Indianapolis Journal, Indianapolis, Marion County, 23 January 1891 — Page 2

THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL, FRIDAY)' JANUARY 23, 1891.

mentioned in connection with the silver Jool. said, at Springiield, to-ay, that ho ias no knowledge of the pool and never heard of it nntil he read of it in the newtpapers some months ago. He never heard the name of any member of CongreM mentioned in connection with it. lie will start for Washington in a day or two in response to a summons to appear and testify before the House inveitigating committee. , SILCOTT TO HE LET ALONE.

Ko Efforts to Capture the Rascally Sergeant-at-Arms Ilotr the Office la Conducted Now. Special to the Indianapolis JoarnaL Washington, Jan. 22. Sergeant-at-Arms Holmes, of the Hons of Representatives, has received letters claiming to locate Silcott, the defaulting Sergeant-at-arms, in Australia. Other letters have been re ceived from time to time whicn claimed to locate Silcott at various other points in the world. But little attention has been paid to these letters, however, and Major Holmes will take no steps to follow the defaulter to Australia or elsewhere. In fact, there is very little likelihood that Silcott will ever be apprehended. The reward offered by the House of Representatives gives little inducement - to capture - him. The ofler of $5,000 is qualified by the clause that Silcott is to be delivered to the anthorities of the District of Columbia. Detectives have never shown any disposition to work for this reward. If they wanted to work on the present clew and went to Australia they would have to pay their fare to that distant country and return, as well as the fare of Silcott back. It would probably cost $2,000 for a detective to bring Silcott back from the other side of the world and the policy fraternity are riot making snch heavy investments on a possibility of $5,000. Since the new Sergeant-at-arms took hold he has put new rules in operation, which prevent a repetition of the Silcott affair, thonrjb they are inconvenient to the members. It used to be easy for the Congressmen to get a small loan at the sergeant's desk, or to get his note, check or draft discounted. Now nothing will be received excent a check on what the member actually has to his credit. New York drafts or certified checks will not be taken. Instead of doing a sort of general banking business, the present Sergeant-at-arms is merely a disbursing oflicer, with none of the bad features which existed when Silcott was sergeant INDIANA REPUBLICAN CLUB. Social Reception at Which the President and Mrs. Harrison Were Present, fipsdal to the Indianapolis Journal. Washington, Jan. 22. The' Indiana social reception at the National Rides Armory to-night, under the auspices of the Indiana Republican Club, was ft success throughout. The large armory was well tilled, there being almost every Hoosier in the city and quite a number of prominent persons from other fctates present. There was music and dancing. The President and Mrs. Harrison entered the armory about 10:30 o'clock, and were greeted with applause. There was nothing formal about their reception. They mingled with the throng and met every one in a social way. Private Secretary Halford was also present, and was warmly received. The reception was under the management of the following reception committee, although President Cheney, of the club, and ex-President Leonard were active in making the events of the evening a success: K. T. McKoe, J. li. Leonard. Giles Smith, Edward C. Steele. Edward F. Tibbott, Frank Morrison, W. W. Curry, Daniel M. Ransdell. Paul Liepbardt, Miss Cora Curry, Miss Alice Sanger, Miss S. E. Culbertson, Mrs. T. H. McKee, Mrs. Hattie Hamilton, Mrs. Daniel M. RansdelL Following were the floorMirectors: Wm. H. Boss, Frank W. Rowles, Frank E. Buckland. Charles E. Hedges, Victor L. Ricketts. James A. Sample. ' MINOR MATTERS. llolman Wants the Xloase Roles Changed to Admit Riders on Appropriation Bills. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Washington, Jan. 22. It is expected that the President will be often embarrassed during the next Congress by "riders" which the House will place ' upon the appropriation bills. Mr. Holman intends to have his old provision again brought into nse, allowing new legislation in appropriation bills. Thus the Democrats can tack on regular and important appropriation bills, which must become laws, features for their party's benefit Present Harrison has i een very slow to interpose vetoes, but in view of the antics in the House during the rast two weeks and the anticipated resurrection of Mr, Holman's provision for new legislation in appropriation bills, it is exEected that the veto pen may often be rought into requisition. Under the old rule so many propositions, barren of real merit, and too weak to carry thhemselves through on tneir own merits, were placed upon important appropriation bills as riders, that it became' necessary to . adopt . a rule which excluded all new matter from regular annual appropriation bills. Although there is a Republican Senate to check this sort of work, it cannot always do it, and wherever there is a division of party sentiment, like there is npon silver coinage, the elections bill and closure rule, and the Republicans iuthe Senate do not stand closely together, the riders" from the House will go through, especially as the Republican majority in the Senate will be considerably reduced after March 4. Condition of Pension Ofiloe Business. Washington. Jan. 2a The Pension Office, from the first of January to the fifteenth, inclusive, has issued 10,377 pension certificates, the greater portion of them being granted under the dependent pension law. ' This is said to be the largest number ever issued during a like period. Commissioner Raum said to-day that the inquiries received from Congressmen regarding the status of pending cases has thrown a great deal of additional work upon the bureau. Aa an instance, one day last week 2,086 inquiries were received. The entire force of the adjudication division, numbering about six hundred clerks, was put on the work of answering these communications, and at the close of the day there were Sll Inquiries still unanswered. The daily average ol such inquiries, the Commissioner says, ranges from 600 to 1.500. The accumulation of this work keeps a large force constantly employed, which is not specifically, provided for. so that details have to be made from the various divisions; and thus the regular routine business of the office is greatly interfered with. Crops In Indiana. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Washington, Jan. 22. The monthly crop report, just issued by the Department of Agriculture, has the lolloping concerning growing crops in Indiana: ''Winter wheat and rye have rarely been in better condition at this season of the year.'1 Of the harvested crops of last year in Indiana the report says: "The remarkably warm and mild weather up to Deo. 1 has kept the pasturee in fine condition. Grazing has remained excellent, and much grain, hay, etc, have been saved thereby, as live stock have been kept in fine condition with little feeding. The corn crop matured well and has been harvested and cribbed in excellent condition. The hay crop has proved the most profitable of the staple productions of the year." The Raum Inrestlgmtton. Wafiiington, Jan. 22,The Raum investigation to-day was uninteresting. James O'Donnell, a Pension Office employe; testified that, when on leave of absence, he had cared for a pair of horses belonging to Green B. Raum. jr. " Mr. Cooper riled with the committee a certified cony of the articles of incorporation of the Columbia Universal Refrigerator Company, which, however, Mr. Raum said had not been incorporated, and consequently the stock had not been issued. The committee then adjourned until Monday. General Notes. fi rectal to the I avians yells JoarnaL Washington, J an. 22. William S. Wood, of Indianapolis, is at Wiliard's. Mies Mamie RansdelL daughter of District Marihal Ransdell, entertained a num

ber of her young friends at a box party at "ail the comforts of home," yesterday afternoon. The young ladies present were the Misses Rose Winger, Frank Winger, Bessie Ways, Snsan Quay, Daisy Davis. Lorena Barbsr, Jessie Miller, Anna Warner, Kitty Broadhead and Flora Knees. Mrs. D. M. Ransdell chaperoned the young ladies. G. W. Lancaster has been appointed postmaster at Mapleton, Marion county, Indiana, vice N. P. Carter, resigned. Mrs. W. II. H. Miller and her daughter had Mrs. Wickersham. Mrs. Sharp, an Indianapolis bride; Mrs. Hale and Miss PaTkr to meet her guests yesterday at a reception. Mr. Valente, the Brazilian minister, presented his letters of recall to the President this morning, and Mr. Mendonca,' his successor, was formally presented to the President by Secretary Blaine this afternoon. The House committee on judiciary has authorized a favorable report on the bill fixing compensation of assistant attorneys in the Department of Justice. The bill is reported with an amendment fixing the salary at $3,500 per annum. Brig.-Gen. S. V. Benet, chiof of ordnance of the army, was to-day placed on theretired list, having reached the age of sixtytwo years. His place has been a bone of contention among the colonels of the ordnance corps of the army for some months, and now the contest seems to be between Colonels Flagler and Whittemore. The Postotfice Department has offered a reward of $1,000 each for the apprehension of the fifteen bandits who recently robbed a train on the railroad between Brownsville and Isabel. Tex. The total collections of internal revenue during the first six months of the fiscal year ending June SO, 1S01, show an excess of $6,619.6(32, as compared with . the collections during the corresponding period of the previous fiscal year. Lon M. Neely and D. C. Mitchell left for Mnncie to-night. CRIMINAL PRACTICES CHARGED. Serious Allegations Aboat the Transactions of Holmes, the Chicago Cable Road .Magnate. Chicago, Jan. 22. A morning paper published a long 6tory in regard to alleged irregular practices of C.B. Holmes, the cable railway magnate of this city, in connection with the building of the Los Angeles, CaL, cable road and the floating of its securities. The horse railroad of that company, it was alleged, was bought by a Chicago syndicate, known as the National Railroad Company, who reorganized it under the name of the Pacific Railroad Company, and cabled it at a cost of $3,000,000. It is further stated that bonds i ere issued as first mortgage bonds, when the property was already covered by a mortgage; that Vermilye Sc Co., of New York, were eraployed to float a part of the securities; that after they had sold some of them they discovered the facts, and sent an agent here to investigate, with a view to .having Mr. Holmes arrested for making false representation. The Pacitio railroad was a failure, and was put into the hands of a receiver in this city yesterday. Holmes denies these charges. Mr. Jaa. Caniobell. a St. Louis broker, says that "$15o,000 of the Pacific company's bonds were turned over to the National Construction Company of Chicago, the same company that owns several car lines in St. Louis. You see Holmes was at the head of both companies and he borrowed or took money from one company to pay the other's debts. He borrowed $150,000 from three or four St. Louis banks for the Los Angeles Cable Company and gave as security $165,000 in bonds of the Pacitio Railroad Company. This was last summer, and the money was to be paid back on demand. When the squeeze came in the money market last fall the banks called in the loan, and Holmes having $150,000 in another St. Louis bank, to the credit of the National Construction Company of Chicago, canceled the Pacitio company's debt with the National company's money. When the later company learned of it Mr. Holmes had to resign the presidency of that company. He had already turned over the SI 65. 000 of Pacific company's bonds to the Chicago company, and they still have them, and they have also compelled Holmes to give them an additional security in the shape of his Chicago residence and other unincumbered property, worth, in all probability, more than $150,000. so that the only loser in the transaction will probably be Mr. Holmes himself."

