Indianapolis Journal, Indianapolis, Marion County, 17 December 1891 — Page 2

THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1891.

BLAYE'EUXTIXG IN AFBICA.

Shocking Crnelties Inflicted on the Un- . . fortunate Victims of the Chase. Treated Worse than Beasts on the March to the Slave Mart Riots of Daily Occurrence in the Famine District of Mexico. cr.cnrriEs or slave.huters. Ilorrlble Phases of the Trade In Hainan Being In Africa. Cologne, Dec 1C At a meeting of the African Society hero to-day Canon Kespes read extracts from the diaries of African missionaries, which told of revolting cruelty in connection with slave-hnnting in the neighborhood of Lake Tanganyika. One of the statements read was as follows: The notorious slave-hunter. Makatubo. brought back with him two thousand natives of every age ana sex as the result of bis last expendition to Karwa. These wretched people were chained in batches of a score. They were like living skeletons. While tho caravan was traversing the Kiranao country, where there was a famine, the march" lug slaves were obliged, through hunger, to dig up and eat roots which animalsrefused to sat. Hundreds of them died of hunger, fever or dysentery. A large number of women and children, whose want of strength impeded the rapid inarch of tbe column, were drowned. Laggards through illness were killed with cndgels at tbe rate of from ten to fifty daily. At night they were sheltered in rootless huts, while the goats which were being taken along wero kept in covered stables. Every morning the bodies of those who had died during the night were dragged out and thrown to the hyenas which followed tho camp. Many of the poor creature were covered with burns and sores resulting from the punishment inflicted npon them." Similar accounts wero given of cruelty practiced by other slave-hunters. The missionaries ransom tho slaves, and place those that are s;ck in a hospital whenever possible, t STARTING MEXICANS. Food Riots of Dally Occurrence In the State of Doranso-Corn from Kansas'. Dcraxgo, Mex., Dec. 16. The distress among the people of this city and throughout the state of Durango, on account of tho drought, is on the increase. The suffering among the lower classes cannot be described. It is a famine of the worst kind, and the pleadings and cries of the hungry horde for food are becoming more pitiable with each succeeding day. Small riots in the villages throughout the state aro ot daily occurrence. In a number of instances store-houses have been attacked by mobs of men, women and children, made desperate by tho pangs of hunger, and robbed of corn. There are hundreds of people actually starving in this city and thero have been many deaths attributed directly to that cause. The state government several days ago contracted for 100, (XX) bushels of corn and that order has nov been doubled. The corn will come from Kansas. It is estimated that it will take no less than ono million bushels of corn and beans to carry the eullVrers of thia state alone through tho winter and until next year's crops are matured. Cardinal Vannutelli May Succeed Pope Io, Rome, Dec. 1C A movement is on foot among an influential ecclesiastical party at Rome in favor of bringing more into prominence the candidature of Cardinal Zeraiino Vannutelli as the successor of Leo XIII to tho Papal throne. Cardinal Vannutelli has been nuncio at Brussels and at Vienna. He is a brother to tbe celebrated Cardinal Vincent Vannutelli, cx-nnncio at Lisbon, who enjoys a great reputation as a diplomatist. fceraiino Vannutelli is an agreeable, pious and learned man and is univerally esteemed. The revolution in Brazil ha greatly interested the Vaticau. "ranee has assured the I'ope that Brazil would preserve its religious liberty. Tho new government was no sooner institntcd than it renewrd these assurances, which have made the beat impression at the Vatican. An Interview with the Tope. Pome, Dec 16. The Temps prints an account of an interview with the Pope on the French ecclesiastical question. According to this account the Pope says his aim was to encourage a policy of conciliation, and he wonld havo been better pleased if the letter of the Archbishop of Aix had been an isolated manifestation of opinion. He had been much atlected by the attacks made upon tbe French pilgrims in Rome, and he bad been pained to learn that pil grimages of French Catholics had been stopped by a ministerial order. The French government, he thought, erred in prosecuting the Archbishop of Aix. Minister Fallleres ought simply to have written a trenchant reply to the Archbishop's letter. The prosecution of the Archbishop, instead of promoting pence between the state and church, tended to canse enmity. Still Harping on Chill. Lonpon, Dec. 1(5. The Times correspondent in Paris sends to his paper a column dispatch giving tbe text of Chili's reply to President Harrison's message. In commenting upon the "surprising character of American action'' tbe correspondent says: "The violence of President Harrison's message would be repugnant to European Ideas oven if they were only atlected. If, however, America went to war for a sailors' quarrel. Europe might witness a spectaclo so singular that it would relieve the monotony of the present times. America having refused to sign the treaty against privateering. Chili would be entitled to equip her entire mercantile marine, even Auierican-bnilt vessels. as privateers. Happily, this is a mere hypothesis. President Harrison's message is merely rhetoric." Forbidden to Preach. Vienna. Dec 16. The magistracy of the city, at the instance of the publio prosecutor, have issued a decree commanding the closing of the Methodist Church here. They have also prohibited pastor Roesche from preaching auywhere in the city on the ground that hisMethoaistlc denunciation of masses as blasphemous fables and dangerous concerts, is an insult against the Catholic religion, which is recognized by tho state." Nineteen Drowned. London, Dee. 16. It is reported that the steamer Prince ZeltikoiT. from Barry, for &L Xazalre, has been wrecked off Brest, and that every person on board of her, twenty in all. except one. was drowned. A seaman named Kelk clambered into a boat which remained