Indianapolis Journal, Indianapolis, Marion County, 12 January 1895 — Page 2

THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL, SATURDAY, JANUARY 12, 1895.

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STORM IN THE HOUSE

lElVSATIOSAL, DEBATE OVER THE M'tXERXAND TEXSIOX BILL. ludse Wnugh Causes a Row by AskIns Simple Question Regarding the General's Record, SOUTHERNERS GET A SCORING SPRINGER AXD CHAMP CLARIv DEXOIXCE THEIR M RETHREW tllanes Mingled, with Applause Dlscumiion on War Clalius Little I t Show lor Turlff Legislation. WASHINGTON, Jan. ll.-Friday night sessions of the House are usually sleepyaffairs, but this was not the case to-night. A sensational debate grew out of the attempt of Mr. Springer to pass a bill granting nOO per (month to Maj." Gen. John A. 'McClernand." Mr. Jones, of. Virginia, insisted on making the point of no quorumair. Springer, in a heated . speech, lectured thoso of his Southern Democratic colleagues who constantly . assumed an attitude of hostility toward the pension , of Union soldiers. He called attention to tho fact that but thirteen Democrats had been returned to the next House from the North. He warned them that if their course was persisted In none would be returned to the succeeding Congres3. Mr. Pence, In an earnest speech appealing to Mr. Jones to withdraw his point, spoke of tho well-known, distinguished, patriotic services of General McClernand, when Mr. ; Waugh, of Indiana, threw a tooiribshell into tho discussion by asking If the beneficiary of this bill was not the same Gen, John A. McClernand who -was relieved " from command before Vlcksburg by General Grant for unsoldlerly conduct, and of whom General Halleck said it was premeditated murder to place him In com- .. tnand. The. attack on General McClernand came from an unexpected source, and Mr. Marsh ' and others hastened to his defense. Mr. Marsh hotly declared that General McClernand had never been guilty of unsoldlerly conduct, and the history of the transaction would show that he had not been removed by General Grant for that reason. "Did not General Grant remove him for causes which he deemed proper?' persisted Mr. Waugh. "I do not desire to impugn the character of General Grant," replied Mr. Marsh, sharply, "but I desire to say that his action In this case was a mistake." "What reason did General Grant assign r Interrupted Mr. Cox, of Tennessee. "Was it not because he was too quick at Vlcksburg?" "I never heard it charged against Grant," replied Mr. Marsh, "that he criticised a soldier for going in too quick." (Applause.) Tho discussion was prolonged for more than an hour and was marked by several sensational scenes, one of which was the hissing of Mr. Jones when he said that the widow of Gen. John A. Logan, who received a pension of ?2,C0O a year, was living in social luxury in this city and an- . ually spent more than her pension money Xor flowers displayed by her at her social lunctlons. Later on, when he proclaimed his pride in the confederate cause that had Kone down In defeat, the Republicans, in chorus, shouted, "We have no doubt of if" but in the galleries, many of the spectators applauded vigorously. Mr. Springer was finally forced to withdraw the bili. But even after the bfll had been withdrawn Mi. Champ Clark, of Missouri, got the floor and, in a characteristic .speech, scored Mr. Jones roundly, as, he said, on behalf of his Democratic colleagues of the North He began by saying that the Democratic party presented a dissolving view, and would soon be lost to sight, though to memory dear. He attributed much of the Democratic disaster, last fall, to the course of Southern Democi-ats on the pension question and charged the defeat of at least fifty Northern Democrats to the speeches of Mr. Jones. He then paid a magnificent tribute to McClernand "I'saw him preside at the St. Louis convention." he said, which nominated Samuel J. Tllden, who was elected President of the United States, and whom the cowards on this floor allowed to be swindled out of his seat:"J He-declared that the greatest martinet, who ever ruined a great cause was Jefferson Davis and next to him ranked tstanton. If McClernand had had a fair chance, he gave- it as hl3 opinion that he would , have been as great a soldier as Grant. After- appealing to Mr. Jones to allow this meritorious bill to go through, 3io turned to him and said, impressively, that the Democrats of the North were sick and tired of having their Southern party associates come to Congress and stab their party In the back. "We are through with you." Mr. Clark 'concluded. After passl;)g two bills the House, at 10:30, adjourned. . Southern War Claim Discussed. WASHINGTON, Jan. It. This was private bllj day in the House, out only one bill was considered a claim of the heirs of William Johnson, of Payette county, Tennessee, for $13,000 worth of stores confiscated during the war, Three hours wereconsumed in debate, but on account of the opposition the bill was finally, withdrawn, lie-ford the regular order was demanded nine bills were passed by unanimous conBent. Most of them were of minor importance. The most important was to amend the shipping act of Aug. 19, 1890, so as to eliminate some of the penal provisions of that act which had proved unduly harsh In their application to seamen ou board vessels engaged in the coastwise and near-by foreign trade. Another bill was passed to protect the salmon fisheries of Alaska. During the discussion on the Johnson bill General Wheeler attempted to show that over 700,000 men (negroes and white) from the confederate States entered the Union rmy. Mr. Bingham, in calling Mr. Wheeler's attention to what he styled the absurdity of this statement, said that the best estimate of available arm-bearing men in the Bouth was 1,064,000, and that the actual number of enlisted men in the confederate army was about 700,000. hence the impossibility of such enlistment of Southern men In the Northern army. Mr. Grosvenor doubted if there were (exclusive of negroes) 6,000 men In the Northern army from the States In rebell'on. Mr. Cockrell opposed the payment of ail Southern war claims. He declared, with much intensity of feeling, that he and others like him who had fousht astnst the Union in a cause which they believed to Je right (for he had no regrets to offer or any apologies to make) should not come begging to the conquerors for payment of their losses. At 4 o'clock the House took a recess until 8 o'clock, the evening session to be de- . voted to private pension bills. NO TARIFF LEGISLATION. Wilson's Committee Not Inclined to Puwh Any More Hills. WASHINGTON, Jan. 11. The ways and means committee of the House met to-day for the first time in many months. It was expected that the meetmg' might bring important developments, in view of the government's need of increased revenue. No poaltlvo conclusions were reached, however, beyond the reference of several questions to the subcommittees and a favorable report on the bill exempting from duties exhibits at the Baltimore exposition in 1897. 7. J Tho action of tho committee, though, was looked on as something significant in indicating that no tariff leg slatlon would ht pushed ut this Hesslon. Mr. Wilson stated Informally during tho meeting that the revenues of the government had shown a promising increase tdnce the woolen schedule went into effect on Jan. 1 last. Mr. Reed suggested that this Increase was probably of a temporary character, natural to a hang's which was first put into effect. Mr. Whiting urged that it would be continuous and would develop a healthy increase in government revenues. The resolution of air. 1'eave, asking the Secretary of the

Tres'Vry to inform Congress as to the advisability of Increasing- the beer tax. was voted down without division, and an unfavorable report will be made in accordance with a suggestion made by Mr. Tarsney, tnat the - requested Information was fully covered In the annual reports of the Secretary, of the Treasury and the Commis-, Joner of Internal revenue. .The bill of Mr.' Money for increasing the beer tax was referred to the subcommittee on internal revenue. Mr. Wilson's bill to take off the oneteriih differential on sugar was also referred to a subcommittee. Mr. Whiting suggested the correction of the error in the tariff law as to hemp carpets. Mr. Reed objected, with a sarcastic statement that the law was all errors. The proposed correction was referred to a subcommittee. The bill exempting from duties foreign exhibits at the Baltimore exposition in 1897 was agreed to. THE HAWAIIAN CABLE.

