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INDIANAPOLIS, WEDNESDAY EYENING, FEBRUARY 8, 1888.

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BASE BALL MATTERS

VLATXBS AM* SLOW Of S1GX1SG.

Tu» Nmw Onmd Maad—What Kaaacar* aad riajara Ara Data* aad gffilas Ta Do.

Pnaldwt Bruk Utialri that th* tnw grand •taai will ogat about $6,000, and ba u •or* that itvillba a modal atmctara of lu kind, la 4oai<a it to aimilar to tboaa of Chieaco •ad Pittobarg. It will aot bo largo, but wilt nacb all tbo roqoiromooU la tbto roapeot. To too ozaot it will ooat 1,820. In addiuon to tbto, bowoyor, will bo fort? boxao on top with • capaeitjr of oight oaob. Tbo lower part will bo diridod lato aoetioaa, tbo ooator one being for Indian and their aooorta only. It Will bo ittod ap in fino atyle, with opera •baira, and will accommodate about 400 people. On cash aide of tbto Motion chain of tbo ordinary kind will bo arranged, while tbo bleacher* will extend along the liaee from oaob end of the building. Tho boxeg on top will bo fitted ap in a manner aimilar to tbeebeioo Mate below. The reporter* will kavo aplaoe oa top, aad wilt be mDerated from the crowd. The etand to to be located ia the aonthweet corner of the groanda, tb* object being to protect the patron* from tbo can. Tho old building taoed the WMt, aad the beat of the eon beat la npon the crowd with all ite force thronghoat tho game*. The olab’e patrooe will appraoiate the change from eanshine to shade. Captain Anson, of the Chicago Club, to not only an expert'ball player aad aeiaotific bateman, bat h* to eoniiderable af an all-rooad athlete. Be to a formidable oollar-and-elbow wrestler, a splendid boxer, good shot, skillful billiardbt and a fin* racquet aad hand ball playar. For tb*M reaeoas hit opinion as to athlotto traialng an ratitled to considerable weight. Being asked his ideas as to the best aporte for youag man to eagago in, said: *'BaM ball, with foot ball as second choioc. For indoor sport I prater hand ball, with aparring next. Tennis is ail right, but the uadeney to to effeminaoy. Yea, a big men generally belieras ia foot ball, aad oomMout •I a tassel first best. Bat it’s a sham* to send tho college striplings to the front the way they do and mob thorn. Foot ball, as I here witnessed it, baa seamed to me to be mob rale lllnatrated. Bom ball U much preferable, aad the percentage of dangea is nothing Worth mentioning. I favor light sparring, aad a good all-ronnd amatenr athlete can do enough shoulder hitting ordinarily to protect kimMit or punish a rascal who invitee a knock-out blow. This fane/ talk about scientific principle* of attack and defense I lake no (took in. Yon can pat it down as a rule that the man who misbehaves in public a a eoward. On* blow from tb* shoulder will

ettle him."

The professional baM-ball player of to-day and tb* plarar of seven or eight years ago are widely different individuals. The large aalartee offered by clnbe have brought many bright yonng men into tb* business, and the strict rules woven by the elnb-owners against blackguardism and drunkenness have driven the disreputable portion into other fields. There to many a young man, at present well anowa as a professional base-bail player.who Is aa honor to biauelf and to base ball.—

X&porting Life.

' Tbs Lafayette (lad.) Club has dosed contrasts with tbs following players: Tburaby wf Ohio, and Bowman of Boston Athletics, •battery; Golden and Jenkins, change battery; Oolemau, Leavenworth, Ken., first base; >farray, Danville, III., second base; Bernes, Eastern League, third base; Uiriok, Southern League, abort stop; Bowen, left field; Kelly, center field; Wells, Ohio League, right field. Tba slab is etill looking for another good

battery and a first-class abort stop. Manager Spence last WMk sent out con-

tract* to all tb* player*, who have not yet eigned, but the return* are slow in coming in. It la thought that there will be no specie! difficulty in' gttting the men to come to terms, as tba management propose* to be liberal with them, bat at the same time not to pay thorn extravagant salaries. The men already under contract are Boyle, Sbreve. Moffat, Esterbrook, Bogart, Buckley and

Timothy Brooke, of Chicago, is preparing

to organia* a Mmi-profesaionai team of players for that city, and this to play dabs Ikroagheat Indiana and Illinois this season. Ia this State there ere to be such clobe et Lafayette, South Bend, Frankfort. Mnoois, Union City, Franklin, Colnmbne, Seymour. Evansville, Terre Haute, Crawfordsvill* and

HoblMvlU*.

