Indianapolis Journal, Indianapolis, Marion County, 18 January 1891 — Page 2

THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL, SUNDAY, JANUARY 18, 1891.

own connection with silver. The Owenby interview was not submitted to Owenby after being written. Owenby mentioned soma names which "witness left oat in writing. Ilia personal knowledge as to the conduct of Senators and Representatives -went only to the extent of the interview. Mr. Stevens had a conversation with CoL Joseph K. Kicker, of Fulton, Mo. Mr. Kickev said he had bought some silver while'tais silver legislation was pending, and had made some money, , but not nearly so much as had been reported. Iiickey said he let go too soon. He had only 75,000 ounces that he bought at 1.04 or $1.05 and let go at $U0. Witness could not say whether or not Rickey stated he bought silver m connection with others or as a private speculation, lie did not believe Rickey said anything about having furthered legislation. Mr. Rowell Do yon know of your own knowledge whether Rickey was what is ordinarily called a lobbyist! Mr. Stevens He seems to have a great deal of business about the Capitol. 1 don't know exactly what it is. lie is a banker. The names of David T. Littler and exTreasurer Tanner, of Illinois, were brought out as having, on hearsay testimony, some .tnn.Atlnn with ailvr nAcnlatton Wit

sess said he had had a conversation with Senator Stewart which, in witness's opinion, was confirmatory of -some of the statements which had ' been made to him. Senator Stewart said 2xt was not personally connected with silver speculation, and witness added: "But 2 understood him to have personal knowledge of other people being connected with it." Owenby said that pending silver legislation agents of New lork bankers, brokers and silver-dealers were in the habit of coming to Washington and having conferences at the Shoreham and Chamberlin's, '.And directing the plans of the lobby. SOME OP THE LOBBYISTS. , In response to a request for the names of these lobbyists Mr. Stevens replied that he ehould not like to call them lobbyists. Owenby had given witness a number of names of persons who, he said, -had been assisting legislation. Witness conld not recall all of them, but believed he had made a memorandum, of them in a note-book, and would produce the names if he could find them. Among the names Owenby mentioned were I. G. Newlands, who bought ox-President Cleveland's country place, and II. O. Parsons, of New York, cashier of Wells. Fargo &. Co. The examination was then directed towards conversations with Rickey, at the suggestion of the committee, names being omitted, and witness said: "1 met Rickey in a hotel and he said. 'What is this fellow . (naming the Representative) after by his resolutions?' 1 asked Rickey what he meant. Rickey replied: '1 met Smith, the jcurnal clerk of the House, and Smith said your friend (mentioning a Senator) is going to get into trouble Rickey said he asked Smith what he meant, and Smith replied, 'Why. he's the man that Representative So-and-so is after Rickey said he replied: l don't know what you mean.' 'Why, Rickey said Smith, 'they expect tocpnmct him with the silver pool Rickey said he replied to Smith: 'How do yoa know!' Smith's answer was: 'Why, he told a member of Congress so Rickey said he then retorted: 'Well, I Know this party Dever owned an ounce of silver in his life; nnd 1 will give you a new five-hundred-dollar gold note if yoa will produce that Representative that said another Representative told him that.' Then Rickey went on to say why he knew his friend was uot in it." Tbo examination then recurred to Owenby, and witness said that Owenby complained that those with whom he was associated in speculation had robbed him. Witness would not like to give the names mentioned by Owenby, because they related to his informant's private affairs. Ho understood from Owenby that there were a number of different groups interested in silver speculations. These groups each comprised ight or ten men and worked together for the purpose of effecting the most favorable legislation possible. He gave the hames of Senators or Representatives connected with the groups, but he witnessl preferred not to mention the names. After the investigating resolution was introduced witness had asked Owenby, in case of an investigation, what parties .could prove the statements, and Owenby bad given some names. ' The question of requiring the witness to give the names went over for the present. George 11. Apperson, the other correspondent of the Globe-Democrat, said he had beard Owenby'3 talk, to Stevens, and had bine self spoken to Owenby. though not at any great length. Owenbv had told him there was a silver pool, and witness understood it to be still in existence. Adjourned. STIRRED W A HORNET S-NEST. A Tennesseean Touches Upon Ohio Politics an1 Gets More Than Tie Bargained For. Washington, Jan. 17. When the House met to-day it went into committee of the whole on the District of Columbia appropriation bills. A long discussion foreign to the bill before the committee ensued. Mr. Richardson of Tennessee 6ent np a number of clippings from Ohio newspapers reporting outrages upon negroes in Ohio. Mr. Grosvenor said the outrages occurred in strongly Democratic districts. No man m Ohio, he declared, ever failed to receive absolute protection for all his' rights, civil and political, because he was a colored man. A single exception occurred in 16S4.' A Democratic lieutenant of police of Cincinnati, the night before election, arrested l.V negroes and confined thera in a basement of the Hammond-street station until after the election, accesa to them being absolutely refused. Then the false cry was started that the men did not live in Cincinnati. It was contemptibly false, and was so adjudged in court by Judge iiaxter. The lieutenant stood in court there absolutely crushed, and the only defense he made was that the Democrats had hired and paid him to do it. Mr. Springer of Illinois said he was a member of the committee appointed to investigate the Ohio election in ISiM. . He declared that the testimony showed that all buttv?o of the negroes arrested were not lecal Voters in Cincinnati. Mr. liutterworth asserted that every one of the men arrested were citizens of Cincinnati. Tending a disposition