Indianapolis Journal, Indianapolis, Marion County, 16 January 1895 — Page 2

THE INDIANAPOLIS

JOURNAL, WEDNESDAY, J ANUAHY 16, lBVo.

THE TRAMP SUSPECT

MAX SIPPOSKD TO KSOW ABOl'T THE TRAGKDV AT BELLEVILLE. Klkhnrt Citizen Shooi Hi Wife and Commit Suicide In the Prmence of CiuentM Stale Xewii. . Special to the Indianapolis Journal. DANVILLE, Ind., Jan. 13. Sheriff Bell to-night returned from Terre Haute with the prisoner whom the Terre Haute officer believe to know something of the Ilellvllle tragedy.. The prisoner says that oil the night of the tragedy he slept in a barn three miles from Richmond. Next day at noon he came to Indianapolis on a freight train and Thursday night he slept in a Big Four yard office in Indianapolis. Fj Iday morning he went out on a Vandalia freight train and got off at Clayton because of the cold. He went southwest to Mount Meridian, where he slept in the schoolhouse. He says his name is William Johnson and his age twenty-one. His trade Is a steam fitter. He wears glasses, being near-sighted. He carries papers showing that he applied for a position in the railway mall service. He carried some articles in a cloth bag, and In a book was a diary and. the entries in it agreed with h!sstory. His statements are believed and it is thought be will foe released in the morning. The Storle Do Sot A,ree. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. TKRRE HAUTE, Ind.,' Jan. 15. William Johnson, who was taken In on suspicion of being one of the murderers of the wife of Rev. Henshaw at Belivllle, Hendricks county, a few nights ago, witn a fellow-tramp were traced to a place seven miles west -of ,the city, and when they saw the officers both ran. Johnson's partner escaped and Is "now being ' searched for near Marshall, 111. Johnson said he was in Belivllle the night the robbers killed Mrs; Henshaw, but that he was not Implicated in the crime. He said that he Is a mechanic from Bangor, Me., and that he was tramping, hunting work. He refused to give the name of his companion. Sheriff Bell, of Hendricks county, took Johnson back to' Belivllle today, and says he partially answers the description of onle of tne murderers, 4ut that Mr. Henshaw cannot give a full description of the . men. Johnson and his partner aroused susrulHnn hv thplr conduct while passing along the railroaU track. IMHAXA DEATHS. Jadie Xtaskin E. Rhoadu, a. Victim of '."" Heart Dieae. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. TKRRE HAUTE. Ind., Jan. 15. Judge Baskin E. Rhoads died suddenly this evening of' -heart disease. He was appointed Judge of the Superior Court by Governor Porter when It was organized In 1883. He came here from Vermillion county about thirty years ago. , Other Death In the State. L.OOANSPORT, Ind., Jan. 15. Mrs. Catherine Hugh, one of Logansport's oldest residents, died to-day, of .apoplexy, aged seventy-eight. Her husband, Peter Rugh, to whom she was married over ftfty-flve years ago, survives her, together with five chil dren, or wnom jacoo uuen ana jvirs. w. u. Dunn reside at Indianapolis. SHEL.BYVILL.E, Ind.. Jan. 15. Mrs. Mary Merrick died at her home here to-day. Deceased was born in County Cork, Ireland, and came to this country forty years ago. 6he was seventy years old, and old age is given as the cause of her death. ELKHART, Ind., Jan. 13. Joseph H. Cloud, well known as an advocate of scientific farming, died at his (home near here to-day from the effects of an assault committed on him with a . club by bis Insane son on New Year's day. OVER HiS .DEAD BODV. Husband Curries Out a Threat to Keep Ills Wife at Home. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. ' ELKHART, Ind., Jan. 13. Charles Beckwith, aged forty-five, of this city, in a fit cf anger, this evening, probably fatally shot, his wife and killed himself at the Air Line Hotel. His wife and daughter were going to 'Church and . he endeavored to persuade them not to. His wife insisted and, telling her she would have to walk over his dead body, he drew a revolver, shot her in the stomach, fired two shots at two ladies who were in the room, missing them, and then Bhot himself twice In the right breast, causing Instant death. His wife and two little daughters ran out of the 'hotel and the former, being overcome by her wound, had to be carried back to the room where her husband lay on the floor dead. Domestic trouble was at the. bottom of the matter. GEORGIAN A YOKE HOWARD. Wife of the Insurance Swindler Han Returned to Her Old Home. Special to Indianapolis Journal. COLUMBUS, Ind., Jan. 15. Georgiana Yoke Howard, wife of Insurance swindler Harry H. Howard, has surprised her former friends by her appearance in this part of the State, her visit here at th'.s time being to see her aged mother,4'' who Is quite ill at her home in Franklin. Mrs. Howard" does not refuse to be seen, but refuses to be interViewed' regarding her husband's trouble, and claims that she has avoided much trouble by being silent on that subject. Her husIxind's affairs have not weighed heavily on her; at least they have left no trace on her beaming face or turned her golden hair to gray. She appeared quite as young and handsome as when she presided over a "district school" near this city a few years ago. HACIXU OS THE SNOW. Mnncie Council Legalise Fast Driving and There Is a 111k Kick. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. MUNCIE. Ind.. Jan. 15. Last night, at the City Council meeting, by a vote of 10 to 2, a committee representing owners of fast horses were given permission to use Klrby avenue as a race course with horses attached to sleighs, and to-day this street has been lined with people watching the flyers . "go." The fast horse sports made up a purse and had the deep snow upon the street rolled until it is in race-track condition. Some of the flyers have marks below 2:20, and the races are highly interesting. The avenue is the widest drive in the city, but located in a densely populated I'uriiuti, iini witr resmenis mere are generally raising strong objections, and promise to test the legality of the councilmen's right In granting such privileges. They claim that it is a discrimination in favor of other parts of the city to their detriment Wa Van Dyne Murdered. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. ' WABASH, Ind.. Jan. 15. The sudden death of Jasper Van Dyne, a well-known character In Wabash and vicinity, which took place to-day. Is shrouded in mystery. and Coroner Gibson is positive that he was murdered. Mrs. Van Dyne asserts that her husband's death was the result of lockjaw, caused by cutting himself with a piece of tin, but the physician who attended him denies this,, and says that everything points to death from violence. This Is corroborated by Albert Bruner, who says that last week he came home late with Van Dyne, who was drunk, and that Whitestine and Mrs. Van Dyne assaulted him with a board, beating the man savagely as he lay on the floor. Whitestine, Bruner avers, then attacked him with his fists and cut him with a knife. Inflicting a serious wound on the hand. Nothing was known of his condition till last night, when he died suddenly. Whitestine has disappeared. Coroner Gibson to-night examined Mrs. Van Dyne, who told a disconnected story, and on advice of Van Dyne's physician a post-mortera on the remains will be held to-morrow. Whitestine came between Van Dyne and hla wife several years ago. KK-TreaMurer Smlthn Report. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. JKFFERSONVILLE. Ind., Jan. 13. ExCounty Treasurer A. W. Smitha, who, because of his failure to meet with his bondsmen in this city to straighten up an alleged tjhorUgc, was given much notoriety by the report that he had decamped, is now at his home in Marysville. this county. This morning he sent to the Evening News, of' thl city, a letter, stating that he has not been put of the county, was not seen on a train going north, and that the county clerk did not notify him thit a meeting of his bondsmen was to be held. The trouble regarding Mr. Smitha has arisen from the fact that In turning over his office to LU successor, J. A- Jenkins, who defaulted

