Indianapolis Journal, Indianapolis, Marion County, 12 January 1897 — Page 2

THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL, TUESDAY, JANUARY 12, 1897.

broken. Congres. In his judgment, should Xxiss an act forfeiting the grants for the reasons stated.

voti: o. thi: hill. Hot It Supporter Hope "Were tln!.irl ami Then BlnMcd. Associate! Press Dispatch. WASHINGTON. Jnn. ll.-The Pacific Railroad funding Ijill went to its doom In the House to-day under an alverse majority of sixty-six. The friends of the measure, who had predicted Its parage up to the last moment, were surprised by the decisive character of their defeat. They had b?en led to hope, from the votes on the substitutes, that the bill had more than an even chance of passage. The Bell substitute provided that if the Union Pacific and Central Pacific would clear off the first mortgage and advance the government's lien the government would extend the indebtedness at 3 per cent. It was defeated 110 to lS. The Harrison substitute provided for a commission to negotiate a settlement of the debt. It was rejected by the House by a vote of 55 to 211. Many of the members were as much opposed to these substitutes as to the Powers bill. The California and middle West members voted almost solidly against tnern. When the. vote came on the main proposition the while opposition swung Into line and crushed it by an adverse vote of 102 to l&S. The vote was not taken directly on the passage of the bill, but on the preliminary motion to engross and read the bill a third time. Bills the subject of hard contests are usually brought to a final test before the last parliamentary stage Is reached. The Reilly Paclac funding bill two years ago was d?ated in the sime manner on the same motion. This Is the fourth funding bill killed in the House In ten years. An analysis of the vote to-day shows that eighty-six Republicans and sixteen Democrats voted for the bill and ninety-nine Republicans, fifty-eight Democrats, six Populbts and five independents against It. J!r. Powers, the chairman of the Pacific Railroad committee, entered a motion to recommit the bill to-day, after he had recovered from the shock of his defeat, raying that the members of the House were all in favor of a settlement, but were evidently opposed to the principle of the measure his committee had broughi. In. He thought his committee should have an opportunity to formulate another LIU in the hope that it would prove acceptable. A point of order was made against Mr. Powers's motion, but at the suggestion of the speaker the point was not ruled on today, but will b when the House convenes to-morrow. Mr. Powers said to-night that he did not know what would be done, but expressed the opinion that another effort should be made to pass an acceptable bill. The opponents of the bill. on . the other hand, are rejoicing, and say that the vote to-day settles the fate of all schemes to fund the debt at this session. After the bill was disposed of tht army appropriation bill and several other bl!ls were passed. The army bill carried Si3.12G.3H, Jl.Zo less than for the current year. SCENES AT THE OPENING. Before the Houso convened the floor was crowded with friends and opponents of the measure, and members were standing about In groups arguing the merits of the fundng Din., cucn a scene oi uusiung activity r.ot been seen on the floor this session. Tie galleries also were well lined with interested spectators. It required some time to straighten out the parliamentary situation. Speaker Reed stated his understanding of the status. There were, he said, no pending amendments to the bill. There were, however, two substitutes that or Air. Harrison, of Alabama, to provide for a commission of three Cabinet oiiicers to negotiate j. settlement of the debts with the two roads, and the Bell substitute, providing that if the roads would clear off the first mortgage so as to advance the government's lien to the position of first mortgage the government would agree to an extension of the period for the payment of the debt at 3 per cent. Interest. To the former substitute there was perng an amendment proposed by Mr. North?. ay, of Ohio, providing that the commission created should be appointed by the secretary of the treasury, secretary of the Interior and attorney gen-erul.-Instead of consisting of those three Cabinet officers. The North way amendment, he said, was to be voted on lirst. then the substitutes in their order. If either of the substitutes Were adopted. he said, It would take the place- of the original bill. After some wrangling the speaker's statement of the situation was accepted by the House. The Northway amendment to the Harrison substitute was defeated on a viva voce vote, after v.-rich the Bell substitute demanded a record-making vote. His demand was sustained by seventy odd members, mostly on the Democratic side, and the roll was calk d. As the voting proceeded It w&s evident that the substitute would fail and the friends of the. bill were correspondingly Jubilant, Senator White of California. Senator Daniel and other senators from tho north end of the capltol were present at various stages of the proceedings and vratched the progress of the struggle with keen interest. There was a. flurry when thrspeaker announced the defeat of the Beli ubsti;ute 110 to KG. The opposition appeared somewhat staggered, but it was pointed out that the California members and others known to bo. opposed to the .measure voted against the substitute. The Harrison substitute was then submitted. On a viva, voce vote the volume of sound was distinctly tgainst the substitute, and the speaker was about to declare it defeated when Mr. Harrison (Pern., Alabama) demanded the yeas and nays. There were cries of "No. No!" but he succeeded In securing forty-seven members to back his demand. This was one-tvfth of the preceding vote, but the other side was unable to muster more than Y2. so the speaker order1 I the roll calico-. This substitute was overwhelmingly defeated W to 211. . SLAUGHTER OF THE WLL The opposition then decided to test their strength by securing a roll call on the usually formal motion to engross, and the bill came up a third time. Accordingly, Mr. Maguire (Dem.. Cal.) demanded the yeas and nay-3 and half the House seemed to rise In response to his demand. As the roil call began every one realized that the