lloatmg. He was without food or water, and drifted in the open boat for forty-two hours. He was finally carried by the current to tbe Peersai rocks, from which ho was rescued by some French sailors. Drlgandage In ltnsslav. London, Dec. 10. It is reported that a state of siege has been declared in many of the famine-stricken districts of Russia, owing to tbe prevalence of brigandage and anarchy among tbe starving peasants. It is also reported that eighty thousand Russian troop are massing around Lublin, Poland, for winter maneuvers. Cnllina Vomiting Again. Citt of Mexico. Dec 16. There was a fresh eruption of the Colima volcano today. The ernption was accompanied by a violent shaking of the surrounding conntry. A number of houses collapsed. Slight earthquake shocks were felt in Jalisco and Acapulco to-day, A I'lerr Young Ciecli. Vienna. Dec. 11 During the debate in the lower honse of tho Reicnrath to-day a stirring speech was made by Herr Gregor. the leader of tlio young Czechs, the Bohemian representative?, who demand the complete national emancipation of UoLernia. Gregor declared that the Hapeburgs would ever . havo been kings At Bohemia

if the ancestors of the present people of that country bad foreseen the' treatment to which the langiiAgo and tbe nationality of the Czechs would be subjected to under the rule. The President of the House hero called the speaker to order for attacking the ruling dynasty. Socialists Sentenced. London, Dec. 10. Eighteen Socialists were recently arrested at Chelsea on tho chargo of creating a disturbance in tho streets while engaged in spreading their doctrines. They were convicted and to-day were sentenced to pay tines varying from 3 to 20 rounds. Several of tfcem. in addition to being fined, were also sentenced to one month's imprisonment. Cable 'otes. The butler employed by United States Minister Robert T. Lincoln committed suicide, at London yesterday, by cutting his throat with a razor. When Signor Imbriani's interpellation on Italy's relations with tho United Satej caino up in the Italian Chamber of Deputies Iesterday. tbe Chamber, on the demand of 'remier Kudini, declined to discuss the matter. Tho passage across the English channel was a rough one, but Mr. Gladstone in no "way snfiered from his experience. He was in capital spirits on reaching Paris. Mrs. Gladstone was more fatigued than was her husband. 31. Henri de Maupassant, the French author, is suffering from a disease of tho nervous system aud has been ordered by his doctors to take a complete rest He is sanguine that he will recover, but his friends fear that he will become insane. The French Chamber of Deputies has adopted tbe proposal made by the government to abolish the ten-per-cent. tax levied by the government on the rates charged passengers on express trains by tbo railway companies. The latter have agreed to reduce the fares ly tho amount of the tax. M. Paul do Schancl. Deputy of the Department of Eur et Loire.who has been commissioned by the French government to proceed to tbe United States with tho view of investigating tbe social question and the position of working men and their masters, will confer with Cardinal Gibbons, Henry George and the leading men in all religious bodies and schools of thought in America. FIRST CAR-LOAD OP PIG-TIN. Twenty Tons Mined In Mexico Received by a Pittsburg Firm nigh-Grade Ore. PiTTsnuRO, Dec 16. -What is said to be the first car-load of pig-tin ever mined on the North American continent arrived in this city yesterday. It came from Durango, Mexicoand is the property of the Pittsburg and Mexican Tin Mino Company. There are altogether twenty tons of the metal, which is now on exhibition in this city at the office of company. The ore of the company at its mines is yielding 14 per cent., which is remarkable, as the highest at the mines in Walrs is 2V& per cent. New Tin-Plate Factory. Baltimore, Dec. 16. Work on the tinplate manufactory of Coates & Co. is being rapidly pushed ahead by a large foroe of workmen, and by tho middlo of January the proprietors hopo to be turning out plates. The factory to to operated here by Coates & Co. will have a capacity of about eighteen hundred boxe ror week. The new factory adjoins tli Lccust Point iron and steel-works, whion are more familiarly known ai Coates & Co.'a mills. The cost for the fitting out of tho tin-mill is estimated at about 3100,000.

TELEGRAPHIC BREVITIES. Frank Sparks killed O. G. DeLone and Denton Duke at East Barnard, Tex., Tuesday night. The American District Telegraph Company and the Mutual District Telegraph Company have been consolidated. The will of W. J. Florence, the actor, has been tiled at New York. He makes his widow. Tersa Florence, sole executrix and legatee. Congressman William L. Wilson, of Wet Virginia, has been elected president of Richmond ( V a.) College by tho trustees of that institution. Senor Romero, Mexican minister to the United States, was entertained at tho New York Democratic Club last night at a dinner given in his honor by Walter S. Logan. Over ono hundred guests wero present. Trumpeter Dixon, of the Sixth Cavalry, was yesterday found gnllty of murder in the first degree in the United States District Court of Omaha, for the killing of Corporal Carter, of Fort Niobrara last September. At Lancaster. Fa., yesterday, JJrs. Amelia Spiess. ayonng woman, quarreled with her husband and on her mother threatening to eject the husband from tbo house, tho young wife ran up stairs, and, before sho could be prevented, blew out her brains with a pistol. George H. Stokes, the Now York lawyer who was arrested at his homo. No. 214 East Fourteenth street, last week, on a warrant charging him with being iusane and threatening to kiil his mother, and who has since been confined in the insane pavilion at Bellevue Hospital, was yesterday declared sane, m m Losses by Fire. Bristol. Tenn.. Dec. 16. Tho Belt-line car sheds wore burned hero to-night. Loss. $20,000; insured for half. Jack Overstreet's charred remains were found in the ruins. Two pistol shots were heard just before tho fire, and it is thought ho was murdered. Chicago, Dec. 16. Firoin tho four-story brick building. Nos. 6 and S WabasbXivonne. this morning, ranged an aggregate I033 