Indianapolis Journal, Indianapolis, Marion County, 1 February 1892 — Page 2

THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 1892.

pet oat of committee this week there Is no way of ascertaining bow far this "senatorial courtesy" is to be worked in the way of farther delay on account of S tator Voorhees'a indisposition. Public interests are not taken into consideration by the opposition. T1IE POSTAL CLKIIKS FIGHT.

Insufficient Fax Too Slach Work Stake Their Llres Unhappy. Brec:alto tbo IodlanapoUs JoaraaL Washington. Jan. 31. It looks Tory encouraging now to the representatives of the postal clerks who are here working in behalf of the measure to readjust the salaries of the boys who handle the mails npon the rail, and reorganize that service. They Lave been laboring for this bill for some years, bat have not, till now, succeeded in -working np any groat enthusiasm for it, A favorable report is expected soon from the committee in the House, and that is where the real rob comes. The Senate isalwaysliberally disposed towards the postal clerks. Those readers of the Journal who are interested in the measaro will read with eagerness, no doubt, the argument made the other day before the House committee on postoOicers and post roads by Mr. 11. K. First, of Cincinnati, in support of the postal clerks' bill. He said: There has been introduced in the Fiftysecond Congress by the lion. Mr. llopkius, of Illinois, a bill which provides for a reclassification of the railway mail service. This bill, if reported favorably by your honorable body and acted npon by the House, will become a law, us we believe, almost by unanimous approval. "The present classification, or organization, of the service has been in operation for ten years, while the salaries paid are sot as much as they were prior to 1876, when they were rednced on account of an insufficient appropriation. It was supposed at the time that the reduction would be for the one year only, bat the salaries have never been restored, though the work and responsibilities have multiplied many times sitice then. Taking the year as a basis of calculation, for that was the year the present classification was authorized, the amount of mail distributed by postal clerks on trains has increased 14$ per cent., vhile the increase in clerks employed has been only GJ per cent.: or. in other words, 8.5TO clerks in handled 3,43,193.273 pieces of mail matter, and in 1S01, 6,032 men bandied the enormous number of 8, '04,252, -603 pieces. "The railway mail service may not be the most dangerous occupation in the world, but it so much so that some insurance companies refuse to insure ns at all, and those that do charge ns S3 per cent, more than the general public, and then only for $3,000. In the past ten years, fiftysix of our comrades have met their death while on dnty; 46 of our number have been seriously injured, many of them so much so that they have been incapacitated for further duty. We do not claim that a re classification and a slight increase in salary will prevent wreoks, but we do claim that under a system of better pay it will incite a greater degree of proficiency, and a great number of men ot high mental qualification will seek positions in this service and bo satisfied to remain in it, hoping someday to be able to retire, with a home and means enough to support a family, after having broken ourselves down in the service of the public." MINOR MATTERS. Svents to Occupy the Attention of Congress the Coming Week. Wasthngton, Jan. 31. The Weil and La Abra claim and t he Claggett-Dorsey election contest from Idaho are the principal subjects expected to occupy the attention of the Senate during the week. An agreement lias been reached by which the Weil and La Abra claims bill is to be brought to a vote. to-morrow. Senator Teller, chairman of the privileges and elections committee, says he will make the committee report on the Idaho senatorial election case on the same day. It is proposed to take it np almost immediately. It is understood that Zlr. Stewart, of Nevada, and other Senators, will make speeches In favor of seating Mr. Claggett, and as Mr. Dubois's friends will naturally not wish them to remain unanswered it is likely that nearly, if not all of the legislative work in the Senate will be taken up with this case, though it is generally conceded the result will in the end be favorable to Mr. Dubois. A number of minor bills of importance will bo passed during the "morning Lour." and Senator Mandemon has the printing bill ready to call up whenever occasion o tiers. The programme in the House for the greater part, and perhaps for all the week, can be stated in two words the rules. Although the discussion of the report of the rnles committee has already consumed considerable time, there are no present indications that its consideration will soon be brought to a close, especially as it affords inviting opportunities for speeches of interesting political nature. The census deficiency appropriation bill and Military Academy appropriation await action by the Mouse as soon as permanent rules can be decided upon. Scheme to Tension Clerks. Fperial to the IntUanapo'la JonrnaL Washington, Jan, SI. A bureau has been in operation here for three months to work up sentiment in favor of creating a pension list for the clerks in the executive department, in Washington, and the machinery is being worked with determination just at this time, while the appropriation bills are being prepared in Congress. The movement meets with very little congressional favor, but it is attracting so lunch attention to the subject of the salaries and duties of department clerks that a bill is being talked of proposingan amendment to the civil-service laws providing that the tenure of all employes under the civil service shall be ten years with probably a sixty-day extra leave at the expiration of that appointment period. General Notes. Pr-eelal to ttie Indianapolis Journal. Washington, Jan. SL William Roberts, of Salem, is at the St. James. Mrs. C. A. O. McClellan, of BlnfTton. was assisted at her reception, last week, hj her daughter, Mrs. D. A. Greenwood, who, with her children, is spending a few weeks in Washington, and will be with her at a reception to-morrow. Hon. Joseph G. Cannon, of Danville, 111., who was defeated for re-election to Conpress m 1890. arrived here last evening and registered at the Shoreham. The first person he sawafter his arrival was ex-Speaker Keed. The distinguished Kepublicans held quite a consultation on the political outlook. Mr. Cannon says he will be a candidate attain, and this time, he bats, he will bo elected, as the conditions in his district are much better than they were two years ago. TELEGRAPHIC BREVITIES. Charles View was killed and another fatally wounded in a saloon right at Green Bay. Wis. The Cofiin trust, which was threatened with dissolution, has combined and is stronger than ever, according to a Grand Kapids dispatch. Bar-tender Davis, who was discharged by S. II. Brenner, a Kansas City saloon-keeper, early yesterday morning blow up the saloon with dynamite. lie is under arrest. News has been received at Port Townsend by a steamer from Alaska of the suprosed perishing of ten miners in the terribly desolate and frigid territory around fcltuay bay. The Woman's Christian Association Tmilding at Dayton, U., lor which they paid t'jO.OCO. was dedicated yesterday, with a vast crowd of people participating in the ceremonies. The Texas Pacific passenger train was wrecked at IJoleline. La., live cars being burned aud tho locomotive demolished. The accident was caused by a burning trestle. The engineer, iireruan. trainmen and two passengers were injured, not dangerously. Joseph Zenler. a watchman at Newark, N. J., entend his house yesterday morning and found the body of his wife, who had bren brntally murdered during the night. The throat was cut, there were eleven stab-wounds in the breast, and both arms trere xrightf uilwaihed. No clew.