It to almost ears that the make-np of the Detroit* will be aa follows: Getcein, Baldwin, Conway, Boetia aad Grnber, pitchers; Bennett, Ganxel, Sutcliffe and Bongbton, catcher*; Brontbere, first base; Richardson, aacond base; Rowe, abort ■top’! White, thira base; Twitehell, left field; Hanlon, center field; Thom peon, right field; Shleback aad

Springer eubetitutes.

The Detroit*' naiforma for next season will

consist of trousers of the same shade of bine as laat season, bat a trifle more snugly out. The stockings are white, the bioneee ashgray in odor, with the word "Detroit” worked ia bla* across the front. The caps are bln*, save the topa, which are gray.

White belta complete the aniform. Ia almost every issue the Sporting Times

■ays that Jerry Denny ha* declared that be will not play ball again in Indianapolis. There is probably not the slightest truth in tb* statement, for in numerous letter* to personal friends here, be has said that he will be glad to play with the Hoosiers again and is

anxious to got back her*.

Pfoffsr says "Van Haltrea will be a great nun this year." Fred doMn’t think Clarkson will ever wear another Chicago uniform. ‘T can’t aadgn nay reason" he explains, "bat Just tod that it will be so. When dollar bills grow oa boshes and chickens talk Voiapuk, 1 expect Clarkean to sign here; but not until

then."

Manager Dave Rowe, of the Keneas City American team, waata to buy Charley Baanett's release, bat it ia not for aal*. Bassett to too valuable a man for Indianapolis to dieplace by aa untried player, and nobody has ■ higher opinion of nia eeoond-bae* playing

than Manager Spence.

j Tim Keefe, writing from 'Frieoo, eaye: "Some ball-player* have a good word for wvery one in the profession; other* never eee emy good in anybody save themselves. Ward la on* of tba former variety; Kelly belongs

Ip the latter giade."

• Jo* Qniaa, who to on* of tb* coming second basemen, to a St. Louie property-holder. He ■buddy lays away hia wdl-earned salary, ahd baa aa interoating bank account, besides

afcaaiderable property to draw to.

• Sam Moffet writes that be ia in better form

i he has baen since 1884, when he was a ' ‘ , and ha thioke that ha will be

the proaoeeion this

meatman aem aaaem wvu miuv^c *c great pitcher, and he thi a)»l* to keep ap with

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• Tom Brown, of last Tear's home dub, has ejgaad to play right field for Boston. All t£a aid Boston play are have ro-dgaed. Kelly

let* got 14.000.

' A proposition to bafora Manager Spenoe to Mara tba Virginia avaana Rink fitted np for ^ a^moathe!* **** UU *l Qb during the , Baekley, the new oatcher, write* Manager Bpeae* that ha propoaM to reduce bis weight from 110 to 189 pounds, aad that ha is in ax-

•ellaat health.

< Esterbrook has aot bans la each good ooadNtioa since the days at tba ohampion Metropolitan Clah.—{Sporting Tima*. Morphy, right-Adder of the St. Paal Club, ll spending the wlatar at his home ia this (The Boston management tried to trad* Beat Wtoa for Fred Ptoffer, bat it was aa go. ,'Tbemaa J. Lynch aad Char tea Daniels have baea appointed Laagu# umpire* [Tba Chisago Club has signed twenty-four ’ There ia a slight dMfereaoebetwaen Catcher j^Mfor aad the Pltttbwg

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latter party to wiiliag to give Miller 81.900, bat the youth to modest aad dntiros $3,300. The League aad Association lam Bell Joint Schedule Committee have readied an agreement, but are pledseo not to give tb* sehsdttie until tb* meeting ia New York, March &■ THE METROPOLITAN’S MONEY.

