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has ever comp to this country. He left tho elevated post of governor general of Algeria to represent the French republic here, and his acceptance of the embassy makes this post tho most dignitied in ail the diplomatic service of France. M. Cambon's brother Pierre has been a high diplomatic servant of France for many years, but the new ambassador has eclipsed his eminent relative Jules Cambon is now tifty-three years old and is a native of Paris. From the bar he entered the army and served with distinction in the Franco-Prussian war. Prior to that he was secretary of the conference of the Stage and after the war he was made auditor of the provisory committee appointed to replace the council of state. Not long afterward he went to Algeria as an attache of the governor general, and as chief of the Bureau of Civil and Financial Affairs he was the confidential coworker of General Chuizy. In 1878, on the general’s recommendation. lie was made prefect of Constantine, and in 1878 lie was called to be secretary general to the prefect of the Seine police in Paris. In 1882. when Pierre Cambon left the prefecture of the Department of the North for Tunis. Jules was put in his place. In JB9l he was appointed governor general of Algeria. M. Cambon is a commander of the Legion of Honor, a most courtly gentleman, and there are few more subtle or resourceful diplomats in Europe. This is M. Cambon’s first visit to this country. HOUSE PROCEEDINGS. Army Hill Debuted and the Lute Seth W. Alililken Eulogized. WASHINGTON, Jan. 15.—The House devoted two hours to general debate on the army appropilation bill and the remainder of the day to eulogizing the life and public services of the late Representative Seth W. Milliken, of Maine, who served for fourteen years in the lower branch of Congress. Immediately after the reading of the journal at noon Representative Star (Pop., Neb.) rose to a question of privilege to deny a publication in a local paper stating that he had acted as attorney in the pension case of Jackson W. Cheney. Asa representative, he said, he had interested himself in the case, but he had never acted as a pension attorney in his life. On motion of Mr. Lanham (Dem., Tex.) a bill was passed authorizing the President to appoint an additional district judge tor the Northern district of Texas. It was explained that Judge Rector, of that district, was utterly incapacitated from performing the duties of his office. The House then went into committee of the whole and began consideration of the army appropriation bill. The bill. Chairman Hull, of the military committee, explained, carried $23,185,390, $1,039,751 less than tho estimates and $56,740 in excess of the law for the current year. The increase in the pay of the army was due to The fact that the army was nearer its maximum strength than heretofore. Anew provision In the bill required the payment of troops by the paymaster in person. The general debate on the bill w r as desultory and was not confined to the subject- matter dealt with by the bill. Mr. Henry (Dem., Tex.) took occasion to denounce Secretary Gage’s funding scheme. Mr. Terry (Dem., Ark.) made some remarks about the protective tariff, and Mr. Gaines (Dem., Tenn.) some on the claim of the publishing house of the Methodist Episcopal Church South. At 2 o’clock the debate was suspended to give the members ar opportunity to pay tribute to the memory of t’.e late Representative Milliken, of Main' Speaker Reed occupied the chair during t. delivery of the eulogies. Those who Burleigh, who succeeded All Milliken, Dingley. Boutelle, Dinsmoie, Skinner. Mercer, Hilborn, Hicks and Little. At 3:25 p. m., as a further mark of respect, the House adjourned.

