Indianapolis Journal, Indianapolis, Marion County, 20 April 1894 — Page 2

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Know how they can h" kept po the memb?r3 can be paid, personally or by their draft.", v.lth anv assurance that thoy are not being overpaid. It sweeps away every vestige of the favors and ease of payments with which the oflice has heretofore tried to facilitate money dealings with members. TOO POOH TO III II.I SUITS. Report of the House Committee on niiil Affair. WASHINGTON', April IS. The present anil prospective naval strength of the United states In comparison with that of foreign i)wers Is set forth In the report Of the House committee on naval affairs presented to-day by Chairman Cummlngs. The report states that the committee has reluctantly concluded not to recommend the construction of a new battleship t?cause of the depleted condition of the treasury. It is urged, however, that there must be r.o halt in building1 up the newnavy. England proposes, says the rejort, to build seven battleships of the firsS class. Elx cruisers of the second class and two sloops. Italy, with a depleted treasury,-is preparing to build three first-class battleBhips, three cruisers, twelve torpedo boats and four transports. Germany, France and Russia are going to even greater lengths to secure the increase of their navies. The report alia: "In view of these facts. It certainly would not b safe for the United States to build no more battleships and cruisers. AVlth increasing prosperity the work should go on till the American navy Is strong enough to stand all exigencies. The slight increase proposed by the committee will certainly not burden the country with taxation during the coming year, and. with renewed prosperity, the work can be continued in the future without ever burdening the Nation." Tho loss of the Kearsarge leaves the Hartford. Admiral Farragut's flagship, the only vessel In the navy aside' from the frigate Constitution, around which historic memories cluster. The committee, in accordance with the wishes of the Navy Department, has recommended liberal appropriations for her preservation and improvement, believing that public sentiment demands it. The committee has put into the bill a clause providing for the naturalization of alien sailors and marines on United States vessels who have served five consecutive years and have been granted honorable discharges. The Secretary recommended some provision for the naturalization of aliens enlisted in the navy. Similar provisions for the naturalization of our merchant seaman and of enlisted men serving in the army already have become laws. The report of the Judge advocate-general of the navy calls attention to the fact that aliens who have served twenty years in th Unltt-d States navy have had no opXortunity to become citizens of. the United States. In reporting this provision the committee expresses the opinion that some

sups should be taken- toward encourage ing the enlistment of American sailors. There are several bills before the committee which have this object in . vlcwi and which it Is hoped rnay become laws. The naval stability board ha submitted to Secretary Herbert a rejort. of thorough tests of the three great battle ships, Indian.!. Mas.-aehusotts and Oregon, to determine the question of their stability. The result of these tests w;as entirely satisfactory, and U held to show that these hits are .superior to any war ships atloat Ct corresponding size. SEX ATI I'HOCKKIJIXGS. Tariff Spceeh hy Mr. Perkins -Deflcleney Bill Agreed To. WASHINGTON, April 19.-The day in the Senate was almost entirely consumed by a tpeech against the pending tariff bill by Senator Perkins, of California. The speech was mainly devoted to a discussion of the articles which directly affected California wool, fruits, quicksilver, beet sugar, etc., although he considered other features in the bill In which his State was not interested, but which were opposed to Republican principles and which he accordingly arraigned. r.ut little business was transacted during the morning hour, the agreement of the Senate to the report of the conferrence committee on the urgent deficiency bill being the most Important. The Peffer resolution for the appointment of a committee on communications for the purpose of hearing the grievances of Coxey's army was discussed by Senator. Peffer and Allen, both of whom i tvored it. but It went over without action by the expiration of the morning hour. Senator Galllnger's resolution calling on the secretaries or the Treasury and the In terior to transmit to the Senate, In sep arate lists, the names of all clerks and employes appointed, promoted, reduced, dismissed, or who have resigned by request since March 4, lSf., was passed. At 5 o'clock eulogies were pronounced on the late Representative W. H. Enochs, of Ohio, after which the fcenate, at 5:h, ad journed. Stock of Gold Rapidly Deerenwlnjr. WASHINGTON, April 13. The net gold in the treasury at the close of business to-day was Jlu3,C73.GlS and the cash balance $131,2M.741. Information received at the treasury indicates that there will be another heavy payment of gold next Saturday, which possibly may reach last week's ship ment of $4.2uoko. It is expected, however. that not more than half of the amount will te taken from the suMreasuries, the banks furnishing the rest. Nevertheless, the gold Fupply in the treasury is decreasing week by week until it has reached a point where the ji'H.tMv.iiHj reserve Is liable to be again encroached upon. Turple's TnrilT Speech. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. WASHINGTON. April 10. Senator Tur tle's speech yesterday telling Senators Smith and Hill to either vote for the tariff bill or leave the party continues to be the topic of gossip. Neither Senator Hill nor hmith will make any comment. Meanwhile Senator Voorhees grows hourly more fear ful of the fate of the bill. Dome Mtleuted HtifTulo nntl I'lk. WASHINGTON, April 19. The Agri cultural Department has been notified that two herds of domesticated buffalo and elk are to be found in Otoe county, Nebraska. There are nine animals in the former and t-ight in the latter. The owner collected the animals and Is caring for them In the liope of being able to preserve the breeds from extinction. tie uerni Notes. WASHINGTON, April .-Representative Grosvenor haa introduced a bill to repeal the old law directing the Sergeant-at-arms to "dock" the salaries of absent members. Mr. Grosvenor says that the law never can be enforced, and it U better to repeal It than violate it. The President has-pardoned F. M. McCallahan, convicted in eastern Missouri, of burglarizing a postotllce.He has served his sentence and is paraoned to restore citiThe President to-uay sent to the senate a list of 131 army oificers nominated for brevet, rank as a reward for gallant and distinguished service in Indian campaigns. Attorney S. O. Pickens, of Indianapolis, arrived here to-night to seo Controller Hcktld. Mr. A. Bernardin, of Evansville, is in the city. Postmaster Dalton, of the House, has so far recovered from his recent severe at tack of illness that ho was able to leave his house to-day; Mr. C. B. Cooper, of Columbus, a brother Of the Congressman. Is here with hits wife. I.. W. Walker, of Aurora. Ind.. and J. W. Johnson, of Sterling, III., have been' aj.pvintcd carets at tne Military Academy. WEATJIEK FORECAST. Partly Cloudy, Possibly Local Ilnlns, uml Cooler TIiIm IIveuliiK. WASHINGTON. April IX For Indiana and Illinois Partly cloudy weather; pos sibly local rains; west winds; cooler Friday evening. For Ohio Fair in western, local showers In eastern portions; slightly cooler. Local Observation. Inpian iti.i. Ind., April 10.

