Indianapolis Journal, Indianapolis, Marion County, 27 October 1891 — Page 3

THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 27, 1891.

INMANA AjSDILLINOIS XEWS

Martin Peterson Was Murdered on tho Eve of Hi3 Peparture for Sweden. Found tn & Poo! cf Blocd with A Clotted Knife JTear by, bo a? to Deceive the People Into Eelievlnjrlle Ifcd Committed Suicide. INDIANA. Myitery Surrounding the Dath of Martin Peterson Belli Cleared Vp. Spexlal to tfco IsCianapoll Jonru&L Valparaiso. Oct. 0w Several eeks ago Mania Peterson w as lound lying in a pool of blood, with life extinct. By his aide was a blood-stained pen-knife, -which was believed to ber the weapon of self-destruction. Peterson was about to statt for Sweden, and was well provided with money. Circumstances and links of evidence in possession of the officers now point to a sensational murder, Peterson having been foully murdered to cover tho stealing of the money in his possession. Tho victim was a well-to-do farirer, and bis tragic end and the unraveling of tho mystery of his nntimelv death ha? created great excitement. The arrests will bo made this week. Miner Will Xaxr Strike. epcUl to tL 21&n&solU Journal. Brazil, Oct,2C This evening, at a meeting of the oper&tors held here to consider the demand made by the miners of Clay county for an advance cf 10 cents on the price of mining, the following was adopted and signed: Inasmuch as the operators have entered into a contract whlco takes alinon tbe entire products ot the mines based upon the contract entered Into wvLfc the miners of Mar 14, 1891, it U impossible to gram &ld demand, eren if It waa xlKbtthatit should be done, Ttereforo, we Insist upon the terms of said contract being carried out as agreed upon. This means a strike of considerable duration, as the miners are lirm and vow they will have an advance. The operators say they cannot or will not concede the demand. A miners' meeting will be held here Octroi, when the operators' decision will be acted upon. . After the Matrimonial Agent. Special to the Indlx&apolls JoarnsL Jutfersoxvilli:, Oct. 6. At a meeting of the City Council, to be held in JeffersonTilie to-morrow right, there will be presented or adoption an ordinance prohibiting, or placing under high license, a class of men and boys known as matrimonial agents or justicc-shop-runners. This step is made necessary by the insulting and disgraceful conduct of those engaged in this peculiar calling. A a soon ns a couple from Kentucky sot foot on the Indiana shore these justice-of-tbe-peace drummers make a rush for them. The hapless elopers aro pulled one way and then another nntil finally the strongest man drags otf the prize to the particular 'squire he may be "running" for. The matrimonial agents are so bold that the council believe there is only one way to check them. Bad Natural-Gas Explosion.' Special to tho Indianapolis Journal. Muscie, Oct. 2C An accident occurred at the Union reducing station of tho Munsie Natural-gas Company to-day, noon, which resulted in the serious injury of Edward Colvin, the young man in charge, and badly damaged the building. At a point near whre the large twelve-inch I ipe feeds the big register a small leak was eing mended. The concussion caused a ternfta explosion that drove one piece of the large pipo in the stone wall, blew out all the windows, raised the roof, and knocked Colvin ensless. with a bad gash in his head. The output of eight monster gas wells feeds the pipe, and with the least tiro in the vicinity the result would have been something terrible. An Old Done-Spavined Trick. peclsl to the IndUnapohi Journal. Evans vi lle, Oct. 33. Mr. E. Horn, a jeweler, was robbed, at half-past 7 o'clock this evening, of a tray of fine gold watches and several diamond rings. The thief called this morning and asked to be shown some watches. After a careful examination of the time-pieces ho took his departure, aying he would return to make a purchase this evening. According to promise he called and was looking at tho tray of watches, which also contained several diamond rings, and while Mr. Horn was waiting upon a customer in tho otherend of the toro the stranger deliberately picked up the tray ot watches and diamonds and disappeared. - Pleaded Gnllty to Forgery. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Kokomo. Oct. 2t'. Tiiinan RatclitT pleaded guilty to the charge of forgery this afternoon, and was sentenced by Judge KirkPatrick, to two years in the penitentiary, lie was. the senior member of the lirm of I?atclift& Hollincswortb, saw-mill-owners at Young America, liis crime was in forging the names of his relatives to a one-thousand-dollar note to get money to pay a prcRsintc lien on the mill. lie was captured the saxna day, but escaped on the way to jail, and two months later was recaptured in Missouri. Ho has a wife and three children, the former being very low with conBunption. Laid the Corner-Stone. 8pec!al to the Indianapolis Journal. 'Xodlesviixc Oct Yesterday was a field day for tho M. E. Church in this city, the occasion being the laying of the cornerstone of their nsw brick and stone edifice, now in course of erection. During the building of the church, services are held in the court-room here. An eloquent eertnon was preached, yesterday, by Dr. J. II. Ford, cf ltushvilb.at tho close of which an additional subscription of over $to(J was made to the building fnnd. The congregation then went in a body to tho site of the new chnrch, where, with appropriate ceremonies, the box was consecrated and deposited in the corner-stone. I Fort Wayne OfilciaU Take a Klde. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Fokt Waynf, Oct. ra A junketing party composed of the Mayor, the city and couuty officers, tho Common Council and newspaper representatives left in a special car oyer the Nickel-plate road this afternoon for Cleveland and llnfialo. The party is in charge of IL C. Hell, the attorney of the road. The trip is mado for the purposa of inspecting the court-house at Cleveland and Uultalcs with a view of using the information gained for the benefit ot the nevr court-bouse which is to be built in this City. The party will be away until Friday. Death of Youth ud Old Age. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. ANDrnsoN. Oct. 2a John Q. Gustin. one of Anderson's olilcat and most respected citizens, died Saturday afernoon. and was buried to-day. James, the little son of editor McUlnre, of the Daily Herald, died yesterday. The funeral takes place tomorrow. An Injustice Corrected. Special to the IndL&ca;-o:it JournsL SrExece Oct. X A wild and woolly diepatch from Martinsville to the Journal a fow days ago announced that n receiver had been appointed for the Owen County Creamery, nt Lancaster. Thi does the

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creamery company a mean injustice, as it has not made any assignment, and no receiver has been appointed. The stockholders ate worth perhaps $.VX,GC0, and naturally ask a correction. Blowing Out the Usui. Special to the ImLanapoIls Journal. Delphi. Oct. 26. An unsuccessful attempt was made, last Friday night, to blow up tho dam at lioga, one mile south of Monticello. Dynamite was used, and large timbers were blown seven hundred feet The dam belongs to Bradner, Smith & Co., paper-makers, of Chicago, and the mill property Adjacent has been idle for some time. The supposition is that it was done by parties away up the river, who claim tnat lish cannot get cp. United Again In Death. EoccUl to the Indianapolis Journal. Columbia City, Oct 2a Last Saturday night Lnnta Caasel. a young man about thirty-five years old, committed suicide south of this city, at tho place where he had been working dmlng the summer. His death wis caused by taking chloroform, crude opium and morphine. The cause for his act was grief on account of the death of his wife. Crashed ISeneath a Derrick. Ppecial to tha XrdJxnspclis Journal. Auburn. Oct 2a A. O. Harris, a work-' man engaged in the construction ot a public bridge, was instantly killed near this place this afternoon by tho derrick with which he was lifting a f oar-thousand-pound stone falling on him. His hoad was split open. IJoth Arras Cat Off. Spccitl to the Indians polls Journal. Elkhaiit. Oct 2a Thirteen-year-old Martin Peterson, of this city, had both arms cut oilaboyo the elbows, while jumping from a Lake Shore & Michigan Southern train to-day. He will probably live. 3Iiuor Notes. Lawrence O. Beck, city attorney for Delphi, died of cancer Saturday evening. Kichard Reinard. while hunting near Kokomo, accidentally shot otf his left heel.. Elmore Do Vinne has been arrested at Anderson for robbing George King of $13. Burglars carried away $300 worth of silk handkerchiefs from Francis M. Smaltz's store as Fort Wayne. Isaac Goss. fell olf the depot platform in front of a locomotive at Bunker Hill, and his left leg was cut off. Isaac Lncas, whilo loading Lia revolver Sunday accidentally