to the amount of $35,000, he paid over notes amounting to about $3,300. These Jenkins's bondsmen refused to receive, and Judgment was secured against Smitha. Mr. Smitha says: "If there is a man in Clark county thinks I have done anything criminal I am willing to suffer for it. My mistake was In doing for my friends at least those ! supposed to "be my friends."

"Smart Alecks" in Trouble. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. SHELBYVILLE. Ind.. Jan. 13. Last Sunday a group of young men persisted in interrupting Rev. Farr, at the West-street M. E. Church In this city. At the close of j the services the preacher called the attention of the congregation to the offense, and asked for their names. Monday morning he made affidavits against Charles Applas and William Thornburg for disturbing a public meeting. The young men have employed an attorney and will fight the case. Mj-Mterioua Would-Be Assnnwln. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. ( CRAWFORDSVILLE, Ind., Jan. 15. The third attempt to kill the Monon night operator was made this morning about 4 o'clock. William Schlemmer, the former operator, who had had two experiences, has resigned, and H. J. Bennett, of Rising Sun, had been sent here last week to take his place. Bennett heard a noise in the freight room this morning, and raised a window to look out, when some one shot at him, the ball passing close to his head. There seems to be no clew to the would-be assassin who is making these attempts. Bennett has informed the railroad authorities that he will resign unless a policeman can be stationed at the depot all night. He has further intimated that he will resign anyhow. Bennett had worked here but two nights. Two Case of I'liralyni. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. VINCENNES, Ind.. Jan. 15. Miss Hannah Green, daughter of Frank Green, manager of Green's Opera House, suddenly lost her power of speech Saturday evening, and though she Is well in all respects, she has not been able to utter a sound since. She was at a party given at tne home of Judge Townsend on Broadway, when suddenly she paused in the midst of a dance then in progress. She had tried' to speak ' to her partner, but found that she could not utter a sound. She eats, sleeps and is up as usual, 'but her voice is gone. A few- days since Miss Mollle Tindolph, a cousin of Miss Green, suddenly lost all use of her lower limbs while-entering the school room. She was conveyed to her home and Is well In all other respects. The Editor Asks an Injunction. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. RUSHVILLE, Ind., Jan. 15. James E. Naden, proprietor of the Rushville American, applied for an injunction to-day to restrain the County Commissioners from carrying out a contract with Baker & Thornton, of Indianapolis, for blanks, blank books and stationery supplies for the county office?. By the terms of the contract Baker & Thornton were to receive $1,180 for furnishing supplies to all the county officers .for one year, beginning, in June, 1894. The complaint alleges that the amount paid is excessive and that no notice was given of the letting of the contract and no competition . allowed, although other parties were ready to bid. Victims of Land Sharks. Special "to the Indianapolis Journal. DELPH?, Ind., Jan. 15. Several agents from land companies in Chicago have been working in Carroll county for 'several weeks attempting to organize colonies to go to North Dakota and take up land in that State. Notwithstanding t'he stories of suffering and distress that come from that region, these agents have been able to organize several colonies that will leave in a short time. Last year several similar colonies went to South Dakota, and many who were able to get back returned last fall, reporting a pitiable condition of affairs existing among the farmers of that region. Indiana Peaches Killed. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. JEFFERSONVILLE. Ind., Jan. 15. ExCommissioner Packwood, of this county, states that -the cold snap, has killed all the peaches in this vicinity. Cherries and other fruits are also damaged considerably. This Is very discouraging to the fruit growers, as this Is one of the principal industries of this section, and for several years past the weather has interfered to a great extent with the fruit crop. This opinion. 13 indorsed by several authorities on the subject. Hon. H. C. Polndexter, Representative from this county, is one of the principal fruit growers In southern Indiana. Duncan & Smith Retained. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. SHELBYVILLE, Ind., Jan. 15. In the Kuhn poisoning case Judge Buckingham this morning fixed1 the bonds of Elvira Mldkiff at $7,000; Mrs. Maggie Kuhn, the wife of the murdered man, at $7,000; Alvln Mldkiff, a brother, at $7,000, and John, another brother under indictment, at $3,000. The defendants were unable to give the bond and returned to jail. They have retained Duncan & Smith, of Indianapolis, to assist in the defense. Neither of them will give out anything for publication, but declare that they are not guilty. Anderson Dos; -with Two Less. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. ANDERSON, Ind., Jan. 15. Walter Brandon, of this city, la the owner of a twolegged dog that has excited the curiosity of people all over the country. The little fellow is six months old and spry as a kitten. Its body Is perfectly developed, save .the formation of its front legs, which are entirely wanting. It walks on its hind feet and legs as a kangaroo. He was offered $300 for his wonder by a museum company of Cincinnati and went to that city last night to part with his treasure.. , 500,0O Bushels of Con I Sink. Special ta the .Indianapolis Journal. JEFFERSONVILLE, Ind., Jan. 15. The river at this point is rising rapidly, and four feet more would bring it to the danger line. It is now rising at the rate of an inch an hour. If the snow goes off with a rush serious results are apprehended. The "mammoth towboat Boaz. bound Tor New Orleans, with 500,000 bushels of coal, while running rapidly this morning struck a mud bank on tne Indiana side at a point near Leavenv orth, and the entire fleet was sunk. The loss will be $30,000. The accident was due to the heavy fog. Ketchnm In Green Smith's Tracks. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. WABASH, Ind., Jan. 15. Ex-Speaker Warren G. Sayre, this morning, on behalf of Attorney-general Ketcham, filed suit in the Wabash Circuit Court for $532, against Joseph M. Thompson, trustee of Noble township, in which Wabash is situated. This is the unexpended balance of school funds in the hands of the trustee, which Mr. Ketcham seeks to have turned back into the treasury under the Green Smith law. Trustee Thompson will resist the collection of the sum. DePauw Selects Her Debaters.' ! Special to the Indianapolis Journal. " ',' ' GREENCASTLE, Ind., Jan. 15. The pri mary contest for representation from De Pauw University in the debate with the State University students on the question, "Resolved, That the Government Should Own all the Interstate Railroads," occurred last night. The same subject will form the subject for the final contest. Messrs. W. L. Lewis, H. C. Murray and J. W. House were chosen, with C. H. Scharepp as alternate. The debate will come off in this city in Meharry Hall on the evening of Feb. 22. Hank President Steps Down. . Special to the Indianapolis Journal. MUNCIE, Ind., Jan. 15. Mr. A. L. Kenwood, for years president of the Citizens' National Bank, has tendered his resignation, which was to-day accepted at a meeting of the directors. Mr. C. M. Turner, the cashier, purchased Mr. Kenwood's stock, and he will likely fill the vacated position In the official table. Thus retires all the officers In charge of the bfcnk when it collapsed a year ago. The resignation was a great surprise. Murdered Iiy a Vvnxy Son. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. GOSHEN. Ind., Jan. 15. Joseph B. Cloud, aged seventy-two, living north of this city, died this morning from the effects of a terrible beating given him on New Year's day by his youngest son, a lunatic. Released from All Trouble. Special to the Indianaoolis Journal. KOKO.MO. Ind., Jan. 13.-ll!ram Thompson, a wealthy pioneer batchelor resident of this city, who, ten days ago, in a fit of insanity, took possession of a hotel at Fort Wayne, and was ordered taken to the asylum, to-day died in a bus while going from jail to the station to tak th traio.