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Maximum temperature. TO; minimum temper ature, f.o. The loKovviui: ! u comparative state ment or win temperature and. precipitation. April l'J. ls'Jl: Tern. 11 .". i I're. Normal Mr.tu Departure from normal Kxceiift or deficiency inre Apr. 1 txr"M or deficiency ltic-. I an 1 o. l'J o.T' O 03 1.41 Tltis. ('. K. 1L WITI-MUN, Luc a I Forecast Olhcial. United Mate Weather liureau. Four Killed by u Tortindo. WEST PLAINS. Mo.. April 10. SummerMile, in Texas county, was strucK py a tornado yesterday. Mrs. Val M. Keel and three children were killed. It U feared that other lives were lost.

WHIPS F011 TRAMPS

Muncie Police Lav on the Lash Till Mood" Flows. Kotly-Snatcliers at Iiockvort K. of P. District Convention Presbytery Winds Up Its 1'usiness. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. MUNCIK, Ind.. April 13. This morning Suirintendent of Police Miller supplied several me hers of his force with rawhide whips and instructed that they te used on tramps. The otKcers soon found a crowd at the depot, and took after them. The unfortunates ran cast on the I K. & W. railway, with the iollce on their hee'.s. using the whips at every jump. They cried for mercy, but the otticers had betiv Instructed by Governor Matthews's Hoard of Commissioners to sjxtre none. The scene was pitiful, and made the average good citizen of Muneie shudder. One of the officers, was so violent In wielding his whip that blood flowed from the back he was beating. The affair has caused much comment, and the class that favors such brutal work In this city Is greatly in the minority, but the police say it shall be kept up. WOHK OF I10IV-SATCIIi:US. Grave of Juincn Lowery Roblietl at Kockport. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. ROCKPORT. - Ind., April 19. There has b:en a great deal of excitement here for the past three days caused by a report that the grave of James Lowery had been robbed. At first there was not much confidence placed in the report, but later developments substantiated the report. On Monday morning last Mrs. Lowery, mother of the deceased, went to the grave and found the shirt in which her son had been buried. Yesterday the authorities took the matter In hand and made an investigation by opening the grav?. They four. J the grave empty. By whom and whither taken no one knows. Lowery dl-d abjut three weeks ago. was about twenty-live years old. and had always h.-cn a robust, healthy young man up to about two months prior to his death, when he took quick consumption. There Is no medical college nearer than one hundred miles of this city, and it Is believtd that the body-snatchers are near by. It is believed that other graves have teen robbed and an investigation will be made. Watchers are now kept at the ct-metery every night. AVATSOX WAS LILOQIKXT. Antoiitftlie Muucle with IIIh Ile-spoiise at the Iv. of 1. Meeting. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. MUNCIK, Ind., April 19. This city has been dressed in holiday attire to-day with yellow, blue and red, the K. of P. colors, everywhere, in honor of the Fifth district meeting of the Knights of Pythias. The session met in Energy Lodge Castle this afternoon. The weather was bad last nignt and to-day and the crowd was a disappoint ment Mayor A. W. Brady was to make the address of welcome, but owing to an accident he could not be present, and Fa L. Hotkln omctated. The response by Grand Chancellor James K. Watson, of Kushvllle, was a flow of eloquence that has never been excelled in Muneie and called forth many compliments. Grand Instructor Dr. . Ij. ilelskell. of Indianapolis, instructed those present on the unwritten work, and the meeting adjourned for supier. Grand Chancellor Watson had to leave this evening and Grand District Deputy K. K. Hendee, of Anderson, filled his chair to-night. Three candidates were given the first, sec ond and third deirrees of the work to night by the grand oificers. Muncie's team did the work. The Muneie City Hand and Orchestra furnished the music. The parade did not occur because of the weather. Anderson, Winchester. New Castle, Knightstown, Kushvllle, Hartford City, Portland, Union City and other cities were repre sented. PHKSnVTHHY ADJOCRNRD. lii too Servlee vltlt the Wiunii'M MiftNionnry Society, Special to the Indianapolis Journal. CRAW FOR DSVILLJ2, Ind., April 19. The session of the Crawfordsville