Other Business Troubles. Medicine Lodge, Kan., Jan. 22. Standiford, Youman & Eldred, general merchandise, was taken possession of to-day by the sheriff on a chattel mortgage in favor of McCord, Nave & Co.. of Kansas City. Liabilities are $75,000; assets, about the same. The First National Bank was placed in the hands of a government examiner today. There had been a rnn on the bank for the past four days, but the principal cause of the suspension was a quarrel among the stockholders. The assets are about b2,000; liabilities, $50,000. The bank will resume. Kansas City, Jan. 22,The run on the Kansas City Safe Deposit and. Savings Bank, caused by its occupying quarters in the same building with the American National lank, which suspended last Monday, ended at 10 o'clock this morning. Since Monday the Savings bank has paid out $150,000 to depositors, and was prepared to pay the full amount of deposits, $'JO0,000. New York, Jan. 22. The firm of Lowden & Rutherford, carriage manufacturers ot this city, assigned to-day with preferences aggregating about $12,000; debts, $50.00u. P. Schanning& Co.. dealers in suits and cloaks, at No. 125 Qreen street, to-day confessed judgment for the sum of $4,220 to Isaac Lutlin. SrRiNGFiELD, O., Jan. 22. Armstrong & Brothers' boiler manufactory, which was closed by assignment last week, will reopen to-morrow under Trustees Robert Johnson and R. II. Foos. The assets are stated to be $113,000; liabilities, $101,000. Omaha, Neb., Jan. 22,The run on the South Omaha brauch of the Nebraska Savings Bank continued two hours this morning, and as depositors were paid in full confidence was restored and the rnn ceased. Losses by Fire. Marquette, Mich., Jan. 22. Fire this evening destroyed the Mining Journal's Slant and wood-working shops of Hager & ohnson. The tire is now under control. The loss is: Hager & Johnson. f'U.OOO; Mining Journal Company, $30,000; Nestor Block, $2,000; about one-third covered with insurance. ' Abilene, Kan., Jan. 22,The main building of the Abilene carriage-works burned this afternoon. The tire was caused by an incendiary. Loss, $40,000; insured for less than one-fourth. The property was owned by Eastern people. Mazeppa, Minn., Jan. 22,The oat-meal-mill and elevator belonging to E. M. Johnson, of Minneapolis, burned last night. Loss on building, 00,000. Fifty thousand bushels of grain were also lost. Obituary. Washington; Jan. 22. Gen. Michael Butt Hewson.formerly a resident of Mississinpi, but who has resided for the past two fears in Washington, died at Providence lospital, in this city, to-day of Bright's disease. General Hewson was chief engineer of the Mississippi & Tennessee railroad when that road was being constructed, and also chief engineer during the construction of Mississippi levees. He also held the post of Adjutant-general of the State of Mississippi for a time. Monroe, La., Jan. 22. Judge John T. Ludeling died yesterday at his plantation in this parish, aged sixty-seven years. Judge Ludeling was one of the most prominent Republicans in the State. In lbt'S he was appointed Chief-justice of the StateSupreine Court by Governor Warmoth and served until when he returned to north Louisiana and resumed the practice of law. Boston, Jan. 22. Calixa Lavalle, the well-known musician, died here at midnight last night, aged forty-eight years. He was born in Vercberes, near Montreal, and was educated in Paris. Returning to Canada after an extended tour in Europe, he composed, the cantata of welcome to the Princess Louise and the Marquis of Lome. Rio Janeiro, Jan. 22. M. Benjamin Con atant. Minister of War, died to-day. Aged Couple Dead. Akron, O., Jan. 22. Thomas Meirs, of Bath township, this county, died Wednesday, aged one hundred years and five months. His wife, aged eighty-six, died Tuesday and they will be buried in one grave. A son, George Meirs, died two weeks ago. Pimmoxs Liver Regulator has never failed to relieve constipation of the bowels.

