Indianapolis Journal, Indianapolis, Marion County, 3 January 1892 — Page 4

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- THEjUNDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL. SUNDAY, JANUARY 3, 1892.

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SOURCE OF THE RIVER KILE

nule Donbt that Erain Pasha Has Made an Important Discovery in Africa. English Geographers Will, However, Wait for Further Advices Before Adinitt:n; that Stanley's Exploits Have Been Eclipsed. E3:iNS DISCOVERT. Ultimate Source of the Mr sterloas Nile Found to Bo the River Klfa. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. London, Jan. 2. The news that Emin PasLa, in bis wanderings from Lake Victoria to Lake Albert, has discovered the ultimate source of the Nile, is no doubt of great interest. But before giving way to unreserved jubilation, the Royal Geographical Society and African, experts trill wait for a detailed account ot what he has actually done. Emin Pasha certainly has rot Leen as far as four degrees south latitude, where the Kifu, the rirer in question, is said to rise, so that its southern course is still conjcctnraL But that he has traced the Kif u to the southern shoro of Lake Albert Edward may be accounted as all Lnt certain. This upsets much of the hydrography of tho region between Lakes Victoria. Albert Edward and Tanganyika. It sweeps a conjectural Lake Kif n. and. probably, StanJey's Alexandria Nyanza. oft tho map. It greatly diminishes the length of thKazitha. which Hows into Lake Victoria, and probably does the same with the Kusizi, which llows into the north end of Lake Tanganyika. There are. it should be added, several streams which How to the southern shore ot Victoria Nyanza. one of which may come from a more southerly latitude than the Kiln. Indeed, Stanley, in 1S76, thought he had discovered the most remote source of the Nile in the IS turner j which, as he conjectured, came from at least rive degrees south of the equator. Hat so far this conjecture hasnot been confirmed. Whatever else Ktnin may do on this curious pilgrirnago of hi, he is likely to be able to throw further important light on the eourco of the mysterious Nile. i DIS3IARCKS LAMENT. 1'abllc A flairs Nut Conducted Like They Used to lie Too Much Hureaucracj Now. hTfflalto the JmltacapoMa Journal. London. Jan. 2. A dispatch from Berlin says that the report published jester-, dayof a possible reconciliation between the Emperor and Prince Bismarck, and of the return of the latter to office is hardly correct, especially in view of the speech on the commercial treaties which, the Prince delivered a few days ago to a deputation representing the Lurchers of tbeSicngen. The Prince's speech was mainly a general intimation that thenew commercial treaties did not command his confidence: that he did cot like the' manner in which they Lad been arranged, and that things w ere done better in his day. The Prince also hinted at doubts as to whether Austria's buying power was susceptible of expansion as regards German goods, and as to whether the apparent Austrian aeinand represented much more than "a transit trade to the Balkan regions and the Levant." Incidentally remarking that the duties on about thirty articles of German manufacture had been reduced, ho insidiously Inquired as to how many of his visitors were manufacturers, and was assured that they were all of that class. Then he pointed ont that fotonly were concessions made to Austrian, talian. French. English, but also to American manufactures, adding notwithstanding the McKiuley act." because the 15 treaty between the United States and Prussia includes tho most favored nation clause. What Prince Bismarck chiefly objected to was the bureaucratic way of doing things. "Bureaucracy." he declared, is the chief weakness of Germany." The treaties, he claims, have been worked ont in secret by "green-table gentlemen," Privy Councilors who are "exclusively concerned," for "they toil not. neither do they spin. SEARCHING FOR DTNAM.ITERS. Follee mod Cnstoua OfUcers Extremely Vigilant Since the Dablin Cnstle Explosion. Dublin, Jan. 2. No outsiders were allowed in the Dublin Castle to-day, and it is a very hard matter to obtain accurate information as to the results of the investigation which Is being carried ou by the authorities to ascertain the exact nature of the explosion. The theory of an explosion cf gas was effectually disposed of to-day. The gentlemon who aro conducting the investigation in examining the beams supporting the Hocr directly over the cellar, where the explosion ocenrred. lonnd that a number of small pieces of metal had been deepiy imbedded in the timbers. Thift is evidence beyond question that the explosive, whatever It may have bien, was inclosed in a metal case. The investigation is still going on and the police hope it will reveal some clew that will lead to the detection of tho perpetrators of the outrage. iinc9 the expiottiun the police have been extraordinarily vigilant in watching for suspected dynamiter. The customs officers, too. have developed extra activity in searching the effects of passengers landing at Queenstown from the transatlantic steamers. They have always made it a point to seize, under the law. any arms rr ammunition brought into this country by either residents or foreigners, but since Thursday's aflair they aro stricter than ever in their examinations of passengers' luccage. The first person to fall a victim to the customs ofhcexs newly awakened ardor for the safety of the country is Mr. Thomas Kyan. an army pensioner on the list of the Unit-d States, who was a passenger on tho Cunard steamer ritrnria. which arrived at l)ue-nstown. His foot had no Booner touched Irish soil than he was taken into custody on the chart of concealiug a loaded revolver and a supply of ammunition for that weapon. rilOPOSED TARIFF CONVENTION. An Agreement that TV III Give Americans Some Advantage in trance. Pakis. Jan. 2. The Temps says that the government is on the eve of concluding a convention with tho United States for a partial application of the minimum tariff. This agreement, the Temps say. differs from thoso pending beteen Franco and nome of the other European powers in requiring that it be submitted to Parliament for rectification. The government has authority to grant to countries already holding convention tariffs the advantages or thenew French miniinnni tarilt. Having no sue): treaty with tho United States the convection must have the sanction of the Chamber of Deputies. The new convention. the Temps adds, secures the continuance on the American free list of a number of French product, including akin, sugars and mo Ins?. The paper further says that President Harrison intended on Jan. 1 to enforce against these products tho duties applicable to imports from countries that refused to concede to the United States reciprocal advantages. To ecme nu jiubroketi enjoyment of the exemptions from the payment of those duticn 31. Ktbot, Minister of Foreign A 11 airs, negotiated the convention referred, Jo. by the terms of which tho Vntted States gts the minimum tariff on products entering France, the exoort value cf which amount to twelve million francs annually, and which equal in value the French pioducts exempted from duty by tho United States. PARLIAMENTARY COS3IP. Ueasares SalUbnrj'a Ministry Will Posh Goschen's Financial Scheme a Failure. Ciec'-At to tbe lEd;napuhs Journal. London, Jan. 2. It has already been settled that upon the meeting of Parliament the Bight Hon. A. J. Baltojir, First Lord of the Treasury and Conservative leader, will triagui a message from the crown an

