Indianapolis Journal, Indianapolis, Marion County, 10 February 1895 — Page 4

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MUMI1ERS OF TUB IIOCSB INCREASE THE I'AY OF THEIR CLERKS. I'liey Vote Them f lOO a Month In and , - Oat of Seion The Civil-Service , Conimtaaton Safe. ! - .., WASHINGTON. Feb. 9.The House today, in committee of the whole, by a vote of 124 to 69, voted to place individual clerks of members on the annual salary roll at the rate of flOO per' mootf rTJj -4Jflfi-ks ' now gei )iw jier nitnuo uunii j ' uu: i rcr Blon of . the House. The annual attempt to strike out the appropriation for the Civilservice Commission was made, but did not assume a serious phase and was defeated S2 to 20. A Joint resolution was passed to extend the time for making income tax returns to April 13. The remainder of the day, after 3 o'clock, was devoted to eulogies on the late Representative Wright, of 4nnsylvania. The Chicago public building bill, with the Senate amendments, were laid before the House at the opening of the cession.. .Mr. Bankhead, chairman of the public, buildings and grounds committee, moved concurrence, but, at the request of Mr. Savers, withdrew the motion to ' give the Utter opportunity to examine' the amendments. - - Mr. Van Voorhis rose to a personal explanation In connection with the charge made by William U. Creamer, u member bf'the British Parliament, who appeared before the House foreign affairs, committee last month to argue in favor of an international treaty of peace, that Mr. Van Yoohls had insulted him. Mr..Van Voorhis referred rather sarcastically to the visit of this peace missionary from so modest a country as England and then presented a letter in which he reviewed the questions he had asked Mr. Creamer in the committee on foreign affairs, to which the latter had taken exception. Mr. Van Voorhis, in his letter, disclaimed any intention to affront Mr. Creamer. When Mr. Van Voorhis completed his Btatement the House went into committee of the whole and resumed consideration of the legislative appropriation bill. The pending question was an amendment offered by Mr. Bartlett to pay the clerks of members during the recess of Congress. No quorum appeared on the vote on this question yesterday. To-day a quorum appeared, and the amendment was carried 124 to 5ft. Mr. McMillln gave notice that he would demand yea and nay vote in the House. Mr. Bowers denounced the civil-service Jaw as a humbug and a fraud, while Mr. Hull, euthusiastically supported the principle of the law. He was in favor of enlarging the powers of the commission In order that they could prosecute violations of the law. Mr. Stockdale expressed the opinion that the appropriation of 197,000 for the commission was utterly thrown away. He called attention to the fact that when the House voted to-day to give $300,000 to members of the next Congress before they were sworn in the civil-service reformers were not in evidence protesting against the "spoils." Mr. Ray, in defense of the commission. Mid the defect was not in the commission, tut in the law, which did not give it power enough. Mr. Hunter moved to strike out the entire provision for the support of the commission. He held, he said, to the old doctrine that when the people decreed a change of administration they were entitled to have It from the President down to the humblest officeholder. t.o8t 20 to 32. On motion of Mr. Wilson, chairman of the ways and means committee, a Joint resolution, reported from that committee, to extend the time for making income tax returns to April 15, was passed without division. The conference report on, the bill for the removal of the Ute Indians of Colorado from their reservation was adopted, after which the House, under a special order, devoted the remainder of the day to eulogies on the life and character of the late Representative Wright, of Pennsylvania. Those who paid tribute to "the memory of their colleague vere Messrs. Scranton. ?. W. Stone, Wagner. Hicks, W. A. Stone and Grow, of Pennsylvania; Causey, Smith and Covert. Then, at '4:10 n. m .is a.. fnrthAr mark of respect, the House adjourned. r - INDIANA'S PROPOSED CAXAL. Captain Stnnmbury'M Iloutc Itccomuirnuru .unjur uuirsHCi WASHINGTON, Feb. 9.-The resolutions Introduced by Mr. Turple in the Senate, ana Mr. Cooper in. the House, providing for tne appointment of a commission, under the direction of the Secretary of War, to make preliminary survey and submit plans and estimates for the construction of a ship :nal to connect the south end of Lake Michigan with the Wabash river, recites that partial surveys have been made and that the project has been recognized as a . I .l .1 ..1 . . a a worn oi great national improvement as far back as the administration of Andrew Jackson, when Lewis Cass, Secretary of the War Department, gave the matter his attention. Again, in 1S73, Major Gillespie, ,of the corps of engineers, made a survey and partial examination and pronounced the project feasible. Since then no further action has been taken, and the resolution calls for a commission of five members, two of whom shall be citizens of Indiana, and at least one engineer of the army. This commission is to make a thorough examination and report on the best practicable route and all other details. Since the resolution was submitted attention has been called to the last survey and report of Major Gillespie, who mentions several routes to reach the Wabash from Lake Michigan, but. after making his examinations, recommends as the best route that selected by Captain Stansbury in(1831, when he reported to General Cass. The most trouble that Major Gillespie tlnds is In getting around the Kankakee river, the water of which is needed by the Illinois river. The Kankakee river runs parallel with the south end of Lake Michigan, and it it is cut In two the water supply of the Illinois river would be seriously endan-?r?1-rett,nS around the Kankakee Alajor Gillespie started his canal at Michigan City, lnd.. and carried it east of the Kankakee by the way of St. Michaels. He claims plenty of water could be obtained lu that "ray to supply the canal. . FARM ANIMALS. Decrease in Number and Decline In Value Throughout the Country. WASHINGTON. Feb. D.