Tresbytery closed to-day, and dinner was served at the Baptist Church. A church is to be organized at Earl Park, and the committee to see about this consists of Ilev. James Williamson, Rev. Fyffer, of this city, and A. A. Rice, of Lafayette. In the home mission work fifty-five churches have contributed ?l,4oo.37 sinco.the last reIort. The board of education committee reported that J1.S37 had b:en paid back by young men who had received aid as minis terial students, and who had finally fol lowed other pursuits. There are now fortysix under the care of the board, and $1,200 less had been received during the year ending March 1 than the ye.tr previous. In the report it was stated that a man with a good colletre education was 230 tlme3 more likely to succeed than a man with a poor education. N. C. McCoy, of this city. was licensed to preach, and Messrs. Mcliroom and Ieroy were taken under the care or the presbyttry. Rev. . W.Tate. or jadoga, was transferred to the Lake Superior Presbytery. Rev. R. J. Cunning ham and Rev. K. II. Thomson, of this city. were appointed commissioners to Lans The ological Seminary. Cincinnati. The oman s Missionary society of the Crawfordsville Presbytery has also been in session yesterday and to-day. Tho open ing devotional exercises were led by Mrs. Jeanette Rudy, of Iafayette. and Mrs. H. li. Thomson, of Crawtordsvllle. Th re ports from the various branches of the work were encouraging, and snowed that great progress was being made. Memorial exercises were held In connection with, the presbytery, and tributes to the memory of Mrs. I'.lizabeth u and Ralney. late presi dent of the woman's board of the Craw fordsville Presbytery were presented by Mrs. Vater, of Lafavette. anl Mrs. Lsvi Sidvvell. of Rockvllle. Tributes to the memory of Miss Anna Mllligan were also presented by Mrs. J. P. Walter and Miss Llllie lilalr, of this city. .Miss Mllligan was the daughter of the late Joseph Mllli gan. of this city, and a sister of II. J. Mllligan, of Indianapolis. Mrs. H. R. Thomson, the presbyterial secretary, gave the yearly reiort. show:ng the onward progress of the work, and that over $,uj0 had been contributed to the mission cause. l. II. Wumnn'H MInmIoiis. Special to the Indianaiolis Journal. ANDKRSON, Ind., April 10. The twelfth annual meeting of the White River Branch of the Woman's Missionary Association of the U. II. Church closed Its session of two days in this city with a sermon by Rev. D. O. Darling; of Marlon. The discussions to-day, on "Progress of Woman's Work" and "How to Help Ijcal Societies," were led by Mrs. M. E. Rubush, of Indianapo lis; Mrs. IXirfinK and Mrs. Zartman, of Marion. There are seventeen societies in this district, including Indianapolis. Marlon, Haleville, Huntsvllle, Kokomo, White-land, Economy, Fortville, Pendleton, Nobesville, Honey freek, Alexandria. La Fountain, Dublin. Hajrerstown, C owan and Anderson. Th-s? places were represented by Daven port. S. N. Morns. .Martha A. Mover. I'tm -r' Thomas. Ellen Riee, A r ule Alexa nder, Marv Darlintr. M. E. Publish. Minnie A. Wllmore, MaKSie Faueett. Ellen Saunders, Clara Smith. M. Zartman. Mrs. (I. . Wheeler. Mrs. V. T. Wheeler. Mrs. Jen nie Re-d. Lizzie Kincaid. Jennie j.ov .Jen nie Eastman. Sadie Reynold?, Adaline Cain and Edna Watson. A". P. S. C. II. Organization. Fpeclal to the Indianapolis Journil. CRAWFORDSVILLE. Ind., April 10. The Young People's Society of Christian Endeavor of the Third Christian district oi this State met last nUht and perfected an organization. The new ofhc-r ar: President. W. S. M.-ff-t. Crawf.rdviile: vi-e president. Clifford Stewart. Covington; svretarv. (ioorge rerrin. i.Mrm.nvn. Th. re is also a secretary for e ich county in thD district. AYork Conducted In (criiiain. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. NEW ALRANY, Ind.. April IX -The conferer.ee of the (Serman Evangelical churehe of the Indiana district, com; rlsin;: Ohio. Kentucky. Illinois and Indiana, convened in this city this afternoon. Nearly one hundrel ministers are attending. 1 ne confer ence will continue until SUurdiy. the work being conducted in the Herman language. tventy-I-'lve Charter - Member. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. MUNCH:. Ind.. April l:-Last night the court room In the Delaware county courthouse was filled to overflowing with young Republicans in the Interest of the Delaware County Republican Lincoln League 'Jlub.

