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tcr. . The Shorlaxe GroninK. HOME, N. Y.t Dec. 28. The shortage of Ashler Bielby and Teller Gillett. of the Centra! National Bank, Increases as the experts continue their Investigation of the bocks. It has now reached an aggregate of ro.ft.rt. Teller Glllett is under r.Ort bonds for examination before United States Commissioner Rowlands. Yesterday he vzs to have been examined, but his attorney said he was too s'ck to appear, and the proceedings were adjourned. About the time this was going on an additional shortage -of over $i,0O was found In his accounts and he was rearrested by Deputy Marsnal Condon and J5,(M) additional bonds were demanded. Emleslfl so,mm. MODILE. Aia., Dec. 23. George A. Pierce, w ho was the secretary of the Planters' and Merchants. Insurance Company, and. embezzled five years aero, arrived in this city to-lay from Abilene. Tex. He made a strong fight against extradition, carrying the cage to the United States Supreme Court, which decided against him. P.erce gave bond in the sum of $.,5J0 and was released. Vounjj PontHfilce Thief. CHICAGO, Dec. 23. Irving McLean, a boy in knickerbockers, was arrested on alighting from a train In Chicago to-day, on a charge- of twice robbing the postoffice at his home. Fulton. Wis. When arraigned In court he acknowledged his guilt. He secured no money in the letters which he rilled. Railway Stittlon Aeat Assaulted. HOWARD CITY, Mich., Dec. 28. Agent Gilluly. of the D., L. & N. railroad, was s.Kauited by unknown persons last night as he emerged from the station. The assailants secured hi? watch and JI'ju and left Gilluly under the platform supposedly dead. He is still alive,- but may die. SAID IT TO HIS FACE JOII.V IIIIIVS DEOlXCED IIY COL. hed, OF CHICAGO. 1'IhIii AYorri at the Joint Convention of Itnern ttitd Operator Held . In I'lttMunrK Yesterday. PITTSlU'ItG. Dec 2S. Colonel Rend, in objctifg to Commoner John Hums being grunted a seat in the joint convention of miners and operators, here to-day, said: "Mr. Iiurn? is a stranger In America: it I therefore befitting that he shall observe the decencies and proprieties of the position that he occupies. -These 'proprieties he is constantly violating by his malignant attacks on our institutions. I would advm? that Mr. Hums return to the country from which he came and criticise the customs, manners and institutions of his own land. I know it is the custom for 'blarsted Rritishers' to indulge In improprieties similar to thoe against which I protest In the case of Mr. I.Ums. It Is about time for .American manhood to resent the offensive conduct of thesrt men. I have no objection whatever to listening to the views of Mr. Hums on labor matters or sociology. My protest is simply directed, against a glaring abuse that has become in this country intolerable. "When Mr. Stead came to Chicago he was taken by the hand by many of our leading citizens. He also abused the hospitality of our city and the proprieties of krood breeding by indulging In criticisms of American matters in which he mingled much of flattery, but more of the hostile criticism. At that time I predicted that he would return to England and imitate th example of other foreign adventurers by writing slanderous books about our country. It is time to stop lionizing characters of this kind." As Colonel Rend resumed his seat there was an unbroken silence. :Mr.- Burns, who Mood listening all the time, moved Just a little from a studied position he had assumed at the beginning. Chairman Chapman. Just a trifle confused, arose, and. In studied words, put the motion to seat 2Ar. " Burns. It was carried, there being but cne dissenting vote Colonel Ilend had voted "na" Not having1 a voice in the convention, 3dr. Bums had to remain Eilent. ' Addresses on the mining situation were made by President McHride, of the Miners Union, and Colonel Ilend. The situation was thoroughly canvassed and both urged against a strike If tt could txj avoided. At the opening of the afternoon session Colonel Rend, as chairman of the committee, reported a. resolution for appointment of a commission of three miners, three operators and three disinterested citizens to formulate some plan to stop the cut-throat n.ethods. Ilnster Workman Sovereign' Article. BALTIMORE, Dec. 28. J. R. Sovereign, master workman of the Knights of Labor, ha3 made a careful study of the advantages of the South for the laboring man, and the man of limited means, and in a letter to the Southern States Magazine, writes: "I am more fairably impressed with the Touth than any other portion of our country, not alone as the most promising place for the, location of co-operative colonies, but for the establishment of individual enterprises of all kinds. The climate and "natural resources are such as to expressly invite those of limited means. The South Is the coming Eden of America, and the va.t tracts of Its fertile soli now open to settlement on terras within the easy reach of all who desire to avail themselves of the opportunities offered, make It the one Irce above all others. In my opinion, whre people seeklnjr homes and Investments should go. The last federal census shows that of the 12.00.Co0 Increase In population during the decade from ISSO'to IK) nine million, -or three-fourths of it, was in the cities, and it is generally admitted that our large Northern cities are fast becoming overcrowded It, therefore, seems to mc. that owing to the great inducement now offered by the South, the overcrowded urban population of the North should avail itself of the privilege and go .South, where human life, coupled with a little Northern enterprise, can be sustained better with le?ji capital and less effort than any other place on th? globe." Rejeeted the Declalon. MASSILLON. O.. Dec. 28. The Masslllon miners, at their meeting to-day, refused to abide by the decision of the board of arbitration, fixing the rate for mining at tt cents per ton. Resolutions were adopted denouncing the settlement as an outrage on the miners und favoring a Joint meeting of operators and miners at an early diUe, the mines to remain closed until after such a meeting Is held. A committee, cons'stlng of tle miners, was appointed, with Secretary McBryde. of the National Mine Workers, and District President Henry .Mullens to confer with the operators. The operators were greatly, disappointed at the outcome of the meeting.' They say. howevtr, that they will not pay more than tf cents. District President,. .Mullens- predicts that the operators will yield and that the miners will resume work inside of a week. Another Carnegie Scale. - PITTSBURG. Dec. 23. The scale for the ensuing year han been presented to the workmen at tne upper and lower union mills of the Carnegie Steel Company .'In this city. The scale Involves a g?neral reduction iu skilled labor. In some Instances th decrease of wag will amount to EO p:r cent. Tonnage men have been reduced i and V cents per ton. Some of the workmen claim that the cut lll equal 50 per cent, or $2 p?r day. The capacity of the two mills average from twenty to sixty Ions per day. Hoars of Work Red weed. CHICAGO. Dec. 2S.-The employes in the packing house of Armour & Co., were Informed to-day that hereafter eight hours will constitute a day' work. The plant has been running ten hours up to this time. The reison given for the reduction in working hours is that It Is necessary to reduce expenses, and that the strong competition between the packers has greatly reduced the profits to bo obtained from the business. Carver Defeat Marshall. OSKALOOSA. la.. Dec. 23. The third day cf the shooting tournament was a success. The weather was oo!d. The Carver-Marshall ru.it eh wan tin- i-hief attraction. Carver won. M.ng ninety-three birds; Marshall. wl-e;y-two: American ruU. Hoover won .vcr ruKghtly, twenty-three to fourteen; Xiish rules, single barrel.