CHANGES FAVORED. Majority of House Kt-paoUrat'* Want Civil-Service Law Modified. WASHINGTON, Jan. 15 —The eei.vass of Republican members of the House of Representatives on the question of changing the civil-service law which has been conducted by the Republican steering committee, is about completed. Os the 202 Republican members in the House the canvass is said to show r that a majority varying from eighteen to forty is favorable to a change in the law, according to the degree of change proposed. This last factor leads to some difference of opinion as to the result of the canvass. Representative Pearson, of North Carolina, member of the committee, places the number of Republicans who can be depended on at 115. Mr. Evans, of Kentucky. another member of the committee, places the number at 135. Those who have made the canvass say that in a number of cases entire state delegations are shown by the canvass to favor a change in the law, notably North Carolina, Tennessee, Kentucky. West Virginia and New' Hampshire. Tiie Minnesota count shows all but one for a change; Michigan all hut two; in Pennsylvania twenty-two out of twenty-seven Republican members are counted in the canvass for a change in the law. Beyond completing the canvass the opposition to civilservice lav/ is taking no active steps for the present, the purpose being to wait until the regular civil-service committee of the House takes action on tho hill before it proposes a modification of the law'. chief Examiner Serven, of the Civil-serv-ice Commission, was re-examined by the Senate civil-service investigating committee to-day. His testimony was in the nature of a refutation of the contention that the commission frequently had no eligible registers from which to supply vacancies. He agreed that the rules should be amended so as to provide that eligibles not receiving appointment should be carried on the lists longer than the present fixed limit of one year; then these, to remain on the list, must be re-examined. Under the present law' he regarded deputy collectors of internal revenue as properly classified, but thought that under proper restrictions collectors might be permitted to make the apjKiintment of deputies instead of having them otherwise dictated. He conceded that storekeepers and gaugers' in the internal revenue might properly be excluded from the classification in many instances. DEFECTS IN OUR NAVY. Mr. Roosevelt Says Several Cruisers Need Modern Guns. WASHINGTON. Jan. 15.—Secretary of the Navy Long sent a recommendation to Congress to-day for an appropriation of $50,000 for improvements in the battery of the cruiser Chicago, and accompanying it is a strong report of Assistant Secretary Roosevelt, in which he points out some weaknesses of the navy. Mr. Roosevelt says “the Chicago Is being rebuilt at a cost considerably greater than her original contract price, and says the department will be inexcusable if it turns out anew ship with old defective guns for her main battery. It will be expensive to put four new guns aboard the Chicago, but no more than six per cent, of the total expenditure on repairs. In the event of war, if any disaster happened to one of our ships owing to her possessing an antiquated battery, a heavy responsibility would rest on the Navy Department for failing to ask for means to meet its need. 1 earnestly wish we could, as soon as possible, withdraw from active service the cruisers fitted with slow-fire guns and substitute ships with rapid-fire batto-ies. At present the real lighting efficiency of ships like the Raleigh. Cincinnati, Marblehead. Montgomery and Oympia, compared with foreign vessels of the same nominal class, stands legh, while the reverse is the case of ships like the Baltimore. San Francisco and Yorktown. “I have just been talking with Captain Cotton, who commanded the Philadelphia when she lay side by side of the Japanese cruiser Naniwa at Hawaii. In event of a fight the Nuniwa’s possibility of efficiency probably would have been twice as great.” BOGUS fIOO CERTIFICATES. Only Eighteen Received So Far at the Treasury Department. WASHINGTON, Jan. 15. Consignments of one-hundred-dollar silver certificates are being received daily at the Treasury Department, but so far the number of new counterfeits is surprisingly small. Up to this time only eighteen have been reported from all sources. One of the new counterfeits received from Cincinnati has anew feature in the numbering, which begins with 323; all others begin 346. The secret service is making an effort to locate the maker of the note, but so far with little success. Mr. Crane, of the firm of Crane & Cos., which makes the distinctive paper on which all government notes are printed, was at the department to-day, and made a careful examination of the new counterfeits with a \iew, if possible, to Identifying the make of the paper. He, however, declined to express an opinion on this point. A telegram received from Atlanta. Ga., states that Frank Morse and Daniel Pierce were arrested yesterday at Mobile. Ala., for passing counterfeit ten-dollar silver certificates, $2.3tW of the spurious notes being found in their possession. Whether any connection between these men and the producer of the one-hundred-dollar certificate is suspected is not known. Mere Secure Jails Needed. WASHINGTON, Jan. 15.—Attorney General McKenna has sent to Congress through

