Indianapolis Journal, Indianapolis, Marion County, 9 March 1892 — Page 2

THE "INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 9, 1892.

paasing the wedding party several of the Albanians who were armed with rillcs. fired a feo.de joie. Unfortunately one of tho weapons had been unwittingly loaded with a ball cartridge, and one of tho Montenegrins was shot. Though it was clearly apparent that the shooting was entirely accidental, the comrade of the wounded man wer infuriated. They were armed, and without hesitation theT poured aTolley into tho wedding party, killing and wounding nineteen of them. The dispatch does not state tho fate of tho brido and groom. The allair has caused intense excitement, and it is thoucht that further trouble will follow. Iltsraarek and the Gaelph Fnnd. Berlin, March S. The Ilaniburqer Xachrichten, in an article inspired by Prince Bismarck, replies to-day to tho statement which has appeared in several papers that much oneasiness ia felt at Friedrichshrue (Prince Bismarck's home) owing to tho impending publication by the government of tho receipts of the Guelph fund and the expenditures mado from that fund in. connection with the Herman secret service. Prince Bismarck, it will be remembered, had practical control of this fnnd, and it has been charged in some quarters that he adminihtered it to carry his own points. The Hamburger ftaenrichten denies that Prince Bismarck feels any uneasiness concerning the matter, and adds that if he published the manner in which the fond had ben applied it would be very unpleasant to those persons who aro attacking him. Secretary Foster Leaves London. London. March a Tho Hon. Charles Foster, Secretary of the Treasury, left Waterloo Station on the express train which left for Southampton at 4:55 this Afternoon. He will embark to-morrow morning for New York on the North German Lloyd steamer Spree, tho same vessel on which he came to England. Mr. Foster was accompanied by ex-burgeon general Hamilton and Mr. MacLennan. The attaches of the American legation called upon Mr. Foster before he left London and bade him good-bye. Beforo leaving the Hotel Metro pole, where he made his headJuarters during his short sojourn. Secretary 'ostersaid he had heard nothing direct concerning the Behring sea negotiations, lie hoped some modus vivendi would be found. Liberals to Power In HawaiL Honolulu, March 1. Little excitement attended the elections of last month and affairs are now quiet. Returns now complete from all quarters of the kingdom show that the coming Legislature is composed of a majority of members that may be classed as Liberals or opposed to "missionary" influence. The House will not sit until Slay next, but a preliminary caucus has been held to nominate candidates for legislative otlices. and Henry 1. Baldwin has been selected for president of the House by the 'missionary" element, while Gen. John S. Walker. Conservative, is supported by the Liberals for that position. Wholesale Arrest of Itrizanda. Rome, March 8. The police of Taranto have arrested ICS persons suspected of being members of the society known as the Malta Vita, the principal object of which is brigandage. It will be remembered that 179 persons were tried on the same charge in Pari last summer, when the court fonnd all except fourteen guilty, and sentenced them to terms of imprisonment varying from six months to fifteen years. About twenty of the prisoners are boys in their teens, and ten aro women. The accusations against them will range from homicide and highway robbery to pocketpicking ana the pettiest theft. Plot to Restore Dictator Da Fonseca. Rio de Janeiro. March. 8.Conzrcssman Sristod, whoihas exceptional opportunities for obtaining information, but for whose morbid imagination allowance must be made, says there is no doubt of the eriatence of a wide-spread plot, with ramifications in Congress, in the army aud in tho navy, for the purpose of restoring to office General Da Fonseca and his friends. Kecent news from an Paulo aud ftio Grando do Snl says that the theory of a general uprising is not altogether baseless. Dig Fire ir London. London, March U. At this hour (5 A. M.) Latham's lumber-yard in Curtain road. Shoreditch. with several adjoining factory buildings, is burning. The occupants of adjacent tenement-houses have hurriedly quitted their quarters, removing their belongings. No accident at the scene of tho hro is reported as yet. Cable Notes. According to advices from Afghanistan Cholera is raging in Herat, and is advancing along the lierat-Meshed road. The copyright convention between Germany and the United States passed its second reading in the Keichstag yesterday. The police at Leipsid yesterday dispersed a gathering of unemployed workmen who were being addressed by Socialist agitators. The Puke Argyle, who has been sitting in the British House of Lords as Baron of Sundrige and Hamilton, has been created a Duke of the United kingdom. Alexander Dumas has decided to abandon his Paris residence, and to sell at auction his splendid collection of works of Meissonier. Corot, Troyeu, Dupree and other masters. John Parnell. brother of the late Charles Stewart Parnell, denies the report that was circnlated a few days ago that Avoudale, the Parnell residence in Ireland, was to be Bold at auction. Princess Victoria Mary of Teck, who was engaged to be married to tho Dtike of Clarence and Avondale. is visiting (2nen Victoria at Windsor Castle. Princess Victoria Mary will shortly start for Cannes. A doctor who has just 'arrived at St. Petersburg from Berlin asserts that while Le was in a hospital in Berlin during the recent riots, sixty rioters entered in one day suffering with saber wounds, and that six of them have since died. Tne extreme heat at Kio Janeiro has greatly increased tho death rate of that city. In the lent days ending yesterday there were SV5 deaths, of which 4J5, or nearly half, were caused by yellow fever. Of the persons who died Cb'J were Brazilians and 5oG foreigners. A dispatch from St. Louis, Senegal, states that the French force, nnder the command of Lieutenant-colonel Humbert, have had another engagement with tho noted Emir Satnoy. and nave carried Koukonro, in Senegal, by assault. Many of the natives were killed, samoy made his escape from the French. The indiscriminate distribution of froo brand in Vienna is having the eilect of maxing workman lazy, tome large factories are now unable to engage a sufficient number of laborers to carry on operation. Jn many cases it has been found that persons receiving free bread have afterward bartered it for gin. A dispatch from Shanghai to the London Times say that the authorities of Hunan are taking measures to suppress the publication of anti-foreign literature. Several publishers hare been arretted and tho .printing-blocks destroyed. Chon Sang. tho leader of tho anti-foreign agitation, was spared from arrest ou the ground of illness. The Duke of Cnmberland has made a statement in regard to his refusal to accept tho Uuelpb fund in compromise of his damn to tho throne of Hanover. He declared that the em-cf ion to the duchy of Brunswick was t be secured to George William. eMcHt s.-n of the Duke of CumLcrland, who is about twelve years of age. Mr. William Kandal Cremer. member of the British liona of aorannn, has written a letter in which ho hv that prtitions representing 1 .;. Oil) members of various industrial organizations and thousands of ther perons in favor of arbitrating nil disputes between Great Britain and the United States will bo immediate! presented to Parliament.