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FIFTH AXM AL SESSION' CLOSED AT ckstervillc yesterday. Myron Medaker,. a Muncle Pontoftiee Employe, Cangbt with n Decoy Letter nnd Placed I'nder Dond. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. RICHMOND. Ind.. Dec. 28. The fifth annual meeting of the Indiana State Dairy Association closed Its session at Centerville to-day, the programme Including the following: paper on "Silos and Silage," by T. E. Ellison, of Fort Wayne: "Dally Temperament In Cattle," ex-Gov. W. D. Hoard, of Wisconsin; "How Shall We Control the Sale of-Artificial Dairy Products?" D. W. Wilson, secretary of the National Dairy L'nion. Elgin. 111.; "Opportunities Neglected by Dairymen," L. E. Furness, . Furnessvllle; "The Dairy Cow; from Nursery to Canning House," J. W. Lagrange, Franklin. The State"Dairy Association la having a steady growth, and this was the most successful meeting in Us history. The following olllcers were elected: President. W. S. Commons, Centerville; vice president, J. M. Knox, Lebanon; secretary -and treasurer, H. C. Beckman.. Brunswick; executive committee, W. S. Commons, Centerville: J. M. Knox, Lebanon: C. 8. Plumb, Lafayette: G. E. Eliason. Fort Wayne; C. B. Harris, Goshen. The first day's programme was as follows: Address of welcome, C. 11. Jackson, Centerville; .reply. Bartlett Woods, Crown Point; "From Pail to Patron." C. C, Richards, Howlands; "The Practicability of Pasteurizing." J. Moldenhawer. Henderson. Ky.: "The Manufacture of CheesV J. H. Hllfiker. Salamonla; "The Profits and Possibilities of a Dairy Farm." Mrs. S. J. Bronnenberg. Anderson; "Can the Dairy Be Made Profitable in Mixed Farming?" An open discussion, opened by Jesse Townsend, Whitewater. Last evening there was a lecture on "Agricultural Citizenship" by ex-pov. W. D. Hoard, of WLsconsln.j WHERE HE GOT HIS MOXEV. Myron Mcdaker. of Muncle, Arretted for Stealing Mall. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. MCNCIE, Ind., Dec. 2S. This morning Myron Medsker was arrested and placed under bond by a United States commissioner. Medsker is about twenty years old and Is a member of one of the best families in this community. For two years past he has been general delivery clerk In the postoffice under Postmaster Frank Ellis, and his habits were such that h,e was regarded as a model young man. For several months there has been much complaint that letters containing money mailed in this office never reached the destination. Tracers were put out and the trouble was located In the Muncle office. , Detectives were put at work, and their efforts resulted In Inspectors John P. ; Hall and J. '. Ware, of Cleveland. O.. coming here and placing young Medsker under arrest this morning. He pleaded not guilty, but It is claimed the evidence is very strong against him. Since the arrest scores of pecple have reported losses heretofore unheard of, and It Is out of the question to estimate the .entire - loss. One of the Inspectors mailed, a letter containing four one-dollar ' bills. ; The letter was so marked that any one could readily tell that It contained money . It In claimed that a few hours later the four bills were found Jn young Medsker s pocket. Deputy Postmaster Charles ' Swain ' h3S for some time suspected that Medsker .was not in - the right place and he so informed -Mr. Ellis, but the postmaster could not believe ..Mr. Swain. . MORE GRAVE ROBBERIES. Two UodleH Stolen from the Greeulawn Cemetery nt Frankllu. Special to the Indianapolis Journal FRANKLIN. Ind.. Dec. 2. The sexton of Greenlawn Cemetery learned yesterday afternoon on Investigation that the bodies of Richard Eastis and Francis Hyatt, paupers recently burled there, had been taken from their graves by body snatchersl Where or when they were taken is of course, not known, and no clew to their present whereabouts has been obtained. The discovery was made after the recent developments at Greenwood a few days ago. which resulted In considerable agitation over the -work of the ghouls. The entire country is much exercised and if the guilty ones In any of the cases be apprehended they will receive the extreme penalty here. It is understood that a medical student from Indianapolis states that the body of Kastls Is on a dissecting table in that city but this Is not credited. Ir. Xetrlnad'a Will I'robaled. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. NEW ALBANY, Ind., Dec. 28. The will of Dr. Elijah Newland, grandfather of Newland T. and Charles W. DePauw, was probated this afternoon. He bequeaths his wife $30,000 In stocks and bonds, and the remainder of his estate to his grandsons, to be held In common, and if either of them die without living Issue, -then the survivor or his heirs shall inherit all the property. As Mrs. Newland died In 1893 her share goes to the two grandsons. The will was made May 30, 1887, before Dr. Newland became insane. The estate Is valued at J2,CW. ' Had Rlood Inherited. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. WABASH. Ind., Dec 28. A deputy sheriff from Piper City; Ford county, Illinois, arrived In the city last night, and this, morang arrested Charles Ulshafer, who Is wanted at that place on the charge of forgery. Ulshafer forged three checks for various amounts on tne P. per City National Bank. Ulshafer confessed his guilt and turned over the money and other property In his possession. He claims that the deFire to steal and forge other people's names Is inherited. Au Undertaker MIshIuk. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. LA PORTE, Ind., Dec. 28.-John H. Ball, an undertaker of this city, went to Chicago a week ago to pay some bills, and intended to return the following day. He has been missing ever since, and his family and friends are greatly alarmed. It has since been learned that he started home the same day. but decided to stop off at South Chicago over night, and asked for a stop-ovr check. At this point ail trace of him was lost. He had 100 In money. Lawrence Walt Drowned. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. NEW ALBANY. Ind., Dec. 2S.-Capt. Ijwrence W. Walts, son of S. W. Walts, of this city, was drowned last Saturday in the St. John river, near Jacksonville, Fla. The body was recovered "Sunday and the interment was at Jacksonville. He was twenty-seven years old and had lived in Florida for several years. H!a father has a large orange grove at De Land. Fla., where he is now spending the winter. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. RICHMOND. Ind.. Dec. 28. Albertus Swain, until recently proprietor of the Richmond Church Furniture Company, has brought a suit for JG.000 damages and a perpetual injunction again A. W. Hempleman. A. H. Mitchell and J. W. Moore, who recently Incorporated under the name used by Swain. The latter allege that the defendants are depriving him of the benefits of business to which he is entitled. Glnna Factory Starts I' p. Special to the Indianapolis Journal ELWOOD. Ind.. Dec. '28. The United Window Glass Company's factory at Orestes, which recently closed down for repairs, haa again resumed operations, and five hundred men have gone to work. The company has had a successful run, despite the many discouraging features of the window-glass trade, and the outlook for the coming year Is somewhat more encouraging. age have crossed swords in a love affair In Special to the Indianapolis Journal. DELPHI, Ind., Dec. 23. Youth and old age has crossed swords in a love affair In the southern part of this county. Sidney Westfall Is a wealthy widower, and living on his farm Is a man named Peterson, who ha a pretty daughter. Westfall has been partial to the girl for some time, and sveral days ago, when Charles Thomas, a populir young man of. the neighborhood, called and took the young woman cut. it aroused the lion In the widower's nature. He went to the Peterson home to register lus protest, and while he was thus engaged

young Thomas put in an appearance. The old lover went at the young lover, and the j

result was as hard a fight as they have had out on Wild Cat for a generation. The combatants were separated, but not ur.Ul young Thomas had been fearfully whippe Westfall is now resting under a charge of assault with intent to kill. It Is said the young woman shows an Inclination to cling to -Thomas, whose wounds she bound up and moistened with her tea-. Death of Dr. A. S. hoisa. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. ANDERSON, Ind., Dec. 2S.-Dr. A. S. Houston, one of the best-known physicians of the State, died at his home in this city to-day, after a long illness of cancer of the stomach. He Is beside being a phys!cian a Sunday School worker of national reputation, having attended the national conventions for the past several years and held national oRices. Verdict for $5,000 Against Bedford. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. BLOOM INGTON, Ind., Dec. 2S.-For the past two days the damage suit of Mrs. -Adda Neal against the City of Bedford has been occupying the time of the Circuit Court, the result of a personal injury received by her falling on a defective sidewalk. A Judgment for 13,000 was given. The woman had to be hauled to trial in a chair. Indiana Notes. James Penn. a wealthy farmer of Jay county, died yesterday of typhoid fever. The Christian Endeavor societies of. Wayne county began a two days' session yesterday afternoon at Richmond. The address of welcome was delivered by Rev. J. W. Kopp. and responded to by Mr. Grills, of 1 lagers town. The Young Men's Pan-amerlcan Congres of Shelbyville has secured Hon. W. J. Bryan, of Nebraska, for a lecture on the silver question to be delivered on Tuesday evening. Jan. 1. Tne lecture will be followed bv a banquet, at which Congressman-elect Watson, .Mr. Albert J. Beveridge and others will respond to toasts. HORROR IN OREGON FORTY-OXE PERSONS 111 RNED TO DEATH AM) FIFTEEN HURT. Disastrous Fire In Louisville Early Thin Mornlni; Vnmlnlla PnnsenKer Conches Burned In Illinois. KLAMATH FALLS, Ore.. Dec. 2S.-News has reached here that at Silver Lake, Lake county, Oregon, on Christmas eve. while a large party was attending a Christmas entertainment a lamp exploded and set lire to the building. Forty-one persons were burned to death and fifteen Injured. v Ilia Fire at Louisville. . LOUISVILLE. Ky., Dec. 2if.-Flre broke out between 12 and 1 o'clock this morning In the five-story building of Stucky, Brent & Co., general meichandise, on Sixth street, between Main and Water. Three alarms were quickly turned In, as the building is located in the business part of the city.- The entire department were soon on the ground, but the fire spread rapidly, soon gutting the Stucky. Brent & Co. building, and. communicating to the rear of the five-story building occupied by J. H. Quast & Co., boots and shoes, and Bareford, Lawson & Co.,' millinery, burned Its -jvay through to Main street. In a short time this building also was gutted and the firemen are now endeavoring to save the adjoining buildings. The loss so far is: Stucky Brent & Co., 582,000, fully insured; J. II. Qust & Co., $100,000, covered by Insurance; Bareford, Lawson & Co., $40,000, insured. At this hour, 2 a. m., the fire Is burning fiercely. ' Ynntlalla Conchen Burned. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. TERRE HAUTE, Ind.,' Dec. 28. Two coaches of an east-bound Vandal! a train were destroyed by tire last midnight, alongside the station platform at Altamont, 111, As the train was approaching the town the st6ve end of the woman's coach was seen to be' on fire. Th passengers were the occupants of the sleeping cars in the rear, who had been awakened. After the train oame to a standstill the Pit II mans were detached, but the combination coach ahead was ablaze by this time, and. with Che woman's coach, was destroyed, as was also 150 feet of the station platform. No one was injured, but a number lost traveling packages. . Railway OQcera Barely Encupe. HASTINGS, Neb., Dec 28. About 5 o'clock this morning 'the special car Nemeha, on the St. Joseph & Grand Island, was discovered to be on fire, at a point about three miles east of Edgar. In the car were Superintendent A. M. Morey, Division Engineer F. M. Howe, attorney M. A. Reed, of the railroad, and Judge J. B. Cessne, of this city. It Is supposed the car caught tire from the heater. The occupants were sund asleep and barely escaped with their lives. They lost their watches, pocketbooks, money and nearly all their clothing.' Judge Cessne lost his watch, money, clothing and some valuable legal papers connected with the Mexican land grant case which he Is prosecuting for the heirs and a syndicate here. He got off the train here clothed in his night robe and one sock. The whole party purchased new suits on their arrival here. Courthouse Burned. PERRY, O. Ty Dec. 23. The courthouse of Payne county at Stillwater was burned last night with all the county 'records. It Is believed that the old Dalton gang burned the house to save "Arkansas Tom." a member of the gang, who Is under Indictment In Payne county. Criminal records bearing on "Tom's" case were destroyed. The loss Is $20,000. with no Insurance. ' Other Flrri. BUFFALO, N. Y., Dec. 2S. Fire to-day destroyed the three-story brick block at the northeast corner of Broadway ami Fillmore avenue. The building was owned by John Kennedy, of Blnghamton, and occupied by Eckhardt & Co.. Oswold Tinkler and Charles Weissman as stores. The fire Fpread over the whole block and across Broad a-ay to the three-story brick block extending from Fillmore avenue, to Gibson street, burning out John H. Eckhardt. furniture; the Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company's store. Frost's grocery, Hobarfs photograph gallery, Cobler's furnishing goods store, Kakur's real-estate office and Stover's grocery. The loss will reach $300,000. Owing to frozen hydrants it was thirty min utes before the firemen could turn a stream of water on the flames. BRIDGEPORT. Conn., Dec. 28. The Ratcliff e woolen mills, situated on the Pequonnock river, about six miles from here, were destroyed by fire thi3 afternoon. Although" the loss on buildings Is not extensive, new machinery recently put In, will bring the loss up to nearly $30,000. Insurance, $10,010. Overheated machinery is the cause. MOBILE. Ala.. Dec. 2S.-The Alba Place on the Bay Shell road, one of the finest mansions in the South, was destroyed by fire to-night. Loss, $."i0.000; insu ance, $3,000. In addition a number of cattle, hogs etc., were bumed. WATERBURY, Conn., Dec. 28.-Fire broke out this morning in I-Awler's Hotel, which was destroyed. The Piatt block, the finest In the city, adjoining the hotel, was gutttd. Loss, $73,000. TOLEDO, O.. Dec. . 28.-J. M. Barbour, who is said to be an extensive oil oroducer of Franklin. Pa., and connected with the Standard, was found dead In bed at the Hotel Jefferson this morning. The coroner decided that heart disease was the cause of death. LONDON, Dec. 29. The Times announces the death, at Frank, Sussex, of Mary, wife of General Palmer, of Colorado Springs, Col. Price of Bread Reduced. CINCINNATI. O.. Dec. 2S. The crusade for cheap bread here has resulted In twenty-five bakers of this city to date reducing the price from 5 to 3 cents per loaf. Some reduced to 4 cents and but few now are able to maintain the 5-cent rate. Seven Hundred Rabbits Killed. BRUSH. Col.. Dec. 2S.-The rabbit hunt yesterday was not as successful as looked for on account of the weather being very cold. Sevan hundred rabbits and a large number of ducks were killed, which will be distributed among the poor. Joh for Pfeffer. CHICAGO. Dec. 28. Fred PfefTer, the blacklisted second baseman, to-day received an offer to coach the baseball team of Princeton College. He will leave for New Jerrsey early in March,

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.V . LOWEST TEMPERATURE RECORDED I MAX Y YEARS. Snow In FIorldnFcam Entertained for the Safety of the Orne Crop nnd lonng Trees. JACKSONVILLE. Fla.. Dec. 2S.-Florida is experiencing the ooldest weather it has seen since 1885, when the mercury registered 16 degrees. The thermometer seems likely to show ' that to-night. This will prove disastrous to the orange groves. Florida's crop this year was estimated at 3,000.000 boxes,' and perhaps half of this quantity' has bt en' shipped. The other half is 'still on the trees, and will, it is feared, be caught by the cold snap. A temperature f 26 degrees" for three hours will, penetrate an orange skin and freeze the sap or juice and destroy the fruit. The temperature In the. northern part of the State at least has been much lower than this all night, and no doubt a vast amount of damage has been done. Besides this, the young groves of one or two years ago are In great danger, as the -sap is high at this time of the year, and this cold snap is almost certain to freeze them "stiff and kill them down to the ground, . The extraordinary spectacle of falling snow was witnessed in Quincy, in the northern.part of the State, near Tallahasse, this morning, so that reports of great damage to the orange crop, to young groves and to young pineapples and vegetables are expected to-morrow. All' Trainn Behind Time. CLEVELAND, O.j Dec. 28. Owing to the heavy snowstorm and extremely cold weather, not a train arrived In the city during the early hours of to-day on time, the Eastern and Western trunk lines suffering the most