the treasury a recommendation for an urgent deficiency appropriation for the United States Courts involving over a half million dollars. The principal item called for is SIOO,OOO to establish sites and erect United States jails in the northern, central and southern districts of the Indian Territory, at Muscogee, South McAlester and Ardmore, respectively, and incidental purposes. The attorney general says it is apparent that the buildings now utilized as jails there are far from satisfactory, and complaints due to their utter unfitness are constantly arising. There are no buildings in the territory possessing, even to a remote extent, those qualifications which would render them suitable for the detention and safekeeping of prisoners, according to the attorney general, and the efforts of the department to have properly-equipped buildings erected by residents of the territory have been ineffectual. Exports and Imports. WASHINGTON, Jan. 15. The monthly statement of the exports and imports issued by the Bureau of Statistics shows that tne exports of domestic merchandise for December last amounted to $123,181,743, an increase as compared with December, 1696, of over $7,000,000. For the twelve months the increase was over $93,000,000. The imports of merchandise during December last amounted to $51,514,723, of which $24,184,588 was free of duty. This is a falling off in dutiable merchandise of over $8,500,000. For the twelve months the increase was about $54,500,000. The gold exports for December last amounted to $573,538 and the imports $2,110,013. For the twelve months there was a decrease in the exports of $23,873,087 and a decrease in the imports of $73,681,782. The exports of silver during the last month aggregated $5,800,271 and the imports $1,063,352. The year’s figures show a decrease in the silver exports of $4,711,062 and $357,827 in the imports. Mr, Hentli'* Vle%v of Loud’s Ilill. WASHINGTON, Jan. 15.—A letter has been addressed by First Assistant Postmaster General Heath to Representative Loud, author of the Loud bill, restricting the amount of second-class matte’’ to be admitted to the mails. Mr. Heath says that his own experience as a publisher leads him to believe that the bill will work less hardship to legitimate publishing firms if Mr. Loud will modify it by simply reducing the number of sample copies of papers to be admitted instead of cutting them off altogether. The present law' allows 50 per cent, of a paper’s circulation to be mailed as sample copies, and to cut off this privilege altogether, Air. Heath says, w'ould work a particular hardship on the small country publications. lin ports of Wool Mini Sugar. WASHINGTON, Jan. 15.—The advance reports of the Bureau of Statistics show that during December last the imports of wool at the three leading ports amounted to 17,768,246 pounds, valued at $1,908,974. This is an increase as compared with the December returns for 1836 for the same ports of over 7,600,000 pounds and SBBO,OOO in value. The sugar imports at Boston, New York, Philadelphia. Baltimore and San Francisco during December last, exclusive of Hawaiian sugar free, amounted to 100,132,148 pounds, valued at $1,923,793. This is a decrease over November, 1897, of about 23,275,000 pounds. Sew Master of Ceremonies. WASHINGTON, Jan. 15.—C01. Theodore A. Bingham, Corps of Engineers, who has been designated to act as master of ceremonies at tho White House, has selected Capt. Charles L. AlcCawley, assistant quartermaster in the United States Alarine Corps, to act as his assistant in the presentation of guests to the President and Airs. McKinley. The first reception will take place next Wednesday evening, from 9 to 11 o’clock, and a departure from custom will be a special reception to the diplomatic corps in advance of the regular reception on the same evening.

Clyde Mattox Pardoned. WASHINGTON, Jan. 15.—The President has extended a complete pardon to Clyde Mattox, who is now' serving' a life sentence in the Kansas State Penitentiary for murder, committed in the Indian Territory. The Alattox ease was highly sensational. He was tried altogether three times and in 1894 was sentenced to death. President Cleveland gave careful consideration to his case and on strong representations made to him by the friends of Mattox in June, 1894. commuted this sentence to imprisonment for life. The Long Pension Case Again. WASHINGTON, Jan. 15.—The celebrated pension case of Judgej Charles D. Long, of Alichigan, to-day made its reappearance before the Pension Office in the shape of an application to Commissioner Evans to vacate the order reducing the judge’s pension from $72 to SSO per month. The application to vacate the order reducing the pension was made by Fred A. Bak°r. who claims that a pension once granted was a vested right, and that Judge Long is entitled to $72 per month within the meaning of the law. General Notes. WASHINGTON, Jan. 15.