of $25,000. distributed in small amounts among a number of occupants, most of whom were insured. Paterson. N. J., Dec. 16. The works of the Paterson Sanitary Company were burned this morning. Loss, 00,000; insurance, $15,000. AritORA, III., Dec 16. The New Monitor works in this city were destroyed by tiro to-night. Loss, $33,000; insurance, $12,000. Vkrmillion, O., Dec. 16. Several business bouses were destroyed by lire this morning, entailing a loss of over 8-5,000. Threw Pepper in the Clerk's Eye. Little Rock, Ark.. Dec 16. Whllo a clerk in J. V. Zimmerman's jewelry store waa showing two trays of diamonds. at?:C0 this evening, to a stranger, another masked stranger entered, grabbed iho trays, at the same time throwing cayenne pepper in the clerk's eyes. Both strangers msbed out and into a dark alley near by, making good their escape. As near as can bo learned the value of the diamonds was $3,000. Fought with fckln Gloves. Deadwood. S. D., Dec. 16. Danny Daly,, the light-weight champion of Nebraska, and Dick Hollywood, champion of th Black Hills, fought a finish tight with skin gloves at this place last night. Daly won in tne ninth round with a clean blow on the ear, putting Holly wood to sleep. Tho tight was for a purse of $.00. Daly has issued a challenge to fight Billy Mver, tho Streator cycloue. for $1,000 a side. ' Owed Store Than He Possessed. Boston, Dec. 16. Ebenezer Dale committed suicide in September, 1SS9. He was supposed to be wealthy and the Probate Court allowed his widow $0,000 per annum out of the estate. When Dale's estate was appraised it inventoried $KS.C00. but his debts figured up $270,100. On petition of tho creditors tbe full bench of the Supreme Court to-day decreed that Mrs. Dalo receive but $500. Edward M. Field's Night in Jail. New York. Dec 16. Edward M. Field passed a restless night in Ludlow-street jail. He went to bed early last evening, nfter partaking of tea and toast. He tossed about uneasily all night, the entire time being closely watched by two keepers. The keepers s iv that his talk is very rational, and that he acts like a man whose spirit is all broken. Called the Dealer and Took the Tot. Marysvillk. Cab, Dec. lfi. This evening at tt o'clock a m naked man entered Banion's faro-room while a game was in progress and. covering tbo dealer with a pistol, demanded nil tbe money in sight. Ho was given J2:5 and then escaped. Maect has the best stock In the city. I Lovelt Diamond Ear-rlas at Mjtxav's,

WILL ASSIST THE POINTERS

Federation of Labor Votes Money to Fight the littsburg ConspiracyjCases. ToPe Carried to the Supreme Court If Necessary More Indiana Miners Return to Work Telegraphers Win Their Strike. FEDERATION OF LABOR. Money Votrd to Assist the Pittuburjj Printers In Their Conspiracy Cases. Birmingham. Ala., Dec 16. At the morning session of the Federation of Labor tho president announced special committees on high dues, unfair immigration. Knights of Labor proposition, eight-hour question and woman's federation. Reports of committees being m order Senator J. G. McNeil, of the coramitteo on resolutions, read the majority report on the motion to appropriate $3,000 to help the Pittsburg Typographical Union fight tho injunction or conspiracy cases in the courts. It was as follows: Wherea?, A court of Pennsylvania has. In tho Judgment of this convention, exceeded its authority and violated a principle ot justice In enjoining union printer engaged in a contest to maintain aud defend their interest rs waircworker.', who havo committed no act Involving a breach of tho pence or violation of law; and. Whereas In the iudgment of this convention the court in this caso exceeded its power ami Jurisdiction, which, if allowed to stand unchallenged, will be a constant menace to the advancement and progress of tho wage-workers as a class and the people an a whole; therefore be it Resolved, That tho American Federation of Labor, in convention assembled, do hereby .ronouueo the edict of said court to be unjustlnalo and illegal, and a violation of tho liberties guaranteed in tho bill of rights. Resolved. That we hereby direct the executive council of tbe American Federation of Labor to proceed to challenge tbe order of the court by carrying the case to the highest tribuual in the land, and tbe executive council Is hereby eniiowered and directed to expend a sum not exceeding 3.000 In the prosecution of tho case referred to in order tbat Justice may be done to the wage-workers and tho rights of the people upheld. Kesolved. That In the event the case is not carried up to tbe highest courts, tho executive council may use such part or the whole of the abovenamed sum to test the constitutionality of the conspiracy laws or of any proceedings in equity against amliated unions or union men in any fctate in tho Union. Kesolved, That we calloipon affiliated unions to co-operato with tho executive council of the American Federation In their work. Representative Shields, of the typographical union, moved its adoption, but. after some discussion, committeeman Valesch was permitted to read tne minority reEort. Then another long discussion ensued, ut tbe majority report was overwhelmingly adopted. At the afternoon session a request for aid for the striking Indiana miners was referred to a committee. James Hughes, master workman of tho Now York district Knights of Labor, sunt in a communication asking to bo heard on the question at issue between his order and the united garmentworkers. His request was also referred to a committee. The Pacitio coast contested delegate case was disposed of amid great enthusiasm by adopting the agreement informally reported yesterday. Tho delegates are now occupying their scats. The question of admitting William C. Fomeroy as a delegate from the Illinois Federation of Labor came tin again on a motion to seat him, but tho chair ruled it out of order and was sustained. Thecornmitteeon resolutionsreportedand tho convention adopted a resolntion urging the passage of laws prohibiting barbershops from opening on Sundays and asking the friends of labor not to patronizo shops that opeu on Sunday and keep open later than H o'clock in the evening. A resolution was adopted authorizing the National Harness-makers' Union