Representative Hltt Taken Issue vrith. President Cleveland. WASHINGTON, Jan. 11. The recommendation marl hv . PreaMent Cleveland that the United States give its consent to the construction of a cable to Hawaii by Great Britain doe3 not find favor among the Re publicans of the House. Representative Hltt, of Illinois, who la recognized as the Republican leader In the House on foreisn affairs, said to-day that he fully agreed with the President that the Hawaiian islands should have the benefits of telenrraohic communication with the world at large, but was strongly opposed to putting their cable facilities under control of any gov ernment ouc xne united states, m the Fifty-first Congress Mr. Hitt offered an appropriation 1)111 providing Tor a survey vi leasime route ior a caDie oeiween Hawaii and San Francisco and for the preliminary steps toward the organization of a company. On the grounds of economy the proposition was defeated by a small majority, the attendance being limited. Mr. Hitt is still in favor of a subsidy for a Hawaiian cable. "The United States," he says, "controls most of the commerce of tha islands, and should control any cable that 13 to be under government domination. With a British cable this government would be under great disadvantages in case of war or grave international difficulties. Doubtless Americans would be free to use the cable for commercial purposes, but It is doubtful whether we would be permitted to send messages in cipher and no treaty arrangement would be practicable by which this government would have the privileges of communication for naval purposes in time of war or other troubles. "Great Britain maintains a cable between Bermuda and Nova- Scotia, which does not begin to pay for Its maintenance." he said, by way of illustration. "Bermuda is a great strategical point, with a powerful fortress. -Americans can order onions by cable, but Secretary Herbert could not request one of our ships to put dynamite on a British vessel and blow her up in the event that such a proceeding was deemed advisable." . ,Tnl?,.'w'as' of course, said to illustrate Mr. Hitt's point. Had there been cable communication with the United States the complications in Hawaii of the past two years would have been greatly simplified and partly averted. Mr. Hitt says. He declares it to be a doubtful form of economy to expend $25,000,000 annually for the maintenance of a navy and neglect comparatively small expenditures for the ' control of vessels, by which thev could be effectively handled and kept under working orders by the home government. NEW USE FOR ELECTRICITY. Carriages and Harness Lighted at a Very Small Coot. WASHINGTON, Jan. 11. As common as Is the use of electric light in the United States Americans have as yet neglected to avail themselves of one application which has been extensively employed In Europe, and especially in France, namely, its use for Illumination of carriages and other public conveyances. An interesting report on this subject has been submitted to the Department of State by United States Consul Chancellor, at Havre. He shows that within "the last five years electrically-lighted private carriages have been extensively used by the affluent classes in Rurope. The Prince of Wales was the first to adopt the idea in London, and the German Emperor has had the court carriages lighted by electricity, not only to outside lanterns, but also the interior being illuminated by means of a series of accumulators carried under the boot, and all over the harness are placed what the Germans call "gluhlampe' small colored lights, which glow like fireflies and conquer the thickest fogs. The accumulator for a carriage is carried in a box only eight inches long by seven high and four wide. It furnishes a good seven-and-a-half candle power for from one to two months. It costs from fifty cents to one dollar to renew the charge, less than the cost of smoky, unreliable and ill-smelling oil lamps. The Consul says that in a few years all public conveyances will be thus lighted, as a fifty-cent plant Is sufficient for each. He gives detailed descriptions of the -various appurtenances necessary. . HIS KATE SEALED. DlNNell Is Opposed to Immorality and . the Lao-ranKe Postmaster Mast Go, Special to the Indianapolis Journal. WASHINGTON, Jan. 11. It is stated at the Postoffice Department that the papers" In the case of the postmaster at Lagrange, Ind., charged with immoral conduct, have not yet reached the department. Several of the officials of the department, however, , are familiar with the details of the story recently printed in the Journal, and,, unhesitatingly state that if the charges are proven the punishment for the indiscretion of the Lagrange postmaster will be summary dismissal. Several" cases nearly similar to this case have come before the department since Mr. Blssell took the helm, but they have been disposed of in each case without publicity. Nearly half a dozen fourth-class postmasters have been dismissed during this administration for proven immoral conduct and acts similar to that of the Lagrange postmaster committed in the postoffice buildings. There have been at least three case3 where presidential postmasters have been Involved in ecandals of this sort, and in each case they have been punished with almost instant dismissal. The Postmaster-general is a stickler for purity of morals and a generally good moral character in his appointees, and if, these. are found to be lacking after the appointment he always corrects his errors with a promptness that is deadly. , TT'RNEY" TO BE SEATED. Tennessee's Democratic Legislature Will Go Behind the Returns. NASHVILLE. Tenn., Jan. 11. The debate on the powers of the Legislature under the Constitution in canvassing the vote for Governor was resumed in the Senate this morning, and for three hours Senators' on both sides argued the point involved, Republican Senators contending that there must be an, induction into office before an examination of alleged frauds can be had, affecting the title to the office, and Democrats contending that the Legislature being the only court provided by the Constitution to try such questions relating to the selection of Governor, It must investigate alleged frauds; in other words, go behind the face of the returns. The debate led up to a test vote on a resolution postponing to a day to yet be fixed the assemblage of the Joint convention to canvass and publish the returns. It was recognized by