—Acting Secretary of Meikeljohn has recommended to Congress that the law be changed so as to have details of officers for military instruction made only to institutions where there are at least one hundred students enrolled in the military department of the institution. To-day’s statement of the condition of the treasury: Available cash balance, $239,640,139; gold reserve, $162,419,601. The Senate yesterday passed a bi* to pension Alaria Somerlat, widow of Valentine Somerlat. Twenty-ninth Indiana Volunteers, at sl2. The bill has yet to pass the House. Arthur E. MePartridge, of Holton, Ind., has been appointed a teacher at the Pine Ridge Indian school, South Dakota, at S6O a month. Lafayette Ellis was to-day appointed postmaster at Ellsworth, Dubois county, Indiana, vice Bridget A. Kenny, removed. Allison C. Aloss has been appointed a laborer in the federal building at Indianapolis at $540 per annum. The philatelists of Washington have protested to Postmaster General Gary against the proposed new issue of stamps commemorative of the Omaha exposition. Their arguments are that the stamps will serve no useful purpose; that their issue will entail expense to the government, and that they will be gathered up by speculators, who will hold them in the future at speculative prices. The subcommittee of the Senate committee on appropriations considering the urgent deficiency appropriation bill decided today to eliminate the provision inserted by the House requiring owners of bullion to pay transportation on it from the assay office to the mints. THIS WEEK. Ives. Cation. Schaefer, Spinks aiul Sutton to Flay at Chicago. CHICAGO," Jan. 15.—Ives and Catton will face each other in the initial game of the handicap billiard tournament to commence Monday evening, at Central Alusic Hull. Os the five entries, Ives and Schaefer each play 400 points to 260 for Catton, Spinks and Sutton. The schedule has been arranged to bring Ives and Schaefer against the other players in the evening games on alternate nights, while the shortstops will fight each other in the afternoon. Sutton is the local favorite for third place. The position of referee lies between Captain A. C. Anson and John Alatthews. The veteran, Charlie Matthews, will be marker. Schaefer is a slight favorite in the betting, partly owing to his run of 151 in practice Friday night, but Ives has plenty of friends, who are taking all the bets they can get at even money. There is no chance of a match between Schaefer and Ives at three-cushion caroms, as the former must go East as soon as the tournament closes to prepare for his match with George Slosson. Alusic Hail Burned. CLEVELAND, 0.. Jan. 15.—Alusic Hall, which was built in 1885 at a cost of $60,000, was destroyed by fire to-night. It had a seating capacity of 7.000, and in it some of the most famous singers and public speakers of the world have appeared. The cause of the fire is suppposed to have been electric wires. Ynle-Princeton Game Receipts. NEW HAVEN, Conn., Jan. 15.—According to the report given out to-day by Manager T. C. Twfchell the total receipts of the YalePrineeton football game were $28,395. and the expenditures $4,231. Princeton and Yale each received $12,082 as their share of the net receipts. For Sale or Exchange. $15,000 stock Dry Goods and Notions, doing cash business; established trade; good Indiana town. Will exchange for desirable Indianapolis property. W. E. STEVENSON, 126 East .Market street.

THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL, SUNDAY, JANUARY 16, 1898.

SHOULD HAVE A PENSION AIR. STEELE WILL GET ONE FOR MARY COBB, AGED NINETY-FOUR. Miners and Day Laborer* May Cause Trouble in Clay County—C. E. Everett Released on Bail. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. KOKOAIO, Ind., Jan. 15.—Mary Forbes Ccbb, of New London, this county, daughter of a revolutionary soldier, celebrated her ninety-fifth birthday this w r eek. This venerable woman, who is also the widow of a veteran of the war of 1812, learned only recently that she was entitled to a pension. Congressman Steele heard of her, and becoming interested in her case, agreed to introduce a bill in Congress for her relief. In addition to her other honors Airs. Cobb claims to be the step-great-grandmother of William Jennings Bryan. She was born in Frankfort, Ky., Jan. 11, 1803. Her father, Capt. Daniel Gano, as the records show, was an officer in the revolutionary war, serving five years. Air. Steele, who has presented a special bill for her relief, says that the pension records show that there are seven surviving widows of revolutionary soldiers and nine daughters of revolutionary soldiers. Airs. Cobb being the only one of the daughters west of the Alleghenies, except Airs. Lovey Aldrich, of Los Angeles, Cal. He says there are 2,800 widows of soldiers of the war of 1812 now living. * INDIANA OBITUARY. AdaniN Earl, President of First Railroad at Lafayette. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. LAFAYETTE, Ind., Jan. 15.—The death this morning of Adams Earl, aged seventyeignt, removes one of this city's most pub-lic-spirited citizens. His demise was due to grip and old age. He was born in Fairfield county, Ohio, April 20, 1819, and in 1837 became a resident of this county. In early life he carried freight to New Orleans by flatboat. Air. Earl was president of the first railroad to this city, which is now a part of the Lake Erie & Western, and was also president of the company building here to Kankakee a line which has since become a part of the Big Four, the latter being owmed by Mr. Earl, Aloses Fowler and Gustavus Picker, and of this the deceased was manager and builder. In 1877 Mr. Earl secured a controlling interest through _purchase of the Fowler stock, and in 1879 he disposed of this to capitalists in Boston. For ten years he devoted himself to the interests of the Lafayette Belt Railway Land and Improvement Company, but success in this was impeded by the panic. He was active in former years in mercantile affairs, and he and Moses Fowler, who purchased 36,C00 acres of land in Benton county for grazing purposes, donated $40,000 for building a courthouse in Fowler, after it was decided to remove the county seat from Oxford. Mr. Earl owned the Shadeland stock farm and his Herefords took many premiums at national exhibits.