nouncing tho engagement of the Dnke of Clarence to Princess Victoria Mary of Teck. and that upon consideration of the message an address will be proposed to her Majesty. This will be the principal matter in the Lands of the First Lord of tho Treasury. The Bight Hon. Willism Lawler Jackson, the new Secretary for Ireland, will have charue of the lrih local goverment bill and will give the earliest possible notice of its introduction. The Kght Hon. Henry Chaplin, the president of the Board of Agriculture, will explain the merits of the small holdings bill which will empower tho public works loan commission to raise a mm of JCS.OuO.OOO for the purpose of tl.e act. The Bight Hon. T. P. Kitchie. the president of the local ftovernnient board. will have his distnet councils bill read-, which will apply to London as well as the country generally. The government intends to pass these billsquickly to a second reading and to refer them, at an early date, to the grand committee on law. The Kt, Hon. George J. Goechen, Chsncellor of tho Exchequer, has failed attain, and it is now generally believed that his currency bill will be prepared, offered to Parliament, and laid aside the scheme being virtually dropped. "I would rather have a guinea than a pound note." the refrain of a very old song, has been revived in some of the London music halls, on account of his bill. Mr. Goschen's political future is a matter of interesting speculation among his friends. The question of the Conservative leadership has now been settled adversely to himself, and it is very much doubted whether he will sit asa Commoner m the next Parliament.' It is likely, however, that before Lord Salisbury relinquishes power. Mr. Goschen will be made a viscount, with a name taken from the locality of his Kentish estate. There areevidences that the Liberals will be obliged to seriously debate the question of adopting and eight-hour day plank m their platform whether they like the idea or not. Mr. Benjamin Pickard. member of Parliament for Nonnanton, Yorkshire, is loudly denouncing the lethargy of his fellow-Liberals in neglecting' the labor vote, of which he claims to bo a representative He declares that the result of the deliberations of tho miners' meeting on Thursday, at Barn stew, will be the defection of fifty thousand miners who have, for the last ten years, steadily supported the Liberal party, unless something is done to convince these men that their interests are not to be disregarded by the party. This warning has greatly alarmed the Liberal leaders, who are anxiously consulting their trusted adviser. Mr. Sohnadborst, as to what course it is best to pursue. There is no doubt that Mr. Pickard voices a feeling of distrust among tho northern miners. ANOTHER CLERICAL IN TROUBLE.

Bishop of Carcassonne Mulcted for Disobeying; an Order of the French Government. Paris, Jan. 2. A case somewhat similar in its aspects to the case of the Archbishop of A1x has arisen between tho government and the Bishop of Carcassonne. The order issued by tho government at the time of the Pantheon incident in Kome, when attacks were made upon French pilgrims, forbidding the French bishops to leavo their dioceses without permission from thev Minister of Justice and Publio Worship, is still in force. It was for a violation of this rule aqd for writing what was termed an "insulting letter" to M. Fallieres, the Minister of Justice and Publio Worship, in connection with the matter, that led to the prosecution and condemnation ot the Aniibishop of Ait. This case reopened the agitation for a separation of the state and church, and resulted in a very acrimonious debate in the Chamber of Deputies. The Bishop of Carcassonne also refused to obey the governmental orders, and he recently went to Rome without having first secured the sanction of the government to his visit. In consequence of this action the Minister of Justice and Publio Worship has suppressed the Bishop's stipend for the period of his absence from the see. The Figaro to-day publishes a letter from the Bishop of Carcassonne, in which he states that he went to Borne merely in the fulfillment of his duty, as he had done in previous years, when he had not sought the permission