critlca; moment had come. The subdued buzz of conversation subsided and a hush fell on the House. Members listened quietly to the responses. Mr. Powers and the clerks kept t a Lies. Mr. Cummings, Mr. Maguire and several other members checked the vote. When it was quietly whispered about that at the end of the lirst roll call on the motion to engross tho vote was 87 to 1.7, the adversaries of the measure were overjoyed. Mr. Maguire started a round of applause and abandoned his tally. The completeness of the defeat of the bill's advocates became more and more apparent as the second roll call proceeded. When the clerks had flgtired up the total, the speaker submitted the results yeas. 102; nays. 168. There was a great outburst of applause when the defeat was officially announced. The formal motion of Mr. Hubbard to reconsider and lay on the table was carried, and some minor business was transacted. Then suddenly Mr. Powers seemed to make up his mind to try and get further consideration of tho bill In a new form. He rose end moved that the bill be submitted to the committee. "It is apparent." said he. speaking very calmly, "that the House has manifested its opposition to the principle of this bill. Cut." he continued. "I tak it. every member present wants some action taken, and I make this motion In order to ee If the committee cannot formulate a measure which, will meet the approval cf the House. Mr. Dockery Immediately made the point of order that the motion was not In order. A parliamentary row followed. Mr. Terry said his understanding of parliamentary law was that the refusal of the llouse to engross the bill killed it. and Cie motion to reconsider and lay that motion on the table had put it In Its coffin and nailed the coffin up. After some further debate, on the suggestion of the speaker, the decision of the question as to whether the Powers motion was in order went over until to-morrow, to give him an opportunity to examine precedents. The excitement quickly subsided. Members retired to the cloakrooms In droves and In live minutes there were not twenty-live of them on the floor. The House passed several minor bills, in7 eluding one to permit officers of the regular army who served in the volunteer service to wear the uniform of their highest rank on ceremonious occasion, and then took tip the army appropriation bill. Mr. Curtis. In charge or me ni'-aa ui , rjiwuifu mar u was the regular bill and contained no new features. It carried J23.12ii.3H, a reduction of Li3..VVS from the bill for the current year. The bill occasioned no debate, and was passed, with a few minor verbal amendments. Some business on the speakers table, was disposed of. Senate amendment: to tho bill to abolish the death penalty iu certain ca.es were concurred in. 1'naer the call of committees the following .... . i . t ' . . L 111 . WIU were yaa.-eu; ocuaiu mu io requiru

vessels for hire of fifteen tons or over propelled by gas, naphtha or other iluid to submit to Inspection and comply with the rules of the road; to amend an act authorizing the appointment of receivers of national banks; to amend the law for the organization of national banks so as to provide that no national bank shall.be organIzen in cities of M.X Inhabitants with less than $20a,0w capital. In cities of 30.u) with lss than JluO.Ow; in cities of 6.0, i.'AO 0. and In cities of 3.t). $20.0 ). and to provide an American register for the barks Ceres and lilack Diamond. At 4:1'J p. m. the Hou3e adjourned.

DID.T LIKE THE HILL. Vletvs of Receiver Ellery Anderson on the Defeated Measure. OMAHA. Neb.. Jan. 11. Ellery Anderson, one of the receivers of the Union Pacific system, in discussing the defeat of the Powers bill this afternoon, said: "Personally I was not favorably Impressed with the Powers bill. As a Washington paper put it. the till proposed to Increase the security of the government by Increasing the amount of the prior liens against the property. We have now spent ten years talking over the settlement of the debt, and nothing has been accomplished. I think the government should take some steps looking towards the foreclosure of its mortgages. It should try to arrange for a satisfactory bid. which. I think, could be successfully done. The parties holding the lirst liens will, I believe, be willing to make a reasonable agreement to prevent the property leaving their hands. I do not mean that the government's lien should be sold for the price the lirst-mortgage bondholders agree to offer, but use that as an upset price, and if any outside parties wish to come in and bid more than that for the property, subject to other liens, that would, of course, be to the government's advantage. The President has it in his power to order foreclosure proceedings begun at any time, and after an experience of ten years in seeking settlement I think he should take steps to exercise that power." Uryun Pleased. CHICAGO. Jan. ll.-W. J. Bryan, who is in the city, was asked to-night what he thought of the defeat of the Pacific Railroad bill. He said: "I am very much gratified to know of the defeat of that bill. Its purpose was to fasten a heavy burden upon the Western States for eighty years to come, and the people of those States have reason to rejoice at their escapo from so unjust a measure." Joy at San Frnnclnro. SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 11. An open-air mass meeting was held to-night at Grant avenue and Market street to celebrate tho defeat" of the funding bill. John T. Doyle, Eugene Duprey, Gavin McNab, Frank Sullivan and others delivered addresses. LATEST CflBiNET TALK 2IOX. CHARLES EMORY SMITH XOW SLATED FOIl CARLISLE'S PLACE. Snch Is the Gossip at Canton, hnt nt Washington the Treusuryship Is Given to Culloni. CANTON, O., Jan. 11. As Important a bit of Cabinet gossip as has been heard U talked about here to-night. President-elect McKlnley and Mrs. McKlnley are hero from Cleveland, but no authoritative statement can bo made on the subject in con firmation or rejection of the reports. Tho name of Charles Emory Smith, of Phila delphia, is, however, connected by rumor with the portfolio of secretary of the treasury. Although no authoritative utterances can bo made, more importance Is attached here to this talk than has yet .been given any Cabinet gossip. As editor of the Philadelphia Press and ex-minister to Russia, Mr. Smith's conspicuous public record has been so notable, supplemented by his tire less work on tho stump during tho last campaign, that the discussion of his name for secretary of the treasury is not considered at all surprising. Especial importance Is attached to it when his distinguished nonpartisan financial talks before the Boston Hoard of Trade and the Pennsylvania Legislature are remembered. President-elect McKlnley has promised Maj. W. F. Good speed to attend, if possible, tho Army of the Cumberland Society, in Columbus. Sept. 21. 