discharged it. tha ball plowing its way through his left leg. It will leave him & cripple for life. Thieves burglarized the postodce at Vallonia, Sunday night, and also Conrad's saloon, carrying off S-'jO worth of liquor and cigars. They got G at the postofhee. John Porter, a leading real-estate agent of Fort Wayne, died in great agony after four days suffering from a quantity of grape seeds which lodged in his intestines. The dead body of Edward Williams was found on the railroad tracks, near Marion, yesterday. He had fallen asleep on the tracks the night before, and was cut to pieces. Mrs. John Stockwell, of Charlestown, aged eoventy-one years, and Absolam Hartley, 6eventy-six years old, residing on tho Bald Knobs, both died from general debility yesterday. Andrew Kobbins. a prominent farmer, residing fifteen miles south of Columbus, in Jennings county, disappeared from his home mysteriously Monday last, and has not since been heard of. William Wehl, C. fc I. C. brakeman, was completely cut in two by the cars at Rob Roy Sunday, haying fallen from the top of a freight train. His remains wero taken to Willow Hill, I1L. his home, yesterday. It is reported that furnaces 2 and 4 of the window-glass department of tho DePauw glass-works will not "blow in" before Jan. 1, the reason Assigned being the low price and small demand for glass. Furnace No. 3 has been in operation since Oct. 35, and the plate department of the works is being operated to its fullest capacity. Miss Emma Conner, teaching school in Montgomery county, has had trouble trying to keep a United Mates Hag on her school buildiutr. It is a Democratio district, and

some people do not fancy tho patriotism of tho teacher. Her father was Caleb Conner, of the Fortieth Indiana Volunteers, and he died in battle. She says she is also willing to dio for the flag. ILLINOIS. Enough Indictments Agralnst a Man to Keep Him Locked Up for Life. Pontiac, Oct 26. W. H. Fursman, under indietnient on twenty-nine charges of forgery, aggregating over $200,000, pleaded guilty in the Circuit Court this morning and was sentenced to seven years in Joliet penitentiary. Twenty-eight indictments are still pending against him in this county. Brief Mention. John Winston fell forty feet into a deep well, at Peoria, and was terribly mangled. William Johnson hung himself at Fairbury, but friends cnt him down before life was extinct Charles Schmidt of Mascoutah, died of injuries received in a fall from the top ot a high building. John Tilton, a notorious criminal, was in jail at Jacksonville, and was stopped Sunday from making an ettort to escape. Mollie Stroutman, aged seventeen years, of New Douglas, committed suicide because her father would not allow her to go to St. Louis to go out to service. City Marshal Kookendorfer. of Shawneetown, shot Frank Johnson, the ball entering near tho heart and making a fatal wound. At the same time the Mayor drew nis revolver on Robert Pound and halted him. Both prisoners were colored. A Swindler Sentenced. Sax Francisco. Oct. 2a In November. 1SW, tho postal authorities procured the arrest, in Sun Francisco, of Martin Thielliiann, treasurer of the Eagle Insurance Society, on a charge of having used the mails in conducting a scheme to defraud. Thielmann was recently tried nnd convicted in tho United Sta.es Court, this city, and was to-day sentenced to eighteen months' imprisonment and to pay a line of $500. His victims numbered neveral thousand, and for the most part are residents of Eastern States and Canada. The books of the society show receipts in the past two years of over 43,000. which it was shown was all appropriated by Thielmann, he being the sole beneli .iary. Sinco his conviction the directors have discontinued the operations of the society, although remittances are still being received and held back by the postal authorities. Treachers Take Hand in Politics. St. Louih, Mo., Oct. The Evangelical Alliance to-day dtacuseod the approaching school election in an animated manner, some very severe things being said concerning tho Catholio Church and its growing inllnence in educational matters. A resolution wait adopted to the effect that every Protestant preacher in the city should ure upon his congregation the necessity of voting aud working on election day for tho best candidates. All the preachers present pledged themselves to disenss the matter from their pulpits next Sunday. The pluugoof the preachers into politics will causo a sensation. l'oet Whitman h Xielpless Paralytic. Pii!LADKir:iiA. Oct 2a Walt Whitman, the "good gray poet" is a helpless paralytic, it is said. Ho has waBted to a mere shadow and his body is bent with age and disease. The doctors say ho may live for a louse tun o. but is likely to be taken away at any time as the paralysis from wbich he surfers is slowly approaching tho heart. 9