to use a label, especially in Tennessee, Missouri and Illinois, wbero harness is being made by convict labor; also condemning the sweating system of making clothing and providing a union label for union-made clothing. A resolution was adopted ordering a boycott against George Ehrct's New York beer. Tho local boycott against tho Illinois Staats Zeitnug was taken np and made general by tho federation. Tho nfternoon session was consumed by tho discussion and passage of the above resolutions. THE COAL STRIKE. The Sherburne Company Grants the Advance and the Miners Resume Work. Special to tho Indianapolis JournrJ. Brazil, Ind., Dec. 16. Tho Sherburne Coal Company acceded to tho miners' de mands and resumed work this morning. They only operate one mine which is almost exhausted. It is claimed that this mine will bo worked out in a few months, and tho owners thought it advisable to pay the advance and work a full force of men, with a view to closing down their mine permanently at the earliest opportunity. This will give employment to seventy-live men. A report reached here this morning that Wood mil, Brownell &, Wilton have closed down their mine at Carbon. The cause is attributed to their inability to find a market for their coal. As the weather is pleasant, the domestic trade is light, and tbe Chicago markets aro Hooded with Ohio, Illinois and Kentucky coal. By the closing down of this mine two hundred miners ore thrown out of employment. No remittance has yet been received by tho miners from their association, which leaves hundreds of families on the vergo of starvation. No. 8 and No. 10 mines will resume operation to-morrow.. A committee of miners called on tho Brazil Block-coal Company to-night and asked fcr work at tho old price. Demands of Telegraphers Granted. Denver, Col.. Dec. 16. The following order addressed to Superintendent Gable, of the Atlantic & Pacific railroad was issued by President Manvel, of the Santa Fe at noon to-day: Sign and accept tbo schedule presented by the operators and dispatchers namely, operators, a5-) per month for twelve hour work, wltn extra; dispatchers. $150 for eipht hours work, and chief dispatchers, $175 per month and no extra work. Allan Manvel, President. A telegram received hero froi Albuquerque. N. M., this morning says tho Texas Pacific operators held a meeting there last night and decided to quit work at midnight to-night unless tho demands of tho Southern Pacitio operators wero granted before that hour. This decision will atlect the entire Texas Pacitio system. The schedule was signed at 4 o'clock, and fivo minutes later trains began to move on the Atlantic & Pacific. The telegraphers claim to have secured every concession demanded. Opposed to n few Federation. St. Louis, Dec. 16. Grand Master Frank Sweeney, of the Switchmen's Mntnal Aid Association, was asked to-day what action his organization would take in tbe matter of tbe proposed new Federation ot Railway Employes, tho plan of which was outlinod by a committee here yesterday. He severely scored tbe advisory council of railway men for the action taken yesterday. "The switchmen," said Mr. Sweeney, "already belong to one federation the Supreme Council of Switchmen and Firemen and do not care to enlarge that federation. The new scheme of federation originated with the Trainmen's Brotherhood, which was kicked out of the council. 1 think you can count at least the engineers, firemen and switchmen out when tho federation meeting of Feb. 1 is held." Adjusting the Differences. St. Louis, Dec. 16. The grievance committee of the Switchmen's Mutual Aid Association is in the city according to arrangements made at the last meeting in this city a month ago. The purpose of the visit is to meet General Mannger II. II. Claik. of the Missouri Pacific, with a view of closing up the negotiations begun at tbo last meeting looking to a reduction of hours and the establishment of an arbitration board. General Manager Clark said thin morning that everything would be settled amicably. Combining Against the Italians. Crested Buttf. Col.. Dec. 18. There are some prospects of a strike between the operators aud miners employed by the Colorado Coal and Ira Company being set

tled. The Austrian and English miners have united against the Italians. There is some fear that this combination will be the cause of bringing on another fight, but every means will be employed to prevent 6uch an occurrence. Many of the men want to return to work at tho company's figures of cents per ton and a reduction ot fifty men. This will let out all tho Italians. The meeting to-night did not amount to anything. The discussion lasted fourhonrs and when a ballot was taken on the proposition to return to work at f5c per ton. it stood HI to SO against the same. Tho company expect to put men to work at least by Monday. Fllnt-Giass Workers Walk Oat. Fpeclal to the Indianapolis Journal. Muxcje, Ind., Deo. 16. Yesterday Chas. Boldt, president of tho Muncio Flint-glassworks, discharged Allen Jackson, George Horner and Samuel Springer, three of his blowers in tbe factory. The men. with the forty odd other blowers, aro members of the American Fint-glass Workers' Union that requires all employers to givo duo notice and cause before discharging the members. This Mr. Boldt refnsed to do and tho men quit work and sent for their president. William J. Smith, at Pittsburtr. The factory is idle and nearly 250 persons are out of work as a result. No trouble is anticipated unless the blowers' places are filled with some of tho many idle men in the country. Strike of a Freight-Train Crew. Kansas City, Dec. 16. A freight crew on the Wyandotte Sc Northwestern railroad struck this afternoon for extra pay for extra switching. Tho crew took possession of their train, and declined to allow it to be moved until their demands should be granted. The trainmaster was obliged to call on the police to get possession of tho train. A new crew was hired and tho tram was sent out at6 o'clock this evening under police protection. The strikers expect to enlist tho sympathies of all tbe men on tho road and to tie up the line. The road is a short independent line running from this placo to Beatrice, Neb. AMERICAN SAHBATII UNION.