22 and 23. The committee to-day decided to mako the occasion a reunion of soldiers of that army instead of a meeting a usual of the leading officers. General Ho". ton, subject to his approval, has been placed on tho executive committee, which consists of Governor Bushnell. ex-Gov. John R. Neil, W. I). Brlcknell. W. K. Reppert. R. M. Rownd. J. K. Jones, William Felton. I.. D. Myers. George . l.arly, . F. Goodspced and S. N. Cook. Cullom'n nuie Mentioned SpfHni to the Indianapolis Journal. WASHINGTON, Jan. li. senator Proctor, Who has been in Cleveland for several days, brought word back mat President elect McKlnley was very favorably disposed to tho appointment or Senator Cullom to the secretaryship of tho treasury, and that ho was going to appoint Senator Hawley as secretary of war as the New England representative In the Cabinet. He seemed to be armei with some kind of authority from Major McKlnley to consult Senator Cullom. and the report is very robust this evening that the Illinois senator is to bo called to the position named. Skeptics will await contirmation of tho report before banking too heavily upon It. Place Wanted by n Duron. CLEVELAND, O., Jan. ll.-Baron John F. von Muegge, whose mother left him $700,000 worth of property on the peculiar condition that before coming into possession of his inheritance he must serve at least ten years on some police force, has resigned his position with a local special police concern. The baron 1ms reached the conclusion that he can fulfill the requirements of his mother's will in a manner much more satisfactory to himself than doing duty as a special policeman. He has therefore made application through President-elect McKlnley for a position in tho United. States Secret Service. Claims of Perkins's Managers. SACRAMENTO. Cal., Jan. 11. To-mor-row a vote will be taken in both houses of the Legislature for the election of a United States senator. On the eve of election the situation remains the same as it was last week. To-night Mr. Perkins's managers claimed rifty-eiRht votes on the first ballot. Samuel M. Shortridge conceded the truth of the estimate and said the remaining fifty-six would be thrown to him. STORMS AND FOGS Causing Loss of Life and Damage to Shipping: on the Ilrltifch Cout. LONDON, Jan. 11. The storms and fogs continue along the coast and wrecks have been reported at many points. A trawler with six men has been lost off Yarmouth, tho steamer Gulf of Slam is ashore In Moroock bay and other ships' boats have been picked up. Tho Allan line steamer Iaurentlan. Captain McDougal. from Portland, Me., on Dec. 31. and Halifax on Jan. 2. for Liverpool, struck off Malln Head yesterday evening, and arrived to-day at Movllle with her fore compartment full of water. The crew cf the British steamer Strathmore, from Genoa, numbering twenty men. has been taken off that vessel by a trawler and landed at Hull. The Strathmore. which was bound from Algeria to Sunderland, was wrecked In the North sea on Wednesday. When it became apparent that she was sinking the crew took to the bridge and remained there without food until Sunday, when they were rescued by the trawler. Eight Day Overdue. PORT TOWNSEXD. Wash.. Jan. 11. Great fear Is entertained here for the safety of tho Northern Pacific steomcr Tacoma. now eight days overdue and twentytwo days out from Yokohama. The steamer Agapanthus, which left Yokohama on the same day as the Tacoma. arived four days late and passed through unusually rough weather. On -several former occasions the Ta.coma.has made the trip In fifteen days. Her Shaft Broken. HALIFAX. Jan. 11. The disabled steamer Durham City, from St. Johns, sighted last night In distress, was on her way to London. She i now twelve miles south of Canso, with a broken shaft. A steamer is on her way to her.

INDIANA OIL MEN ANGRY

THEY WERE SXinilFD AT RECEXT Till ST 31EETI.NG IX TOLEDO. Denial of a Report that Xatural Gas Is Still Ileing Wasted Arrest of an Alleged Forger. Special to the Indianaiolls Journal. HARTFORD CITY, Ind. Jan. 11. Tho quietness In tho oil lield, caused by tho Standard's inclination to freeze out the Cudahys by reducing the price of oil to Zo cents, has given the producers time to discuss the action of the Western Oil Men's Association In snubbing the Indiana producers. All Indiana producers of any consequence are members of this association, which has its headquarters at Toledo, O. No Invitation was extended to the Indiana members at its annual meeting, held at Toledo a few days ago, and In the selection of officers not an Indiana producer was recognized. Tho Indiana constituency of tho association numbers nearly a hundred, and the only privilege granted them during the existence of the association Is the payment of their assessments, which has been done regularly. The snub has set a movement on foot for the withdrawal of th9 entlro Indiana membership and the formation of a new organization composed solely of Indiana producers. The men at the head of the new organization are the heaviest producers In the Indiana field. It is thought by uniting the Indiana producers a better standing in -the market scale can be secured for the Indiana, product. Indiana and Souyi Lima oil are always at the bottom of tho market, although the quality is as good as that for which the highest price is paid. The new organization will also endeavor to secure a just tax rate for oil property. THE WASTE OF GAS. State Inspector Leach Denlen the Various Reports Circulated. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. KOKOMO, Ind., Jan. 11. The statement in several papers that waste of natural gas is Increasing and the law against the waste a dead letter Is denied by State Gas Supervisor J. C. Leach, of this city. The test ccse in the Supreme Court has not been abandoned, as alleged, but a ruling is expected In a few days. Concerning the subject Professor Leach snld to-day: "The disposition to husband the supply of natural gas is, with a few exceptions, general throughout the field. Two years ago all of the small towns and a few of the larger ones were lighted with flambeaux, and farmers used them. To-day gas is not furnished by pipe-line companies for this purpose at all, and the flambeaux have been turned off or taken down in three-fourths of the towns that formerly used them. As Is well known, the constitutionality of the flambeau law has been questioned and a case appealed from the Blackford Circuit Court is before the Supreme Court now. I am awaiting a decision in this case. A greater waste than by the flambeaux is the gas well that is not properly tubed or packed. Tie law regulating this is being rigidly enforced and has resulted in much good to the gas belt. Tho law is not a dead letter." Accidents in the Oil Field. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. HARTFORD CITY. Ind., Jan. 11. One hundred and eighty quarts of nitroglycerin exploded on the Dolly farm, six miles northwest of Montpeller. Saturday afternoon demolishing the derrick and tearing a large hole in the ground. It occurred on the lease owned by the Success Oil Company and preparations were being made by Fred Garthwaite to shoot It. The explosive was being lowerd and when about 100 feet down prematurely exploded. The report which followed was deafening and a shock similar to an earthouaxte was felt for spvpral miles. Although the well was surrounded oy spectators, no one was nurt. it is supposed the shell which contained the shot was leaky and it was discharged by friction. The derrick over the No. 1 oil well on the Banter lease, nine miles north, and belonging to the Akron Oil Company, of this city, burned Saturday night, together with two tanks of oil. Ixss, $1,DU0. Jacob Vorln Charged with Forgery. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. SHELBYVILLE. Ind., Jan. 11. Jacob Voris, of Crawfordsville, Is In custody here, charged with numerous forgeries. Some time ago J. J. Mills, of Crawfordsville, and Voris came hero claiming to be attorneys to collect notes made payable to Dr. D. E. Barnes, a traveling doctor, who worked in this " county several years ago. The men put up several of the notes to pay their expenses. When presented for payment they were each said to be a forgery- indeed, some of them are not even imitations. The present grand jury indicted Voris for forgery and Sheriff Schoelch went to Crawfordsville after him, but on a technicality he resisted surest. On a new warrant he was brought here. His bond was fixed at $T00. Voris Is said to be well connected. The notes read "Payable to D. E.. Barnes, M. D., negotiable and payable at Fletcher's Bank. Indianapolis." It is reported hero that Dr. Barnes is confined in the Richmond asylum. Matthewi Turned Down Ills Friend. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. JEFFERSONVILLE, Ind., Jan. 11. Tho appointment of Jacob S. Fry, of thi3 city, as police commissioner, to succeed Matthias Kilgus, ended one of the most bitter political fights ever 'waged here between the two Democratic factions. Hon. George Volght, a personal friend of Governor Matthews, opposed the appointment of Fry, while the Hon. A. Z. Stannard was his strong supporter. Because of the personal friendship between Matthews and Voight everyone was of the impression that whoever the latter named would be appointed, and the result caused a sensation. Nothing that has transpired in months, not even the recent general election, attracted more local interest than this fight. In some way the papers secured information to the effect that Mr. Kilgus had been reappointed, and this was published last week and accepted as true by the public. On Saturday Fry was summoned to Indianapolins by the Governor, and returned with his commission. A Scries of Accidents. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. PRINCETON.' Ind., Jan. ll.-Saturday Frank Borden, miller at Wltherspoon & Barr's mill, was caught In a belt and horribly mangled. Ho died in a few hours. On the same day Joseph Gardner, an employe at the Air-line shops, lost his left foot. He had just returned to work after recovering from an Injury received some weeks ago by a bursting emery wheel. This morning 'Squire Andrew G. Sollman, a prominent citizen near the city, was found with a bullet hole in his brain. He had taken his gun to kill a hawk and in getting over a fence the gun was discharged. James Berry, a switchman on the Louisville. Evansville &. St. Louis Railroad, lost his right leg this evening. A Poor Widow" Swindler. Special to the Indianajiolls Journal. FRANKFORT, Ind., Jan. 11. Sunday's papers contained a story from Peru, Ind., which had It been published a day sooner would have saved the trustee of this township $10 expended on an impostor working tho "poor widow" game. The Peru story said a Mrs. Hastings told a pretty tale of betrayal and robbery and was helped there by the mayor of Peru, who gave her funds to reach her heme In Iowa, from which she claimed to have been enticed. A "poor widow" answering the same description came direct to this city and told a similar story, but said her home was In Manitowoc. Wis. She is good, fooking and wtJl dressed and her scheme is tho selling of the railroad tickets to scalpers. Rev. Z. T. Sweeney Given lp Preaching Special to the Indianapolis Journal. COLUMBUS. Ind.. Jan. 11. Rev. Z. T. Sweeney, who has been pastor at the Christian Church In this city since 1ST1, yesterday tendered his resignation. The congregation refused to accept It. but Rev. Sweeney will probably not preach longer. He intends to go on the lecture platform. Kennedy Fall to Get n Pardon. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. JEFFERSONVILLE. Ind.. Jan. 11. Tho arrival of tho last pardons and paroles Issued by Governor Matthews brought deep disappointment to William Kennedy, a lifetime convict in the Prison South, who was sentenced on the charge of killing tho recorder of Decatur county in 1SS4. The evi

dence against him was pureb' circumstantial. His case Is a noted one, partly through the untiring efforts of his sister. Miss Kate Kenned j. to secure his pardon. He is an especial friend of the newspaper fraternity, polite and obliging and with the outgoing of each Governor for many years has hoped In vain for a release.