severely. Every train on the Lake Shore was from one to three hours late into Cleveland and one west-bound passenger train lost so much time into Buffalo that it was abandoned thero and consolidated. Its ..Western passengers being transfered to a later train. Other roads suffered from the storm also, even the short Ohio lines being run on anything but schedule time. East and west of Cleveland the snowstorm is reported as still being very severe and It will be some days before regular ; seryi?? on time will be resumed. - Colli Weather for Texas. DALLAS, Tex: Dec. 28. The weather last night and, this,; morning are 'recordbreaking. At unset yesterday the thermometer stood at 42" degrees; at midnight it was down to 13 and at daylight this morning it was 5. above zero. The ground was hard frozen, with ice thick enough to bear a man's weight. Water pipes, where exposed, everywhere burst. There was plenty of ice on . the Trinity. Dispatches from all over Texas to-day speak of the severity of the cold. It Is the coldest for December in. twenty years. The farmers In every direction are killing their hogs, and glad. Indeed, the cold wavo has at last given them a fine opportunity to save their meat. n rri,( MrinphlN. MEMPHIS, Tenn., Dec. 23. The cold wave that struck this, section Wednesday has been especially severe. To-night the thermometer registers zero. Much suffering is reported here . aiid'.'rom the surrounding country among", mart and beast. Several herds of cattle are reported frozen to death In the eastern part of Arkamsas. In this city the "bum", room, at the police station 13 crowded every ' pight. No serious delay to trains. r" Nashville In iv Cold Embrace. NASHVILLE Tenn., Dec.29, 1 a. m. A bitterly cold day paralyzed all ousiness and the streets were virtually deserted yesterday. A freezing wind .blew all' day and the temperature dropped to 4 degrees above' zero, with Indications that zero will be reached. At this hour the reading, Is near 2 degrees abveiaeroai Yesterday was - thej coldest Decemberiday experienced- here for. twenty years, according to signal service data. i - Three Dea-reer Below at Terre Haute. Special to the Indiana polls Journal. TERRB HAUTE.- Ind., Dec. 28. It was three degrees below zero early this morning, and It has been, severely cold to-day, with a biting west -wind. Word was received at Vandalla headquarters that Lake Maxinkuckee is 'partially frozen over and there Is an excellent1 prospect of. an ice crop from the lake' Suffer in sr In Oklahoma. ( ' SOUTH ENID, 6!r TiV Dec. 28. A snowstorm accompanied' by terrific wind began yesterday. This morning the thermometer registered 10 degrees below zero. There Is great suffering among settlers, a3 many of them were without shelter and 'clothing. Ioss of horses and; cattle will be, considerable. Coldest for Year. NEW ORLEANS. La., Dec. 28. Dispatches from many points in - Louisiana, Mississippi and southwest Texas report the coldest weather for- years. At Arkansas; City, Ark., last night the. mercury fell to 12 degrees below zero. : ; j : Ten Inches of Snow. CHARLESTON. ;W Va.', Dec. 2S. After' snowing three J days, ; It is clear to-night..-Ten inches of sntnv fell In Kanawha valley. ; The thermometer W four degrees above zero at 10 o'clock to-night and will reach zero, before morning. ' t aaMva mob WEATHER FORECAST. Fair and Viiiriuer lu Indiana, with' Southwesterly Winds. , WASHINGTON, Dec. 28. For IndianaFair; warmer;, southwesterly winds. For. Illinois Fair; warmer; increasing southwesterly winds.' For Ohio Fair, vexcept local snows near, the lake; wanner; southwesterly winds. Friday's Loral Observations. Bar. Ther. R.I I. Wind. Wther. Pre. 7 a. m.30.48 4 :78 N'west. Clear. 0.08 7 p. m.30.48 l 6 ;S S'west. Clear. 0.00 - Maximum temperature, 13; minimum temperature. 2. . . i The following ts a comparative statement of the temperature and precipitation: " Temp. Pre. Normal 31 , .10 Mean 8 .04 Departure :rom normal..'...; 21 .02 Excess or deficiency Knee Dec.l. 711 .92 Excess or deficiency since Jan. 1 802 13.44. Plus. C. F. R. WAPPENHANS, v , ; Local Forecast Official. AvrruKC January AVeather. The following data,, compiled from the Weather Bureau- records at Indianapolis cover a period of twenty-three years for January, and should prove of value and interest In anticipating the more Important meteorological elements, and the range within which such variations may be expected to keep for the coming month. Temperature Mean or normal temperature, 29 degrees; warmest month, that of JSSO, with an average of 46 degrees; coldest, that of 1S03, with average of 18 degrees; highest temperature was 70 degrees on the 11th In 1S90; lowest, 22 degrees below zero on the 3d In 1879. Precipitation (rain and melted snow) Average for the month. 2.93 inches; average number of days with .01 of an Inch or more, 13; greatest monthly precipitation, 10.20 inches in 1S00; least monthly precipitation, 1.01 Inches In 1875; greatest amount of precipitation recorded In any twenty-four consecutive hours, 4.41 Inches on the .1st in 18J0: greatest amount of snowfall recorded in any twenty-four consecutive hours (record extending to winter of 1SSI-5 only , 3.9 Inches on the 27th in 18SS. Clouds and weather Average number of clear days, 6: partly cloudy. 10; cloudy, 13. Wind Prevailing winds have been from the west; highest velocity, 36 miles In 1876. C F. R. WAPPENHANS. Local Forecast Officer. Didn't Walt to He Sued. SARANAC, LAKE, N, Y.. Dec. 2S. The private car of President. Booth, of the Canada Atlantic railway, recently struck a man near Malone, killing him Instantly. . President Booth sent,, tp-day, a check for M.OOO to the widow , and. children. !!ronrn Urunehlal Trochea Are excellent'. for' the. relief of Hoarseness nr Sor Thrna 'Thav' nr t tt-ai rtrxr f fccjlve.. .hri?tU World, London, Eng.