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Battlo Hetween Police and Railroaders with Several Killed and Injured. Outrageous Attack on the Salvation Army by a London Mob The Czar Hay Restcre the Infamous System of Peasant Serfdom. SANGUINARY ItlOTS That Are Relieved to He Inspired by Men with Politic! Ambition. Fpeclal Correspondence of the Associated Tres.v Itio de Janeiro, Dec n. The people of this city are now In a state of intense excitement over riots that occurred yesterday on the Central railroad, connecting this city with the interior of the country. The road belongs to the government, and is the most important railroad in Brazil having cost about $60,000.000. The rioting commenced Dec. 23, originating in the arrest of three brakemen by the police at Roacbuelo, a suburban station of the railway. In the tight which then ensued three policemen were wounded. This preliminary conflict caused much irritation both among the police and the railway employes. Yesterday, at 2 a. m., two policemen at the city station of the railway were attacked by a body of men armed with bottles, stones and revolvers, and were driven from the station to the street. A police force sent against the rioters was received with a volley ot stones and pistol-shots. The police returned the tire and for some time there was a lively fusilladtl At last Gen. Bern an do Vasqnez. commander of the police brigade, and Dr. Francisco Santiago, police delegate, succeeded in restoring quiet. This righting interrupted transit on the road, the employes abandoning the trains. Four policemen and three other persons aro kuown to have been wounded in this tight. During the remainder of the day there was some desultory fighting, and at 8 i. m. a large body of railway employes took dossession ot the station. A large police force soon appeared, and righting was renewed, lasting this time an hour and a half, when the police succeeded m dislodging the rioters. It is not yet known how many persons were killed and wounded in this light. To-day there has been no fighting. A thousand policemen are guarding the railway station, which is very much damaged. It is reported that the director of the railway has been dismissed and a military man appointed in his place. Trains are not running to-day. There was a general scare among passengers on the trains. Women fainted, and many persons rau away and abandoned their luggage, part of which was opened and rilled. Some persons think that there are political schemes behind this, while others attribute the disturbances to the instigations of an agitator named Viuhaes, who is endeavoring to organize a workingmau's party, and who, it is said, wishes to be appointed director of the railway. He is a retired naval otlicer and a member of Congress. SALTATION A It MY RIOT. London Mob Charges the "Soldiers, Seizing and Destroying the Flay. London, Jan. SI. There was rioting In Eastbourne to-day, caused by the Salvation Army holding a special celebration to commemorate the founding of the corp3. After the usual morning services the Salvationists marched through the streets under polico protection, and were disturbed only by running comments and challs from the crowds on the sidewalks. In the afternoon, a drizzling rain that had been falling having ceased, a mob rapidly collected at the Salvation Army citadel, and as tho "soldiers" riled out, singing their processional hymn, they were subjected, to more chaff, accompanied by the singing of a ribald parody, yelling and hooting. Several hundred well-dressed men formed a corns, twenty abreast surging ud, followed by the army to the beach, where it was proposed to hold a meeting. Along the whole route windows, balconies and even carnages in the street were tilled with citizens and visitors watching the scene. A huge mob awaited the army at the sea front, and, with howls, drowned the voices of the army lasses. The police had great difficulty in clearing a way for the "soldiers," who had to cling tenaoiously to their .instruments and flags without daring to even attempt to play a cote. Directly the service began the mob swept down npon the army shouting: "Throw theru into the sea.' The forces of the police were augmented and they behaved most creditably-, resisting rush after rush, although nearly overpowered by numbers. The Salvationists were pelted with pebbles by their foes durlngthe hour they remained on tho beach. When their service was seemingly ended, although not a word of it had been heard, the members of the army commenced their return march. They climbed to the parade with the utmost difficulty, their assailants making frequent rallies, but failing to capture the Salvationist flag. Desperate hand-to-hand encounters with policemen were continued. A few clergymen and soldiers were present, bnt held aloof. When the struggling crowd had reached a point opposite the Burlington Hotel, the police having become exhausted, another rush was made, and proved successful. The hated flag was seized from its stalwart bearer and torn into shreds. Caps were torn from the heads of the Salvationists and tossed in the air or kicked . into the roadway amid execrations. Some frail looking lasses who swooned from pain and fright were nearly trampled upon. The scene of violence was continued until the army retreated into their "citadol," and even then the mob was loth to disperse and still came into collision with the police. Several of the Salvationists were badly injured. and the uniforms of all were spoiled. Attacked In Paris. Paris, Jan. 31. A band of members of the Salvation Army met with a highly hostile reception on the Boulevard desltaliens here to-day. There were a number of scuttles between roughs and Salvationists, the mob which encouraged theso