of tho government or incurred the slighest blame. It is not known what action the government will take in the matter, but to be consistent the authorities will have to prosecute him as they did the Archbishop of Aix. in view of the present state of affairs existing between the clericals and the government, however, the latter mar decide that it would be inexpedient to further antagonize the church party. Carcassonne, the see of the bishop above mentioned, is the capital of tho department of Aude. situated on the river Aude aud the canal Da Midi, fifty-live miles southwest of Toulouse. ROYALTY AT THE SHOWS.' Prince of Wales and Uli Family Take In "llnmpty Pumptj" and "Venice. London, Jan. 2. The greatest attraction at present in the London theater-going world is the spectacular pantomime of "Humpty Dumpty, or the Yellow Dwarf and the Fair One with the Golden Locks." The play was first produced on "boxing night' Deo. 26, which occasion was graced by the presence in the royal box of the Prince and Princess of Wales and family. The royal party seemed to very much enjoy tho spectacle, but their presence in no way acted as a damper on theen thusiasm of the gallery. Royalty had no deterrent influence on the gallery-sods ami they made a din even greater than prevails on "boxing night." "Humpty Dumpty," as produced at Drury Lane, was written by Harry Nichols aud Sir Augustus Harris, and the cast com prises Little Tich, who is well known in America, and who appears as Humpty Dumpty, Dan Leon. John d'Auban, Maro Lloyd, Betta Walton, Baby Laugtry, Emma d'Auban and many othermusical favorites. The procession representing the nations, which is one of the most striking features of the play, is produced nightly. As on the first occasion the croup representing America receives prolonged ovations, while the grougs representing Kuksia aud Germany are roundly and enthusiastically hissed. A feature of the audieneo has been the crowds of chidreti who have attended the representations. The visit of the royalties to the Olympia on Wednesday uight, has assured the success of the "Venice" spectacle. They made a journey around the grand lagoon in gondolas. The Duke of Clarence and his betrotned rode together in one gondoln. The Prince Of Wales, Princess Victoria. Princess Mnud anu the Duke and Dncbens of Fife followed, and tbej-. in turn, were followed by I tare Kiralfy, the manager of the spectacle, accompanying the Duke of Teck. The whole procession was in full view of the audience, and it was the biggest advertisement an American manager ever had in England. The party explored every part of the show, and expressed their admiration. Henry Irving has announced that on Tuesday. Jan. 5, the Lyceum will open with"Heury VIII. w The play is arranged in rive acta, aud the scenery is of the most elaborate character. The first act comprises live diilerent scenes nnd the second four. The new comedy, "Forgiveness," by J. Comyns Carr, which was produced at Mr. George Alexander's St. .lame Theater on Wednesday night last, is really a domestic drama, illustrative of society at the present day. The play won unstinted praise on nil aides for its unusual combination of effective stage situations with much literary ability and genial humor. M. Alphonse Dander, the Fre.nch novelist, has accorded permission for the dramatisation of his "Tartar in de Tcrascon" and "Evangeliste." The one-hundredth performance of Peyora opera, ."Sigurd," bait takeu place in Paris. 'The composer has been made a member of tho Legion of Honor. Frlchtened Over a Threatening Letter. facial To tike IiHJ:.Tp!i.H Jaunt l ElwooP, Ind.. Jan. 2. The city is full of excitement to-night. So;no timo ago a correspondent at Noblesville eent out a reEort that a gang of negroes who were rought here to work on our new foundry were driven from this city by enraged citizens. The report was without foundation. To-day a letter was received irom Chicago to the effect that a crowd of colored people was being organized to burn this city in revenge. The letter is very bitteragainst Elwood. It was given to the police, who will ferret out the matter if possible. Gbxat sale of holiday Jewelry at Marcy's. 21 axci's Jewelry sale cemmences MoadsjK

