield, 111., Jan. 9. In the Senate this morning, in accordance with the action of a caucus of the Democrats last night, a bill was introduced for the repeal of the compulsory education law and the substitution of an amendment, which practically concedes to the sectarian opponents of the present law all that they demanded during the last campaign. It provides for an attendance of at least sixteen weeks per an num of every child between the ages of seven and fourteen years "at some public or private school, provided such child has not already been instructed" for such period in the commou school branches, or has not already acquired such branches, or is not in such mental or physical condition as to render such attendance "inexpedient, impracticable or unnecessary." The penalty for violation of the act is fixed at a tine of from $3 to $20. Truant officers, for the enforcement of the act, are provided for. The bill will be introduced in the House next week and, it is understood, will receive the full party support. Bills were also introduced making labor day a legal holiday; providing lor the display of the American tlag on all school-houses in the State: providing for wiwkly payments to all employes, and providing for the printing of school text-books by contract. It seems no w that promised attempts by each party to unseat members of the other "in order to secure a majority of the joint ballot will probably be held in abeyance since, if once entered into, there is no knowing where it would stop. Threats of the Democratic House to unseat McCrane has led to connter-threats by the Republican Senate to unseat Nohnan and others, and theso are urging their brethren in the House not to get them into trouble by any rash measures. A Merchant's Exchange' Snes fur LlbeL Buffalo. N. Y.. Jan. 9. The Merchants' Exchange has begun an action for libel against the Commercial Advertiser. Some weeks ago the Commercial Advertiser published an article over the signature "Grain Merchant" which reflected in severe terms upon the methods of doing business on the Lxchauge. The Lxchange to-day deter mined to bring an action against the Com

mercial Advertiser to force the disclosure

of the identity of the writer, whom they sn.'tpect to be a member of the exchange. and whom they are very desirous of bouncing." RAILWAY PRESIDENTS. Another Day Spent in Discussing the Proposed Agreement Final Action Delayed. New York, Jan. 9. The sub-committee of the advisory board of the Western railroads went into session at the Windsor Hotel at 9:30 this morning. The work they immediately engaged in was the completion of the preparation of the by-laws be gun by them yesterday. The hour set for the meeting of the full board waslOo'clock. but, as it was not intended to meet until the sub-committees should be ready to report, it was believed that it would not go into session at that time. At 10 o'clock the advisory board was informed that the subcommittee had not yet completed its work, and the board decided not to' hold their intended meeting until 10 o'clock to-mor row morning. Messrs. McCook and Magoun were early arrivals at the Windsor to-day. They spoke about the so-called new agreement, and said that it was as yet no agreemeut, but simply a basis on which to form one. The sub-committee to-day, they said, would devote its entire time to this subject, and by me lime it got through the form and style of the agreement would probably be so changed that anybody who saw it in its original shape would not be able to recog nize it. Jay Gould arrived early, and seemed in excellent humor and chatted pleasantly with his friends in the hotel corridor. He said that the work of the meeting was progressing satisfactorily. Mr. Miller, who was taken ill yesterday, was present this morning, and again assumed the chair at the committee meeting. The committee having charge of the preparation of rules and regulations for the advisory board took a recess at 1 o'clock, when it had completed nearly all its labor, except those regarding territorial condition. This portion of their work was referred to a sub-committee, consisting of Messrs. Stubbs, Newman, Miller, Leeds. Hannaford. 'Johnson and Harris. This morning's discussion was upon the Pacihe roads and the manner in which the bnsiness across the country was to be di vided. The sub-committee wanted to have the distribution of freight left to them, and to this there was a decided objection. The Sonthern Paciiio protested against any such arrangement, declaring that the road had many contracts with connecting lines which they must carry out, and that they would be unable to do so if they left thedistributionof freight with the committee or presidents. This 6tate of affairs brought about a prolonged discussion, in which theSonthern Pacific wastirminadhering to its position, and it was said that all of the other members of the committee were firm in demanding the concession. The general committee adjourned at 4:30. The only statement they would make as to their proceedings was as follows: "The general committee practically concluded its work and agrees upon various recommendations to the advisory board. No action taken by the committee is tinal. The entire day was taken up in discussion of various questions regarding the details of organization." 