assaults hissing and hooting at the harassed band. MANY HEADS CKACKED. A Woman Arresyrd While IXaraognlng the Mob of Chelsea Anarchists. F pedal to the Indianapolis Journal. London, Jan. SI. To-day's scene at Chelsea was a repetition, on a somewhat smaller scale, of last Sunday's disturbance. Again a woman was put forward to defy the police and provoko arrest. Last Sunday the female who tilled this role was a laundress named Ham. who was taken into ens-, tody after having made things very uncomfortable for the constables. To-day the part was played by Mrs. Sy kes, whose occupation is not recorded, but who, if not strong minded, is at least strong in muscle and lungs. Sho was delivering a harangue evidently framed with the express purpose of forcing the oflicers to interfere in the interests of law and order, to say nothing of the public peace and quiet, when arrested. Her own resistance to the ofiicer who took her in charge was aided by th efforts of a crowd of her male sympathizers and tho rushes made by the mob were ugly ones for the police to repel. The police saw there was no use trilling, and they used their batons without stint, many heads being broken in tho melee. This conihot. of course, ended in the dispersal of the crowd, and the ending of the so-called mass-meet-ing. UIISTO RATION OF SEKl'DOM. Advices Announcing the Czar Intends to Re-' store the Old Couditiun of the remnant. Paris, Jan. SI. According to advices from St. Petersburg the Czar intends to initiate measures for the restoration of serfdom among the peasants. Keports from many district oflicials have concurred In the statement that the increase of population m the villages is so great that the land belonging to the mirs, or locol communes, is insntUcient to support all members, The government, with the view ot

remedying the evil, proposes to allocate to the peasants vast tracts of land nnder conditions similar to those of serf tenure. One-third of the harvest is to be stored in the communal magazines for the support of the peasants; one-third to be sold by the government for the payment of local debts to the state and one-third is to be retained for the payment of government taxes. The peasants will not be allowed to move from their communes, but will be bound to the soil and will be obliged to fulfill their contracts with the state. The system will be first applied in the provinces of Samara ond SaratoCf, and if suc

cessful will bo extended all over the emire. The execution of the new law will . . o intrusted to tne district omciais "semski natchalniki." As these are recruited from the nobility, who are in favor of the restoration of serfdom, they are certain to report the scheme a success. TOE TREATY WITH FRANCE. A Prominent Deputy Says It Can Only Be a Very Limited Affair. Paris, Jan. SI. -The negotiations for a commercial treaty between France and the Uaited States are dragging along, and it will be another week before they will be completed. A prominent Deputy said:, T fear the negotiations are limited to granting the United States minimum duties on a few articles. I should have muoh preferred a more complete treaty, whereby France, by lowering her tarilT on petroleum and salt meats, besides giving the United States minimum duties on other articles, would obtain in return lower duties on silks, woolens, pictures, wines and articles de Paris. We know, however, that such a treaty would have to be referred to the Parliaments of both countries, aud would be uncertain of approval. Perhaps after the present negotiations are completed a real treaty will follow." Sir. Iieid, the United States minister, attended President Carnot's diplomatic dinner on Thursday. He still remains in-doors as much as posrible by tho advice of his physician, as he has not fully recovered from his recent illness. Mrs. Keid'a usual Monday reception will not be held tomorrow, as she is now nursing a sick son. IMITATING THE SCHNEIDERS. Man and "Woman Accomplice at Berlin Luring Girls to Ruin and Death. Fpeclal to the Indianapolis Journal. Berlin, Jan. SI. A case resembling that of the Schneiders, the horrible details of whose crimes have just shocked the world, as revealed in court at Vienna, has come to light in Magdeburg. As in the Schneider case, the victims in the present instance were serving women. The full particulars in possession of tho police have not been znado public bnt it is known that a man named Erbe and his paramour, a woman name Buntrock, have been arrested on a charge of making way with a young woman named Klages, daughter of the steward of an estate near Magdeburg. It is alleged that Erbe and his female accomplice lured the girl to Hanover on pretense that she was desired to accompany a family of that city on a trip to Italy. At Hanover, where the girl was a total stranger, it was comparatively easy to filch her small stock of funds and put her out of the way without leaving a clew to direct suspicion towards the murderers. At least this is what the police expect to prove was done, and tbey also claim to have evidence that the first victim of the couple was a woman named Ka&ton, of Magdeburg, und these were not the only ones ' robbed and murdered by the imitators of the Vienna monsters. Tho revelations at the forthcoming examination are expected with much interest, A nrUREW II ANKER'S RUSE. Prison Sensation Connected with a Dig? German Failure Last FalL Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Berlin, Jan. 31. The case of lingo Loowy, the banker whose failure on Nov.f 23, last, caused a great sensation in the financial world of Germany, has taken on a new and interesting phase. Loewy's failure was the second of the remarkable series of financial crashes which began with the collapse of the extensive banking