-The Statistical Bureau of the Agricultural Department has given out the following report: The estimates of farm animals for January, 1893, show a decrease in the number of horses, as compared with January-, 1891, of .02 per cent.; a decrease in mules, of .81 per cent,,, an Increase In milch cows of .10 per cent., a decrease In oxen and other cattle of 6.13 per cent., a decrease in number of sheep of 6.11 per cent., a decrease in "number of wlni nf 1 040 7V nr . m rrIn value, horses have declined 24.1 per cent.; mules, 23.5 per cent.; mtlch cows liave increased about 1 per cent.; oxen and other cattle have lost in value 1.1 per lent; sheep have declined 20.2 per cent pnd swine, IS.! per cent. The decline In the prices- of farm horses is general throughout the country. The exceptions are to be found in the mountain and Pacific fcjutes and Massachusetts. The range of prices Is from tltUS per head In Utah to 171.13 in Massachusetts. The average value of milch cows has increased from 521.77In 1S93 to $21.97 for last year. The average values per capita of animals, as estimated, rc as follows: Horses. $36.29; mules, J47..i5r milch cows. 521.97; oxen and other cattle. $14.06; sheep. 51.M; hogs. 54.97. The aggregate numbers and value of animals are as follows: Horses. 15.S93.31S, valued at S576.730.50: mules. 2.3.T3.MS. vain,. t S110,9-7,S34; milch cows, 16,5,62, valued A at ttj2,wi.(s; oxen and other cattle. 34.64.21)1. valued nt J4S?.!i 12! ahwn j- a toil valued t 6,6J"i,767; swine, 4.-I.1&.716. valued .t 5219.501,267. The total value of live stock on farms Is 51.819,446,306, a decrease of $331,t:o.uo. Place Mr. Springer Wants. ' WASHINGTON. Feb. 9.-The President lias approved the act creating a new judicial district for Illlnols.'to be known as the Seventh. ' A number of Illinois people were at the White House this morning. Including Senator Palmer. Representative Springer and x-Repreaentaive Cable and others. ; 1 The President's Clemeucy, WASHINGTON, Feb. 9.-The President : has pardoned Jesse Ponder, sentenced in Kentucky to two months' Imprisonment for ailing liquor without license. He also C2dv2j;? mprtsonracnt . ftr tW 'years

and a half th thre-year sentence of King Crain, convicted in Texas of embezzling letters. Applications for pardons have been denied in the cases of Walter Evans, or Texas, and Perry Mills, of Kentucky., con vlcted of, mall robbery. The President has denied, the applications for? pardons in the cases of J. T. Berryhlll, sentenced In Georgia to one year and .11.000. for removing distilled spirits in violation of the statutes, and Jasper Lindsey, sentenced in Georgia to two years and IC00 fine, for counterfeiting. GBEKSJICT MAY, HE PUNISHED. 1

Pat Names on tlie Trust Receivership Petition Without Authority. CHICAGO, Feb. 9. Judge Grosscup to-day removed J the names of Helnschelmer and Wormser, of New York,' from the list of complainants In the original Whisky Trust receivership petiton, and entered a rule on President Greenhut to show cause why he should not be punished for contempt of court In afllxlng the names to the petition without authority, A large number of ,aflldavlts were read. in support of the claim of the two men that their names were used without their consent or the consent of their employer. At the conclusion of the arguments the -court ordered the names removed from the petition and made the contempt rule returnable Feb. 18. . . ; In discussing the matter before the court. Attorney Levi Mayer called the conduct of Greenhut a "mosaic of duplicity," and exJudge Moran characterized Greenhut's conduct as "villainous, malicious and infamous contempt. of court.'. Proceedings began on a motion of Jul'an A. Mack, attorney for Helnschelmer and Wormser, : to withdraw the names from the bill. Heinscheimer's affidavit paid that he owned no stock in the trust, and the use of his name was without his authority, and ever since he had heard of the unwarranted use of his name ho had been seeking to have It withdrawn. He had written to Runnells & perry, attorneys for Greenhut, who made use of the names in the apnlicatton,i setting forth the facts and demanding that his name be withdrawnHis name was on record as a stockholder, but that was as a broker, and he did not. in fact, own any of the stock so recorded at the time the bill was presented to the court. At the request of Goodhart & Co., of wh'ch he is a member, he had gone to the office of the Central Trust Company, of New York, on Jan. 29 to ascertain whether his name was on record as a holder of stock, and If Sydney L. Wormser was so recorded. He found the record, and so reported to Mr. Goodhart. - .Sydney L. Wormser presented an affidavit declaring that he had not authorized the use of the names as alleged by Greenhut. After the reading of other affidavits the court ordered the names removed from the list of complainants and entered the contempt rule. MISS GING GAMBLED TELEGRAMS READ IX COURT AT THE ' TRIAL OF HARRY HAYWARD. How Mayor EuatU Secured the I libera IluKiry in Which the Woman Was Killed on Exhibition. MINNEAPOLIS, Feb. 9.