which was permanently organize 1 "with marly seventy-live charter members. An executive commute.; compose I of George W. Cromer, Zora Sharp a"'1 IJvM A. Limtert was ap; o:nte I. It v. as alsj decided to appoint a recruiting committee of one from each ward, and the following were selected: First wan!. A. I. Ma i lux: Second. George Shaw; Thir l. Thomas L. Starr; Fourth. U L Starr: Fifth, Moses Swan; Sixth. John Lowe. The committee on programme consists of Kit Thompson, T. S. Owen and Charles Iloyce. wiu:ck COST .ioo,ooo. The WnJmMh Railroad Hn Sctlled for tbe KlK"liir- dt nullities. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. LA PORTE. Ind., April 13. The Wabash railroad has settled oil damages and claims caused by the great wreck at Kingsbury,

this county, last September, wherein twelve passersers were killed. The amount foots up SttVr.Kj. Of this sum lOO.iJ was paid the families of the killed and to the injured. Fear Drove Him to Suicide. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. LERANON, Ind., Arril 13. Jefferson Kersey, after three unsuccessful attempts, committed suicide this morning, at 5 o'clock, by cutting his throat with a butcher knife from ear to ear. He was a veteran pensioner of the late war, and it is reijrted that on account of several of his comrades having their pensions discontinued under the present administration he became alarmed and it weighed so much on his mind he bx-ame dangerously insane a few days ago and informed his wife that before he Would see his pension taken from him he would kill hlmeslf. He has been a well-known character in this vicinity for the past thirty years. C!ilnet Who 3Iny He Admitted. WASHINGTON, April 0 Secretary Carlisle to-day sent 'the following telegram to the collectors of customs at all of the- ports at which Chinese usually enter the United States: "Chinese merchants domiciled In the United States and who departed prior to Nov. P. last may be permitted to land uion evidence sullicient to satisfy you of their Identity as returning merchants. Those who left the United States since. November last, and whose names do not appear in the firm name must be excluded. under the opinion of the Attorney-general of the Cth inst." Llvvood Will Have to Pay. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. ANDERSON, Ind., April 13. The famous El wood sewer trial, which has occupied the attention of the Circuit Court for more' than a week, was decided to-day in favor of the contractors, P. T. O'Prien and J. W. Call, of Elwood. The sewer was- constructed at a cost of $20,000, but the Council, refused to levy the assessments and the suit was brought asking a court order to collect the assessment. The city had al leged that the work was not done according to the specifications and refused tu ac cept it. : Tried to Kill John Gift. ' ' Special to the Indianapolis Journal. ELWOOD, Ind., April 19. An unsuccess-; ful nttcmpt was mnde last nfght by some unknown person to assassinate John Gift, one of the best-known young men of this city. Ho was returning from up-town when he was suddenly attacked by a fdrarvrer. who began shoctin? at him. He manaxed to escape without injury. His assailant lied in the darknesa and lias not yet been ap- . prehended. ': - Flaw in the Warrant. '" i Special to the Indianapolis Journal. RICHMOND, Ind., April lS.Moses Col-( lier. who has been held for the alleged ; murder of his wife on the testimony of the coroner, was released to-nignt by tne or-1 der of the prosecutor, much to the surpiisa of the city generally. The cause for this act was the failure to prepare a proper warrant against Collier by which he could ba legally held. Student Morriit Wan Not Expelled. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. RICHMOND, Ind., April 19.-Presldent J. J. Mills, of Earlham College, corrects the statement In yesterday's Journal that Robert Morris was dismissed from Enrlham i along with six students for violation - joI' i faculty rules. A serious wrong has been ' done student Morris, whose name, by mis take, was given in the list. Jnme.H M. Meeker Killed. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. NEW ALRANY, Ind., April 13 James M. Meeker, formerly of this city, was killed yesterday in St. Louis, where he was employed on the Missouri Pacific. He was twenty-nine years old. He was a nephew of Mrs. Elizabeth Ryan, of Indianapolis. Killed by Lightning. MOUNT VERNON. Ind., April 10. Light ning struck a house on the farm of 11 M. Spencer to-day, instantly killing James Jennifer and severely shocking Ceorge Kirk.. The house and conten were destroyed. Indiana Deaths. DANA, Ind., April 10. On Tuesday oc curred the death of Thomas S. Hood, who was born In Tennessee Dec. 16, 1S15. He married Rebecca Aye Feb. 18?0. Mr. Hood h.ol amassed a fortune here. He was a Mason, having joined that order nearly fifty years ago, anl will be buried by that order to-morrow. Morton S. Meek, need eicrhtv-one. died this morning at his home near this city. He was one of the few remaining pioneers of Wayne county. RICHMOND, Ind.. April 13.-Mrs. Katlu erlne Torbeck. aged eighty-six, died th!s morning at the home of her son-in-law, Renjamin Maag. GOSHEN. Ind.. April 19. Jacob II. Dell, aged eighty-eight, one of northern In diana s first settlers, died of paralysis to day. Indiana Xntew. Rev. John L. Aten.' ten j'ears pastor of the U. P. Church at Madison, has resigned. Crawfordsville people are advocating mu nicipal ownership of their water works plant. The two-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Wardwell at Elwood was fatally kicked in the forehead by a vicious horse yesterday. A sneak thief at Munci4 stole a sample case belonging to J. J. Townsend, of Indianapolis, from the Rig Four passenger train in Muneie. James Rhotla, a drayman, crossing the Dake Shore tracks in a wagon at Chester ton, was - killed by the fast train. Roth horses were killed. Twenty-live thousand dollars worth of Adams county gravel road bonds have been wld to V. YV. Harris & Co., of Chicago, at o por cent, interest. Fire Thursday nirrht destroyed the cigar factory of John Atkinson at Redkey, entailing a loss of $TyR. Insurance small. Cause of fire unknown. Rev. K. C. F. Ernst, pastor of the German Lutheran Church of Madison, will not accept a call to St. Louis as was erroneously stated a few days ago. David Edward Boone, who Is under J2.000 londs at South Rend, charged with robbing the l nurd States mails, will have a hearing at Indianapolis early In May. William Rlack, a farmer near Decatur, uncovered a skeleton whlh? plowing this week. The evidence points to a foul crime years ago, when an old house stood on the spot. Daniel F. Randolph, of Fairland. Shelby county, was born in New York In 1SU and i. a nephew of the elder Daniel Randolph, whose estate now claims ?10,m,(KJ j worth of Philadelphia real estate. Jay Rarnes, a book dealer of Valparaiso, is the possessor of a German P.iMe, printed in Strasburrr. Germany, in 1"-,. for which ho h.j.s ree ived an oifer of $", from a collector in Chicago. Tne bok passed through the Chieapo tire, anl was bought by Mr. Rarr.es for ?1. Moses Grooms, of Richmond, has been -.' t'.ti-'tl that he is one of the heirs to an estate valued at fly"."'") left by his une'e, Reuben Mov'kaley. Th1 chbf part of the propel ty li-s in western Missouri a short distance from Kansas City and Independence. Mr. Grooms lie; a brother at Greeiieustlu who will a!sj share In the estate. TLawkcr Win the Tenth Game. PHILADELPHIA. Ar ril 1 i Th. swnml "ame of the l'hiiadt lpni t seri s, and the tenth ganv In all of tne world's chess championship match was playe 1 p - lay btw:en Linker and Steinitz at the Franklin Ca-ss Club. Steinitz hid the mive. He resigned after the thirty-first move, making tho s.or.-: Lasker. Ste;ni.z. 2; drawn, Steinitz played the inic to-diy in wry Ioor form, in conseiu;nce of being troubled with insomnia. ' Obituary. SAN FRANCISCO. Ar ril tr.-Rev. George Burrows. D. D.. widely known as a Greek anl Hebrew scholar, died at his home in this city to-day. He Is sai l to have read in the original lb-brew seven hundred tlive-i. Dr. Burrows had read the Greek TVs tame nt Rj unus.