WANT TO CARRY THE MAILS

Bids Received by the Postmaster-Gen-eral Under the Postal Subsidy Law. Kev. Vr. Harper Corrected by Immigration Commissioner Owen Europeans Said to Favjr International Bimetallism. DIDS FOR OCEAN MAIL SERVICE. Companies Willing to Make Contracts with Uncle Sain and Build New Ships. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Washington, Oct. C Bids were opened by the Postmaster-general to-day, under the act of March S, 1891, providing for the proposed ocean mail service between ports of the United States and foreign ports. The Postmaster-general, under the law,' is authorized to enter into contracts for a term not less than live years nor taoro than tcnycars with American citizens for cary inc tho mails on American steamships. The vessels, under the law, must be Americanbuilt steamships, owned and officered by American citizens, find upon each departuro from the United States the following proportion of the crew shall be American citizens: Duribg the lirst two years, onefourth; during the next three succeeding years, one-third, and during the remaining time of tho contract at least one-half. It is provided that the vessels ehall be constructed after the latest and most approved types, with all the modern improvements. Uho bids were divided into four classes. The first two classes shall be of iron or steel screw steamships, capable of main tainintra speed of twenty knots an hour In ordinary weather. The third class shall be of iron or steel, capable of fourteen knots an hour. The fourth-claes vessels may be constructed of iron, steel or wood, capable of making twelve knots an hour. The vessels of the lirst three are to be constructed with particular reference to prompt and economical conversion into auxiliary naval cruisers. The bids received were as followa: From Newport New- to Rio, Brazil, by 8L Thomas. Martinique Barbadoea, l'ara. Pernainbuco and Uahia tho United States aud Brazil Steamship Cotcpany, from Jan. 1.1802. $lper nallo on third-class vessels, and $1.6623 on fourth claBs vessels. From Iiostou to Liverpool, by Queenstown Colombia Safety eteamihlp Company, from Oct. 1, 1804, for ten vears, $1 per mile. From Ban Francisco to Panama, touching twice each month going nnd leturnintr. at San Dleco, Cal.,Mazatlan,6an Bla Mauzanlllo, Acupulco, Fort Ancel. baltua Cruiz(Tonala,h'an Benito. Geo 8, Chainverlco, Han Jose, Acaiulato, La Llbertad. Amacala. Cortnto, tinn Juan aud Funta Arena i'acino Mall tcauiblp Company, from rov. 1,1891. lor ten vcare. in vessels ot the tblrd olass, $1 per mile. From lean Francisco to lion g Kong via Yokohama Paciflo Mail Steamship Company, from Nov. 1, 1801, forten years. In vessels of the third class, $1 per mile, and per milo in vessels of the second class. Frum Now Orleans to Colon, touching (going and returning) at Greytown, and Blue Fields, Nicaragua, 1'crtLimon. Cos tallica. Chart hagena, Bavanllla, nnd taint Martha, in Colombia FacinoMall fiteampship Company, from Nov. 1, 1801, for vessels of the fourth class, OG'j cents per mile. From Galveston to Lacuayra, returning by Curacoa. bavanllla Carthagena and ColonJohn 13. Clarke, ot Chicago, from April 20, 1803. for vessels ot the fourth class, Uo-a cents per mile. From New York to Buenos Ayrcs, Argentine Republic, touching at Montevideo, Uruguay, (eighteen days outward) Win. II. F. Hughe, of New York, Irom December, 1801, for tcu years, in vessels of tho second chus, $2 per mile. From New York to bantlapo do Cuba, by Nasaaua New York-Cnba Mail bteamship Company, from Feb. 1, 1802, for ten years, t( cents per mile. From New York to Havana New York-Cuba Mall Eteainihip Company, from Feb. 1, 1692, for ten years, sf 1 per mile. from New York to Tuxpan, Mexico, by Havana, Frogreso anl Taroplce, and retnrnlng by Vera Cruz, Frontero. Progrcsso and HavanaNew York-Cuba Mall fitcaiushlp Company, Irom Feb. 1, 1602, for ten years, fl per mile. From New York to Lazuayra, by Curacoa and J'ucrto Cubello lioultou, iillss x Dallas. New York, from Jan. 1, l&O'J, for tea years, $1 per mile: and by tho same company, from March 1, 1802, for ten years, $1 per mile. By the