Indianapolis Journal, Indianapolis, Marion County, 9 January 1895 — Page 1

IHBIAMAFOLI JOTOMAL, ESTABLISHED 1823. INDIANAPOLIS, WEDNESDAY MORNING, JANUARY 9. 1895. 3ni?VTC f AT RAILWAY NEWS TAN1R. Otf L-Jii 1 O. TRUSS AND SUNDAYS, 5 CENTS.

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Write to Their Parents THE WHEN SHOW WINDOW, January 8. 1804. Mil. and MRS. LEOPARD, English Opera Honse, care Mr. ilajrenbeck: Dear Papa and Mamma We arrived here Monday morninjr, and are enjoying ourselvesTery much. It is a nice place to stay, and we see many nice fat little boys and girls who look as if they would taste real good. We are behaving jnst as good little children should. But, mamma, we are very unhappy over your actions. Wf read in the papers about how you and Mr, Polar Bear have been carrying on. Ob, mamma, we are grieved, and surprised and shocked. How could you allow that horrid old grass widower to bug you, right there on the stage! Of course, the paper says, you tapped him on the nose, but we know that you wo uld have scratched him to pieces if you hadn't liked it. We can never holdup our heads with the old family pride again. And why didn't papa spunk up and show the people that he had some tp parti for the family name! Was be renewing his summer flirtation with Miss Tirer, the stuck-up thing? Or was papa afraid because Mr. Bear told him last week that he would knock the spots off him if he got too smart! We think papa would have enough family pride to shun the society of such people as the Tigers, whose proper standing is shown by the stripes they wear. Mamma, if you have anything more to do with that awkward old Mr. Bear, we shall tell grandmamma on you when we go borne. They are selling the loveliest Children's Suits here at THE WHEN for $3.40 You should see them. They were made to sell for $5, $Q and $7. Your loving children, CARL and AMANDA. , P. S. Come over and see us. It's the biggest store we ever saw. CARL and AMANDA.

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BIG 4 ROUTE Is the Only Line running Trains Through to NEW YORK Without Ferry or Trattsfer, Landing passengers at toe GRAND CENTRAL STATION, And the Knickerbocker Special makes the rnn To NEW YORK in 22 hours To BOSTON in - 26 hours Sapper one night In Indianapolis; the next In New York. Special sleeper dully, Indianapolis to New York. For tickets and sleeping-car space call on Big Four ticket agents. No. 1 East Washington St., 1 Jackson place and Union fetation. II. M. BRONSON, A. G. P. A. MONON ROUTE To Chicago and Return Account of K.TIQN.I CYCLING EXHIBITION .- Tickets will be sou Jsn. 4 to 12. good returning until Jan. lb. at the rate ot one ana one-third tare (or the round trip ou tlie c rtiBcato plan. UAVE INDIANAIOLIS. yo. 30 Chicago Umltstl, Pullman Vestl. buleil C'usclies, I'tuior ud Dluing Cars, flatly 11:50 a.m. Arrive Chicago 6:30 p. in. 2so. S6 Chicago Night Kxpresa, Pullman Vrstibiilttl Coaches ami biouyere, UlUly. 12:35 n. xa. Arrive Chicago 1:40 a. ro 10 Monitu Accommodation, dally, exrryt Hut lnv. ., 4:00 i.m. Pullman Vestibule Slfeper for tHilcago stnnds at wi ena Union Station, and can be taken at 8:30 p. m.. ilully. tor further Information call at Vnlou Ticket Olflce, comer Wililnirtm and Meriilian streets, Union Ska. tton ai d AlMasevhuaelts svemit. I. I. BALDWIN. I). P. A. IT IS CONCEDED By all who travel that the C, H. & D. railroad is the best line between Indianapolis and Cincinnati, Dayton, Toledo and Uetrolt. It la the only line leaving Indianapolis in the evening by which sleeping-car accommodations can be secured (or TOLEDO and DETROIT, reaching those places early following morning. Ticket offices: No. 2 West Washington street, "Old Beehive Corner," No. 134 South Illinois street and Vnion Station. The Indianapolis Warehous3 Company WAREHOUSEMEN, FORWARDING AMD COMMISSION MERCHANTS. Money advanced on onnMierimienl. Rgintri r cj'ipfs given. Nos. 65 to VI73 SOUTH VJbNNSVb VAN lA fe'f RKET. Telt-phouu 1.143. . DRS. COUGHL1N & ILSON, DENTISTS. Ohio-st Entrance. Ground Floor. THE DENISON HOTEL. WAGON WHEAT 51 ACME MILLING COMPANY, KA West Washington Street Annual Convention of Showmen. CINCINNATI, O., Jan. 8. The second annual convention of the Association of Tent Showmen began here to-day with over thirty delegates representing all the circus firms. President Kphriam Sells reviewed the first year's work of the association and showed that more funds would be needed to carry out the original plan of co-operation. There Is quite a division of sentiment on the proposition of increasing the dues and it Is thought by some that the association will split on that issue. Amonb' thoe pres?nt are Peter Soils. Join Robinson. Samuel" Joseph. W. K. Franklin, w. N. Donaldson,. K. L. Cullen. K. H. B Prague. F. K. Davis, Goorgw J, dull ford, Lewi W. Washburn, W. E. Raymond, i?r?. Irw,n. P- H- Ollvar. R. E. Wa l ice. William. Anderson, J.hn Lawler, O'les Pullman, George Fljhfr. Je? Warlen. The National Association of Billposters nests to-morrow, ., .