AN OKLAHOMA STORY

Uncon firmed Report of a Rattle with the Dal ton Gamy. Three Bandits, Two Deputy Marshals and a Woman and Her Daughter Alleged to Have Heen Killed. KANSAS CITY, Mo., April 19.-The following: dispatch was received from Perry, O. T., toTday: "News was received her this morning by messengers that a terrible fight occurred about forty miles east of here, near Ewen mountain, yesterday evening and last night. The noted outlaws Bill Dalton and Rill Doolan, another outlaw said to be Bitter Creek, a woman and her little girl and two deputy marshals were killed. "Marshal Dix. of Oklahoma, had been planning for some time to catch the Dalton gang, and Marshal Burrall Cox, with Heck Thomas and Bill Tighemann, of Perry, and fourteen deputies left several days ago for the eastern part of the Cherokee Strip in pursuit of the Daltons. The marshals met Bruce Miller, one of the gang, and the fight commenced. This was at McEIroy's ranch, fifteen miles this side of Ingalls. Bid Dalton and Bill Doolan were near by when the fight began and went to Bruce Miller's assistance, and a regular battle took place. When the messenger left the scene of conflict last night at 8 . o'clock seven persons had been killed and a running fight was in progress. They reported that it looked like the noted g?.ng of -outlaws would b wiped out of existence. The price of Bill Dalton'S capture dead or alive Is $2,500 and the price of Rill Doolan's head is $1,000. The Daiton gang has terrorize! Oklahoma and southern Kansas for the past four years." After diligent inquiry the Associated Press Is unable to verify the above story. Immediately upon receipt of the report that a battle had occurred the Associated Press correspondent at Perry. O. T., was asked for a verification or denial of the affair and the following reply was received: "Basing his opinion upon reports as they have come In. the sheriff of this county says there Is not a word of truth in the report of a fight with the Daltons." The following dispatch was received from Arkansas City, Kan.: "The report was taken into Perry by a cowboy whose reliability is not known. The trainmen and Xossengers who have just arrived there from the south discredit the reports." A special to the Journal received at 8 p. m. from Guthrie, O. T., says: "A report reached here to-night of another conflict between United States marshals and members of the Dalton gang, which is said to have occurred northeast of Stillwater, In the Pawnee reservation. The battle lasted over an hour, and two marshals and one outlaw are reported killed and several others injured. United States Marshal Nix has received no official news and details cannot be obtained." ONE OF J. V. FAIIWELL'S LETTERS. He Couldirt Trust the liepublican Party in Texas in CHICAGO, April 19. In the Sturgis-Far-well arbitration hearing to-day ex-Senator Farwell was under cross-examination. Mr. Farwell frankly told of various plans to get rid of Sturgls, and said that, at one time, in London, Mr. Sturgls threatened him, saying that his life, and fortune, and reputation were in danger. Then Mr. McCarthy produced some letters and read them with much satisfaction. One of the letters was from J. V. Farwell to Colonel Babcock, who was in Texas. Before it was read, Mr. High, the Farwells attorney, asked In a sneering tone: "Who is this Colonel Babcock, and what is it he Is colonel of?" 'I don't know," said Mr. McCarthy. "It may nave been the Salvation Army, he was so familiar with John V. Farwell." Mr. Farwell's letter, dated July 2, 18S4, waa as follows: "Dear Sir I see that the Texas ReDubUcans have declared for free grass, ex pecting, of course, to draw from the Dem ocratic nominees that element in the strug gle i or power, mis more than ever connrms my Impression that the Republican party ot the South, Texas included, can not be trusted with power any more than you and I would trust the Democratic party of the North to run our general government, though there are very many men in it worthy of confidence. It is because tne worst elements of Northern society are, almost to a man, Democrats that we would not trust the party here. On the same principle we cannot trust the Re publican party in Texas, tnough many men in it may be good men. The present ad ministration has certainly made a proud record for themselves and their party in the passage and enforcement of land laws. looking toward the perfect protection ot property rights to the individual and the State, in the face of a wealthy and powerful faction in their own party, who have grown rich on free grass. Of course, our interest would dictate that we should spare no labor, time or expense tov make Uieir election sure. It there is any doubt about it and such effort cvn be made effectual, not only our iterests demand it (that Is too Fmall a platform for me to stand on), truth and righteousness demanJ it, and when any party deserts these, or when material interests require men to keep company with lawlessness, honest men must, in self-defense and to protect good society, stand with the party which guarantees that the power of the government shall, by the Eternal, be used only for the protection of the rights of all. No man takes the name of God In vain who does it in such connection. When we conscientiously work and pray in one line we may be sure we are right. J. V. FARWELL. "I. S. The study of politics is very much in your line, and if you don't asree with me in the spirit of this letter Texas is no place for you you had better come home." A DEFECTIVE CRUISER. Incidents of the New York's Trip to Rio A Moment of Suspense. NEW YORK, April 19. A special to the World from Washington says the official report of Capt. John