Indianapolis Journal, Indianapolis, Marion County, 3 March 1891 — Page 3

THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL, TUESDAY, MARCH 3, 1891.

TESTING M'KINLEY'S LAWS

Supreme Court Asked to Pas3on tho Customs Administrative Act and Tariff. Final Fecisicn in the Mjra Clarke Gaines Case Old Soldiers Swindled by Attorneys Report on Civil-Service Reform. 91'KIN LEY'S LAWS IN COURT. Valid it jof the Customs Administrative and Tariff Acts to Be Passed Upon. Washington, March 2. Four motions 'were made in the United Stages Supreme Court to-day to advance tho case intended to test the validity and constitutionality of the customs admistrative and the McKinley tariff laws. The first of these motions comes here on an appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the Southern district of Xew York, sustaining a decision of the Board of Genertl Appraisers in assessing duties on an importation of laces by Boyd, Sutton &.Co. Counsel for the importers contend that tho McKinley tariff act is unconstitutional. First, because the bill signed by the President was not the bill that passed both houses of Congress, a section havingbeenormtted in its engrossment; second, that it contained provisions for bounties to sugar-producers in this country, which, under the Constitution, Congress had no power to enact; and, third, tftat Sec- , tion 3 of the act assumes to delegate to th e ' port the power to impose taxes upon imports, which power is vested exclusively in Congress and can not bo delegated. Tto motions to advance are based principally upon tho very great importance of the 'question involved, and the interest of trad and commerce, and of tho government in having the question speedily settled. Attorney-general Miller stated that he was willing to have the cases advanced, but it was a desired to have tho cases made np so as to fairly present the-issues involved, which one of tho cases at least did cot do. in his opinion. At his suggestion the matter went over for a week, in order that the government might examine tho case. Attorney-general Miller mado a motion in tha Supremo Court, to-day, to advance for argument the case of Charles Counselman against Frank Hitchcock, United States marshal for the Northern district of Illinois, who haa Counselman in custody for refusal to answer certain questions in regard tto the interstate-commerce law. The Attorney-general, in his motion, said that tho importance of the caso could be seen when it was understood that pending a final decision it would be impossible to continue any investigation into violations of the intcrstate-commerco law, which are now so numerous and so llagraut as practically to defeat the operation of that law. DECISION IN A NOTED CASE. Justice Bradley to-day announced tho decision of the Supreme Court in the suit between the city of Now Orleans and William W. Whitney, as administrator ofHtbe estate of Myra Clarke Gaines. This is a continuation of the old Gaines litigation. After the Supreme Court rendered its last decision, sustaining the claim of Mrs. Gaines, the judgment was handed down with certain directions to the master. From the finding of the master the city brought the suit decided to-day, basing it on the ground that the city should not be held liable in the matter ot certain around which had been the subject of compromise between Mrs. Gaines and the tenants. The court holds that Mrs. Gaines acquired the rights the tenants held as against the city; that the report of the master was correct, and that Mrs. Gaines's estate should be awarded $34,000 additional, thus giving a verdict in favor of the Gaines estate on all the points at issue. : The court affirmed the judgment of the lower court in the caso of the Covington Stockyards Company against Keith & Wilson. This firm shipped cattle over the Kentucky Central railroad, which, by an arrangement with the stockyards company, would receive or deliver cattle only at , these yards, charging an extra fee therefor. The court holds that this charge is unlawful, and that the railroad company, when it contracted to transport cattle, untertookto reoeive and deliver them, and that it had no more right to make a special charge for this service than for the use of its stations by passengers whom it transported. The court affirmed the decision of the United States Circuit Court of Minnesota, in the case of the St. Paul A: Pacific railroad against the Northern Pacific The case involved the ownership of many thousand acres of land along the line of the Northern Pacific, in Minnesota, which, under tho decision to day, remain with the Northern Pacific OLD SOLDIERS SWINDLED. Declaratory Statements Concerning Entry of Lands Secured by Rascally Attornejs. Washington, March 2. The Secretary of the Interior has received authoritative information that parties in Guthrie and Arkansas City, in Oklahoma, have "satchels full" of soldiers' declaratory statements awaiting an opportunity to file them on land to bo opened to settlement in that Territory. It is stated that these parties have visited soldiers' homes in different parts of the country and have obtained from large numbers of the old soldiers powers of attorneys to locate for them (tho sections permit any honorably discharged soldiers) lands in Oklahoma, under Sections 2C0I-5-9 of the Revised