-The buggy in which Catharine Ging took her fatal ride and the lap roba stained dark with her life's blood were on exhibition In the court room when the Hay ward trial opened this morning. The curious crowd pressed forward to get a nearer view of the gruesome souvenirs.' i r Emll Ferrant, who occupies a fiat in the Ozark, was the first witness. His testimony was descriptive of the occurrences in the flats after the news of Miss Glng's violent death had been received, and , of Harry Hay ward's behavior at that time. During Ferrant's testimony there was a significant colloquy between counsel. County Attorney Nye said he had expected to put Adry Hay ward, the confessing brother, on the stand to-day, but that Adry was not present. Mr. Erwin said that he should object . to Adry testifying to-day, as he wanted to have insanity experts present when the brother. gave his testimony. This statement' is believed r to Indicate not only a purpose on the part of the defense to' claim that Adry has hereditary insanity, but also possibly a purpose on the part of Adry to give his testimony in such a manner as shall lead to that conclusion. In this way he can tell his story . as he has already told It to. the State, and yet give his brother a chance to escape the gallows. Ex-Mayor Eustis was then called to the stand and testified to having obtained from Harry Hayward, while the latter was under police surveillance, some letters, telegrams and a statement from Miss Glng to Harry relative to business relations between the .two. Mr.-Erwin at once asked that, he .might cross-examine the witness to ascertain whether these papers were obtained under redress, and in spite of the State's objection, was permitted by the court to do so. Mr. Eustis said that, with the police officials, he had subjected Hayward to an examination ..lasting some fourteen hours. Then "Harry was released, but the detectives kept ' track of his whereabouts. The next morning after his release Hairy had come into , the Mayor's ' office voluntarily and talked over the crime. He told of Miss, Glng's gambling propensities, and said he had seen letters and telegrams showing it. The Mayor, drove with him to his apartments, where Harry voluntarily handed over the documents. Thesfc were then offered in evidence. The telegrams were those passing between Harry and Miss Ging when the former was gambling in Chicago with her money. The first two announced winnings of 5300 and 58G0 and the third said; "We have lost all." The statement read: "This is to certify that I have given Harry T. Hayward 5373 to gamble with, win or lose Kate Ging." Then the Mayor said he went after-Adry Hayward and drove to the trust company where, out of Adry's box, were secured the notes Miss Ging had signed. Harry did not want to give them up, but the Mayor insisted and finally took them away with him. The party next went to Hayward's office and secured the life insurance policies and other documents. While at the Ozark Hayward had showed the officers his revolver and pointed out that it was loaded all around and was very clean. Court then adjourned until Monday. ' -''v.-. : Very Important to Hint. Town Topics. -. , , , Mabel (blushfully) -Papa, did the Count call upon you to-day on a rather important matter? '. .... . Papa Yes. : v ' Mabel (still more blushf,ully You consented? ' Papa Well, not until he had given me a note for sixty days to show for the amount Manufacturers' Club Auxiliary. CINCINNATI. O.. FeK 9. The committee on organizat'on of Manufacturers' Club auxiliary to the National Manufacturers' Association appointed a committee on constitution and adopted a plan to make fifty the minimum and one hundred the maximum membership. Initiation lee 550 and $S5 annual dues. A meeting- for organization, will b held next week. Murder Suspected., BIRMINGHAM, Ala.. Feb. 9. J. G. Watson, superintendent of the Tennessee Coal and Iron Railroad Company's coke ovens, at Bessemer, was run over and mangled almost beyond recognition - by a train on the Eastlake railroad at Eastlake, six miles from Birmingham, to-night. It is suspected that he was murdered, robbed and hia body, placed on the railroad track. 1 i ' - '"'"Chief Arthur 'Averts a Strike. . RAN FRANCISCO. Feb. 9.-Chlef Arthur, of the Brotherhood of - Engineers, satd today that all chance of any difficulty between the Southern Pacific and the engineers is at an ei.d. He sai l that mutual concessions had been made and only the details required to be arranged. Mr. Arthur will st rt East next Thursdxy, t topping en route at Los Angeles. " . . , (- .- , j ,i i i . i i i .I. ,; , ResubinlsslbnlMtM Defeated. t VBISMARCK. N. D.. Feb. 9. To the' great surprise? and extreme indignation ... of the advocates of resubmission the opponents of the bill for the purpose, to-day. When the Senate resubmission bill reached the House, moved for its indefinite postponement and succeeded in carrying the . motion. - The friends of prohibition are;' rejoicing. Two Killed on a Crossing;. : VANDALIA., 11 L, Feb. 9. This evening Charles Payne and a companion named "Ijiws, both young men, were crossing the Vandalla tracks In a buggy at Brownstown. Just east of here, when they were struck tov the New York limited and killed Instantly. Neither of the horses was Injured In the last. yvv-:-".'.'!. v '. "- " '".s?:;';' ' , Rleyete Reeord Broken , L1VERMORK. Cal.. Feb. 9. W.' J. E-i-wards broke the world's blcvcle record to day. Time. .l:S4s; Ke v' j ; ; ; 1 by T V niti j;ses ana x. ; . -