house of Ilirscbfeldt fc Wolfe and included thoso of Friedlandcr & Somerfeldt, the Oppenheimers. at Darmstadt, and other large institutions, the upheaval being accompanied by suicides, arrests for fraud and other astonishing events. Loewy's house has risen rapidly to a point where it competed with the old-established institutions of the kind in Germany. Hugo Loewy was arrested immediately after the failure and the public was astonished to learn that he was accused by the police of being a criminal, with a large record of offenses to account for. The announcement was made that beside swindling a large number of depositors in his bank, which had just failed, he had been engaged in similar practices before and was an ex-convict, having served out a sentence in 1883 for embezzlement. He had also been on trial for fraudulent banking and for arson. A woman named Helen Goldstein was accused by the police of aiding Loewy in his latest swindling schemes, and she was taken into custody soon after the banker's arrest. The latest development in the case is the announcement just made that Loewy and the Goldstein woman, who, it has been alleged, had lived together for years out of wedlock, have been married in prison. The accused fx-banker hopes by this marriage to escape the clutches of the law. as he will claim tho benefit of the statutes which exempt a wife from the compulsion of testifying against her husband in a criminal court. .There is a division of legal opinion as to the likelihood of this scheme proving successful. The point will be raised by the prosecution that tho exemption applies only to a wifo who was such at the time of the husband's offense and that a subsequent marriage cannot be allowed to exempt the wifo from testifying as is sought by this act. GENERAL FOREIGN NEWS. T. P. O'Connor Satisfied There Will Be a Sweeping Liberal Victory. Special to tne Indianapolis Journal. London, Jan. SL In the Sunday Sun today T. P. O'Connor discusses the political outlook, and comes to the conclusion that a Liberal victory is assured at the next general elections. He states that there is reason to believe that the programme of the Liberal leaders is not to attempt to force an immediate dissolution of Parliament, but that, nevertheless, the government will be compslled to declare its intentions and to name early in the session a dato for dissolution. Mr. O'Connor, whoso opportunities for being well posted on such matters are good, hints that Lord Randolph Churchill has a knife in his sleeve for Mr. Balfour which the new government leader in the House of Commons will lind very sharp during the debate on tho Irish iocal-governtuent bill. England May Lose Gun-Boat. Special to the Indianapoll3 Journal. London, Jan. SI. The accident to tho British man-of-war Victoria, which went ashore on the Greek coast, is worse than at first reported and the vessel is in danger of becoming a complete wreck. The Victoria struck on the rock in a slanting position, but with great force, and had a large hole stove in the iron shell of the vessel. At first it had been thought that the shell had not been penetrated, but upon such examination as could be made it was found that tho force with which the vessel struck on the rook had caused a dangerous fracture. There is twenty-nine feet of water in the hold and the vessel is keeled over to some extent. Should a storm arise it might be very difficult to save her. She is considered one of the finest armor-clad battleships, and the loss of such a vessel would bo a most serious blow to tho navy. Saved the Prince's Iletjdence. Bncssnms. Jan. 31. The town of Chiruay, in the province of Hailaut, has been visited by a terrible conflagration, which destroyed fully one-fourth of the entire number of its buildings. The tire, which originated in a church, spread with great rapidity. The firemen, much aided by a timelv downpour of rain, succeeded in saving the threatened residence of the Prince of Chimay.

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Mollio Head's People Wonld Like to Know Where Mr. John Bealman Went, The Weddmcr Was Set for Last Wednesday Sight, but the Bridegroom Didn't Show Cp The Wabash Railroad Indicted. INDIANA. A Vigo County Bride Who Vainly Awaits Her Lover. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Terre Haute, " Jan. 31. Mollie Head, aged twenty-four years, daughter of a farmer living near Atherton, has been engaged several years to marry John BoaV man, a resident of Parke county. The time for the wedding was fixed for Wednesday evening, Jan. 27. The bride's family had arranged for a big supper, aud many guests were present when the hour for the ceremony arrived. But the groom came not, nor did he send any word of explanation. After waiting several hours the guests partook of the wedding supper, dispersing about midnight. Miss Head's father has made diligent search for Boatman since, but can find no trace of his whereabouts. No one is able to otter any explanation for his disappearance. Indorsed Senator Thomas E. Boyd. 8recialtotne Indianapolis Journal. Noblesville, Jan. 31. The Republican voters of Hamilton county met in mass convention, at the court-house, in this city, to-day, for the purpose of determining the time aud mode of nomination of candidates for the various county offices, to be voted for at the ensuing November election. The convention decided to nominate by primary election on the first Tuesday in March, and adopted the provisions of the general election laws, so far as applicable. A special feature of the convention was the unanimous adoption of a resolution indorsing tho action of the Hon. Thomas K. Boyd as State Senator and declaring him to be the unanimous choice of the convention as the candidate from this county for the renomination from the district, which is now composed of Hamilton and Boone counties. Senator Boyd has so conducted himself as Senator that no one. in this couuty will contest with him for the position. First Indiana Natural-Gas Town. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Eaton, Jan. 3L The town of Eaton. Delaware county, which made the first discovery of natural gas in this State, has at last been rewarded by the inauguration of a "boom." Tho Eaton Window-glass Company has been incorporated, with a capital stock of $25,000, work on the buildings to bo commenced at once. The plant is to be a ten-pot factory and will employ sixty hands. The improvement company is confident of locating a straw-board and pulp mill as soon as spring opens. ' Indicted for Not Building a Station. Special to the Indian spoils' Journal. Lafayette, Jan. 31. The grand jury of this county has indicted the Wabash road for failure to place a waiting-room at the West Point station, in this county. This is thought to be the first indictment nnder the new law, which makes it an oilense to fail to provide waiting-rooms in towns of 2f.O inhabitants. The railway company, it is said, has the material all ready for the depot, but has been waiting for favorable weather to put in the foundation. Fort Wayne Street-Car Lines Sold. Special to tho Indianapolis JournaL Fort Wayne, Jan. 31. A morning paper is authority for the statement that the entire stock of the Fort Wayne Street-car Company has been sold to F. D. Robinson, a capitalist of Cleveland, O. It is also said that' Mb Robinson will change from horse oars to electric motors. The price at which the purchase was made is not given. Minor Notes. 4' Thirty-five Democrats, of Brazil, have organized an Isaac Gray Club. Randall Yarbroogb. the first pioneer of Clark county, died at tho age of iriuetythree. The Decatnr County Poultry Association will have a show at Greensburg Feb. 4, 5 and 6. Five hundred birds will be exhibited. William Wen die, of Columbus, went to Madison and was so much elated at the first sight ot a steamboat that he returned home to take bis wife and children to see the sight. The woman who followed the forger, Frank Critzer. to jail at Columbus, claiming to be his wife, turns out to be Mrs. Dora Freeman, of Greensburg, who deserted her husband in December. John Reed, of Blue Lick, has given notice that he will apply for a license to run a saloon at Charlestown, and the temperance people there, who recently drove the only saloon-keeper out of town, are gathering and drilling their forces. Prof. C. II. French and Miss Burns, his assistant, both from Chicago, were to have given two stereopticon performances at Crawfordsville under the auspices of the Y. M. C. A., but the couple wore thrust from the hotel for unbecoming conduot and their dates were canceled. A remarkable surgical operation was performed a few days ago by Dr. J. C. Baxter ou Mrs. Margaret Miller, of Heth township, Harrison county. Twenty-five years ago a needle entered the arm of Mrs. Miller at the shoulder, and tho operation alluded to was the removing of the needle from the arm at the elbow. ILLINOIS. Leading Thyslclan of Marshall Falls Dead on Ills Own Door-Step Special to the Indianapolis JournaL Marshall, Jan. 31. Dr. J. M. Janes, one of the leading physicians and prominent citizens of Marshall, dropped dead as he waseutering his home yesterday afternoon. He was sixty-seven years old. I3rief Mention. In 1S91 1,023 acres of beans were raised in Illinois, yielding 22,212 bushels. Ex-County Judge Irvin. of Perry county (Mascoutah), died suddenly at his home in Coulterville. Articles have been filed with the Secretary of State for the Ottawa, Starved Kock He Western railway, a new line. "Ned" McGuire, one of the best-known characters of Pike county, who weighed four hundred pounds, died of grip at Pittsfield. Aionzo Davy and Sadie Aber. nineteen and fourteen, eloped from Illiopolis, were caught at Decatur and married by their fathers' orders. Four deaths from grip have occurred in two days at Tuscola. Mrs. Flint, widow of the late Capt. George Flint, being the latest. Her age was seventy. Charley Mansfield and Paul Burrell. sons of promineut Freeport citizens, ran away at midnight and cannot be traced. They said they were going west toshoot Indians. Mrs. ft a rah Gilbreath, who claims her husband, Henry Gilbreatb, has been continuonslr intoxicated since Jan. 1. lirSO. has sued four saloon-keepers of Dallas City for $5,000 damages. Harry Ilaeer. late deputy clerk at Paris, returned to Decatur from Dwight, where he had just graduated from the Keeley Institute, and got on a roaring drunk, lie la now threatened with insanity. Mrs. Lmnie Cameron, tho accomplished and beautiful wife of a wealthy DeKalb county farmer, has caused a big sensation by eloping with James Smith, known as "Star-gazer Jim," a hired hand on tho place. . Ex-President Cleveland and Tarty. New Ibekia, La., Jan. SI Ex-President Cleveland and party arrived here this evening' from Petite Anse island, where they had been during Saturday and this morning. A large delegation of citizens and many ladles assembled at the depot to meet him. Upon the arrival of the train Mr. Cleveland was met by a delegation from the Tec ho Exchange, who invited him to visit the exchange and receive the people, which he accepted. After shaking

hands with hundreds at the depot, he entered a carriage and was driven to the Exchange, where he remained for a short while, meeting a large number of ladies and gentlemen, after which he again entered the carriage, and. accompanied by his party, was driven to the residence of Mr. J. M. Henshaw, whose guest he was for the evening. He left for Kow Orleans to-night. CAUSED A SENSATION.