Delegates Addressed by Colonel Shepard, Dr. Herrick Jhi son and Others. Des Moines. Ia., Dtc 10. The third annual meeting of the American Sabbath Union convened at the Central Presbyterian Church this afternoon. Organization was effected in Washington in 1&&3, and is composed of delegates from the various Evangelical churches in the country. Tho attendance at the piesent meeting is large, including representations from all the principal States. Alterdevotional services organization for business purposes was effected, with Col. Elliott F. Shepard, president of tho association, in tho chair. .Various committees wero appointed, after which the meeting adjourned. At tho evening session Iyer. Jos. Mott presided. The address of welcome to tbo delegates was delivered by Dr. Fnsbie, of Des Moines. Colonel Shepard replied to it. Ho paid a high compliment to Iowa as a Sabbath-obsorving aud temperance State. Speaking of the work of tho union he said it was to restore the observance of tbe Sabbath. Ho said it was only a eeventh of the week, and thank God tho majority of the people in tbe country still observe it. True, it has its enemies, he said. They commenced by breaking the Tenth Commandment, by coveting the time not their's but God's. The nations that are most backward, he said, are thoso who disregarded tbo Sabbath; those who were most advanced are those who observe it. True, not all the people in the Sabbath-observing countries keep it in its strictness, but just in proportion as the numbers of a people observe the Sabbath just in that proportion God prospers that people. He said that one of the objects for which the union will labor is for the closing of the world's fair. Dr. Herrick Johuson, of Chicago, 6poke at length on the drity of' tbe government to insist that this Nation tako no part in the desecration ot the American Sabbath. He argued the question nt length, answering the arguments of those who favor opening the fair. Other speakers were Rev. Edward Thompson, of San Francisco, and J. H. Knowles, of New Jersey. Alleged Instruments of Torture. St. Louis, Deo. 16. At the Cumberland Presbyterian Church Extension Conference, held in the Lucas-avenue Presbyterian Church, here, to-day, some very interesting dlscnssions were held. After Miss Bettie Duffleld, a missionary to Japan for the past six years, had made her report of the situation in that country, Rev. A. II. Whatley spoke for Mexico, asking assistance for church bnilding and missionaries. At tho conclusion of Rev. Whatlcy's remarks one of tho ministers asked whether it would not be well to concentrate their work upon the "poor, ignorant Roman Catholics here, and give them the light of God, instead of spending bo much money in Mexico." This brought ont a statement from Rev. Whatley to the effect that the Romau Catholics in Mexico were steeped In ignorance. "1 havo an instrument of torture in my patchel," he said, "which I brought from Mexico, with which these ignorant Catholics scourgo themselves. A friend of mine has rope with barb wires in it which one of bis converts was made to wear by the priests as a penance. She wora it around her waist, next to the ficsn." Rev. Whatley recited other similar instances, and then Rev. J. B. Mitchell spoke on the subject of "Othor Fields." Republicans Assigned to Hotels. Minneapolis, Doo. 16. Part of the hotel assignments for the Republican national convention have been made. Messrs. Clarkson, Hoberf, New, Conger. Fessenden, Haynes. Do Young, Payne, Scott. Clayton, Campbell. Christ, Fiiley, Coney, Pinchback, Chase, Hooker, Sanborn, Barbour and Meek and the successor of Quay, from Pennsylvania, will be given quarters at the West Hotel as members of tho national committee. The following States will also havo their boadquarters at tho West: Maine. Vermont. Massachusetts. Rhode Island, New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Ohio, Indiana, llhuois, Iowa, Wisconsin, Arkansas and North Dakota. The West will care for half of each delegation. These having been provided for, the rule of first come first nerved will he followed. The West already has applications from scores of prominent nun. including such as Depew, Piatt and Fassett, of New York. Charged with Pension Frands. Dalla$,Tcx., Dec 16. Rev. Z. Parker, of Sherman, a member of the iSorth Texas Conference, was arrested here to-day charged with pension frauds aud forgery. In one of the cases an old colored woman has been drawing SI- per month from the government for the past fifteen years. Important Point. The Critic. A young man who writes verses asks me whether any man with thin lips has ever become famous as a poet. 1 do not know. Hut this 1 do know: I have yetto meet a thin-lipped poet of even national reputation. Rev. Fllnlt Plunk on Appearances. KewYwfellemld. Doan' go too much by outward appearances, deah breeddern; a possum ain't near so nice to look at as a canary bird, bnt dere ain't no question about which makes de best eatin'. Mnst Have Had the Journal In Mind. Boston IlftJld. A new essayist observes that tho newspaper most talked about, most praised, most blamed, most quoted and most widely read by all parties is tbo best newspaper. Had Taste. Mew York Commercial Advertiser. Maurice Thompson, in his plea for American fiction in tbe Independent, denounces Kipling's stories as "bull neef' It is suspected that Mr. Thompson prefers bobbed vcah m m Kealej- Cure Not a New Remedy. BooNEviLLK, Mo., Dec. lft. Dr. C.J. Burger, of this city, is using what he asserts is tho Keeley bichloiide cf gold remedy for drunkenness on several local patients.