of the bill the com- . xnittee rose and the House adjourned. TOO EXTRAVAOAJJT. Report of the House Committee Regarding Expenses of the World's Fair Commission. Washington, Jan. 17. Representative Candler of Massachusetts, chairman of the select committeo on the world's fair, to-day presented to the House the report of tho sab-committee that went to Chicago to examine into the condition of matters there 4n relation to theworld's fair. The report says that in the expenditure of public money the powers assumed by the World's Columbian Commission had produced confusion as well aa caused unnecessary expenditure of pub Li o money which had been' intended by Congress to pay the expenses of the government exhibit and not pay excessive salaries to the officers of the commission. Provision, the report says, had been made to pay the president, secretary and director-general annual salaries of $12,000, $10,000 and $15,OO, respectively, and also $8,000 to the ricechairman of the executive committee. These salaries, in the opinion of the committee, are excessive and should not be continued. The excessive expense has also been incurred in the appointment of such a large number of (115) women on the board of lady managers and the calling together of the board when the duties which will devolve upon it were not ready for its attention. The report lays: Your committee are of the decided opinion thru tho fair cannot well be conducted to a succ -f ul termination under the dual management which Is now In operation. In consequence of the construction placed upon the law by the World's Columbian Commission.' The commission has exceeded its powers by the appointment of oClcers and committees to conduct the li-.aa.icment of the fair in its executive details, vhlcb. In our interpretation of the law, belongs s IelT to the World s Columbian Exposition and lti otJiccrs. The commission was irt ven a quasi veto rower, and cot that of taking charge of the execution of the plans for the fair. From the fact that the commission Is honorary, and without salary.the conclusion Is reasonable that their duties were not intended to be exacting or con tinuoas.so that they would seriously interfere -with their private business. The duties of tho coiuiGisiou may be classed as affirmative and negative, national and international, preliminary and continuous. The eommlttee tried to fctreaa U2cn toU organisations while in Chi-

caco its views of tho matter of Jurisdiction, and it is pleased to report that their eifort met with some degree of success. The report says that the progress in the preparation of the government exhibit is as great as could have been expected, and that the result of the work of the board of government control has taken tangible and satisfactory shape. The report then treats of the action of the board of control concerning the disposition of the $1,500,000 voted by Congress for a government exhibit. In order to carry out the suggestions of the report to place the whole enterprise on a more solid footing and carry out the evident intention of Congress the board submits a joint resolution directing the fcecretary of the Treasury not to approve the payment of any expense attendant upon a meeting of the World's Columbian Commission or of the board of lady managers except such meetings asmay be called at the time of the dedication and opening of the world's fair; nor to approve the payment of any salary to any officer of the World's Columbian Commission out of any money which has been or may be available for such purpose other than an annual salary not in excess of 5,000 to the president. 1,000 to the vice-chairman of the executive committee and 3,000 to the secretary; nor to approve the payment of any salary to any officer of the board of lady managers in excess of $5,000 to the president and So.OOO to the secretary; nor to approve the payment of any expenses of the Wold's Columbian Commission, or of the board of lady managers other than those herein before mentioned, which shall amount to more than 1,000 per annum in the aggregate. . The committee renew tho opinion that the director - general and his . employes should be paid from the exposition funds ana not from the government appropriation. Haani Investigation to De Continued. Washington. Jan. 17. The House committee investigating the charges against Commissioner Itauni met to-day and decided to resume the examination of witnesses on Monday. The commute aUo, at the request of Sir. Cooper, authorized a demand, for the production of certain books, etc., of the Columbia Itefrigerator Company, a subordinate concern to the Universal Refrigerator Company, which has figured considerably in the present inquiry. General Motes. Ipecial to the Indianapolis Journal. Washington, Jan. rt D. T. McNeil, of Kokomo, is here. Senator Voorhees had introduced a bill authorizing the Secretary of tho Treasury to pay to Calvin Jones, of Rockport, $5,000 to reimburse him for the loss and damage sustained by the unlawful destruction of his printing establishment and material on the night ot the 28th of January, 1863, at Rockport, by a portion of Company B, of the Fifth Regiment of Indiana Cavalry Volunteers, then in the service of the United States. Prof. J. II. Smart, of Purdue University, Lafayette, is at the Kbbltt. lion, and Mrs. Benjamin F. Bhlvely have apartments at Willard's. Mrs. bhlvely receives on Fridays during January. ilon. Thomas Hanna, of Greencastle, Is here. lion. Warren G. Sayre, ex-Speaker of the Indiana House of Representatives, arrived In the city this morning.' The Treasury Department to-day redeemed, under its circular or Oct. 9, 181)0, $t2,800 four-and-a-half per cent, bonds, making In all to date $8,731,800. The corporate existence of the First National Bank of Kankakee, 111., was to-day extended to Feb. 13. Senator Hearst is feeling brighter and bettor this evening. - The four-and-a-half-pcr-cent government loan matures on the first of September next. The amount now outstanding Is $58,000,000, and the sinking fund requirements for the year are estimated at $48,000,000. To meet this It is prolKsed to continue the purchase of four-and-a-half-per-ceut. bonds exclusively, and the present indications are that not more than 0,000,000 of the loan In question will remain outstanding at the date of maturity. .