Heart disease was the cause. His hallucination was that enemies were after his Itfe and property. His house was well provided with alarms, deadfalls, traps, doors and firearms. . To Unite Alexandria and Elwood. Special to the Indianapolis JournaL ANDERSON. Ind., Jan. 15. Real estate men of Alexandria and El wood are projecting a scheme to unite the two cities and thus control absolutely the gas territory of two of the best townships in the field. It Is reported that the primary object is to shut out the Fort Wayne Gas Company, better known as the New York syndicate, which recently purchased many of the Indiana plants. Monroe township is five by six miles, and lies in the center of the best producing gas belt in the State. Nearly every farmer in the township has been importuned to join in the enterprise, being promised exemption from city taxes for several years. Chicago Crooks Arrested. DANVILLE, 111., Jan. 15. Chief Inspector of the Postofflce Department James Stewart, Inspector George N. Christian and W. G. Mercer and Deputy United States Marshal Bentley and three Danville policemen made an Important capture this evening. The men arrested were Charles Myers and Thomas Noonan, said to be desperate crooks from Chicago. They are charged with safeblowing and robbing the postofflce at Forrest, 111. They have been tracked by the officers for nearly a month through Iowa, Michigan and Illinois. They had only been in Danville twenty-four hours. Fugitive Prisoner at Vincennes. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. VINCENNES, Ind., Jan. 15. August Smith, who broke jail at Robtson, 111., some weeks ago, was captured toy the police in this city to-day. Smith is charged with grand larceny. He refuses to go back without a requisition and is in the Vincennes jail. - Indiana Notes. Connersville is . having a good deal of trouble for want of gas. The gas is piped from the Carthage Held, a distance of twenty-six miles. William P. Thompson, an insurance agent, had a foot crushed Monday night at Marion while attempting to board a morning train on the Big Four nulroad. The road-house of J. W. Yeager, near the Soldiers' Home, at Marlon, was destroyed by fire yesterday. Loss, $2,500; insured in the German American for $2,600. The Daily World, an independent sheet, will make its appearance at Jeffersonville, this week. The city and county are now both Republican and there is not a Republican paper in the county. The Richmond Gas Company has -announced to Its consumers using mixers that it will reduce gas bills for January when paid next month, on account of the feeble supply of gas during the cold weather. The Shelbyville Mutual Telephone Company was organized a few weeks ago, and has contracts for 175 phones. The rates are $1 a month in residences and $2 in stores. It will be in operation in about two months. John Minton, aged sixty-five, was stricken with apoplexy while in O'Harra's blacksmith shop at Munefe. He fell to the floor as If dead, but rallied and may recover. Mr. Minton is a pioneer Delaware county farmer. A man who goes by the name of "Maljea Bill" Scott, took morphine, at ' Crawf ordsville, Monday, night, with suicidal intent. Scott had stolen some tools and sold them to a second-hand store. He attempted to commit suicide to escape arrest. A doctor saved his life and now he Is in custody. The Tipton County Farmers' Institute adjourned yesterday, after a two days session. President W. A. Maze opened the session and Miss Digne Haas read a paper. Ex-Senator J. A. Mount delivered several interesting lectures, and James Riley also-spoke. A small wreck occurred on the C, H. & D. railroad, one mile west of Connersville, yesterday. Two cars .loaded with glucose were demolished and the contents mingled with the snow. Nobody was hurt. The 12:45 accommodation train from Indianapolis was delayed four hours. The case of John Sexson, who killed Hiram McDonald during an altercation at Thomtown, Aug. 17, has been set for trial Feb. 4, at Danville, the case having been venued to that county. Dutch & Ulen and Barton S. Hlggins. of Lebanon, and Brill & Harvey, of Danville, are defendant's attorneys. Prosecutor Gully will be assisted by Hon. Thad S. Adams, of "Danville. Louis and George Shlrey, well-known railroad men of Jeffersonville, claim to be heirs to a large part of the ground on which the city of Georgetown, Ky., now stands. The site of the Court-house is also claimed by them. They claim to have deeds to the property, which decended from their grandfather, and thea the. land has never been deeded from the Shirley family. The property is worth at least a half million. Attorneys have been engaged to push their claims. John P. Quinn, the famous evanerelist, now in Cincinnati with Evangelist E. F. Goff, both of whom are sent out by the National Anti-Gambling Association, is well remembered by old prison officials at Jeffersonville, Quinn having served fourteen months in the Prison South for working a "bunco" game. His term was much longer, but he Was found to be '.nnocent after serving fourteen months and pardoned by Governor Gray. Previous to that he was a noted gambler, but reformed, and now travels with Mr. Goff in the privte car "Good News." The evangelists will most probably visit all the principal towns in Indiana.