TUB ANDROSCOGGIN MILLS. CORDIS MILLS. PAL31ER MILLS. known in the history of the Dry Goods . RUBBER BOOTS Net 00 Days. No punched Goods. All made for us. DELAVAN HOUSE FIRE RUINS SEARCHED AND PARTS OP EIGHT BODIES RECOVERED. All but Two of the VJctlms Charred and Blackened Beyond Identification Cause of the Fire. ALBANY, N. Y Jan. 8. The charred and blackened remains of eight victims of the Delevan House fire have been found in the ruins. Of the few remnants of bodies in - the shape of fleshless bones and mangled trunks there was , no possible means of identification, were It not for the almost extraordinary fact that, near the almost totally-consumed fragments of human beings were found remnants of clothing that in two cases led to identification. One was Simon Meyers, the coffee man, identified by his vest, which lay near the iron cot on which he had slept, and Agnea Wilson, a fluttering bit of whose brown and black dress served as a guide to the identity of the poor mangled fragment that could hardly be called a body. The remains of the eight bodlea discovered are yet in the ruins. Two of them were discovered together on a mattress at the northwest corner of the excavation, but the upper part of them were pinned under some heavy -iron beams on which rested a pile of bricks thirty feet high. The work of releasing them was not accomplished when darkness compelled the men to desist from their labors. The other body was discovered when it was too dark to remove It. All the bodies were found within a space of about twelve feet square in the cellar Immediately under the hotel kitchen and bakehouse and at the point where the rear staircase from . the servants' attic terminated. The staircase, wide enough for only one person to barely pass another, evidently was as bad a flue as the elevator shaft, and escape was out of the Question for either those in the attic or those in the cellar, and the fact that nearly all of the bodies have been found on bedsteads leads to the suspicion that they were suffocated while they slept. The search continues to-morrow. At the investigation into the cause of the fire, to-day, it was learned that it started in a pile of rubbish about twelve feet from the elevator shaft and that an attempt was made to put It out but it spread too quickly and the engineer and those with him had to fly. - Other Fires. Losses by Fire. HUNTSVILLE. Ala., Jan. 8.-The Huntsvilla female college was completely destroyed by fire to-day. All of the girls were safely gotten out and most of their belongings saved. James Gillespie was struck on the back by a piano thrown from the upper stories and seriously injured. Doss, $45,000; insurance, 525,000. FORT WORTH, Tex.. Jan. 8. The courthouse at Decatur, Wise county, was destroyed by lire this morning. Several business houses were also burned. The county records were destroyed. The total loss will reach over $100,000; insurance, $60,000. The fire was accidental. BEATEN WITH CLUBS. naaeball Bats Used on Patient of an Illinois Insane Asylum. CHICAGO, Jan. 8. Charges of a serious nature have been brought against the superintendent and attendants at the County Insane Asylum at Dunning. The charges come from John II. Raddle, a discharged employe. He alleges that helpless patients are often beaten and kicked, and that in one ward three baseball bats are kept as instruments for the enforcement of discipline, while in other three police clubs are used, and in another ward a loaded club to control the patients and to exact obedience from them. He also says that the patients are kicked and clubbed when they are m and unable to be out of bed. Raddle's charges are indefinite, and he refuses to give the names of the guilty attendants. . Superintendent Nash, of the asylum. Is now in Springfield, 111. Swal'owed a Shawl Pin. NEW YORK, Jan. 8. Maud Fries, fourteen year old. the daughter of Charles 1

Pries, proprietor of the Brighton Hotel at Millville, N. J., yesterday swallowed a long shawl pin. The pin slipped down her throat and appears to have lodged far down in the stomach. She suffered great pain. The removal of the pin will require the opening of the stomach. AN UNPROFITABLE ENTERPRISE.