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' ii CONFERENCE OF POPI I THEY LISTEX ADOPT TO ADDRESSES HESOLLTIOXS. AM) JudKe Woodn Condemned n One W'howe Record In a Stain t'on the Jndiclnry of the Country. ST. LOUIS! Dec. 28.--The conference of the nationa.1 committee of the People's party with its invited friends began to-day- at the Lindell Hotel, with an atteiilance of over two hundred. The meeting was called to order by National Chairman' Taubeneck. After preliminary business the conference listened to addresses by J. S. Coxey on his noninterest-bearing bond plan; by delegates Howard. Manning and Adams on' the recent election In Alabama, and others on the general purposes of the conference. Delegate Adams, in his closing sentences, created considerable excitement by stating that though the Populists of Alabama were long suffering in their refusal to-resort to revolution patience might soon cease to be a virtue; that they would not stand by much longer and see their rights taken away. The national executive ' committee presented a resolution adopted by it, to the effect that it deemed It Inexpedient for the conference to adopt an address direct to the people, but that the proper proceeduro would be for the conference to present its views to the national central , committee; also, that -National Chairman. Taubeneck had better not remain in the chair. A report on ruled and order of business was presented, providing a regular form of procedure in consonance with the resolution of the executive committee. After some debate both reports were accepted,'. and the conference proceeded . to elect Geh: J.' B. Weaver temporary pres.uing officer Of the conference, with W. D. Vincent, oT Kansas, and Milton Park, of Texas, as secretary and assistant secretary. ' After a short recess to prmlt State delegations to confer on the matters to be preFented by each the roll of States was called for the Introduction of resolutions. Delegate Adams, of Alabama, presented a resolution requesting the United States Senate to adopt Senator W. V. Allen's resolution of Dec. 19, 1894, for the appointment of a committee to ascertain whether Alabama's people are living under a republican form of government. The rules were suspendet' and the resolution adopted unanimously. An Indiana delegate reported progress in the advancement of Populist principles. The Illinois spokesman, Mr. Lord, of Chicago, In addition to an insistance upon the principles of the Omaha platform, pre sented resolutions adopted by the Populist city central committee of Chicago, denouncing the recent Imprisonment of E. V. Debs end others in Chicago as an invasion of the right of trial by Jury; also, a series of resolutions prepared by Hon. Lyman Trumbull, of Chicago, denouncing the use of regular troops in the Chicago labor disturbance last summer as a military invasion, declaring the use of regular troops a forcing of freemen to oppress others In behalf of monopoly, denouncing the issue of Interestbearing bonds in time of peace, demanding the free coinage of silver at the ratio of 16 to 1. and insisting that monopolies bearing on public rights should be owned and operated by the government. ' For Iowa General Weaver responded, urging his well-known financial views and asking that the tight of the . next two years, until the next national election, be made upon the -Omaha platform in its entirety, with financial reform well to the front. Recurring to the resolutions Introduced on behalf of the Central People's party committee of Chicago, the conference suspended the rules and passed unanimously the denunciation of the imprisonment of Eugene V. Debs, George W. Howard and others as an Invasion of the rights of free men to a trial by Jury. Some little debate was Induced by a phrase therein referring to Judge Woods as one "Whose record Is a stain upon the judiciary of the country." but an effort to strike It out failed and the resolutions passed with only such changes in verbiage as made it an utterance of the conference. During the discussion George W. Howard and F. W. Phelan. of the A. R. U., urged the adoption of the resolutions. For the Knights of Labor, Grand Master Workman Sovereign pleaded for the Omaha platform, and pledged the Knights' support of Populist principles. Bank Commissioner Briedenthal, of Kansas, demanded adherence to that platform also. The same line was taken by spokesmen for the States of Kentucky. Louisiana. Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Vermont, Minnesota. Mississippi. Missouri, Montana. Nebraska. Michigan, New Jersey, Ohio, Oklahoma. Pennsylvania and South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, Wisconsin.Connecticut and New York, after which the rnnvontlnn tfintr f rAPAin until t-imt,.-row morning. At the conclusion of, the session J. C. Manning, of Alabama. - announced that he had, upon advice, issued a call for a meeting of the ballot reformers of the South at New Orleans, Jan. 18 and 19, to perfect a permanent1 organization and plan of work. - mm m o Pardonn for Klectlou Offender. ALBANY. N. Y.. Dec. 28. Governor Flower set his. foot' down emphatically to-night on the granting of pardons to any person convicted of election frauds." Senator T. D. Sullivan came In this afternoon, accompanied by a Brooklyn man. It was Intimated that Sullivan wanted pardon for about fifteen persons convicted of election crimes. His friend wanted a pardon for Kenneth Sutherland, and Mr. Sullivan let his friend have the first pay. The Governor listened attentively and then said: "I will not even listen to an application for pardon for any election offenders. I will certainly not pardon any." Senator Sulll- . van did not present his opinion. PopullntM Play I nic False. RALEIGH, N. C. Dec 21 A leader of the Populist party recently stated that its members in the Legislatue would t?.ke no part In the election of a United States Senator next month. This leads a Uepi'V-lcan who Is a very prominent aspirant for the senatcrship to declare that if the Populists refuse to participate In the election of a Republican Senator, it will ruin the fusion plans two years hence and w'll cause a separation of the Republicans, and the Populists. The active campaign for the senatcrship U to begin next week. wen another Republican aspirant' will establish Ms headquarters here. Walthall Will Return to the Senate. MEMPHIS, Tenn.. Dec. 2S. Gen. E. C. Walthall, of Mississippi, who resigned his seat in the United States Senate last January on account of ill health, ! In 'the city