1 he general committee will report to the advisory board when tho latter meets at 10 o'clock to-morrow. GREEN GOODS MEN ARRESTED. 'Paddy the Pig and George Evans Taken Into Custody Veritable Walking Arsenals. New York, Jan. 9. Inspector Byrnes has in custody two green goods men. They are Thomas O'Brien, alias "Paddy the Pig." and George Evans, O'Brien is believed to be the swindler who was cowed with revolvers by James HaSerty and Robert George, of Mooresville, Ala., recently, and robbed of 81,700 by the men he was trying to swindle. When taken into custody two packages, containing' eighteen revolvers, were taken from the two prisoners. On Evans wero found $943 in new bank bills. O'Brien's pockets were stuffed with papers, on which were written the names of the victims who had been swindled, together with the amounts. O'Brien also had in his possession, written on a scap of paper, the names of men he had employed to help him in his swindling transactions. Among, the names on the supposed list of victims were L. Hamilton. Homer, Ga., $400; George Deal, Concordia, Kan., $350; William King, Dallas, N. C, $55; Andrew Milliken, of Albion, Mich., and A. Sloano, Hamilton, O., $300 each. From a slip of paper in Evans's pocket it was learned that the revolvers found in their possession were loaned out to "helpers." It is doubtful if they can be convicted of swindling, but it not, they will be convicted upon the charge of carrying concealed weapons. Good Time to Hay Stock. Chicago. Jan. 9. The New Yotk "greengoods" market was never in a condition more favorable to investors. Prices are away down, as witness the latest quotations from a prominent broker in these goods who has a branch office at Matawan, N. J. In a circular received by a merchant this broker, T. P. Rice, otters $1,000 tor i50; $7,500 for $500; $18,000 for $050, aud $28,000 for $1,000. The circular exhorts the recipient to write bim no letters, to be true and honorable, and in return guarantees practically to provide the recipient with one of the finest vintages of counterfeit currency ever turned out. "If yon wish to do business with me you must see mt personally. First send me the following teluram, signing your name and address: T. P. Rice, Matawan Station. Matawan. If. J., culvert pipe. with improved sockets' After Mr. Kice receives this telegram ho states exactly at what hotel he can be found in New York ready, for the amounts named, to transfer to tho dupe "green goods" in proportion.' i Losses by Fire. Boston". Jan. 9. Firo broke out in the office of the Crawford House, corner of Brattle street and Scolly square, at 3 o'clock this morning, and the office was gutted, causing a loss of several thousand dollars. The alarm was given to the guests immediately, and all escaped in a partially dressed coudition. A. E. Meek, of Denver, Col., jumped from a second-story window. He was picked up Insensible and taken to the Massachusetts General Hospital, where it was found that ho baa sustained a fracture of the ankle and possibly internal injuries. The guests of the hotel, about 125 in number, were cared for at the (Juincy House, near by. Several were 60 overcome that they had to be conveyed thither in carriages. The loss will not exceed $10,000. The ti rem en found several gas jets turned on, but unlishted. Nkw Castlk, Ind., Jan. 9. Fire, catching from a defective flue, partially destroyed the residence of Anderson Spencer here this morning, and burned part of the contents, including the medical library and surgical instruments of Dr. Elias Hubbard, his father-in-law. Loss on house and household goods, $1,000; fully covered by insurance in the Northwestern National of Milwaukee. Dr. Hubbard's loss is $1,000. and he has no insurance. Lincoln, Neb., Jan. 9. The business portion of the little town of Roco, on the line of the Atchison & Nebraska railroad, was practically swept away by fireyestesday. Five of the six business houses, including the postoffice, were destroyed. The mail matter was saved. No estimate of the losses can be given. Boston, Jan. 9. .Joseph II. Yams, cigar manufacturer, Washington street, is embarrassed. Liabilities unknown. Henry H. Fernold. builder. 23 Court street, has gone into insolvency. He owes about $77,500, of which $rl,000 is secured by mortgage, on real estate. Aurora, Mo., Jan. 9. A fire at. Mount Vernon, Mo., yesterday destroyed two newspaper offices, the Mount Vernon Bank and hfteen twclling houses. Loss, $50,000. Oat-Meal Trust Organised. Akron. O., Jan. 9. From information current here, aud as a result of meetings held in this and other cities, a combination of oat-meal manufacturers will meet in Chicago next Thursday to form the "American Oat-meal Company," with Ferdinand Shumaker. of this city, as president. The result of the combine will be the probable closing down ot smaller mills. The com bine is to be on the plan of the American Harvester Company Trust, each mill losing its identity in the big concern, the capital stock of which will be several millions of dollars.