It Wae Loaned te a tbaget the Directors lu u Shameful Way—Kohu Deceived.

ClHCIKKATf, February 8.—Mr. Louis Koha, who served four hours m Vice President of tb* Metropolitan Bank, speaks out plainly of the way be was deaeived. Ho says be knew nothing of any eause of embarrassment antil informed by tbs bank examiner that tha reserve was impaired. He insisted oa its being made good and it was done. Then be thought all wm right, but on Friday last the bank examiner called him to bis hotel aad told him that there was a ring or syodioate among tb* directors that bad borrowed and loaned the funds of the bank ia a shameful manner to the amount of between 1500,000 nod $600,000. Tbo bank examiner then said that Mr. DeCamp would have to resign, aad perhaps would be called on to auswer to a criminal charge. Mr. Kohn says that be and Colonel Dayton, that night, saw Means and the other direetors named as belonging to the eyndioate, and insisted upon having better securities for their loaue. Next morning Mean* and DeCamp turned over for them selves and Directors Roth, Duckworth and Gerke what appeared to be a lot of good securities. Mr. Kebn then went to other banks and got some assistance, but it was impoMible to stem the tide. He avers that ;be truth was kept from him until It was too late to prevent the catastrophe. Cashier Edwards makes a statement of the condition of the bank, showing that after all claims ere paid, there will remain a total of $820,000 tor the stockholder*, or 82 per oent. There have been no further arrests ths morning and it is aot likely that any more will now be made. John R. DeCamp has been surrendered by his bondsmen, John Carlisle end Albert Neu ter, and is now in charge of a United States Deputy Marshal. He has not been committed to jail,* but is calling upon his friends to come and go upon bis bond. Excitement over the Metropolitan Bank was increased to-day by the announcement that warrants are out tor the arrest of George Gerke and George K. Duckworth, director*. Joels Holmes Wouldn’t Plead Guilty. Cincinnati, February 8.—It was agreed between Hits Josie Holme* and the District Attorney, all the authorities concerned having contented, thst Miss Josie Holmes (who is still in jail) should appear ia the United States Court, plead guilty, aud receive a sentence, wbieh the Court would afterward suspend, she, in the meantime, to be liberated from pritoo. When the time eame for this proceeding Miss Holmes, through her attorney, informed the District Attorney that for the present she had change<L her mind, and that she would not enter a plea of guilty. ^ The Walking Match. New York, February 8.—Only twenty of the fifty starters remained ia the walk mg match this morning. At daylight Albert was still a good leader. At 6 o’clock there were only two laps betwesn Guerrero and Pancbot, but they were eix miles behind Albert. Sullivan, who fainted on the track this morning, is still on and off, urged ahead by "friends." Hart continues in good condition. Albert is toil of hope, aud says be will make 100 miles to-day. Viut is better than yesterday. At 9 o’ clock Conners sent word that he could uot reappear, cold having Mtttod in bis joints. At 1 o’clock the score stood: Albert, 294; Mam-hat. 207; Guerrero, 281; Herty, 270; Hart, 271; Moore, 258. Probable Pate of the Great Eastern. Liverpool, February 8.—Henry Bath & Sous, owners of the Great Eastern, apoarently think that Mr. P. T. Baronin doesn’t move quickly enough io his contemplated purchase of the famous steamship. The price originally named to Mr. Barnum ($250,000) is now considered by the owners to be ao inadequate one. The firm is divided into two parties, one wishing to sell out and the other believing that more money will be realized by breaking up the big steamer. Their estimate of its value for this purpose ia $350,000 gross. They have received over a doseu offers for the hail after the ship has been “gutted," and this is likely to be the fate of the biggest steamship ever constructed. Election of a tteuealctiue Abbot. PiTTSBDBG, Pa., February 8.—The election of a successor to the late Archabbot Wimmer, of the Benedictine order, took place to-day aud resulted in the choice of Right Rev. Innocent Wolf, present abbot of Atchison, Kan. About 150 members of the order from different portious of the country were present. The district embraces a large area, including Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, West Virginia aud Maryland. Tn* American Agriculturists. River Side, Cal., Ftbrunry 8.—An adjourned meeting of the American Horticultural Society met here yesterday. Ross Lewis, of Nevada, read a paper on “Fruit Growing in Nevada;’’ L. A. Goodman.of Westport, Mo., read a paper on “Practicable Landscape Improvement for Country Homes;" W. IL Ragan, of Greencastle, Ind., Secretary of the society, read a paper on “Our Neglected Native Fruit"