bids received at the Postoflico Department to-day for ocean-mail lettinss for service upon lines now performing service, the time of the voyages upon the various routes is reduced in amounts varying from 10 to iO per cent. This, of course, necessitates additional ships, and including the four new routes proposed for it would seem that there must be not less than seventeen ships built at a cost of not less than $14,000,000. If all tho bids are accopted the amount of subsidy required will be about one million and a half dollars when tho full service is in operation. The service under the postal shipping bill will requiro about sixty ships all told carrying the American 11a?. The department has had knowledge of negotiations in progress for other routes upon which bids have been deferred for various reasons. Notably, the Now Zealand service, whero the difliculty seems to be that the New Zealand authorities entertain the idea of improving the service between that country and this by making a concession to the Spreckcls company, but arguing that some of tho vessels shall carry the New Zealand Hag. which would be contrary to tho stipulations of the postal subsidy bill. REV. DR. HARPER'S MISTAKE. Says the Con tract-Labor Lair Keeps Out Educators, bnt This Mr. Owen Denies. Epcrial to the Indianapolis Journal Washington, Oct. 20.President Harper, of tho Chicago University, appears to be laboring under a mistake as to his inability to secure professors from abroad on account of the contract-labor law. Dr. Harper is quoted in the New York Tribune today as saying that the labor law is proving a great annoyance to tho success of tho new university. He says: Toa know tho contract-labor law strikes the higher levels of labor with the same force that it does the lower." Miperinteudcntof Immigration Owen has seen Dr. Harper's statement, and desires to have the evident misapprehension corrected. Mr. Owen says: "The contract-labor law in no way hampers the bringing of professors or scientific men from abroad. The express purpose of it is to avoid striking the higher levels of labor, as Dr. Harper calls them, and to protect only the American wage-workers of the lower level ot labor. When the old law was framed it was so broad that it made no distinction between the higher and lower levels of labor, and under that old law college professors, and even ministers of the gospel, could bo excluded; but this direoted attention to the fact that the law was' accomplishing too much, and the last Congress, therefore, amended the law so as to conlino it to wage-workers." CLAI31 Or A CATHOLIC BISHOP. Seeks to Secare n Military Reservation Valued at Hair a Million Dollars. Washington. Oct. 2a Hon. A. II. Garland, cx-Attorney-gencral, in the United Statca Supreme Court to-day moved the advancement of tha important and interesting case of the Roman Catholic llishop of Nisqually against John Gibbs, T. M. Anderson, K. T. Ycatman and the United States. Py this suit the bishop seeks to seenro titlo to some 4C0 acres of land comprising the United States military reservation at Vancouver, Wash. Tho land is now worth over half a million dollars. At the tlmo Oregon Territory was organized the Polish Church had a missionary at this place by permission of the Hudson Bay Company, which had its principal trading station at Vancouver. The organio act of Oregon continued title to not exceeding C40 acres to religious societies occupying land as missionary stations. Under this act the bishop claims this whole section, while the United States contends that the Catholic Church had merely permission from the Hudson Lay Company to occupy a small ttact for leligious purposes and had no title to tho land, except a half acre, which has been allowed it. In the United States Supreme Court todav tho government moved to advance the argument of the following cases: The United States vs. The Western Union Ttlegraph Company and Union Pacltio Kailway Company. The question at ii.sue is whether or cot the government should be charged for messages presented to tho Western Union, which are trans