He says, however, the formula, which he avers is tbe same as that of Keeley. was rnnted in a medical journal fifteen years ago and that he clipped it and has since used it whenever opportunity ottered. , IS Obituary. Santa Fe, N. M.. Dec If,. -Hon. P. J. Jarrillo, who represented San Juan and Rio Arriba counties in tho territorial constitutional convention and was four years legislative councilman from northwestern New Mexico, died from liver complications at Ujo Caliente yesterday evening. He was an inlluential and wealthy Spaniard, and famous as a champion for American publio schools, Gkeexcastlk. Ind., Dec. 16 -Mrs. Florence Gobin. wife of Dean Gobm, of tho DePauw theological school, died at 5:C0 o'clock this evening from a severe attack of la grippe and pneumonia. Sho has long been in feeble health, bnt was able to leave her home last week to do some shop, ping. Her other ailments wero supplemented with heart trouble. Baltimore. Md., Dec. 16. Tho venerable mother Mary Regina. whose golden jubilee was celebrated on the 12th of November last, died to-day at Mount De Sales, of paralysis. Mother Regina was one of the founders of the convent Her worldly name was Margaret Neale. She was a descendant of ono of the oldest Catholic families in Maryland. Washington. Dec. 1C Capt. Allan McLane died at his residence in this city this morning from la grippe. Captain McLane was sixty-nine years of age. He was the eon of Louis McLane. Solicitor of the Treasury during Jaokson's administration, aud the brother of ex-Governor McLane, of Maryland. Tarpon Sprxncs Fla., Dec. 16. Ex-Gov. A. P. K. Satlord died nt his home here, at 2:15 o'clock yesterday morning, after anillness of over a year. Boston, Doc. 1G. Mrs. Caroline L. Burgess, widow of the yacht designer, Edward Burgess, died this morning, of pneumonia. New York and the Great Fair. Ilarrer's Weekly. It is for the interest of New Y'ork that it should take part in the fair. Chicago and tbe rest of the country can easily make it successful. But it is desired that in such an assembly of tho industrial forces of the Union its greatest city should be adequately represented. New York has very little local priae, although it assumes us own primacy and supremacy in a way which other communities are very fond of snubbing. But there is publio spirit enough among New Yorkers to prevent them from indifiernce to so important and national an undertaking as the fair, and an active committee, taking the matter in hands would win a worthy response New Y'ork is too heterogeneous a city for great public spirit There cannot be much common impulse among people which has not traditions in common, and it has been a popular defect of the proposed fair that although Columbus discovered America, he is not a hero of tbe popular imagination, and there is no enthusiasm to be aroused bv his name. The circumstances were wholly ditlerent in 1876 at Philadelphia, and the kiud of sentiment which is necessarily lacking in tbe Columbian fair is always of very great service.

Ilnslness Embarrassments. Grkexsrurg, Pa., Dec. 16. The Irwin Bank, at Irwin, Pa., closed at the usual hour yesterday, bnt failed to open this morning. P. S. Pool fc Son, proprietors, have made an assignment. Mr. Pool says the bank could not recover from the shock caused bv the former suspension. It is said that 'between 375,000 and 8100.000 have been drawn ont within the past week. Tho Pools claim that every dollar of the deposits will be paid. New York, Dec. 16. According to the World Wall street lost fully $2,000,000 in money, bonds and stocks by the Field failure. No one seems to know what has become of the money and the securities, aud further, they do not know whether they are ever going to get anything back. New Y'ork. Dec. 16. Cobnrn II. Johnston, doing business as C. II. Johnston & Co., importers and jobbers in dress trimmings, at No. 41 Union square, havo assigned. Dob 1 8, "A 000. Reform in the Right Direction FM'adf lpbia Press. The value of physical education as a moral agent has been especially impressed on the Woman's Christian Temperance Uniou. Last year the organization sought to interest the educational authorities the country over in the adoption of physical exercises in the publio schools. This year their eflort has been directed toward founding professorships in all schools of higher education to be devoted to tbe same object Such a work as this will commend itself to all. as tho Goddess of Ilygieno is one whose worship appeals to every individnal. In a crusade for health there can be no difference of opinion, and the work of the union should be given an unqualified support . Movements of Atlantie Steamers. Moville, Dec. 16. Arrived: Parisian, from Boston. London, Dec 16. Sighted: Germanic, from New York. Southampton, Dec 16. Arrived: Trave, from New Y'ork. Rotterdam, Deo. 1 a Arrived: Indian Prince, from New York. Not Improved. PbilartclpTda Record. A lady stopped another in a crowded store on Saturday to dilate on her wretched health. "Tho doctor told me I mnst go out every day and tako exercise and air. I went to three funerals last week; the people were dead strangers to me, but the cemeteries wero out of town, and I thought the ride might stimulate my liver. But! don't know as I'm a bit improved." Treaties Passed by the Itelchstag. Berlin, Dec. 16. After seven hours' debate tho Reichstag to-day passed the German-Austrian-Hungarian treaty of commerce, a large majority of the members voting for the measure. In the question of wino duties provided for in the new treaty, an open ballot was taken which resulted in the adoption of tho duties by avoteot 1X)0 to SC. Terras of the Jnckson-Slavin Fight. San Francisco, Deo. 16. Peter Jackson has signed articles of agreement for his tight with Frauk Slavin and forwarded them to London. They agree to fight twenty rounds, with four-onnoe gloves, at catch weights for a purse of S10.0X). The contest is to tako placo at tho National Sporting Club on May SO next Snlvlde of an Fx-Ilanker. Grand Rapids, Mich.. Dec. 16. Henry Marshall Kingman, eighteen months ago vice-president and cashier of tho First National Bant of Chicago, committed suicido at an early hour this morning by hanging himself with a trunk strap from a clotheshook in tho bath-room of Frank Chapin's residence, in this city. Resignation of a Secretary of State. Lansino, Mich.. Dec. 16. Daniel E. Soper. Secretary of State, at 11 o'clock tendered his resignation to Governor Winans. Charges bad been preferred with the Governor accusing Mr, Soper with malfeasance in office, and as Mr. Soper did not deny the charges. Governor Winaus asked for his resignation. Ex-Preldnt Xloej- Will Itetarn 8500,000. New York, Dec 16. An evening paper states that the famous case of the Adams Express Company against ex-President Hoey will be settled out of court. It states that the terms of the compromise will involve the return of about $o00,000 to the company by Mr. Hoey. Flogged and Coated with Ink. Savannah. Ga.. Dec 16. At Valdosta. last night. Dr. Benton Strange was taken from his rooms by a mob, and after being Hogged was given a coat of ink. The citizens objected to Strange's conduct while on sprees. He was not seriously hurt, and left town. The San Francisco Going Hack to Chill. San Francisco. Dec. 16. Tho cruiser San Irancisco. fiagship of the Paciiic squadron, is under sealed orders, and it is expected she will sail this week for Valparaiso. Will Decline the Archbishopric. Washington, Dec. I6.-TI10 Right Rev. Sebastian Messmer has decided to decline the appointment to the urchbisboprio of Green Bay. Wis. The mammoth stock Jewelry. Watches. Dia monds at Marcy's is the attraction for the ladies.