both parties that the vote In the Senate on this resolution would -practically mean that a bill will be passed providing, for" examination of the charges of alleged frauds, and that this Investigation would not be completed for forty or fifty days, and that Gov. Turney will hold over until this investigation Is made and acted upon by the Legislature. When the vote was taken the resolution was adopted 19 to 14 one Democrat voting against. The resolution was immediately taken up in the House, and for two hours debated by Republicans upon the lines of the debate had in the Senate. A motion to adjourn brought on some goodnatured filibustering and dilatory motions, but an agreement was reached and the discussion will continue to-morro,w. " THE EZETA AFFAIR. Gre.bnm'a Reply to the Senate Our Treaty with Salvador. WASHINGTON. Jan. 11. -Responding to a resolution of the Senate, the President has sent to that body a complete copy of the extradition proceedings of General Ezeta, late Vice President of San Salvador, and other refugees who were grunted asylum on board the Bennington. The record U very voluminous. It appears from- the correspondence that the authorities of the new government of Salvador made strenuous efforts to have Ezeta and his companions nurrendereci to them, both immediately after they took refuge on board the Bennington and after his discharge at San Francisco, on the ground that he was a common criminal- but tbi demand was re-',

slsted in both instances. There are telegrams from brothers of Ezeta representing that his surrender was sure to be followed by his execution. Much of the correspondence is of a technical legal character. Among other- documents inclosed is one from Jacinto Costellanos, Salvadorian Minister of Foreign Affairs, dated Oct. 9. after the discharge of Ezeta, giving notice of the desire of his government for the termination of the extradition treaty between that country and this at the end of the period for which It is now in force and suggesting its immediate termination by a special eonventon. Replying to this, Secretary Gresham calls attention to the fact that the exising treaty does not expire until 1900, and he says his government sees no reason for terminating it at an earlier date. Silver Ken May Form a New Party. WASHINGTON. Jan. 11. Gen. A. J. Warner, president of the American Bimetallic League, admitted, to-day, that a conference of bimetallists from different parts of the country had been held in this city recently. In this connection, he said: "It was the decision of the conference that a strong and growing sentiment is manifesting itself in favor of uniting the friends of bimetallism in a bimetallic party and to appeal directly to the people on the money Issue alone. The consideration which seems to be leading to this result Is the widespread conviction that there is no hope of restoring the bimetallic standard through the Republican party, nor through the Democratic party, as that party is now controlled. And, on the other hand, that it is equally impossible to accomplish this result within the lines of the Populist party or to unite on the Omaha platform those in favor of restoring the bimetallic standard as it was before 1873, and of government control of money." Grenlium Lobbying- for a Treaty. WASHINGTON, Jan. 11. Secretary of State Gresham spent an hour at the Capitol to-day in consultation with members of the committee on. foreign relations and other Senators regarding the importance of securing the speedy confirmation of the Japanese treaty. There has been some delay in considering this treaty because of certain industrial provisions 'which it failed to embody. Mr. Quay, with whom Secretary Gresham held a somewhat lengthy conference, declined to talk about the interview, but it is believed that the result of Mr. Gresham's conference will be satisfactory to the industrial organizations of the, country. It is expected that the treaty will be confirmed at an early date. Guests at Laniout'it Dinner. WASHINGTON. Jan. 11. Secretary of War Lamont gave a dinner to-night in honor of Joseph Jefferson that in assemblage of guests Is likely to create as much of a surprise as did the memorable State dinner at the Wrhite House a week since. Senator Hill, ex-Speaker Thomas B. Reed and Representative William L. Wilson were present. The other guests were Senators Morrill. Sherman and Hawley, Secretary Carlisle. Attorney-general Olney, the Mexican Minister, Representative Everett, of Massachusetts; Mr. John B. Henderson and Mr. Thomas Nelson Page. "

SealM Practically Extinct. WASHINGTON, Jan. 11. Some interesting facts in regard to Alaskan seal fisheries were given to the House committee on Territories by Governor Sheakley, of Alaska, to-day. The Governor declares that seals are practically extinct, and will be entirely exterminated within a short time. Although the government authorized the killing of 20,000 last year by the fur company, they could find but 12,000 fit for the market. He said no less than 30,030 pups had died because their mothers were killed by poachers. ' Wants ''Filled Cheese" Taxed. WASHINGTON. Jan. 11. At to-day's meeting of the National Dairy Union short addresses were made by Representatives Hatch and Grout, Assistant Secretary Dabney, of the Agricultural Department; ex-Governor Heard, of Wisconsin, and others. A resolution was adopted petitioning Congress to place "filled cheese" under the Internal revenue laws, to tax it 2 cents per pound, and to require that dealers In filled cheese be licensed, the same as regular dealers In oleomargarine. Cleveland Denounced by Bryan. WASHINGTON, Jan. il. -Representative William J. Bryan , of Nebraska, i:i a sj eech to-night before the Virginia Democratic Association, denounced President Cleveland. He declared tNat the President was not a Democrat, that his conduct was i;ot Democratic, that he was wrecKing the Democratic party and that he was the first Democratic President who had been u.w.ble to control his party. Mr. Bryan also criticised Secretary Carlisle. The Deficit So Far .'t3,77S,204. WASHINGTON, Jan. II. A treasury statement issued to-day shows that the expenditures so far this month exceed the receipts by $6,213,743. which makes the deficiency for the fiscal year to date $33,778,204. Of the total receipts so far tfcis month $7,297,244 was from customs, $3,017,947 from internal revenue and $369,111 from miscellaneous sources. The total receipts since June 30 are $170,273,760 