HOGAN DECLARED WINNER. Charles Slusher Rested in n TenRound Uoiinjf Contest. CINCINNATI. O.. Jan. 15.-The ten-round boxing contest between "Kid" Hogan, of Pittsburg, and Charles Slusher, of Louisville, for $250 came off here to-night before five hundred people. The men were to weigh in at 135 pounds, but Slusher. being overweight, lost $50 forfeit. Hogan weighed 134 pounds. The referee was John Murphy, while Ike English, acted as timekeeper. Hogan's seconds were Mike Conley, the "Ithaca" giant; Mike Norton and Frank Maciewski. Slusher was attended by Len Lannis, Pat Garrity and Joe Clark. Hogan had the best of Slusher throughout the ten rounds, the latter making but two leads. Hogan secured first blood in the ninth round, but was knocked down in the third round.' Slusher was knocked down in the seventh. Time was called while they were sparring in the tenth round, the referee awarding the contest to Hogan. . OBITUARY. John Robert Seel y, Begins Professor of Modern History at Cambridge. LONDON, Jan. 15. Prof. John Robert Seelyreglus professor of modern history at Cambridge University, Is dead. Prof. Seely was born In London in .1834. His chief work, published anonymously in 1835, is entitled "Ecce Homo; A Survey of the Life and Work of Jesus Christ." It created great excitement among the members of the various Protestant communities and elicited numerous replies. He was the author of many other works, including "Life and Times of Stein; or Germany and Prussia in the Napoleonic Age," "The Expansion of England," and "Greater Greece and Greater Britain." Other Deaths. ATLANTA, Ga., Jan. 15. Robert N. Ely, who was Attorney-general of Georgia, under the administration of ex-Governor Colquitt, died in the county alms house here yesterday afternoon Ely was sixty years of age and had been in the alms house for more than two years. He became mentally deranged some time after retiring from office. EMPORIA, Kas.. Jan. 15. Abraham McKlnney died to-day of pneumonia. He was born in Williamsport. Pa., in 1835, came to Kansas w;hen a youth and served through t the war from this State. He was connected with the First National Bank here for fifteen years, and also with the Missouri, Kansas & Texas railway. He is a wellknown Mason MOBILE, Ala., Jan. 13. Judge James Taylor Jones, judge of the First judicial circuit and former member of Congress from the First Alabama, district, died this morning, at Demopolis, Ala., after a lingering illness. His age was fifty-five years. LONDON, Jan. 13.-Joseph Vernon Whittaker, a veteran of the civil war in the United States and formerly attached to the staff of a Philadelphia newspaper. Is dead. His health has been failing for the past few months. Mormon's Work in West Virginia. HINTON. W. Va., Jan. 13. B. H. Burnam, a Mormon elder, has organized a church of his faith at Grapevine, this county, with twenty-four members. He is conducting meetings regularly and is adding new converts every week. This enterprise is causing much excitement here. , Twenty-Eight Years In One Position. CHICAGO. Jan. 15. George T. Williams, for the last twenty-eight years secretary and treasurer of the Union Stock Yards Company, has resigned on account of ill health.