Another Election Finnil Chestnut. Special f the Indianapolis Journal. PORTLAND, Ind.. Jan. ll.-George Black, a farmer and contractor living south of this city, is out under $1,000 bond In two cases for violation of the Australian ballot law. The cases are brought by Alva' and J. W. Flesher, who allege that Black approached them on election day and offered them $2.50 each to stay away from the polls and not -vote. Black is a Republican and the Fleshers are Democrats. ihey further allege that he said that he had campaign money and would pay cash and tnac he got $2 for. every Democrat he kept away from the polls. It will como up for trial at the. next term of court. Illff Four Conductor Killed. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. ANDERSON, Ind.. Jan. 11. William C. Smith, a freight conductor on the Michigan division of the Big Four, was killed at Niles, Midi., yesterday and the remains brought here to-day for burial. Conductor Smith attempted to board his train as It left the station at Niles. and In doing so fell between the cars. Six box cars and the caboose passed over him. The accident was not known till the train pulled into Benton Harbor. Smith has resided in Anderson for a number of years and leaves a wife and family of six children. The funeral will take place to-morrow, -' Criticise the Pardon of Stotler. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. ANDERSON, Ind., Jan. ll.-There is much outspoken and bitter feeling here relative to the action of Governor Matthews's pardon of- Stotler, who murdered the Isanogle boys, near here. In March, 1SGS. Walter Isanogle, who was then but six years old, resides In this city and is deputy postmaster. He was much surprised at the action of Governor Matthews, as were a great many others. There have been many previous attempts to secure executive clemency in behalf of Stotler, but all were headed off by the friends of the Isanogle family. Jail-Delivery Plot Discovered. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. SHELBYVILLE, Ind., Jan. 11. There was an attempted jail delivery here last night. The sheriff was taking Attorney Shrim, of Crawfordsville, in to talk with a prisoner. Shrim looked up In the corridor and saw, sitting on a crossbeam near the ceiling, J. M. Bond, charged with forgery of township orders, and John Daniels, charged with forgery of a seventeen-dollar order on Anna Cole, of Johnson county. The men were searched and an eight-Inch saw was found. A lock had been nearly sawed off. Bond had extra clothing secreted. Perhups Fatally Wonndcd. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. WARSAW, Ind., Jan. 11. This morning, after Patrolman William Winebrenner, of the police force of this city, had gone off duty and was at home, a forty-four-caliber revolver accidentally fell from his pocket to the floor and was discharged. The ball entered his left side just below the heart, and tho officer is between life and death. Physicians say the chances for recovery are against him. Mr: Winebrenner, besides being a member of tho police force. Is also captain of Company II, Indiana National Guard. Robbed on the Highway. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. LYNN, Ind., Jan. 11. Last night about 8 o'clock, while Alexander Coulter, of Spartanburg, returning from Richmond, within about three-quarters of a. mile from Spartanburg, was held up and robbed by two men. Mr. Coulter resisted the highwaymen, but they beat him with clubs, overpowering him and succeeded in getting all his money. Mr. Coulter says that one of his assailants was a negro and another a white man. X'ew Cnntle OH Company. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. NEW CASTLE. Ind., Jan. ll.-The NewCastle Oil Company filed articles of Incor poration to-day, with , a capital stock of $100,000. The officers are: President. L. L. Burr; superintendent, George B. Morris; treasurer. John S. Hedges; secretary, Horace L. Burr. The remaining members of the company are Richmond WIsehart and L. P. Mitchell. The company already has eleven good wells in Blackford county. Xew Preacher Installed. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. SPICELAND, Ind., Jan. 11. Rev. Barclay Jones, of Spring Valley. N. Y was yesterday installed as pastor of the Friends' Church here. He is an able minister, and has done pastoral work in Indiana. Iowa and New York, and comes highly recommended. He succeeds Rev. Alfred Brown, who. after four years, resigned at the close of the year and has retired to his hon: near Charlottesville. Six Residences Ttohhcd. Spec'. l to the Indianapolis Journal. LEBANON. Ind.. Jan. 11. Six residences were burglarized here at an early hour this morning and a largo quantity of money, jewelry, silverware and clothing stolen. Bloodhounds were sent for from Darlington and Wheaton and arrived late this evening. They were on the trail at once, but no news of the robbers has been obtained. , A Long-Ltved Family. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. VALPARAISO, Ind., Jan. iI.-Robert McNay. for thirty-six years a merchant tailor of this city, died this morning aged sixtyseven. He served in the Ninth' Illinois Cavalry during the war, and his was the first death in the family in fifty-three years. Fun Cost lllm Several Fingers. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. MADISON, Ind., Jan. 11. In Saluda township yesterday Charles Benham, aged fourteen, was playing with a cartridge, when it exploded, tearing off his right thumb and a part of the index finger and mutilating two of the fingers of his left hand. Biff Grocery Failure at Greenshnrff. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. GREENSBCRG, Ind., Jan. ll.-The grocery firm of Conway & Childs made an assignment to-day to James McKenl. Assets, $10,001); liabilities probably $15,000. This firm began business here in 1S70 and carried a large stock of goods. Montpeller Grocers Fall. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. MONTPELIER. Ind., Jan. ll.-Ico & Shlnnville, owning one of the largest grocers here, closed to-day. G. A. Heading and B. F. Ice are preferred creditors and C. J. Ryan assignee. Liabilities, $2,000; assets, less than $2,000. Suicide of Michael Fisher. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. MADISON, Ind., Jan. 11. Michael Fisher committed suicide to-day by cutting his throat, at Milton, a railway town opposite Madisoru He has a son. George Fisher, at Greenwood, near Indianapolis. Indiana Obituary. SEYMOUR. Ind.. Jan. 11. Mrs. Christian Branaman. of Clearspring, died Sunday night of pneumonia, aged seventy-seven. Mrs. Branaman was bom in Owen township and resided there all her life. She leaves a husband, seven sons and five daughters, three of whom, including W. T. Branaman and Misses Martha and Frances Branaman. the latter being the principal in the Seymour High School, reside in this city. TERRE HAUTE. Ind., Jan. 11. Mrs. Catherine Lamb, mother of Hon. John E. Lamb, died this evening, aged seventyeight. Mrs. Lamb came here in ISIS from Lafayette, where she was married in 1S45. Her husband died in 1S73 . PRINCETON. Ind., Jan. 11. William L. Woods, a prominent citizen, aged seventysix, died at his residence near this city today. He was torn upon the farm upon which he died. Indiana Xotes. Richmond has secured the annual meeting of the Christian Endeavor Union of the Indiana Yearly Meeting of Friends. The date is Feb. 2i'. 27 and 28. Tho Marion Street-railway Company, which now operates an electric road from Marion to Gas City, will extend Its line to Fairmount In the spring. A. M. Hooiman, pastor of the Un'on City Christian Church, writes that he has Immersed about fifty converts during Evangelist Coombs's revival In that city. The Crawfordsville City Council has elected T. 1 Stiiwell mayor, to fill out the unexpired term of Fred Handel, deceased. Mr. Stiiwell has served a term a3 mayor there. State Labor-day officers elected at Sunday's meeting In Anderson are: President, A. T. Dye, Anderson; vice president, J. C.