Indication*. Washington, February 8.—Indiana and Illinois—Fair weather, followed by local •nows; light to fresh variable winds; slowly rising temperature ia the northern portions; colder Thursday morning,followed by slowly rising temperature in the southern portions. LOCAL TEKPKBaTUBK. 7 a. tn — 11° l 2 p. m 16° Same date last year- 67° | 5*° Obituary. Waterbury, Conn., February 8.—Stephen J. Meaney, managing editor ol the Waterbury Evening Democrat author, and Irish patriot, died at the Scoville House at 10:30 a m, to-day. FOREIGN NEWS. The Rio Tinto mine riots In Spate have resulted In tbe death of twenty persons. The German Reichstag Committee has approved the military loan bill without modification. The Vienna sugar refiners have petitioned the Government not to abolish the sugar bounties. Mr. Uladstons is reported to have greatly enjoyed bis riati to Cannes, the weather during his stay having been delightful Tbo will of Jeesop, the Sheffield steel manufaoturer, has bow proved. His fortune Is £656,000. He had much property tn Ameriea. Nearly two mlllicm people have been rendered destitute and hundreds of mites of country desolated by tbe overflowing ot the Hoaug-no River. MtsaUunck, who has just been formally betrothed to Pnne* Oscar of Sweden. t-> of O rman anceatry and ia related to the husband of Carious Patti.;She la aa acoompUabea musician aud write* clever poems Dr. Mackeufo proposes to return to London on' Thursday and report at Nan Remo again tn a fortnight There Is no Immediate necessity for tracheotomy in the Crown Prince’s case, but it is feared U will be indispensable in tb* near tu-

Utr*.

The most Rev. McEHey, Archbishop of Tuam, In opening tbe annual retreat of the clergy in the cathedral at that place, to-day, declared that he was authorised to deny emphatioallv the rumor* that the Pop* opposed the legitimate aspirations ot the people of Ireland to a distinctive

nationality.

Capital Notes.

A bill granting 612 per month pension to army nurse* has been favorably reported In the senate. A House Democratic caucus will be held today to appoint e Ooogrmsfonel Executive Committee

for the earning campaign.

Tbs afternoon of rabruarr 29 has been set apart for the delivery of eulogistic addresses upon tb*

mr to* Delivery ot eoioguuc eddraams upon tb* H la whispered around to Democratic circle* that RepreeeotaUv* deott, of Pennsylvania, wtU probably bo selected to succeed ex-Senstor Baraum ss nhafnasa *f the Mat total Hentratto

INDIANA AFFAIRS.

KIDD’S JOY AT LOWRY’S DEFEAT.

The Revival Feeling Spreading Over The Mate—A •’White Cap” Arrested—A Shelby County Woman.