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DR. RABTLETT AND TIIK CKAJilTThe Wcll-Known Minister Relates from tha Pulpit a Tersoual Experience. . WasMngloa Post. Something of a sensation was created in the congreg.itiou of the New York-aveuno l'rosbyterian Church Sunday morning by an incident which was related by the pastor, Rev. Dr. Bartlett. in the course of bis sermon. He was preaching about the cities of refnge mentioned in tbe Bible wbero persons who had unintentionally been guilty of a homicide could llee and be safe from molestation. This suggested a train of thought in regard to the large number of deaths that resulted from carelessness, more in number by far than was the result of deliberate intention. He quoted from the President's message figures which showed that during the year ended June 30. JSV0, 2,450 railroad employes had been killed and 22.S.)) had been injured, largely as tbe result of carelessness. The speaker referred to the prevalence of carlessness. resulting in a heavy loss of life, and then spoke of the deeds of tho class of people known as cranks. Some provision, he thought, ought to be mado for caring for such people and for keeping them where they could do no harm. He was of the opinion that institutions occupying a position midway in the scale of punishment for crime between a penitentiary and an insane asylum ought to be established for the reception of people of this kind. He then spoke of an experience he had on the previous Sabbath with a man of tbe crank species. Upon tbe conclusion of the services last Sabbath morning, he said, a man came up to him as he stepped from the pulpit and told hlrn that he wished to speak to him. He merely glanced at tbe man, and seeing other people waiting to speak to him said to the man that he would see him presently. The man, however, replied: 'l must speak to you at once." This remark arrested tho Doctor's attention instantly, and ho realized that be stood in the presence of a crank. He looked hastily to see if ho carried a dynamite bomb and then glanced the man over. He saw a man of medium 6ize, with a tuft of hair standing up prominently from his head, and features that were rather insignificant. The man handed him a card rather well printed. It contained a name something like Maurice John Henry Hogg, and under the name was tho word brick-layer. While theDoctor was looking at the card the man said in a hurried way: "I came here to see the President I want to see him specially on a matter of importance. But 1 want it to be understood that all these people, whether they be Christians or not who are following me. havo got to stop it I havo stood this thing long enongh. There is a band of conspirators, and it mnst be broken up." The man went on in this strain, and the Doctor said that he was not long in reaching the conclusion that he stood in tho presence not only of a crank, but of a homicidal crank. He glanced around, thinking that Col. Moore, the major of police, whose seat was near tbe pulpit, might be at hand, and he would turn the man over to him. Bat Colonel Mooro. as it happened, was not at church that day. Then he looked in another diroction, and the man, evidently divining his intention, without saying another word darted to a side aisle and pushed his way out of the church as rapidly as possible Dr. Bartlett. at the close of this narrative, stated, to the relief or his hearers, that he had seen in tbe papers a fow days later a notice of the arrest of this man for making threats in regard to the President. . THE SALE OF DYNAMITE. Traffic In the Dangerous Substance Sbonld Be Restricted by Law. TfceKpoch. Public attention hasbecn aroused in a very sensational way to the absence of restraints on the sale of dynamite. Any of the compounds of nitro-glycerine can be procured ready for uso in the most deadly form by any murderous crank or maniao who can scraoo together a few dollars. These compounds are sold as freely as is gun-powder, and whether the object be the blowing np of a building and all its occupants or the wreck of a railway. train, the purchaser has only to say that he wants the stuff for blasting purposes to get it without further questions. The unrestricted sale of poisons would be less of an anomaly than this, for the destructive power of any poison is to nitro-glycerine as the cross-bow is to the modern magazine riile. Tragedies moro fatal than that of last Friday, when a crank tried to blow np Rnsseli Sage and everybody in his ollico, have failed to arouse publio opinion to the necessity of legislation on this subject But when the danger asserts itself at noonday in the heart of the business quarter of a crowded city, it may be hoped that the makers of high explosives will be subjected to some clear responsibility for tbe destination of their wares. No legal restraints are likely to do away with theuseof dynamite tor purposes of assassination, because there is no other deadly agent so easy to fabricate as it Bnt something would be accomplished if its unrestricted sale wero stopped, and if the severest penalties were atlixed to its secret manufacture. Not Used to Late Dinners. Washington Post. Wal, sir, do you know I've been ia this town for a week, eatthreo meals a day, reg'lar, and haven't had any supper yet." said an M. C. of decided ruralistio appearance in the lobby of oue of tbe hotels to another M. C, who represents the boys in the furrows also, but who has been hero once before. Well, why don't yon eat supper, make it four meals a day and get the worth of your money," said tho second-termer. 