Grand Rapids Episcopal Church Gives the "Messiah" Against the Bishop's Protest. Grand RAFiDS,Miob., Jan. SL For several months there has been excitement in religious, musical and social circles here over the proposition made by the local oratorio society to perform the 'Messiah," without charge for admission, two or three Sunday nights during the winter. The society is com posed of representatives moving in the highest financial and social order of the State and, though universally admitted to be one of the best musical organizations in the country, makes noeil'ort to accumulate money as the result of its concert work. The proposition to pressnt the "Messiah" on Sunday night came just at the time when there was great excitement over tho eflort to prevent .Sunday performances at the theaters, etlorts which have resulted in many anests. The movement was taken up by the local ministers' conference, in which a resolution was attempted to be passed opposing the projoct. The subject ran over for a week, and the resolution finally passed, though deprived of most of its power by amendments. Meantime, the Rt. Rev. Dr. Gillespie, bishop of the Episcopal diocese, published an emphatio protest against the entertainment. To-night the first performance was given. Nearly two hours before the time came for opening the doors a crowd extending two blocks filled the street in front of the hall. Injured In a Wreck. Special to the Indianapolis JournaL Bradford, Pa.. Jan. SL An engine on the Oil Valley road jumped the track near Watson Station this evening. Riding on the engine were J, W. McCafferty, Miss Susie Irvine, of Bradford, and II. F. Mundy. The engine toppled over against a large stump, pinning McCafferty and Miss Irvine between the boiler and tho stump. McCafierty's leg was crushed and had to be amputated above the knee. He was also internally injured. Miss Irvine's hip was broken and she was scalded by escaping steam. Slavln Gets a St. Louis "Jag. St. Louis, Jan. 31. Frank P. Slavin, who, with Charlie Mitchell, has been in town for a week with a traveling variety show, left to-night, but not until he had demonstrated that he was a follower of Sullivan in at least one respect. He got a jag and terrorized the Southern Hotel guests for a considerable time with bis tnreats to "lick any American, or all of them, if I get them in a ring.'' The jag left town with Slavin only after the persuasive powers of a "parson" (Davies) had been applied. For a time there were prospects of a call for police, but it was avoided. John Sprnigfl'a Wealth. Cincinnati, Jan. 31. John Sprengel, a workman in a lithographing establishment in this city, died here last Friday. To-night in an old trunk tho family found stowed aay 210,000 in cash, three sound policies of life insurance, aggregating SC.OOo, and a building association account of $SX). The strange thing about this is that none of his family, with all of whom his relations wero entirely happy, had ever been apprised by him of the existence of any of the valuable contents of this mysterious trunk. THE ItECiritOCITY CLAUSE. Ex-Congressman Cannon Explains flow It Got Into the McKlnley Hill. Epechcf J. G. Cannon before the Illinois Republican Stale Committee. Just think a moment about reciprocity. A great many people don't understand exactly how it was brought about. Under President Arthur we made reciprocity treaties. We made one with Mexico. Mr. Frelinghnysen, then Secretary ot State, made that. Hut under our Constitution it requires two-thirds of the Senate to ratify a treaty. We did not have two-thirds of the Senate, and that treaty with Mexico was not ratified, notwithstanding it was a valuable treaty to the United States. Thealter a treaty is ratified it requires legislation by both House and Senate. President Harrison and Secretary Blaine might make a reciprocity treaty with Brazil, or Germany, or France, but it would be null aud void until ratified by two-thirds of the Senate, and then independent legislation by both House aud Senate. Now, the Republican party had the wisdom, on the suggestions of President Harrison and I say now what I know applause on the suggestion of Harrison, to put in that clause grand, magnificent old John Sherman and Senator Aldrich drafted, what is known as the "reciprocity" clause. We put sugar on the free list. We put hides on the free list. Wo put tea on the free list. We put coffee on the free list. And we put them there on the suggestion of the President. In substance, if not in words, that gave the President power, in the event that any nation unduly discriminates against the products of the Uaited States, to say by proclamation that, as to that nation, we may impose a duty of IW cent a pound on sugar, 2 cents a pound on coflee. 10 cents a pound on tea and 2 cents a pound on hides. Don't you see it does not reauiro any treaty! The President may, by proclamation, say to Germany, "You make one-half of the world's product of beet sugar; now. unless you let our pork and provisions in, and unless you treat us fairly, we will let sugar m free from all the world except from yon. if you seek to trade with the United Mates." Applause. That is the reciprocity provision, born of the wisdom of the Republican party, on the recommendation of the President of the United States, and so ably carried out by our magnificent Secretary of State. Applause. LOTTERY-DRAWING IN NEWj ORLEANS. Generals Beauregard and Early in Their New Roles Enormous Profits. O. C. Buei, In February Century. "Turn whichever way from his hotel the stranger will, bis attention is' arrested by neatly-printed slips of paper hung on strings in tne windows of shops. He learns that these are mostly fractional lottery tickets, worth fa dollar apiece, and that twenty of them make a whole ticket. Since 1C0.000 whole tickets constituto the ordinary monthly drawing.their money value is $2,000,000. What opulence! Out of that sum 1.054,000 is alleged to bo distributed in 3.134 prizes, ranging from &00.000 to $100. Wnat benevolence! The clever device of dividing each ticket into twenty parts was invented so that the lottery company, by keeping back parts of each ticket, when there is a likelihood that all the tickets will not be sold, may preservo the ratio of sales and liability for prizes, and thereby avoid all risk to itself. The word "risk" is here used in a Pickwickian sense; it has no other meaning in the lottery dictionary. The exact case is that you and others hand to the lottery $2,000,000. and it gives back to some of yon $1,054,000, or about $52 out of every $100. That this a swindle on the face of it is the very thing which the lottery, as a profound student of human nature, counts upon. If it says it receives $100 for nothing an vbodv will believe it can all'ord to surrender $52, "Twice a year the lottery increases its capital prize to 000.000 and the price of each ticket (of forty fractional parts) to 40; so the ratio is the same as in the ordinary monthly drawing. This semi-annual drawing is devised to attract money from foreign countries as well as from the American citizen. The aggregate of these monthly and semi-annual schemts is 223,000.000. Crcesns ontdoue! And nut of this great sum $40,000 (in lien of all taxes, which by law would be several times as much) is paid to the Charity Hospital of New Orleans. A new miracle of the loaves and fishes! Since the lottery has a local dally drawing which pays all tbeexpenses of the concern, there is the possibility that its net income is only S1S.440.COO it we admit that the drawings are honest; and this is a case in which honesty costs nothing except the tedium of waiting fnr the prize-moiifv to come back as ' the price of more tickets. It is a case, also, in which a semblance of honesty may serve as a great advertising featnre. Fractions of the November capital prize wero drawn in six