Ilodles of TJiree Dronnrd Hoy Toned. Ki:ik. Pa.. March a Last Thanksgiving thre young men went ont duck-hunting ai.d were never seen again alive. The trio were Kobert Skelly. lUrt (irnmwell and Jarnes iCoberts. Within the Iat thren days the bodirs of the three 1 oys have been found in the vicinity of where their boat waa found beached last fall.

JOIIN L.'S DIRE FOREBODING

Fears that Ho May Get "Rattled" and Kill Hitcbell with One Hard Blow. The Tiff Fellow Tells His Backer to Arrange a Fight with Corbett The Litter Wants to Heel Eoth Sullivan and Mitchell. Chicago, March 8. John L. Sullivan, in a letter to a friend in the city, h&3 this to say in regard to his anticipated meeting with Charley Mitchell: 'Now. Jo, in regard to my meeting Mitchell, which now ceems fjuite probable, I can not help saying to you that 1 am lull of misgiving as to tho outcome Tho world knows the result of our last meeting, and also knows that Mitchell has taken on weight, and with it strength, while 1 have not grown younger. 1 shall do my best to avert what now looks like a terriblo calamity staring me in tho face, for should it prove as 1 now feel it may it would be the ruination of all my hopes and future prospects. As 1 have already said, for the sake of my friends, as well as for my own sake. 1 shall strive hard to avoid the result 1 now so seriously dread, bo long as 1 keep my head I am not Mraid of the worst happening, but should I get 'rattled' for even one short moment and forset my usual cautiousness the renult 1 so dread might prove a certainty. That fear is this: Mitchell may 6o tantalize me in the ring, should we come together, as to a r once my anger to such a pitch that 1 might forget my usual cautiousness and hit him so hurd as to kill him. This 1 shall Ktrivo to avoid, as I only wish to give hun a neat 'Yankee' whipping which will serve to 'keep him in lino' for all future time. J. L. . it Sullivan Aecepts Cor Lett's Ch alien g. Mixxkapolis, Minn., March 8. In reply to the challenge issued by Corbett John L. Sullivan h:i3 sent the following message to his hacker, Charley Johnson: C&arley JoLn&oo, Arlington Hotel, Hot FprlCRS, Ark: Cover Corbett's forfeit. Fight to take place laetveek In August or first week in September in club vlfetinfc largest purse. The -winner to take tte entire purre, Marquis of Queenalmry rules, ten thousand outside bet. or r.s union more as they will bet. as per my challenge Hi st come, lirt served. Also, cover all Mailers' money for any match In the same 6pace of tiiue. Answer quick. West liotel, here. John L. tiuixivAX. Corbett Issues Two Challenges. Philadelphia. March a James Corbett to-night sent letters to Charles Mitchell and John L. Sullivan, in which bo expressed his desire to meet both lighters, Marquis of Queousberry rules. He also sent a message to Harry McEnery, New Orleans, authorizing him to offer a purse for himself and Sullivan to battle for. Following is his letter to Mitchell: You crawled out of a match with me by statin;; that you would never ensrajro in a linish contest auaiu; now you seem anxious to meet John L. buliivan to a finish. Since jou have changed your miud, and as you cannot agree with Mr. Sullivan ns to terras, I suppose you will have no objection to meeting me. 1 will fight you any time, anywhere and for any amount of money, lartro or small, that you may stipulate. 1 have no doubt that tho olyiupio Athletic Club will oner a purse largo euough to make It worth your whilo to stay lu this country a few weeks longer and make cod eomo of the many bluffs you made about righting me before you left Enlaud. Candidly, Mr. Mitchell, I don't think you dare right roe, but If you are in earnest, a match can be made to take place in six weeks or rix mouths.. The following letter was also sent to John L. Sullivan: On Saturday. March 5, you Issued a challenge to tight no iu August, Marquis of Quecusbury rules. for $10,0o o side aud a $25,ooo purse. I have accepted that challenge and deposited $1,000 with the New York World as a forfeit. Where is ycur money? Where aui I to meet to your backers and arrange necesKary preliminaries! I am prepared to follow your arrangements to tho letter iu reference to the different deposits toward the main stake, and all that remains for you to do, if you want to make cood your challenge, in to put up your money, and 1 promise you it will be speedily covered. 