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CHAIRMAN' ULANCHARD'S ORDER .NOT OBEYED BY ALL ROADS. The Situation at CbicaEo Described am -"Bearish" Wnr Will J Begin ? When the Rllssard Censes. CHICAGO, Feb. 9. The recent reduction of the grain rate between Chicago and the Atlantic seaboard from 25 cents to 20 cents. ; has not had the expected result of preventing all demoralization, nor are the lines j heeding with any great care the positive In- ; junction of Chairman Blanchard. of the j Central Traffic Association, that "Hereafter I the grain rates must be rigidly maintained." I The recent cuts in the rates on flour from Minneapolis and St. Paul to Chicago has had the effect of making the lines east of Chicago shade their tariff sheets in . order to hold on to their share of the business. It was intimated very strongly by the St. Paul-Chicago lines that they had no intention of cutting rates and of the paying to the Eastern roads the same percentages as before. The Eastern -lines were quick to take the hint, and as a result there has been a bearish feeling in East-bound grain rates from Chicago that is likely within a few days to bear fruit In the shape of open cuts. The severe weather, of the last ten . days has operated more to hold in check the desire to get under 20 cents than any other reason. The total amount of grain ; received by the Eastern roads is about the same as last week, but they have not carried it away as rapidly as before. It was being moved with more celerity to-day, however. As soon as the weather moderates and the roads are as open for business as before the blizzard tied them into hard knots, the twenty-cent rate on grain will grow, shaky at the knees and wabbly along the spine. Chairman Blanchard's order is not weighing very heavily at present, and .it will grow lighter as spring advances. . The affairs of the Western Trunk-line committee continue to brighten, and it ia now believed that the worst of its troubles are over. A conference between the transcontinental lines at which both the Rio Grande Western and the Union Pacific will be represented will be held during the coming week at the office of Chairman Caldwell, and it is the general opinion that it will end in such a manner as to permit both roads to become members of the committee. With tne Union Pacific on the inside. 90 per cent, of the . difficulty of forming the committee will be ended. The Missouri Pacific will come in on the heels of the Union Pacific and the Missouri, Kansas & Texas will, it is expected, follow suit' at once. With these three lines and the Rio Grande Western ' as members, the committte dll be able at once to begin operations. This, however. Is the rosy side of the matter. If the Union Pacific flies off at a tangent again, as it has-done so many times already, the -pa-, tlence of some of the other lines will hardily hold good against the temptation to punish it for the trouble it has caused. The Bond-Aided Hallways. ; .:: WASHINGTON, Feb. 9. Chairman Reilly, of the House committee on Pacific railroads, visited Secretary Carlisle to-day, in accordance with the request of the committee, and asked the Secretary's opinion as to whether, a more specific appropriation would be necessary in case the government should deem It advisable, under the authority of the act: of March 3, 1887. to pay off the first mortgage bonds of the several bond-aided roads.. The Secretary thought that the authority contained in the act was sufficient, but alluded to the fact that any action on this line was made contingent on the direction of the President, and. while he could not. speak with authority, , he did not- think President Cleveland . would be inclined to direct that such action be taken. ' En el lull Automatic Brake. WASHINGTON. Feb. 9. English railroad engineers 'believe', they have attained an : Ideal solution" of the automatic brake ques-: tlon, which has so long harassed American , railway managers who are. by law., obliged " to equip all trains with such brakes. There Is now being submitted to exhaustive practical test3, in England, an automatic continuous power brake. Invented by Roberts, for which the greatest clasms are put forth. The weight of the car body supplies the power to actuate the brakes and so the force is adjusted to the weight of the train. A detailed description and plans of the mechanism have been furnished to the State Department by United States Consul Meeker, at Bradford, England. $5,000,000 MortraKe Recorded. The. Louisville & Jeffersonville Bridge Company has executed a mortgage for 55,COO.OOO to the Union Trust Company, of this city, and the United States Trust Company, of New York. The imortgage was recorded yesterday in the county clerk's office -at Louisville. The instrument bears the date of Jan. 1, 1895, and the interest and principal are pavable in gold. The Louisville & Jeffersonville Bridge Company, which became insolvent some months ago, was rer cently reorganized. All of the old securities were called in and new bonds issued, which are secured by the big mortgage executed by the company. They draw interest at the rate of 4 per cent. ' Railway N'otes. The San Antonio & Brownsville Railroad Company, with a capital stock of '.00,000, has filed a charter with the Texas, Secretary of State. J. Kemp Rldgely. now district passenger agent of the L. & N. road, with headquarters at Memphis, has been appointed general Northern passenger agent of the line, with headquarters at Chicago,- vice George L. Cross, deceased. The bill seeking to require stockholders of foreign corporations owning stock in Alabama railroads to hold their meetings in Alabama 'has passed the lower house of the Alabama Legislature, with two Senate amendments. It now only wants the Governor's signature to become a law. The effect may be to throw the Alabama Great Southern road from the control of the Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton into the haids of the Southern system. V THE DOG WAS JEALOUS. Sorrow of n Family Pet That Saw Himself