[Special to Tb* Indlanapjllt Newt) Wabash, February 8.—The Wabash County Agrieultural Society will be organized with $20,000 capital, to encourage tbe breeding of fine stock, purchase grounds and lay out a half-mile track and hold yearly exhibitions. Major Kidd, of this city, late Democratic candidate for Congress in inis (the Eleventh) district, waa delighted with the result in the Lowry-White contest. When tbe Major was contesting the seat of Hod. Geo. W. Steele, hi* opponent, he claims that Lowry, who waa then chairmao of the committee ou contested elections, sold him out to further his own (Lowry’s) political end*. Kidd w»s almost bankrupted in his vain efforts to secure Steele’s sent, and was then related the empty honor of a re-nomination. The Board of Trade has taken hold of tbe Wabash A Erie Canal nuisauce, and will recommend to the City Council that tbe land which the ditch occupies be condemned and tbe property sold to the city. The great gas well at Somerset, this county, was successfully packed yesterday. The output ot thia well is eight million feet daily. The owners, among whom are several Wabash gentlemen, have been offered $18,000 by parties in Marion and Peru lor tbe well, and enough others to make eighteen million feet daily. They demand $20,000, and it ia probable that Peru will raise tbe amount aud have tbe gaa piped there. Wabash will be supplied from a point ten miles south of this city by the Howe Company of Indianapolis. Revival Meetings—Typhoid Fever. (special to Tbe Indianapolis News] Moorksvii.lk, February 8.—The Friends at this place have been holding revival meetings for the past ten days. The services are conducted by Mrs. Ellis and Mrs. Edwards, of Hamilton County,together with the membership, and much interest is manifested, tbe large church being crowded at every seesion. Services are also being held at the M. E. Church every afternoon and evening, conducted by the pastor, E. R. Vest, whose earnestness aud eloquence have a marked influence upon his hearers, and great good is expected. This is one of tne strongest churches in Indiana Conference. It is tbe home of two superannuated and two local ministers besides tbe pastor, and has a large and intelligent membership and a Sundayschool in n very prosperous condition. The baildiog is a handsome brick, one of the best in town. The family of Edward Gresham, southeast of town, have been sorely afflicted with typhoid fever. A short time ago Mrs. Gresham died. Last Sunday a daughter waa buried, aud a married daughter is lying very low at her father’s house. Blue Ribboners Aft«-r I,»w-Br*aK*rs. (Special to Tbe Indianapolis News.) Greencastle, February 8.—The Blue Ribbon Club ot this city lias discontinued its series of meetings iu aid of temperance, but the Club is not idle. At the meeting last night, it wa* resolved, in view of the approaching elections aud the debauchery and lawlessness that characterize our national campaigns, to appoint a special policeman to look after violations of the liquor laws. The City Council will be asked to clothe the agent ot the Club with police powers, and petitions are already in circulation for that purpose. James Lynch was chosen for the position. He is well fitted for its duties, aud enjoys the unlimited confidence of ail friends of the cause. The Terre Haute Police Muddle. IttDfrciai to Thffi Indianapolis News.I Terrk HaCTE, February 8.—An ordinance to compel retail liquor dealers to pay $UK> city license failed to pass the Council last night. The vote was 7 to 4. An expected amendment to the police ordinance also tailed to pass, and the police board and force remains the same. How the police muddle will terminate ia a conjecture, bat there is no question that the Republican members of the Council are losing popularity by demoralizing whai was once an excellent police force. L. J. Weinstein, principal agitator of theoehem*, is booming himself for the mayoralty and is creating maoh dissatisfaction in his own party. Indications of a Boom. |Special to Tb* Indianapolis News.] Jeffersonville, February 8.—The indications are that there will be an unprecedented building boom all over the country aa soon aaapriug open* up. The cementindustry here is a lairly reliable barometer, and each of the mills- is now adding to its capacity; some are doubling it. They expect the most properous year of their experience, aud now have orders ahead for the season. Hitherto work has seldom begun before the end ot March. This year some ot the mills will beg ip operations within a week or two. Fire at Fern. 'Special to Tha Indianapolis News.I Peru, February 8.—Fire early this morning, destroyed three frame business rooms. Loss on the building, $2,500; insured in the Liverpool, London aud Globe for $800. Loss ou stock of tailor goods, $1,000; iusurrauce $1,500 in tbe Franklin of Indianapolis aud the Phcenix of Brooklyn. Loss on millinery, jewelry and fruit, $1,000; no insurance. Madison Matters. [Special toTb* Indianapolis News] Madison, Ind., February 8.—Captain Samuel Fear, eighty-two years old, died at midnight. The building of the Big Creek iron bridge has been awarded to the Columbia Bridge Company, of Dayton, 0.; the stone work to John Forberger, of thia county. It will ooat $7,000. General Mate News. The Lafayette Morning News has suspended. Tbe Clark County Central Agricultural Association will bold iu next fair at Charleston, September 3 to 7. The gas explosion yesterday at Anderson was not caused from any break tn the main, but arose from imperfect ga*-Auing te the house. The Lincoln League, of Argos, will celebrate Lincoln's birthday on the 13th. Hon. D. P. Baldwin, of Logans port, will deliver the address In the evening. William Johnson and Wllllaam Collins were sentenced in the Circuit Court at Laporte to the penitentiary for one aud two yean respectively, the latter for forgery. Mrs. James Boots, of Crawfordsvllle, was severely lujbred ou Sunday night by eome plastering falling on her head from the celling above where (he was sleeping. Dr. A M. Murphy, a prominent ettixen of Sullivan, died at his home yesterday. He was a pioneer settler, a surgeon in the army and a pension examiner for many years. Tbe notice raided a gambling house at Crawfordavule and arrested eighteen sporu, who donated in tbe neighborhood of ISOU to the achool fund. They were ail'home talent. There Is a suit for divorce upon the Spencer County bar-docket which la the outcome ot the husband's refusal to take bis wife to John Robinion a circus, at Rockport, last summer. Mary Montgomery, aged fourteen years, waa fatally shot last night by Wm. Nelson, wno Intended to shoot her father, on account of a quarrel All the parties are colored aad reaid* at Jeffersonville. On Monday evening the bom attached to a surrey containing Mrs. C. C. Cornett, Mrs. Patterson of Aurora and Miss Agnes Cornett took fright near tbe watering trough on the Michigan Road, near Madiaon. Mrs. Cornett was thrown from the vehicle, her left arm was broken in two plscei, end she received painlul bruise* The other ladle* were not Injured. At Brownstown yesterday Judge Cotlins granted a continuance in the case of the State against Rice. Stewart and Mason, and gave notioe that it would be the firm criminal case called tor trial on the foortb day of the next term—April 19. He reduced the boud of eaeb bom t*aO0 to n.500. Tb* expectation of the detondanta wag that the amount would be fixed at tl.UQOeaeh, which they were prepared to give through tte latomauaa

