Indianapolis Journal, Indianapolis, Marion County, 3 March 1895 — Page 4

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XDICTMEXT AGAIXST , EX-GOVERX. On CUASC WILL BE DISMISSED. Shocking: Accident at Mnncle Yesterday Lerl. Doohcr Cuts the Throat of Sam net Spittler. Bpecial to the Indianapolis Journal. KOKOMO, Ind.. March 2,--One of tha first acts of the March term of court wfil bo the dismissal of the Indictment standing against ex-Gov. Ira J. Chase for embezzlement in connection with the failure of the Parls-Dwlggins bank at Greentown, Which collapsed with the Dwigglns chain ef bank failures ; In May. 1893. In the eighteen months that have elapsed since the Indictment, povernor Chase has had no opportunity to remove the stigma or face his accusers In open court, although Klways expressing a wish for speedy trial. His indictment, it i3 now believed, was a blunder and an outrage. It Is claimed there has never been the remotest possibility of his conviction,, and the only object of the prosecution in refusing to dismiss the indictment was the eft'ect it would have on the trial of John W. Paris, the bank president, who has had two trials, with the pro-, posed third trial abandoned. The many , friends of Governor Chase here feel very much chagrined that his reputation should be so long clouded. The Indietirents against, both Paris and Chase will probably be dismissed in a few days. POUTER COUNTY SKl'SK FARM. Indiana. Claim Distinction of Having; the Third in the ConntrrBpecial to the Indianapolis Journal. KOKOMO, Ind., March 2. The skunkfarming - Industry has been re-established In Indiana. To an ordinary mind raising ekunka seem a queer business. There is raid to be but three skunk farms in the United Ptates one it , Lawrence county, Pennsylvania, one-near Buchanan, Mich., the third in Porter county, this State, the latter being just started by Messrs. Harbrecht and Selvert, a mile north of the town of Porter, near the banks of the Little Calumet . river. Speaking of the business one of the proprietors says: "The ekunks are confined in an inclosure of several acres, a woven wire fence resting on a. wall of masonry three feet under ground, the latter to keep the animals from burrowing out. "In the inclosure boxes are placed under ? round. These are sectioned oft into stalls or the females to breed in separately and care for their young, the apartments being provided with straw for bedding. Skunks we easily cared for, and thrive on almost any kind of food. They prefer offal, and eat all kinds of animal matter. They breed very rayldly, having two litters every summer, of from four to twelve each. We started with fifty-three' females and five males. All surplus males are killed off as booh as they attain their full growth. Skunks raised in captivity are as tame and playful as kittens, ard as harmless. They do not report to. their odoriferous weapons for defense unle;s frightened, and are handled with impunity by their keepers. They are as playful ao a yard full of kittens. Wild one were captured for starting the Industry. The animals mate in February. The furs of domesticated skunks are much finer than wild ones, and are not mutilated by trapping and shooting. They mature In ten months. A skunk when full grown will yield a quart and a half of oil, which sells for $3 a gallon, and the hides sell at 50 cents to '11.75 each."Messrs. Harbrechf and Selvert are well pleased with their venture, and believe it will prove a very profitable Industry. They expert to increase the business until the annual kill reaches two thousand skunks. The hide and oil brings about $2.25 for each animal. A PROBABLE MURDER. Lewis Booher Cat the Throat of Bartender Samuel Splttler. Special to the Indianapolis Journal, FRANKFORT. Ind March 2Lewls Booher and Samuel Spittler engaged In an altercation last night at Burlington, which rasulted in- Booher" drawing his knife and cutting Spittler s throat. Spittler is dying to-night. He has been, employed as a bartender in the village saloon, and it is said that the men quarreled over an account against Booher. Booher is the fellow who shot "Chris" Zimmerman, the Indianapolis confidence man, during the old settlers', picnii at Burlington last August. Booher was then acting as special policeman. Feeling is said to be very bitter jEigainst him for his last act, and had Splttler died last night Booher would have been' lynched. He was arrested and taken to Delphi. HENRY STUDEBAKER DEAD. First of the Famous Brothers' to Depart from This Life. SOUTH BEND, Ind., March 2. Henry Btudebaker died at 2:30 o'clock this afternoon of stomach and other troubles after an illness of two years. He was born "sixtyeight years ago In Adams county, Pennsylvania, coming ' to South Bend when a young man, where In 1852 he and his brother, Hon. Clem Studebaker, established the Btudebaker Manufacturing Company. The deceased leaves a wife ' and a number of children, some of whom are married. His brothers are Hon. Clem, J. M. and Peter E. Studebaker, all of the well-known wagon firm. B- , - The deceased was twice married. The Children of the