Statntea. These soldier or sailor to enter any of the publio lands open to settlement, by filing his declaratory statement of his purpose to do so, the time he served in the army or navy to be deducted from the term of residence required under tho general land laws. Theso sections also permit the soldiers and sailors to initiate their claims through an attorney. In the cases complained of the Boldiers were induced by a small money consideration to appoint the parties engaged in the scheme as their attorneys. These would immediately file upon any desirable tracts. Si successful have they been, it is said, that thousands of acres have been entered, ostensibly by old soldiers, when, in fact, it was a scheme to defraud the honest settlers. When any of those settled upon a piece of land tho alleged "attorney" would wait until the settler had built his house or fenced his land, then he would go to him and demand a considerable sum of money to relinquish the "soldier's title." The Secretary does not wi3h to do anything that v ould, in any measure, or in any sense, abridge the rights of old soldiers to make homes lor themselves under the law, and for that reason he will not do anything that could be construed into an abridgement of their rights. The regulations of the department, however, provide that tho attorney of a soldier making an entry must make oath that he (the attorney) bas no interest, direct or indirect, in thefilinirof tho declaratory statement. This rule presents a method by which the unlawful scheme may be frustrated. The Secretary will institute criminal proceedings for perjury against every person who has made oath as stated above, and in this way be expects to put a stop to the many nefarious schemes by which old soldiers who are entitled to ICO acres of land are being swindled. It is expected that proceedings will he bjgun immediately. NKEDS KEUODEUNa Report of the Homo Committee on the Workings of the Civil-Service Law. Washington, March 2. Representative Lehlbach of New Jersey, from tho committee on reform in the civil service, to-day submitted to .the House the bill agreed upon by a majority of the committee on Saturday, for the reorganization of the Civil-service Commission. He also submitted a report on the result of the committee's investigation into the workings of the civil-service law. The report says, in part: Your committee have investigated the workings of the civil-service law, and have com to the conclusion that certain improvements can be made. Since the creation of the Civil-service Commission the investigation disclose that the publio cervico has been greaUy benetitqi. and tho

law, on the whole, well executed. One objection to the present law is that tho Eerson who is appointed to a position, after aving paused a civil-service examination, may be discharged by his superior, even without cause. This is not the intent and spirit of tho law, and your committee feel that there should be a remedy proposed. We have come to the conclusion that a remodeling of the civil-service law is desirable in order that the duties of the Civileervice Commission and those of appointing officers should be clearly stated and defined. We have, therefore, recommendod a bill which is presented herewith." MINOR MATTE R3.

Proposition That Gives the racifio Railroads One Hundred Tears to Pay Their Debts. Washington, March 2. Senator Frye, chairman of the Senate committee on Pacific railroads, to-day reported to the Senate from the committee, in order to have it printed and recommitted, a bill for a settlement of the indebtedness to the government of the Union and the Central Pacifio Kailroad Companies. The provisions of the bill, in brief, are: In the caso of tho Union Pacific company an extonsion of the debt of that company to cover a terra of one hundred years, to bear interest for the first ten years at 14 per cent, and for the remainder of the period at 2Ja per cent. In addition the company is to pay annually a sum ranging from one-twentieth of 1 per cent, to 1 per cent, of its total indebtedness. The requirements in the case of the Central Pacifio are that its debts shall be extended to cover one hundred years, bearing interest for the first ten years at 1 per cent, and thereafter at 2 per cent., with a provision for additional payments as in the case of the Union Pacific. Weather Favorable for Wheat. Washington, March 2. The weather and crop bulletin for February says the weather for the month was generally mild throughout the winter-wheat region, attended by excessive precipitation. The month closed with a decided cold weve, preceded by general rains throughout the entire wheat region, but, owing to the backward condition of tho crop it is probable that no serious injury will -result from this sadden freeze. There is an excess of moisture throughout the greater portion of the wheat region, and the month of March opens with general snows throughout the Northwest and conditions favorable for rain covering the central valleys. Public Debt Statement Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Washington, March 2. The Treasury Department public debt statement, issued to-day, shows an increase in tho debt of $2,9ai,7o0 during tho past month of Febrnary. The surplus in the treasury to-day is 63,413,777, or a decrease during the past month of about six and one-half millions. Government receipts during February past aggregated 29,611,318, or about ono million and a quarter less than in February, 1800. Customs receipts wero $18,994,1S'J, a few thousand more than in February a year ago. while internal revenue receipts were cf,4S0,619t or about half a million less than in February, 1800. Nominations by the President. Washington, March 2. Tho President sent tho following nominations to the Senate to-day: Henry C. Ide, of Vermont, to be land commissioner in Samoa, vice Henry B. Atherton, declined; Willard D. Tilloteon, of Washington, United States consulgeneral at Kanagawa; George A. Barry, register of the land office at Eau Claire, Wis. Among the army promotions were the following: Lieut.