LOSS WILL REACH $1,500,000. Philadelphia's Carpet-Mill Fire More Destructive Than First Reported. Philadelphia, Jan. 17. The loss on the fire at John and James Dobson's carpetmills last night is heavier than first reported. The site of the burned mills presents a scene of desolation to-day. A tangled and charred mass of iron, wood, brick aud stone piled together in the wild est confusion is all that remains of the three buildings destroyed. Of the large fourstory picking-house, in which the fire originated, nothing remains but the walls. The roof crashed in on the machinery and all is now a shapeless mass. The main sixstory building, or the carpet-mill, is a wreck, as is also the extensive storehouse. There were in all eleven buildings used by the Dobsons in the manufacture of carpets and plush. All were together, but escaped serious injury with the exception of the three buildings mentioned. The burned buildings were monster affairs. The main structure destroyed was COO feet long by 250 wide, was built of stone and was stories in height Nearly 3,500 employes vrill be thrown out of employment. The loss will be about 81,500.000. The insurance will reach about $1,000,000, and is distributed among nearly all companies doing business in Philadelphia. No one company will be disastrously atlected by the heavy loss. Mr. James Dobson said this morning: "We will open our piush mills on Monday morning and will probably open the tapestry department a little later, which will give about two thousand persons employment. There will still be about two thousand ont of work, but we will need a number of hands to help clean up and we will look after the heads of families first and will do our part to see that no, person suffers. Directly and indirectly there are thirty thousand persons depending upon us for support." Although the loss on the fire was so large, it will not seriously affect any of the insurance companies, 10,000 being about the largest policy held by the Messrs. Dobson in any one company. The following companies are likely to be the heaviest losers: The Insurance Company of North America. Pennsylvania Fire, the Koyal, tho American, the Franklin, the Spring Garden, the London Assurance, Insurance Company of the $tate of Pennsylvania, the United Firemen's, Delaware Mutual, Home Insurance, German American, Hanover of New. York, the Ktna of Hartford, and Pbcenix of Hartford. Following are some of the English companies in which the mills were insured: The British American, Commercial Union. Caledonian of Scotland. Imperial, Lancashire, Liverpool, London and Globe, North British and Mercantile Company, Phoenix of London. Queen of Liverpool and the Sun of London. Two 31111 Employes Ilarned to Death. Palmer, Mass., Jan. 17. The main part of the dye-house of the Palmer mill of Otis J county, at Three Rivers, was destroyed by fire, this morning, and .two employes were burned to death. The men who lost their lives are Elijah Frame, who leaves a large family, and Joseph Iiabcock, unmarried. Their bodies are in the ruins, covered with piles of brick and machinery. The loss is about $20,000, of which glO.OuO is on stock; insured. Other Fires. Special to the Indians polls Journal. I.aPorte, Ind., Jaa. 17. E. R. Moore's wholesale and retail grocery and Oakery was partially burned this morning. Loss, $4,500 on stock and f 1,500 on building. Insurance: In Firemen's Fund of San Franrnsco, $1,500; Glens Fails of New York. $1,500; Milwaukee Mechanics, $3,000; New Hampshire, $ 3.00O. and American of New York, $;J,000. The fire started In the oil-room from spontaneous combustion, and was so sudden that tbe occupants barely escaped, a Mias Hill having her arm broken in the rush. PrrrsniKG. Jan. 17. Fleming & Ilanklnson's larpe tinware house, on Third avenue, was damaged by tire, at an early hour this morning, to the extent of $35,000; fully Insured. Special to tlie Indianapolis JourcaL Madison. Ind., Jan. 17. At midnight, tire at Carrollton. Ky., destroyed Denrtnt fc Cox's bakery and six other buildings. Loss, $3,000; Insured for one-half. Anderson Glass-Works Sold. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Anderson, Ind., Jan. 17. The American glassworks plant on South Meridian street was sold to-day to Hon. Charles L. Henry, who represents a number of capitalists m tho purchase. This great plant, which was erected at a cost of nearly $15,000. two years aso. owlnif to the Internal dissensions of tbe original stockholders has been standing idle for nearly a year, and 150 people who were employed there have sought employment elsewhere. Tbe reorganization of the concern will tie immediately effected, and the factory put upon a solid financial basis, and another large force of people given employment.

PHYSICIANS DISAPPOINTED

Prof. Koch Was Not Explicit in Explaining the Composition of HisLvmph. Europe and Africa Again in the Throes of a Great Snow-Storm Town in Jloncco Cut Off I rom the Remainder of the Country. KOCH'S EXPLANATION. Disappointment Over Ills Reticence Regarding the Process of Producing Ills Lymph. ' Copyright, 1891. by the New York Associated Press. Berlin, Jan. 17. Professor Koch will return to Berlin in March, after he makes a tour of Italy and Egypt. Upon his return the Koch Institute will be formally opened. Yesterday was the twenty-h f tb anniversary of his receiving his diploma as a doctor, and he was the recipient of a large number of congratulatory letters and messages. He has probably reached the climax of his career. There is distinct disappointment over the defective character of his statement regarding the composition of the lymph, and especially the studied reticence concerning some parts of the process of production. Experts in analysis say that his declaration that the remedy is a glycerine extract aus den reinculturen der tuberkel bakillen reveals nothing, while the description of the lymph which follows, which says the lymph contains "cine ge wisse,menge von mineral salzen f arbeude substanzen, und audere unbekanute extractivstohe," seems purposely evasive and obscure. The discussion proceeds with renewed, activity as to the value of the discovery. The weight of German. Austrian and English medical opinion supports the belief in the healing virtues of the lymph. Prof. Virchow is understood to have modified his unfavorable view. Professor Frcenkel has exhibited before the Berlin Medical Society six cases of pulmonic tuberculosis aud lupus, all of which are distinctly progressing towards a euro. He also reports the cases of fifty-two patients taken at the first stages of disease, most of whom are recovering. Professor Fraenkel is averse to treating patients in advanced stages of disease. Professor Sonneburg reports favorably on the cases of several patients in the Moabite Hospital who were suffering with advanced phthisis. Dr. Kosentbal, of the Berlin Dermatology Social, upholds the supreme value of the lymph in cases of lupus. A debate in this society elicited the opinion from doctors who favor the use of the lymph in leprosy. Doctors in Stuttgart report its successtul use in scrofulous diseases of the eye. Advices from Vienna state that the physicians there praise Prof. Koch's genius as an observer. They are surprised at the simplicity of the discovery. French doctors who are hostile to the remedy lay stress on Prof. Virchow's suggestion that the injection fluid is apt to spread the tubercle. Dr. Peters reports that in twenty-one post-mortem examinations he found that the lymph, instead' of being beneficial, had led to an extensive increase of the tuberculous deposits. The evidence from every