TIRED OF DERVISII TYRANNY

Native Cliiftfs of the Soudanese Tribes Waging War on the Cruel Mahdists. Father Ohertralder's Observations Daring Hi Nine Years of Captivity Khartoum in Bains and Covered with Vegetation. AFFAIRS IN THE SOUDAN. Chiefs of Native Tribes In Revolt Against the Mahdists Khartoum Deserted. London, Jan. 2. Telegrams have been received here from the Congo which confirm the statement made by Father Oherwalder, the jrlestof the Soudan-Austrian mission who was taken prisoner by the Mahdists some nine years ago, but who recently escaped from Omdurman aud made his way to Korosko. Father Oherwaldcr. who was accompanied in his flight from captivity by Sisters Chincarin and Ventnrini, said forty Enropeans are still in thehands of tho Mahdists at Omdurman. He added that they are loaded with manacles and cruelly beaten. that They are so closely watohed they had lost all hope of escaping. Among the prisoners are nineteen Greeks, eight Syrians, eight Jews, two Austrian missionaries, and Slatin Bey and Herr Neufeld. The last-named prisoner was captured in 1SS6 at Selina. His imprudence was the cause t)f tho capture by Nejumni of the convoy of arms and ammunition sent by General Grenfel to Selan, the chief of the friendly Ltababish tribe. He is now employed in making saltpetre. In telling of his mode of life while in captivity Father -Oherwalder said the Mahdi made no provision for the subsistence of the captives, but allowed them sufficient liberty to earn a living as best they could. Father Oherwalder lived by tailoring and weaving aud the sisters by baking and selling bread. The throe refugees show the traces of the suffering which they have endured during their nine years of captivity. They say the latest news which they receive Irom the civilized world was in 1882 by an Arabio newspaper relating to the, bombardment of Alexandria. During the last eighteen months the fugitives lived in mud huts, but previously their only shelter was made with their own hands from cane and maize stalks. They describe Khartoum as all destroyed, excepting only tho Austrian church and General Gordon's palace, and they say that vegetation is covering the sites of the houses. During two years famine and small-poxjnado fearful ravages in the Soudan.- Maize rose to ten times the normal value, but now food is plentiful and cheap. According to Father Ohrwalder. Darfur is nearly deserted by the Dervishes, who have a steamer at Fashoda, but they do not venture beyond a short distance from the Nile bank. There are no Dervishes to the south of Gebel Beggar. A short time ago the Shllluks killed three hundred Dervishes at that place, and consequently reinforcements have been sent there irom Omdurman. The Dervishes have no authority in Bahr-El-Gazal. The Khedive's visit to the Egyptian frontier last winter has produced a favorable Impression amongst the Soudan tribes. The Dervishes still retain a monopoly of the trade in gum, ivory and feathers, which they sell at large fronts to merchants, who send tho goods to Snakim. To-day's advices from the Congo corroborate lather Oherwalder's report of the waning power of the Dervishes in tho southwestern part of the Soudan. They state that frequent conflicts have occurred between the Mahdists and tho native chiefs, and that the latter have been often victorious. Father Oberwalde and the two sisters traveled direct from Korosko to Cairo, and a dispatch from the lastnamed city states that the priest, in speaking of affairs in the Soudan, had said that the numerous widows of the Mahdi are complaining that the Kbaiiafa Abdullah does not provide them with maintenance befitting their station, and their grievance has been supported by the Kbaiiafa Al Sheerif. The latter is also hostile to Abdullah's aspiration to make the succession hereditary in his family, instead of maintaining the order prescribed by the prophet Mohammed. These dissensions are weakening the power ot Mahdism. and the people generally. Father Oherwalder said, will welcome any jange that brings them relief from its tyranny. RE HELLION IN MOROCCO. Brother of the Sultan Scheming to Secure the Throne British Interests Imperiled. Gibraltar. Jan. 2. News received here from Tangier, the diplomatic capital of Morocco, reports a serious state of affairs in the vicinity of that city. No explanation is given of the trouble, but it is said that the tribes i n't he neighborhood of Tangier are in opcu rebellion against Mulaiel Hassan, tho Sultan of Morocco. Matters in Morocco have been in a turbulent condition for some time past. In November lam Dews reached Tangier from Fez, the principal city of tho country and its real capital, that all the ministers and court had been dismissed in disgrace. Among the fallen was Mulal Ismain. the Sultan's favorite brother. He. for several years, held the khalif aship of his brother; that is to aay, he formed a sort of supreme court of appeal to whom all oases already decided by the local governors could be referred. Excepting the Sultan and tho various heads of the sheerifian families, the khalifa was the only man irom whom the nobility of Morocco thought they could accept judgment without derogation. No reason was kuown for bis disgrace, but it was thought it was the result ot a court intrigue He had many friends among the upper classes and among the tribesmen, and it may be that his dismissal is the cause of the present trouble. It was snid by some of the natives, at the time of his exile from Fez, that Mulai Ismain was the instigator of a plot to depose his brother aud to take the throne himself. This aflords a basis for a conjecture that the rebellion now in progress in the vicinity of Tangier may perhaps be an attempt to carry out the plans of tho alleged conspirators. However the rase may be. the fact remains that the British authorities are taking prompt and energetio stops to protect British interests in Morocco. One of the important points in that country in possession of the British is Capo JuLy. It was reported some time since that the British had determined to abandon this place, but it was later stated that they had no intention of doing so. On the contrary, it was declared that they were actively engaged in fortifying the station, and were about to' establish a governor's residence, with the object of improving trade relations with the desert tribec. It was added, moreover, that when the French occupied the Touat oasis, the possession of which is disputed by the Sultan, the trade of lnsalen would be transferred to Cape Juby. A British gunboat has already started from Gibraltar to protect the British residents at that place, and the battle-nhip Tlmuderer is preparing to follow the gun-boat. The Thunderer is a twin-screw, iron-turret ship, armorplated, of 9,500 tons and 7,000 horse-power. Sbo mounts lour guns. CHINA'S PROMISES. The Tekln Anthoritle Are Doing Atl They Can to Satisfy Demands of Foreigners. Fjfclai in H e lndisna;Hilis Joiirnnl. London. Jan. 2. It is authoritatively stated this afternoon that tbe diplomatic situation in regard to tho outrages on Europeans in China is about as follows:- The powers have for six months past bceu in general agreement to leave the matter in the hands ottheir ministers in Pekin. subject to the condition that no warlike steps were to be taken without 'fall discussion and agreement among the governments at home. Tha ministers have reported from time to . time most favorably of the attitude and I language of the Chinese government. Tbe latter promised ample re dress, and so far as money is couceifaed this promi has been carried out and protection pioinised in tbe future. The Pekin authorities have kept their promises as fax as they could their