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Denounced in Germany as Diseased and Injurious to Health of Consumers. Surprising Statement by Ilerr Yon Boetticher, the Home Office Secretary Gladstone Scored and Parnell Praised hj Lord Salisbury. LIBEL ON OUK SWINE. Herr Von Boetticher Says They Are Diseased and Nut Fit for Germans to Eat. Berlin. Jan. 22. In tho Reichstag, today, H err Barth, a member of the Deutsche Freisinnige party, moved to repeal the prohibitions on American pork and bacon imports. Dr. Von Boetticher, Secretary of the Imperial Home Office, in replying to Herr Barth, said that the considerations which had determined the government toprohibit the importation of American pork and bacon into Germany turned mainly on the fact that American pork was injurious to health. Despite the increased stringency of the measures taken in America to suppress the trade in bad hose products, there was still no guarantee that Germany would be sufficiently protected from the danger of the trichinasis. Seven per cent of American pigs, said Dr. Von Boetticher, were affected with the disease, while only 0.6 per cent, of German pigs were affected. Many Americans considered that the exacting measures for the control of hog importations were inadequate. Theeconomio importance of prohibition was exaggerated. Only 3 per cent, of the pigs consumed in Germany were of American origin. The decree against the importation must be enforced until American pork is pronounced clean. Herr Schmidt, another member of the Deutsche Freisinnige party,urged the necessity of supplying the working people of Germany with American meat, which was considerably cheaper than German meat. The Americans declared Herr Schmidt had revenged the prohibition of American pork throngh a new tarilr. Herr Frege, a Conservative, said he favored the prohibition of American pork. The question involved concerned the public health, and not the interests of laudowners, as a section of the press 6ought to prove. Herr Broemel.of theDeutsche Freisinnige party, held that it was uncbristianliko to make the people's necessities of life dear in this barbarous manner. Every workman in England, he declared, could save considerably through the use of American pork. Dr. Von Boetticher further said that it was an error to suppose that the prohibition of American pork was connected with any qnestion of adopting h system of inCreased protection in Germany. It was solely a measure looking to the health of the people. The American press itself admitted that the condition of the animals when slaughtered was by no means without danger. At this point Dr. Von Boetticner read a series of extracts from American papers in support of his assertions. He said that the English and American people did not eat raw meat, such as was sometimes consumed in Germany. The Americans themselves demanded that the United States government adopt similar measures .to those which had been adopted in Germany. Count Eanitz said he approved of Dr. Von Boetticher's remarks. He declared that the new American tariff was not intended to retaliate against Germany for its prohibition of American pork, but was a general measure of protection affecting other powers. SPEECH BY SAEIStnTJllY. Gladstone Scored, Parnell Patted on the Hack and the Priesthood Denounced. London, Jan. 22. Lord Salisbury delivered a political address at Cambridge yesterday. In the course of his remarks he said that his parliamentary opponent. had furnished him a merry Christmas:' "They 1 executed transformation scenes with gieat versatility, but the importance of events in which they participated had been exaggerated. He did not believe either that the honie-rule contest was on the point of victory, or that it was now dead. He then said: "Many positions must be carried before home rule is victorious. Even if the mysterious home-rule bill is passed it will be our duty to undo the mischief. My belief is home rule owes its existence to two very clever' men Mr. Gladstone and Mr. Parnell. While they support it I should! give you very imprudent advice if I per-; suaded you the battle was over. Many a vigorous struggle is still before you. Recent events have cleared the air and shown os what to expect. In the absence of documentary evidence it is nrobable that Mr. Parneirs account of the Ha warden interview is the most accurate, but what Mr. Gladstone thought a year ago is no guide to his thoughts a year hence. 1 hesitate to speak of Mr. Paruell's character in this university, of which he is a distinguished alumnus; but his opponents can hardly be considered as champions of morality, since they took ten daysto decide that tbey would no longer associate with, bim. The home-rule rehearsal in London and Kilkenny was not edifying, and seems to have evolved aDonnybrook fair. Whatever happens in Ireland rnns to blackthorns. The rehearsals proved that Irishmen were quite incapable of conducting an independent Parliament. It had further shown the unlimited power of the Sri est hood, whose matchless organization ad swept down a man who had been the despot of the whole Irish movement here aud in America. That is the ruthless organization, beneath whose heel you would place Protestants by granting home rule. We shall be mad, indeed, if we neglect the lesson which the tempest has unveiled. The antagonist with which yon have boen contending is the sinister domination of Croke and Walsh. To me it is a matter of rejoiciug that the disclosure has happened, as it will fortify Ulster. If she was true to herself, home rule will never be carried.'' In concluding his speech Lord Salisbury attributed the suffering and discontent in. Ireland to natural deticiencies due to climate and absence of the mineral resources which enriched England. He believed that the construction of light or relief railways, the peasant proprietary system and emigration were more important for Ireland's well-being than experimental legislation. If the Unionist efforts sncceeded in dissipating ill dreama and passions and passing good measures, the present Union-, ist struggle would be in the future regarded as the foundation of Ireland's prosperity. Mr. Gladstone has telegraphed a reply to a correspondent at Hartlepool, who wires Mr. Gladstone his congratulations upon the victory of Mr. Farness, theGladstonian candidate in the election held yesterday. Mr. Gladstone wired: "The election is, from the time and circumstances, by far the most important since lbSG. The limits of a telegram preclude giving my full meaning, but all must see that the simple figures of the poll reduced to dust trod ashes the declaration of Lord Salisbury, Sir Henry James, Mr. Goschen and the Duke of Westminister upon what they call 'recent events.' " WILL NOT STEP ASIDE. rarnell Will Assert Ills Leadership of the Irish Party Opening of Parliament. London, Jan, 22. Parliament assembled to-day, with a scanty attendance. During the course of the early business in the House Mr. Parnell gave notice that he would call attention to-morrow to the administration of the crimes act, and would offer a resolution asking the government to facilitate discussion of the subject. Sir John Pope Hennessy. the new Nationalist member for North .Kilkenny, was greeted with long and loud Liberal anti-Parnell cheers. During a conversation in the lobby of the House of Commons to-day, Mr. Parnell declared his intention to assert his authority as the leader of the Nationalist party, and to engage actively in work during the present session of Parliament. It is claimed that the motion in regard to the adminst ration of the crimes act made by Mr. Parneil at to-day's session of the House I cuta the ground from under Mr. McCarthy's

feet, as obtaining precedence of McCarthy's motion concerning the trial of William O'Brien. The Dublin Express to-day announces that Messrs. Parnell, O'Brien, Dillon and McCarthy have simply come to an agreement in regard to maintaining the status quo until the next general election. GENERAL FOREIGN NEWS.