-Cof. A. H. Morrow, Sixth Cavalry, to be colonel of cavalry; Lieut.-CoL J. L. Conrad, Twenty-second Infantry, to be colonel of infantry. Women Will Storm the Southern States. Washington, March 2. At the business meeting of the Woman's National Suffrage Association to-day it was decided to begin an active campaign in the Southern States. A committee was appointed and authorized to immediately issue an appeal for contributions, of which Kachel Foster Avery is chairman, and Jane H. Spofford treasurer. Direct-Tax Bill Now a Law. Washington, March 2. The President has approved the direct-tax bill. General Notes. ' Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Washington, March 2. Governor Steele, of Oklahoma, left to-night for his late home at Marion, Ind. He .will be retained on the board of managers of the National Soldiers' Home, the conferrees of the two houses having the question under consideration having finally determined to adopt the name of the Hon. Samuel Fesaenden, of Maine, to fill tho vacancy created by the death of the member of the board from Ohio. Congressman Cheadle expects to leave the city for his home at Frankfort immediately after the adjournment on Wednesday. B. F. Bratton. a well-known merchant of Muncie. stopped in Washington to-day for a short stay, on his way home from Delaware. He left to-night for the West. Hon. Will Cumback is at the Ebbitt He lectures here on Friday night. ; Senator-elect Peffer, of Kansas, made his appearance upon the lioor of the Senate this morning, and was introduced to many of the men who will be his colleagues m the next Congress by Senators Plumb and In galls. The Treasury Department to-day made the first purchase of silver for the current mouth. The amount offered was 743,000 ounces, and the amount purchased 105,000 ounces, at W1 cents. Fourth-clas9 postmasters were appointed for Indiana to-day as follows: Cauaan, Jefferson county, L. A. Frilbersh, vice L. Lee, resigned; Kosebnrg, Grant county, G. W. Heath, vice A. Crennan, resigned. The Comptroller of the Currency has issued a call for a report of the conditions of all national banks at the close of business Thursday, Feb. 26. The Comptroller of the Currency has approved the selection of the First National Hank of New York as reserve agent for tho First National of Elkhart. Secretary Noble to-day approved the recommendation of the Indian agent at Yuma. A. T., that $10,000 be expended for tho relief of those Indians who sustained losses to their property on account of the recent food. New York Will Erect a Statue of Sherman. New Yokk. March 2. A meeting of business men was held to-day to take step? looking to the erection of an equestrian statue of the late Gen. W. T. Sherman. Messrs. S. D. Babcock, C. M. Depew, C. S. Smith, M. E. Dodge, C. N. Bliss, Horace Porter, John Sloauo, A. S. Hewitt, John II. Starin and Hiram Hitchcock wero appointed a committee to take chargo of the work. It is said that about $35,000 would be required for the work. It was suggested that an effort be made to have the statue erected and the dedication take place on the anniversary of the death of General Sherman. Confiscated Cigars Ordered to lie Returned. Chicago, March2. In a letter from Commissioner John W. Mason, the internal revenue officers and United States District Attorney Milchrist are put in a somewhat unpleasant light. The letter states that it is the opinion of the Commissioner that tho stamps used on the cigar-box recently seized by the department are not in the similitude of the stamps required to be used on imported cigars. The lotter alto orders the district attorney to dismiss the suits brought for the confiscation of the cigars seized. District Attorney Milchrist still thinks his position correct. When Forgery Is Lawful. Dns Moines, la.. March 2. Tho District Court of Green county has decided that the signing of a man's name to a railway mileage book by another person is not forgery. The case arose over tho theft from a commercial traveler of a Chicago & Northwestern mileage book, which was sold to a Chicago scalper, who in turn sold it to tboman who presented it. It was taken up by tho conductor and faro collected. Suit was brought by the Irate traveling man, and the road set up the plea of forgery, which was overruled. "Don't feel well' and yet you are not sickenongh to consult a doctor. We will tell yon just what you need. It is Hood's Sarsaparilla, which will lift you out of that uncertain, uncomfortable, dangerous condition into a state of good health, confidence and cheerfulness.