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widely-separated cities, by which it appears that only three-tenths, or SHO.OOO. of the capital prize of 300,000 may ever have left the cotfers of. the lottery, in case only one fractional ticket was sold in each ot those cities. "A drawing occurred the third day after my arrival. On that morning New Orleans was in a ferment over the local primary election for delegates to the Stato convention, in which election the lottery candidate for Governor got all the men chosen, lint iu the business section of the town the 'excitement over the drawing was paramount. Women venders of tickets were making their last calls at offices, and street brokers were thronging hotel lobbies and barrooms. As 11 o'clock approached, dealers rushed with their unsold tickets to the main office, p re l erring their 15 per cent, commission on the tickets they had sold to the chance of winning a great sum by becoming responsible for the unsold tickets. Opposite, in a theater, the drawing promptly began. One of the boxes was occupied by ladies who tootc a hoine-like interest in the proceedings. The sparse company of men. in the body of the theater, were redolent of rum, and tobacco, and poor bathing facilities, and had no taste or money for clean raiment In their character as investors they made one think of Cable's Sieur George, of the old French Quarter near by, who was respected for a supposed trunk full of money, that proved to be a trunk full of unlucky lottery tickets. "Though the onlookers wero a thin and a sad show, it was no ordinary spectacle to see General G. T. Beauregard and Lieuten-ant-general Jnbal A. Early presiding over the wheels of fortuue and procuring, by virtue of their ancient reputation, a large part of the allurement of the lottery. Tne ' former carried oil tho honors of the first pitched battle of the confederacy, and to the last day of the struggle stood among its foremost soldiers. He had a genius for controversy, and was the object of much misrepresentation which credited him with the threat that he would 'water his horse in the Tennessee river or in bell.' Most confederate soldiers think the Tennessee should have sulllced; but they say littlo about the matter for the sake of a cause which remains only in sentiment. His is a job requiring only a few hours' time each month I will not call it easy, the pay of which is variously estimated at S12.0J0 to $30,000. No matter how large the sum it is a good bargain for the lottery. In marshaling the forces of the smaller wheel that contains tho prize slips in gutta-percha tubes, he did not wear full confederate uniform or medals of honor. He was simply a quiet, dignitied gentleman in civilian's dress, who in any company would be singled out for a man of distinction. He sat in a chair, received the prize-tubes from a blindfolded boy, and every twentieth prize closed the wheel for the periodical stirring up. Occasionally ho yielded his place to an assistant. 'General Early, the other 'commissioner,' on a similar salary, seldom divides the honor of his otlico with anybody. His wheel, on the day mentioned, contained the hundred thousand numbers. It is six feet or more in diameter, and in contrast with the other wheel justifies the remark of a New Orleans accountant, who bought lottery tickets until he visited a drawing and saw an omnibus full of numbers, and a silk bat full of prizes which well represents the benevolent basis of the scheme. General Early is over six feet tall; he still affects gray cloth, and. with his patriarchal beard and stoop, certainly has a saintly look as he sits on tho platform and calls oil 'fortuno's favorites.' He makes no claim tosaintliuess. however, and it is well known that when he was the trusted lieutenant of Lee and was righting up and down the Valley with limited resources, 'Old Jube' could hold his own with any muledriver in the Confederacy, besides being a good soldier. General Early was a careful writer; his reports are among the bestwritten documents in the oOicial records. It is said that a prominent 'Daughter of the Confederacy' once took him feelingly to task for accepting a degrading position to which Cieneral Lee would not have assigned him. since Lee would have died before he would have taken it at any price." CHILIAN BEAUTIES. APleasanter Topic for Diseasslon than the Recent Little Difficulty. Harper's Weekly. While the general thought of to-day in regard to Chili has a bellicose tendency, it is pleasant to turn to a more peaceful subject in connection with the little republic. It matters not how rough the heart of man may be, he is gonerally susceptible to beauty, and thoughts ot a more gentle conquest may reign when we forget the men in the contemplation of the women of Chili. The races of the north who are, for the most Eart, fail, are prone to acknowledge the eauty of their dark-eyed Southern sisters. The standard of beauty may not be so high thatis.it may lack tho regularity of feature that is so charming, the classic simplicity which possesses a grace of its own but the women of the warmer latitudes have a certain coquetry that is more or lees irresistible. Especially so is it in the case of the creole and Spanish types which are found in Chili. The women all aflect tire black shawl, or manta, and this is. the regulation morning and church attire, no woman ever going to mass without this simple wrap. Some travelers go so far as to assert that it is this manta which lends so much charm to the wearer, and makes her attractive, while without it she might not receive a second glance. This may be true; but no matter how beautiful Carmen might be. there would be soraethiug lost throughout the entire opera did she not wear her manta. Thoso who have seen Carmen can appreciate the charm of the women of Chili.in whose veins runs tho Spanish blood. There is coquetry in every motion, suggestive of sly exchange of notes at the church porch, under the eyes of the watchful duenna. In Chili, however, the women do not sutler the tiresome chaperonage ttiat is undergone by their Spanish sisters, but perhaps that is one of tne advantages of a republic. Why, they even havo women as street-car conductors, but it must be said that tho manta does not play a part in the collection of fares, which is commonplace under any circumstances. The women were put on during the war 'with Fern, when men wero scarce, and all needed at