first, marriage are Mrs. A. "W. Bowman, of North Manchester, Ind. ; Mrs. J. M. Chillas, Clem V Samuel W. and Miss Edith Studebaker, of South Bend. Of the second marriage the children , are Peter E., William, Arthur and Adella, of this city. The brothers are Hon. Clem,, J. M. and Peter E. Studebaker, and the slaters the Misses Maria and Rebecca Studebaker, of South Bend. The funeral will be held at 2 o'clock Tuesday afternoon, from the residence. ' Other Deaths in the State. . , JEFFERSONVILLE, Ind., March 2. William Gibson, a pioneer of Clark county, died yesterday at his home near Prather. He was eighty-four years old. He was one of the organisers and president of the JefferBonville and Charleston Turnpike Company. Eleven children survive him. V Rev. W. H. Maull, aged eighty years, who served for years as pastor of the, Port Fulton M. E. Church here, died last night in Louisville. The funeral takes place here to-morrow afternoon. TORIES INVESTIGATING. State Superintendent After Those Who Sell Examination , Questions. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. COLUMBUS, Ind.. March 2. State Superintendent Vories arrived in this city this morning, and began an investigation of the alleged violation of the law with reference to the sale of the list of questions prepared by the State Board of Education to applicants for teachers license. He interviewed a number of teachers and prominent persons 'and then went before the grand jury himself. It having been publicly charged that the list of questions for the February examination were sold in the town of Hope, the teachers of that section were sent for and a half carload of them arrived in the city on the Big Four train at noon and were examined by the grand Jury. What the result of the examination was no one knows, but much excitement prevailed In educational circles. Patrons of schools are demanding that the February examination be declared off and that no licenses be issued on the same. Superintendent Vories said to-day that the same state of disturbance existed In Decatur county and it now looks as if it would be the same result, if the truth were known, in other counties. A Woman Makes Plenty Trouble. Bpecial to the Indianapolis JoumaL . LAFAYETTE, Ind., March 2. Acting Judge A. W. Caldwell this morning decided against Anna Collins in a case that has attracted attention here for some time. Anna Collins sold a note for $600 to Henry A. Miller. It bore the names of Edwin S. and Calvin Dill. Miss Collins held another note for $500, similarly signed. They repudiated the signatures. They also brought suit to have the notes canceled. Miss Collins and Mr, Miller sued on the notes for collection, claiming they were genuine. The trial lasted nearly four weeks. Experts were called in from Chicago, and also of local reputation. The cae was bitterly fought all the way. Miss Collins swore that Edwin 8. Dill had slandered and maligned her character, and that he gave her these two notes as a compensation and because of her threats to sue him for damages. Dill denied ever having given her" the notes, or with knowing anything whatever about them. It came out that Miss Collins had a rote .for $5oO, which she endeavored to sell to Mveral vartles, among them John L.

Gougar. Mr. Goufcar recognized In Mies ColUns, as he testified, a woman who. had sold hiiri a note several months before under the name of Clara Lowman. That note turned out to be a forgery. Altogether this was one of the most thoroughly mixed up cases ever tried here. It was contended by the attorneys for the Dills that, although Miss Collins claimed to have received these notes from Edwin Dill in 1891, and that, while they were dated 1892, the blank notes on which they were written were not printed until April or May of 1893, several months afterward. The attorney for Miller and Miss Collins gave notice of a motion for a new trial. The case will undoubtedly go to the Supreme Court. The costs up to the present time, independent of what will have to be paid to the attorneys, will be in excess of $1,200. MIhs Collins has been tried and acquitted of the charge of forging the $500 note in dispute. Body Terribly Mangled. Special to the Indianapolis Journal.: MUNCIE, Ind., March 2. A distressing accident occurred at noon to-day at : the Patton hollowware works. While John Rauch, aged eighteen, was standing on a ladder wiping off a line shaft, he fell on the shaft and In an instant his life was beaten out on the ceiling three feet a"ove, He was whirled around at the rate of 150 revolutions -per minute. Both feet were beaten off and one arm was torn from the shoulder. The other arm was broken as were both legs and ,the interior of the- entire room was besmeared with blood. A. halfInch natural gas pipe was parallel with the shaft . two feet away and in making the revolutions the body caught the pipe, which wrapped" the lifeless form to the shaft as if done by wire. It required some time to get it down afterthe machinery was stopped. Rauch was a son of John D- Rauch, proprietor' of 'the Kirby House tonsorial parlors, recently arriving here from Columbus, O. Council Aftertthe Gas Company. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. ' CRAWFORDs v iLLE, Ind., March 2. At the - last meeting of the City Council the matter was Introduced about the, low, pressure during the February cold snap of the natural gas, and. the consequent extra expense the citizens had been put to In getting wood or-coal to produce sufficient heat to keep warm. Th matter was referred to a committee, which has seen the gas superintendents The gas company refuses to reimburse citizens for money expended for wood or coal, as. It says, it would lead to endless confusion and result in making the gas company more unpopular than ever. The gas company very kindly will permit a person not satisfied with the supply of gas to return the mixers. The comnany claims it must not be held responsible for a failure "to maintain a sufficient supply of gas," as stated in the city franchise to the company. The matter will be up again In the Council Monday night. - - Called for Mayor's Resignation. MARION, Ind., March 2. Patrolman Elmer Pyle, of the city police force, refused to do scullion work, such as cleaning spittoons scrubbing the floors in the Mayor's office and similar duties, and there was a breezy war of words between the head of the city and the patrolman, ending with the Mayor calling upon the policeman to resign. The Mayor carried his grievance to the police board, and . the board ordered . Pyle to resign, but the patrolman still refused, and retaliated by filing - charges : against the Mayor, in that he had used language not in keeping with his dignity as the official head of the city. Since that time the feud has grown until half the city Is taking sides. Night before last there was a mass meeting in South Marlon, - in which the conduct of the patrolman was approved and resolutions were passed ; censuring the Mayor because, of his intemperate words and calling for his resignation. Pyle continues to serve as a patrolman, and he does not lack for backing, i .i ' ;r -, - - .The Choice of the "RlnK." Special to the Indianapolis Journal. ANDERSON, Ind., March 2. The appointment of W. S. Diven as Judge of the new Superior Court meets with the approval of Andersonlan's generally who were not engaged In the fight for the position. The quarrel among Democrats was quite fierce, and Diven's elevation Is a triumph of the courthouse ring over ex-Judge E. B. Goodykoontz, backed by liberal Democrats of city and county. Judge Alfred Ellison last night announced the appointment of Miss Knapp, of Findlay, O., as the official court stenographer, and she wjll enter on her duties Monday morning, when the March term convenes. In making- this appointment Judge Ellison turns down Howard Gates, the present incumbent, and several other aspiring young Democrats. There has been a great deal of adverse criticism expressed by party leaders among the Democrats over Judge .Ellison's action.)::,. .y 4 v A Murder Witness Dylnig. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. ANDERSON, Ind.. March 2. Mrs. Maggie Bolton, of Elwood, the State's principal witness in the Faust murder case, for which George Hires is held as the principal and Ephralm Crull, , George Crull and William Cox as accessories, is rapidly sinking with hasty consumption, and the Indications are that she will not be able to appear on the witness stand. Mrs. Bolton and her two small children are the only persons not under indictment who were witnesses to the murder. Mrs. Bolton suffered from a severe hemorrhage at the jail last night, and was very weak to-day. Prosecutor Scanlan will take the woman's deposition to-morrow. Unique VV. R. C. Entertainment. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. r GREENSBURG," Ind.. March 2. A unique entertainment ; was given in the rink thla evening under the auspices of the W. R. C. by nine . members' of the Baldhead Club, of Indianapolis S. G. Woodward, ex-Postmaster Thompson, W.' S. R. Tarkington, Burgess Brown. -W. D. Butler, J. C. Slawson, Chauncey Clark. O. D, Weaver and George . ;Macy three of whom were former residents of this city. Z. A. Smith gave an account of the Appomattox campaign in three parts, between - each ' of. which songs were sung, and Burgess Brown gave two recitations. A thousand people listened to the performance and were delighted. . , - - : v :i,;' j ' LaPorte Mast Pay for Fire Alarms. Special to the Indianapolis Journal.' LAPORTE;4 Ind., March 2. About four years ago the City Council contracted with the Gamewellf Electric Fire Alarm Telegraph. Company of New York for a number of fire alarm boxes to cost $3,500. The Mayor refused to sign the contract on the ground that the indebtedness of the city already exceeded the constitutional limit and the Council had no power to contract such a debt, but the city continued to use the system and suit was brought to recover the contract price with interest. To-day Judge Hubbard rendered judgment in favor of. the Game well company for $4,345. , Tvro Suicides and Attempted Murder, Special to the Indianapolis Journal. EVANSVILLE, Ind., -March 2. One attempted murder and suicide and a suicide is the criminal record here to-day. Fred Hirschberger, who has been separated from his wife, called on her to-day and attempted to cut her throat. She may recover. He then plunged his knife into his abdomen three times, and will die. Mrs. John .Titzer committed suicide bv hanging. She had a sore foot, and wanted to go to a hospital for treatment. Her husband objected, and she ended her own life. She leaves a family. " Prof. Wilds Chamberlain Dying. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. BLOOMINGTON. Ind., March 2. Prof. W. H. Chamberlain, of Indiana University, is at the point of death and will hardly live through the night. He . was taken with pneumonia two weeks ago and is now suffering from a complication of diseases. Professor Chamberlain is associate professor of English and came here from Leland Standford University last September. He is thirty-five years old, arid a young man of remarkable ability. His home is at Oakland. Cat. and his mother arrived from that place yesterday. . Elwood Athletic Club. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. ELWOOD, Ind., March 2. In order to elude Sheriff John Starr and be able to give boxing exhibitions in this city the sporting fraternity is organizing an athletic club, and will incorporate the same for a period of five years. There are already elxty members, and one hundred will be signed before Monday, when It Is to be Incorporated. The first exhibition will be the wrestling match between Al Zimmerman, of Chicago, and Frank Gehley, of Cincinnati, Wednesday night, March 6. -

For the Crawford County-Seat Case. JEFFERSONVILLE, Ind., March 2. Attorneys J. H. Weathers and Charles L. Jewett visited the Prison South to-day to take the, depositions of Edward Denbo and Walter Nash, two convicts sent from Crawford county. Their testimony is required In the celebrated courthouse removal cate , now agitating Crawford countv. The trial comes off at Salem Moviay. It is claimed

the convicts know a great deal concerning bogus signatures alleged to have been" attached to the petition for removal. . Insurance In the Maneie Fire. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. MUNCIE. Ind., Blarch 2. The following insurance companies are Involved . In the loss on Loan Franklin's business block last night, each to the extent of $1,000. Phoenix of Hartford, Franklin of Evansville, American of New York, Ohio Farmers', Hanover of New York, National of Hartford, Queen of America and the Orient of Hartford. The "building is valued at $20,000 and the loss at about the amount of the insurance. "

President Thanks the Police. ' Special to the Indianapolis Journal. CRAWFORDSVILLE, Ind.. March 2. President Burroughs, of Wabash College, has fcvritten a letter to the Mayor and marshal, thanking them for aiding to preserve peace and prevent friction among the sophomore and freshmen classes of the college during their celebration of Washington's birthday. The freshmen went around town a week ago, with two policemen in a buggy behind them to preserve peace. Their Fifty-Seventh Anniversary. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. FRANKFORT, Ind., March 2. Mr. and Mrs. David Slipher, of this county, celebrated their fifty-seventh wedding anniversary yesterday. Mr. and Mrs. Slipher were both born in 1814, the former in Butler county, Ohio, and the latter . In Abigail county, Pennsylvania. Nine children have been born to them, six of whom are now living, and were present yesterday at the celebration. , A Centenarian Found Dead. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. TERRE HAUTE, Ind., March 2. "Aunt" Elizabeth Powell, thought to i be one hundred years old, has" been found dead in a hovel on the banks of the Wabash river near this city. She would not live with her children, and insisted on living alone. She was known by many of the older citizens, and it'l3 believed she was one hundred years old her last birthday. Strike at Jackson Hill Mines. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. SHELBURN, Ind., March 2. The miners of Jackson Hill are out on strike. One of the parties connected with the mine says, the mine is running on a test and the difference between the company and the miners-is a few cents. It is understood the mines will be shut down for thirty days. ' Call for Rev. Palmer. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. MADISON, Ind., March 2. Rev. John C. Palmer, of this city, has received and accepted a unanimous call to the" pastorate of Emanuel (Presbyterian) Chapel in New York city, and will enter upon his duties at once. . - v . . School Trustee Gets One Year. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. . .DANVILLE, 111., March 2. George Hellman, school trustee atlndianola, was found guilty by a jury to-day of embezzling school funds. The punishment fixed was one year in the penitentiary. " , . 