Perry Williams. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. BEDFORD, Ind., Jan. 15.—Perry Williams, one of Lawrence county’s most/ prominent citizens, is dead, aged sixty-four. He was largely interested in stock and real estate speculation. His natural inclination was to do all the good possible for a deserving friend. No man in Lawrence county had more friends and many an unfortunate deserving family remembers his acts of kindness. He always made it his business to see that none of his neighbors who might be unsuccessful financially suffered. He had been sick with pneumonia and was stricken with heart failure and died in a short time. Col. Scott t arter. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. VEVAY, Ind., Jan. 15—Col. Scott Carter died at his home in this city Thursday night, aged seventy-eight. He was a native of Virginia, coming to Vevay when a boy. He commanded a company raised here for the Alexiean war in Colonel Lane’s Third Indiana. He served three terms as judge of the Common Pleas Court. He was the first colonel of the Third Indiana Cavalry. serving until after the battle of Chancellorsville. when he retired on account of poor health. Wife of Rev. A. L. West. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. KOKOAIO, Ir.d., Jan. 15.—Mrs. Emma J. West, wife of Rev. A. L. West, pastor of the Harrison-street Christian Church, is dead, aged thirty-one years. She w'as born at New Waverly. She became the wife of Rev West in 1889. Her father, William Allsbaugh, of Cass county, is now a juror in the Mclntosh murder case at Logansport, and the court to-day gave him permission to attend the funeral. Abraliam Crowell, Recluse. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. LOGANSPORT, Ind., Jan. 15.—Abraham Crowell, the wealthy and eccentric Carroll county farmer, ttho for the last thirty years kept himself housed up and never went about his farm save in a tightly closed carriage, died this morning at his home, near Delphi. He had been a resident of Carroll county for fifty-five years. He was a native of Ohio and was eighty-four years old. Airs. Henry J. Haiuon. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. GKEENSBURG, ind., Jan. 15.—Airs. Joanna Hamon, wife of Henry J. Hamon, died to-day, aged sixty-three. She was a woman noted for her charities to the poor of this city, and was also identified with church work. She was a native of Kentucky, removing to this county in 1864. She leaves a husband and three grandchildren. William S. Phillips. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. ELWOOD, Ind., Jan. 15.—William S. Phillips, a retired merchant, died this morning ;\£ter a long illness. He was the father of Motion Phillips, a well-known clothing merchant of this city. Air. Phillips was well known over central Indiana. .lames llin ir. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. PRINCETON, Ind., Jan. 15.—James Blair, aged eighty-live, died at his home in this city to-day. He was oae of the pioneers and an alumnus of Indiana University. He was a prominent teacher in this State forty years ago. THE FACTIONS FIGHTING. Day Laborers in Alines Insist on liaise in Wages. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. BRAZIL, Ind., Jan. 15.—The animosity existing between the miners and day laborers at the mines was manifested here to-day at a mass meeting of the day men held at Roberts Hall, presided over by James Tyre. Among the crowd was a large number of miners, and before the secretary was chosen the chairman ordered all miners to leave the hall, declaring that the meeting was exclusively for the day laborers. His sentiments were indorsed by almost every day laborer present, and the miners filed out, many declaring that the action taken by the dav men would cause serious trouble in the ranks of the miners’ organization in this locality. Some declared they would not aid the day men in gaining their point for higher wages. The day laborers claim that the miners are responsible for the small wages dav men are now receiving. The object of the meeting was to select delegates to go to the Chicago convention and insist on a scale being made by which the day laborers shall receive the price of three tons of coal for a day’s work instead of two and a half tons, now paid. A prominent operator, who will attend as a delegate, said to-day that should the day men send delegates they would not be allowed a seat in the convention. That trouble of a serious nature is brooding in the ranks of the miners there can be no doubt, and unless a reconciliation can be secured it may result disastrously. Asa result or the miners’ meeting here every mine in the county was closed down to-day. STATEMENT FROAI EVERETT. The Fort Wayne Alan Denies that He Was Charged with Forgery. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. FORT WAYNE, Ind., Jan. 15.—Charles E. Everett returned from Decatur to-day, released on bond signed by prominent busi-

ness men of Fort Wayne and Decatur, and is very bitter at the statements sent broadcast to the papers, that he w'as arrested for forgery. In an interview this evening, which he signed, he says; “The statement that I was arrested for forgery is an absolute untruth, no such charge ever having been made against me. I was charged with having obtained money under false pretenses, and this charge is made solely for the purpose of collecting a civil debt, which I will be able to prove. This morning, when I appeared in court by my attorney, he demanded an immediate trial and urged that he case, be taken up next Monday morning, whicl was denied. He then urged that it be taken up the first day of the February term, and this the prosecution refused. I was then released, the prosecution refusing to fix any time for trial. I was never asked to give mortgage security. The notes are secured by mortgage and were given to the parties by my being desirous to thus further secure them and not because they asked for it. because they were entirely satisfied with the note* as collateral security.” —4 YOUNG KIEFER ACQUITTED. Jennings County Boy Was on Trial for Killing His Father. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. MADISON, Ind., Jan. 15.—The jury in the Kiefer murder case returned a verdict of acquittal at midnight, after an exciting four days’ trial in the presence of a crowded courthouse. Charles Kiefer, the prisoner, was charged with killing his father. Smith Kiefer, at Scipio, last November. The case was venued here from Jennings county, and tried before Judge Bear. Young Kiefer showed a good case of self-defense. At the time of the shooting the father, who had driven his son from home, was pursuing him and the boy’s life was in danger. Air. Everett Out on $4,000 Bail. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. DECATUR, Ind., Jan. 15.-C. E. Everett, the Fort Wayne politician who has been in jail here the past two days, charged with obtaining money under false pretense, was released to-day on bond. His bond calls for $4,000, and was signed by R. S. Robertson, D. N. Foster, John Dreibelbiss, J. W. White. W. D. Page and N. R. Leonard, of Fort Wayne, and R. K. Erwin, of this city. The bondsmen are among the wealthiest and most prominent citizens of the State. Everett and his attorney, R. S. Robertson, left for Fort Wayne this afternoon, where the accused man will spend Sunday with his family. He says he is not guilty of wrong-doing and will easily prove his innocence. Buried in Rebel Soil. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. ELKHART, Ind., Jan. 15. Commander James S. Dodge, of the Department of Indiana, G. A. R., has received from a reliable source information to the effect that one mile east of Burns, Tenn., which is thirty-eight miles west of Nashville, on the N., C. & St. L. Railway, are buried the remains of Solomon Rubel, a Union soldier. He was killed by Duvall McNairy’s men in 1864, and his comrades placed a board at his grave bearing his name, regiment and company. He belonged to an Indiana regiment, but time has long since obliterated the headboard, and only a small mound of clay now marks his grave. Several other Union soldiers were also killed near there, but they have long since been removed to different cemeteries. Why the remains of Solomon Rubel were not removed Is not known. If the deceased soldier has any relatives or friends living who can give any information on the subject, and who will communicate with Commander Dodge regarding the same, steps will be taken to have the remains removed to a proper resting place, either in a national cemetery or elsewhere.

Mis* Olga Browne Will Wed. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. ANDERSON, Ind., Jan. 15.—At a formal reception tendered women friends this afternoon Dr. and Airs. G. F. Chittenden announced the engagement of their daughter, Aliss Olga Browne, and Air. Horace Stillwell. Miss Browne is among the bestknown women in Anderson, and has been a very bright star in the social circles of the city. She is accomplished, and has friends over the State. Her brother, Chester Brown, is practicing law in Indianapolis. Mr. Stillwell is the private secretary of Major C. T. Doxey, and since the major has been confined has had complete charge of his affairs. He is a candidate to succeed Congressman C. L. Henry. Alclntosh Alurder Trial. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. LOGANSPORT, Ind., Jan. 15.—'The taking of testimony in the trial of John AlcIntosh for killing Frank Pottmeyer, the saloon keeper, in November, which has occupied the time of the Cass Circuit Court all week, was concluded this evening, and court adjourned until Monday morning. The arguments will occupy Alonday and Tuesday, and it is expected that the case will be given to the jury that evening. The defense succeeded in making out a much better case than was expected. To-day, by consent of both sides, Judge Chase gave Juror William Allsbaugh permission to attend the funeral to-morrow’ of his daughter, Mrs. Abraham West, who died in Kokomo last night. Vigo Republican Love Feast. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. IiaRKE HAUTE, Ind., Jan. 15.—Vigo county Republicans held a “love feast” on short notice to-day. There was a crowded nail when Postmaster Benjamin called the meeting to order. State Senator Early, who was one of the speakers, spoke of the work of the Legislature, the payment of the State debt under a Republican administration. The country districts were well represented, and John McQlintock. from Kevins township, w'here the mining industry is prominent, said they were feeling the effects of prosperity there. The meeting voted to send a telegram of congratulation to Mark Hanna. A vote of indorsement of Congressman Faris on his position on the civil-service question also was reached. Fusion iu Boone County. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. LEBANON, Ind., Jan. 15.—The Democrats, Populists and free-silver Republicans this afternoon held a conference and agreed on terms of fusion on the county ticket. The Populists will be given representative, auditor and one county commissioner, while the free-silver Republicans get surveyor. It is understood that George B. Jones, former editor of the Daily Reporter, will be the free-silver Republican nominee for surveyor. The Democratic county central committee organized this afternoon by electing W. A. Bunton chairman and C. F. S. Neal secretary. The Populists have elected Ellis Beck chairman of the county committee. Bend Church Dedication. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. COVINGTON, Ind., Jan. 15.