FELL TO THE GROUND

BALTIMORE MAS.AXD WIFE KILLED WHILE FLEEIXG FROM FIRE. Heroic Effort of Lieutenant Morgan to Save the Couple Unable to Hold Doth with One Arm. BALTIMORE, Jan. 13. At 4 o'clock this morning fire broke out on the ground floor of No. 13 West Biddle street and before it was discovered it had made such headway that escape for the sleeping inmates was rendered a hazardous undertaking. When the firemen and neighbors reached the scene Thomas Whitridge. a broker, and his young wife appeared at the window of the second story front room. Mrs. Whitridge was unconscious. Her husband holding her in his arms. leaned far out of the second-story window and made a frantic grab and spring for the - ladder which the firemen had run up. he missed the ladder and both were dashed into eternity. Mrs. Whitridge was instantly killed and her husband died a few minutes later. The other occupants escaped uninjured. Later developments show that Mr. and Mrs. Whitridge were awakened to find the house filled with smoke and escape by ordinary means apparently cut off. They were too much excited to obey the Injunctions of the firemen, and the result was the death of both. They appeared at the front windows and opened them. The smoke had already filled the room. No. 4 hook and ladder company arrived and a ladder was thrown up to the second floor window. Captain Kelly ordered Lieut. John Morgan, one of the strongest men in the department, to go up and take Mr. and Mrs. Whitridge down. The Lieutenant found Mr. Whitridge already out on the ladder, attempting to descend. The Lieutenant got him down a couple rungs of the ladder. - Mr. Whitridge jerked away from Lieutenant Morgan's grasp and went back up the ladder to where his wife was setting her foot on the top rung. Notwithstanding the remonstrances of the fireman Mr. Whitridge raised up and clasped his wife in his arms. He started down, but lost his balance. Lieutenant Morgan caught him as he fell with his wife in his arms. The weight of the two swung the fireman over the edge of the ladder, and for a moment it looked as if all three would fall. For a minute Lieutenant Morgan held the couple in midair with his left arm, while with his right he hung to the ladder. Lieut. Morgan felt his grasp on the ladder relaxing, and was compelled to let go. The couple fell, striking the railing and steps in the descent. As they fell Andrew J. Smith, a fireman, ran up and braced his shoulders to break Mrs. Whitrldge's fall. She fell on him, breaking the, eagle on his helmet. After she struck the pavement she raised up convulsively once, but sank back and was dead. Mr. Whitridge also struck the pavement on the head, and died within twenty minutes. Mr. Whitridge was consul to Chili and vice consul of Denmark in this city, a member of the Baltimore Club, and recently an officer of the Fifth Maryland Regiment. A Milwaukee Theater Gutted. MILWAUKEE, Jan. 15. Fire broke out in the Interior of the stage of the Stadt Theater at 11:30 this morning while preparations were being made for the charity ball and spread so rapidly that all the decorations were destroyed and the theater gutted. The Deuster Club rooms in the same building were destroyed. The total loss Is estimated at $55,000, partially insured. There are several offices and stores in the building, and they will be considerably damaged by water and smoke. The charity ball will necessarily be postponed. It was to be the swell society event of the season. . Other Fires. ST. CATHERINES, Ont., Jan. 15. The Masonic Temple was destroyed by fire yesterday. The ground floor of the building was occupied as a business college, the public library occupying the second floor and lodges the third floor. The Masons lost their jewels. regalia, furniture and books. The public library lost all its books. The business college's loss was total. This Masonic Temple was one of the finest buildings of its 'kind in the uominlon. Loss, about $65,000. BALTIMORE, Jan. 15. The grand stand of the Baltimore baseball ground on Huntington avenue was burned last night. The fire is supposed to have been caused .by tramps. ' 'V. : ' SURRENDERED (Concluded from First Page.) the failure of the President to form a Ministry," he said, "but it is entirely unprecedented that a President should resign for such a cause. In France the President is a sort of constitutional king. He is not supposed to have any special policy, his Ministers being expected to govern. If the Ministry finds itself opposed to either of the chambers on any point, no matter how trivial, it will resign, but this does not affect the President. I do not know what will be done; the condition is new. The chambers elected the President, and they must meet to receive his resignation and elect hla successor. President Casimlr-Per-ier was elected by a very large majority, and I do not think his poularity has been diminished. I do not believe his resignation will be accepted. He might be re-elected. This would be something like a vote of confidence, and would strengthen him. The whole thing is a very great surprise, and I can hardly realize that it is tree." Representative McCreary, chairman of House committee on foreign relations, said that he had been watching French politics closely, but had no reason to expect any such occurrence. "Two ministries have resigned in France- recently," he said, "but that is no reason for a President to do so. They resign very easily over there. France has averaged one ministry for every year since she has been a republic." Secretary Xtresham said: "The department is without any news on the subject, and it is an entire surprise to me." GOILD S SEW ACHT. It Will Be' Called Magara, and Will Race English Boats. LONDON. Jan. 15. Howard Gould has decided to christen his new yacht Niagara. He has cabled to Capt. John Barr, of New York, offering him the position of sailing master. Mr. Herreshcff writes that the yacht will be, finished by the middle of March. "I will 'return to America at the end of February," said Mr. Gould, "to see the Niagara fitted with spars, given a trial, etc. Then I will return hera early In the spring. The yacht will probably follow on a steamer, going direct to London, as I have decided to begin racing in the Thames regattas in the middle of May. I may take her around the series of regattas in the Clyde, in Ireland, in the South of England and in the Solent. Other twenty-raters did the same in 1894, and will undoubtedly do the same in 1S95. The Niagara will have a racing crew of six men. Captain Barr knows all the courses here. The Vigilant will probably return to America in June, so as to be ready if she is wanted for the races in August, for the selection of an Americas Cup, defender. ' George will manage all that, though I will still retain my partnership in the Vigilant. There is little doubt in my mind, however, that the Herreshoffs can do better now. I do not expect any centreboard for the Vigilant from America. A (Southampton diver claims to have found the one we lost off The Needles. He says it is in five fathoms of water and buried two feetin sand. We have agreed to pay 150 for its delivery at Southamoton." George Gould will probably come to England in May. FEARS FOR .AXSEX. The Arctic Explorer Believed to Have Met with Disaster. LONDON. Jan. 15. The Pall Mall Gazette says grave fears for the safety of the Nansen Arctic expedition are general among Arctic voyagers of Great Britain and Scandanavia, Lieutenant Hovvgard, of the Dlmphna expedition, which was wrecked in the Kara sea, has expressed the opinion to the Danish Geographical Society that there is no question but the Fram has been crushed in the ice and that Dr. Nansen and his party are retreating. The opinion is held by other travelers, the Pall Mall Gazette also says, that Dr. Nansen, after a year of drifting, abandoned his vessel and is returning by the nearest route In expectation of meeting a relief expedition. Dr. Nansen left Norway in the Fram in June. 1893. and on July 24, of the same year a telegraph message from Berievaag. on the north coast of Norway, reported his programme t be as follows: To the New Siberian Islands and thence directly north until the Fram should be embedded in the ice and drift along with it, following the west coast of any land that might te met with northwards. On Aug. 23, 1893, Dr. Nansen sent a dispatch from Vardo, which he had written at Charabowa, in the Tugoraki strait, on the second of the same

month, announcing that he was about to sail into the Kara sea and that the Fram had behaved splendidly. BLUE-BLOODED GAMBLERS.