'Why, they don't have ary supper up here," replied first-termer. "Now. for Instance, one of my Senators asked mo the other night to take dinner with him at 8:20. Confound bis old time, I recollect when be used to get up at 4 in the morning to feed the hogs and horses, and by ts:30 at night be wassound asleep. Wal, 1 reckon itall deEends upon how and where a man was rought up. but if my wife knew I wasn't eating dinner until 8 o'clock sho would thiols I was being worked to death." The Graut Monument. Philadelphia Inquirer. In New York General Grant's tomb is simply an advertisement of New York and it has not proven asuctejsiui one. At Washington it would be the shrine of thousands of patriotic pilgrims. It would be very proper for Congress, should it make arrangements for tnelremoval of General Grant's body to Arlington, to attach conaitions which would not require the change to be made during Mrs. Grant lifetime. Mrs. Grant and her children wonld probably Consent to the removal with such a provision, and the country would thus be spared auy further agitation of what has become a most unpleasant subject It Is a Way They Have. Brooxlrn Eagle. M don't understand why Mrs. Plinllmmon doesn't accept my manuscript or else return it" "How did von address it!'' "Mrs. Henry Plinlimmon. Slowgo Magazine." Then she threw it into the waste-basket You should have addressed it to Mrs. Mary Jane Hawkins Plinlimmon. She doesn't recognize her husband since sho became an editor." Morrison No Longer King.. WAAliiDgton P''t To read the Democratic papers or Illinois one not acquainted with the facts wonld naturally jump at the conclusion that Col. William Horizontal Morrison was running for otfico on a Republican ticket fiooil Name for Theuv. Youth's Com 1 ar Ion. An exchange credits a wntchmukcr with a word from his trade to describe tho amiable nuisances who talk too much. Tho

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CTTvcmaining Sit Lectures tniy fl.rj National ToMMs wot-irox pipe FOR Gas, Steam & Water Holler To!hs, Ct and Malleable Iron KlMnrs (black and palvmili-i . valrea, Stop Cocks, Kuii Tr.miainr. fctt-am Gatu-ra, I'll Tones, M;e Cnttcrs, Vise. Fcrewllaiauil !!.. AV retches Mt-atu Traa, lumpa, Kitchen Mnks. Hose, Initiate. MaM.itt M.tal. -ll-r. Wlute aku.l Colt,r-l Avipiuc Waste, anl all other mr-jilles used in con. nection vitQ Gas. bteam and Water, Natural uh Kiippii-a a ppecially. Heatn-heating Apparatus for l'ui.llc HuiM. Idks, morvroom-. Mills. Mjops. Factories. lJLuncJrua, Lumber I ry.houi.eH, etc. cut and Thread to order any WrouKht-iroo lip trm a inch to 12 inches dauieler. Knigiit Ss Jillson, 75 and 77 K. PF-NKPYLVANI A ' FT FOR SAlLE--MISCELI1ANT:ora. I70R BALE A NO. 1 NALOOX-KINKST TIX. . ttires, the bent trade, and the Urret latdnei la thecity. A oounty-8Kit. Vnpalatlun y.iMMj. tilin on account o! sickness. Address 1L B. M.. Lock box 1K)C Deflance. o. watchmaker had been called from bis work to hear from a customer a loot story abont the behavior cr her watch, told several times over. "Ob, dear!" eaid he, "I hate to havo these eelf-vrindiug talkers come in'." SECOND OF THE SEASON. Indianapolis Maennerchor Gives Another Sno cessfal Concert and Ball. M.Tnnerchor Hall was filled last night at the concert given by the society. Prof. Schliewin, the riolin soloist, waa the leading attraction, and in both numbers Le received applanse tbat only in tho latter part Tvas responded to by a second selection. His first number "was a selection from Brach's first concert. The second number vras Sarasato'a "Ziguerweisen." Tbe chorus, "Droben fetehct die Kapelle," by Kreutrer, was given bv the society in particularly pleasing manner and wn honored with an encore. Miss Bertha PfaRin was one of the favorites in a contralto bolo from (jaglielmo. Her yojco has a compass and a quality which invariably win favor. She was encored, and respouded with the same success. Miss May Aufderheido made her first appearance in piano solo, aud received much praise for her skillful rendering. Tho clos, inir number bv the Ma-nnercbor, a scene and overture from Lart.ina'a "Czar anl Carpenter," was esteemed by many in the audience as the finest namber of tho programme, City News Nota. The December maintenance for the Eastern Indiana Hospital for the Insane, amounting to ?C,1C1.75. was paid yesterday. Justice Feibletnan was in his office yesterday for tbe first time this week, having been confined at home by an attack of la grippe. The free-art exhibit at St. John's Academy will begin Tuesday. Dec. 22. and continue until Thursday, at 9;30 p. m. The hours are from b:30 a. m. to '.:C0 p. m. The remains of Mrs. Lindley Vinton, who died iu New York on Tuesday, will b brought to Cincinnati for burial. The funeral services will be held in tbe chapel ia Spring Grove Cemetery 1 hursday at '2 p. m. The Auditor of State yesterday paid to Governor Chase the last portion of his salary to which he was entitled as Lieuten-ant-governor. The check called for 144. for the fractional quarter ending with Sov. and dating from Oct, 1. JohnH. Martin, of this city, who Lai been treasurer of Hoyts A lexasMeer" Company during this season, resigned his position last week to accent the district traveling passenger agency of the Chicago. Kock Island & l'acitic railroad at Chicago. A Tell-Tale Find. Judge. Mr. Cameso Good morning. Bessie How's your papa this morning? Bessie-He ain't upyet. Mamma sent me over with your hat lou left it on the hitcbing-postout by the gate after you left the card party, and she says the post ain't as liable to take cold as you aro Unmanageable Mills. Plttstmrg ChronicleHoger Quarles Mills is sullen, if not Quralesome. His sullenness and his silence and bis sadness greatly distress Mr. Crlap. who does not know what to do with him. The united Democracy is having, a hard time of it getting ready to shape national legislation. r - One messing Couferred by Aluualnlatn. One of tbo recommendations of the new etal, aluminium, is its adaptability for oeer roua. " y ucer ires a for a loug time, atid tbe lightlies of it tiM remove the mug from the list of deadly weapons. m,rr A Wise Change. t Loala OIobe.Deinorat. There isless shouting among Hepoblicani for any particular presidential aspirant now than there was a few months ago and more for the "choice of the convention." On the wholo tho change is a wiM 0Bt

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