Uox. Muncie; secretary. J. R. McClain, Muncie; treasurer. W. Tobln. Muncie. Labor day will be held In Muncie this year. Early Monday morning fire destroyed the two-story frame building of the K. of I. Lodge at Geneva. The fire was Incendiary, starting in a lower room used as a general store by Jefferson Howard. Loss on building, $1.00); on goods. $70: on paraphernalia, $-T(. Building insured for $r,00 and goods for $700. COXEY'S NEW PARTY.

Some of the Things the General Wants in the Platform. ST. LOUIS, Jan. 11. Jacob S. Coxey and his lieutenant, Carl Brown, of "commcr.weal" fame, arrived here to-nlpht from Massallion, O., tnl ore stcrping at the Lindell Hotel. In an interview Mr. Coxey said: "I have withdrawn from the People's party, in whose national committee I was a representative from Ohio, and have called the conference to Le held here to-morrow for the purpose of organizing a new national reform party, which cannot be turned over to one of the old parties as that of the Populists was in the last campaign. It Is our desire to form a party in which the people can have more direct control of th'W rt i resentatives than" is now possible. A platform will be submitted to the conference having for its main idea 'the initiative and referendum. This platform will also advocate the den.ontetUation of gold and silver, favor the state ownership and operation of all railroads, wagronroads, waterways, irrigation works, telegraph and telephone lines. Municipal ownership and operation of all street-car lines, water works, market houses, gas and electric-light plants, and all other public utilities; employment of surplus labor In public .works, government banks of deposits and loans to the people at cost. My non-interest-tearing bond plan, based upon land values, would practically carry out the foregoing planks. The platform will also advocate equal suffrage; state control of the liquor tram:: election of President, Vice President and United States senators. Judges and all postmasters by the dlr .ct vote of the people; land for use of citizens, actual settlors only; suppression of the speculation and cornering the necessaries of fife; a graduated Income tax; public salaries to be regulated by the price of wheat; no increase of the United States urmy In time of peace; right of the I-ople to peaceably assemble In public places to discuss their grievances to be restored; comiiulRory educatiDn; no child labor In factories; all UEeful inventions to be purchased by the government, and made free to all; trial by Jury In all cases when demanded; prohibition of foreign pauper and contract labor; abolition of the contract system on all public works." TREASON DUllIXG THE WAR. Gen. Carrington's Experiences with "Knlglitn of the Golden Circle.' Norfolk County (Mass.) Gazette. At the recent annual meeting of the American Historical Society, held at the rooms of Columbia Uunlversity, New York city, a paper was read upon "The Northern Frontier in the Civil War." showing the sympathies of Canada with the Confederates, and the correspondence between our government and that of Great Britain as to movements which, at one time, threatened disturbance of relations between the two countries. The president requested General Carrington, one of tho life members of the society, and commanding general of the district bordering the lakes, where the treasonable elements were most active, to follow the paper with recollections of the period and of the exposures made of tho secret orders of the Knights of the Golden Circle" and of the Sons of Liberty," under his direction. A few salient facts of the discussion are noted: Tho secret orders had nearly 57.000 men enrolled In Indiana alone, having as their sworn purpose to release prisoners in the prison camps of Douglas, near Chicago; Morton, near Indianapolis: Chase, near Columbus, and Johnson Island, near Sandusky. Valandlngham, once a general of the Ohio militia, had headquarters at Windsor, West Canada, where he carried on his correspondence in favor of a northwestern confederacy, to act in connection with the South, as against the Eastern States. Systematic opposition to enlistment and promotion of desertion was so rife that during 1SG2 and 1S63 more than forty cases occurred where federal troops were called upon to suppress disorder. Four military executions occurred at Indianapolis, the only ones north of tho Ohio. The chief justice of Kentucky was sent to the Dry Tortugas and five of the generals of the order were condemned to be hung at Indianapolis, the sentences be ing commuted to imprisonment for life by President Lincoln the night preceding the day fixed for their execution. Even the Supreme Court of Indiana went so far as to order the arrest, by the high sheriff, of Captain Newman, of General Carrington's staff, for not surrendering a deserter upon a writ of habeas corpus issued by said court. The climax came when, on the last day of December. 1SG2, the chief justice announced from the bench in the Statehou.se that If, on the day following. President Lincoln should issue his proclamation of emancipation. I1 should regard Indiana as free from any further relation to the Union. General Carrington was in the courtroom, and Intimation was made that he might be arrested If Captain Newman were sustained in resisting the writ of the court. A staff officer immediately left the Statehouse and the sound of music soon showed that two regiments were about the Statehouse and that, as stated to the court, "the authority of the United States will be maintained at all hazards, regardless of persons or combinations, whatever their claim to office, and there will be no letting down of the flag here any more than in the open field where open battle rages." In one county of Illinois a judge had to be taken from the courtroom and the court adjouned. sine die, because of the action of tho judge in treating the capture of deserters as kidnapping. Two gangs of bounty jumpers were sent in irons to help General Sherman build breastworks, and at one time the whole State was under closest military observation to prevent outbreaks, the release of rebel prisoners and cutting oT communication with the front. General Carrington stated before the society that one United States senator franked a letter, which was still In his possession, providing 25,000 Garibaldi rifles for use of the domestic traitors, but declined to give names. The papers had been preserved, although at times tempted to burn them, still feeling that if destroyed their existence might be denied or questioned. Prizes for Kite Flying. Boston Transcript. A good deal of interest Is being taken by students of aeronatitics In the contest which Is being conducted by tho Boston Aeronautical