1 do not do this to annoy you. 'Sou challenged rue and clashed me among the lo:nla.Uc members of our profession.' 1 now respect fully nslt yen to stand by your defiance. Vou f aid llrst come, tirst served; niy money is up, therefore I atn entitled to first chance. 'Die New Orleans dispatch is addressod to Harry McEnery and reads: "Offer a parse for Sullivan and myself. Mitchell has no money to ti.s;ht him. I have. Will fight him any time. Answer." rritehard and Fitzsliomons 3Tr Fight. Kkw Orleans, March 8. The news cabled from London. last night, that Ted Pritchard was willing to right Fitzsimmons in America, in ten weeks, caused much interest among sporting men and the general public here. The negotiations for a match between buliivan and Mitchell may interfere somewhat with n light between Pritchard and Fitzsimmons. but if the big match is not made the middle-weights will surely meet next fall, if not sooner. Jimmy Carroll, speaking for Fitzsimmons said, today: "Hob is ready to meet Pritchard at any timo. We will taik business and make a match whenever he is ready, but it is my judgement that it would bo profitable to wait until next Mardi Gras. The SullivanMitchell tight will take place iu the fall, and it will not do to have another light eo soon npon its heels. The objections to a tight in ten weeks is the warm weather, when the city is dull. If a match is made for next year the Olympic Club will enlarge its arena and there will be room for fifteen thousand people. More than that number will want to see tho tight, lint we are ready to taik fight with Pritchard at any time, as Fitzsimmons wants to meet the Englishman. He won't offer any serious objection as to the time for the match.'' , Mitchell Says Ills Money Is Up. Buffalo, N. Y.. March a Charles Mitchell and Frank 15. Slavin were 6een this morning by a reporter and asked their ii.tentions in regard to Sullivan's reply to Mitchell's ultimatum. Mitchell seemed nonplussed, and asked the interviewor as to the best course possible. "My ultimatum presented ray case precisely," he said. "My money is up. aud we now wait for Sullivan to put up his money. I am ready to tight Sullivan at any time. There is no reason why this newspaper talk should be continued. 1 am determined to tight." Slavin said: "Let Sullivan put up the money. Mine is posted." The pugilists left liniialo for Toronto today. Obituary. St. Louis, Mo., March a Col. Louis Duestrow, tho largest 6inglo holder of stock in tho famous Granite Mountain silver mine, died hero yesterday. He ruptured a blood vessel of tho heart in stepping from a street-car (he weighed rXXl pounds!, and died almost imipediately. Colonel Duestrow acquired his rank in tho late war es a volunteer. He was sixty years old at tho time of his death. 15y the Granite Mountain Mtnko he rose suddenly from comparatively nothing to a multimillionaire. Moiule. Ala.. March a Mrs. Annie E. Se mines, the widow of tho late Admiral Knphael Semmes. commander of the confederate cruiser Alabama, has died at her home in this city in her soveuty-fourth year. Nf.w Yokk, Maroh a Joseph Solomon Moore, who wrote letters on the tariff, published over the tiom de plume of "The Parseo Merchant." is dead here. An Ohio Mnd-Dog Scare. 8rmxGFii:Li. March a This cltr. particularly the Kaet End, is all excitement over the terriblo results of the rabid raid of the mad-dog lust eening. which bit at least four people and twenty dogs. The police this evening are slaughtering dogs by tho wholesale and the people are clinging to their houses mid are afraid to stir out. A lad named Dunn, who was bit. is in n critical condition from fright and his leg is budly swollen. A Very Old Kx-SUve I)ed. OttekVILI.e. Mo.. March a Dinah l?ogan, aed 115. died here Saturday. She was the oldest person in the county. It is said she could remember being brought from Afrit a when very young. She was a slae of General ilogan, of Peters county, Missouri. An Kleetlon Murder. Sacramkxto, Cal., March a Just after the polls closed in tho municipal election

this evening a San Francisco politician called "big-neck" Smith shot aud killed Patrick lirennigan. a plasterer, dnring a quarrel about the election. Smith shot brennipan twice, and as the latter tell Smith placed the pistol to his head and tired a third that, lircnnigan died instantly. A FLAMING MOUNTAIN.