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H 7i 4 ?j Xf-i m to-day on a visit. He b apparently fully restored by- the rest which he has had at his home since then. He says that he expects to take his seat in the Senate for the term fv which he was elected In January. 1S92, anM which begins March 4. 1S3.". if at that time his health is as good as at present, NO CIlr.AP RKKU. Chlenu'o and Milwaukee- llrewera Hove Patched I Their Troubles. CHICAGO, Dec. 2S. The Times to-morrow will say: Beer will not be any cheaper than it has been, and the threatened war is a thing of the past. The former mem bers of the defunct Chicago and Milwauee Brewers Association have patched up their troubles. As a result the a ssoc ation will be revived and all that is now lacking Is "the formal ratification of the terms or agreement. This will be signed at a meeting to be held in the headquarters of the association in the Schiller building next Monday. The meeting yesterday was Called bv the chairman of the committee on reorganization. Of the former members nearly air were present, except John S. Cooke, president of the Cooke Brewing Company. As Mr. Cook was the man who did more than any one else to break up the old association, his absence was' looked uoon by some of those present as rather significant. Fur plans were proposed for the basis of reorganization. One, however, was declared illegal, and of the' others the most acceptable was one which. 'Provides for a central company, which 'will 'ook after the finances of all the breweries .vd virtuairy conduct their business." None of the breweries will, however, lose ' its individuality. ' Each will continue the manuiacture of beer. 'by its -old system, arnd will use the same brands and barrels as ever. Mil. MOODY'S WIDE SYMPATHIES. The EvniiKeliift Free from Intolerance and the Friend of All People. Professor Drummond, in McClure's Magazine. ..... With everything in his special career, in, his habitual environment," and in the tradition of his special work to make him In tolerant, Mr.' Moody's sympath.es have bnty broadened with time. Some years ago the Roman , Catholics in Northfield build a 1 church. They went round the townsnip collecting subscriptions and by and by approached Mr. .Moody's door. How did he receive them? The narrower evangelist would have shut the door In ' their faces or opened it only to give them a lecture on the blasphemies of the. Pope or the Iniquities of the Scarlet-Woman. Mr. Moody gave them one of the handsomest bu Inscriptions on their list. Not content with that, when their little chapel was finished, he presented them with an organ. 'Why," he exclaimed, when pome - one , challenged the action, "if they are Roman Catholics, it Is better 1 they should be good' Roman Catholics than bad. It is sure ly better to have a Catholic church than none; and as for the organ, If they are to have music in their church, it is better to have good music. Besides," he added, these are my own townspeople. . If ever I am to be cf the least rse to them, surely I must help them." What the kindly feel ing did for them, It Is u.iticult to say; but what it did for Mr. Moody, Is matter of local history. For, a short time after, it was rumored that he was going to build a church, and the site was pointed out by the villagers a rocny knoll close by the present hotel.' One day Mr. Moody found the summit of this knoll covered with great piles of stones. The Roman .Catholics had taken their teams up te mountain, and brought down, as a return present, enough building stone to form the foundation of his church. Mr. Moody's relations with the Northfield people, and with all the people for miles and miles, around, are of the same type. So far from being without .honor In his own country, it is there he is honored most. This fact and nothing more truly decisive of character can be saidmay be verified even by the stranger on the cars. The nearer he approaches Northfield the more thorough and genuine will he find the appreciation of Mr. 'Moody, and when he passes under Mr.' Moody's own roof he will find it truest, surest and most affectionate of alt. " It is forbidden here to invade the privacy of Mr. Moody's home. Suffice It to say that no more perfect home-ilfe exists In the world, and that one only begins to know the greatness. the tenderness and the simple beauty of , this man's character ' when one sees him at nis own nreside. one evidence of this greatness it is difficult to omit recording. If you were to ask Mr. Moody which it would never occur to you to do what,, apart from the inspirations of his personal' faith, was the secret of his success, his happiness and usefulness in life, he would asuredly answer. "Mrs. Moody." THE QtESTIOX OF, INCOME. Plain LdvliiK Sot Neeearll- Conducive 'to HIkIi Thinking;. Robert Grant, in Scrlbner. . It seems to me true. that in our day and generation the desire to live wisely here has eclipsed the desire to life safely hereafter. Moreover, to enjoy the earth and the fullness thereof, if It be legitimately within one's reach, has