Supplanted by the Baby. Kansas City Star. Mr. Jcjhn G. Bell was the owner of a .arge, reddish-yellow dog, half Newfoundland and half St. Bernard,, that, with all his aristocratic blood and bearing, bore the unpretentious pseudonym of Mike. He-was known for his gentleness and rare intelligence. Every morning he trotted to the butcher's with a basket in his mouth which contained the written order for the day's supply of meat. He returned with the basket, which now 1 held two packages, one containing meat for the family and one for himself. After setting the basket gravely down at the cook's feet he picked out hl3 portion, and went to a certain spot In the yard, where he ate it. After this breakfast came his dessert. His owner, Mr. Bell's little daughter Annie, just the age of the dog. .was allowed one stick of molasses candy each day. She was in the habit of making it last as long as possible "cherished sweets long drawn out" and always shared it with her favorite. She would seat herself on the ground before him, . the precious candy In one hand and a pointed stick in the other. Bitting off a tiny piece of the sweet, she would lay it on the dog's tongue and then bite off a somewhat larger piece for herself. By this time the dog would be struggling with the small sweet in his tooth, when his little mistress, prodding it out with her pointed stick and aga:n laying it on his tongue would say:. "Lick it, Mike, lick It; it lasts longer." This would be repeated until the previous candy entirely disappeared, , r - ilike was undcubliiy spoiled by too' much attention. When he was about ten years old a. new baby boy came to the house. The first time Mike was Introduced to the newcomer it was lying on its mamma's lap. "Come. M:ke," said Mrs. Bell, "come and see tha new baby.""- Mike walked slowly' up with his eyes fixed on Mrs. Bell's face, and slowly, gently, crowding- his great head between the mother and baby, laid his head on her lap.- . , ; "Mike, won't you look at the ' baby?" Mike, for answer, gently pushed the baby - farther away, until It would have fallen on the floor but for nurse s timely interference. i This same scene was enacted the two fol- ; lowing days. On the th.lrd day Mrs. Bell said, sternly: ""I .don't like you, Mike. when you win not iook at my caby, and try to push him off my lap. You may go away." Poor, jealous dog.' Every one' in the house, even Ao his little playmate, was wrapped up in that baby. There was mo T.lact for him! He walked slowly j down stairs. went Into Ue kitt-hoiC' and looked sorrowfully u at the cjcl;' face, '

not heeding " her 'friendly greeting: went from there and thrust his sad face Into the door of his house, stood a few minutes look- , ing at it and wataed away. He was gone j I for three days before he came back. Then t

ne siowiy crawled ud the stairs to the bed room door, pushed It opened and walked to the crib. ., t Seeing the baby still there, he left without acknowledging any one's greeting. - In about four days be again returned. This was a repetition of the first visit. As the baby was still there he again left home,, After the third visit he was seen in company with quite disreputable dogs. He had been gone now about two weeks. When- - his - little - mistress heard how he had fallen into bad company she shed tears and insisted upon his being brought back In a few days he came of his own accord' and went again to the nursery without acknowledging any one's greeting. The baby was lying on its mother's lap. Mike looked at her with his sad, reproachful eyes and turned to go. but Annie had seen him go Into the room. and. slipping quietly behind him; shut the door. She threw her arms around his neck and burst into tears. "Oh. Mike, how could you treat me so? Oh, Mike, Mike! Vvnen we have grown up together, and you have always taken care cf me until now!" His heart relented at sight of her tears and he consented to be led to the baby. Then Mrs. Bell, with one hand stroking his handsome head, and the other resting on the baby, gave him a gentle but firm curtain lecture, while Annie, with arms still clasped around his neck, assisted. In the end she took him to the kltcnen and gave him all the milk there was In the house. This was a luxury which he only enjoyed on great occasions," such as his or her birthday, Christmas and so on. After that she took him to the lake and urged him to a good swim; thence to the butcher's and boms That night he slept in her bedroom." The next mornings Mr. Bell called Mike into the rocm where Mrs. Bell and baby were sleeping, and sternly sail: "Watch, Mike!" pointing to the sleepers. This was enough; he was again appreciated and at his post of honor. He did not leave the house again. But it was many months before he really loved the baby. He bore with it as something beyond his powers to avert, and the family learned it was best to show the baby .very little affection in his. presence, but by the time the baby was six months oil it had no more loving champion than Mike, the jealous dog. H EAVY LOSS BY FIRE IMOX STATIOX AT ST. JOSEPH, MO., DESTROYED BY FLAMES. Many Pouches of Mall and Hundreds of Trunks Burned Ilnllwayi AV1II Lose Over 400,O0O, ST. JOSEPH, Mo., Feb. 9. The Union Station, which was used by all the railways entering the city, was la!i in ruins by fire to-night. The loss will reach 5400,000. The lire was discovered ut 8:30 in the , United States express department of the station. At first the blaze was so small it was supposed it was not necessary to call out the department, but in this case the delay, was fatal. The flames worked their way through the . floor,, into the : Union Depot Hotel on the floor above, and 4n-an hour the structure was. a mass of ruins. The hotel, Which occupied the two upper stories and the south end of the -structure, was crowded with guests, and a number of them had narrow escapes, Major J. B. Laughlin, who conducted the hotel, loses 525,000. The Union Station was completed and opened May 1, 18S2; cost: .5250,00?. The total amount of. jhsuraiuiei is 510,000. The . guestsat the hotel lost 510,000., The real loss must remain a matter of conjecture for some time, that suffered by the railway and express companies on baggage. 