THE MENACE TO PROSPERITY

Radical Financial Legislation (he Great Danger That Threatens the Country. If the Dollar Is Debased Violent Contraction of Honey and Other Evils Hay Follow Daa & Cos Weeklj Renew of Trade. New York, Jan. 9. R. O. Dun 6c Coe weekly review of trade says: The year opens with the expected improvement in the money markets and in collections, resulting from annual disbursements which have been larger than usual. The hopef nl feeling in most Branches of trade contin ues, also, and the railroad outlook is im proved. It is becoming clearer every day that the one great obstacle to prosperity is the fear that debasement of the dollar may produce violent contraction, withdrawal of foreign investments, collapse of credits and a disaster which will be felt by every Drancn ot trade and industry. lhe iron and steel manufacture has been so rapidly extended that shrinkage of credits has forced sales in many cases at prices below cost. On the whole, the prospect is considered less bright than it has been for many years in this industry. In the cotton manufacture also the shrinkage of credits has severely strained many concerns, and prices of goods have been very low, but further reductions have been made during the past week in bleached cottons. The woolen manufacture is doing fairly, thongh extending bnt moderately and buying wool with caution. In the boot and shoe manufacture the outlook is regarded as especially favorable. Keports of trade from different cities are still much influenced by reviews of last year's great business, but generally indi cate a large volume in traffic in progress for the season, with marked improvements since tne monetary pressure abated, .bos ton notes larger sales of boots and shoes and of leather and stronger hides, tirm wool and quiet lumber. At Philadelphia the leather and shoe trades are dull; wool is in little demand; some uneasiness is seen re garding obligations in tobacco, but better collections in paints. At Chicago receipts of grain equal last year's; increase is" seen in butter and cheese, hides and wool, but uecrease in aresseu Deer, curea meats ana lard; dry-goods and clothing 6ales exceed last year's, with excellent payments. and the shoe trade increases. St. Louis and Cincinnati note better '1 trade. ' At Denver trade is good, and at Salt Lake decidedly improved, while at other Northwestern points bnsiness is unchanged or comparatively quiet. Higher cotton produces greater activity throughout the South. Sugar and rioe receipts at New Orleans are good. Tho money mar kets throughout the country are less stringent and reports of collections more favorable. Speculative operations continne whole somely inactive. Wheat is lLc lower, with sales of only 11,000,000 bn; corn, cotton and pork unchanged; oats and hogs higher, and oil 2c. but cottee I40 lower. The most active center of speculation at present is tne stock Exchange. Foreign trade continues favorable, exports showing a large gain over last year, while there is some decrease in imports. The merchandise movement supplies no reason for the advance in foreign exchange, nor does tho local money market, and the Treasury has put out during the week $1,500,000 more cash than it has taken in. For some weeks to come, at least, comparatively easy money miuht be expected, if there should be no disturbance arising from legislation. The business failures occurring throughout the country during the past seven days number 403, as compared with a total of SIS last week. For the corresponding week of last year the ngnres were 373. Delamaters Chargred with Embezzlement. Meadville, Pa., JaD. 9. Delameter & Co., including George W. Delamater, bankers, who assigned recently, were this afternoon summoned before an alderman, charged with embezzlement. The complaint was made by the outgoing Board of County Commissioners, who charged Delamater & Co. with the embezzlement of upwards of $30,000 of county funds, having received the deposits of the county treasurer while knowing themselves to be insolvent, and converting the same to their own use. A plea of not gnilty was entered and a hearing waived. Bonds were given by each of the defendants in the sum of 10,000 for their appearance at the February, term of court. Dullness Embarrassments. Clearfield. Pa., Jan. 9i Hon. Wm. A. Wallace's assignees have failed to furnish the bond required in the sum of 81,000,000, and, as a result, settlement with the creditors through the assignees has practically been abandoned. The property will probably be sacrificed and the judgment creditors will receive but a small percentage of their claims, while those who are unsecured will fare much worse. LaPohte, Ind.. Jan. 9. Leopold Low, for twentv years a leading clothier here, assigned