Philip, commanding the United States cruiser New York, relating to defects of construction, said to have develoied during th trip to Rio de Janeiro, has just been received kt the Navy Department. When Captain Philip got to sea, the report says, he found that the forward turret was rigid and could not ba turned either to port or starboard, while the after turret could be moved only ten degrees at a time. Ensign R. B. Dashi?l, who is an expert naval constructor, was set to work on the engines us? I to turn the turrest, and by making certain alterations succeeded in working them very slowly, but not quickly enough for brilliant work in action. Then the discovery was made that the ammunition hoists were al?o defective. During target practice an .attempt was made to hoist a big tlght-lach shell to one of the forward turret nuns. Tne basket, which Is said to be too small, cau.u the drum at t.ie top of the lift and the big shell was thrown out and p.uned down th-1 ammunition shift plump on the top of the waiting projective. Tne men shut their eyes in horror. Nothing but a marvel. It set nied. could save taem and th great ship liom be-in.; blown to smlthers. But the lower she'd had shifted siigatly by the roll of the sr.ip and stood in such a position that the curvitage of the st.el tubes tame just b-f re the percussion caps met in their deadly kiss an 1 the ship was saved. The falling shell rolled harmlessly away. Later, the report says, the magazine of the eight-inch broadside guns, it was found, threatened th? destruction of the ship. The officer of the deck was just about to nwv: a quantity of smokeless jMwder from the general migizme into those reservoirs, when he found that they were heated to a temperature cf K) degri.es. i aptaia l'niup an l Lieutenant L;rnI mander .Mason were summoned to council l ne two magazines are s ua to u: placed risht up against the fire holes of the ship, and are thus rendered useless I,iNc ly Fire. IH'NTSVII.IJ:. Ont., April 19. A hotel, grist mill and thirty-two business places, also the I'piscopal Church, telegraph and telephone oltlce, postotlice and steamer llxcelMr were burned yesterday. Loss, $L!0,OuO; Insurance, $40,i. The Difference. Atchison Globe. A clrl child Is never so young that she elves it awav at a party that some things ure lorrowcd for the occasion. A boy child never grows so old he falls to.

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NEW BEDROOM CARS The Latest Thins: in Nisrht Coach es for Genuine Comiort. Four Story-Telliiiff Travelers Compare Notes ami Anecdotes About Modem Ways of Traveling. New York Sun. A thought that doubtless occurs to many who travel frequently on our railways is that the leading trunk lines are conscious ly or unconsciously making long-distance railway travel very like steamship travel, but only fortjie-jatn. One of the great JfifcUrT'Tn'fows a sop to the women in the torm of a ladies or waiting mail, who is a fixed part of the crew of each train, but it is the men who appreciate the growing similarity to steamship travel. They can move to and fro between their staterooms and the smoking room, where they may smoke, play cards, drink or chat. The three meals a day in the dining cars bring as many more breaks in the routine, but these visits to the "diner" are the only refreshing changes for the women, who grow more and more numerous in the cars. The newest thing in railroading takes the form of bedroom sleeping cars of great magnlllcence but uncertain promise that one company now runs between New York and Chicago on the fastest llyers. These cars carry a strong suggestion of being English and a still stronger resemblance to the old Mann boudoir pian of car building. They differ from the Mann patent in having the rooms on one side as far as the middle of the car, where the hallway turns across the car, and the rest of the bedrooms are on the other side of the car. Tne bedrooms are comparatively large, and each one contains an upper and a lower berth, a washstand, with running water, and the main appurtenances of tne retiring room that are tound In the cars of older style. The beds are bigger that is, wider tnan the old eleepers, and if two friends or a marrisd couple secure one of these rooms they are certain to enjoy a better night's rest and more comfort generally than ever came to them in the oldstyle open saloon sleepers. Women can undress in their rooms with the doors shut without fear of Intrusion and with plenty of room for the operation, and so can men. Once in bed there is no 'danger of any one's falling in upon the sleepers as a curve is turned and some luckless pedestrian is flung through the curtains. Each room can be ventilated as desired, and the snores and baby's cries and bedroom odors of ths old-style cars are all shut out of these private rooms. LIKE A PRISON CELL. But in all probability the average traveler wili never know, until he gets in one of these new cars, how much he liked the chance the old-style cars gave for looking at the other passengers. The other passengers lightened the journeys. They were Interesting and amusing, and enduring friendships were often made between men and men and women and women In the open saloon sleepers. Now, the traveler gets Into one of these new flying bedchambers and understands at once that he may only look at whoever has the other berth In the same room. He sees the other man's bag and umbrella on the other seat and wonders what, sort of a man he will prove to be. for whatever sort he is that man and he must sit knee to knee all the time they are in their stateroom. "Suppose." said one of four passengers who met in the smoking car of such a train going out the other night, "suppose