'etc.; being difficult to estimate. The railroads' entering the depot and who are the losers are: The Hannibal & St. Joe, the"C Missouri - Pacific,"-. the - St. . Joseph & Grand Island, the'-Kansas City, St'. Joseph & Council VBluffj her; St; Joseph. & Des Moincp. the ChlcagbJ TtocK Island & Pacific, the Burlington & MissourLRIver;. the Union Pacific and thejAtchison.Topeka & Santa Fe. Many pouches of mail were also consumed, thus greatly adding to the loss. Among the hundreds of trunks burned were all of those belonging to the Lewis Morrison Faust theatrical ; company, .containing valuable dresses -and stage ; paraphernalia. But few of the guests- saved any of their personal effects. '-- ,JFIRE IV A.1 CHICAGO FLAT. 3Inuy Lives Imperiled und One Woman Dangeronsl) Hurt. CHICAGO, Feb- 9. The fashionable flat building at No. 595 --La Salle avenue took fire this afternoon.- Augusta Castorot, maid of Mrs. Leopold Preskauer, was probably fatally Injured by1 jumping from a second stcry window, and Mrs. Rufus Chapman, an invalid, was- irjured ! while being carried from her apartments. , The building was a randsome five-tory stone structure. It was occupied by about forty famines. Many of the tenants had narrow escapes, several women being rescued by firemen, but none was dangerously hurt except Miss Castorot. The fire was gotten under control with t. loss of 525.0CO. 9100,000 Losn at IlarriMburR. HARRISBURG,. Pa., F-.-b. 10. Fize was discovered !n the large printing establishment of ClareneeM Bush on Herr street, at midnight. A general alarm was sent in and all the fire engines are at the sqene. At this hour (1 o'clock), the fire is burning fiercely, and the building will be a total loss. One flreinnp. fell from a ladder ana broke his leg. All printing for t:ie iegio.iture was turned out at the Bush establishment. The fire started iu the. b-" r ro- . Tne loss will , probably reach 5103. COO, and is covered by insurance.' One huuaicd men are thrown out of employment. V .Other Fires. JERSEY CITY. ,N. J.. Feb. 9. Fire which broke out shortly before noon in the cooperage works of J. &, W. Matheson burned until daylight this morning. The firemen suffered intensely - from exposure and were handicapped by some of the hydrants being frozen. The works consisted of a fourstory brick building." This was totally destroyed, the Wails being blown over early this morning by the force of the gale. The -total loss on stock, building and machinery is estimated at about $12o.OOO. There is about 573,000 insurance. ALEXANDRIA; Va., Feb. 9. The large cracker and cake factory of George R.Hill & Co was-totally destroyed by fire to-night. The loss aggregates between 530,000 and 570,000 With a total insurance cf $25,000. ' -v 'V '- WELLINGTON; O.. Feb! 9. The Congregational Church, in this place was destroyed by fire at an early hour this morning. The loss is about 535.CO0; insured for 518.Q00. ' The--Senatorial - Content. SALEM, Ore.; Feb. 9. In the joint ballot to-day for Senator- the following vote was cast.' representing no change from that of vesterday: Dolph. t0; Hare. 10; Weatberford, 4; Williams, 9; Lord, L; Lowell, 8; absent, 21. BOISE. Ida., Feb. 9. There were three pairs to-Jay and the vote for United States Senator resulted;--ShCKip, 17; Sweet, -16; Claggett, 13.. ; .. "' DOVER. Del.. Feb. 9. The thirty-eighth ballot in the United States senatorial contest was taken to-day without change. Jt'iiitiaa: to Be. Hanged. - BELLEVILLE. 111-. Feb. 9. After being out since last night, the jury in the case of Annie Kahne, who killed her husband, a farmer, with the help, of George Centrell, returned a verdict' this evening finding her gu'lty of murdr in the first degree, and fixing the penalty af death. Her paramour. Centrell, suffered death on the scaffold some months ago ' for the nmrder, which was a particularly cold-blooded affair. .. 'Pure Oil Compuny" Proponed.. BRADFORD, :, Feb. 9. A meeting of, oil nroducen of : Pennsylvania, West Vircrinia arid Ohio has been called to meet in the x.yceum Excnange, mis city, r eo. a, y -for the purpose of organizing a "pure oil company" tor manufacturing and marketing Pennsylvania and other petroleum. Ac tion will be taken on the recent order isi sued by the Standard Oil Company, fixing -j a price for -credit balances. - - . - Oldest Woman In Georgia Dead. SAVANNAH, Ga- Feb. 9. Miss Mary Me-" Intyre, probably the oldest wman in ' Gerg-a, d.ed - at the home of the Little Sisters of, the Poor ta-Uy. abe was VA years old, and'uo tit a month go hwd full possession of her faculties. She cam to . avrsr7i s:vtnty-C.e years ajo. -