this evening for the benefit of his creditors, to Simon Wilcox. Liabilities, $10,000; assets as yet unknown. Great surprise is created, as he was supposed to be solid. The creditors are almost entirely wholesale clothiers. Willim antic. Conn.. Jan. 9. William C. Jillson, owner and business manager of the Hope-river Warn Company, has closed the mill. An assignment is expected in a few days, with heavy liabilities. ' Yazoo City, Miss., Jan. 9.R.G. Hudson, a merchant, assigned yesterday. The liabilities are $55,000; assets about the same. TIews of Indian CommiMloners. WrAsniNGTor, Jan. 9. The annual conference of the Board of Indian Commissioners of the United States with representatives of the various religious bodies interested in the welfare of the Indians was held in this city to-day. At the first session addresses were made by Senator Dawes, Representative Cutcbeon and others. Dawes expressed himself as strongly opposed to the proposed transfer of the Indian Bureau to tho War Department. Prof. C. C. Painter, of the Indian Rights Association, spoke of the reservation system as "an infernal system," and Hon. Hiram Price, ex-Commissioner of Indian Affairs, followed in an address in which he said the sale of arms to Indians, on or oil' the reservations, should be prohibited; that the agents should be paid more, and that the Indian Commissioner should have more power. At the evening session the causes of tho present Indian outbreak were discussed. . Marine Newi. London, Jan. 9. The steamer Middlesboro and an unknown foreign brig were in collision to-night in the middleof the channel. The bark was badly damaged, and it is believed that she went down soon after the accident with all hands on board. Liverpool, Jan. 9. The American ship Indiana, Captain Colley, whieh sailed Jan. 7, from Barrow, for New York, has put into 'IfnlT'hnaH Tlirrw tnntincn anil fnmrht. among themselves. Several of the men were severely wounded with knives. The p'plice have been sent for. and the mutineers -will be taken into custody. The United States consul has been notified. New York. Jan. 9. Arrived: India, from Hamburg. London, Jan. 9. Sighted: Umbria. from New York. Hamburg, Jan. 9. Arrived: Europe, from Philadelphia. Bremerhaven, Jan. 9. Arrived: Aller, from New York. Importance of Local Elections. Marlon Chronicle. There is a sensible maxim which says, "Take care of the dimes aud the dollars will take care of themselves." Apply this principle in elections and the best results are assurred. See that every voter is interested in the county ticket and the State ticket will always be an equal gainer. State and national issnes may be discussed, bnt it should be done in such a way as to bring the subject directly home to each voter. s Important Discovery. Boston Transcript. A reading clubof Christian Scientistshas been reading Rider Haggard's "She" for the truth in the allegory, and find that "She" represents the church spiritual triumphant above devouring flames alter two thousand years of life,

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TO BE KO HARVESTER TRUST Incorporators of the Gigantic Combination Have Decided to Abandon it. Illegality of the Combine, Under the Laws of Several States, Given Oat as Cause of tho CollapseWar in Prices Expected. CmCAGO, Jan. 9. At a meeting In this city to-day of the directors of the American Harvester Company, which a month or two ago was organized with the enormous capital of $25,000,000, it was decided to discontinue the project, and the directors representing the organization in the ditiereot States were instructed to see that the charters obtained in their respective States be surrendered. President McCormick said at the close of the meeting: "This step has been decided on only after we were assured that we could nbtcarry out the objects of the association. Able lawyers were consulted, aud they were unanimously of the opinion that, nnder the laws of the States, the company could not continue in the form in which it had been started. Therefore, like sensible men, we concluded to abandon the whole affair' . . The dissolution of the company will have no effect on the different companies or firms which were merged in it. No change had been made in the business arrangements of any of them, and hence the action of the new company will not effect them. President McCormick thinks there will be no eliort to reorganize the defunct company. It was only after long deliberation that the gentlemen composing tho harvester trust decided to abandon it. For more than a week tho board of directors has been holdins daily sessions in Chicago. The whole field of the trust's possibilities was thoroughly canvassed and thoughtfully discussed, and the decision was tho abandonment of the