Chicago's Lake-Street Elevated Railway Bonded Too High. CHICAGO, Jan. 8. President Louderback, of the Lake-street elevated railway, Introduced an array of sensational facta to-day In his report at the annual meeting of the stockholders. Mr. Louderback scored the former management of the company and urged the immediate appointment of a conference committee to prevent foreclosure and the appointment of a receiver. He said that to earn even the' interest on the bonds issued in July, 189 i, required a total average of fifty thousand passengers a day, while the actual number carried since last March averaged 27,135. The report intimated the former officers of the road were In the pay of the contractors and were practically their employes and that some of them received large blocks of stocks - and bonds in addition to their salaries. The report concluded with the statement that to meet interest payments on bonds now outstanding on a basis of 6 per cent." operating expenses will require an Increase of 90 per cent, in the average number of passengers carried. The present officers were re-elected. M'CAFEEiiY'S HEIRS FOUND. Could Not Remember His Children' Names, but Lawyer Located Them. CHICAGO, Jan. 8. After searching for more than six years, lawyers have found the heirs to the estate of the late John McCaffery, who died here last June, leaving about $550,000 worth- of property. After most careful investigation the heirs have been found and their claim to shares in the great fortune established. A petition was filed in the Circuit Court to-day which tells the whole story of John McCaffery's career, and make3 known those to whom his estate will fall. In his will tho testator declared that he had several children whose names he could not remember. These children, the 'bill filed to-day declares, were Sarah, Susan and Margaret McCaffery, born between 1841 and 1S4G. and that after placing them in a boarding school in Washington their father disappeared in 1852, never communicating with them again. The names of the descendants of these three daughters are given and claim is laid to a share in the big estate. There are many other heirs to the estate, as McCaffery was married three times. - INTERSTATE BALL LEAGUE. One to Be Formed by Indiana, Illinois and Iowa Towns. CHICAGO. Jan. 8. A number of baseball men held a meeting to-day for the purpose of forming an interstate league. The league will include towns In Indiana. Illinois and Iowa that are not in the Western Association. Plans of organization were discussed, but nothing definite was agreed to. A committee, was appointed to prepare a constitution, by-laws, salary limit and name for the organization. The committee will meet at Peoria. 111., Jan. 22, when a permanent organization will be formed. The committee is composed of H. & Smith, Terre Haute. Ind.; J. A. Nemeck, Joliet, 111.; A. G. Palmer. Evansville, Ind.; Joseph Quest. Chicago, and W. S. MoCail. of Joliet. The other members present were: William Schneider, Terre Haute; M. J. O'Brien. Joliet; It. K. Nisbet; and R. P. Wickham, Evansville; Max Hirsch and E. R. Johnson, Burlington, la.: E. Whitmer, of Chicago, representing G. E. Jewell, of Fort Wayne, and W. A. Rous, of Bloomington. . . ' JACKMJN DAY ORATORY. Congressman AVllsou Speaks at a ( Philadelphia Bamjuet. , PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 8. Jackson day was celebrated by the Young Men's Democratic Association of this city for the fifteenth consecutive time by an elaborate banquet in St. George's Hall to-nigh't. Vice President Stevenson, who had. been expected to be the chief guest, was unable to attend on account of his daughter's illness. Congressman William L. Wilson, of" West Virginia, was tae guest of honor and the principal speaker. "Moderate and Just Taxation is the Best Achievement of Legislative Action," was the subject assigned Mr. Wilson. He said, in part.: "Protection in its leal working is nothing but the old . device by which the rich throw upon the poor, by which those who labor in the legislative lobbies throw upon those Who labor in shop and in the field the chief burden of supporting the common government, and, in addition thereto, exact from them one or more days in every week of unrequited labor for their benefit and enrichment. Against this wrong and injustice the party of Jefferson and of Jackson the party of free institutions is pledged to wage a war of extermination. Moderate and just taxation is, indeed, the highest achievement of legislative action. If we have failed as a party, in our recent effort, to reach this high achievement, as we must admit that we have failed, let us searchmgiy and in th spirit of the most honest inquiry, ascertain how far that failure has been due to faithlessness In our own efforts or in our own ranks and how far it was due to the intrenchment of privilege so strong and so inveterate that no first assault could hope fully to dislodge it. I am one of those who believe that our partial failure has been due to both causes. I find in our present revenues no cause for despondency or for party disorganization and apathy, but a higher call to duty, to a more advanced party policy, a more steadfast and loyal adherence to it." Congressman Benton McMillin, of Tennessee, followed Mr. Wilson, responding to the toast: "Economy and Fidelity to Public Interests In Administration Should Be the Paramount Obligation of Party." Congressman Isador Straus, of New York, was present, but did not speak, as were also Assistant Secretary of War Doe and United States Treasurer Morgan. Boles on Democracy's Duty. OMAHA, Neb., Jan. 8. The Jacksonian Club, the leading Democratic organization of the State, celebrated Jackson day by a banquet at the Mercer Hotel to-night. Ex-Governor Horace Boles, of Iowa, was the principal speaker of the evening, responding to the toast "Issues of 1896." After eulogizing the Democratic party he turned his attention to the currency question, and in the course of his remarks said: "If the next national Democratic convention will discard platitudes of every description, commit the party unequivocally to a ratio at which gold and silver shall be Equally freelv coined, and point out in explicit terms the legislation that should be adopted to preserve the parity of the two metals, and do this In a rational and reasonable way, the masses of American voters will come to the aid of the party thus committed frnd Democracy will, again be triumphant." At Jackson's Old Home. NASHVILLE. Tenn., Jan. 8. The Ladies' Hermitage Association celebrated Jackson's day to-night with a magnificent reception and the annual ball of the association at the Nicholson House. The attendance was large including members of both houses of the Legislature, Governor Turney and staff. At noon to-day a presidential salute was fired from Capitol hill by the Tennessee Light Artniery. Te ball and reception is the only public observance of the day, Broke l'p in a Row. NEW YORK, Jan. 8. Tho banquet of the Democratic Business Men's Association here to-night broke up in a row. Mr. Callanan offered resolutions condemning the Senate, scoring the bankers and criticising the President. He also male a speech that provoked a row and an adjournment was taken. Attains t the Cigarette Company. NEW YORK, Jan. S. The American Tobacco Company, known as the Cigarette Trust, has got another decision in the United States Circuit Court against the National Cigdretta Company for violation of patents. A stay of judgment will be given, however, until th whole case la decided on apsaal.