o( friends at a distance. As it is, it is doubtful that they can give bond. It is stated that the pending prosecution has already coat Rice, Stewart aud Mason nearly K000 te attorney fees and

Incidental expense*

Boys have been breaking open the school houses at New Albany and stealing clock* books and other article* They broke into tbe Mate street building, destroyed a clock and took away a number of article* Tbe police are at work to bring the depredators to punishment. The Chesapeake A Ohio, aud tbe Chesapeake, Ohio A Southwestern Railroads will soon establish freight and passenger offices tu New Albany, and cross their trains to and from the city over the K. A I. bridge. This bridge ha-- a boom that will toon ten-i Its stock up to premium figures. Deputy Marshal Wood yesterday placed Isaac Shipman, of Veedersourg. a very successful pen-

sion attorney, und-.r arrest, charging him with violation of tne pension laws and attempting to defraud the Government by suborning witnesses to swear to false affidavit* Ue was released ou

bond.

H. D. Byrnes, the party who succeeded last week in deceiving the Salem Bank, of Marlon County, Illinois, into cashing a forged check on a bank at Mt. Vernon, Ind.. was arrested by Sheriff Scott Matthews at Murphyiboro, Monday. Byrnes, it la claimed, has been going through Indiana representing himself as the agent of James B. Si-otl A Co.. Importers of tin-plate, metal, euf^T of Pittsburg, P* Tbe reunion of the Forty-eighth Indiana Volunteer Infantry was celebrated in Goshen yesterday. it brought together about eighty of tue old comrades of the civil war. At m meeting held ia the afternoon it was decided to have the next reunion at South Bend on February 7, 1SS>. In tho evening the soldiers were addressed by Hon. H. D. Wilson, General Jasper Packard, General M. S. Hascall and other* Mra. George W. Miller, wife ol a wealthy farmer living in Shelby County, made lour desperate attempts to kill her husbnnd last night. First she struck at him with a butcher knife, and the blade passed through his coat. Then she stabbed him with a pair ot shears; then tried to kill him with on ax, and lost tried to shoot him. Jealousy was the cause of her deed. Miller has leu the woman. He fears she wi.l kill the chil-

dren.