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THE STORY OF THE CAPTIVITY OF 1XDIAX SCOUT FRANK. GROVARO. Six Years with SIttlnff Bull Four Hundred and Elffhty Pieces of Flesh Cut Out of Each Arm. St. Joseph Letter !n SL Louis Globe-Democrat. J.Frank Grouard, the Indian scout, who is now living in this city, has recovered from the surgical operation in which an arrowhead was removed from hia groin, after having been imbedded there for nearly a dozen years. The surgeons who cut the flint from his muscles told the scout the operation would probably be fatal, and a few days later he was told that he could not possibly recover, but he had endured so many tortures while he was a captive : among the Sioux Indians that he laughed at the fears of the physicians and regained his health in spite of their predictions. . While the surgeons were operating on him he smoked a cigar, and at no time since has he been impressed with the idea that the injury would prove fatal, although at one time ha was so near death as to be unconscious and, an arently, lifeless. The scout has never been willing to talk freely of his life among the Indians, and all that has been learned of that . period has been drawn from him by close questioning In unguarded moments.' Of his adventures as a scout witli General Crook's command ho talks more freely. " Since his recovery from the surgical operation Grouard has talked more willingly than ever before of his life with the Sioux. He was captured by Sitting Bull and a small band of followers when nineteen years old, and remained with the Indians the next six years, a greater portion of his time in the camp of Sitting Bull, through whose Influence he was saved from torture and death. At the time of his capture Grouard was a mail rider between Fort Hall and Fort Peck. On the way to the Indian village he. learned the name of his captor and made up nis mind that nothing but torture was in etore for him. Gret was his surprise when the chief announced in council that he had determined to spare tho captive's life, and, greater still, when he was adopted as Sitting Bull's brother. "No human being who has never been a captive among savages can realize the horrors that constantly surrounded me," said Grouard. "1 was sent to tne lodge of Sitting Bull's mooner and sister, ana to these two savage women I also owe my life. I had never before attempted to live on a meat diet alone, and I tound that was the on,y food, the Indians had, without salt 'or seasoning. I was stricken 'witn a strange illness, and do not know how long I was ill. Nothing would supply my craving tor bread, and in my trouoled dreams I saw loaves of it Just out of, reach of my outstretched arms. White Cow divined the the cause of my sickness, and, in the spring, when the Indians from the agencies came out to the hostile trices, she oougnt small quantities of flour, coffee, salt and pepper, for which she paid an enormous price in ponies and furs. When I awoke one day there was a smell OH burning bread and boiling coffee in the tepee, and . for a moment I could not realize that I was still a captive. When the flour was all gone White Cow would gather turnips, dry them and pound them into a pulp, from which she would make porridge. In time I-learned to live on a meat diet alone. -' , SIXTEEN MONTHS UNDER GUARD. "I was closely guarded for sixteen months after my capture, my guards being Little Assiniboine and White Eagle, the latter a cousin of Sitting Bull. It was , customary In the rpring of the year to move the camp toward the north, to meet the vast herds of buff a 15 coming down, and in the fall the Indians generally located on the Belle Fourche or Little Missouri river, - where game was plentiful. It was on the first that I killed a deer In a running shot at a great distance with an ' old flint-lock gun that had been given me. The feat so pleased Sitting Bull that he presented me with a Hawkins rifle, and from that time no restrictions were placed on my movements. I roamed the wilds at .will, and ax quired a thorough and intimate knowledge of every mountain pass, crag, ravine and canyon in the great stretch of. country now known as Wyoming, Dakota and Montana,4 "My name among the Indians was Standing Bear. It was given to me because I was dressed in a fur overcoat, cap and mittens when captured. In the winter of 1S79 I went out with a war party for the first time. The Sioux and the Crows were always at war. About the time we left the Sioux village we struck the trail of a war party of Crows, going toward the Sioux camp, with the evident intention of running off as many ponies as, they could. We returned to camn and met the Crows, driving them into the Bad Lands, where they sought shelter in a basin, behind a wall of rocks. The attack was led by Sitting Bull himself, and the rush toward the spot where the Crows were intrenched meant death to many of the Sioux warriors. The chief went in advance of his braves, jumped over the rocks into the pit and had killed a number of Crows before the others arrived to assist him. In point of numbers the war parties were about the same, but all the Crows were killed and only a few of the Sioux. The bodies of the enemies were scalped and left where they were slain. There must have 'been a hundred dead Indians in that gulch, and it was one of tho bloodiest scenes I ever witnessed. "One of the biggest Indian clean-ups I ever knew anything about occurred a short time before that on - Beaver creek, about midway between Fort Hall and Milk river. Four hundred Gros Ventre Indians were camped there, some of them confined to their lodges with the smallpox. The Blackfeet made a raid on the village, and only two of the. Gros Ventres escaped alive. We heard of the massacre, and a party of us went over there from the Sioux camp. A month later I passed by the place with a hunting party. The half-decomposed bodies of the victims were scattered about in every direction, and were being eaten by wolves and other wild animals. None of. them were ever burled. I saw a great many barbarous things while I lived "with the Indians, but the scene in the Gros Ventre village after the massacre by the Blackfeet was the most sickening sight I evtr witnessed. -...