your room-mate happened to be a maniac, like the fellow I met in a Pullman car in Virginia a few weeks ago, what then?" "Oh. Lord!" gasped No. 2. "Rut, suppose," said the third man, "that It was a woman with a baby, such as I met on the way to Buffalo not long ago, when by gracious the baby took the most strange "liking for me, and would sit on my lap for the hour, and wound up at night by yelling blue murder until I took it into the upper bunk, where it fell asleep with one arm around my neck." "But; heavens!" said No. 4, "surely they don't nut women in a closed bedroom where a man has the other berth. Oh, I say, conductor, what do you do If a woman has one berth In one of these bedroom cars and a man has the other berth?" "Well, that don't often happen." said the conductor. "The ticket agents try to guard against that by selling uppers and lowers together to separate single women who apply. " "Rut suppose it does happen?" "Well. then, we manage somehow. It happened to-night, but luckily I found a place to put the man in another car and I gave the whole room to the lady." A CRAZY ENGLISHMAN. The passengers plied the conductor with questions. They asked what happened If a drunken man or a lunatic got into one of these new cars, and he said nothing happened, because such people aren't allowed on the trains. All the same one of the passengers told of a trip he .took In the far West, when one of the passengers was a young English millionaire with a silver plate on top of his head where the dome of his skull ought to be. The young man had a doctor traveling with him, principally to see that he got nothing splritous to drink. Whether he got any spirits or not he made the acquaintance of a young lady and. her mother In the Pullman car, and in the course of the day he insulted the girl grossly. A man who had been watching tne cnap leaped at mm witn a view to giving him a thrashing, but the doctor beuged for his jatient and so came to tell of his misfortune. He had been thrown from a horse and had his head crushed; hence the silver plate. That night the lunatic sought the berth Into which the girl had retired and. going down on his knees in the passageway, begged to be forgiven. The amiable girl forgave him. in a frightened voice, through the crack of the curtains, and then the lunatic in sisted uton a kiss to bind the bargain The girl screamed and several men rolled out of bed and tore the lunatic away from her berth, while the guardian doctor snored oblivious of all that went on. ith such anecdotes the passengers amused themselves for awhile, and then, to give place to others who wished to smoke, they went back to their cells in the new iasmoneu cars ana eacn sat looKing at a stranger until bedtime. Wherever there was a family party or a man and wife in one of these rooms the new arrangement seemed perfect, and laughter ami happy voices til l tered through the doorways. Whn all had slept and arisen and dressed the passengers met in the dining car, ?n 1 thence the men went forward .to the j;rat open smoking ear. with its easy chair?., and its bartender. and barber, and newspapers, and the rest Then th four passengers met again and compared notes of how they had spent their night on the new cars. One would say nothing good for or about the night or anv feature of it. because some one had told him the cars were English an absurdity. lor mere is no sun ininir as comiort in any form on the rails in England. Rut the fourth man had had an experience. "I went to bed after my roommate had turned in." sai l he. "and what I saw made me very nervous. On the seat in the corn r was a shirt with a big diamond blazing in it. On one hook was a waistcoat, with a gold watch and chain boldly displayed in one po-ket and against the cloth. On another hook hung a pa r of trousers, with the hip pocket in plai;:-sight and with a fat wallet in the poeket. 1 went to bed, but could rot sleep, bst some on should open the door and steal the trousers and I be suspected, as I certainly should be." 1 For flie Fplrurt-. Philadelphia Press. One of the newe-t things in the culinary v.;y is called "eo-i'Jille Kourmet." "Cooaiille Kourmrt" is made of parboiled frogs' lejrs from which the bones have u-eri removed, finely chopped mushroom, oyster crabs and chive.. These arc rooked together and serve ! in a silver I'hell dish. Illnl xi ud People. Philadelphia Ilecord. Mrs. Olive Thome Miller read a paper on idrds" before the New York Sorosis on Monday last in which she noted a curious faet. "With many birds," said she. "the plumage changes. During the woolnj

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AMUSEMENTS. oc. I At I 1 l noon and I JL IllllJL To-nielit. 1 Matiueo. 10c. it -00b HART'S BOSTON NOVELTY CO 20 High-class Recced Specialty Performers 20 In a great VAUDEVII.T.i: HILL. fiTNext WH--k-"E.tLi:-S NEST. WaRiicr Mus c Festival Night, MONDAY. Ma v 7. Matinee In the Afternoon. Top u ar Mul John' Philip !oi . .ntiiet..r ur meily conductor f th Marino linl. a:.iu:tii.) S il'SA'S NOKLI-KtNOVK! ( ONCF.UT HAM. ."o Musicians. cir.iod ;h ru of over 4o siijir r. soloists Kmil F" iur. Fr.incej.kft Outline MwrtTAttl'.ur Vivor, J. Mwrmanas.-rtari4j Event of tha Year. mnm r baW-f noatb-cinSatjinUr. April 21. at Mo rlocK, at WnUdiui-r't Miimic t.r S. IVnrsrlvanut t. 1'ailrant iut ne ami one tlr.rd rate rouu t trip on all roa from all poiuti in Indiana. Prucrainiiira will Iks mil Ml frM if requested. ? aia cau be or. tered by mad. AMrvii ad communication to ManAOKR W.VJXER MtsIC FlSrtVAL, 51 Iligdlls Week, Indianai-oft. BASEBALL! To-morrow State Ifniversity ys. Indianapolis ADMISSION' 'JJo. including Gran-1 Stau L tiam- Calle-l at .i .'