Pensions have been granted to William Harris, Nabb; Thomas Spray, Seymour: Allen Baugher, New London; George Barger, She.byvUle; John Manning, Hontington: Jacob Kesllng, Muncie; John Boys, Kushvliie: D-niel Conanl. Selma; 4 mother of George Baker, Nebo; minor of James Murray, Columbus; widow of Enos Laker, Cambridge City: widow of Hugh Culbertson, 'tlptoiK minor* of John Chappel, Fortviile; John Bodine, Cqvington; Conrad Metzger, Rochester; James Boicourt, Evansville; widow of John Steward, Syracuse. John L. Nally, who fled from Lafayette anti

CHICAGO SENSATION

A. TRr-MII.UONA.IRE MURDERED.

Amos J. Melt Killed in His House by Burgten—His Dead Body Lies Five Hour* Ladiscovered.

went to Southern California to escape a paternity suit, while In a delirium from typhoid lever, crawled through a window, cutting himself terribly with broken glass, auo then rushed into a cactus tnicket. Wbeu found the next day his clothing bad been torn from him and tbe skiu literally scratched from his body. He died soon

iievi who were seeking him. Wat Field, Ed Stlffey, Mac Horbaugh and A1 Stout wore arrested at Bluffton for assault aud battery on Jerome Browny, whoao face ia badly disfigured. Field pleaded guilty and waa fined 325 and thirty days in jaiL The trial of the others is In progress The same parties made a murderous attack on Benedict Mosure and £, Egley. and severely injured them both by use of their fists aud a knife. They also attempted to roo John Miller, a wealthy farmer, as he was starting for home. He gave them a small aum of but the; him, Wil

3me. He gave them a small aum ot money, aey aimed a blow at his head and ruis.-ed hitting Mosure and knocking him out of the

parties will be prosecuted to the full ex law ns soon as the court finishes the cases now pending. D. B. Miller, of the Mutual Fund Life Association of New York, is in New Aibaur interviewing the membere of the insolvent Presbyterian Mutual Fund Association of Louisville. There Were 158 members of the latter company holding policies lu New Albany, and it is alleged alt paid their Januarv assessment to the agent. Dr. Brockingtou. Many of them are very angry at the company receiving premiums wben they knew the concern was Insolvent, and a number wno refused to accent reinsurance in the New York or People'* Mutual Insurance Fund of tnis city demand their money be refunded. Many of the policy holders accepted reinsurance policies In Ihe Louisville companies, but tho New York company required ail to uudergo a medical examination. There is a good deal of feeling among the policy-holders in consequence. -|

participat in the attempted murder ot Dr. Williams, who wa* fatally whipped and beaten by “White Cat's’’ on tne 3rd Instant, near Marengo. Tbe Sheriff of Crawford County, who arrived homt- on Monday from Fort Scott, Kan., with young Tom Courmey. found u letter in the pocket of the latter directed to his father at Emison, which furnished a clew to his whereabouts. Young Courtney was Implicated tu former troub e with Williams, and fled the country to avoid arrest. His capture at Fort Scott so incensed hia friends at horn - that they visited Williams's hou-e, tied Mrs. Williams to a bedstead and took her husbaud out into the yard, whore hi was terribly beaten amt whipped, and left In a dying condition. Ihe elder Courtney was taken from Vincennes to Leavenworth last night, where he will be tried for the crime. WHISPERS OF THE WIRES.