English Aristocrats May Be Prosecuted for Keeping Betting Rings. NEWMARKET. England, Janl 15. A summons was granted here to-day, on the application of the Anti-Gambling League, against the stewards of the jockey club for keeping betting rings on. Newmarket heath. The stockholders of the club are the Earls of Durham, March and Ellsmere, and among the leading members of the jockey club are found tne following names: The Prince of Wales, the Duke of Edinburgh, the Duke of Connaught the Duke of Cambridge and Prince Christian, of Schleswig-Holstein. Among the honorary members of the jockey ciub are the names of the Emperor of Russia, King Leopold of Belgium and? the Grand Duke Vladimir of Russia. Also among the members of the jockey club are the Earl of Rosebery, Premier of England; Baron De Rothschild, Lord Dunraven, the Duke of Beaufort, ' Earl Cadogan, Lord Randolph Churchill, the Earl of Cork, the Earl of Coventry, the Duke of Devonshire, the Duke of Hamilton, -the Marquis of Londonderry, the Duke of Montrose, the Duke of Westminster, the Duke of Richmond and Gordon, the Earl of Suffolk, the Marquis toC Zetland and a host of other members of the highest aristrocracy. DEFEATED BY ITALIANS. Abysslnians Repulsed Several Times with Heavy Loss. MASSOWAH, Egypt, Jan. 15. The Italian troops under General Baratiere, have had some sharp fighting with a large force of Abysslnians, led by Ras Mangascia. The latter was attacked unexpectedly by the Italians near Coatit, on Sunday last. The enemy numbered one thousand, armed with rifles and, in addition, the Abysslnians had numbers of spearmen. The Italians compelled the enemy to retreat to the Gonda mountains. Later in the day the enemyreturned to the attack and advanced on the front of the Italian expedition, when the Abysslnians were repulsed with serious loss. The enemy attempted to make a flank attack, but was again repulsed. The Abyssinians continued to keep up an irregular musketry fire on the Italian troops until nightfall, but there was n6 further fighting of a serious nature. General Baratiere is now encamped at Coatitl. The Italians fought well and the casualties among them were few in number. The captives who fell into the hands cf the Italians say that the Abyssinians lost very heavily. PRISSIAV DIET OPENED. Speech Read by Emperor William from the Throne of the Palace. BERLIN. Jan. 15. The Prussian Diet was opened at noon to-day in the White Hall of the palace by Emperor William. His Majesty read the speech from the throne. He begtan. by saying that the Prussian budget showed a deficit, which he , hoped would disappear on the accomplishment of the proposed financial reform in the Reichstag. After announcing bills for the extension of State railways and other domestic measures the Emperor drew -attention to the fact that the heavy gales and floods of the ilast few weeks had caused great devastation on the Prussian islands off the coast and in the North sea, adding that the necessary steps would be taken for the adoption of measures to repair the damage. Regarding husbandry his Majesty regretted that its condition continued to be unfavorable, saying: "To counteract will be the object of my unremitting paternal solicitude and the most pressing duty of my government." In. conclusion the Emperor appealed to all patriotic men for concord and unanimous oo-ope ration, against the growing attacks upon the institutions' of the state. The Pope Has a Cold. ROME, Jan., 15. The Pope is suffering from a slight chill and, therefore, is keeping to his room. Audiences with his Holiness have been postponed as a measure of precaution, but no anxiety is expressed as to his condition. Reforms for Cnba. MADRID, Jan. 15. The Cabinet has decided to formulate reforms for Cuba. The Councils General and the Protectionists Deputies will be asked to withdraw their; extreme demands Cable Notes. Marshal Arseni Martinez Compos, of Spain, is ill. He was born in 1834. The heavy snow and landslides have stopped traffic in many places on the Swiss railroads. Owing to the snow and the landslides the railroads in northern Italy are blocked in several places. International Drill. , MEMPHIS, Tenn., Jan. 15. Commencing May 13, and lasting six days, an international drill and encampment will be held in this city. The committee having the matter in hand has completed all necessary arrangements. Twenty thousand dollars in prizes will be offered, divided into seven classes, including the army regulations, tactics, LTpton's, Casey's and Hardee's, also for artillery and cavalry and brass bands. Companies from all parts of the United States are expected to be present. AVaite's Appointees Indicted. DENVER, Col.. Jan. 15. The United States grand jyrv this afternoon returned true bills against Hamilton Armstrong, Senator and chief of police; Kate Dwyer, matron of the city jail, and Denks Mullins, president of the Fire and Police Board, on a charge of embezzling and opening letters addressed to Sadie W. Likens while she was employed as police matron. The letter, it is said, was opened with the expectation that It would compromise Mrs. Likens. Bill Cook in Jail. SANTA FE, N. M., Jan. 15. Sheriff C. C. Perry, of Chavese county, arrived here this morning, with three deputies and a prisoner, the notorious Bill Cook, the Oklahoma outlaw. Cook was placed in the custody of the United States marshal and is confined in the United States prison, awaiting the arrrval of the United States officers from Oklahoma for complete' identification. Byrnes Asked to Remain. NEW YORK, Jan. 15. Mayor Strong has asked Superintendent Byrnes to remain at the head of the police department of this city. The Mayor sent to-day a letter to the Superintendent, referring to his long and honorable service and the probability of legislation at Albany which will necessitate changes in the department, and returning Byrnes' s letter. Thomas Post Installation. It is not often that Grand Army Hall is as crowded as it was last night on the occasion of the Installation of the officers of George H. Thomas Post and Corps. Judge McMaster Installed the officers of the post, making Charles E. Merrifield commander the next year. The list of the officers has already been published, except that of the adjutant, John R. Clinton Mrs. Belle Brlstow installed the officers of the corps, as follows: President, Romonl ArmStrong; vice presidents, Artemena Horniday and Missouri Woodward; , treasurer, Rebecca Sulgrove ; secretary, Kate R. Neiman; chaplain. Rose Jones; conductor, Mary- Smith; guard, Maggie Garr. Several songs were sung by a quartet from the Soldiers' Orphans' Home, Misses Roll. Walker, Palmer and Beatley, which were loudly applauded. Col. W. R. Holloway presented the post and corps a framed portrait of Governor Morton. George W. Spahr, Adjutant-general Robbins, Commander Merrifield, Past Commander Lucas, Senator Boyd, Colonel Heddington, of Portland, and others made brief addresses. In behalf of the officers of the State department, a statement was made to the effect that as three encampments had made and ratified an agreement with Tippecanoe county and the city of Lafayette to establish the State Soldiers' Home there after they had contributed money and a site worth $30,OJO, the Grand Army must stand bv its pledge and not be drawn away by action in favor of another location. The first steps were taken to have all the posts in the city unite in giving the Grand Armymembers of the Legislature a public reception at an early day. Elevator In Courthouse. County employes are circulating a petition asking for an elevator in the courthouse. Every employe and official of the building has signed the petition, and it will be presented to the County Commissioners this week. When the courthouse was built an elevator shaft was one of the modern improvements, but it was never completed. Jerry Connor Declared Insane. Jerry Connor, the Insane man who was arrested last Saturday while breaking the windows from his. home, at 45 Minerva street, yesterday -appeared tiefore a eanlty commission and was adjudged insane. He was sent to the Central Hospital tor the Insans. ,