quarter, when compared, demonstrates that, though the remedy has failed in many cases, it has an undoubted effective ameliorating effect in early phthisis, tubercles of the larynx and lupus. Leading Russian doctors, Professor Mnnch and Dr. Petersen, have experimented with the lymph in leprosy, and report the characteristic reaction. The widespread prevalence of leprosy in the Baltic provinces has obliged the Kiga Municipal Council to vote a sum to establish an asylum and a hospital, which will be opened in' August, when the Koch remedy will have an ample trial. Considerable interest is evinced in the reported discovery by the eminent bacteriologist. Dr. Hellman.'one of tho leading officers of the new medical institute founded by the Prince of Edinburgh in St. Petersburg, of a successful means by bacterial inoculation for the cure of glanders. This cannot fail to bo of great veterinary importance, and is also of consequence from tbe fact that the poison of glanders frequently causes the aeath of human beings. It is officially announced to-dav that the public sale ot the Koch lymph will 60on be iutrusted to druggists throughout Germany. Steps in this direction have already been taken, and the necessary plans, it is nnderstood, will be completed within a few days. SNOW-BOUND. Inhabitants of an Algerian Town Starving and Cut Off from the World. Algieks, Jan. 17. It would seem that unless something remarkable happens or the weather changes radically within a very short time, the inhabitants of Sebdon, a small town in the Tlemcen district of the Province of Oran, will starve to death. About a week ago information reached the city to the eflect that the inhabitants of Sebdon were snowed up beyond escape and that they were slowly starving to death. Their stock of provisions had run out before the bearer of the alarming news reached Tlemcen and it was said that the horses, mules, and even the few camels at Sebdon were being killed for food. As in the majority of small Algerine towns, the inhabitants of Sebdon depended almost entirelj- upon the regular or irregular convoys of provisions which reach them from the larger towns and the stock kept on hand is always comparatively small. When the news of the dangerous position m which the inhabitants ot Sebdon were placed reached the military authorities of Tlemcen they immediately sent a quantity of provisions, under the escort of a detachment of troops from the garrison of Tlemcen, to the relief of the sullerers at Sebdon. Unhappily the convoy, a day or so later, was snowed up in the Taiterney pass, and it was some time before the authorities at Tlemcen became aware of the danger to which the convoy was exposed. - An additional force was sent out, With instructions to push on at all hazards to the relief of the snowed-up troops, and afterwards, if possible, to assist the convoy in pushing on to Sebdon. The second detachment of troops managed to reach Taiterney pass, and on Jan. 15 it was announced that the convoy bad been extricated from its perilous position. To-day information was received here to the effect that the attempt to provision Sebdon had failed. Central Europe Hurled. Coryrlffht, i80C,by the New York Associated Press. Bf.kl.ix, Jan. 17. Snow has again fallen in East Prussia, south Germany and Austria-Hungary. The severity of the frost and the wideness of the area affected are greater than ever before chronicled. Railroad trafho is greatly delayed. Over one thousand men are employed in cleaning the streets of Berlin. The tramway companies in Vienna employ four thousand: men to clear their tracks. The Austrian railways are partly blocked. Large stocks of provisions are snow-bound and the prices of food have consequently advanced. Keports from Vienna say that railroad communication with Temsvar, in Hungary, has been stopped, owing to the great depth of the snow to the uortnward of that place. The p orts of Lubeck and Rostock, are again closed by the ice. and Kiel is shut In by drift-ice. At Hamburg the cold has become more i ntense and the river is full of drift-ice, which is greatly increasing the difficulty of navigation. Severe Snow-Storms In France. Pinis, Jan. 17. Heavy snow-storms are reported from Bordeaux and rerigueux, coupled with the statement that traffic of all kinds in those cities and In the surrounding regions has been brought to a standstill In the department ofDorogne all the rivers are frozen over and wolves are ravaging the sheep-pens. The village of Pontarlier and the farms about it are completely isolated, ail communication being cut off by the heavy snows. Several deaths by freezing are reported from the department of Burning? Spain Snowed Under. Madrid, Jan. 17. A violent snow-storm prevails in this neighborhood, and the weather throughout Spain Is extremely cold. In the Malaga district jackals are playing sad havoc with the flocks. In fact the jackals are appearing in such numbers that they are terrifying the peasants. The snow in the northern sections of tho country Is already rive feet deep m many places. Sunny Italy In a Mantle of White. Naples, Jan. 17. The snow-storm which commenced yesterday has lasted all night. The storm Is an unprecedented one. Trafllo in the streets has entirely ceased. T?.e telegraph wires are working badly, and there is considerable delay

along the railroads. A dispatch from Rome says the snow has recommeuced to fall there and there are prospects of another severe storm. GENERAL FOREIGN NEWS.

Germany's Emperor Will Not Likely Visit France for Fear of Insult. Copyright, 1891, by the United Press. J London, Jan. 17. A good deal has been said abott the Germany Emperor's purpose to visit France. That he has entertained such an intention there is no doubt, but so far the arguments presented by his family aud advisers against it have prevailed. The French government has not been able to give any assurance against insult, even if the Emperor should travel incognito, and while it has been the Emperor's project to promote the interest of jjeace by the i'ourney, there is too much reason to a p pretend that the effect would be the very con-. trary. There is reason to believe that tbe Kaiser has been informed regretfully and respectfully that the French authorities would not wish to be held responsible for the results of an imperial visit to Paris, the city, to quote Deputy Pichon, "defied by the tramp of the victorious Uhlans, where the black eagle of Prussia soared over the corpses of our soldiers." An early visit of the Kaiser to France, or at least to the French capital, need not be looked for, although it is true that the feeling of Frenchmen toward the Kaiser personally is much more tolerant since the sacrifice of Bismarck, looked upon by the French as the engineer of their overthrow. Festivities at the German Court. Copyright, 1891. by the United Press.! , London, Jan. 17. The Prussian court is once again becoming the scene of winter festivity and ; Imperial family gatherings, in marked contrast 1 i V -1 - A.1 . f io me &uuauon a year ago. xne impress Frederick and her daughter, the Princess Margaret of Prussia, have returned from Kiel, where they spent their Christmas holidays with Prince Henry and his consort, the Princess Irene of Hesse, and the two latter accompanied the empress-mother back to Berlin. The Prince and Princess Henry will reside for the remainder of the winter in the so-called Dutch palace. Unter den Linden. This editice is united by a gallery with the late Emperor William's palace. The latter is part of Prince Henry's inheritance, but he will not reside there yet, as the rooms of his