have got the Emperor to issne an unusually vigorons decree, and have sent peremptory orders to the local authorities in connection with the outbreaks. But the officials in the provinces' have not responded In a like spirit, and herein lies the great rtilhculty. Pekin promises to do and does vigorously all that is demanded by the foreign ministers, but unfortunately this has no salutary effect. It is felt to bo impossible to act with vigilance towards a government which does with more or less alacrity all it is asked to do. The European powers have now satisfied themselves of the complicity of a number of local mandarins ot high position in the dissemination of inflammatory literature and in the creation of riots. Accordingly, formal demands have been made to the Chinese government for tho punishment of nearly a score of these. GENERAL FOREIGN NEWS.

The Behring Sea Arbitration Commission to Be Composed Entirely of Jurists. IB reels! to tbe Indianapolis Journal. London, Jan. 2. Sir George Baden Powell will return to Washington next week for the purpose of drawing up the report of tho Behring Sea commission. It will be made' jointly by the commissioners of Canada, Great Britain and the United States, and will be submitted to the court of arbitration. It is expected that that body will be appointed the latter part of this month. It will be composed entirely of jurists, and will not, of course, be in any sense a political tribunal. The suggestion that it should include an expert in natural history among its members is not likely to be adopted, but evidence as to the habits and natural history of tho seals will be given before it. In this connection the photographs made by Dr. Dawson of the seal nursery upon the seal island will be valuable documents. Copies of tbem are now at the British Colonial Omce, and are most curious and instructive. The young seals are to be seen covering the shores in dark masses, which stretch for many hundreds of yards inland and of which the units are literally numberless. In one place only the young "pups." as they ere called, were found dead in considerable numbers. The cause of death does not seem to have been satisfactorily explained. Miss Mitchell's "Catch." Epecial to tbe Indianapolis Journal. London, Jan. 2. Tho marriage of Miss Mitchell, daughter of Senator Mitchell, of Oregon, and tho Duo Da la Rochefoucauld occurs in the early part of Febrnaary. It is learned that tbe couple have been secretly engaged six years, but have deferred tho wedding because of the opposition of the Duke's family. This opposition grew ont of the fact that, the Senator was not rich enough to provide a dowry satisfactory to the family of tbe groom. The Duo himself is far from rich, but he has a fine repntation in every way, and is a much more desirable "catch" than many of the titled gentlemen who have obtained American wives during recent years. Tbe latest betrothal In which Americans are especially interested is that of Lawrence Lawrence, brother of Charles Lawrence, of Boston, to Miss Violet Mills, daughter of Lord Hillingdon. who is a partner in the famous banking-house of which Glynn Mills is the head. 4 Terrible Duel Orer a GirL Cordova, Mexico, Jan. 2. A terrible duel with knives has been fought hero between Antonio Gomez, the son of the proprietor of the plaza where the bull-fights are held, andanotheryoungman. Theyoung men were in lovo with the same senorita. When they met in front of the cathedral one of them struck the other. In a moment two knives were out and flashing in the air. One of the voung men was disemboweled and the other torribly hacked. ..The latter lingered a few days and died in dreadful agony; tbe other was killed on tho spot. All the time the men were fighting service was going on in the cathedral,...-as it was the feast of Santa Marie de Guadeloupe. The front of the . cathedral was grandly illuminated with colored Inn terns, while within were 1.00Q rJeppj.e?hjo were attending service. Fully two thousand people were watching, no one daring to interfere. Rioting la Guatemala. City of Muiico, Jan. a. Special dispatches received here from Guatemala announce that considerable rioting is taking . place in the streets of Quezaltenango aud Guatemala, two of the most important E laces in the republic, and that the probabilities fayor the election of Scnor Lainfiesta to the presidency. The dispatches say, however, that the police claim to bo able to keep order. American Money for Russians. Sr. Petersburg Jan. 2. The Hon. Charles Emory Smith, United States minister to Russia, has handed to tho Rev. Francis, pastor of the Anglo-American church in this city, . a large sum of money subscribed by Americans for the relief of famine sulforcrs. Among these subscriptions thus turned over is one of 1.400 from a single Jewish synagogue in California. Cable Notes. Disastrous floods are reported in upper Austria. Many bridges have been badly damaged by rising rivers, and hundreds of trees have been uprooted. A bevy of American maidens, including Miss Mattie Mitchell, the fiancee of the Due De la Rouhefoncald. assisted Mrs. Rcid at her New Year's recoption in Paris. Influenza is rapidly spreading in Belgium and Holland. In some districts of North Brabaut every house is infected. The epidemic is virulent in Gothenburg, Sweden. The Brazilian government has rescinded the law requiring foreign merchants shipping goods to Brazil to present invoiees and bills of lading to Brazilian consulates for legalization. The discovery was made yesterday that the accounts of Herr Piufeiob, cashier of the BudaPesth National Savings Bank, were short 1CG.000 florins. Aa soon as Piufsich learned that his thievery had been discovered he killed himself to escape tho penalty of his crime. Fourteen firms in St. Petersburg have announced their intention of sendiugexhibits to the World's Columbian Exhibition. Their exhibits will consist chiefly of carriages, jewelry, silver enameling, furs and spirits. The sooiety of Russian women who sent exhibits to the Moscow exhibition will scud to Chicago a large and interesting collection of lace fancy wovk and gold, silver and silk embroideries. S0CTII DAKOTA CRANKS. 0 Proposed Convention in the Interest of 'RainKinjr" Melbourne's Visionary Scheme. TIlTRnv. H. T) "TW 9 At the meeting of I tho commissioners of Hand. Beadly, Spink. . Faulk, Potter, Sully, Hyde, Hughes, BufI falo and Jerauld counties next week they I will be asked to appoint delegates to a con vention to be beld on Jan. CO, in Miller, to consider a proposition' submitted by tho Interstate Artificial-rain Company of Kansas to furnish moisture for the counties named during the coming crop season. Tbe company uses the Melbourne system. The president of the company will be present and explain'the system, and also the proposition. The company desires to contract to furnish rmn for a district covering at least ten counties. Beadle county's commissioners are likely to name a representative to attend this novel convention. Eighteen Contraband Chinamen Captured. Seattlw. Wash.. Jan. 2. Eighteen contraband Chinnmen were captured in Seattle to-day by tbe deputy sheriff and the customs inspectors. Ihe Chinamen were lauded early in the morning, before it was light, in the woods north of the city. A citizen, seeing them getting oft' a mysterious sloop in th bay, notified the officers, and they raided a Chinese wash-house in the edge of town. The aloop escaped down the sound. Horrrlble Mode of aielde. M in nea roll. Minn., Jan. 2. Mrs. Martha Moore committed suicide to-day by pouring kerosene' oil over her clothes and then setting it on fire. She bad bean suffering from meloncholia caused by the death of her husband-