and the disbursements $204,051,968. - - Army Promotion. WASHINGTON, Jan. 11. The President, to-day, sent to the Senate the following nominations: Lieut. Col. William Wlnthrop, deputy general, to be colonel and assistant iudge-advocate general; Maj. Edward Hunter, judge-advocate, to be deputy judgeadvocate general, with rank of lieutenant colonel; Lieut. Enoch Herbert Orowder, Eighth Cavalry, to be major and Judgeadvocate. ,:;00,000 In Gold Withdrawn. WASHINGTON, Jan. lLAdvices to theTreasury Department from the subtreasury at New York report the withdrawal of $2,300,000 in gold for export. This leaves the amount of the gold reserve $77,474,400. General Notes. WASHINGTON. Jan. 11. A delegation of Democrats from Oklahoma Is at the Capitol to urge the territorial committee of the House to report a bill for statehood for Oklahoma, with the Chickasaw Indian nation attached. Members of the Tennessee Centennial exposition made speeches to the House committee on appropriation to-day, asking for a government exhibit for the- exposition in 18. The Department of State has received a dispatch from Consul-general Mulligan, at Apia, reporting the death of Robert Louis Stevenson.INCOME TAX LAW CASE. Another Suit to Test the Constitutionality of the Act. NEW YORK, Jan. 11. Louis H. Hyde, who resides at Orange. N. J., commenced a suit in equity to-day in the United States Circuit Court against the Continental Trust Company, of which he is a shareholder, to test the constitutionality of the new income tax law. Mr. Hyde Is represented by Messrs. Seward, Guthrie, Morawetz and Sieel and Joseph H. Choate as his counsel. It Is understood that a number of corporations and Individuals largely affected by the income tax have combined to protect their interests and to test the constitutionality of the act. SIEAllKU WKKiKED. The Frescott and Twenty-Three People Lost inn Gale. LONDON, Jan. 11. It is regarded as certain that the British steamer Prescott, bound from Sunderland, for Marseilles, foundered with all hands on loard twenty-three in all during the recent gale. A terrible gale is prevailing along the Irish coasts. The Cunard steamer Etruria was unable to enter Queenstown harbor because of the storm, and proceeded with her passengers and matf direct for Liverpool. ' - Movements of Steamers. NEW YORK. Jan. 11. Arrived: Elbe, from Bremen; Paris, from Southampton. SOUTHAMPTON, Jan. 11. Arrived: Ems, from New York. Three People Asphyxiated. NEW YORK, Jan. 11. Tvv men and a boy were suffocated by gas this morning in a room on the third floor of the tenement house, No. 232 Grand street. Tho dead are Jacob Rosenberg, aged thirteen; Abraham Bersan, twenty-two years; Joseph Jacobson, twenty-seven years old. An overturned gas stove caused the tragedy. , A Comparison. Syracuse Standard. Two drunken men holding each other up present some such picture as those two decayed politicians. Cleveland and Hill, lu their attitude of mutual support.

SMALLPOX AT EOBY

SEVEN CASES DISCOVERED AND THE TRACK TO BE QUARANTINED. Indianapolis Men In a New Gas Compuny at Wabash Reward Offered for the Belleville Murderers. CHICAGO, Jan. 11. Aid from an unex pected source has come to the Indiana au thorities, who have for months been rack ing their brains as to the best method of closing and keeping closed, the race track at Roby, . Ind. An epidemic of smallpox has broken out, and there is a wild scrambling - among the touts, stablemen and jockeys to reach a more healthful locality. The . authorities of Illinois have. for some time, been keeping close watch on the track to prevent too many of the hang ers-on of the place from invading Chicago. Every jockey or stableman who cannot show an approximation to a clean bill of health is told that Chicago has troubles enough of its own without importing them from the Roby race track. When the man shows symptoms of smallpox he is promptly taken to the pest house. Thursday John B. Sweeney, of Chicago, a horse owner who has been visiting the track every day and associating with the jockeys and etablemen, was sent to the pest house, suffering with an aggravated case of smallpox. The same day Arthur Williams, a jockey, and Britt Lane, who slept in the stables, wandered into South Chicago, and were sent to the pest house on the jump. When these three cases were brought in a census was taken, and it was found that seven men from the Roby track, all with smallpox in its worst form, had been brought to the pest house within three days. ' -t - The Chicago authorities are powerless to move against the plague spot, as it is under the jurisdiction of the Indiana Board, of Health. That body promptly received notice of the prevalence of the disease and of the ' danger w hich (threatened Chicago from its continued existence. It is probable that a corps of physicians from the Indiana board - will be sent to the track to vaccinate everybody on the place, to thoroughly fumigate the stables and other buildings of the race track and to make every effort to stamp out the disease, which seems to have taken a strong hold and is rapidly spreading. The track is closed at present, but it is not likely that the State medical authorities will allow it to reopen, even if the management wishes to do so. , When the Statehouse in this city closed yesterday evening there had been no information in regard to smallpox received. Governor Matthews said, at 11 o'clock last night, he had no official knowledge of it, but that he had heard it . mentioned that smallpox had broken out at Roby, but. as he had no official information, he had not considered the subject seriously. it NEW GAS COMPANY. Gat e and SVfers, of This City, Interested la a, Wabash Company. Special to tha Indianapolis Journa.. WABASH, Ind., Jan. 11. The Yv'abash Fuel Gas Company, with a capital stock of $75,000, to-day ; filed articles of association with the recorder of Wabash county, and to-morrow . will file. a copy of the same with the Secretary; of State. The company is organized to pipe natural gas from the gas field to this city , and $40,000 of the capital stock has , been subscribed by manufacturers and . others , in this city. The men Interested in the enterprise a few days ago interested .Messrs. , A. B. Gates and R. K. Syfers, of Indianapolis, in the venture and last night both these gentlemen, who were at tne head of tha company which put In the , first gas plant here came up and to-day were closeted with the directors or the. tuei 'company and' it