—The new Bend M. E. Church, the finest rural worshiping place in western Indiana, was completed this week, and will be dedicated tomorrow by the Rev. Dr. Lewis Curts, of Cincinnati. The Bend Church is of particular interest, as being the pioneer religious organization of this s?fction of the State. Alanv of its former pastors have risen to the most responsible positions in the Alethodist denomination. Among them is Rev. Isaac Joyce, now a bishop. Several of the ex-pastors will assist in the dedicatory services. Car-Coupler Company Organized. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. MUNCIE, Ind., Jan. 15.—Last evening the organization of the Foster Car Coupler Company, with capital stock of SIOO,OOO, was completed with the election of the following officers: President, Charles Fost?r, exGovernor of Ohio; vice president and general manager, A. AI. Fox. of New York; secretary anti treasurer, Carl A. Spilker. president of the Union National Bank of Muncie. The above, with James Boyce, of Muncie, and C. E. Lambert, general passenger agent of the West Shore, compose the board of directors. Death Cateliea Escaped Convict. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. PRINCETON, Ind., Jan. 15.—J. V. Crouch, an escaped convict, was killed while stealing a ride on a Louisville & St. Louis Air-line train west of here this morning. Crouch escaped from the penitentiary at Chester, 111., Thursday night, and was trying to evade capture. He boarded the train near Belleville and was standing on a box ear, when the train passed under an overhead bridge. His head struck the bridge, crushing his skull. He was found dead by the side of the track and taken to Ills home in Fairfield. Justice Hard to Get in Florida. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. COVINGTON, Ind., Jan. 15.—Azro Arms, formerly of Attica, whose brother was recently murdered in Florida, is having hard

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llrakemun Stuart Crushed. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. HAGERSTOWN, Ind., Jan. 15.—John Stuart, a freight brakeman on the Panhandle, had his left arm mashed to a jelly while coupling cars here this morning. His home is in North Carolina. He was taken to Richmond and his arm will be amputated. Where the tin* Goes, Special to the Indianapolis Journal. HAGERSTOWN, Ind., Jan. 15.—Natural gas escaping from the leaking main of the Richmond Natural Gas Company was set on fire last night by someone. The flames lit up the country for miles around and burned as high as the tree tops. Obituary. SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 15.—Mrs. James L. Flood, wife of the millionaire mine owner, died to-day as the result of an operation recently performed at the California Woman’s Hospital. The deceased, who was only thirty-four years old, was a native of Kansas City, whither her remains will be taken for interment. LANCASTER, Pa., Jan. 15.—Prof. John H. Haldeman, who from 1869 to 18S9 was principal of the department of observation of the State Normal School at Westfield, Mass., is dead at Marietta, Pa., aged sixtylive years. HARRISBURG, Pa., Jan. 15.—Wien Forney, a well-known retired editor, died at his residence in this city this evening, after a long illness from paralysis, aged seventyone years. CINCINNATI, Jan. 15.—Mr. John A. Gano, a well-known citizen, formerly one of the proprietors of the Cincinnati Commercial, died to-day. LONDON, Jan. 15.—Sir Polydore de Keyser, who was lord mayor of London during the year 1887-88, is dead. He was born in 1832. Another Change Against Merry. CHICAGO, Jan. 15.—Another charge of murder may be placed against Chris Merry, the peddler who is on trial for beating and kicking his wife, Pauline, to death. A woman named Ducene Johnson, who was the only witness to the murder of her roommate, Mary Muller, at No. 15 Green street, a year ago, and who was held by the police for several days, told the police to-day that she was certain Merry was the murderer. She reiterated her statement at the county jail when brought face to face with Merry. The Muller woman was stabbed to death by a man whose identity has been a mystery. Lord Douglas* at New York. NEW YORK, Jan. 15.—Lord Douglas of Hawick, eldest son of the Marquis of Queensberry, was a passenger on the American line steamer St. Paul, which arrived to-day from Southampton. He is on his way to Sault Ste. Marie, Canada, where he will stay for six months at least with Lady Douglas and his two children. Lord Douglas has considerable property interests there. Natural Cement in California. ST. HELENA, Cab. Jan. 15.—Robert Pithie, a bridge contractor, has discovered a deposit of natural cement near here, which, he says, is much superior to the imported article, and which can be procured at a much smaller cost. Mr. Pithie says the deposit is found in large quantities and can be easily prepared for shipment. Missing People Reported. The police have been asked to search for Clara Finecoat, fourteen years old, who disappeared from her home on Rembrandt street, near the cerealine works, yesterday. She is large for her age and has peculiar eyes, one of which is darker than the other. Ella Hicks, wife of John Hicks, of 417 West Market street, is also missing. She left home Friday. The parents of Rebecca Schoolcraft. 819 Sinker street, report that she has disappeared. She was only_nine years old. Charged with a Serious Offense. Patrolmen Titus and Winn last night arrested a man who is believed to be a “peeping Tom,’’ and who, it is said, has been annoying the people In the northeastern part of the city recently. They caught h>m almost in the act of peeping through a window into a private residence on Park avenue. He gave his name as E. N. Mack, of 509 Davidson streeU _ Mysterious Assault Reported. William Norman, the night watchman at the Industrial Training School, reported to the police last night that he had been knocked down and beaten by two men as he entered the engine room about 7 o'clock. He gave a description of the men. No attempt to rob him was made, and he is at a loss to account for an assault from two perfect strangers.