INDIANA AND ILLINOISNEWS

The Daily Chronicle of Current Events Happening Within the Two States, Wounded at Haerstown General Shooting Melee and Harder in a ChurchWhite Caps Sued x-Uov. Oglesbj's Home Burned. INDIANA. Condition or the Wounded Victims of tlie Ilagerstown Wreck. Special to the In fllan apo lis Journal. Richmond, March 2. Of the injured inthe Panhandle wreck only a few are still here or at Ilagerstown, several leaving yesterday or Saturday night, and others to-day. J. T. Bootes and A II. Kelley are the only ones at the hospital. Bootes, though considered the worao hnrt, is getting on the best of the two, and it is said in railroad circles that he will bo thenoxt engineer of maintenance of way. Judge H. C. Fox is in no danger, but that pain in the back of his neck will not down, and, while Mrs. George McGrew surprised and gratified her friends by not dying, sho is not as near well as tho reports of her improvement might indicate. Trying to Oust a Teacher. Special to the Indianapolis JoarnaL Crawfordsville. March 2. There was almost a row in the office of County Superintendent Quick, Saturday evening, over a decision made by the superintendent. Charges of incompetency had been made against Wright, a school-teacher of Franklin township. Tho township trustee had heard the case and had rendered a decision sustaining the charges. The school-teacher then appealed to tho county superintendent, who, after debating over it for two weeks, found in favor of the school-teacher, thus reversing the verdict of the trustee. This caused a hubbub, accompanied with threats of "what would be done" and a promise that the superintendent would soon be in trouble himself. A . part of the patrons are bound that tho teacher shall not proceed to instruct the school and a portion are determined that ho shall. Successful Evangelism. Special to the Indianapolis Journal Martinsville, March 2. Evangelist 4Dixio" Williams, of Anderson, and Prof. T. H. Atkinson, the gospel singer of Chicago, have been assisting in holding a union revival meeting at the Cumberland Presbyterian and Methodist Episcopal churches in this city for the last three; weeks. It is readily conceded on every hand that Mr. Williams has done an unprecedented amount of good for tho people of this vicinity. Mr. Williams went to his home this morning for a week's rest before going to Vincenues, where he and Mr. Atkinson will assist in a similar work,; united in by live congregations of that city. '. The pastors here will continue their meet-, ings at their respective churches during the present week and possibly longer. The.number of accessions to the two churches, : thus far, is between 225 and 200. Suit Against White Caps. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. 1 '. Washington. March 2. John Wells, !a young man, was driven from some charcoal kilns ho was attending near here Saturday night by masked men. They left a bundle of switches, on which a piece of paper was tacked bearing a warning to Wells to leave the country. As be feared to return tbe kilns caught lire and were destroyed. Samuel Brown, the owner, has employed Judge T. S. Crutcher, of this city, to begin civil proceedings against the night-riders to recover damages. They are said to be prominent farmers. Fatal Stroke of Paralysis. Bptcial to the Indianapolis JoarnaL Martinsville, March 2. Georgo Tedrow, aged about sixty-five years, who is a substantial and well-known farmer residing six miles south of here, wae stricken with paralysis throughout his right side, becoming unconscious in a few moments. He had driven to town and stopping at a livery stable had just alighted in the presence of tho liveryman when he complained of dizziness and fell in the arms of those about him. His physioian says he cannot recover. nil Nose Sliced Off. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Warsaw, March 2. Wnile a number of rough characters were playing cards in Thorn Bros.' saloon a quarrel aroso and Joseph Thorn interfered, telling the crowd they must either subside or leave tho place. As ho turned to go away one of the gang threw a knife at him slicing off his nose and ruining his right eye. Each one of the men denied throwing the knife but PaddyHoover was locked up charged with the crime. ! Sunday-8chool Normals. Special to the Indianapolis JoarnaL North Vernon, March 2. The Christian, Church in this city has been favored by a4 Sunday-school normal institute, held byj Rev. L. L. Carpenter, the Stato Sunday-; school evangollst. It commenced on Thurs-; day of last week. All the schools of the' Christian Church In the county were rep-J resented, and much good was done. Mr. j Carpenter goes from nero to Queensville,where he will hold another normal. New School Superintendent. , j Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Franklin, March 2. Charles F. Patter-' eon, principal of tho Greenwood schools, was to-day elected county superintendent of schools for Johnson county, vice H, D. Vories. State Superintendent of Publio Instruction-elect, who resigned to take possession of the State office. Mr. Patterson is a Democrat. The Republicans voted for Prof. Will Featherngill, of this city. . Another Factory at Kokomo. Special to the Indianapolis JoarnaL Kokomo, Maroh 2. Another factory was located in this city to-day. It is capitalized at $50,000 and will employ one hundred skilled workmen. The articles manufactured are furniture and builders' interior decorations. This makes thirty-four good factories locating here since the advent of natural gas. Threo thousand men are given employment in these factories. I Murphy at Wabash. Special to the Indianapolis JoarnaL Wabasii, March 2. Francis Mnrphy, the temperance evangelist, has begnn a series of meetings in this city, the introductory address having been delivered last evening, at tbe opera-home, to an immense audience. To-night the meeting was held at the Presbyterian Church, which was hlied to oversowing, people being turned away. The work promises to be very successful. Mr. "WilsonV Operations at Washington Special to the Indianapolis JoarnaL Washington, March 2. Marcus Yegge, an old veteran, passed as a pension agent at Montgomery and forged a note for $200 on William Clark and John Parks. John M. Blue cashed it for $15 and Yegge promised to redeem it. Instead, he went to Vincennes, where he passed as one Wilson, and is now in jail Tor forging Hon. Daniel Alton's name to a $175 note. Free-for-AU Shooting Affray and Murder. ' Special to the Indianapolis JonmaL Rockport, March 2. Last night, at a musicale given by the colored people to raise money to send their minister to conference, a fight occurred, in which Bob Taylor was fatally shot by Zeph Clay. Twenty persons were engaged in the affray. Minor Notes. The Indiana Base-ball League will meet at Kokomo Wednesday and decide whether to live or die. C. O. Perry, of Indianapolis, a convict in tho Prison North, became insane some time ago and is now dying. A man said to be Fred Walters, of Bloomington, Ind., and haying a wife and threo

children at that place, was instantly killed at Clinton, by falling under a freight train while stealing a ride. George Curtis, a deaf inuto. was struck and killed by a train while walking on a railway track at Danville. Bumside Post, No. 43, of g and born, has adopted appropriate resolutions upon tho death of General Sherman. Taylor Eads, janitor at a Greencastle school building, was shot at twice in the darkness, but escaped unhurt. Isabel Shafer, a lunatic, confined temporarily in tho Brown county jail, set fire to the structure and narrowly escaped cremation. An eight-foot fly-whcl burst in the Northern rolling-mill, at Terre Haute. Though the mill was full of workmen nobody was hurt. John W. Leech, of Whitley county, went insane when told that his wife must die of consumption, and pined away until both died at nearly the same time. Nat Goforth goes forth from Montgomery county to the Keform School for stealing chickens, at Ladoga, in order that he might secure money to get into a show. "Humpy" Miller, of Lawrenceburg, defeated "Butch" McGrath in a prize-tight at "Hog-back." Floyd Miller, of