is understood that, while neither of them has taken any stock In the company, both have indicated a willingness to do so. Mr. Gates asserted that he believed the outlook was favorable for the new company, but . he j,hd; subscribed for none of the shares. ' li'lrimated pretty strongly that he might iftvest some money and a director of the 'company is authority for the statement that both Mr. Gates and Mr. Syfers have practically promised to take a large slice of the stock. Territory has been leased by the new company, nearly all of It east of Swayzee, in Grant county, and contracts for drilling and supplying pipe will be let within sixty days. The directors of the firel company for the year 1893 are: W. G. Thompson, Solomon Wilson, T. E. Whiteside C. H. Lawton, George W. Kiare, W. V. Pressler. T. W. King. The officers are: T W. King, president; T. E. Whiteside, vice president; M. II. Mendenhall, secretary and treasurer. SMITHA IS MISSING. Ex-Clark. County Treasurer a Greatly Wanted Man. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. JEFFERSONVJLLE. Ind., Jan. 11. The News, to-night, had the following: "The, bondsmen of ex-Treasurer A. W. Smitha met at the courthouse Thursday afternoon to make preparations for a settlement of the judgment against them and their principal. They had notified Mr. Smitha to be present, but he failed. He was last sent on Friday last going north on a B. & O. S. W. train. The bondsmen were extremely indignant at hl3 failure to be present, and used him in ungloved manner. They say they are satisfied he has somewhere on deposit at least $16,000, and that he could readily make good his shortage if he would. Unless ho Is forthcoming at the proper time they are determined to have him indicted, and. If possible, if he can be reached, send him to the penitentiary. The amount due, with interest from the date of defalcation,, is over $4,300. The bondsmen expect to make arrangements to settle the same speedily. - A FUNERAL COINCIDENCE. Tcrre Haute Saloons Closed Out of ' Respect to a Brewery Agent. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. . TERRE HAUTE, Ind., Jan. 11. There were two funerals at 2 o'clock to-day of well-known citizens, but who represented the opposing sentiments in regard to the saloon business. Capt. S. H. Potter was eighty-six years of age when he died a few days ago, and for forty j-ears he had opposed the saloon and what he considered to be the desecration of the Sabbath. His funeral was attended by the older citizens of business standing The funeral of Frank Peker, townhip trustee and city agent of the brewery, was a public event. The brewery people had the snow scraped from the streets for the marching bodies of Knights of Pythias, Masons, Red Men, Order of Mrse and the Democratic Jackson Club. They marched several hundred strong in a blinding snowstorm. Nearly oil the saloons were closed from 2 to 5 o'clock, something never before dsne in this city. GOO DAYS IN JAIL. Alexandria Saloon Keeper Prefers that to Paying; His Fine. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. ANDERSON, ImL. Jan. 1L Six hundred days in jail is what Hiram P. Williams, an Alexandria saloonkeeper, proposes to take rather than pay $660 as a fine. Mr. Williams wa3 lu court, to-day and five chargres of selling liquor to minors and allowing them to congregate in his saloon. He fought the cases in the lower courts and fought them at. the county bar. Judge Ellison found him guilty and he was fined $25 in each case, making $125 in all. To this was added a little over $475 in costs, the total being $660. He. assured the court that he vould not pay and his attorneys, both from Alexandria, advised him to lay it out in jail. He proposed to do this and Sheriff Starr put him on the register for six hundred days. - GAS EXPLOSION AT PERU. John Selgrraft, Perhaps, Fatally liurned and His House Wrecked. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. PERU. Ind., Jan. ll.-John Selgraft, of the firm of Arraantrout & Selgraft, was probably fatally burned In a natural-gas explosion this morning. One of the children was also, seriously burned. Selgraft struck a match in his cellar and an explosion instantly follov d. With his clothing ablaze he ran and -threw himself in the snow and put out the flames. Nearly every shreds of clothing was burned from him, and it is feared he has internal injuries. The house is a complete , wreck, being sprung apart and the Interior a mass pf ruins. AU-

er the explosion the house caught fire, but

the blaze was extinguisnea. REWARD OF f 1,000 Offered by Hendricks County CommissionersMrs. Henshaw Dead. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. DANVILLE, Ind.. Jan. 11. The excitement over the Belleville tragedy continues unabated. The death of Mrs. Henshaw last evening at 5 o'clock has increased the bitterness of the feeling. This afternoon the commissioners offered a reward of $1,000 for the arrest and conviction of th murderers or $500 for the arrest and conviction of one of them. This action was taken on a petition of many taxpayers, and it is believed that the arrest of the murderers will follow. Armour's lee Cutters Strike. Special to the Indlanapoll3 Journal. HAMMOND, Ind.. Jan. 11. The ice men working for P. D. Armour at Cedar Lake this morning struck for an advance of forty cents a day. The men were being paid ten cents an hour and were charged $3 a week for board. The matter was compromised with nearly two hundred of the men by the company offering to furnish the men free board. About two hundred, most of whom are from Chicago, walked to Hammond, eighteen miles, through a blinding storm and were nearly frozen when they reached this city. On being informed that there was a strike here they started for Chicago Christ's Followers Disputing:. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. BRAZIL. Ind.. Jan. 11. The debate which has been in progress at Ashboro, this county, for the past four days between Rev. John R. Baley, of Indianapolis, of the Baptist denomination, and Rev. Denny, of Sullivan, of the Christian Church, closed to-day. The subject was which church was established in accordance with the teachings of Christ and Kis disciples. The debate has created universal interest and was attended by hundreds. Crushed by Falling Slate. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. BRAZIL, Ind., Jan. 11. While at work in Kealy mine, north of this city, belonging to the Diamond Coal Company, to-day, a young man named Hays was crushed to death and a man named Fletcher was badly mashed and probably fatally injured. Both men were at work in the same room when they were caught by a heavy fall of slate. The Ohio Thirty-Three Feet High. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. MADISON. Ind., Jan. 11. Capt. John Barrett's wharf boat, leased from Capt. John W. Thomas, which sank this morning, was carried off by rising river this evening with 150 barrels of salt and other freight. The boat was valued by Superintendent Mercer at $1,000. The river Is almost thirty-three feet and rising two inches an hour. Looking Into Fawcett's Conduct. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. LAGRANGE, Ind., Jan. 11. A government official has come here to investigate the conduct of Postmaster Fawcett as a result of the action of citizens in denouncing and exposing him. The government representative has had a conference wlthg Fawcett's bondsmen, three of whom, It Is said, want to be released, while two are standing by him. Murray Wallace. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. SEYMOUR, Ind.. Jan. 1L George W.. Murray and Miss Orpha Etta Wallace were united in marriage at 3:30 o'clock, Thursday 'afternoon, at the home of the bride's parents in this city. Deaths In the State. "TERRE HAUTE. Ind., Jan. 11. Dr. McLaughlin, of Seelyville, a member of the medical examining board, died this morning. KOKOMO, Ind., Jan. 11. James Mattix, a pioneer resident of this city, died this morning, aged seventy-five. SEYMOUR, Ind., Jan. 11. Miss Mollis Williams, of Crothersvilie, died, yesterday, of consumption, aged thirty. Indiana Notes. Muncie Commandery, Knights Templars, Thursday night installed the new officers and gave the annual reception. , The millinery store of Mrs. Z. S. Wheeler, at Crawfordsvllle, burned Thursday night. Loss, $600; insured. Six months ago the same store was burned. The street-car strike which commenced at Fort Wayne yesterday morning has so far not caused the stoppage of a car. Only six of the sixteen men quit. Adam Slimmer, while out hunting with James Gibson, near Wabash, yesterday, accidentally discharged his shotgun, the load taking effect In the knee of Gibson. It may necessitate amputation. Conrad Trusson, one of the oldest residents of Wabash county, was knocked down by his horse, dislocating his shoulder and hurting him internally. He is eightyfour years old and the doctors say he will not recover. Worthlngton Knights of Pythias on Thursday installed the following officers: William Griffith chancellor, Jasper Hodges vice, Bert Hollis prelate, George Secrest representative. After the installment a banquet was tendered invited guests. A party at the country home of George Smith, near Kokomo, Wednesday night, was broken ' up by the house taking fire. The fifty guests fled into the cold, and Grant Harris, who went on the roof to fight the flames, fell through, receiving injuries that may be fatal. A damage suit for $25,000 was filed atVlncennes yesterday by Geo. G. Staples against the Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis railway. The plaintiff was burned by the explosion of a tank of oil at Wanda, III., the explosion being caused by a burning wreck of , a passenger train, In which Staoles' ears were burned off and his face disfigured for life. COLLEGE PRESIDENTS MEET. Athletics Discussed and Resolutions Regarding Sports Adopted. CHICAGO, Jan. 31. A group of gentlemen, who are at the head of the -x.oat prominent colleges In the great middle West, met to-night at the Auditorium Hotel to discuss the question of controlling college athletics. The following were present, it being probably the most notable gathering of university men ever held in the city: University of Michigan, President Angell; University of Wisconsin, President Adams; University of Chicago, President Harper; Purdue University, President Smart; University of Illinois, President Draper; University of Minnesota, President Northrop; Northwestern University, President Rogers. Resolutions were adopted calling on the various colleges 'to so frame the rules or football as to produce the minimum of danger. Other resolutions were adopted calling on all colleges that had not already done so to appoint a representative on the committee on- athletics; declaring that none but students regularly enrolled shall take part in any of the college games. The meeting did not adjourn until after 1 a. m. TELEGRAPHIC BREVITIES. At Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ont., N. I. Tuttle. Will Creltner and Jacob Denhole, three soldiers, were drowned. George Gould has been elected a member of the Jeykll Island Club and will, at an early day. reach Bruswick, Ga with his family, to spend a part of the winter at the famous resort. John E. Moore, landing agent at Ellis island. N. Y.. has completed his report for 1334. It shows that during the year 92,561 cabin passengers arrived and 188,164 steerage passengers landed at Ellis island. Daniel K. Swearington, editor of the Burlington (Kan.) Courier, has been found guilty of publishing and mailing obscene matter. Sentence was deferred. The matter in question was an attack on a townsman. A majority of the stockholders of the International Bell Telephone Company met in New York, yesterday, and, by unanimous vote, decided to reduce the capital stock of the company from $1,700,000 to $1,000,000. At New York, last night. Louis Grass, thirty years old, a driver employed b-' a storage company, shot and killed his wife, Jennie, twenty years old, at ther home on West Thirty-second street. He then shot himself dead beside his wife. Priests Fight a Duel with Knives. PALIA. Mex., Jan. 11. News comes from Parras of a duel unto death with knives between two Catholic priests. Parras has two parishes, ona administered to by Father Brioneu and the othi?r by Father Florls. Jealousies have for a long time existed between the two priests over the religious duties. Father Brioneu is dying and Father Floris is behind prion walls. To , add to , the sensation it Is said that a woman was J the real cause ii the tragedy,