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Four Brave Colored Firemen Fall Into a Blazing Building at Nashville. Six II and red Thousand Dollars Worth of Property Destroyed by Fire One Killed and Several Injured at Columbus, 0. Nasiiviijle. Tenn., Jan. 2. About 6:S0 o'clock this evening fire was discovered in the house-furnishing establishment of Webb, Stevenson & Co., College street, between Church and Union. An alarm was turned in, which was quickly responded to, and streams were turned on what did not seem to threaten a very serious fire, but as there was a strong southerly wind blowing the fire quickly gained considerable headway, and adjoining buildings were seen to be imperiled. A general alarm was then turned in, and in a very short timo Nashville's entire fire department was on the scene, and desperate efforts were being made to check what then threatened to be a conflagration of huge proportions. TLe fire quickly communicated to the adjoining buildings occupied by tho Phillips Ac Buttorf Manufacturing Company; A.J.Warren, furnituro (seven stories); A. G. Rhodes, furniture, and the Noel Block, where tho Western Union Telegraph office was located. The wind was now blowing a gale and clouds of sparks were falling like an April shower, while tho forked-tongued flames seemed almost to lick tbe very clouds. It was a grand sight, interspersed at intervals by loud explosions, falling walls, etc. It was feared that tho fire would get utterly beyond the control of tbe city fire department and Louisvillo was telegraphed for aid. The fire at 11:S0 r. m. seems under control and the prospects are that it w.U be confined to tbe buildings mentioned; though it is still raging sullenly, its fury seems somewhat subdued. A sad incident of tbe fire was the killing of four colored firemen, who were struck down while bravely trying to subdue the flames. Tho story is best told in tho words of Mr. O. L. Nolen, of tbe Davie Printing Company, who was an eye-witness of the occurrence. Said Mr. Nolen: "Mr. Davie, of our firm, and myself were standing out on the roof of the Phillips & Buttorf building viewing the fire, when we noticed four colored firemen at the further end toward College street, playing on the flames. All a'i once there was a rumbling sound, i.c4 we felt a shaky, unsteady feeling under our feet. Suddenly the Collegestreet wall of the building collapsed, and that half of the roof on which the firemen were standing went down. I saw one of them jnmp back, and he apparently saved himself, though he failed to appear at the roll-call, and his name was given as one of the killed. It is needless to say that Mr. Davie and I quickly descended from our perilous position." The names of the unfortunate firemen are: a C. GOWDY. 8TOKE8 ALLEN. HARVEY EWING. AARON COCKKELL. The first-named was the captain of the company. Captain Gowdy was one of the leading citizens of the city, ox-member of the Legislature, a faithful and officious city counslable. When the Phillips & Buttorf building crushed in t quickly took lire and was consumed, About this time the wind changed asain, and the flames swept back toward the Noel Block, and a vacant building adjoining Atwell & Sneed's was soon burned. There were a number of men injnred at various times by falling walls and explosions that blew out tbe fronts of two or three stores. It is supposed that the fire was of incendiary origin, as fireman Daly, while in tho Atwell building, saw a man apply a torch to a mass of inflammable matter in the rear of that store. The loss will approximate 600.000. It is impossible to ascertain the insurance tonight,: and the figures here given are estimates of losses: Phillips &. Buttorf Manufacturing Company,building,Sl5,COO;stook of honse-furnisbiug goods, $45,000; insured for $40,000. A. J. Warren, building, 835,000; stock of furniture. $60,000. Webb. Stevenson & Co., stock, $45,000; Atwell & Sneed, stock of furniture, S35.C00; A. G. Rhodes, stock of furniture, gSu.000. The buildings occupied by the three latter firms and 'the vacant store were worth about $70,000. The Noel Block was occupied by the Western Union Telegraph Company and contained about fifty offices and bedrooms. The building cost about $75,000 and tho Western Union probably loses 10,000. Phillips, Hood & Co., Bradford Nichol. Warren Bros, and Freeman Wall-paper Company, across College street from the fire, were all damaged by water. It is difficult to get information from this city on account of the destruction of the Western Union office. The operators are crowded at two different railroad depots. While this fire was in progress another fire broke out in the Waters -Allen Fonndry Company, corner of Walnut and Union streets, and destroyed the plant. Loss about $40,000. Fatal Fire at Columbus. Special to tl:e IoCiSB&peli Journal. Columdcs, O., Jan. 2. Shortly after 8 o'clock to-nignt lire broke out in the varnish room of a fourstory briok building on Lazelle street occupied by the Joyoo Carriage-repair Company, tbe Paynter Manufacturing Company and a paint-shop. The origin of the blaze was due to spontaneous combustion. A high west wind fanned the flames so that an entire city block was endangered, as was the Edison electric-light plant adjacent. The entire department was called out, aud, after a stubborn fight of forty minutes, succeeded in bringing the blaze under control. At 0 o'clock part of the east wall fell with a deafening crash. burying - four tiremen and a citizen under the rums. Audrow Kerina, driver of Assistant Chief Webb's vehicle, was buried under a hot mass of brick and debris and lived only an hour after being released. Michael Galihan, a citizen, was strnok on the head by flying ; debris and seriously injured. Philip Kirsch. a truckman, rsceived four terrible gashes on his bead and was internally injured. He will die. Henry Wall, a reel-driver. Lad his thigh broken and was internally injured. Assistant Chief Welch was slightly injured about the legs. The loss ou the building will be ? 10.000, partly insured; loss on stock, $15,000, fully insured. Other Fires. Farmland, Ind., Jan. 2. Word was received here to-day that the residence and contents uelongiug to John Clark, at Unionport, six miles southeast of this city, had been destroyed by tire. The family was away from home, and had not been in the house for four werks. it is supposed to be the work of an incendiary. No insurance. Wabash, Ind., Jan. 2. At New Holland, this county, at 4 o'clock this morning, a

two-atory dwelling, owned by aman named Bailey, of Anderson, wns destroyed by lire, which originated from coals dropping out of a stove upon the carpet. The family of Frank Powell, that occupied the dwelling. barely escaped, the members leaving the bouse in their night clothes. The loss is !d to be about $2,000; no Insnrance. IX BEHALF OP MS. illUKR. Friends of the Late Supreme Justice Asked to Contribute to His W idow's Relief.