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TRICK OF A POPULIST SENATOR ALLEN CAUGHT TRYING .TO MISLEAD HIS COLLEAGUES. Had a Platform of His Own Which He Endenvered to Palm Off as the People's rarty Statement of Principles. WASHINGTON, Jan. 15. The Senate gave the day to further speeches In which the income tax served as a text for a wide range of discussion on the tariff, the currency and the Populist platform. Mr.-Hill's proposition, made last week, to amend the deficiency bill so that the income tax would be tested in the courts has apparently started an inexhaustible flow of speeches on public affairs in general. Mr. Cockrell, in charge of the deficiency bill, has sought vainly to secure a vote oQUhe Hill amend ment, so that the deficiency bill might move along to final passage. He hoped to secure action to-day, but the speeches of Messrs. Call and Allen made this impossible. Mr. Allen took occasion to defend . the "Populist part against many charges made in and out of Congress, that it was a party of vagaries. It led to a very full discussion of all Popu list doctrine, and a comparison of them with the doctrines of other parties. Touching and eloquent reference was made in Chaplain Milburn's opening prayer in the Senate to the bereavement of Sena tor Hansbrough, of North Dakota, in the loss of his wife. . Mr. Voorhees, from the finance committee, favorably reported the bill for coinage at the branch mint at Denver, Col. Mr. Manderson secured the passage of two important resolutions calling on the Secretary of the Treasury for information on the tariff. One asks for the quantities of spirits and high wines taken out of bond during the sixty days prior to Aug. 28 last, when the new tariff law took effect, the names of the parties or concerns who took the goods from tne bond and all other detailed information concerning the same. The other resolution calls on the Secretary for full in-i formation as to the amount of sugar imported during the sixty days prior to Aug. S8, the names of importers, amounts of im ports, tne country wnence it ramc, "t, xne aeoate was then resumed on the income tax item in the deficiency appropriaHmi hill, and Mr. Call, of Florida, ad dressed the Senate In favor of the appropriation. . , Mr. (juay suomuiea a . smieincin nmu the stock books of the Lehigh Valley Railroad Company, showing that the income tax would fall mainly on stockholders having small amounts of stock. It gave the total number of stockholders as over nine thousand, while more than 70 per cent, of this number had interests below $4,000. Mr. Quay said the showing of this company was undoubtedly the same as that of other corporations. ALLEN'S SPEECH. Mr. Allen spoke o the fact that the Senator from Maryland (Gorman) and the Senator from Iowa (Allison) were now announcing to the country their readiness to get together on a plan for raising revenue, although the parties of these two leaders had been irreconclliably separated on the revenue question for twenty-five years. He said a considerable element of the Democratic side of the Senate were as essentially protectionists as the Senators on the other side. It was merely a difference of degree in their protection. This common feeling was the reason the Senate had witnessed the remarkable spectacle yesterday of Democrats and Republicans "falling on each other's necks and indulging in a love feast." ... Mr. Allen yielded for the submission of a message from the President concerning the arrest of two Japanese students by China while they were under the protection of the United States. Resuming. Mr. Allen urged that the two old parties had served their periods of usefulness, and that the Populist party, representing the masses, was the party of the future. It had cast a million votes in 1893 and two million in 1894, showing the phenomenal growth of 100 per cent. It had no "vagaries," as Senators had asserted, unless it was the subtreasury scheme, and this was not believed in by the great majority of Populists. Mr. Allen read the Populist platform adopted at Omaha and, in commenting on it, stated that the Populists believed in the election of United States Senators by the people. "That doctrine," interrupted Mr. George, "was embodied in a resolution by a Democratic House of Representatives before the Populist was thought of. It wilt be found that whatever is good in the Populist platform w-as taken from Democratic principles." . "Another Populist accession from the Democratic ranks," said Mr. Allen. "No, not an accession," declared Mr. George. "The Populists are following Democrates, not Democrats following Populists. Give me your national platform and I'll point out the planks taken from Democracy." Mr. George took the Populist platform and awaited an opportunity to comment on it. A sharp controversy arose when Mr. George secured recognition to point out that the platform submitted by Mr. Allen was not the authorized platfornn of the Populist party; that it was "made up out of the Senator's head," and that it omitted the subtreasury scneme and government ownership of railroads. Mr. Allen, however, insisted that he had not claimed the paper submitted was the populist platform. Mr. George commented briefly on the action of a Senator in giving the authority of his name to a platform purporting to embedv Populist doctrine and yet carefully and religiously omitting government ownership of railroads and other doctrines adopted by the Populist national conven11 There was a spirited exchange between the Senators as Mr. George Insisted on holding up the Senator to the fact that he had undertaken to issue his own Populist platform, and as Mr. Allen charged Mr Gorere with "hedging and dodging," the galleries and the few Senators present listened with evident amusement. Continuing his speech, Mr. Allen defended the Populist party against the charge of socialisrv and anarchy. Mr. Cockrell erave notice that he would Insist on final disposition of the deficiency bill to-morrow. The Senate then held a br'ef executive session and. at 4:45 p. m., adjourned. ' HOUSE PROCEEDINGS. Indian Appropriation BUI Explained by Renresentntive llolimin. WASHINGTON, Jan. 13. The day In the House was devoted, after the morning hour, to the Indian appropriation bill, but no progress was made before adjournment. General Grosvenor presented a reply to a memorial sept to the judiciary committee by Mr. Ritchie, of Akron. O., containing supplementary charges against Judge Ricks and Involving ex-Senator H. B. Payne and Judge Stevenson Burke. He asked for an Investieatlon of the charges. On motion of Mr. Whiting a bill was passed for the relief of Dennis Mclntyre. Mr. McCreary called up a bill authorizing Lieutenant Colonel Forwood and Surgeon Penrose to accept certain testi monials from the Argentine Republic and it was passed; also, authorizing Commander Dennis V.'. Mullon, U. S. N.. to accept a medal from the government o9 Chill. The House then went into committee of the whole for consideration of the Inlian appropriation -bill. The bill carried $t49,820, $2"il,0" less than the estimates and a reduction of 28,783 compared with the appropriation for the current fiscal year. Mr. Holman, chairman of the Indian committee, who was in charge of the bill, explained the changes made. The changes included an increase In the appropriation for Indian schools' of $125,250, making the total amount $1,125,350. Of this amount but 80 per cent, was to be used for contract schools in pursuance of the policy recently inaugurated looking to the ultimate substitution of government or contract schools. The eubiect was further discussed by Messrs. Little, Bowers, Plckler and Broslua.