OEY ONE HOPE LEFT

ADMINISTRATION ISTS ARE ALMOST AT THE END OF THEIR ROPE, They Must Now Either Accept a Com. promise Bill or See Their Currency Scheme Slaughtered. MR. CARLISLE IS WEAKENING HE IS NOW WILLING TO MAKE CONCESSIONS TO THE OPPOSITION, And Is L'rgtng President Cleveland to Aid the Cause by Sending an Appeal Message to" Congress. VOTE TO BE TAKEN FRIDAY ONLY EIGHTY DEMOCRATS LIKELY TO SUPPORT THE MEASURE. Scheme to Defeat the Special Rule in Be Adopted To-Day Many Senators in Favor of Compromise. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. WASHINGTON, Jan. 8. The currency bill fight is regarded as practically over. Speaker Crisp as much 'as concedes its defeat In the House. He had intended taking the floor for the bill to-day, but he deems it useless to make any further effort in its behalf. Secretary Carlisle is still hoping desperately against hope. He was at the Capitol this afternoon conferring with Mr. Springer, but even that perennially sanguine statesman was in deep gloom. Mr. Carlisle is willing to make any concessions to pass a currency bill. He will accept the compromise outlined in last night's dispatch. Indeed, he is now saying that he has always preferred a bill providing for a bond issue, such as the compromise bill carries, but has not believed it possible that the free silver men would permit such a bill to pass. Secretary Carlisle is still urging President Cleveland to appeal to Congress to do something, even though the result of .yesterday's caucus has persuaded Speaker Crisp and almost every other friend of the administration that not even a "oeelal message can avail anything now. A presidential message to the House to-morrow shortly after it meets and before the rules committee brings in its order, providing for the final disposition of the bill on Friday Is therefore still among the possibilities, though Mr. Crisp does not look for one. The day in the House waa devoid of interest save for the remarkable "statements of Representative Sibley, of Pennsylvania,, who boldly charged that the passage of tho unconditional repeal bill had been brought about by wholesale bribery of Democrats by , the administration's unscrupulous use of patronage. Mr. Sibley gave formal utterance to what has been unofficially, stated again and again, and the only apparent .aptness cf his sensa-, tlonal' statements, to-day 'was the evident poverty of the administration at the present time. Mr. Sibley meant, of course,1 that if the supply of plums had held out for the present emergency, there would be more "good boys" on the Democratic side, and the currency bill might have been passed. Mr. Carlisle to-day pleaded with Chairman Sayres, of the appropriation committee, for more delay. He still thinks that if another week is devoted to the subject something can eventually be framed which can pass. But Mr. Sayres knows that even if a compromise bill i3 put through the House it will be doubtful of passage In the Senate, for Senator Dubois, of Idaho, and other silver Republican Senators, now insist that no currency bill must pass the Senate that does not provide for the free coinage of silver at the ratio of 16 to 1. Mr. Dubois's demand, of course, will sound the knell . of the compromise bill, if he persists in it. Senators Allison and Aldrich, too, say that the Democratic leaders may find that there is really not enough time at the present short session to entirely discuss so broad a question as the coinage of fifty millions of Filver every year 'as proposed in the compromise bill. Mr. Sayres is becoming alarmed at the loss of time. The currency .scheme has now been before the House three weeks and is to-day no nearer its goal than the day the subject was taken, up in committee. Only five of the appropriation -bills have passed the House and none has yet become law. Only seven weeks remain after Saturday and Mr. Sayres announces that he will demand the floor after next Monday, so that the currency bill must be out of the .way. It is evident, therefore, that with only a few days of this week remainng, there is no hope for a bill, unless all the Democrats immediately acquiesce in the proposed compromise bill. COLD COMFORT. Carlisle Gets Little Encouragement from Leaders of the House. Associated- Press Dispatch. WASHINGTON, Jan. 8. Secretary Carlisle arrived at the Capitol shortly before 3 o'clock to-day and conferred with Speaker Crisp regarding the prospects for the passage of the currency bill. Mr. Carlisle remained in the Speaker's private office throughout the afternoon and saw those most active in support of the bill. No effort was made to conceal from him the doubt the House managers had as to the passage of the bill. Mr. Carlisle was, apparently as hopeful as ever, and expressed the belief that the bill would pass. Messrs. Hall of Missouri, Cox of Tennessee, and other active supporters of the bill pointed out to the Secretary the probable tactics of the combined opposition. This was the first attempt to defeat the rule closing the debate and, failing in this, to move to strike out the enacting clause. The names of prominent Democrats and Republicans who had combined on this line of opposition were given during the discussion of their plan. They included Democratic member from New York. Pennsylvania, Texas and Nebraska, representing the extremes of Eastern and Western sentiment on the currency. The friends of the bill reached the understanding that they would meet the fight on the rule by insisting that a caucus was binding on matters of parliamentary procedure, even though It was not on the merits of a bill. Late in the day the draft of the special i rule was perfected. It fixes the final vote j for next Friday afternoon. The debate, ' until then, is to be under the five-minute ; rule. The special rule will be offered at the opening of the House to-morrow. The action of yesterday's caucus is the absorbing topic with members of the House. Representative Walker, of Massa- j chusetts, a Republican member of the cur- j