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WILL STAR IN LONDON # MAY IRWIN SIGNS FOR A SIX WEEKS’ ENGAGEMENT NEXT SUMMER. ■♦■ - - Part of George Lederer’s Shaftsbury Scheme-Minute Seligman Cutting Return* to the Stage. NEW YORK. Jan. 15.—Miss May Irwin will play in London for a term of at least six weeks, commencing some time between the first and the middle of next June. Her engagement will be played at the Shaftesbury Theater, so it is said on good authority by a friend of Miss Irwin, and will be one of the most important engagements the charming and stout actress has ever played, because she has been widely advertised in advance in London on the possibility that she would be able to make the proper arrangements for a London debut. This at last has been assured, and she will certainly play for at least six weeks during the summer season. The Shaftesbury Theater is one of the largest and most handsomely appointed houses in London, and is owned and operated by a large English amusement syndicate. Miss Irwin’s arrangements on this side were perfected by Mr. George W. Lederer, of the Casino Theater, who has been in negotiation with Manager Rosenbaum, Miss Irwin’s business representative, for some time, with the end in view of Miss Irwin’s London engagement. This was finally settled yesterday. Miss Gertrude Gheen, a young English actress, will make her American debut at Hoyt's Theater Monday in “A New Yorker.’’ Miss Gheen is a pupil of Mrs. Fanny Stirling (Lady Gregory), who thirty years ago was one of the best-known actresses in London. The young lady began her career as a reciter in some of the fashionable drawing rooms of the British metropolis; then she went to Drury lame, where she appeared in “Cheer, Boys, Cheer.” latter she played fn “Black-eyed Susan, - ’ "A New York Divorce,” “Robert Maeaire,” “The White Elephant” and "Byways.” Last year Mr. E. S. Willard wanted her to come to America with him, but her engagements compelled her to decline his ofttr. A cablegram from London says: “All rumors that Marie Tempest is to return to America have been set at rest by her engagement in anew semi-classical comedy opera at Daly's Theater. Miss Tempest has been in London for three or four years, and during that time several American managers have endeavored to induce her to return to the States by the promise of a long engagement and a large salary, but she found the associations here too pleasant to leave.” Anent the above the Morning Telegraph says: "Miss Tempest made her first hit in this country in the ‘Tyroleans,’ in which she played a boy's part. In a criticism of her it was said that ‘she was as dainty as a Dresden china statuette,’ and the appella-* tion has since clung to her. It was she who brought Julius Steger into prominence here by the fervency of the kisses they exchanged on the stage, and also by her championing his cause with the manager of a company in which she was playing, and who was about to discharge Steger. She is best seen in comic opera roles, and possesses natural talents for the rendition of these characters. A natural blonde, she possesses a luxuriant head of reddish-gold hair and a violent temper, which has gained for her the sobriquet of a ‘Tempest in a. tea pot.” Miss Tempest sang the leading role two seasons in De Koven and Smith’s "The Fencing Master. Minnie Seligman Cutting will return to the stage, making her reappearance late this month at Proctor’s Twenty-third-street Theater, in a one-act play at the highest weekly salary ever paid by Mr. Proctor. This announcement will be read with interest by theater-goers who remember in Minnie Seligman an actress of rare ability, whose career in the theatrical world was cut short by her marriage to “Bob" Cutting and subsequent retirement from the stage. Her last appearance in New York was made at the old Standard Theater, now the Manhattan, in Richard Henry Savage's play “My Official Wife,” in which her husband. who had been an amateur actor prior to his marriage, made his first and last appearance on the professional stage. Bhe will first put on “Comedy and Tragedy,” a one-act play written by W. S. Gilbert for Mary Anderson, which is a highly concentrated tragedy. During the second week a condensed dramatic version of “Carmen”

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