the same town, knocked ouf'Banty" Willinan, of Aurora, at Texas. t William Mullen, formerly employed by the Norton Creek Coal and Mining Company, No. 2, of Clinton, disappeared on the morning of Feb. 15. Sunday night his body wa3 found in a creek near Geneva. Francis Murphy's meetings at Marion were very successful, A union revival meeting will follow the temperance work, beginning at the First Methodist Church, Kev. E. E. Neal, pastor, to-night. In the damage suit of Chas. Ohmart, of North Manchester, against the trustees of the United Brothren College at that place for injuries by falling down an open hatohway the jury in the Wabash Circuit Court yesterday gave tho plaintiff $500. Allen Stewart, a colored man at Crawfordsville, has been bound over to court in the sum of 50, charged with stealing coal from a car. lie has always been an industrious man, and was making $12 per week when he was arrested for coal stealing. Congressman-elect Judge Daniel Waugh, of Tipton, left for Washington yesterday morning, where he will take the oath of office on March 4, and remain in the city .about ten days. Ho will then return to his .home; in Tipton and resume the practice of Jaw until the beginning of Congress in De- ' ccmber. - John Strombaugh, a long-time convict, .from Logansport in the Prison North, attacked Ed Carroll, another convict, against .whom he held an old grudge, and indicted several knife-wounds, likely to prove fatal. Robert King, an Indianapolis convict, played. tho part of peace-maker and was i badly carved. A contract has been signed by the Sheridan Board of Trade with Mr. Koontz, of 'Middletown, Ind., which secures to Sheridan a glass factory for the manufacture of fruit jars, bottles, etc. It is the intention 'to commence woik at once on the buildings and be ready for operation in about eight weeks. ' The Athletic Association, of DePauwTJnl--versity; completed its election of officers yesterday, with the following result: President, Fred Fitch; vice-president, C. McMullin; treasurer. Prof. Dixon; corresponding secretary, Mr. Jacques; recording secretary, J. L. Davis; official scorer. Fred D. Davis; foot-ball manager. E. O. Smith; base-ball manager. Frank Downey; executive committee, McLeod and Searlcs. The Review, the Democratic organ of ' Montgomery county, is thoroughly disgusted 'with the present Legislature. It . says the Legislature has "a few conscientious and intellectual members, but is largely composed of nincompoops, party politicians and ninnies, who shall disappear from public view." It further says .that the Democratic majority has done but .very little in enacting laws expected by . the people, and that tho fee and salary bill was the result of dictations from a lobby of county officers. " ILLINOIS.

Ex-Governor Oglesby's Home Destroyed by Fire and Ills Wife Painfully Burned. Springfield, March 2. The residence of ex-Gov. R. J. Oglesby, near Elkhart, was burned to the ground this morning. Tho firo originated from a defective flue. The lamiry were all at homo at the tini6. Ow ing to the drought that is general in this part of the State there was not sufficient water at hand to be of any service in checking the rliimes. Only a few piotures, a piano and a half-dozen books were saved. The General's valuable papers and a highly-prized , sword that was presented to him a few years ago, were also burned. Mrs. Oglesby was burned slightly about the face and her eye-brows and a portion of her hair were singed oft". Her injuries are not serious, however, and will in no way permanently disfigure her. The loss is estimated at $20,000. There was no insurance whatever on either building or contents. i . ! Tln-Plate Plant Secured by Joliet. ' Jollt.t. March 2. A contract has just :been executed between several Joliet prop-'erty-owners and Lewis Brothers, of Pitts burgh Pa., and Wales. England, by which South Joliet has secured a $500,000 tin-plate plant to occupy twenty acres and furnish a lloor space of over 200,000 square feet. The Lewis Brothers are members of a family who have been manufacturing tin plates for