'A Hunter Rills Himself.' Special to the Indianapolis Journal.TERRE HAUTE, Ind.. March 2. Wallace White, a carpenter, aged thirty-three, accidentally killed himself while hunting today. The load of shot from his gun tore off half his head. - . - AIMS OF WOjiEN. Resolutions Adopted at the Final Session of the National Council. WASHINGTON, March 2. The closing , day of the triennial session of the National Council of Women opened with the consideration of business matters. A cabinet to assist the president of the council in administering executive affairs waschosen. The Florence Crittenden Association was admitted to membership and the fraternal greetings of the National Women's Catholic Association were presented through Oline Risley Sev.-ard, of this city. The" report of the treasurer showed the year's receipts to be $3,100, with almost equal expenditures. : Resolutions were adopted setting forth the aims and principles of ..the council. They expressed appreciation of the evidences of the advancement of women and forecasted the time when the last re-, strlction placed on women in society, church ; and state, will be eradicated from custom, creed and statutes. In discussing the conflict of capital and labor, the resolutions urge co-operation instead of competition, the submission of disputes to voluntary tribunals of conciliation and arbitration, and that the government set the standard of equal wages for equal work and make women equally eligible for examinations and employment. The resolutions were passed without opposition until a resolution advocating election or appointment of women on school boards, favoring the establishment of a national university in this city for postgraduate study and Indorsing scientific temperance instruction in public schools was reached. The limitation of admission to the national university to college graduates was objected to and precipitated a wrangle, but the resolutions were finally adopted intact. Consideration of the formation of the advisory cabinet was taken up at tne afternoon session. The convention was brought to a close this evening. After the newly-elected officers had been introduced. Mary Lowe Dickinson, of r New York city, the incoming president, delivered an address, followed by the farewell address of Mrs. May Wright Sewall, the retiring president, who reviewed the progress and principles of the council. An address by the Countess of Aberdeen, president ef the International Council of Women, closed the meeting. WEST GREENLAND EXPEDITION. Scientists Will (in North This Summer nnl Brlnar Peary Home. NEW YORK, March 2. A West Greenland expedition has been arranged for the season of 1895. The prominent organizers are from New York and Brooklyn. Philadelphia, Boston, Princeton and Chicago will also furnish scientists, money and supplies. The board of trustees of the Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences yesterday received a recommendation from the institute council for a thousand-dollar subscription for the expedition, and also a request that a scientific expert accompany it. The committee under whose auspices the expedition has been started consists of Cyrus C. Adams, who was Lieutenant Peary's righthand man; Prof. William E. Libby. of Princeton; Prof. T. C. Chamberlain, of the University of Chicago; Herbert L. Bridgman. of Brooklyn, and Prof. -Franklin W. Hooper, k of the Brooklyn Institute. The plan Is to charter a whaling steamer capable of accommodating ten scientists exclusive of the crew. She will leave St. Johns about the middle of June, cruise along the western greenland coast, thence to Peary's headquarters in McCormack bay to bring him and his comrades home. The expenses of the expedition will amount to $10,000. They will be met by contributions of $1,000 from the ten institutions of learning and each Institute wiil send a representative. " Needed the Exercise. New York Evening Sun.. This story Is told by a Maine man: A Warren man. the other day, told his wife that he thought he'd get a night key. "Night key!" exclaimed she, "what earthly use can you have for a night key? Sunday evening I always attend church. The Daughters of Rebekalr meet Monday evening. Then there's the Ladies Relief Corps which meets Tusday evenings. The weeklv prayer meetings occur Wednesday and Thursday evenings. The Eastern Star has its meeting Friday evening. Saturday evening is the skating rink, and shut up in the house as I am all the week, I absolutely need the little helpful exercise I get there, aid I must insist on having Saturday evening for recreation. Night key, Indeed! You just stay at home and take care of the baby." ; .:. "'i . .- ,.-' Poor Show for Creditors. PROVIDENCE, R. 1.. March l.-Cornellus S. Sweetland. assignee of the firm of Sheldon & Tyner, bankers, of this city, to-day announced the liabilities of the firm as $1,166,536.06 and the assets $733,715.78. Nearly all stock, bonds and notes of the firm are pledged as collateral security. - Under present conditions the assignee can see but little prospect of a general . dividend. Freet Free! Free! Two Paris Panels oi your babies free between one and two years on Monday, March 4. J. H. Clark, 66 East Washington street Mrs. E. V. Thomas is seriously ill at her home. No. 256 North Mississippi street.