Siht Witnessed by Prospectors Pnrinj tho Recent Earthquakes in Mexico. San Diego. Cal., March 8. A party of prospectors who wero in the Xew Kiver region of the Colorado desert during the recent earthquakes have just returned and bring a story of a blazing volcano. "We were on tho lower Ganuna mountains, close to tho Mexican boundary line, and about midway between San Diego and Yuma," thoy cay, "when the earthquake occurred. It was folt sharply there, and our first thought v.-an to look for an outbreak of the volcano, but to our surprise, instead of the outbreak, smoke and hazy steam, which is always visible in the Cocopian region, at lirst entirely disappeared, and the first day after the earthquake the entire desert was as clear as a mirror. That night the change came. We beard a rumbling ndiso, and next day the saioke returned, denser and blacker than ever, and that night from the mountain tops we conld plainly eee the flame shootiug up. The volcano appeared to be about forty miles away, and located in Mexican territory. The llanics were not high a hove the level of the desert, and appeared to como from a pit-hole." VOXLD IMPROPER TICKETS. Democrats L.ose through, h IJlunder Republicans Win at Camden, X. T. Mount 1Ioi.lt, X. J., March a The Democrats carried Burlington county to-day by a large majority, but it looks now as though the Republican candidates may get the offices. The entire county is in a state of excitement Under the State law, it is claimed, not a single ballot was cast for a Democratic nominee. The Democratic ballots were not printed according to law. The trouble eoeras to have arisen through a misunderstanding. When the law was passed three years ago it was so framed that it did not apply to township elections. By the present Legislature the law was so amended that it applied to every election in the Stato. whether general, connty of local. It will now devolve upon the county boards of election to pass upon the legality of tho ballots. No matter what thoy may decide tho case will be carried to tho courts and the constitutionality of the Weits law, which has been in dispute, but never before tested, will bo passed upon. The entire county is in a state of excitement. Atlantic Citt. N. J.. March 8. The Dtmocrats in to-day's election carried the city and elected William Wright, former postmaster. Mayor. William Kiddle assessor and Michael Devine collector of taxes. The Democrats will havo a majority in the Common Council. The Democrats have carried nearly all townships in Atlantio county. Tho city always goes Republican. .Camden. N. J., March a The Republicans made a clean sweep at the municipal election held here to-day, electing the Mayor and twenty-eight members of the Common Council. There is not likely to be a single Democrat in the board. Why Teller Oppose Harrison. Dekyf.h, Col., March 9. Soveral Eastern papers have stated that Senator Teller's opposition to the renomiuation of President Harrison was because of a personal grievance. To-day State Senator Steck received a lengthy letter from Mr. Teller, in which he defines bis position on tho presidential question. He opposes tho renomination of Mr. Harrison, he says, "simply because I don't sgreB with him on bis financial policy as applied to silver, and not because of any personal feelings." Ho trusts that Colorado will send delegatus to Minneapolis who will vote against Mr. Harrison, and for a caudidute who favors the free and unlimited coinage of silver. Texas Republican Are for Harrison. Austin, Tex., March a The Republican Srato conventien, to select delegates to Minneapolis, met to-day, six hundred in attendance. After the usual preliminary exercises, J. 13. Rector was elected temporary chairman. Mr. Rector niado a brief speech. The usual committees were appointed and the convention adjourned until to-morrow. There are about six hundred delegates present, two-thirds of whom are colored men. It is said that the delegation will he solid for Harrison. Political Xotet. The North Dakota convention of the National Prohibition party for electing delegates to the national convention to be held in St Louis June 27, which convened at Grand Forks yesterday, resulted in a split, the members of the Farmers' Alliance withdrawing. John Boyd Thatchers, of Albany, N. Y.. a Hill supporter, has Lecn ousted from the presidency of the Young Men's Democratio Club. Congressman Charles Tracey, a Cleveland Democrat, was elected by a vote of 78 to 9. It is reported that the next move will be the ousting of Mr. Thatcher from the presidency of the State league of clubs. Land Company in Trouble. Knox villi:, Tenn., March a The Cherokee Land Companv went into the hands of a receiver to-day, with assets of S600,C03 and liabilities of less than $10,000. The company owns over six hundred acres of land immediately across the Tennessee river from Knoxville. The troublo was caused wholly by non-resident holders, holding abont one-third of the stock, who were endeavoring to control the policy of the company. The majority holders offered them all the money invested by them, with ft per cent, interest and 10 per cent, bonus, but the orler was rejected. The assets are so much in execs of the liabilities that the receivership will bo only temporary. Shook the Gronnd Like an Earthquake. Src;alto the Iodlaitaioiis Jon mat. Fin plat, O., March 8. The nitro-glycer-ine magazine of the Ohio High Explosive Company, located two miles west of this city, exploded at noon to-day and caused a shock all over northwest Ohio, as if from nn earthquake. Several farm-houses were badlv damaged and thousands of panes of window-glass in Findlay broken, but no lives were lost. A fire in the building caused the explosion. The loss has not yet been learned. - m s Will lie Tried by the American Consul. Dubuque, la., March a After interviewing Secretaries Blaine and Tracy, Congressman Henderson telegraphed last night: "Notwithstanding the recent treaty with ipan. Lieutenant Hetheriogton will be tried by the American consul at Yokohama. Appeal will be successively to the American minister and tho United States Circuit Court of California. Ex-Mayor Hetherington says he heartily approves his son's course , in shooting the English seducer, and is confident of his acquittal. She Was Sirs. Tilton's Sister. Louisvillk. Ky., March 8. Mrs. Mary Libbie Farnham. who was accused of blackmailing the Home of the Innocents ic this city last summer, now turns ont to have been a sister of Mr. Theodore Tilton. of Beecher-Tilton scandal notoriety. This fact was brought to liuht from a letter received here a few days ago from Mrs. Tilton, inquiring after property belonging to Mrs. Farnham. Mrs. Farnham died in Loxiugton last December. Ttli- 31ltey for Thorough breris. Fkanklin. Pa.. March a Miller & Sibley have sold to Mr. J. Mahome Forbes, of Boston, a thiee-year-old and r yearling tilly by Sr. Bell for 3.0.(10 aud J5.ix, respectively. Tho yearling is out of a Nutwood mare and the dam is by Sultan. Miller A: Sibley have also sold to Smith McCann. of Lexington. Ky.. the Electioneer stullicu, May King, for $12,000. MaTetiifiif f Sianier. Pltmouth, March 8. Arrived: Vienna, from Philadelphia. PiiiLApr.LriiiA, March a Arrived Switzerland, from Autwcru.