St. Paul. Minn.. Jan. 2. The following circular letters are being mailed from this city to various cities and towns all over the United States, addressed to judges, lawyers and the many friends of the late Hon. S. F. Miller and bis widow: "All opposition on the part of any rueinler of tho family of the lato lion, hamnel F. Miller. Justice of the supremo Court of the United states, to raising a fund, by fubscription of his eduiirer and friends of iho bar and business circles, lor tho use and b neSt of his widow for her support and malnteusuee. and for tlio erection of a suitable monument to his memory, has been withdrawn, provided tho amounts contributed 'are voluntary and spring from tho hearts of the subscribers,' and that nothing like soliciting for subscriptions is permitted. An opportunity is therefore hereby offered you to subscribe as much as you may desire to contribute to a fuml for the purposes alKve mentioned. You and others whom you think would like to subscribe may make your subneription upon the inclosed paper and transmit the same by your cheek to the order of Oscar It. Mills, trustee, lu this city, lie 1m clerk of the United dtaten Circuit Court in the Eighth cireuit. district of Minnesota, and has kindly consented to act tor tbe parties fnterestrd in giving this opportunity for such subscription, and has Liken control and management of the same until it is placed la tbe hands of the bcnficiary. which will be at the end of each month during the subscription. Respectfully yours, John B. Saxhorn, of tho Minuesota Bar. Tho following is signed by Oscar B. Hillis. clerk of the United States Circnit Court: Dear Sir Your attention Is respectfully railed to the above. It is not Intended as a solicitation, but merely a notice that subscriptions are being made. To those acquainted with Mrs. Miller's circumstances It is well known that Justice Miller left no estate from which any Income can be derived. The hope of some members of the famtlr that thev could furnish adeSuate support to tbe others has proven delusive, ne daughter is now a government clerk in the Interior Department, and the widow has no income from any source. All contributions sent me will be forwarded promptly to Mrs Miller. MISSING FRUIT MERCHANT. He Went to Cincinnati to Bqj Goods, Since When All Trace Is Lost of Him. Epecial to the Indianapolis Journal. Mt'NCiK, Ind.. Jan. 2. Charles Jones, a young and- prosperous fruit merchant of this city, is missing, and it is believed he has been foully dealt with. Monday morning be left bis business in charge of his two clerks and departed ostensibly for Cincinnati to purchase holiday goods. Since then nothing has been heard from him, although numerous telegrams of inquiry have been sent. When he departed he had $200 on his person. He has a wife and two children, one a three-week-old babe, and the young wife is nearly crazed on account of his mysterious absence. Two weeks ago he missed the train from Cincinnati home, and be at once telegraphed his family of the mishap. No Cincinnati merchants have 6een him, and his absence is a great mystery. There are some, however, who think they can explain his absence, as well as explain how he come to miss tho train two weeks ago in Cincinnati. m m FREEZING IN THE BARK. Break In the Natural Gas Mains Leaves Peru v Families in Dangerous Distress. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Peru, Ind. Jan. 2. Seventeen hundred fires are practically useless in this city tonight, which is one of tho coldest this winter. A break in the natural-gas mains twelve miles from this city ocenrred just as tbe cold wave struck the city, and it was some time before the source of the leak could be located. Hundreds of families are depending not only for fuel, but, in many instances, for light also on the natural gas supply, and the hardship they are now forced to endure is something alarming. La grippe has been prevalent here, aa it Is, and with this mishap of no light or fire in so many residences, the result Is greatly, dreaded. There is any amount of criticism of the poor gas service, bnt finding fault does not stop a leak. TELEGRAPHIC BREVITIES. The registration .just closed throughout Rhode Island shows an increase over 1890 of over seven thousand, or about 25 per cent., the majority of which new voters are claimed by the Democrats. A construction train at Toons, Hardeman county, Tennessee, was derailed, Friday, irom some unknown cause, and three negro employes of tho Illinois Central Kailroad Company were instantly killed. T. Z. Cowles, managing editor of the St. Paul Pioneer-Press since 1568. and very well known in Chicago, where he was with the Tribune for many years, has resigned to accept a similar position on the St. Paul Dispatch. At Woodbury. Tenn., Friday, whila intoxicated, Robert Milligan was shot and killed by Mrs. John Pendleton in self-defense. Milligan called at the woman's bouse, broke down the door and attempted to strike Mrs. Pendleton with a fence-rail, when the latter seized a shotgun aud tired tbe charge into Milligan's forehead. Tbe continued illness of Archbishop Kenrick, of St. Louis, is creating much uneasiness among the clergy and laity of his diocese. 1 he anxiety is doubled by the fact that be still persists in his consider the appointment v refusal to or. a coarijutor. J he priests may attempt to enforce a decree of the last council at Baltimore, giving tho irremovable Priests the right to vote for the elcotion of a bishop or coadjutor. Funeral of llishop I.auchlln. New York, Jan. 2. The ceremonies attending the funeral of Bishop Laugblin, which took place this morning at the cathedral on Jay street, Brooklyn, were of the most imposing character and the funeral cortege the lartzest that ever attended the bnrial of any prelate of the church in that city. Many distinguished prelates were given seats at the altar of tbe cathedral, while in the front seats of the middle aisle three hundred priests in their robe of office sat and uttered inaudible prayers as tbe service progressed. The mass was celebrated by Archbishop Corrigan. One Dead, the Other Dying;. Cnr.YENNK, Wyo., Jan. 2. Two or three prisoners, who overpowered the deputy and escaped from the jail here a few davs ago, have been recovered. One is dead, the other dying. They are Kirgen, the wealthy and notorious cattle-thief, sna Charles Miller, tbe boy murderer. Kirgen is r.eau, succumbing to cold and hunger. The dead and dying were found in a ravino by a volunteer posse. Miller was dragging himself around the body of Kirgen in an effort to keep warm, and hailed his captors as rescuers. No trace has been found of the third man. Still Mother Hoy, Though lladiy Whipped. Patep.sox, N. J., Jan. 2, Nearly five thousand persons gathered at the railroad station to welcome home Austin Gibbous, who was whipped by Andy Bo wen in tbe recent tight at New Orleans. A brass band furnished patriotic music for the occasion, and Gibbons, snrouiuied by the surgiug crowd, was carried on the shoulders of some ardent admirers to his brother's saloon, on lower Market street. There he was met by his mother, who covered him with kisses. Gibbons is looking little the worse for his hard struggle. Surrender of llrakeman Hert lek. Yoxkers N. Y., Jan. 2. Traln-dnpatch er OsFuian and brakeman Herrick, who were held responsible for tbe Hastiniis accident en the New York Central railroad, surrendered to tbe coroner to-day. Both were at Mice admitted to bail. Great clock hsose; new styles, at Marcy's. Puts watch repairing, by experts, at Marcy's.