GIFT TO JASON BROWN

INDIANA DEMOCRAT PRESENTED WITH A WATER PITCHER. No Mention that; n- Decanter Accompanied It Republican Learne Executive Committee In Session. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. WASHINGTON, March 2. A pleasant feature of the expiring days of the present House is the fact that in many cases the chairmen of committees who, with the present session of Congress, retire from public life, in most cases forever, are being presented by the members, of. the committees with substantial tokens of regard and ap- , preciation. The presentation of to-day occurred in the committee on contested elections, whose members presented Hon. Jason Brown with a handsome silver water pitcher. The remarks accompanying the presentation were made in .happy vein by Representative. McCall, of Massachusetts, a stanch Republican. Mr. McCall emphasized in his words Mr. -Brown's spirit or latruess in all the contested election cases that have been heard before the committee. Election cases generally engender much bitter personal feeling between members of the two parties in committee, but it is a fact that the present . Congress, while not above the average in disposing of contested elections in the House, has, in committee, been singularly fortunate for the high judicial tone of its proceedings Mr. Brown responded fittingly to the various speeches that were made by his colleagues on the committee. Republican National League. .WASHINGTON, March 2. The executive committee of the Republican National League met here to-day at the Arlington Hotel for a three days', session. The principal business to come before the commlt- . tee will be that relating to the eighth annual meeting of league clubs, which will be held at Cleveland, beginning June 19 next and lasting - three days. It is expected that the Cleveland meeting will be ' the largest in the history of the league, , and extensive preparations will be made to ' meet the expected demand for transportat tion, etc. Those present at to-day's meeting were: President W. W. Tracy, Illinois; ' Secretary A. B. Humphrey, New York; Major A. G. Negley,' Alabama; Hon. Frank J. Cannon, Utah; Frank Campbell, Illinois; r General E. A. McAlpin. New York; George R. Gaither, Maryland; Dr. George VV. Marshall. Delaware; F. ' W. Bicknell, Iowa; Representative-elect Mondell, of Wyoming; Daniel A. Ray, Washington, D. C, and H. S. Peck, Vermont. Profit in Sweet Potatoes. WASHINGTON, March 2. The culture and uses of sweet potatoes are discussed in a report of the Agricultural Department, compiled by J. F. Duggar,x of the office of experiment stations. Propagation of sweet potatoes by means of vine cuttings, in use in the Gulf States and States of a similar climate, is advocated as of great economic importance. Very early planting is regarded as desirable only where an extra crop can be marketed at a high price. Exclusive , of rent and fertilizers, the average cost of growing and harvesting an acre of sweet ' potatoes is estimated at about $20. In spite of wide fluctuations in price the crop is usually profitable in localities ravored with cheap transportation facilities. It is also profitable where local sales can be effected. In localities remote from markets the profit in growing on a large scale comes from converting sweet potatoes into pork or other vegetable products. ; , War Ship Needed at Panama. ' WASHINGTON Marcjf 2.i-Secretary Herbert to-day received disquieting advice from Colombia, believed n to be from Captain Cromwell, of the Atlanta, .relative- to the progress of the revolution in that disturbed country. The Atlanta lies at Colon on the gulf side of , the Isthmus of Panama, but the large lAroerican . interests on the west side, including the terminal of the Panama ' railroad, are very much exposed, there being no war ship nearer than Bueneventura, Colombia,- about 300 miles distant, where the Ranger has been stationed since Feb. j 2. Secretary Herbert was in consultation, with Secretary.y. Gresham to-day touching the -advisabjlUy of sending.a ves'sel to. Panama which Captain Cromwell's report shows to be in need of protection. Acts Signed y the President. WASHINGTON, SMarch 2. The -President has signed the following acts: To provide . for the appointment of additional Judges of the United States Court In the Indian Territory; for the relief of Captain St. Vraln'e Company of New Mexico mounted volunteers; for the relief of bona fide purchasers of land in Section 36, Township 1, California; to.authbrize. the construction of a bridge over the Bay 'of Biloxl, Mississippi; granting the . Mt. jVernon barracks military reservation to the. State of Alabama for public uses; to'amenu Section 4400, RevisedStatutes; relative to steam vessels, and fixing the number and salaries of hull and boiler Inspectors; suspending the transit of goods In bond lnto the Mexican free zone. ( - ' Aa-rlcnltural Bill Areed To. WASHINGTON. March -The conferees on the agricultural appropriation bill have reached an agreement The House conferees receded on the principal amendment . made by the Senate-that providing for the ' Inspection of live cattle, the meat of which is to be exported and the Senate from its amendment appropriating $40,000 for the extermination of the gypsy moth. The appropriation of $15,000 to- enable the Secretary of Agriculture to continue his irrigation experiments was left as fixed by the House, and not reduced to $8,000, as proposed by the Senate. .The Senate provision increasing the total appropriation ( for the Weather Bureau from $860,000 to $885,000 is retained. Brussels Conference Not Dissolved. WASHINGTON March 2. Th? debate in Congress ion the subject of an international "monetary conference shows ' that