the front. These conductors, however, are many of them very attractive, and the youth of Valparaiso is not inclined to sit inside the car while a pretty younir woman stands on the outer platform. The Saxon typo is not uncommon in Chili, but one cannot reconcile the idea of their special drees under such ciicumstancea, aud the best examples of Chilian beauty are distinctive). One is not to hestuw unqualified admiration upon the examples given in the Eicture; and though faults be hid by the lack shawl, the wearing of it lends a bit of poetry and charm. A true poem leaves rometbing to the imagination, and there are some misguided men who would characterize admiration for beauty as mere poetry or imagination. The Fattest Duke in Italy. New York Recorfler. A peculiarity about the Italian legislature is that all the nobies. instead of belonging to the upper Chamber, belong to the lower house of l'arliauieut. In the latter there are no less than 1-0 titled personages, including eight princes, twenty-tive marquises, thirty counts and twenty-two barons; the remainder being composed of what are termed in Italv as nobili. There is only one duke in the lower Chamber, but he is a host in himself. His name is the Duke ot Han Donato, and he is, without exception, the most popular man in Naples, us well as the fattent. Indeed, his inlluence in Naples is so great that on the last occasion on which the King visited that city he remarked to the l)uk. on stepping out of the railroad train: "Vou see, I am now about to enter into your vice-royalty." The Duke's face is soarred la every &1-

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Blior. lactones, LannC.rif a. Luinlerl)rr-houiea. etc. Cut and Thread to order any U N rougburon l-jp Irvm lnca to 12 inches &ameicr. Knight & Jillson, 74 and 77 8. PENNSYLVANIA PT rection with wounds received in duels, and his queer appearance is increased by bis famous and extraordinary shaped mousegray top hat. He vras a creat f avorite f old Emperor William, ho was wont to remark that the mere appearance ot tue Dake was snlMcient to put any one in a good hnuior. 1 may add that he foucht under Garibaldi, which accounts in a great measure for bis extraordinary popularity. THOMPSON, OF THE TIMCS. Soliloquy of the Chilian War Correspondent Alter the Failure of Ills Schemes. New Ycrk Recorder. The Yankees have won again, by Jove! Those beggarly Chilians threw up the sponge just as 1 bad wound them up to the point of going to war! That bill for wiring will dish me in the Times office. It must be up in the thousands of p'unds and I have nothing to show for it not even the recall of Kgan. If I had succeeded in having him shipped to Washington it would hare satisfied 'era in Lund'n, but my game has been blocked at every point. What can I say or do next? Hang those men, Harrison and JJlaine! If they had only held back their ultimatum a week 1 could have managed to make the row and do an imrae nso stroke of business for our trade. But, after all, they did precisely what we should have done under the circumstances, only we would have blown the place sky Iiish erst; and then arbitrated the thing. Montt ail Ais (JaMnet are the ones to blame. They should have fought, I could have stirred up Eng land in their behalf, lankee commerce would have been swept from the oceau and the reciprocity scheme would havo been a flat failure for the next quarter of a ecu, tary. As it is now the prospects of our trade are blue unless I can inllame the Chilians against the Americans. I'll keep up the tiirht on Kgan. There's nothing left but that for the present. They will believe anything I say about him in ngland. Yes. my dispatches look pretty bad in the light of the events of the last week. I am not surprised that the Americans denounce them as gross falsehoods, but they have had a tremendous effect on publto opinion, although the outcome of it all is disappointing. Victory was almost la sight. The Times led all the British presa in the campaign for liritish trade. I hat should satisfy the Times managers, but will itT That is the rub! fchall 1 be be recalled before Egauf Ilarrlson's Administration. Washington Special In New York Mail aud Express. None question the ability of President Harrison. Ills administration from the outset has grown upon the people. Whether he shall be renominated and serve a second term or pot, the story of his administration up to the piescnt day. if it should end here. will lo forever recalled with pleasure and pride by every patriotio citizen. How patiently, udwearinglr, devotedly he has given himself up absolutely to the pressing demands of his ollice. How intelligently, carefully and successfully he has tuet the gravest Bituatious, and dealt with the most preplexing domestio and foreign questions, every one who has read his state papers and watched the outcome of hia words and deeds clearly understands, lie does not seek a renomination, but that does not mean tbat be does not deserve it. The attributes of infallibility have not belonged to him; they belong to no man. Some of bis acts have been criticised. Sometimes, not often, bis judgment has been condemned; but be has made fower mistakes than any of bi predecessors in recent years. He has had more dilUcult questions to decide and settled them more satisfactorily than any of bis predecessors in many years. No 1'resident can eatisly, or bemn to satisfy, the demauds of Lis party for public patronage. President Harrison has not satiated this demand; but he has given to the masses of the people that which they sought at hia hands a safe, conservative. patrK.io business-man's administration, and tbt fact is mora widely recognized to-day than ever before, and will continue to be recognized in the light of all history. His renomination would constitute the platform of bin party. It would mean a continuance of the policy laid down by the party: An honest dollar, reciprocity, protection, tho defense of the national honor in all emergencies. What a platform! Who shall stand upon it in m m Why Chill Camo Dona, Mllwaokr e FeLtlctL In the caso of Chili, we know that the country refused, at the meeting of the PanAmerican conference, to agrie to anr scheme of arbitration. She insisted that she would rely on nerself for the defense of her rights and claims: and, if this country had not. within a recent period, improved its navy and its gun-fotindrie, it is rretty certain that neither the Matta letter would have been withdrawn, nor the assault oa tho sailors of the Baltimore apologized for. A I'ubllc scandal. Uarpci's Wetfclr (Mur.) The present Senate of New York, both In the manner in which it was constituted and in much of its proceedings, is thus far a public scandal for which the Democratic party is responsible. It justifies the feeling with which Democratic succee in the State was retarded. Such familiar results of that success in tho New York Legislature nod in Congress show why it is that a Urge body of discontented Kepublicaus yet prefer the great traditions of their party to such leadership and conduct ot the Democratic party.

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