mitted in part or wholly over the line of the Union Pacific railway, which, aa a subsidized railroad, is obliged to carry telegrephlo messages free for tho United States. The United States vs. The Colton Marble and Limo Company and The Sontnern i'acitic Kailway, involving title to over-lapping laud grants, where the land within the thirty-mile indemnity limits of the Atlantic iV Pacific Kailroad Company, with the twenty miles limit of the Southern Pacific Kailroad Company, whose grant was ante-dated by that of the tirst-named company. The United States vs. Hudd & Montgomery; brought here from Wishingtou State to secure the definition of the words "unlit for cultivation and valuable chiefly for its timber or stone," as used in the timber act of June 3, 1878. Nishiruura Ekin vs. The. United States, involving the constitutionality of the process by which personsenteringthe country contrary to the immigration law are deported out of the United States. MAY REMONKTIZK SILVER.

Growing: Feeling In Europe in Favor of International Ilimetallltui. New Yokk, Nov. 2d. A Washington dispatch to the Herald says: "The feeling in favor of international bimetallism seems to be growing and to bo lively to prevail in European cabinets if the leading European powers can be convinced that the United States does cot intend to plunge into free coinage cf its own motion. Several gentlemen of standing in private hfo agreedearly in the summer to make some inquiries of loroign financiers with a view to an international agreement, and to report the results to the President and Secretary of the Treasury without expense to the government. They have discovered so friendly a feeling to tho use of silver in Europe that they have recently asked and obtained informal credentials from our government showing who they are. nnd what their instructions are, without having authority to commit the United States ofiicially to any programme. "The fact that these credentials have been asked for is regarded by the President as a very encouraging indication of the feeling in England, France and Germany in regard to the remonetization of silver. The gentlemen who have been making the inquiries would not have asked for such credentials if they had not felt that the time was approaching for serious negotiations with foreign powers, for they have no personal interest in magnifying their office." MINOR MATTERS. Report of the War Records -Ttoard Many Volumes Yet to Be Issued. Washington, Oct. 26. Tho War Records Board, in its annual report to tho Secretary of War, 6ays that during the last fiscal year twenty-one books were printed and distributed, and four more put in type and partially indexed. These volumes contain the reports of tho Mine Kun campaign of tho Army of tho Potomac, the operations on the Atlantic coast in 1SC3, the Chiokamauga campaign, the Chattanooga, Koseville and Knoxville campaigns, including the battles of Missionary Ridge, Lookout Mountain and tho 6iego of Knoxville, together with the operations of all tho armies down to and including the Wilderness campaign in Virginia, und tho operations in the Shenandoah valley, Maryland And Pennsylvania up to Aug. a, lbte. The volumes relating to tho transmississippi region havo been completed, to include June o0, ltd, and those relating to tho Atluntio sea-coast to Nov. oO, of the same year. The present outlook is such ns to warrant the board in promising that the volumes coveringthemilitary operations ot the year 1S04 will be put in type during the present fiscal year. Tho President and Western Water Ways. Washington, Oct. 2a Ir. J. W. Bryant, of New Orleans, secretary of the executive committee on the improvement of the Western water-ways, accompanied by General Catchings, of Mississippi, called on President Harrison to-day and presented a copy of the resolutions adopted by the convention held' at Evansville, lnd., on the 14th inst., in reference to government aid for the improvement of tho Mississippi valley. The President received the gentlemen very courteously, and stated that he was very familiar with the subject and would give the matter his earnest consideration. He did not make express promise that he wonld rccommond to Congress any specitio legislation on the subject, but tho gentlemen feel sanguine cf. and received assurances of the President's hearty support of the movement. Nary-Yard Competitive Examinations. Washington, Oct. 20. Admiral Gherardi came over from New York this morning and called at the Navy Department. He is awaiting tho completion of the ropairsof his ships before sailing from New York for the West Indies. The Admiral speaks in terms of commendation of the opera-, tton of the system of employing labor in tho navy-yards, based upon the competitive examinations. He says that the repair work now progresses with unexampled rapidity and smoothness. The foremen have "backbone," and