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WILD WEST BLIZZARD A COLD WAVE FLIES EASTWARD WITH SURPRISING SWIFTNESS. It Causes a Drop In Tempera tare of from SO to ."SO Degrees In a Few . Hours To-Dar's Forecast. CHICAGO, Jan. 11. The Western States are in the embrace of a r frosty, snowy blizzard, with the .thermometer ranging from zero to twenty below. .The blizzard blew eastward with surprising swiftness, eausing the mercury to drop from thirty to fifty degrees in a few hours. To-night at 6 o'clock the Weather Bureau reported the temperature for Omaha at eleven below, a fall of forty-two degrees in twenty-four hours. At North Platte, the only signal office in the drought-stricken region of Nebraska, the weather was mild, being thirty-one above. There is no snow and very little iccAt Des Moines, la., the thermomete, 't 9 o'clock to-night registered fifteen belvrf zero and it Is thought it will reach twenty before morning. The storm came so suddenly that there is much suffering and particularly In the country where the. stock was ail out of doors Reeling m stalK fields. Kansas City reports that since noon to-; day tne tnermometer has fallen thirty-six degrees and at midnight it registered sevn beiow zero. A further fall of eight degrees by morning is predicted. -The cold snap, which is tne severest of the season, is general throughout that section and is boojied to continue until Sunday. A fct. ixjuis dispatch says: A cold wave struck this section of the country this aft ernoon and at midnight the thermometer registered about zero, a fall of thirty-four deguees since noon. According to reports rrom tne w eather Bureau, the mercury will fall still lower before Saturday morning. A strong west wind is blowing. At Galesburg. 111., to-night, the tempera ture is fifteen below zero and sinking rapid ly, with a heavy gale from the northwest. There is prospect of much suffering. At Bloomington, 111., the temperature fell nearly forty degrees in twenty-four hours and thirty-two degrees since 7 a. m. The mercury, at 10 p. m., stands at twelve decrees below. A Springfield, 111., dispatch says a terrible blizzard struck this city, this evening, the thermometer falling from twenty-seven degrees above zero, at 2 p. m., to six degrees below at 10:30 p. m. There was a light fall of snow. Chicago Itself experienced a remarkable change in temperature this afternoon, the mercury falling from twenty degrees above zero, at 4 o'clock, to three degrees below at 6. At midnight it was seven degrees bel w zero on the streets and three degrees lower than that at the government observatory. Hie-h Water In tho Ohio. CINCINNATI, O., Jan. 11. At midnight, the Ohio river measured forty-four feet, being only one foot below the point of overflow at certain places. As the rise Is not rapid, there Is no alarm, although this rise is expected to continue to-morrow. Thursday midnight the river was thirtyeight feet, a rise of six feet (:i twenty-four hours. If this continues as expected there will be over fifty feet to-morrow night, and that means an overflow. At S a. m. U was thirty-nine feet four inches; at noon fortyone feet; at 6 p. m. forty-three feet n'ne inches. The severe cold weather to-night indicates relief from both snow and rain. Blizzard In Indiana. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. FORT WAYNE. Ind., Jan. 1L To-night a blizzard is raging and the snow i3 badly drifting over the tracks of all railroads passing through this city. Passenger trains from all directions are arriving from' two to three hours late. TERRE HAUTE, Ind.. Jan. 11. A snowstorm that during the day gave promise of turning into rain suddenly . changed to a blizzard late this afternoon. At 3 o'clock the thermometer registered 30 degrees above zero, but at 9 o'clock it was at zero and falling rapidly. FAIR AND COLDER. Indlaninns Will Have Zero Weather Throughout the Day. WASHINGTON, Jan. 11. For Illinois Fair; colder; northwesterly winds. 1 For Ohio Fair; colder with a cold" wave; winds shifting to northwesterly. , For Indiana Fair; colder; northwesterly winds. ' . 9 Friday's Local Observations. Bar. Ther. R.II. Wind. Wther. Pre, 7 a.m.. 29.86 26 Sfi S'west Cloudy .:5 7 p.m.. 29.88 12 88 N'west Lt snow .04 Maximum temperature, 32; minimum temperature, 22. , The following Is a comparative statement of the temperature and precipitation Jan H. Temp. Pre. Normal 25 .10 Mean 22 .39 Departure from normal 3 .29 Excess or deficiency since Jan. 1. 3 &8 Plus. C. F. R. WAPPENIIANS. , Local Forecast OfiiciaL Obituary. VALLEJO. Cal.. Jan. Jl. Word was received by the commandant of the navy yard that Assistant Naval Constructor Geo. W. Street, U. S. N., died ut .-an Francisco to-day of pneumonia. Constructor Street arrived from the Eastonly a few days ago for duty at the Union iron works at San Francisco. He was appointed from Wisconsin July 1, 1889, and he has until recently been attached to the navy yard ut New York. LITTLE .ROCK, Ark., Jan. 11. Lee Clough, one of the best known Republicans in Arkansas, died to-night. He has represented Clark county in the Legislature several time3 and he held a prominent position in the revenue service under Harrison. PARIS. Jan. U.-Benjamin Godard, the French composer, is dead. He was born in Paris. Aug. IS, 1849. He was the author of several operas. Losses by Fire. MINNEAPOLIS. Minn., Jan. 11. The Nor wegian Lutheran Seminary at Robbinsdale. a suburb of this city, erected by the Norwegian synod in 18S8, burned to-day. The minding was vaiuea at sju.uuo. The forty four students lost everything thev had in the building and Professor Skud also lost his library, unere was no insurance upon the building, but the professor's library was insured. NEW YORK. Jan. 11. The. furniture es tablishment of Jordan & Morlarftv. extend ins from 207 to 211 Park Row, was damaged by fire to-day. When the names had been extinguished the damage was estimated at $ij,0w; insured. TORONTO, Jan. 11. Ixsses by last night's tire win amount to .mj,uw, with insurance of half that amount. Not Carlisle, but Cleveland. Philadelphia Press. For a while longer a few worshipers in New York may coddle the mvth that Presi dent Cleveland is a good man with wicked partners. The country does not. The American public knows its Presidents Cleveland is known. He is the one architect of the ruin of his own reputation. If the condition of the national finances and of the national currency demands the resig nation ct any one lt demands the reslgna tion of Grover Cleveland. A Georgia. Obituary. "I give him his medicine regular, From morn till the set of sun. He took two powders at 10 o'clock. And another powder at 1, "But doctors cannot help us. When death knocks at the rloor; God-bye, my darling husband! You left at ten minutes to 4!" Atlanta Constitution. On a Cotton Cloth Foundation. Boston Transcript. The Ma itsachu setts Highway Commissioners are trying an interesting experiment. The board has found hi. building macadamized roads that upon loose, tandy sou. mucn stone is wasted by being driven into the sand. In such cases, gravel, when accessible! 1)43 been yu;vJ upwu Ui-5l4