Starvation and Misery In Slany Districts In England The Poor In Great Need. London, Jan. 22. Appalling accounts of destitution continue in the Eastern district of Wolverhampton. The charity officer reports that the people are in a state of starvation; that in some instances it is actually dangerous to administer food, owing to the peril attendant upon ravenous hunger when food is first offered. A clergyman says it is impossible to describe the misery that prevails. "Homes are without tire," he says; "the rooms without furniture; the women have only a single garment covering them, and the children are almost as bad." A good deal of misery in Birmingham and other places is due to work being cut off by the new American tariff. . In London the verdict of death from starvation is returned in numerous cases. Some laborers who applied to a magistrate for relief said they had sold even their boots for bread. In many years there has not been a more terrible winter for the poor. Irish Landlords and Tenants. London, Jan. 22. Many of the evicted Irish tenants who have surrendered to their landlords had been I without remittance from the Land League for three months. To some of them Mr. Wm. O'Brien had written that checks would arrive, but the checks never came. The landlords are treating the tenants with some generosity. In several instances in Tipperary tenants had abandoned valuable properties where they paid only a nominal ground rent, the improvements having been made by them. One tenant, for instance, paid an annual ground rent of 20 and had erected a building at a cost of 3,000. All have been allowed to reoccupy on payment of the old rent, and in some cases of much less. The agrarian aspect, of the league agitation seems to be out of sight. The people of Connemara and Galway are on the verge of starvation. Tbe Duke Died by Hie Own Hand. London, Jan. 22,The coroner's jury which has been investigating the death of the Duke of Bedford has formally rendered a verdict to the effect that the Duke died from a bullet wound through his heart and that he committed suicide while suffering from temporary insanity during an attack of pneumonia. The whole affair is shrouded in mystery. Five days elapsed before the Duke's death was registered, and the newspapers join in censuring tbe attempts of the varions public officials concerned to hush the matter up. To such an extent was the policy of secrecy followed that even some of "the members of the Duke's family were not aware of the real cause of his death nntil the facts were published in the newspapers. Death ot a Grand Duchess. Berlin, Jan. 22. The Grand Duchess of Mecklenberg-Schwerin, sister of tbe late Emperor William, died this afternoon at Schwerin. Tne Grand Duchess caught cold early last week. Subsequently she partially recovered and hopes were entertained that the danger was past, but on Monday she had a serious relapse, which resulted fatally to-day. It is probable that in consequence of the death of - the Grand Duchesse all the operatic performances and. court balls fixed for the beginning of February, as well as other festivities, will be suspended. . Experiments with Kochlne. Berlin, Jan. 22. At the ' Charity Hospital to-day Professor Sonneburg exhibited a consumptive patient whom the doctors had cut open in order that Koch lymph might be injected in the cavity in a diseased lung. The Professor said that the patient, who was in an advanced stage of the disease, had been making rapid progress toward recovery since the operation was performed. This is the tirst case in which a patient has been operated npon with the Wtnife for the purpose of injecting the ynfbh. , Devoured by Wolves. Vienna, Jan. 22,The cold has considerably abated, but in tho eastern provinces of Austria tbe temperature is still very low. Four persons have been frozen to death in Bohemia. A Galician peasant was attacked by a pack of wolves which had been rendered desperate by hunger. The man had a terrible struggle with the starving animals, but was overcome and devoured. Railroad and telegraphic commnnications have, been restored in Russia. Forty Killed and Eighty Rescued. St. Petehsburo, Jan. 22. Details received here to-day of the colliery explosion yesterday, near Cracow, show that the disaster occurred in a pit at the Juisovaka depot. According to these details forty miners who were at work in the pit were killed outright. Eighty others were taken out in an unconscious condition, and it is feared that many of them will not recover. Trouble In Brazil.. London, Jan. 22, A Rio Janeiro dispatch says that the whole Ministry has resignod. In political circles here the belief is generally expressed that the ministerial crisis is about over and that a satisfactory arrangement will soon be effected. Melssonter, the French, Artist, 111. Paris, Jan. 22. Jean Louis rneat Meissonier, distinguished French painter, is sutlering from a serious attack of bronchitis. Cable Notes. Cardinal Simor of Grau, Hungary, is dying there. Sir Edwin Arnold, who has been residing in Japan for some time, has started for home. . The National Trotting Association of Great Britian yesterday adopted the American rules. .' State functions at the court of Spain are deferred owing to the illness of Queen Regent Christina with catarrhal fever. Ex-Queen Natalie has declined to treat further with the Servian regents, and declares that she will deal only with ex-King