get the best work out of their men. Removals are made for cause only, and no man has been reinstated after discharge. The Admiral expects to sail southward in tho Philadelphia about Nov. 9, and he will probably be preceded by the Kearsarge. Eire In the Pension Office. Washington. Oct. 2(X-At 4:47 o'clock this morningatelephono message, sent from the Pension Office, called out No. Cenaine company, nnd the tireroen did some effective work and prevented what might have proved a disastrous conflagration in the large tire-proof brick building. The lire started in the basement, whero the waste paper is thrown, and the quick work of the liremen con lined the llamea to the one large room. The firemen found about ten or twelve tons of waste-paper in the basement, and the lira seemed to be at the bottom of the mass, indicating, the firemen say. that spontaneous combustion was the cause. A stream of water was ponred into the waste-room for fully an hour. "Two-Fer-Ccnt. Cases Not Yet Decided. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. ', Washington, Oct, 26. It was expected that a decision would be rendered to-day by the Court of Claims in the caso of Illinois, Indiana and Oh'o against the United States, known as the ,two-per-cent."cases. About $500,000 is involved for Illinois, and over $000,000 for Indiana. Judge Nott has been writing the decision during the vacation of the court, but as his associates on the bench havo not had time to examine and concur in Judge Nott'a views the decisions were not announced. They may be expected almost any day now. General Notes. Spec:! to the Iudl&nspolls Journal. Washington, Oct. 2C Nicholas Ensley, of Indianapolis, is at tho Riggs. He called upon Treasurer Nebeker this afternoon, and then viglted the White House. Tnird Auditor W. H. Hart feft for Louisville, Ky., this atternoon to look into the affairs of the United States pension agent there. Captain Hart will visit hu homo at Frankfort at the end of the week, and then return here some time next week. J. E. Graham was to-day appointed postmaster at (Iroveland, Putnam county, Indiana, vice W. A. Wood, resigned. Mine Stroug. of Sholbyville, who is vifiting Mr. and Mrs. ilobart Brooks, at Tacoiua Park, sang at an "evening" at Gen. Sprlgg Carrol's, last week, in such a delightful manner as to elicit publio praise. Treasurer Nebeker has returned to Washington from a visit to nis home in Indiana. An official report received at the Navy Department from the Mare island navyyard, states that tho injury sustained by the Mohican in the bursting of her outboard deliverj-plpe can be easily repaired, and the vessel made ready for sea service, and this will be done immediately. 1 Congressman William D. By num returned to the city to-day after an nbsenco of six wesks making speeches on the Pacific slope, in Iowa aud Ohio. He leaves tomorrow for New York; where be is booked for live speeches in New York city and vicinity. Secretary Tracy has named the two-thousand-ton cruiser soon to be launched at Baltimore the Detroit.

WHITE PEOPLE WAKNED.

Alleged Threats bj Negroes Against Their Oppressors in the Lone Star State. Bkenham, Tex.. Oct 2C This morning a badly spelled and written document was found prsted on a street corner, sigued by D. D. Delton. of Bexar county, and Jim Powell, of Crimea county, in substance saying that the document was intended as a warning to the white people of the intention of the negroes to have a changed condition of aflairs on Nov. 1, and making the assertion that the chango will be suoh as people will not want to see again. It says the white people havo robbed the negroes for six years, and calculates tho amount at Sll.lOO.&O; that but 40 cents per one hundred pounds has been paid lor picking cotton, which has kept the negroes so poor they could not learn. A great many threats are made against tho whito people, generally the Democrats, and especially the colored Democrats. As thi3 is a hotbed trouble is expected. DAILY WEATHER RU ULETIN. Loral Forecasts. For Indianapolis aud Vicinity For the twenty-four hours ending 10 r. M., Oct. 27 Slightly cooler; fair weather. GENERAL INDICATIONS. Washington, Oct. 20, Forecast till 8 r. Ji. Tuesday: For Indiana Fair Tuesday and Wednesday; much colder; northwesterly gales. For Ohio Fair Tuosday and Wednesday, except light rain on lakes; much colder; northwesterly gales. For Illinois Fair till Wednesday; much colder; northerly winds. Observations at lutllanapolls. ISMANAPOLI3, Oct. 26.