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no to a depth of three or four inches, and the stone laid on this. By so doing th cost is greatly reduced. There twins no gravel at Martha's Vineyard, cheap cotton cloth has within two weeks been spread upon the sand, and over that the stone. It has -been found that the sand does 'rot work up through th stone and much lesa stone is required. Layers o tarred paper were tried, but without success, as tho stone pressed through them.--Th's Is probably the first exneriment ever made with cloth, and while the stretch on which It is used is not long, the showing will be valuable. A FINANCIAL DANGER. Edward Atkinson Points-Out a Peril to Which the Nation Is Exposed. Letter In New York Evening Post. The letter which I wrote you not long since seems to have attracted widespread attention, especially the points 1 made, namely, that unless the present Congress, or one summoned in extra session after the adjournment of this one, should provide la some way for developing the banking system and at the same time for funding not only the legal tender notes hut all the outstanding demand notes of the government, the distrust of jie immediate ability of the government to redeem in gold might cause a sudden and severe run upon the treasury which would require the forced sale of bonds from time to tlma in order to meet it. It has been imputed to me In many places that I advise such a course. That Is an error. I merely pointed out how th government may be called upon to sell bonds In order to procure gold under existing laws; and in the letter in which I indicated this possibility I called attention to the danger which would ensue If such a course were taken. My purpose has , b'.en accomplished. The danger exists. All persons now have the power to demand payment of the treasury on the demand notus of the government, and many of theta are exercising their- power rightly.Morrt and more" w-lll exercise tht power the wider the growing distrust. Under the mandate of the law to maintain all the demand obligations of the government at a parity on the present ratio of silver to gold the executive officers of the government have no alternative except to sell bonds under the resumption act for the purpose of redeeming these notes; they must sell them at wnatever rate or interest is necessary up to the 5 per cent. If an incapable Congress fails to provide for graauai redemption in a inauupr mat wn restore confidence in the qua lit v of these demand notes, upon them will fall the responsibility for what mav or must ensue. l thinK tnat l nave uone gooa servica In calling attention to the danger. It may bring many persons to the conclusion. which is rapidly oemg attained Dy au business men, to-wit. that there will be no security against such dangers as I have indicated until Congress provides in an adequate and suitable -manner for the redemption of legal-tender notes, Sherman notes and all other demand obligations of the government in a sate ana suitaDie manner, nor until Congress takes such action as may enable the business community to establish a banking system of a safe and suitable kind when the . gov ernment ceases to attempt to mainiam . great bank of issue for which it is totally unfit. Vndignlfled Assaults. Pittsburg Chronicle-Telegraph. . Toward the close of every administration la a Aarrairm in PnnrPBH tCl Vie. bl.tl V V Vtll,j'U..tVll'H ... " come rowdy and insulting toward tho Pres- ' luent. isy mat lime nis pairuua-Ke u- wru bestowed, his term of office is coming to an end, and there is nothing much to nope or fear from him. Rankling griefs and blttet , aisappoimmenis uieu u nave iu maj without running any great risk, and nasty . i n A A o.. n K c-u 1.1 rTVi IpnHan'.v M limits ic . i.v .-.v. . - . . not peculiar to our times. Before Washingion len omce cnKi wtic hiu m cress that he had been overdrawing hiFour" years ago it was President Harrison's turn; now President Cleveland is. catching it. ; Congressman Sibley l ad hia fling at him yesterday. According to hia own averment he had been padlocked be-' rore. it is a puy ior u ltiiuuniuu tne paaiocK nas suppea on. m luuum. jio ..is a inHlxmiia iiena in th Mouse, hut he was funny at the expense of his own dlgnltv. His speech hurt. Sibley a urreat deal ana aoes not nun v,ievei uu n. , - Harrison's Level Head. - Chicago Inter Ocean. - Ex-President Harrison shows American grit and a level head in insisting upon it that an ex-President is nothing more than an American -Il W.pn ' lipffLUSP he has filled the highest office within the gift of the people is no reason inai ne bhouiu lnram the balance of his life nursing his retired dignity. In a recent tilt with some of his brethren at the bar General Harrison resented an allusion to his ex-presidency and openly proclaimed that he was simply a lawyer at the bar and had no claims for a-.r fairnra nnt -antpii to the humblest member of the profession. The people hon or sucn men. . So, There. Atlanta Constitution. We are not disposed to criticise any Democrat for his fauure to approve any of the haphazard and foolish measures of financial relief that have recently been introduced. But we think it is a shame and a disgrace that the Democratic members of Congress cannot make up their minds, if they have any, to unite on the pledge of the platform and thus save the party from the ruin that threatens it. ' - Owes It to Them. Philadelphia Inquirer. John Burns proposes when he gets back to England "to form a union, for the journalists." John ought also to do something for the newspaper men. If it had not been for them he would never have been heard of. ..-.' Fug-Hive front Oshkosh. William Turbot, age eighteen years, was arrested last evening by detectives Kinney and Richards and locked up as a fugitive. He is wanted at Oshkosh, Wis., where t is said he is supposed to be implicated in the. theft of some Jewelry. The local department knows nothing of the case except the meager information contained In the dispatches ordering his arrest. Dr. Price's Cream Baking Powder Most Perfect MadeIDELlGftTE WOMEN! 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