Milan directly. Lord Salisbury is authority for the state ment that a portion of the British Pacitio squadron has left Panama to protect British interests in Chilu Justin McCarthy, last night, reported to a conference of his followers the progress of the Boulogne negotiations. He will start thither to-day. The strike of 2,000 miners at Sosnowice, Russia, marks the first strike of that empire. Men at the imperial dock-yards of St. Petersburg have also struck. Tbe French Minister of Foreign Affairs states that France has no designs on Tripoli, Signor Crispi's inspired journals to the contrary notwithstanding. Ths editor of the Frankfurter Zeitung has been sentenced to three months' imprisonment and theeditor of the Volkstimme to six weeks for libeling ofiicers of the uhlans at Stuttgart. Sarah Bernhardt will sail from Havre for New York on the steamer La Champagne, on Saturday next. She will take with her an nnpublished play by the Italian dramatist, Signor Giacoue, which she intends to produce before leaving New York. It has hitherto been the custom to celebrate tbe anniversary of the reigning Em pe rors birth by grand illuminations in Berlin, the expense of which was defrayed by the state. Emperor William, the anniversary of whose birth falls on Jan. 27. baa forbidden tbe authorities to observe the occasion in the usual manner this year. This means a saving to the state of 25.000 annually. Referring to the reports circulated in the United States to the eflect that tbe British government had not invited the United States to be represented at the Jamaica exposition, it was explained semi-ollicially yesterday that the British government never sends formal invitations to any country to bo represented at any exposition within the British dominions unless such exposition it actually organized by the 'British government. 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THE STRIKE IS A QUEER OXE Chicago & Erie Company Submitting to a Complete Tie-Up of Its Road. No Effort Made to Move Trains, as They Are Willing to Quit for a While Conference to Be Held at Chicago. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Huntington, Ind., Jan. 22,The day closed here with the striking Chicago & Erie' employes on top. Although one passenger train arrived from the west and two from the east last night the company were powerless to send them forward, and the hundred passengers on them had to leave the city by the Wabash railway. A committee of citizens made a fruitless effort to arrange a compromise. The employes, with the full consent of Scott, the train-dispatcher, over whose discharge the trouble arises, agreed to declare the strike oft if the company would reinstate Scott and permit him to resign from the service with an honorable record. This proposition was made because Scott himself feels that he could never resume his old place with coini fort and because he is very anxious to protect his associates, that they may not suffer on his account. The committee presented the proposition to the officials, but they either could not or would not consent to its terms. The failure to agree to this compromise has stirred up the railroadmen of all departments, and they now regard the fight as one to a finish. The local Brotherhood of Engineers met this afternoon, some sixty or seventy being present, and resolved to stand by tbe conductors at all hazards. They also formulated their own grievances, which will be presented to the officials. At this meeting dispatches were read from Chief Arthur and other grand officers approving of their course in refusing to pull trains mounted by men employed in place of the strikers. Chief Wilkinson, of the Trainmen's Brotherhood, will be here to-morrow, and it is said that that order has also put on its warpaint and will stand by the conductors. The local press give the statements of Scott and the other train-dispatchers, in which they llatly contradict the assertion made by General Manager Tucker that the alleged lap-order given by Scott could by any possibility have resulted in a collision. At 5 o'clock this afternoon dispatches were received by the conductors from Chief Clarke, and by the officials from General Manager Tnrker, ordering a committee of conductors and Superintendent Moorehead to como to Chicago by sr cial train for conference. Superintendent Moorehead, accompanied by conductor Burgess, Darmody and Cronin, left foi- Chicago on a special at 6 o'clock. The impression is that a compromise will be proposed, and if it is fair to Scott and the conductors it will be readily accepted. A dispatch from Chicago says: "We are completely tied up." said General Manager Tucker, of tbe Chicago & Erie road, replying to a query. "It may last one day and it may last a week. We will not accede to the demands of the strikers. We will wait and see when the strikers get tired. We are iixed for the strike. There is nota pound of perishable freight on the road, and we are refusing anv freight of whatever descrip tion. This is a dull season of the year, and we would just as soon lay off a month as not There are no damage suits coming. We have prepared for that. We are going to make a test case of this. Our car-shops are sLut down and our trains are not running. We will run them whenever the strikers will let us. They have cut the wires, and what they will do next remains to be seen. Passengers on tied-up trains will be brought in over