Yeuthcr. IZrr. Cloudless 0.00 Cloudless JO.OO atmv, 52. Tho folio wine is a comparative statement ot the temperature and precipitation on Oct. 2b": TrM Pre. O.lO 0.00 0.10 1.4 Normal 50 Mean : 5 Departure from normal 15 Exocs3 or deficiency sinco Oct. 1... 6 Excess or deiiciency since Jan. 1.. 245 Tlus. General Weather Conditions. Monday, Oct. 20, 8 r. m. " Pressure The low barometric area, assuming a more decided character, continued to move eastward with its center to tho St. Lawrence; its southern edgo extends southward to North Carolina, its western to Lake Erie; west of the Mississippi the temperature has risen rapidly to very high; the area js central, with 20.54, in central Minnesota. Temperature Colder temperature prevails in the upper lake region; less than SO5 near Lake Winnipeg; 40- and less from Minnesota, northern Wisconsin and northern Michigan northward; XP and less from Nebraska, Iowa, central Illinois, Indiana, central Ohio and Pennsylvania northward; 70 and above from southeastern Kansas, southern Missouri, Kentucky and Virginia southward. Precipitation Snow is falling on the south shore of Lake Superior; light local rains fell near Lake Michigan, Lake Erie, in Pennsylvania, West Virginia and in southern Texas. Would Not Indorse Independents. Sioux Falls, S. D., Oct. 26. In the Methodist conference, this morning, when tho committee on resolutions reported a plank pledging the members of the conference to support the independent ticket, because of its attitude on the prohibition question, there was some vigorous sneaking. The resolution was recommitted, and finally adopted ns follows: Resolved, That tho Republican party of South Dakota, in the elimination from its platform of prohibition. Is entitled to tho disapproval of prolibitlonists. e s i' Large and Rrllliant Meteor. Lyons, In., Oct. 20. At 5:13 a. m. yesterday a large meteor was observed by the operator at Riggs Station, la., passing directly from west to east. It was red in color and emitted Hashes of bluish bra as it passed. For nearly half a minute after it passed its pathway across the sky could ho traced by a luminous line of lire, which seemed to trail behind it. Hunters who came in this morning from a point cast of Riggs Station on the Mississippi river confirm the report as one of the most wonderful sights they ever witnessed. Flayed the Lottery unit Embezzled 320,000. New Orleans, Oct. 2C Tho announcement is made that Thos. II. Kelly, the cashier of Richardson, Williams & Co., a wholesalo dry-eoods house, has embezzled S'JO.OOO. The statoment made that Kelly was a lottery bend, and that his defalcations were in part if not wholly duo .to the fact, was acknowledged in an interview, when he said he "played" the lottery. Kelly denied, however, that he used any of his employers' xnonoy. llurclar Shot by n Hoy. Lyons, la., Oct. 20. A couple of burglars attempted to force an eutrauce into the house of Charles Brandt, at Preston. Ia.. twenty iniba north of hero, last nicht. A fifteen-year-old 6on of the proprietor shot and is believed to have fatally wounded oue man, as blood was plentiful about the house and on the grounds. The wounded man must have been carried off by his comrade, as searching parties failed to discover him this morning. No Court During1 the Threshing Season. Jamestown, N. D.. Oct. 2C The term of court of Foster county was adjourned sine dio to-day by Judge Rose for the reason that to call a jury would take many farm ers f rom the lields and witnesses irom the threshing crows. 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