3IERC1ER PARTY DEFEATED. General Elections in the Provinca of Quebec Carried by DeDouckereville Conservatives. Montreal, Que, March 8. The general elections for the province of Quebec were held to-day. The weather was fine and a heavy vote was polled. The Mercier party has sustainod a most signal defeat. At the close of the polls the vote stood 53 Conservatives, 15 Mercierites, 5 Independents. All the Cabinet Ministers in the De Bouchereville government have been returned. Four members in the late Merciex government were deleatetl. Mr. Mercier himself was re-eleoted by CX) majority. Seventy-thrco members constitute the full house in tho Quebec Legislature. Mr. Mercier had a majority in the old legislature ot twenty-eight. Omitting tho Independents Mr. Boucherevillo's majority in the new house will be thirty-eight. The general elections in Quebec to-day were the most exciting in the history of the province. They were brought about by the dismissal of the Mercier Cabinet by the Lieutenant-governor, acting on the majority report of the royal commission appointed to investigate the Mercier government, which sustamod the charges. The Lieutenant-governor summoned Hon. Charles De Bourherville to form a Cabinet, lltfving done so, Mr. De Boucherville roquested the Lieutenant-governor to dissolve the Legislature with tho result that the elections were set down for to-day. The battle has been waged fiercely on both sides, each party etraiuing every effort to eh'ect a victory. The clergy, usually a prominent factor in Quebec politics, maintained almost a neutral position in this campaign. Mr. Mercier fought desperately, appealing to his followers to rebuke Lieutenantgovernor Angers and crush the usurpers who had succeeded him in the administration ot tho province. His appeals were, however, in vain, aud bis party was hopelessly, beaten, it was a Waterloo. Mercier saved himself from defeat, but his lieutenants, the members of the late Cabinet were almost annihilated. It is now very plain that Mercier will bo forced from the leadership of the Quebeo Liberal party, in which a revolt has already been started, and give way to some one better calculated to restore harmony. TELEGRAPHIC BREVITIES. The officers of the New Orleans lottery have been indicted in fourteen States. Twenty-three horses were burned in the Dexter stables at Pueblo, Col., yesterday. Governor Pattison has appointed G. W. Greenland Adjutant-general of Pennsylvania. The Merchants' Oil Company, of Cleveland, assigned yesterday. Its liabilities are placed at SlO.tOa. John Bice and Kichard Carter, two negroes, charged with burning a store at Cleveiaud, Miss., were pursued and shot by a posse. The disagreement between tho New Orleans 'longshoremen and the 8tvedorehas been amicably adjusted aud the strikers have resumed work. The members of the Presbyterian Church of Hiawatha. Kan., held a prayer-meeting yesterday to pray that the world's fair gates would not be opened on Sunday. Tho steamship Missouri is loading at New York the groat cargo of grain given by the American people to the starving Kussians. Indiana's contribution is 114,1)15 pounds. Quarterly returns from tho cotton manufacturing ' corporations of Fall Kiver. Mass., show n increase in dividend's of about 30.50 over those of the corresponding quarter in lfcUl. Judge Thayer, of Philadelphia, has decided that when a vessel is lost no claim for freight charges is allowable to its owners, but brokers who chartered the ship are entitled to their commissions. William Starkoy. the runaway lawyer from Chicago who was supposed to have written the fake?' Cronin lotter from Canada, returned to Chicago yesterday and f nrnished a bond of 13,500. Kobert F. Knapp and Wm. II. Qaylor, police commissioners of Saratoga. N. V., nre accused of havjng illegally harvested several thonsaud dollars by guaranteeing to gamblers and women of the town "protection" and immunity from arrest. Mrs. Flora Black, widow of the Denver, CoL. millionaire, is charged with destroying a will of her late husband that left $1,000,000 in such a manner that his other heirs would have been benefited. Foul play concerning his death is also hinted at. Edward S. Drew, who shot his wife and theu shot himself, at .Lowell, Mass., Sunday, died yesterday. Beforo he died Drew admitted that he shot his wife, but did not state the cause of the trouble between them. Jealousy, it is supposod, prompted tho deed. The Philadelphia Ledger in its financial article to-day says: "Wo can announce officially that Vice-president F. B. Thomas and Second Vice-president George B. Vailleaut. of the New York, Lake Krie& Western railroad, met President McLeod and other otlicials of tho Beading railroad in this city, Tuesday, and after several hours' conference agreed to enter upon an alliance, offensive and defensive, upon which the two properties should be worked in the future." A decision just banded down by the commissioners ot the Western Traffio Association seems to be altogether too late to be of any practical value. Last January the Transcontinental Association, on account of the heavy frost that had damaged the fruit crop iu southern California, decided to establish an emergency rate of V0 cents per 100 pounds on citrus fruit from California points to Chicago and the Mississippi and Missouri rivers, such rate to expire Feb. 15. Subsequently the Atchison asked authority to extend the rate to March 1. The commissioners have finally decided to deny the request. HE WATC1IKD THEIR I.1PS.