-. TORTURED BY THE SIOUX. "From the time of my capture up to 1S72 I was not required to undergo any of the self-inflicted torturss of the Sioux, but after I. became one of them, to all intents and purposes, I knew what to expect. While we were camped where Glendive, Mont., now stands, the whole tribe' gathered one day about the swaat, and I was informed that I was to be put to the test. All the Indians gathered around, taking positions where they could watch my face. . Sitting Bull, No Neck, Gall, Four Horns, Little Assiniboine and ether head men of the tribe sat near me smoking tneir pipes. Four warriors squatted on eacn side of me, and with needles raided up he flesh betwn tne shoulder and elbow on each arm, and cut pieces the size of a pea, taking 4S0 pieces out of pach arm. The skin ana flesh were taken off in. five tcws on eacn arm. -It waa not painful at first, but before they, were through there was a stream of agony pour ing from my arms to my heart,, Wt wasli almost unDearatne. 1 uia not open-my lip,-, or mane a. suunu vvmie uiey were wriurmra. altncugh the operation lasted; f6u"p hours.. Ihe r.ext time I was tortured all-w eyebrows and eyelashes were , jmiled, xmt... After that I went through the' torture s as stoically as tne Indians themselves,: even including the tortures of the ' sun , Uancii" where horsehair ropes were tied in the muscles of the breast and back and torn' Ouj ty sheer force. ' . - "Sitting Bull would never make a treaty" with the whites. For the purpose of oecu.--in? supplies he made a treaty with the Red river . hall breeds to bring him such articles as his tribe needed, and when the half trceds came they brccgiit five sleign loads 'of whisky. There was nothing but drinking in the village as long as the whiskv lasted, and it endfcd In a terrible fight, from which the balf breeds were glad to escape with thtir lives. The faction opposing Sitting Bull tried to kill Jiim. There were 5.UW) Indians In the village at that time, and nany were killed. Many ledges were torn down or burn-d. v "The next sprint! a "iankton Indian, from the agency at Fort Peck, came into our camp. I sent a tetter by him to the agent, ipH na him what the Red river half-breeds had done. The agent sent the Yankton back S in a few roontns asking me to come in, as he wished to see me. He also wanted me to bring Sitting Bull in so they could make a treaty with him. and get the hostile trade. In a abort time Sitting Bull, Little Assiniboine. Black SWeld and nyseif went to Fort Peck, where a big council w held; t but Sitting But! fatly refused to hnve any- ' thin, to do with the whites. While we j were there tie -:r.t teli nw-fce wanted no

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to. go with a party to capture the halfbreeds who had been selling whisky. THE ESCAPK. "To get away from Sitting: Bull without him finding out where I was going I had to tell him I was going on the warpath to steal horses. I told him I was going up the Missouri. . I went .instead with some troops to a i place on Frenchman's creek, where the half-breeds were camped, and picked out the ones who had takn whisky to the Indians. The soldiers arrested a lot of them. They gave me three-horses so I could make Sitting, Bull believe I had stolen them. I gave the horses to Sitting Bull, and, as he was very much pleased to think I would go out" alone and steal horses, he tokl every Indian he saw about-it.. There .were some Santee Indians in the camp of : the halfbreeds and they recognized me. In about ten days they came into our camp and told Sitting Bull all about it. He was the maddest man 1 ever -saw, and said he would kill me on .sight. His mother keot him from killing me. Gall and the other members of the faction who were opposed to Hitting Bull wanted me to comeover on that fide of the . village, but I would not go. bitting Bull never speke to me after that, and when -cam? moved I got on one side, and he went on the- other, so we kept apart.- Soon after that I went over to the Ogallala-camp, with Crazy Horse and never wentbaek to. Sitting Bull's camp I "Alter I went to the camp of Crazy Horse T, wa still writn f hp nrvutilaca n.uA - r nnu never VfPt to the agencies. The agency Indians would come to us, and it was from them that we secured ammunition. One sprfng we were entirely out of ammunition and our provisions were very low. .The Indian village was thn ' on .the heal of the Rosebud river We we're expecting a party or agency Indiana, with ; supplies, and t was decided to send a partv . out to look for them. We saw what we took to be smoke signals near the mouth of the Tongue river, distant about four days' travel. Myself and two Indians started out to bring the agency Indians in. We left th village with, one day's rations and no ami munition.' "When we arrived at the mouth of tho Tongue river we found where a fire had been, but there was no sign of the ag'ncv Indians so there was nothing-to do but en back On the way back to the village all three or us became nearly insane from hunger,., having been eight days without a rarticle of food. We were within t wen tv miles of the camp when; we managed to kin three prairie chickens with a bow and arrows.. My companions tore the fowls aDart and ate them raw. 1 roasted the necks tTnAm!nK th0 trip and when we reached the village were nothing but kin and bones The flesh on our faces was o drawntnat we were almost unrecognizable. My two companions died In a few days u ; -"The next year V went into the agencv with a party of Indian, but had no oppor. tunity of . making my escape. We oni v stowed a short time, and then went down on Tcnsve rtver. All the time I was ctu?v ins about a plan io 8eape. The next 1 went out with a party Cci"l ta Lran 1

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