Society relative to kite flying. There are two branches of this competition, the first of which has already been closed, and In vhleh the prize will be awarded in a short time. This is the monograph contest for a prize of $100 offered ty Octave Chanute for the best short treatise on kite flying and construction. Four monographs were received in this contest which was closed on Jan. 1. and the committee appointed by the society to decide on the merits of the different treatises is now at work reading them. It Is expected that the members will ccme to a decision in about two weeks, and the prize will then be awarded. The other branch of the competition Is ono In which It is probable that th pjb11c will take more interest, although whether or not more Is to be taken by the aeronauts themselves, is an open question. This contest is one in kite building, and the practical value of the different kites is to be demonstrated by a public competition. Prizes aggregating m value ?'50 have been offered In this contour.. The point which It Is aimed to secure Is the maximum of lift with the - minimum cf drift, under all sorts of eondltl ns with regard to breeze and length of '-ine used. This contest was first instituted list summer, but at that time It had to b? given up on account of the small interest which was manifested. The society nas amout' it3 members a number of expert kito 1'ycrs, and it was thought that they would take a good deal of Interest In the competition; but It turned out that they did not. as many were away through the summer, nvd could not get ready for the competition which was to take place n October. It was. therefore, given up for the time: but so much interest has lately been shewn that It is thought that there nav he a new trial in the spring. The committee hav'.ng the matter in charge is undecided about it. but probably will come to a Jeoti:io.i before long. Obltnary. DENVER. Col.. Jan. 11. Lewis C. Rockwell, who was United States district attorney for Colorado for four years under President Grrtnt. died suddenly of apoplexy last night. He was born in Schoharie county. New York. In 1S4. He was one of the lending lawyers : the State and was engage d In nearly ever important mining suit in the courts. NEW YORK. Jan. 11. Gen. Ramon Pelz. ex-Venezuelan cDnsul at New York, and son of Gen. Jose Antonio Pelz. twice President of Venezuela, died to-day, aged sixtyseven year?. , Seismic Activity In Mexico. MEXICO CITY. Jon. 11. At 4:23 o'clock thl3 morning an undulatory earthquake was experienced In the city of Oaxaca. the first shock being gentle, but the second was very sharp and caused consternation, but no harm was done of any consequence. There is much seismic activity In the State of Oaxaca, and at one point on the Pacific coast earthquakes under the ocean have kept fishermen in continual alarm.

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MASSACRED BY BLACKS PARTY OF ENGLISHMEN SLAIN IN THE MGER PROTECTORATE. On n. Peaceful Mtsalon to Benin City When Killed by the King's People Drutal Geriunn Minister. L.ONDON, Jan. 12. A cablegram from Bonny, Guinea coast, says: Comul Phillips, two consular officer?, Locke and Campbell, Major Crawford, the deputy commissioner, and Captains Bolseragen and Mating; officers belonging to the Niger Coast Company, Dr. Elliott and two civilians, with a number of Krooraen -and native carriers, have all been massacred by the king's people while on a peaceful mission to Benin City. The consul's yacht has just returned here with the news. The Foreign Office has received private confirmation of the above. The news has created a great sensation, as the victims are all well known. Lord Salisbury came to the Foreign Office especially from Hatfield House to receive the earliest official details and to consider them. It Is stated in the Foreign Office advices that the party was unarmed when it left the consulate at Benin, on the west side of the Niger, traveling towards the Adamagu country. They were surprised on the frontier territory at Benin City, where they were fired upon suddenly and massacred. The object of the murder is not yet known. Benin City is within the Niger protectorate, and is sixty miles up the River Benin. The population is M.UuO. and it is governed by a fetish priesthood, which is notorious for human sacrifices. it U thought that the massacre Is possibly connected with the recent escape of the 'king of the Okrika tribe to New Calabara. who was captured by the British. It is feared that the disaster will have a bad effect on the Niger Company's expedition, which is about to proceed against the Emir of Nupe. A telegram from Lagos says that the expedition against the Emir of Nuue is still waiting at Lokoja. This expedition, sent out by the Royal Niger Company, consists of five hundred Hausa troops, six maxims, twenty-six mounted European officers and nine hundred carriers. It is expected that It will march against Foulas forces at Kabba. southwest of the Niger. Sir George Goldie, the Governor, has arrived and will accompany the column. The Royal Niger Company's flotilla of armed stern-wheeled steamers will patrol the Niger and cut off the enemy's retreat to Bida, their capital. The Times, in an editorial, explains that the old quarrel between the powerful Emir of Nupe and the Niger company was on account of the Emir raiding the company's territory for slaves. The Foulas occupying Kabba are 20.O00 on foot and 2,00) cavalry. The company has an arduous and perilous task. Its plan is daring and subject to many chances. The Queen' ComlnR Jubilee. LONDON, Jan. It. In reply to numerous Inquiries on the subject, the Prince of Wales issued a statement to-night saying that the Queen still adheres to her decision to refrain from expressing opinion in the proposals to celebrate the sixtieth anniversary of her reign. He adds: "I am confident however, that the Queen will readily appreciate any such undertakings which are the outcome of the wish of the people, and that in considering the various suggestions due support will be given to works of mercy among the sick and suffering and to anything that will tend to brighten the lives and ameliorate the condition of her Majesty's poorer subjects." Ilnniu. Financial Scheme. LONDON, Jan 11. A Times dispatch from St. Petersburg says: "M. De Witte, in his budget statement, maintains his determination to carry out his scheme of monetary reform for the fixation of the rouble In gold, which, he points, is simply continuation of what has already been done by the free exchange of the paper rouble fur the gold rouble at the relative value of 1 rouble (of 100 kopeks) to 50 kopeks. He also dilates upon the advantages of protective duties and the Immense stride of Russian manufacture and industry in the great and peaceful enterprise of tho railway to Manchuria." Priests "Warned by the Pope. LONDON. Jan. 11. A Rome dispatch to the Daily Mail says that the Pope has issued an order forbidding priests not belonging to the Roman diocese to dwell there under penalty of suspension. It also threatens measures against the resident clergy who are sen on the streets after the religious curfew bell. This dispatch also states that the Pope has sent hi thanks and congratulations to Emperor William for his attitude towards dueling. It is understood that the Pope will end'.avor to persuade Austria and France to suppress dueling. Order Itetorel nt Illtlin. CONSTANTINOPLE, Jan. ll.