That Is the Way a Deaf Man Heard Many. Amuiiing Things. New York Mall ai d Express. "I cannot hear except the noise is very loud and penetrating, but! oau understand easily what anyone says by the movements of the lips, and tne resultls some amusing conversations not intended for me have been read b3 me," said a well-known club man up town recently to a Mail and Express man. The deaf club man smiled at the recollection of some of his lip-reading episodes, and related one as follows: "I once took a contract to write some dramatic letters for a London paper under a nom ae plume, and in my isnorauce I thought it neeessary to mingle with members of the theatrical profession to get news and learn how to becomo a critic. Now I know that criticism is empirical and that news can best be obtained by reading the daily papers. In my rounds I was introduced to a young lady playing a minor part in a comic opera. Nothing would satisfy her until I promised to go and see her sing, for I did not expect to hear her. "One night 1 went and sac in the front row. When the young lady came on the stage, sho was with another young lady, and they stood back, near the wings. 1 saw the young lady's lips move sho was evidently talking in a whisper and this is the conversation I read: My mash is down there.' 'Where?' asked her companion. " 'The blonde man in the front row with hisyellow mustaohe waxed to a point,' was the pat reply. "'lhen the girls giggled, and one said:" ' 'He isn't a beauty, but perhaps he is generous to a fault.' "The next day I met them both together, and informed the one I knew that 1 unaerbtood what she said on the stage. She declared she spoke in a whisper, and that I must have been told if I knew anything. When 1 related word for word their conversation about me it amused them highly, but when 1 told them I read the movements of their lips they became frightened and wanted to know if l knew everything they said to each other in whispers during the performance. Of course 1 had not paid any attention to them after they lirt appeared ou the stage, but 1 pretended that 1 heard everything, but would not divulge it. They wero grateful to me. Ou another occasion 1 was in a theater, and four rows ahead of me sat a young lady who continually whispered to her mother, or some elderly female companion. She was criticising the persunrtl appearance of each actor and actreet. and her remarks were not luteuded for male cars. I did not wish to be uu eavesdropper, so 1 looked in another direction. "Once a friend of mine asked me in a loud lone of voice to lend him $10. I did

not bear him, because his voice blared like some one yelling in a telephone, but i read his words from his lips, and knew what he wanted. Not wishing to lend him that sum of money, 1 pretended that I did not know what he said, and kopt talking on another subject. Finally he yelled to me that he wanted to borrow Instantly I replied that he wanted to borrow only 10 a few minutes ago. and my desire was to know why he wanted more so soon afttrward. It mado hiuimad, aud he said i could hear better than 1 pretended. When 1 told him 1 did not hear him. but understood what he said from the movements cf his lips, he forgave mo and I treated him. "One time I attended a banquet given by a number ot Bohemian writers, male and female. As I had written dramatic letters 1 was considered a member of the fraternityhow, 1 do not know. When the time came for toasting, a wag. who knew that I was deaf, but was not aware of my ability to read from the lips, got up and toasted me in this wise: "Here is to you, you double-turreted vessel of egotism. Laughter. I Your dramatic letters indicate that you are in the first stages of paresis, aud yet you think you are greater than Willie Winter or Nym Crinkle. (Laughter. My wish is that your stupidity and egotism will continue to increase, if that be possible, until your ears grow long enough for you to be seen and known of all men as the purest specimen of a dramatic donkey that ever brayed in print.' (Long and loud laughter. 1 "1 read every word of it, but i smiled as if 1 imagined a deserved compliment was being paid me. In response X said with great enthusiasm: "Tho same to you." Wild yells of laughter greeted my response, and the wag was so discomfited he left before the toasting was over. "Professor Bell, who invented the Bell telephone, married a deaf mute, aud has devoted a great deal of time to labial conversation. Ho and his wife converse rapidly together. 1 can understand an actor, as a rule, better thau the average man, because he enunciates more distinctly, and therefore his lip movement is more decided." STOLE niS WHISKERS.