DB. GRATES TOUXD GUILTY

Convicted of Causing the Death of Mrs. Barnabv by Use of foisoned Whisky. Murder in the First Decree" the Verdict of the Jqtj Ihe Prisoner Greatly Surprised Ordered to the Denver JalL Dexter, CoL, Jan. 2. A 4 o'clock thii afternoon the arguments in the Grave trial were concluded and the case given to the jury. Dr. Graves, during the trial, haf been out on bonds, but as soon as the jury retired be was taken into custody. The crowd did not leave tbe room when the jury retired, for the expectation was that an early verdict would be reached. Dr. Graves, in tho charge of two deputy' sheriffs, was taken to dinner and did not return until 0 o'clock, and at frSO there was a perceptible wave of excitement about the room, and it was whispered that' the jury had reached a verdict Judge Hisiug. who bad left the room.was a few minutes later seut for. and at 9:40 arrived and called the court to order. At 9:43 the jury was brought into court aud the foreman handed the clerk the written verdict. The clerk after passit to Judgo Kising for inspection, read aloud: Ve,thejury,findDr.T. Thatcher Graves guilty of murder in tho first degree." Dr. Graves was sitting behind bis attorney, Jndge Furman. and. as the verdict was read, he gave a violent start, almost leaping from bis chair. The perspiration instantly started; and great drops of sweat dropped from his forehead. He then covered his face with his bands and was silent. His attorney. Judge Furman. took the verdict almost equally as hard and actually shed tears. The Judge asked Mr. Furman if be desired tho iury polled and the latter savagely replied: "No." but made a motion for a new trial for Dr. Graves. When Dr. Graves was asked what bo thought of the verdict ho replied by repeatedly eaj'ing that it was a great shock and surprise to him. Judge Kising ordered two baiiifia to convey Dr. Graves to the county jail. As tho men grasped the Doctor by the arm. preparatory to removing him, be started violently, and in a dazed way said: Are yon coiug to take me to jail so soon!" The deputies granted him a short time, and he employed it by whispering to Judpo Furman. Colonel Ballon was present, but bad nothing to say. Judge Macon, of the counsel for the defense, was too ill to appear in the court-room. At 10 o'clock the baihtTs took Dr. Graves to a carriage and be was driven to the jail. Colonel Ballou and Judgo Furman accompanied him. Mrs. Graves and tbe Doctor's aged mother were not present in court when tbe verdict was rendered, but afterwards went to the' jail to see the Doctor. They were greatly affected by the news, and the Doctor's mother .is said to havo fainted when it reached her. LITITHALLT BLOWN TO ATOMS. Nothing bat Part .f a Backbone Left to Tell the F&te of Two Dynamite Victims. F pedal to the Indianapolis Journal. PlTTSBCRG. Jan. 2. The oil town of McDonald, eighteen miles from this city, was shaken this afternoon by the explosion of a magazine of nitro-glycerine located on the Glen farm just outside of town. The explosion occurred at 3 o'clock. John Fair and George Condy were literally blown to atoms. The only piece found was a part of tbe backbone of one of the victims. Fair was a farmer living with his wife and daughter on a farm near town. Condy was sinffle; bis home was at Bradford. Pa. Thou. Irwin.who was working three hundred feet distant from tbe magazine, was badly cut about tbe head and shoulder, bnt will recover. The cause ef tbe explosion is not known. Condy was a new man at the business, and it is supposed that ho dropped a can of tbe explosive. Nearly every light of glass within two miles of the scene was broken. RAISING THE BLOCKADE. Orders Issued by Western Railroads to Re sume leading Grain for the East. Kansas City, Jan. 2. The grain blockade is being broken. A circular was received at the office of the Hock Island today from tbe general traOlo department of the road. giving orders to resume the loading of grain and flaxseed consigned to Chicago; also to Eastern points by tbe way of Chicago, subject to Chicago weight and inspection. It also orders the receiving of grain from other roads, if in cars of such roads, to be forwarded without change. The Hock Island has now plenty of cars here, as have the Saata Fe and some of the other roads. The cause for the blookade here for some days past has not been on account of tbe car famine, but of the blockade at Chicago. This order will afford immediate relief. General Freight Agent .Court wrigbt, of the Alton, was in tbe city to-day and predicts an early breaking up of the blockade. The Burlington's order forbidding the loading of cars for Kansas City will doubtless be rescinded now in a few days at the most. Railway Notes. L. L. Keller, of Dallas. Tex., has been appointed division superintendent of the' Southern system of tbe Missouri Pacitio road, vice Harding, resigned. The January meeting of the passencer department of tbe Central Traffic Association will be held on the 15th inst.. instead of tbe Ctb. The delay is on account of the proposed meeting of the joint committee of the Trunk-line and Central Tr a tlic Associations, to be beld in New York Jan . C. F. Grotherton has been appointed superintendent of tho Kansas City. Wyandotte iV Northwestern railroad, in chsrge of all departments. Mr. G. Mertzheimer has been appointed master mechanic in charge of the motive power and mechanical departments. Both officials will have their headquarters in Kansas City. Chairman Finley has issued a call for the next meeting of the Western Passenger Association to be held at Chicago next Tuesday. Among the moro important subjects docketed for consideration are the chairman's late ruling regarding tbe running of special trains, and the question of the commission paymcut of the transcontinental business by way of Chicaco and St. Louis. In a decision given oat yesterday by Chairmau Finley, of the Western Passenger Association, a fine of ?100 is imposed npon the Chicago. St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha road for aliened lalso representation in a complaint made against th Chicago, Milwaukee &. St. Paul. The complaint against the latter was dismissed. Though fined, the chairman acquitted the Cnica.o, St. Paul. Minneapolis fc Omaha of malicious intent. . Kn!ghttour. Star Illslnc Siec alto the 2n!ian.noi a Jouroa!. Kxigutktow.v, Ind., Jan. 2. A meeting was beld this alteruoon to take somo action on a proposition from John T. Staff for the establishment of a large canning factory in thii'city. All Mr. Marl aikt is that the farmers guarantee bira the products of 5,000 acres if it becomes necessary. He was the proprietor of a similar concern in Kansas, 111., which burned down recently, the inventories of which, after the tire, showed it to be worth &j(.IXX He guarantees to employ all the year round an average ot 410 hands. A committee has been appointed to solicit the required amount of land from the farmers. Knightstowh'f star seems to have risen at last.

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