rency committee, said: "The caucus establishes, beyond a doub. that the bill is dead. On the ratio of the caucus vote yesterday, the vote in the House, if every member attended, would be 135 for the bill and 221 against. But, as there will not be a full attendance, I estimate the vote as 80 for the bill and 157 against. The adverse vote includes every Republican and Populist 122 in all and many Democrats. The number of votes for the bill in caucus, is Its greatest strength." " Democratic friends of the measure contend, however, that this view la incorrect and that some members who opposed it in caucus will vote for it in the House. A canvass of the House, made before the caucus, by a Democratic Congressman, showed 113 for the bill, 168 against and 73 doubtful. The leading men of the various elements opposed to the Carlisle currency bill (Democrats, Republicans and Populists), held several informal conference to-day, with a view to agreeing on a plan for forcing the contest to a speedy close. As a result of the talks the combined opposition may vote against the rule to be reported by the rules committee. As the rule is regarded aa indispensable to passing the measure, the defeat of the rule would be equivalent to a defeat of the bill.

VIEWS OF SENATORS. Evidence that Some Favor a CompromiseTalk with Mr. Jones. WASHINGTON, Jan. 8 There has been more financial talk about the Senate today than at any time during the session. It has been stirred up a great deal by the recent publications in the newspapers of various schemes of currency reform and the near approach of a vote in the House on the pending bill. Senators who have predicted rather freely, heretofore, that there would be no currency legislation, talked in a more favorable way to-day and hinted at a ' possibility that something might be done, though they did not know just how or what. Senator Jones, of Arkansas, a member of the finance committee, was asked if lie was not of the opinion that there was no possibility of currency legislation. "Possioiiity," he answered, "wen, now, I will say this, that is ray view. I do not think there s any probability of legislation. It is possible, however, that conditions may arise which will bring men of very diverse views together on common ground and that legislation without political or personal advantage, purely patriotic in its nature, might oe enacted. I do not think this is probable. For my own part, I wou.d sacrifice a great deal to get out on that common ground." "Even to the acceptance of a bond Issue?" "Yes, even to a bond issue." "What else would be necessary?" "We would have to do something for silver. We could not legislate on the currency question without doing something for silver." "Do you consider the necessity great for currency legislation?" "Most emphatically. The condition of affairs, though, may induce the Senate to do something, may Induce the House to accept something that will tide the country over." M Senator Jones said thia feeling was shared by many other Senators. It is such sentiments aa these which have been freely expressed to-day, that has given an indication or inclination toward such financial legislation as it seems possible. Eastern, as well as Western men, have talked In this strain, to-day, and it Is thouglft that, possibly, it might be done. Senator Vest, however, is not optlmistfc as to the chances of financial legislation by this Congress. The Senator was on his way to the meeting of the finance committee to-day, when asked about a story published in some of the morning papers that a compromise bill had been agreed on in the Senate. "It is all rot." he said. "I suppose you mean the stuff about a fmanc.al measure to be offered in the Senate by certain iDemocratic Senators, There Is nothing in it. Furthermore, In my pinion there is no possibility of . passing aji y financial bill In the Senate. W6 have no rules and five Senators can prevent action on any bill during this session. The only hope for prompt and efficient action was , in ' the Democratic party, and we failed at the outset of the session. Instead of changing the Senate rules so as to provide for stopping debate and then resolutely taking up the financial question and the tariff b.lls from the House. the Democratic caucus of the Senate deliberately refused to do anything of the kind. As matters now are in the Senate nothing will be done except by unanimous consent. If the yeas and nays could be called on taking off the differential duties of one-tenth and onee:ghth on sugar, the majority would be for the removal." .Meeting of Voorhecs's Committee. WASHINGTON, Jan. 8. The Senate finance committee held a meeting to-day and discussion was directed towards the financial condition, of the country. It was intended for a preliminary consideration of the currency bill pending in the House. The proceedings were altogether informal, as the bill is not before the Senate in any way, but, nevertheless.eonsldered as important by Chairman Voorhees. The greater part of the time of the meeting was consumed by the Democratic members of these; Senators Vest and Voorhees led the discussion. They dwelt' on the condition of the treasury and upon the importance of Congress taking immediate action looking to an improvement. They did not, however, suggest any specific remedy for the evils which they recognized and no plan was oflered for the solution of the difficulties. Nothing occurred to indicate the standing of the committee Ar the probable position of individual members on the House bill. The Republican members, while admitting the importance of remedial legislation, did not indicate what course they thought should be pursued. For Two-Per-Cent. Bonds. WASHINGTON. Jan. 8. A currency bill has been introduced y Representative Wadsworth, of New York, the principal features of which are the Issue of 2-percent, bonds payable in fifty years. SUPRKMERS ARRETTED. Officers of a Fraternal Insurance Society in Trouble at Chicago. . CHICAGO, Jan. 8. Ex-Supreme Chief Ranger, of the Illinois Foresters, H. Rosen-, baum, and Deputy Supreme Chief Ranger A. Stevenson, of the Canadian order, were held to the Criminal Court here to-day on charges of acting as agents of a fraternal insurance agency without a license. This is the outcome of a long and bitter war between the Canadian order of Foresters and the Illinois organization. Matters reached a climax when It was learned that Rosenbaum, who was at the time High Chief Ranger for the Illinois order was cooperating with Mr. Stevenson with a view to the absorption of the Illinois organization by that of Canada. Rosenbaum was asked to resign, and his resignation was hardly acted on by the high court before he and Mr. Stevenson were forming new courts for the Canadian order, which courts were refused a license by the superintendent of insurance for Illinois, because the organization was not under goverment inspection. The agents, however, did not cease their work, and .were finally arrested on the advice of the Attorney General who, after several continuances, dropped out of the prosecution. END OF A ROMANCE. A Dancingmaster Shoots Himself In Front of His Sweetheart's Home. YORK. Jan. 8. A story of love and disappointment ended to-day when Charles Haeflln, a young dancing master, stood beneath the window of the woman he loved and blew out his brains. The man fell dead beside the house of Anton Scheurman, In East Seventeenth street. Young Haeflin was born in a village on the side of the Alps. At the time of the expose of the Tweed ring, when Richard Connelly, formerly controller, ran away, he hid In th cottage of Haeilin'B mother. There he waa visited by Waldo Hutchlns, former surrogate, and David Fithian, the prominent politician. When Waldo Hutchlns returned to this country he found that Haeflin had come hers. H took an Interest in yenn