present form of organization. The hard strokes agaiust which the trust had to contend were the decisions of the Supreme Courts of Illinois and New York, the former in the Gas Trust and the latter in the sugar case that one corporation may not legally bold stock in another 'corporation for the purpose of controlling it The interests involved were so great that it was agreed that $50,000,000 capital would be necessary to put the combination upon its feet. Of this sum $35,000,000. representing the capital stock of the concern, was to be apportioned among the several constituent institutions, and $15,000,000 iu bonds were to be issued for working capital. When the company attempted to float these bonds the United States Trust Company, of New York, through which the negotiations were conducted, instituted a careful legal iuquiry Into the status of the American Harvester Company, and, as the result of this investigation, declined to make the loan, upon the g net that the company had been organize nuch a way as to violate the statut prohibiting trusts and similar combinat. s of capital to limit production aad to control trade. Other financial institutions were appealed to. but with the- same result. Then it was proposed to raise the necessary funds within the company itself, but the various concerns in the deal, becoming frightened at the legal aspect of atlairs, refused to tie" np thoir individual es tablishments wWere they would be handicapped by the heaviest legal and financial liabilities. Hence no'.hing but a dissolution of the American Harvester Company remained. Practically this has already been accomplished, but igood deal of red-tape formality must be gone through in winding nptbe last earthly affairs of the concern. The board of directors to-day took the initiatory steps in this direction. An evening paper says: "The collapse of this gigantic business, so far as can be learned, is to be attributed to the secession of the McCormick Harvesting-machine Company, the Deering company, tho Whit-man-liarnes Manufacturing Company and the firm of Warder, liusbnell & Glessner. These individual companies were not satisfied with the line of policy mapped out by the majority of the directors in the matter of raising prices on the farmers and the consolidation of the interests of the supplyhouse to the disadvantage of their customers, and they were sb rebellious at yesterday's meeting ot the directory that before the night had closed they bad determined to withdraw from the combine, cut prices and annihilate those who remained steadfast in their purpose to bleed the farmers. A merry war is now in prospect. It is each firm for itself; cut. slash and let die those who cannot help themselves." liar bed-Wire Men in Seialon. CniCAGO. Jan. 9. All the big barbedwire manufacturers of the United States are said to have been represented at today's session of the private conference in progress at the Wellington Hotel. For a long time a number of the firms that make barb wire have been in litigation with tne Washburn-Moen Company, of Worcester, Mass., which controls nearly all the patents covering tho barb-wire devices. This conf tinued and costly litigation, it is reported. has at last resulted in the surrender of the individual companies, and the present meeting is to make a combination of all the firms, including the Washburn-Moen Company, it is expected that the terms of agreement will be concluded to-morrow. NOVEL "ORIGINAL PACKAGE." An Invention That Promises to Evade Prohibition Penalties. Bt. Paul Speclat An ingenious Minneapolis man has invented and placed on sale what he calls a "spirit level," and with it he proposes to stamp out prohibition In Iowa and the Dakotas. The "suirit level" is the invention of Gebhard Lanbe. He secured his patent Sept.0, 1890, aud it bears tho number 4:X,005. On the side of the bbi bearing this announcement is printed a rule six inches long, the lensth of the box. On the reverse side is a calender of the twelve months. On one of the nairow sides is this: "Any person infringing on this patent will be prosecuted to the fullest estentof the law." On the reverse side is the announcement that so and so, Minneapolis, Minn., are "proprietors and sole manufacturers." The ends of the box are sealed, hut a gentle punch breaks the paper aud there :s revealed on one end round hole that will leceive a lead pencil and on the other end, when broken, appears a co?!. The thirsty purchaser who pulls gently on this brings to view a longvial filled with brandy, or old rye. or anything that may be desired, provided the assortment of "spirit levels" iu stock is large enough. Holes iu tho side admit to view an air-bubble which verily makes the affair a spirit level, albeit not a very accurate one. A