many generations in England. : ; r c " g. w llrief Mention. ' The? Congregational council in session at Wataga indorsed the action of tbe church of that place in dismissing the pastor, Rev. James Sharratt. The farmers near Auburn have organized for the purpose of conducting a co-operative store. The capital stock of 2.500 is Tbelcl.in about forty families, Elmer Warren, the tramp who murdered .conductor James O'Neil, of the Chicago &. JNorthwestern railroad, at .Long Point. Jan. 22, 1891, pleaded guilty in court at Toledo, Saturday, and will be sentenced Wednesday, March 4. ;; The Railway Employes' Club, with sev. eral hundred members, a political organization to oppose any legislation that will increase the present burdens of railroad companies, has been formed in Decatur. C Badenhauser was elected president. Dan Porter, the murderer of Edwin D. Smith, broke iail at Quincy and made good his escape. When the sheriff entered the jail he was confronted by Porter, who demanded his release. This request tbe sheriff revised to comply with, when Porter kr ked him down, relieved him of his arms, and gained his liberty. William Fulton, once a wealthy farmer of McLean county, died inthe poor-bouse. After his wife died, a few years ago, Fulton divided his property, about 40,000, between his two children, a son living at Koppa. 111., and a married daughter in Kansas. His children grew tired of keeping him, and the old man was forced to seek a home in the poor-house. His funeral expenses were paid by the county. Diseased Tork Put Around a Child's Neck. St. JosEpn, Mo., March 2. The child of Anton Rudolph, at Oneida, Kan., is in a deplorable condition from tho effects of binding raw pork on its neck. The little ono was suffering from sore throat and the parents bound it up with a piece of bacon, which was infected with trichina?. From a slight abrasion in the child's neck grew a fearful sore, which has spread around the neck and over the breast. Dr. Murdock, the attending physician, pronounces it a trichinosis atloction. Virginia Knox Divorced from Her Count. Philadelphia, March 2. Among tho divorces decreed today in Common Pleas Court, No. 4,wasthat of Virginia Knox Camsi from Giusippe Carusi, notoriously known as the "Count Di Montercole." The defendant is now in the house of correction here, having been sent there about ten days ago for circulating scandalous circulars about his wife. The story of the worthless Count's marriage to the Pittsburg heiress, and his abuse of the bride, has been often told. Society ISelle "Held Up and Robbed Kansas Crrv, March 2. Tho facts of a sensational robbery that occurred last Thursday night at tbe house of D. W. Moore, on Madison avenue, developed today. Clara Mabel Moore, nineteen years of age, well known in society and a leader in amateur theatricals, was tbe victim. Miss Moore was alone in the music-room when a masked man behind her grasped her in his arms and attempted to remove her rings from her lingers, tine fought desperately with him, and her lingers and

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Used in Millions of Homes WROUGHT hands were terribly lacerated in the struggle. The robber had forced one bracelet from his viciim's arms and was struggling for the other when Miss Moore escaped from him and, running into the hall, cried for help. The robber escaped. Miss Mooro has been only semi-conscious ever since. In her delirium she has mentioned tho name of a well-known young man, a member of her social clique, as being her assailant. DAIXT WEATUEU BULLETIN. Local Forecasts. ' For Indiananolis and Vicinity-:For tho twenty-four hours ending 8 p. M.. March 3 -Warmer; cloudy weather and occasional snow, turning to rain; colder Tuesday night. GENERAL. INDICATIONS. Washington. March 2. Forecast till 8 p. m. Tuesday: For Indiana Snow, turning into rain; slightly warmer; easterly winds. For Illinois Rain: coolor on Wednesday; northeasterly winds; cold wave March 4. For Lower Michican Snow; cooler on Wednesday morning; easterly winds. Observations at Indianapolis. Indianapolis, March 2.