other lines." Business seems to have been practically suspended on the road between Huntington, Ind., and this city. No freight train has arrived or left here since Tuesday night. Chief Clark, of the Order of li ailroad Conductors, arrived in Chicago tonight. His presence here is in the interest of the striking conductors of the Chicago & Erie. Mr. Clark paid his respects to General Manager Tucker onOrrival, and arranged to meet him at the company's oflice to-morrow at 10 o'clock, to discuss the situation and, if possible, settle the trouble. Miners and the Eight-Hour Strike. Special to tbe Indianapolis JoarnaL Pitusburo, Pa., Jan. 22. The miners, of the United States have just completed plans for the greatest industrial battle ever inaugurated in America. The conflict between the miners and mine-owners will take place on the 1st of May. The entire national organization of miners, comprising 150,000 men, will be directly involved in a demand for the eight-hour day. According to the figures which are beinc iriven lb will u t uattio vi iuiiiivii ut uuuaig against labor organizations, also backed by millions of money. At the convention of the American Federation of Labor, held in Detroit' some weeks ago. it was decided to back the miners for eight hours next May. Tbe utterances of the ofiicers of the United Mineworkers on the subject leave no doubt that the miners-will make the fight. An immense strike fund is being made ready for the miners, and when the latter go out they will have at their back for immediate use nearly one million dollars. This fund will be swelled from time to time at the rate of 50,000 a week. W. J. Dillon, secretary of the American Flint-glass-workers' Union, United States organizer for the American Federation of Labor, to-day gave the following concerning the light: "In the aggregate we figure on about 150.000 miners in the United Stater. Almost seventy-five thousand of these are active members of the American Mine-workers. The remainder are members of the organization when it comes to a struggle. These are tbe merr who will strike fur eight hours next May, unless something unforeseen should occur. The federation numbers about C90.000 men, and 500,000 men can be counted upon. For six weeks before May 1 strike contributions will be levied on the members at th rate of 10 cents a week. This will make $XX,000 for the six weeks. The formal ratification of the matter will take place at next month's convention of the United Mine-workers, to be held in Columbus, O. The latter organization has a strike fund of its own amounting to several hnndred thousand dollars. Besides this, it will raise a special fund before tbe tight, so that ?1,000,000 will be ready by May 1 on which to conduct the contemplated conflict." What Ohio Miners Will Ask. Columbus. O.. Jan. 22. At a meeting of Ohio miners the question of weighing coal before screening was unanimously indorsed. Resolutions were adopted demanding that on May 1 men loading coal after the Harrison machine receive three-fifths of the price paid for coal mined with the pick, and 5 cents more for loading coal after the Lechner or Legg machine; when men do their own drilling, 5 cents a ton for drilling roort coal, and 7 cents for drilling entry coal, and that all other machine-work be advanced in proportion. The scale for mining in the Hocking Valley, nnder the new system of weighing, was fixed at oTj cents per ton, which js said to be equivalent to an advance of 10 cents over present prices. The convention declared in favor of a district defense fund in preference to a national defense fund. IUdiculed by Engineers. Columbus. O., Jan. 22,The Ohio Division of the Brotherhood of Locomotive En

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RAILWAY TXlXE-TAULXa. From laduuiapollf Unlsn Stittao. ennsylvania Lines. Iasi Vleti- SouLD Aorta. Traini run by Cntral Standard Tim. Leave for llttebunr. Baltimore, ( d 4:4. a m. Washington, rhiladelphia and New d 3:00 p tru York. ( d 3:30 p m, Arrive from the Eait, d 11:10 auu. d 12:30 pea. andd 10:00 pm. Leave for ttoluxnbua, 9.-O0 am.; arrive frota Columbus, 3:45 pm.; leave for Richmond. 4:03 pm.: arrive from Klohmond. izOO ain. Leave for Chicago, d 11:05 am., d 11:30 puL arrive from Chicago, d 3:45 pm.; d 3:30 am. Leave tor Louli villa, d w:o aax 8:00 aav d 3:55 pm. Arrive from Louisville, d 11:00 6: (O puv, d 10:50 pm. Leave for Columbus, 1:30 pm, Arrive front Columbus 10:25 am. Leave for Vlnoennes and Cairo, 7:20 anu 4:00 pm.; arrive from Vlnoennes and Cairo; 10:53 ao3tOOpm. d dally; other trains exeept Sunday. YANDAXIA LINE SHORTEST ROUTE TO 8T. LOUIS AXD THS WXST. Train am re and lea re titttianapolUsa follow LTefor St. LouU. 7:20 tan. 1 1:50 am. ItOO p m. 11:00 - pm. AU train connect at Terre Haute. Throuxa sUpron 11:00 p. m. train. Oreeooastle and Terre Haote AoconiMatlon, 4.-00 pm. Arrive from 8. Louis. 3:45 am. 4:15 am, 50 pin, 5:2d pm, 7:46 pm. Terr 11 ante and OreeneafttlaAeoom'datlon. 10:00 am. Sleeping and Parlor Cara are run ou through tralna, For rate and Information apyly to ticket agent ot tbe oompaor, or W. Dutilct Pa. aenfferAxent THE VESTIBULED PULLMAN CAB LCTC. Ko. ?8 IX onon Arc, ex. tfandar .....6:13 pea Ho. 31 OUlotMO Lira, Pullman Veattbulad . coaches, parlor and dlmo- car. dailj ..11:25 aos Arrive In ObicMo 5:10 pm. No. 34 Chicago Night Ejl, Pullmaa Veatlbuled eoaolie and aleejMsr. dallv...M..MM12;40 am Arrive In Chicago 7 :S5 am. iEHHK IT lMHANAPOLU. S0, 2S"",tlDul dy-. - 8:20 pw -Vtibule. dailr . 