great-grandparents are, for some time to come, to remain just as they were left- To-day the Kaiser held, in magnificent form, the court chapter of the Black Eagle, and to-morrow will be celebrated the coronation fest. The Empress Is taking her full share In court ceremonials and festivities. Her little boy Is well, but is said to be of more delicate physique than his rive elder brothers. Silver Goblets for Americans. I Copyright, 1381, by the New York Press. Berlix, J an. 17. A committee of the Deutscher Yerein Eisenhuttenleute has waited upon Mr. Phelps, the American minister at the legation. Herr Thielen, manager of the Pbienix Iron-works, and Herr Rlchrort, chairman of the committee, referred to the recent visit of the members of the society to America in response to the invitation of the Institute of Mining Engineers. Thev said they were welcomed everywhere, and were overwhelmed with hospitality. They would never forget the pleasant. Instructive days they had passed in the United 8tates. Desiring to give some tancible sign of their gratitude, they asked Mr. Phelps to be the medium to present three silver goblets to Messrs. KirchoiT, Raymond and Fhinn, upon whom had chiefly devolved the hospitality accorded the German delegates. Mr. Phelps expressed thanks on behalf of the American institute. He afterward save a dinner t the committee. A Dusseldorf artist deplaned the iroblets. They are shaped like Bessemer distributors, and are hung on swivels. They are curious and unique. Demonstration of, Tollers at Edinburgh. Edinburgh, Jan. 17. A monster procession of trades-unionists, estimated to have been composed of about 30,000 men, marched through the streets of this city to-day. This display of Edinburgh's workmen was a demonstration in sympathy with the. railroad employes who are out on strike. The : men .'behaved in the most orderly manner, and were enthusiastically cheered by tens of ttoufrand of persons who lined the streets along tho line of march. The different trade divisions wero headed by brass bands, bajrpipcs or life and drum corp. whle banners bearing such mottoes as "No surrender," "Fight for your rights," "Fair pay for a fair day's work" were carried above the heads of the marching trades-unionists. There seems to be no prospect to-day of an early termination of Scotland's great railroad strike. This is the end of the fourth week of the trouble. Germany Will Stick to the Gold Standard, Copyright. ISOO, by the-NewYork Press. . Berlin, Jan.' 17. Trio official dinner given by Herr Miguel, Minister of Finance, which was attended by tho Emperor, Chancellor Von Caprivi, several members of the , Ministry and twenty members of the Reichstag, was rendered notable by the free utterances of the Emperor concernlug bimetallism. Germany, he said, could not accept a double-standard currency. The question had been deilultely settled In favor of a Kold standard. The trading nations of tbe world, he declared, would ere long agree ujon the universal adoption of gold. During the four hours he was present at the dinner the Emperor, besides expressing himself on the currency question, talked at rreat length concerning reforms In education and upon dramatic subjects. When German Criminals Were Sent to Siberia.1 Copyright, 1891, by the New York Associated Press. Loxlkjn, Jan. 17. While so much discussion is goiug on about Siberia it may be of interest to note that according toj a document received in the archives of the Prussian Ministry of Justice,1 Siberia was by arrangement between the Rus-' sian and Prussian governments a depot to which "incorrigible Prussian thieves, robbers, incendiaries and other malefactors were deported, there to work in tbe mines for the remainder of their lives without hope of escape." It also appears that at least one large consignment of convicts was forwarded and others arranged for. Probably the rise of Napoleon and the consequent wars, when even criminals beoame valuable as food for cannon, may have put an end to this interesting trade in German malefactors. The Czar Will Not Receive Petitions. . St. PETEirsncKO, Jan. 17. Tho imperial commission on petitions has returned to London the memorial in behalf of the' Russian Jews addressed to the Czar by the large representative meeting recently held at the London Guild Hall. The returned memorial is accompanied by a communication to the Mayor of London, stating that the commission is not authorized to present such memorials to the Czar. Have Oar Indians Appealed to tne Pope?. London, Jan. 17. A silly report is current that the American Indians, through a Catholic missionary, have appealed to the Pope to inter-, fere in their behalf and that his Holiness has ' written President Harrison on the subject. The English papers are giving a good deal of attention to the Indian war, and tbe subject is discussed to a surprising extent hero. Cable .Notes. Rnssla Is about to build a railway direct from i St. Petersburg to Odessa. I Princo Bismarck and Count Herbert Bismarck ; are expected at Cannes in February. An immense union of farm laborers In England is beins formed with a programme reseia-' bling in some points that of the Irish League. An American named Nocton, hailing from St. Louis, has been arrested in Munich, charged under the name of Drew with swindling the Vienna Laender Rank out of 4,583 florins by passing a forged bill of exchange. Dr. Windthorst yesterday celebrated his eightieth birthday. He is suffering from a chilL Catholics have poured addresses upon the Germad Centrist leader, and there have been a number of dinners given in his honor. Masses were celebrated in most of the churches. The Danish Legislature has under consideration and will probably pass a bill making Copenhagen a free iort. Certain industries will be excluded from the general privileges of the free harbor, special rate of duties being applicable to their inland business. . Dispatches received from Zanzibar state that the German forces recently attacked Macbemba's stronghold which was situated In a dense Jungle. The jungle seriously hindered the movements of the troops. The result was that the German forces were repulsed and forced to retreat. Emin Pasha is said to be engaged In constant communication with the Arabs outh of Lake Vlcory. The masses of Belgium are agita'ad over the mobilization of the troops. They fear that Parliament will reject the measure for extension of the suffrage, which comes up Tuesday, and that the military preparations are intended to put down any popular demonstration on the occasion. Arrangements for mass-meetings to demand the passage of the bill are being made everywhere. A Berlin cabinet-maker who was iccently sent as a delegato from a number of f ell w-w orkmen to warn their employers that they would go on strike unless their wages were Increased was promptly arrested at the instance f one of the employers Le called upon. Eventually the man was tried on a charge of trying to extort money by threats, and yesterday he was sentenced to Imprisonment for six months. r Cannot Enforce the Prohibition taw. Sioux Citt. Jan. 17. The officers of the Law and Order League state that that organization will cease for the present its efforts to enforce the prohibition liquor law. They say it is a hopeless task when the city and county authorities oppose them. The league's funds are exhausted

PBOMISES OF THE HOSTILES