come to be recognized all the world over, with a special point of view for each nationality, as a cardinal principle of living wisely. We have been the last to recognize It here for the reason , that a contrary theory of life was for several generations regarded as one of the bulwarks of our Constitution. Never was the sympathy for the poor man greater than It is at present. Never was there warmer Interest in his condition.. The social atmosphere Is rife with theories and schemes for his emancipation, and the best brains of civilization are at work In his behalf. But no one wishes to be like him. Canting churchmen still gain iome credence by, the assertion that indigence . here will prove a saving grace In the world to come; but the American people, quick, when It recognizes that it has been fooled, to discard even . a once sacred conviction, smiles to-day at the assumption that the owner of a log cabin is more inherently virtuous than the owner of a steam yacht. Indeed the present signal vice of democracy seems to be the fury to grow rich, in the mid struggle to accomplish which character and happiness are too often sacrificed. In fact, the pressing problem which confronts the . civilized 'world to-day is the choice of what to have, for so many things have become Decessarv: of existence which were either done without or undiscovered in the days of our grandmothers; that only the really opulent 'can have everything. .We sometimes hear It said that this or that person has too much for his own good. The saying is familiar and doubtless It Is true that luxury unappreciated and abused will cause degeneration, but the complaint seems to me to be a Sunday school consoler for those who have too little rather than a sound argument against greater possessions. The Poor Rich Mna. Robert Grant, In Scrlbner.. ' . ' . . There are so manv things which cue has to have nowadays In or4t?r to l comfort

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SuKffeNtion for n Mild Reform In that Sacred InMltut Ion. Scrlbner's Magazine. . When I a as a child I was the client but deeply-protecting victim of an institution which, at that time of limited observation and smaller experience. I believed to l peculiar to our household, but whl h 1 hav Klnce come to know is a. revered and established part of tli? theory and practl of ev:ry well-ordered and respectable family. Namely, the family party. .Dally living alon in the same relations with the name persons Is distinctly trying to the frail stuff that ev?n the best human nature is .made of. There Is nothing to be gained by concealing the fact that we arc all glad upon 'occasion to get away from the .people whokno' our faults, and to sun-ourselves for a time In tha approbation of 'those who think us always as charming a we fetl sure we are sometimes. Nor Is there anything to be deprecated in this deslr?. Just here Is where the Family Party crosscut humane nature. Its membrrs being familiars, it offers no opportunity for humbu. however charming and harmless. Its laws are those of reality, and successful nee'?! contact is built on Ideality, f ant moved to suggest a small, even a tenativ reform in families where the Christmas osrty I a function sacred to itself. Inb the pudding of holiday happiness (I regard the homely figure as extremely appropriate) Inject the occasional plum of a stranger. Yen wllLbe surprised to see what a new flr-vor. heVwi'l imnart to the family dish, and how your appetite will be quickened by his presence. What the sparkle is to the Champa Igne. what the-whiff of powder is l the soldier, what the sound of the vlalin Is to the dancer, the presence of a stranger will be to the Family Party. He will brlnjr life Into dullness. Interest Into Indifference ard o?rnestness Into ennui. He will give you eomethlng to shine for. And the special delight of this arrangement wMl be that at Christmas time this. Man Without a Family w'll be sure to need jtu even more than you need him. De LesaeitVii Severe Trainlnar. New York Evening Post. The physical heredity of De Lesseps was, perhaps, more notable than his mental Inheritance. He would never have earned tr name of le grar.de Francala If his body, in both nerve and muscle, had not belonged ta that generation which swept Europe In the armies of Napoleon. The academies of medicine and sciences lately have occupied themselves with memoirs assigning the cause of the present physical degeneracy to a century of agitated ancestry, culminating in the strain of the whole nation during the Franco-Prussian war. The modern education and the universal softness and dissipation of modern cltyfled life are thought by many to be a sufficient reason. When Ferdinand de Iesseps was a boy in th College Henry IV, at Paris, the use of fire In. winter for the sleeping rooms, or even elsewhere to any - extent, . was unknown: and no one wore unJerclOthlng. He wai the last of a generation whose only breakfast, while waiting for noontime lunch, was a bit of dry bread, eaten In tho schoolyard and washed down with cold water from the pump. liualnen Embarrassment. WEST SUPERIOR. Wis.. Dec. 28-At 2 o'clock this morning a deputy sheriff took possession of the bank of South Superior in behalf of a receiver, acting for the City of Superior. The bank nan fc.nj of city de'posits. Lately the city checked aealnst this account and the doors Avcre closed. President Mlram. of- the -bank, says th tangled affairs of the institution wiU straightened out soon and business will bt resumed. NEW YORK, Dec. 2S.-The wholesale and retail dry-goods and millinery firm of J. Llclatenstein & Sons has gone Into ii-iulla-tlon. The liabilities are estimate! at IV.000. with assets sail to be half that amount. Ought to Have Her Miarr. St. Louis Republic. 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