Charles, and gave him his first tart in life. The boy entered the navy in IS? and lef$ In April, 1894. with a splendid record. Thcrfe he was employed in the dancing acac?rn, and there met the daughter of An ..an Scheurman, a wealthy cigar manufacturer. The two grew to love each other, ana everything ran smoothly till Dec. 19. when there was a reception at the Scheurman home. Haeflin attended, and on that evening was told that he could see Miss Scheurman no more. He had been melancholy ever since. Early to-day Mr. Scheurman heard the report of a pistol under his window. He went down ,to investigate and found Haeflin dead in the street. A ROUNDSMAN IN LUCK.

Policeman Goodwin, of New York, Reinstated and Awarded $0,143. NEW YORK, Jan. 8. The celebrated ccse of Roundsman John W Goodwin against the Police Board,-which was the longest and most persistently fought litigation in tine annals of the police department, ended today by the board reinstating Goodwin to his former rank and paying him $3,000 back; salary and $1,143 expenses for prosecuting his suit. Goodwin got his shield and it was pinned on him again after an absence of six years. Goodwin was formerly attached to the Oak-street police station under command of Captain Carpenter. In August, 1889, a carriage in which Goodwin and his wife were out driving upset near the station house. Goodwin was carried into the station house slightly hurt. He was clharged by Captain Carpenter with being intoxicated. The captain demanded his resignation and extorted it from him. Goodwin signed the paper but added the words "under duress." Sergeant McGann, under orders from Captain Carpenter, erased the yords. It was upon this that the contention hinged in the numerous hearings of the case before the Police Board and in the courts. The Supreme Court finally decided that tlhe scratching out of the two words entirely changed the document, and that it was not to be considered as a voluntary resignation. TWO JURISTS AT WAR REMARKABLE LETTERS WRITTEN BY UNITED STATES JUDGES. Edgerton Intimates that Dandy Is Not an Honorable Gentleman, and the Latter Talks Back. LITTLE ROCK, Ark., Jan. 8. Some sharp correspondence has passed between Judge A. J. Edgerton who recently came to Little Rock from Sioux City to preside over the federal District Court during the absence of Judge Williams and Judge E. S. Dundy, of Omaha, who was assigned to Judge Edgerton's court. That the correspondenoe had been published was not known to Judge Edgerton until his arrival here this morning from New Orleans. He found on his desk a Deadwood, S. D., newspaper, containing the correspondence which had been given out by Judge Dundy. The first epistle Is dated Little Rock, Dec. 18, 1894, and signed "A. J. Edgerton. judge," In which Judge Dundy is criticised for adjourning court at Deadwood without giving Judge Edgerton notice. The letter concludes: "You seem to have a determination to annoy me In any possible way and take advice of and follow the directions of my enemies. When I asked for your assignment to aid me in holding the terms at Deadwood (but not to supplant and displace me) I thought you a considerate and honorable gentieman. I shall be glad when the term of your assignment expires." Judge Dundy replies, under oath of Deadwood Dec. 26: "The production is a most remarkable one, as it is signed 'A. J. Edgerton, judge.' I suppose it must be treated as a Judicial order, judgment of decree, otherwise you might think I had some intention of annoying you. But on fionor I must say that had you not signed it as judge I should feel like treating it the same as I do such productions emanating from other cranks. And after looking over the decree carefully I have .concludea that you are suffering more from mental infirmity than you are from physical debility Because of this conclusion it may be that I ought not to write you at nil until I have some evidence of the fact that you have a lucid interval." Judge Edgerton appeared to be somewhat worried after reading what had been published. "I decline to make a statement