but no progress was made with the bill, and at 4:30 the House adjourned. AKT1-VACCINATION LEAGUE.

f Annual Meeting; of the State Society; Which Opposes Vaccination. The Anti-Vacclnatlon League held its annual meeting in the club room of the Bates House yesterday afternoon. The president. Dr. T. V. Gifford, of Kokomo, delivered an address on the importance of the work of informing the general public as to tha futility and danger of vaccination, reporting the progress made during the- past year, and outlining the work to be done during the present year. The secretary, Mr. F. 1. Blue, of Terre Haute, made his report. Mr. Blue is the leader of the movement in Terre Haute, and is the man who brought suit here to compel the School Board to admit his unvacemated boy to the school. Mr. Blue also read a paper entitled "A Plea for Fretdom." Dr. W. B. Clarke, of this city, read a paper entitled "Vaccination no Safeguard Against Smallpox." He closed with a few statistics showing the ravages of smallpox among vaccinated persons, and pronounced the practice "a foul blot on the fair escutcheon of the noble art and science of medicine." After outlining the work to be done, and the appointment of committees to direct it, the society adjourned sine die. CITY NOTES. The Meridian W. C. T. U. will meet this afternoon with Mrs. Bond,. 44ft Park avenue. Albert Gall has SQld his residence on. North Illinois street to Robert G. Harseim, the consideration being $22,000. The six-year-old son of ex-Councilman Murphy died Monday afternoon, after a long illness. He had been afiUcted with pneumonia. , ' ; A class in electricity Is' to be organized in the rooms of the Y. M. C. A., Thursday evening, with .Charles D. Jenney as instructor. The meeting of the Ladies Union of Plymouth Church, which was to have been held this afternoon, has been -postponed till next Wednesday. . The paper to be read before the Homeopathic Physicians' Society, at the Denlson, this evening will be on the subject of "Oedema Glottidis," by Dr. W. B. Clarke. The Board of Safety will 'meet at noon, to-morrow to hear the charges against John Glazier, captain of No. 10 hose company, who was suspended about a week ago. The Missionary Society of the First Presbyterian Church will meet this afternoon at 2:30 o'clock in the parlors of the church. The ladles entertaining are Mrs. C. C. Foster, Mrs. J. Lyman and Mrs. W. Hardie. John G. Woolly will be in the city again. The Y. M. 0. A. has secured his services for next Monday night, when he will deliver his new address, "The Power of thePeople." Mr. Woolly comes from New York to meet this engagement. No Lav" for Cleaning of Sidewalks. There has been considerable criticism of Superintendent Powell lately, because he has not compelled property owners to clear the snow from their walks. There seems to be a general idea that there Is, a city ordinance to the effect that property owners may be compelled to clear their walks. Superintendent Powell was seen yesterday ohnnt thia nnatfor and Raid: "There is no such ordinance In existence. I have consulted the city attorney and he informs me that such an ordinance was drawn up for the council last March, but it .was never passed. Whenever there is a law made which authorizes me to enforce the clearing of the walks I will be only too glad to enforce it." American Economic Association. The next meeting of the American Economic Association, which will be held in December, 1895, may occur in " this city. The Commercial Club and the professors of political economy of Ann Arbor, Champaign and the Indiana colleges are working for the end that Indianapolis be selected. The question will be decided at an executive committee meeting, which will be held In New York soon.- The last meeting of the association was held at Columbia College, New York. All the eminent economists of the country are members of the as 'elation, and its conventions are of national interest. li'nni- Small Flrpa. . There were several small fires yesterday morning, which kept the department busy for some time. At an early hour fire broke out in the house occupied by Lee Ranham. 161 West Maryland street, " and $150 , damages Tvas done. Shortly afterward an overheated stove caused a blaze in the rooms occupied by the Kahn tailoring establishment, at 14 East Washington street.. A small blaze in the Iron Block was extinguished before the department arrived, and soon after a fifty-dollar fire occurred to k Ryan. Old Divorce Salt. One divorce suit of Elizabeth Llnder against William Llnder, which has been pending in the Superior Court for six months, will come up before Judge Harvey next Saturday. Mrs. Llnder is represented by ex-Judge Lewis Walker and attorneys Kealing & Hugg. Attorney Henry Spaan will appear for the defendant. The case will continue for several days, and it is thought will be productive of a great deal of interest. Raised the Insurance Rate. The State Board of Commerce has received a number of letters commending it in its recent action concerning the high rates charged by insurance companies. A communication was received yesterday from a trustee of Wabash College saying the rate on the college buildings had been raised from 50 to 75 cents, even though the buildings are equipped with all nSodern conveniences with which to fight fire. Sooth-Side Republican Reception. The South-side Republican Club will give a reception to-night to the Republican officers who were chosen at the last election and the representatives of the Republican press. The club rooms are at 300 Virginia avenue, where the club has fitted up a large brick residence and expects to occupy it continually as a "Republican Home," as it is called. The hours for the reception ara from 9 to 12. Funeral of the Dead EnKlneer. William Mason Tietcb"r thiLis engineer who was injured in ihe railroad wreck on the I. D. & W. road, near Mllligan, last Saturday night, and who died Sunday morning, was a Scottish Rite Masom The Masons are to conduct the funtTf .services this afternoon. Dr. Price's Cream Baking Powder Most Perfect MadeNATIONAL TubeWorks. WROUGHT- IMS PIPE JOB Qcs, Steam and Water Bcllr Tube, Cant aod Msllnabls Iron Fittings (black uU (ralvanizel). Valve. Slop CjMSka, Eiigtns trimming. Mnu iauo. ! 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