it is not generally understood that the last monetary conference has never been formally dissolved, and that the commission on the part of the United States to that conference is really still in existence. The Brussels conference adjourned with the understanding that It would reconvene at the call of the United States, but since then no official notice of any sort has been given, and some authorities hold that the conference never having been formally dissolved is still in existence and can be reconvened by the President if he so desires. Copytna- American Art. WASHINGTON, March 2 It should be encouraging to American art students to learn from the United States consul. Stern, at Bomberg, that not only has our work In the various metals found favor in the critical art centers of Germany, but that the experts there freely admit that they find .in this work some lessons and many features worthy of adoption. The industrial art museum of Berlin purchased a number of specimen productions of American art and still are fashioning the precious metals that were exhibited at the world's fair, and these are now being publicly shown in the German industrial cities, meeting with most cordial encomiums. . Blmrtnllittm in , Enaland. WASHINGTON, March 2. Sir Charles Hunter, an English baronet, has been . an Interested spectator of the Senate's proceedings for the past few daj's. He has taken special interest in the financial debates and In con-ersatioi8 has assured the Senators whom he has met that this apparent growth of sentiment In England in favor of bimetallism is real. He says the English people are rapidly reaching the conclusion that the.vcume of gold is not sumctent to alone constitute the entire circulating medium of the world. Chairman MeCrearX Threat. WASHINGTON, March .-Chairman McCreary, of the House committee on foreign affairs, and Senator Brlce, both conferees on the disputed -Hawaiian cable appropriation, had an informal consultation this morning. Senator Brice desired to know how far the House conferees would carry their opposition to the amendment Mr. McCreary said he would do all in his power, even to defeating the diplomatic and consular appropriation bill, rather than commit the government to a policy of constructing and owning a cable line. . .. Flat Pea and Giant Knotweed. WASHINGTON, March ' 2.-BulletIns on the flat pea and on the giant knotweed. or Bachaline, have been issued by the Agricultural Department. ''The greatest value of the flat pea," says one of the bulletins, "should be as a soil renovator. The plan has succeeded in the arid regions of southern Africa, and may prove sn efficient ally of farmers in similar regions in the Southi western States. Caution Is urged in the; In

troduction of the giant knotweed, owing to its strong, spreading and persistent rootstocks. Official Naval Records. WASHINGTON, March 2. After ten years spent in the collection of material, the Navy Department Is about to issue, in the. course of a few weeks, the first volume of the first series of the official records of the Union and Confederate navies In the war it the rebellion. The first volume of this rreat work will be received from the printer ery soon, the second volume is prepared for the press, and It is thought that two jr three additional volumes will be issued luring the next fiscal year. What Mr. Hill Really Meant. .WASHINGTON, March 2. An error crept nto the report of Senator Hill's speech in eply to Senator Chandler Thursday nignt is printed in some papers. He was quoted is saying that he opposed the President vhen he was "elected" and supported him vhen he was right. WTiat he said was that le opposed the President when he was wrong" and supported him when he was ight. , General Notes. WASHINGTON, March 2. To-day's statement of the condition of the treasury shows: Available cash balance, $177,930,419; gold reserve, $S7,9S0,986. Tne Senate has confirmed the nomination of George H. Small, of Missouri, to be assistant treasurer of the treasury at St. Louis. The arrest of C. S. Hubbell at Omaha, Xeb., for scheming to defraud the government, was reported to the Postoffice Departnent to-day. It? has been determined by the Senate chat no more nominations to which there are 1 objections will be confirmed at this session. This will carry over quite a number of cases now on the executive calendar, but will not prevent their being appointed during the recess. ,

NEW PLAY BY P1NER0 ITS STRONGEST CHARACTER IS ANOTHER SAMPLE OF NEW WOMAN. May Tohe , in "Dick Wilmington" Has L Great Reception, as Does Arthur Roberts In "Gentleman Joe." LONDON, March 2. Pinero's new play at the Garrick Is announced for next Saturday, and it is freely predicted that this will be the most remarkable premier of the dramatic year 1895. The cast is finally arranged and Kate Rorke Is not included. Ian Robertson has a part, and a new recruit in London will appear in the person of Aubrey Smith. Miss Ellis Jeffreys will represent what is called a sympathetic character,, and the beau role will fall to Forbes Robertson. The scene' of the play , is laid In Venice at Eastertide, and the cast numbers six men and five women. Mrs. Patrick Campbell will play the part of a lady who is more than a wife in love and less than a wife in law. This character will be somewhat new to the stage, and will prove, doubtless, profoundly interesting, while Pinero's reconciling of 'or, defying the social and moral considerations involved in such a woman's position cannot fall to arouse the maximum of curiosity as to the dramatist's argument. Plnero- has not, however, expended his strength disproportionately on this character, but has distributed it equally. The new piece will be found to be a drama of