Fruitfnl Conference Between General Miles and the Leaders of the Br ales. All Proclaim Themselves In Favor of Peace, tat Ask for & Military Agent at Rosebad Deposition of Troops. Pine Eidge Agency, S. D., Jan. 17. At soon General Miles sent a message to the hostile camp asking for a conference council with the principal chiefs. There was an immediate response.. Among the chiefs were Two Strike, Short Bull, Eagle Pipe, Crow Dog, Big Turkey, Black Kobe, Kicking Bear, Iron Foot and Man-Raised-Above. The council lasted half an hour. The chiefs were Brules, and when the subject of returning to their agency at Rosebud was broached they said they were in favor of returning if a military man should be placed over them as agent. Captain Lee, of the Ninth Infantry, who was recommended by General Miles as agent for .the agency in question, was present. He stated that he did not know that the recommendation of General Miles had been favorably acted upon by the Interior Department. In fact, he had heard . that the department had indorsed General Miles recommendation regarding military agents only so far as Pine Ridge was concerned, lie further stated that if he was not supported as Captain Pierce was at this agency he would not accept the position. Tbe Indians present expressed a hope that he would be allowed to take bold of the agency in question. After a little more parleying Big Road stood up and solemnly and dramatically proclaimed himself as in favor of peace. At the same time he asked those who wished to join him in restoring peace and working for the prosEerity of their people to raise their right and towards heaven. Immediately every right band in the gathering was raised, and. with a general shaking of hands, the conference came to a close. It has been decided definitely that the Sixth Cavalry, which came here from Fort Wingate, Ind. T'will hereafter be divided between Forts Niobrara, in Nebraska, and McKinney, in Wyoming, General Carres headquarters being established at the former place. An order has been issued directing the Seventh Infantry. Colonel Merriam, which has been serving on Cherry creek and the lower Cheyenne river, near Standing Rock agency, to return to its post, at Fort Logan. Denver. Rodney's battery, which has also been serving in the same vicinity, has been ordered back to Fort Riley. Colonel Sumner's command, comprising the Eighth Cavalry and the Third Infantry, has been ordered to return to Fort Meade. It has been decided that the headquarters of the Ninth Cavalry will be at Fort Robinson, and that troops A, D, .T, G, I and K. of that regiment, will be located at that place. Troop II is now located at Fort Duchesne; Troop E at Washakie and Troop C is en route among the Leavenworth battalion. Fort McKinney will be garrisoned hereafter by a part of the Sixth Cavalry. This strengthening of the cavalry along the reservation is intended as a safe-guard and to .revive the confidence of the people who have been long in danger of Indian outbreaks. The question is now being discussed of allowing members of the First Infantry, under Colonel Khaf Ce'r, who feel so disposed, to remain in this department. The council between the friendly and hostile Indians last night, reported in these dispatches, has tended to relieve the anxiety of many white people, and assure the Indians that rtheir fear of being massacred by the soldiers was without foundation. Everybody to-day seems to feel that the trouble has been brought to a close. Up to noon to-day seventy-one guns had been turned in by the hostiles. More weapons ar expected to-morrow. Some trouble is expected, now that the war seems to have almost been brought to a close, from the fact that the Interior Department has sent ont an agent to escort a delegation of Indian chiefs to Washington. The chiefs have asked permission to set their case before the Great Father. The request has been favored by General Miles. It was expected that the Indians on their trip would be accompanied by military officers who have been associated with them during this trouble. There are no lights in the hostile camp to-night. Everything is quiet. The Indians seem to be in favor of redeeming the pledges they gave to General Miles. . The Cheyennes have already been sent on their way to Tongue river. The Brules will be sent to tho north. Those from Standing Rock will be returned thither and tbe Ogalialas will be kept here. An old Indian named Knife Scabbard died last night, and was buried to-day. He was the seventh Indian who has died in the hospital from injuries received in the Wounded Knee tight. Agent Pierce has just received word from the hostile camp that all the horses and cattle belonging to the friendly Indians and others will be surrendered to their several owners. Supplies Needed by Agent Tierce. Wushixgtox, Jan. 17. Captain Tierce, acting agent of the Indians at Pine Ridge, has made a requisition upon the Indian Bureau for the supplies whioh will be necessary to continue the issue of full rations up to June 31, 1891, under the provisions of the treaty of 1877. The estimate calls for 84G.R55 pounds of beef, gross; 12.7H1 pounds of coffee, net, and 15,294 pounds of sugar, net. Captain Tierce is of the opinion that his beef estimate will probably have to be increased by 50 per cent, owing to the difference in weight of the cattle now as compared with their weight when received last October. Mysterious Movements of Creea. Craig, Mont, Jan. 17. Three hundred Cree Indians are camped in the neighborhood of Dog and Rock creeks and Dearborn. About twentyfive are here. They are all bucks, and have borses." They have bought all the ammunition obtainable here. Nobody knows where they came from, and people are alarmed. BASE-BALL MEETING OYER. Business Done According to the New Agreement Al Johnson Not Recognized New York, Jan. 17. The American Association met this afternoon and apoointed committees and directors. Allen W. Thurman was elected to represent the Association in the new board of control, and it was decided to hold the schedule committee meeting in Baltimore, March 5. A resola tion was adopted inviting the National League to participate in a supplementary championship at the close of the regular playing season. The question of the division of the receipts among the clubs was decided by the adoption of a 50 per cent, basis. Messrs. Thurman and Prince were appointed a committee to fill the vacancy in Chicago. The League people were in session fully four hours and did little business. John D. Rogers was delegated to represent the League in the board of control. The invitation of the Association to participate in the supplementary championship was referred to the schedule committee, and Al Johnson's communication claiming recognition was laid on the table. A joint meeting of tbe schedule committee was held after the ad1'ournment of the Association and the eague.'and C. IL Byrne, of Brooklyn, was elected chairman. No Club at Terr ITaate. pecial to the Indianapolis Journal. Te eke IIacte, Ind., Jan. 17. The decision tonight is that Terre Haute will not be in the Interstate Base-ball League. The meeting at Bur-, llngton, la., to-day. was continued until to-morrow, waiting for Terre Haute, but the declination of the Street-car Company to subscribe to the fund haa resulted In the abandonment of the effort to organize a league club this year. Interstate Ball League. , BCBLnrGToy, la., Jan. 17. A number of baseball men are in seaion here to-day for the purpose of reorganizing the Interstate League. The Indications are that the league will be organized with Des Moines and Cedar Rapids, la.; Springfield, Ouincy, Kockford, Joliet and Peoria, 11L, and LvansTille, Ind., as the club points. Movements of Steamers. New Yohk, Jan. 17. Arrived: Celtic, from Liverpool. Lizard. Jan. 17. Passed: 1a Gasoogne, from 35 ew York lor Havre.