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Maximum temperature, 2G; minimum temper-v ature, 11. Following Is a comparative statement of tho temperature and precipitation on March 2: Tan, Pre. Normal 35 0.13 Mean 18 0.15 Departure from norm ah 17 0.02 Excess or deficiency since March 1. 3G O.ll Excess or deficiency since Jan. 1. 25t 1.26 Plus. General Weather Conditions. Moicday, Maroh 2, 7 r. ic Pressure. Tho storm area, central in Colorado on Sunday night, moved southeastward, and is central Monday night, with 29.77, in northern Texas. A high area approaches from the northwest, with low t temperatures, and the pressure is high' along tho Atlantic coast - . Temperature. The temperature in x the Northwest is exceedingly low. Monday morning the lowest, 26 below zenvwas reported from Manitoba; at night 10 bdow zero and lower is reported from Manitoba , and northern Minnesota northward; zero and lower from Wyoming and South Dakota northward; 50 above zero from northern Kansas, Illinois, the Ohio valley and Virginia northward; 50 and above from Colorado, Arkansas, southern Tennessee Alabama and Florida southward; C0 and above near the gulf, and 70 and above in southern Texas. Precipitation. Snow fell from Wyoming, Nebraska, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, West Virginia and Virginia northward, and rain from Missouri and Kentucky southward to the gulf. February Weather. 1 Following is a summary of the meteorological condition observed at the Indianapolis station during February: Mean barometer, 30.056; highest, 30.522, on the 14th; lowest, 29.446, on the 24 th. Mean temperature, 34.5; highest, CI, on tho 16th; lowest, 3, on the 4th. Greatest dally range, 35, on the 5th; least, 4. on the 7th and 2Gth. Mean temperature for this month in 1872, 29.6; 1873, 30.3; 1874. 35.6; 1875, 21.2; 1870,37.0; 1877, 39.2; 1878.39.0; 1879, 30.1; 18SO, 38.7; 1881, 29.8; 1882, 42.2; 1883, 32.0; 1884, 34.7; 1885, 20.5; 1886, 28.2; 1887, 34.0; 1888, 30.5; 1889, 26.0; 1890, 38.8; 1891, 34.5. Total excess during month, 07; total excess since Jan. 1, 290. Prevailing direction of wind, west; total movement, 5,889 miles; extreme velocity, direction, and date, 28 miles, south, on the 24th. Total precipitation, 5.97 inches; number of dars on which .01 inch or more f eU, 13; total precipitation in inches) for this month in 1872, 1.41; 1873, 2.85; 1874, 4.17; 1875, 1.88; 1876, 4.49; 1877, 1.21; 1878; 2.10; 18792.17; 18?0, 3.16; 1881, 6.4U; 18S2, 7.28; 1883,7.19; 1884, 4.73; 1 885, 1.54; 1886, 1.51; 1887, 4.61; 1888, 1.45; 1889, 1.29; 1890, 5.28; 1891, 5.97. Total excess during month, 2.56; total excess since Jan. 1, 1.37. Number of cloudless days, 6; partly cloudy days, 9; cloudy days, 13. C. F. R. WAPPENHAXs. Signal Corps Observer. Twenty Below In New Hampshire. Hanover, N. IL, March 2. The thermometer at the New Hampshire experiment station indicated 20 below zero this morning. Eight to sixteen below is reported in other sections of the State. Wlman Called a Perjured Traitor. Toronto, March 2. The Empire (government organ) publishes a fac-simile of Erastus Wiman's letter to a member of Congress in behalf of Canadian reciprocity. Commenting on the letter the Empire says: 'The perjured traitor at No. 314 Broadway is still at his dastardly work of trying to compass the ruin of the country which be pretends still holds his allegiance." Referring to the elections, the Empire says: "There is nothing but encouragement. From island to island, from Prince Edward to Vancouver, the Conservatives are united and strong in tbe might of a good cause, cheered onward by noble leaders and harboring no thought of defeat." On the other hand, the Globe (Liberal) says that tho situation of tho Liberals daily improves; that reciprocity is gaining supporters, and that its advices are that Sir John Macdonald will be defeated in Kingston. Ant!-Lotterj Law to Be Tested. Washington, March 2. Mr. Hannis Taylor, as counsel for the publishers of the New Orleans States and Mobile Register, who were convicted of a violation of the anti-lottery act. to-day moved in the United States Supreme Court for leave to tile petitions for writs of habeas corpus and certorion, on tho part of the publishers, in order that the constitutionality of the antilottery law might be tested. Deluded Colored People. Oklahoma. O. T., March 2. A deplorable state of aMairs exists among the negroes who have lately emigrated to this Territory. They have come, to the number of several thousand, with the understanding that the government would feed them and give them a piece of land. As they have no money, and then is no work for them to do, they are in a deplorable condition. Starved for the Sake of Her Religion. New York, March 2. Seventy-year-old DwaraElvson was carried, in a starving condition, from tbe Umbria on her arrival hereto-day. The ship's food was not cooked Jewish style, and ehe would not partake.

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