-The United States minister. Mr. A. W. Terrell, at the request of the missionaries at Bltlls, has obtained telegraphic orders from the Porte to remove" the Turkish guard which has protected the American College for the past year. This Indicates confidence that order has been completely established. Other news received at the United States legation shows that the vails and governors are actively maintaining order in the provinces. Corruption nt Nice. NICE, Jan. 11. Eighty-two persons. Including Mayor Sauvanand mayor's assistant Salvl. together with many prominent citizens, have been arraigned for corruption In the municipal elections. M. Sauvan was first elected mayor, but owing to charges of corruption the election was annulled and a fresh ballot ordered. M. Sauvan was reelected, but the charges of corruption were renewed, resulting in to-day's action. The prosecutions are expected to last for three weeks. Outrage by n German Minlater. YOKOHAMA. Jan. 11. Hie greatest excitement prevails In diplomatic and other circles at Tokio and in thU city owing to a. seeming outrage committed by the German minister to Japan, Baron Von Gutschmld. It appears that while the minister waa out driving he hushed across the face a Japanese student, who had In no way provoked him. The newspapers demand the recall cf the Baron, and tne matter has been taken up by the Japanese foreign office. XVolcott YlMlta Bayard. LONDON Jan. ll.-3enator Edward O. Wolcott. who i visiting Europe la' ine ln-

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The Bimetallist League headquarters were besieged with callers to-day anxious to e Senator Wolcott. Kljrlitr Convict Killed. MADRID, Jan. 11. Advices received here from Manilla show that the Philippine islands Insurgents who were deported to the Ladrono islands, the Spanish penal settlement In the Pacific, recently made :i desperate attempt to escape, hut vere overpowered by the garrison and Spanish marines. Kighty of tho convicts were killed and forty were wounded. IrRed to Indict Ivory. LONDON, Jan. 31. In tno Central Criminal Court to-day the recorder, in charging the grand jury, directed attent'.on to tha caso of Edward J. Ivorv. alias Benn, the saloon keeper of New York, who b chargl with conspiring to cause a dynamite explosion, and said it was th duty of the Jurymen to lind a true bill against the prisoner. Alleged Countes- Sentenced. LONDON, Jan. ll.-The so-called Counters Emma Ugolinl," her husband and two other Italians, convicted on Dec. IS of stealing valuable lace from tho West-end fctore of Peter Hobinson. were sentenced to-day to -from nine to eighteen months' imprisonment, with hard labor. More Cholera, ('unci on the Nntila. PLYMOUTH, Jan. 11. Two more cases of cholera have developed on loard tho quarantined transport Nubia, which arrived here from India on Saturday last. Both the fresh cases - are among the soldiers aboard. The KmpreHi DowaKer Annlto Dend. YOKOHAMA, Jan. 11. Tho Empress Dowager Asako i dead. She was a daughter of the late Kudjt Nao-Tada, and tha was born at Toklo. Jan. 23, 1S34. Lady Somemct Injured. LONDON. Jan. ll.-Lady Somerset has suffered a severe contusion of the forehead in a carriage accident at Westminster. Cable .Notes. The Ix)kal Anzelger, of Berlin, publishes a rumor to the effect that thy Czarina haa suffered from a miscarriage. Count Muravieff. Russian minister to Denmark, will succeed the late Prince Lo-banoff-Rostovsky as Russian minister of foreign affairs. It Is claimed that the Russian budget for 1W7 will show a deficit of 1,T3.53 roubles ($72.sr3.&ir), due to railway construction. This will be covered by a treasury advance. National Military Caralvttl. NEW YORK. Jan. 11. Eight thousand persons were present to-night at the opening in Madison-square Garden of the national military carnival, in uid of the fund to endow National Guard rooms In Hahnemann Hospital. Many militiamen and regular army men were present, including General Ruger and Governor Black's staff. FuukIiI Six Hound. PHILADELPHIA, Pa.. Jan. ll.-"Kid-Lavlgne. the light-weight champion of the world, and Owen Zelgk-r fought six rounds to-night In the arena of the Quaker City Athletic Club. Lavlgne had all the )est of tho bout and It loked a though he muM have put tho Phlladelphian to sleep In th first round. A New Discovery by the Shakers For more than a hundred years th Mount Lebanon Shakers have studied the cultivation of medicinal plants and sought to extract from them their healing es-. sences. Their lalor has not been iner t in vain. They have made a discovery that will prove a blessing to mankind. It consists of a cordial that causes immediate relief In cases of indigtetlcn. The importance of this discovery will be apparent when we realize that nearly nine-tenths of our suffering are caused by diepsla or indigestion. Nearly every person you meet ha. this digestive trouble In some of Its varied forms sick headache, di.-trcss after eating, pain and fullness In the chest aft;r eating, palpitation of tho heart, etc.. are but symptom of indigestion. To relieve these sufferings has been the study of the Shakers, and they have suceeeded. Tho reason the Shaker Digestive Ccrdlal ha such an Immediate and salutary effect Is that It causes the food eaten to be digested, for It Is undigested food that cause the distress. The Cordial causes the food to be digested beforo there Is time for It to ferment and sour on the stomach. When the food Is so digested it gives strength -nd vigor to the feeble bsdy, makes one feel bright and cheerful, and makes out gain in flesh. The Digestive Cordial Is so prompt In Its action that the very lirst dose will have a perceptibly favorable result. It gives Immediate relief. Every druRglst has been sent a supply of our hfjidsome Donkey Purzie Iooks. and a copy may bo had for the a&klng. It tell all alKJut the Cordial, as well us Laxol. tha new castor oil. Try a twenty-five-cent bottle of Digestive Cordial and sea what it will do for you.

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