.o p. m. Monday.Anrir-'.l-CHICAO M. IXDIAXA POMS National Tu'oj Works UROCGBHROS PIPE FOR Gas, Steam ad Watct B'ir Tube. Cat anl Malleable I ro u Fittinc (l.lick anil palTaulioi), V Ives. Slop rook. F.iic.u Trimming, hteaiu iaure Pl;9 Tt-iipv Vll Cutter. Vise. Kcr w PL'.tes nt Die, Wrenche. Stea-n Trap. Tamp. Kltclirn Mnk. H Ileltlne. Uabiit MftJk W 1cr. Wnite aui C1tM Wip In Want', ami all other sup. plifs ui-e I In conurH oa a itfc Ua. Bteam aut Water. NaW ural Oa .-u itpliea a a;-cia ty. tu-ara-beatlnj: Airat m fof imbUc nadilliiRVblore reo'iia, Mhl. Shoi'B. K4CtertA, l.aiin. ririt. Lumber Irv-hou, etc Cut anl Thread to or ier any ano Wio uht ircn Pipe, ' from h Inch tu li lucLe diameter. Knight & Jillson, 75 and 77 8. PENNSYLVANIA St i season extra and more brilliant plumage Is donned, to be thrown off when the mate is won." This show that there s a deal ot human nature in birds. TKLEtiKAPHIC HKEV1TIKS. Senator Stookbridffe, of Michigan. Is 111 la Chicago. His sickness is not serious. At Oskalru.Kii. Wednesday, (leorge Croft fatally shot his wife and then killed himself. Richard Huert met death at Mountain View. Mont., by falling into a mine shaft 1,000 feet deep. The Milwaukee Street-railway Companyhas a?reed to pay the old scale of wages and to end the strike or its employe?. .Top. Woleott- the colored tuullistic "won der," of Boston, defeated Tom Tracey, of Australia, at Boston last nignt in sixteen rounds. Ranker Jess? Selitrman. of New York, who was taken ill at Toneka. Kan., witlx neuralgia while en route to California, has recovered. John Baldwin, who assaulted and mur dered little Hattle Welch near Gainesville, Tex., was caught yesterday and will probably be lynched. tteorsre M. Hoffman, a wealthy New York butcher, shot and killed himself yesterday. Grief over the recent death of his wife prompted the act. A storv published In New York that Mrr. Satolli would prerer charges against Archbishop Corrigan at Home of conplrlnj against him is denied by the Papal ableIt is reliably stated that Judne Quincy Ward, of Bourbon, Ky., has decided to announce himself as a candidate for Conpress In the Ashland district. He is considered a strong candidate. Andrew Kncnpp. need seventv-three. and wife Hannah, ag-ed sixty-nine, were found de-ad in bed at their home in itofion, Wednesday, having bee asphyxiated. The gas Jet in their room was found open. Mrs. .Teff Gulletr. wife of a prominent farmer of Magollin county, Kentucky, haa been arrested and placet in jail at raiyersville, charged with having strangle! to death her eleven-yea r-oui stepson. The W. E. Frost Manufacturing Company, of Chicago, has tiled In court a claim) for a mechanic's lien on the property of the Chicago Athletic Association for nonpayment of accounts amounting to $i3,. The plaintiff claims the amount Is due for work done at the club's now Mlehigan-ave-. nue clubhouse. Patriots' day was celebrated for the first time in Boston yesterday by the cloving of the "business houses Jtnd schools an l the flying of the national flag from all national. State and municipal buildings, tiring of cannon and ringing of bells. At Concord and Lexington the day was celebrated wltn, unusual enthusiasm. Hardy Applen. American Cultivator. Ironclad apples for this country means not simply the power to resist the intense cold, for "that alone would not I. such a great injury to hardy apple tre-s. but as well the constitution to resist the violent changes an l prolonged damp, moist either. Consequently It is a very dii'.lcuit nutter to find a good li.-t of appies that will really answer the requirements of ironclad. McMahon's white is as tru- an ironeUd aj any apple ever raised, anl it is a Urge, handsome green fruit that sells well In any market. The trees come into bearing when quite j'oung and they produce large crops of fruit. Its season of riptnlng is .ally winter, and the apples ke p very well through cold weather. The Wealthy apple Is one that is perfectly at home In th. northrn tier of States and In all parts of Canada. It H one of the few hardy apples that is generally cultivated. It must be gathered early, however, and kept in a cord cellar. Iowa russet ! a desc n laid from the golden russet of western New York, and is a variety that has rijt y-t receive. 1 j-utiieknt attention. It Is really a better apple than its parrnt. anl ke;.- b-ttr anl stand the te.t of cold weather letter. Tne t me wl'.l eoiiK when it will be cultivate 1 mire nemlly in the col I part of the country. The B.'thel is an ir' n-?lad apple that stand.- at th Very head of desirable harly a ;p1h., and it will be many years Nfor s it Is surpassed. It is Kuporior to the 1 '.aidwin in size, beauty. ouaHtv and ke-'in. It comes into bearing wrv siowly, and this fault makes manv avoid it iti planting. But If a good orchard is once obtained of them, notniag better eoitld be desired. NorthrieM Beauty i anoihrr gaod ironclad that has a si.idlar origin to that of the Wealthy, numtly. a crab-apple origin. It is a fair appl'. bat not s g'd as Its ctusln. Scott's Winter Is a hardy variety that bears freely win n you:.g. but is larking the good qutlities of some of the lat.rbearlng cues mentioned. Movement of SteiimerN. NEW YOIiK. April l: -Arrived: Uhineland, from Antwerp; Dul beldam, from Botterdam; Kaiser Wllhelm II. from G i.oi. and Horta; Stublnnhuk, frm Hamburg. SOUTHAMPTON. April l: -Arrived: l'uerst Bismarck, from New York. GLASGOW. April l'J. Arrived: vian, from New ork. Peruntural Inquiry. New York Commercial Advertiser. Now that Miss Pollard lias a verdict for Jla.iKM It appears that site lias n brother big enough, to protect her. Why has r bve.ii iciuncj ui iirui:cu-sc iu. tali iiu.r

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