for the same reason as Judge Caldwell when Dundy attacked him nearly two years ago that it was unbecoming a judge to descend to such altercations," said Judge Kdgerton. "I will Eend the newspaper containing the correspondence to Judge Ca'.dwell." BABY IN AN INCUBATOR. Effort to Save the Life of n Tiny New York Infant. NEW YORK, Jan. 8. Another New York baby Is struggling for existence on a bed of cotton in an incubator. A few years ago the child of very wealthy parents, whose birth made him heir to a large estate, was kept alive by the same artificial means. This time it is the baby of parents in moderate circumstances, but the baby's life is just as dear. Five days ago, Mrs. W. Sacks, of No. 51 One-hundred-and-four-teenth street, gave birth to a child which, though very tiny, is perfectly formed. An incubator was provided at once and it is believed that the baby will live, although the mother is in a very critical condition. PORK VERSUS BEANS. Eight Chicago Boxers to Be Pitted Against Eight Boston "Iliffcrs." CHICAGO, Jan. 8. Eight of Chicago's best amateur boxers .will meet Boston's picked eight in less than a fortnight to battle with nature's weapons for their own glory and for the honor of their clubs and cities. The contest will take place in Boston, Sat' urday, Jan. 19. The tournament is to be held under the auspices of the Boston and Chicago Athletic Associations. In Boston the matches will be held in the association's splendid club house. It is known as the annual amateur inter-city boxing tournament of the Boston association. Bay State Women Suffragists. BOSTON, Jan. 8. The twenty-sixth annual meeting of the Massachusetts Women's Suffrage Association was held here today. Mrs. Mary A. Livermore presided. The report of the treasurer show a balance on hand of $108.29. The following officers were elected: President, Mrs. Mary A. Livermore; first vice president, Mrs. Julia Ward Howe; elerk, C. A. Cheney; corresponding secretary, H. B. Blaekwell; treasurer, Francis J. Garrison. The follownamed delegates to the national Women's suffrage convention, to be held at Atlanta, Ga., were appointed: Mrs. H. B. Blaekwell. Miss Lilas C. Davenport, Dr. Borland, Miss Borland, Mrs. F. H. Webster, of Hyde Park, and Mrs. Auerbach, of Cambridge. To Protect Copyrighted Art. WASHINGTON, Jan. 8. Representative Covert, chairman of the committee on patents, has introduced a sweeping bill for the protection of copyrighted designs of works of art. The display or sali of any reproduction or design of any picture, statue, map or other work of art would, under this bill, subject the offender to a penalty of $1 for every sh?et in his possession and forfeiture of the plates to the owner of the work. In the case of newspaper publications the total fine could not exceed double the value of the work of art. Half th penalties would go to the parties owning the work. , Sentenced to Be Electrocuted. NEW YORK. Jan. 8. George W. Cram, who murdered his wife Oot. 8, was to-day sentenced to death by electricity. Before being brought into court Cram attempted to end his life by cutting his tnroat with a glas3 from his spectacles, and when arraigned at the bar he waa weak from the loss of blood. The time of his execution was set for the week beginning Feb. 25. Morocco Manufacturers Fall. LYNN. Mass.. Jan. 8. Nicholas Webber &. Son, the largest morocco manufacturers in this city have failed. Their liabilities are $00,000; assets, unknown. A meeting of the creditors will be held Friday. The firm has bn established here twenty-five 1 years,

DEBS NOW IN PRISON

SEVEN A. n. tr. LEADERS SURRENDER TO MARSHAL ARNOLD. Judge Grosscnp Refuses to Quash the Indictments, and Judge Woods Issues an Order of Commitment. REVOLT AGAINST SOVEREIGN OVER 60,000 KNIGHTS OF LABOR REFUSE TO PAY PER CAPITA TAX. Less than 5,000 Members of the Ordeal Standing by the General Master and His Fellow-Officers. SERIOUS RIOT AT ST. JOHNS UNEMPLOYED WORKMEN STORM THE LEGISLATIVE BUILDING, Attempt to Loot Stores, and Are Finally Driven Back by Police at the Point of the Bayonet.