Eckman't Luxuriant Beard Was Cropped and Now He 5o.es for Damages. Philadelphia Record. All Burlington county. New Jersey, is interested in a suit for damages brought against several well-known citizens of Mt. Holly and Jobstown for cutting the whiskers and otherwise disfiguring Kidway Kchman. of Brown's Mills. In some way Eckman acquired the sobriquet of "Swamp Bobin" a few years ago. and this has stuck to him eyer since. He is a capital pigeon shot and with his gun, "Hanover Dick," as he calls it, he has won a number of shooting matches. About a week ago Kckman went to Jobstown for a week's visit. He had plenty of money, and stopped at the hotel, where he was soon the center of a convivial group. Several evenings afterwards Kckman went to sleep, and the crowd proceeded to decorate him. If there was anything Eckman prided himself on it was his whiskers, which were long, luxuriant and shapely, and extended from ear to ear. When in a thoughtful mood it was his habit to stroke them atl'ectionately for a while, and then twist them into strings so that the wind blew through them like an yEolian harp. The crowd was in for mischief, and decided to destroy bis whiskers then aud there. some one procured a pair of shears and, while the victim slept, trimmed his hair oil' short. It was not what a tonsorial artist would call a smooth job, but it was effective. Then with a pair of horse-clippers a narrow fnrrow was cut through the remaining hair from the center of Eckman's forehead to the back of his neck, which gave him the uppcarance of a calcimined Zulu. Next they shaved off the whiskers on one aide of his face, while those on the other side were trimmed short with the shears. The ends of his luxuriant mustache were cut off. leaving a tuft of hair immediately under his nose, that stuck out straight, and mado him look as if he had nearly succeeded in swallowing a large camelVhair brush. The remainder of the whiskers was removed, with the exception of a goatee of about a dozen hairs from the point of the chin. Then to complete the job, they decorated Mr. Eckman's countenance with red paint. The effect of this was to give the man a thoroughly fiendish appearance, and the erowd laughed with delight. The following morning when Mr. Eckman awoke and took a survey of himself in the glass ho was simply stunned. His tirst impression was that he had been traded off while he slept for a what-is-it or a freak. His appearance on the street was greeted with peals ot laughter, whereupon he howled with rage and attempted to anBuage his grief with liberal applications of apple-jack. He bad partially recovered to-day, but his appearance is still far from being sightly, and he announced that be had begun suit to recover S'J.000 damages from the authors of the indignity, one o! w bom is said to be in the employ of Pierre Lorillard. The accused ineu all deny any complicity in the affair, but Eckman claims to have secured positive proof against them. As soon as his hair grows out the suit will bo tried. A Poet's View of Poetry. Kanftas City Journr.1 "Poetry," said James Whitcoinb Riley at the Coatea House, yesterday, "is not niero meter and diction. Faultless rhythm and learned forms of words are a 6ort of poetry which may be likened to a woman who is beautiful ana dazzles, but may not necessarily have a heart. She thrills and bewitches. We say she is splendid aud all that, but those who look beneath the surface care more for a noble-hearted woman who has a soul, oven if she is not a belle. Poetry to attract and touch the heart must be clothed in popular form. It must appeal to nil who have not the genius of appreciation. "1 had rather write something that will make some big-hearted man or tender woman say, That ain't tine, but it's mighty true,' than write some gem of rhythm and diction. I try to write what the people want. I always abido by their judguieuf. It's pretty 'hard, sometimes, when you vpring something on which .you have wrought for weeks and months and think will hit 'em hard, and then have it fall like a ball of mud. 1 have no especial favorite among my pieces, and do not know that the public has. What pleases one may not please another. "Who is the greatest living American poet? I do not believe we have one who fulfills in all particulars the requirements ot the demand. 1 do not believe that the poets of an epoch can be properly called the poets of an age or nation. The stirring scenes of the war aro over and martial poetry does not thrill us now except in a reminiscent way. 1 do not believe that martial poetry is the true poetry of a nation. 1 love the poetry of the plowshare rather than that of the sword. The destiny of the country and of the world leads along the flower-strewn paths of peace, and not up the red, rugged heights of war. For that roasou 1 believe the American poet is to be born. "Chords have been struck which find a universal response, and American .poets have had their busts placed in Westminister Abbey beside the father of English and the myriad-minded bard. Bat 1 believe the best is to come." The King of Sweden May Visit TJ. Chicago. March 8. The King of Sweden has written a letter intimating that he may visit the world's fair at Chicago in person. The communication was received last ntght by President Bonney, of the world's congress anxiliary. The projected visit is yet a mere suggestion, and of course is subject to numberless contingencies. If he comes, the King will preside over somo literary or scientific congress. Killed for Cowhtdlcc m Hoy. Florence, S. C. March 8.T. W. Tolbert, the father of the International Order of the Machinists, and at oue time its national president, was killed yesterday in a fight with C. 11. and W. H. Briner. both young boys. The killing grew out of C. H. Briner being reported to 'lolbert as having profaned his daughter's uame. for which Le cowhided Briner Saturday night. Jay Coulil (ruMiiic Liberal. New York. March 8. Jay Gould has given $25,000 to the University of the City of New Wrk. The utit whs made a few days alter ho gave his check for 10.000 to the Presbyterian Church extension committee. It was Mr. Gould's desire that the gifts should be kept a secret. Hoi'h arsaparilla nbiolntelv cures where other preparations fail, it possesses in medicinal merit peculiar to Juolf.