8:45 am Jjo. Monon Acc. ex. Snndaj 10:40 act No, 4t-LocaJ freight leaves Al&bama-at yard at 7:05 am. pullnian Veailbuled Sleeper for Chicago stand a weat end of Union titaUon, aad can be taken at tiitd p. m., dally. Tloketuffloea.No.2S Bouth IUlnola atraetandat Unlqn Station. s WrocgM-Iroa Pipe roa Gas, Steam & Water Boiler Tabes, Cast and Malleable Iron Fittings (black and ralvanizAdi. .Valves. Stop Cocks, Knjrine 'Trimmings, Steam Ganges, Pipe Tongs, lip Cutters. Vises, fccrew l'lates and Dies, Wrenches, 8 team Traps, Pumps, Kltcaen lnka, Bote, Belting, Habtltt Metal, Polder, White and Colored Wiping Waste, and all other supplies used In connection Mith (ias. Steam snd Water. Natural . Jaa Bupplle a epclaltr. Bteani-beatlnir Apparatus for Publio Buildings, Storerooms, MillA, bhops, Faoto ries, Lftundrtea, Lumber Dry-houses, etc. Cut and Thread to order any sits Wrought-lron Pipe from Inch to 12 Inches diameter; KNIGHT & JILIi?ON. 75 & 77 8. Pennsylvania at. Sineers to-day discussed legislation pending before the General Assembly. The bill prohibiting engineers from rnnnintr engines faster than ten miles an hour unless they can clearly nee tbe rails at least one hnndred yards in advance, recognize tho head-light of an approaching train three hnndred yards in advance, and attaching a penalty for railroad companies who employ men when drunk were discussed at length. They were anions to know what was to be done in the dense fogs or when snow was on the rails. The opinion prevailed that tho bill was ridiculous, and that the slow movement of the trains would increase rather than diminish the danger. As to drink, they said that the rules of tbe association and of the railroad compauies both prohibited drinking, and they regarded the insinuation that tbey were drunkards as an insult. '. Cleveland on 2iegro Bdncatlon. Vicksburg, Miss.. Jan. 22,The Commercial-Herald will pnblish to-morrow the following letter from ex-President Cleveland to Hon. Isaao Montgomery, of Bolivar county. Mississippi: Dear Sir Mr. Henry F. Dour nine has put In my hands yoor letter to him In relation to tbe School lor the Instruction of Colored Children at your home. The condition you describe has arrested my attention, and the projects you have In hand for the improvement of your people Interest me so much that I feel like aiding ycu, though It mnst be to but a alight extent. I have an idea that opportunities for education and practical information among tbe colored population are most necessary to tbe proper solution of the race question in the bouth. At any rate. It seems to me to be ot the utmost importance that if our colored lors are to exercise in their mature years the right of citizenship they should be fitted to rfonn their duties Intelligently and thoughtfully. I hope that in the school you seek to establish the course of teaching will be directed to this end. Inoloed please rind my check for $25, which I contribute with hearty wishes for tbe success of your patriotic and prals worthy undertaking. Gkovek Clevelasd. Poisoned Herself and Three Children. Brockton, Mass., Jan. 22. Mrs. Ludwig A. Anderson, wife of Louis Anderson, purchased a drachm of morphine to-day and when her husband had left for his work she mixed the entire quantity, and, dividing it into four parts, give one each to her three children, aged live, four and two years, and took the fourth drink herself. She then retired to her chamber, taking the children with her, with the intention of never wuking again. They "are now expected to die at any moment Tbe cause attributed for the rash act is that of jealousy. She consulted a medium, who told her that her husband was keeping company with other women and she resolved to commit suicide. Suicide of a Millionaire Servant. New York, Jan. 2i-While Mrs. C. P. Huutington. the wife of the railroad magnate, was entertaining friends in her home on Park avenne this evening! she was kept in ignorance of the fact that Julio Landell, a young Swedish servant in the house, had shot himself. Lundell killed himself in the cellar. His weakness was drink. A fellow-servant beard tbe pistol shot and found the body with a bullet hole in the heart. He informed Mr. Huntington, who had the body removed without the knowledge of his wife and guests. Outrage on Chinamen. Pexdleton, Ore., Jan. 22. Reports como from Milton, a few miles from here, that the Chinese were driven out of town last night by a mob. One hundred men went to the Chinese quarters and led the Celestials out with ropes around their necks. It it thought tbe mob consisted of discharged railroad section hands and their sympathizers in Milton. The Chinese were pretty roughly bandied, and it ls said two of them were badly hurt. World Fair Subscriber to He &neL Chicago, Jan. 52. It is reported hat Treasurer Seeberger. of the local v? or Id's fair organization, will begin suits next week against a number of subscribers to tbe capital stock of tbe association who have failed to pay tbe assessments against them. Tbey are mostly small subscribers, but the aggregate due from them s said to be at lesst 100.000. Short breath, palpitation, pain in chest, weak or faint spells, smothering, cured by Dr. Miles's New Heart Cnre. Sold at druggists. Free treatise by maiL Miles Mku Co., Elkhart, Ind.

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