Used in Millions of Homes PANIC IN A CHICAGO STREET Crowd of Shoppers Thrown to the Ground by a Severe Explosion. One Unfortunate Colored Woman Blown Sky ward and BerSkoll Split Openbj the Fall Plate Glass Shattered Squares Awaj. Cnicloo, Jan. 17. With a crash heard for a mile, and smashing plate-glass win dows for a radius of three blocks, a sewer man-hole exploded this evening at the intersection of Jackson street and Wabash avenue when both thoroughfares were crowded with shoppers and work-people. Dozens of persons were thrown from their feet by the terrific force of tbe explosion, and a wild panic ensued among those left onstunned. A number of passers-by were injured by falling glass. In the excited crowd were many ladies. One woman, Mrs. C. 11. Boss, colored, was killed outright. Her death was a shocking one. She was stepping nearly upon the fatal man-hole when the covering, with startling suddenness. Hew skyward and she was slammed backward. Hat against the curbing. The woman's .skull was split open and her brains were scattered about in a circle on the stones. A little four-year-old colored boy who was with her. strangely escaped injury, not receiving so much as a scratch. F. II. Mack received serious scalp wounds from a stone that was shot out of the pavement, and had a painful gash in tbe wrist from a jagged piece of window-glass. Up to a moment before the explosion police officer Moore, who is regularly stationed at that corner, bad been standing on the man-hole almost continuously for hours. A right-of-way dispute between teamsters caused him to change his position in the nick of time and doubtless saved bis life. The persons injured by glass, aside from Mr. Mack, were C. M. Stout, T. Sheldon. J. Karplers and E. W. Waddell. None were dangerously hurt except Mr. Stout, one of whose hands was nearly severed from his arm. The offices of the Singer Sewing-machine Company were the worst damaged in the neighborhood. Out of sixty windows in tho company's premises not one has a whole pane left. Across the street, at the Wellington Hotel, about forty windows were broken, and the same number in the Chickering l'iano Building. Several theories are advanced as to the cause of the explosion, many claiming sewer-gas; others that the illuminating-gas pipes had s prung a leak, and the electric-light wires had caused the gas to ignite. This last is the opinion of the officials of the city sewerage department. A similar explosion, with hardly less disastrous results, occurred a year ago in almost the same locality. Accidents at Crawfordsvllle. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. CitAWFoansviLLE, Ind., Jan. 17. Two accidents occurred In this city to-day, one of which may yet prove fatal. Several students were skating on the dam and were playing shinny." Charles Covert, of Franklin,, fell down Just as another student struck with his club, and Covert received the blow upon his head. He was rendered unconsofous and delirious and was brought to this city and medi cal aid summoned. At present writing he is yet unconscious. About noon as 1.1 wood liiniord, ot near Garfield, was exbibitmg his revolver to J. K. I. Thompson, of the second-hand store, he pointed the "didn't-know-it-was-loaded" revolver at Mr. Thompson, pulled the trleper, and shot oil' the end of the tinper of Mr. Thompson. Tho ball tben struck the safe, and glancing back struck liiniord on his knee. . Drained with a Billiard Cue. Metropolis, 111., Jan. 17. Yesterday after noon the town of Brooklyn, the Illinois terminus of the Cairo Short-line railroad, furnished the second murder iucident in less than a week. A week ago Polk Lynn brained Lee Lyon In a saloon with a billiard cue. Yesterday Ellsworth Burcham and John Belcher were playing pool, when a quarrel arose, ending In a light. Ben Daaiels and Dock Turner, hard characters from this place, interfered, and one of them gave Burcham a billiard cue, bidding him use it, which he did, braining his man. Turner and Daniels escaped. Burcham 1j in jail. THE STRIKE ON TUE ST. PAUL ROAD. Telegraphers Claim to Bo Gaining Ground, but This la Denied by the Official. Chicago, Jan. 17. The striking telegraphers on the St. Paul road claim to be gaining ground, and that fifty more men left the road at 12 o'clock to-day. Chief Thurston, of the telegraphers, says the road is running its passenger trains comparatively on time, but that the freights are greatly impeded. General Manager Earling says there is no strike. "Only seventy-two men," says he, "have gone out. and their places have been promptly tilled. I am not uneasy." As the telegraphers show letters and telegrams from 350 men who have gone out, it is evident the general manager is not well posted. About a dozen men employedlon the Prairie du Chien, La Crosse & Northern divisions quit work last night. The business men of Kmmettsburg, la., have signed a paper agreeing to give no business to the St. Paul road until tho operators' wages are restored. Keports from other points are to the same eii'ect. Large contributions are being made by all classes of people to aid the operators. Telegraphers on Other Roads. Pittsburg, Jan. 17. There is a possibility of trouble between the telegraphe n at least one of the railroads entering this ndthe otlicials of the company. About a :ao an order was issued by the Plttsbtra & Lake Erie road demanding that all members of the Order of Railway Telegraphers should send in their withdrawal cards or prepare for dismissal. It is stated that nearly all the telegraph operators on the road are members of the order, but they did not comply with the demand, bince thou tbe company has taken no action, while the men are perfecting their organization and awaiting developments. K. C. Bradley, liuperintendent of telegraph on the Pennsylvania lines wet, has sent a card to each operator propounding the Siueery: "Are you a member of the Order of iailway Telegraphers V 'o intimation was conveyed as to what the result would be in case of an affirmative answer, and no responses have yet been made to the queery. Pennsylvania Grievance Committee. PiTTSBUKO, Pa., Jan. 17 The general grievance committee representing the employes of all the Pennsylvania system lines west of Pi itsburs, which has been in session for a week, adjourned to-day. They numbered sixty delegates, and to-day a sub-committee met General Manager Woods, of the Pennsylvania Company. This was the first conference since the presentation of grievances a week ago, and Mr. Woods stated that he must tirtt lay the matter before a higher authority. He desired to remedy all matters as to bourn and length of runs, but thocght an advance of wages at this time was out of the question. The men have made their demands on a number of roads, but some time must elapse before they are acted on. Union Printers Dismissed. Boston, Jan. 17. The fifty union printers composing the Boston Post chapel, were notified to-day that their services would no loneer be required, and an entire new foroe has been em ployed. Salt Against Arkansas Hulldozers. Fort Smith. Ark., Jan. 17.The Uniied States Court here Is trying what promises to be one of the most sensational trials in the history of the court It is a civil suit for $50,000 damages for fal.e imprisonment brought by Illlrabeth Pruitt and her two sons against twenty-eight of the most prominent citizens of Ilackett City, this county. The Prultts were residents of Ilackett and were not loved by the community as they might have been. Ofcar, one of the boys, was in jail under arrest for burglary. The niht of May 1, le8i, the citizens and a deputy constable took Oscar from the cell and went to the Pruitt residence, where they ordered tho family out oX