Hennepiu-avenuo saloon is doing a landoffice business in "levels." A large pile of the little boxes can be seen in a local job printing othce where the wrappers are being printed. It is asserted that this is the most origiual "original package" ever devised. Sitting Hall Kissed 11 er. Denver Republican. Kegard for my sex should. I suppose, in duce me to refrain iroin recording the fact. but it is true that I taw a New York belle in the throng around Sittiug Bull who. not content with the autograph, aspired to bear away some more novel memento, and mincing up to bim whispered something in his ear. The old chief grinned and shook his head, then something heavy pas.ted from her baud to his, and with another srin to the crowd tho grimy, dirty, smokescented old heathen bent his head down

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All trloa connect at 'lerre llauta, Tnrougl B.eeper n ll.-oo p. m. train. Oreenoaatle and Terre Haute Aewu'rtat Ion. 4:00 pnu Arrive front bl LouU, 3i45 aio. 4:13 am, pin, 6:2& pra. 7:45 pm. Terre Huiean10reneaUeAecom'dtton. 10:00 am, Bleeping and I'arlor Cara are run on ihrmica tratna For rate and information apply to ticket ajtentaoi the ooroitjjr, ur W. F. 11 RUM HEM Diatnct Paa oncer Aliens THE VESTIBULED ' i PULLMAN CAii LLVH LKAVK IX OlAKA.ro LI. No. SH II on on Ace. ex. sauUy 5:15 pxa 2s'o. 3a CMoafo Llm, PuUraan Veattbuled coaohea, parlor aud dimujt car. daily .11:25 aas Arrive lu Ohioajfo 5:10 pm. Ko.S4 CliicKoMht Ks., Pullman Veatttuled ouaolit and aleevera, ilattr ....12.40 am Arrive in UhicnKO 7:35 aro JBK1YE AY LN tl A' APOLIS, No. 31 Veatiitule, dally. . 3:20 pa Ko. 33 Vestibule, daily 3 A am Ho. 3i ilonon Arc, ex. Snnrtay 10:40 an No. 48 Local freight leavea Alabama-at. yard at 7:05 am. Pullman Veatlbuled Meepera for Cbloajro atanA a wwt end of Union UUUou. aud can ho taken at b: p. ir. daily. Ticket Office No. 23 Bouta Illinois street andal TJmou station. (aticil VroM-Iro3 Pips roa Gas. Steam & Water Boiler Tube. Cant and iX Malleable Iron Fittings. (blr.cK and galvanized). fyjr Valve.top Cocks, Kmrlne Trimnilusr. Bteam Gaiijrea. h.tl line Tones. 11ti Outtera. Vice, terew Plate and Ilea. Wrenctiee, Kteain TrxiM. Piimm. Klttfhen Mtt JieiM. tender, wmta ana flore t t ipin wmm. sua an oiner tuppucs uea iu connection with Uaa. fcteain and v ater. Natural (ias Mipplles a fpeclalty. eteam-liruting Apparatus for Public ltuildlnrs. tore rooms, Mills, bhopa. Factorlw. LauiidricA, Lumber lry-houMv, etc Cut and Thread to ordr-r any size rouKht-irou Pipe from Inch to 12 turbo dlnmeteE. KNKHIT A JIIXMON, 75 it 77 S. Pennsylvania t. WM. W. KNAPP, A.B S T R A. C T S NO. 8 11ALDWIN BLOCK. S. F. GALLOWAY, I the Leading Snipper cf IUw Furs In InAlani Write for Pric Ltat. NO. 200 SOUTH PENNSYLVANIA 6T. DR. MILES' Nervine! 0UI123 NERVOUS PROSTRATION, SLEEPLESSNESS, St.VITUS dancc Fits, Suams, Etc FREE Samples at Druggists, or by xnall 10 Cta Kiles Medical Co., Elkhart, Ind. a Macs 13 S,1?0, lew SOLD iY ALL OS. JO u Li To Whom It May Concern Thia ta to certify that r. the naara!ffnel, Clanrtlui C. Jon8 have thin Anj en a p points aa the aa aiffn"-n nf i Fredrick W licit, and thct I have thia 1aV rjuantietl a u h alKnce by tiling uiy bond. n'& Lare accepted the ti nL CLAUDIUS a JONES. InAianapoli. Ir.d., Jan. x. 1-91. and kissed her. Donbtlessth.it specin'en. of daintv yotmg womanhood boast to-day of the balate given her bv Sittiug Dull, tho famous warrior, the graud old chieftain of the great fcioax tribe. m m Only Four nilllon Out of the Way. Milwaukee FentineL The lugubrious Democrats declared, during the recent campaign, that the farm mortgages In the States of Kansas, Illinois, Indiana. Ohio. Michigan. Iowa and Wisconsin amounted to jJo.OuO.OOO.OOO. The census returns show that the mortgage indebtednesu of the entire United States ifV0,0U0.0u0 or only a little more than a lifth of what tva said to be the farm indebtedness of seven States. These evidences that the country is not ruined are very painful to the Democracy. . Good Judges. Chicago Tnbnne. "1 don't see any special merit in this make of rifle," observed the customer. "This is the style." said the gun-maker, with pardonable pride, "that has been furnished the Indians out West. If you want an inferior gun 1 can sell you an amy rille for much less." Ilrltlah Humanity. Chicago MaiL And as for the Iiritiah criticisms upon American humanity, it may be enough to remind the Chronicle that in working out the difficult Indian problem the United States army has not found it necessary to blow its captives from the muzzles of cannons. Do ion Want to Make $1,000? s. s. s Si.ooo will be paid to any chem ist who will find, on analysis of Swift's Specific S. S. 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