CHICAGO. Jan. 8. Eugene V. Debs and six members of the executive committee of the 'A. R. U., who were found guilty of contempt by Judge Woods, of the United States Court, were this morning surrendered to the custody of Marshal Ar nold, and are now in Woodstock jaiL Counsel for the prisoners decided, thia morning, not to contest the cas any further before the Circuit Court, but will, on Saturday of this week, ask the TJnited States Supreme Court at Washington for a writ of habeas corpus. On this application, whether It ia x granted or not, they will have th right to take an appeal,, and on this appeal may secure the liberation of the prisoners on bail, pending a hearing. Acting under the direction of Clerk Burnham, Mr. Plckard, his assistant, issued orders of committment, on which Marshal 'Arnold, at first intended to send the men directly to jail, but later it was determined to hold them at his office until 2 o'clock, when Judge Grosscup was expected to send his aecision on motion to quash the conspiracy indictments. The Judge overruled the motion. Late this afternoon Judge Woods issued an order committing Debs and his associates, and at 5 o'clock this eveningseven of the men convicted of contempt left Chicago In charge of Chief Deputy Marshal John Donnelly to serve out their sentence In the Woodstock jail, of Mo Henry county. The party was made up of Eugene V. Debs, L..W, Rogers, Sylvester -Kelliher, James Hogan, William E. Burns, R. M. Goodwin and G. W. Howard. Shortly after the adjournment of the court Mr. Gregory, one of the counsel for the defendants, secured a conference with Judge Woods and represented the Cook county jail to- be overcrowded and requested the court to change the order to confinement to some other county jail. Judgs Woods then directed that the men be taken to the MeHen.-y county jail. The request to transfer was suggested to their attorney by the prisoners. Mr. Rogers said h had read the report of the recent grand jury on the condition of the Cook county jail and he did not wish to spend' many days there if he could avoid it. Mr. Debs at first objected to a change on the ground that they could not keep before the publia if they were sent to a county jail. His associates prevailed upon him to agree to a request for a transfer of the Imprisonment. Mr. Darrow will not leave for Washing, ton until Thursday with the application foi a writ of habeas corpus before the Supreme , Court. Mr. Walker said that the government would be represented at the hearing before whatever justice Mr. Darrow took his writ by Attorney-general Olney. There ' would be an appeal, he added, from the Ue- i clsion. however it went, and it was a" question if that appeal must go to the Supreme Bench or the Circuit Court of Appeals. The cumulative sentence imposed on Debs was) one year and on the other defendants six months. Debs Issues a. Manifesto. WOODSTOCK, 111., Jan. 8. Eugeu Debs and associates are confined In the McHenry county jail. Thia evening Debs issu'. 1 this manifesto to the American people: "In going to jail for participation in the late strike, we have no apologies to make nor regrets to express. No Ignominy attaches to us on account of this sentence. Candor compels me to characterize the whole proceedings aa infamous. It Is not calculated to revive the rapidly failintf confidence of the American people in tha federal judiciary. There Is not a scrap of testimony to show that one of us violated any law whatsoever. And if we are guilty of conspiracy, why are we punished for contempt? This question will continua to be asked with ever-increaslnj; emphases. I would a thousand times ratuer be accountable for the strike than for the decision. "The ridicule of the press that we are posing as martyrs will not deceive the people. We all have homes and loved ones and none of us is here by choice. We simply abide by the arbitrary action of the courts. There is a higher power yet to be heard from. No corporation will influence its decision. Our cause is that of g nscienilous liberty, and we have an abidmg faith in. the American people. We accept our lot with becoming patience and composure. Wn " can afford to waif. "So far aa I am concerned, I feel that when all the circumstances are considered it would only have been disgraceful II' we had so acquitted ourselves as to have kept out of jail. Our enemies are entitled to all the comfort they can extract from our Imprisonment and our friends have no concern. "Questions of great and grave import are ud for decision. Great principles involving the liberty of the citizen are at stake. Out of all this good will come. There is one fundamental bed-rock principle that the American people will never suffer to be sacrificed. It may be menaced, as it now Is. but when the high court, 'we, the people, have passed final judgments, its enthronement will be fixed and secure for all time. "We are but the mere instrumentalities in the revolutionary processes in operation through which Industrial slavery is to be abolished and economic freedom established. Then the star spangled banner will svmbolize, as it was designed to symbolize, social, political, religious and economic emancipation from the thralldom of tyranny, oppression and degradation." REVOLT OF KNIGHTS.

Sovereign Deserted by Over 00,000 Members of His Organisation. PHILADELPHIA. Jan. 8. The Press will say to-morrow. Following the action of District Assembly No. 16, Knights of Labor, of Lackawanna county In sending out the resolutions adopted at the last session of that body In Scranton four weeks ago, the following trades and district assemblies also have resolved to pay no more per capita tax to maintain the present general officers of the order: Local assembly, window glass worker with 7,000 members; District Assembly No. 3. of Pittsburg. 3, SCO members; District Assembly No. 1, of Philadelphia, 700 members; District Assembly No. 10, South Dakota, 16,100 members; District Assembly No. 13. Idaho. 750 members; District Assembly No. 18, Spnuuon, l.oso member; District Assembly ho. 21. Cjtucago. &07 members; tflM

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