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their beds, handcuffed them and marched them to the deit Ther Iwarded a coal train for Jea son. the next station, where they bought them tickets for Pari. Tex. The Pruitts retaliated by bringing suit. Over lifty witnesses axe to be examined. Frozen to Death. Vaxdaija, IlL, Jan. 17. 1 he dead body of John O. Howell, who resided near Hellsburg, Ilh. was found by the roadside near his residence, yesterday morning, frozen stiff. lie was in the city the aay before, and Is known to have been under the influence of liquor when he started home late ia the evening. It Is supposed he went to sleep and froze to death. TELEGRAPHIC BREVITIES. Ex-County Clerk M. D. Hamilton, of San Diego, CaL, is short In his accounts $4,120. At Peoria. HL, Lewis Roblson, a minstrel man quarreled with Tom Dunn, a local pugilist, on Friday night, and shot him three times, probably fatally. At Omaha yesterday Tat Ford, son of 8tat Representative Ford, shot and fatally wounded a young fellow known as "Lilly the Kid in a bar-room row. Tatrlck Forrestell, until last October a trusted clerk of Simpson, a New York pawnbroker, is under arrest for the then cf $,000 worth of diamonds from his employer. Three painters named Jonathan Ryan, Jos. Ryan and Geo. Clark fell from a scaflold thirty feet hltrh at Jf annette, Fa. Loth the Ryans wero Injured internally and will probably die. Capt. John Ericsson beqwated $125,000 In his wllL Ills estate amounts to only $'.K),000. and his executors are seeking a construction of the will to learn If any heir haa precedence. Jack McAuliffe, of New York, and Billy Meyer, of Streator. IlL. have signed articles of agreement to tight with gloves to a finish for a stake of $5,000 a side within three months. The affair Is to take place before the club offering the largest purse. It is now stated that an additional shortage of $80,000 has been discovered in the trust lands held by attorney John C Hall, of Han Francisco, and that the loss to that amount will fall upon Mrs. M. A. Baldwin, whose estate was in Hall's charge. Leonard Perrln. the New London, Wis., banker convicted of recelvinjr and disposicg u money stolen from the Iron Exchange Bank of Hurley was sentenced yesterday. He escaped with a tine of $100 and costs ot prosecution. In all,$2,138. Jim Wakely and Phil Lynch are on their way to Chicago from New Orleans for the purpose of trying to persuade John L. Sullivan to make a match with Slaviru whose friends say they are willing to back him for 810,000 against tho champion. George H. Powlinson, superintendent of one . of the Sunday-schools at Mankato, Minn., andl head clerk of the mailing department of W. Wt P. McConnelL dry-goods merchant and postmaster, is missing. Between $3,000 and $10,000 Is also gone. An attempt is being made bv New York capitalists to organize a stove trust. The matter has . been laid before the stove manufacturers of De trolt, but they have refused to take part in it. I& , Is believed that without their co-operation tho combination cannot be made effective. A party of thirty young Swedish people lefft Omaha yesterday for Shanghai, China, where) they become missionaries of the Swedish Evan(relical Church. Another party of liftmen will eave next month. They have been training In the Mission School at Omaha. George Rooke, the well-known po gillst. Is out in a card at New York, in whioh he challenges Fltzsimmons to fight him for the middle-weight championship and a reasonable purse offered by any responsible club, the men to tight at 154 pounds with live-ounce gloves, Queensbury rules. A handsome young woman, who registered at a hotel In St, Louis Friday aa "Mrs. Hudson, was found dead the 6am e evening, having committed suicide by taking morphine. An aff ectionate letter addressed to G. 11. Nichols, a railroad ticket agent at Galveston. Tex., was found on the table unhnlshed. In it she asked forgiveness, saying the temptation was too mucn lor her. To-day her brother, Harry Lay, of Kansas City, took possession of the body. A Misjudged Editor. Correspondence Boston Journal. A well-known literary woman not long ago sent a poem to one of the prominent New York magaziues. She had repeatedly done so before, but in such cases she received back her elusions with the customary editorial declination blank. After two or three weeks this particular poem followed its predecessors. The poetess did not happen to be at home when the letter came, nut her busbaud was. and as is his custom, he opened the letter upon seeing the magazine's imprint upon the envelope. His wife had told him how often this same editor had returned her poems, and finding tho ,same editorial blank in this letter which ho had so frequently seen, he became impatient, drew out a pencil and wrote across the face of the blank the single but striking word, ''Kats!" He placed the blank and poem in the envelope, which absent-mindedly he sealed, the mucilage not having adhered when sent from the magazine oilice. The letter was not opened by the poetess until after supper, when her husband had gone out for the evening. Mechanically she opened the envelope, and was about to tear np the editor's blank when the word written across the face of it struck her eye. tibe became furious. Not recognizing the handwriting, and thinking some one in tho . magazine office had written it with application to her poem, she eat down and wroto tbe editor a letter which rau6t have opened his eyes. A spirited correspondence took place, the editor disclaiming while tho poetess accused. The interchange of letters has ceased, I understand, but firm as ever is the conviction of the passionate poetess of the editor's intent to insult her poem. Only two persons recognized the handwriting, bat neither was in a position to explain matters. Tt i said that to drink sweet milk after eating onions will purify the breath so that z . r 1 . no oaor win xemaiu. a cupiui ui Biruug cotlee is also recommended; Talking of patent medicines you know the old prejudice. And the doctors some of them are between you and us. They would like you to think that what's cured thousands won't cure you. You'd believe in patent medicines if they didn't profess to cure everything and so, between the experiments of doctors, and the experiments of patent medicines that are sold only because there's money in the " stuff, " you lose faith in everything. And, you can't always tell the prescription that cures by what you read in the papers. So, perhaps, there's no better way to sell a remedy, than to tell the truth about it, and take the risk of its doing just what it professes to do. That's what the World's Dispensary Medical Association, of Buffalo, N. Y., does with Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery, Favorite Prescription, Pleasant Pellets, and Dr. Sage's Catarrh Remedy. If they don't do what their makers say they'll do you get your money back.