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UOliE MEN" LEAVE THE CO TAN I. Anothw Patch of Imported Machinists Desert the Fank&ndle fur the Strikers. The international executive board of the Machinists Union arrived in the city yesterday, and will to-day begin a meeting at the Grand Hotel. The grand officers, including Grand Master Machinist J. J. Cramer, of Richmond, Va., are also here. Their conference will be productive, it is said, of much interest. The question before them is the indorsement or disapproval of tho local strike. Kumors say the board stands four for indorsement and oue for disapproval. There is no question that the machinists are opposed by conviction and iu tho fundameutal law of their nuion to the piece system. They hold the same objection common to all crafts, with the exception of compositors, cigar makers and others whose work admits of a fixed scale. It is admitted, also, by the machinists, that piecework is growing upon them, so that it is only a question of time until the tight between the two systems must bo made. The board, if it hesitates, therefore, will do so only as a matter of expediency. Its action, it is expected, will be governed by the advisability of making the tight at this time. The Eastern centers of manufacturing employing machinists are scarcely organized at all. But should the present sttike be indorsed it will mean the organization means to light the obnoxious system now. It will meab locally that the strike benefits will be paid out of the grand treasury instead of by tho local lodge. It will mean also that the boiler-makers and blacksmiths will be called out if non-nnion men are secured for work in the shop. The strike has thus far been confined, by advice of J. J. Lamb, to this city, but the leaders say it will spread if deemed nocrssary. The company is not expected to yield a point unless forced to, and it may wiu. "But." said one of the members, "no union man will work irXany of its shops." The strikers claim it will be impossible to till their places with competent, skilled workmen, and poor workmen are not desirable in making repairs of engines, for the reason of tho above considerations the meeting to-day will bo very important in its results. The strikers yesterday met a company of twelve machinists who had been sent hero from Philadelphia to take their places. They enjoyed a dinner at the company's expense and then refused, like the Patersou, N. J., meu, to go to work. They said they had been deceived as to the situation here. They' were received with open arms at the lodge -room, and will be provided for until sent home or work found for them. The Paterson men yesterday sent a written demand to Superintendent Darlington for transportation to Paterson again, on the ground that they had been deceived an to tho situation here. The demand was given no consideration. The same demand was made by William O'Dotinell. of Richmond. Va.. with like results. The local lodge received one new member at its regular meeting last night. KErUBMCAN CLANS GATHERING. Earljr Arrivals for To-Morrow" Convention Candidates In the ffld. The convention for tho selection of four delcgates-at-large to tho Minneapolis convention will occnr to-morrow in Tomlinson Hall. The prospect is for a tremendous attendance. The campaign has already developed a great deal of enthusiasm which must find vent- Tomlinson Hall will be crowded, it is thought, to its fullest capacity. Those fifty thousand Republicans who did not vote in IKK), and who looked aghast at the result of their indifference, are in a lighting mood tor victory, with vim and vigor attachments. Tickets will be necessary for admission, and will be distributed by district chairmen. Chairman John K. Gowdy will call the convention to order and the selection of a chairman and secretary will be the first bnsiuess of the convention. Tho hour of begiuning is set at 10 o'clock. The hotels began to till up last night. Tho Demson was tilled almost to its capacity. The New Albany delegation arrived and opened headquarters in a parlor on the second floor for '. T. DePanw as a delegate at large. He has the indorsement of the Third district, and his friends are making an active canvass. The delegation includes General Packard, M. M Hurley. L. L. Pierce, Louis Hartman. C.N. Williams. J. J. Gebhart. James Michaels. John M. Marsh, Albert Trinley, Evans Prosser and others, all of Floyd county. Additional workers aro expected to-day. Mr. DePauw has editor McNeely, of Evausville, to contend with, as representatives of the southern part of the htate. The latter also has the indorsement of his district. The other candidates for tho honor of delegate at large ore Stanton J. Pee lie, of Indianapolis; Charles F. Grifiin. of Hntumoud; L. E. Simons, of Valparaiso; Hon. Richard W. Thompson and Chairman John Gowdy, and it is possible that other names may be presented. Precedent makes it probable Mr. Gowdy will he onoof the four to be selected, but be is not pushing his claim npon the honor. Mr. Thompson in n avowed candidate. His towering character as an orator, a stateeman and a Republican, together with his age, combine to give him, it is Maid, a clear field. Four years ouo the convention Htsmpeded for him under tho spell of his fiery oratory, still undiminished in force and brilliancy. The Central . Tratiic Association has granted a one-faxe rate for tho round trip, lickets may he purchased to-day and tomorrow, and nre good for passage to Indianapolis only on the date ot sale. Returning, the tickets are good returning on date stamped ou back by aitent at Indianapolis, but not good later than for trans leaving Indianapolis March 11, U'J-'. For Secretary uf State. The name of Milton Trusler. of Fayetto county, will bo presented to the Republican nominating convention at Fort Wayne for Secretary of State. His many friends in the canvaFS of 10 desire him to occupy that place again on the ticket. 3Ir. Craft's Plea. The trial of Mrs. Craft, accused of abandoning an infant on a door-step and causing its death, was set for to-day, but will probably be continued again. An insanity commission will investigate her mental condition to-day. The authorities will probably try to have the charge against her. in case she is found to be sane, changed to mauslauffbter. Mrs. Craft is a nurse by profession, and is related by marriage to the father of the abandoned babe, who is a telegraph operator named Donglas in Brazil. He has disappeared. The mother ol the child is Miss Kimball, cousin of Douglass, and she lives in Duquoin, 11L Girls and Neckties. New York World The girls are busy just now making neckties for their best young men. Thev first rrfnllv Kturfr hi rmnrilevmn nnii flifii buy the silk which will bo becoming to his peculiar otylu of beauty. The silk is crocheted into a "four-in-hand tie." It takes time ana patience, but the maid and man are happy. The yoatn who has not yet been presentedwith one of the new ties is wearing a pained, hurt look. J-'or Chlna-rainters. New Yrrx Post. A woman who learned to paint china nnder the best masters of P.iris and Dresden gives some of the preliminaries which make for success in that art. Thv. first in a good light, north, if possible and without reflection from the walls of tho room

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