man and woman. " . : . The, successor to "Claude Duval" at the Prince of Wales Theater was put on tonight under the title of "Gentleman Joe," as previously mentioned. It was originally ' written for Milton Bode, under the title of "High Jinks," who intended to tour it in the English provinces. Arthur Roberts appeared, as Gentleman Joe, a London cabby, and for realism drove a real cab on the stage in one scene. The variety business is to include a bicycle race for twelve competitors and a negro entertainment of the pattern to be found on the sands of Margate. There will also be several pretty faces and shapely forms. Will C. Edouin is out of the Strand Theater again and it will next time be opened by a syndicate headed by J. L. Shine. The opening piece will be a farce comedy by Messrs. Simms and Raleigh, entitled "Fanny," which is not new to the American stage. Alma Stanley will play the part of the harmless necessary adventuress, while Mr. Shine will appear as the Irish inn keeper. Some excellent people will be n the cast. Hope Booth will be seen in a few days In a farce-comedy entitled "That Terrible Girl" at the Royal Theater. Kate Stanley -will superintend the enterprise and in the cast will be found Lizzie Ruggles, Alfred Maltby and J. J. Dallas, besides some capable people . of lesser degree. Sir Augustus Harris has just emerged victorious from a spirited contest with Angelo Neumann, Poillnl, Abbey, Schoeffel and Grau, Carl Goldmark, Seidl and Walter Damrosch. for the ownership of all American rights of Humperdinck's "Hansel and Gretel," which opens its second London season, so to speak, at the Princess Theater Monday next. Humperdinck has already received $50,000 from the performance of this work, more than Beetnoven received during his life. Sardou has written a play on the subject of the unfortunate young Dauphin, son of . Lo'Jis XVI, who was placed by the revolutionary government in the temple under the charge of the shoemaker, Simon. The great French dramatist has long taken an Interest In the question of tne fate of the Dauphin, and has for years collected books, and relics connected with his history. Sardou believes the Dauphin did not die In his place of captivity, as currently accepted. The new play has been called "Louis XVI." Edward Terry's next production will be "The Blue Boar." Mr. Ralph Lumley will be the collaborator with Mr. Haddon Chambers in the next Adelplil melodrama, which these gentlemen expect to finish this month. The play Is not expected to be put in rehearsal before next autumn. A play by Miss Clo Graves, a well-known actress, has been accepted at the Court. Mr. S. X. Courte, author of "The Great Pearl Case," has written a comedy called "An Average Man," wherein a young man is ruined by marrying a good woman. A memorial fund has been started here, to which Mr. Irving has contributed, to place a fitting memorial over the grave of Mrs. Siddons, which Is now only marked by a plain, flat slab. The grave Is in Paddington churchyard. Sir Arthur Sullivan intends to revise for the Cardiff festival next September his "Light of the World," an oratorio which somebody said "no one but the executants had ever listened to from beginning to end." The same composer's incidental music for "King Arthur" is being arranged as an orchestral suite, with a view to its performance at concerts. An original opera bouffe, enti.el "Don Procopia," by George S. Bizet, has ben found among a collection of oil manuscripts left by Auber in the possession of his notary, M. Hyvert. The work contains 23J pages of manuscript, and was sent from Rome for his perusal. It is proposed to ho!d In Dublin at an early date a national mus'cal festival, to be called by the appropriate Irish) name of "Feis." The objects of the Fe s are ambitious: to give the public a chance of hearing Irish music, and particularly the old tunes, interpreted in acerrla-sce with the traditional manner of performance; to encouraga the publication of eld :rish a'rs now in music or not yet scored; to perform songs In the Gaelic tongue and to stimulate the formation of a new Irish school cf composers n national in their art as Dvorak or Gre5g. A fomrnittee of Ir'sh musicians, w th .Dr. VU'.iers Stanford at its head,, and of members of the National Literary Society and the GaeM? League, has been formed and is vlgorou?ly pushing the enterprise. One of the recent departures In the London world of amusement is the s'.ow but certain encroachment of the drama On the concert platform. Rose Leo is going to carry this new departure further bv giving at her concert at S;eiway Hall, next Tuesday, a "Dramatic Enlsode ' by te Belg'an Shakspar. Maurice. Mateii'ntk. translate 1 by . William Archer It 1. a weirdly imp-esslve plere and for it Miss Frances Allitzen has written incidental music. i . Henry Irving returned to the Lvcpum Theater this evening, tut Charles Wvndham's company i o radly we3kenl bv influenza that Mr. Wvndham will be obiiared to keep his theater "ired fr another. weei'. The Prince of Wales Theater and th Avenue Theater reopened trwiight, w'th Mav Yohe (Lady Francis Hop as the attraction at the latter, and w'th Arthur Roberts as the star at the former place of amusement. The bidding for s?ts showed that the keenest rlva'rv ex'sts among the flrst-nlghten. who desire 1 fo b present when May Yohe appea -d et the Avenue uv the character , of "Dmdv Dirk Whlttington." and alrroet as many flrst-nigbrs wre as anxious to see Roberts as "Gentleman Joe." Though influenza interfered considerably with th anpeferance of artists and artistes at the Oudln memorial concert the receipts amounted to over 1,500. Sunday concerts of not wholly sacred

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