Oil at Pittsburg to-aay, Oil w*a struck yesterday at Lehigh, Ind. T„ 917 feet down • At Atlanta, Bob Cloud killed his wife and Henry Phelps He surrendered. All are colored. The New York Assembly lias vacated Its room in the Capitol at Albany, owing to its unsafe condition. Ot the TSOsaloons In St. Paul under the old law only 290 have taken out licenses under the higher license. At Stowartsville, Mo., William Bull killed Miss Ella Eveiett and himself becauM she refused to marry him. John Gray, of Coles County, Illinois, has been appointed assistant professor of political economy in Harvard. Tne shoemakers’ lockout In Cincinnati has practicaliv ended, the men and women going back to work. John J. Healey, clerk of the Appellate Court, Chicago, U to be sergeant-at-arms of the Republican Convention. Recent dispatches regarding the illness of D. R. Locke (Nasbyi, of Toledo, are much exaggerated, tie is out of danger. Very little coal has been shipped irom Pittsburg on the present river rise, owing to the ice. Three million bushels await shinment. The famous chestnut mare Clemmie G., owned by W. G. Gordou, died at Cleveland on Mondaynight. Sbe was valued at $20,000. In the preliminary hearing in the Pittsburg (Pa.) teu-thousand-dollar bunco cose, Robert Barnett and W. k. Penny, Jr, have been held for trial Marion Browning living near Hookinsville, Ky , shot aud killed Louis Shanks, a halt-witted fellow in cold blood and there U much feeling against him. The anti-Monopoly League, of which W. A. A. Carsey is head, have issued a call for a National Convention to be held in New York City on August I next.

le up of 60 per cent, of hugs’ tat ahd 20 per cent, ot beef tat and cottonseed oil. In an altercation at Jeanerette. La., Jake Martha), Deputy Sheriff, killed George Dixon. He fled with hia brother. A mob flred on them, killing the brother aud Louis Payton, a spectator, and fatally wounding Marsha!. David W. Judd, well known as manager of the Orange W. Judd Company, and a member of the New York Quarantine Commlsaion since 1877, died at his home, m New York City Monday, from pneumonia, after an lllnees of only a few day* At Broadland, ChampaignConuty, Illinois, John and Andrew Hayes, of Homer, were instantly killed yesterday afternoon by the explosion of the buhr in 6 •orn-ntill. Henry Butler, tbe engineer. and a carpenter named W. A. Banner, were also foully Injured. Arrested For Felonious Miootiog. Pittsburg, February 8.—Three of the colored non-union workmen at the Solar Iron Work* were arrested, thia morning, on a charge of teloniona shooting, preferred by Michael Kenny, the uncle ol the boy wounded in the collision between the etriken aud nonunion men, laet Saturday. The accused gave bail for a hearing. Information has also been made by the company against five ot the ringleadere of the mob and they will be arrested within the next twenty-four hours. Crased by Too Much Money. Pittsburg, FebrnaryS.—John Welaser.a wealthy farmer of O’Harra Townahip, committed suicide, yesterday afternoon, by banging. The deceased .waa worth at least $100,000, and the verdict ot tbe coroner 1 * jury waa that hia mind became impaired oa account ot hia having too much monay. M. Wilson Most Answer. Paris, February 8.—M. Wilson haa been summoned to appear before the Correctional Tribunal on February 16, to answer charges connected with tho decorating of M. Log rand and M. Craepin. Mother aad Child Banted To Death. Lkfboy, Onti, February 8.—Stineoa’a Hotel ia Belle* Ewart waa burned into night. Mr* Naebit aad bar youagatt child won boraed to death.

Chicago, February 8.—Amo* J. Snell, millionaire, who it the owner of tbe toil road rnnniog through Jefferson, was found murdered in hia bed this morning at bis residence, 425 Washington boulevard. About 2 o’clock thia morniop a aervant girl heard a noise like a pistol shot coming irom Mr. j Snell’s room, bat paid no attention to it. Later he was found with a ballet hole in hit left breast and one behind the left ear. Entrance was effected by the murderer* through • back door, they having taken out the panel and sawed out the lock. Mr icll was one of the largest real estate owners in Chicago, owning a great number of houses which he rented, and all hia business was transacted in the basement ot his own house, which was fitted up as an office. The burglars who entered Mr. Snell’s residence made a raid during the night on several houses in the neighborhood, the tracks in the snow showing that they went from one backyard to another. Upon reaching Mr. Snell’s* they bored sixteen or seventeen auger holes throngh the kitchen door and finally effected an entrance. From the kitchen they proceeded to the office, which was in the tront of the hoase. Here, it appears, there was nothing of any value to them to be fcCand. The sate and desks were filled with papers, and after ransacking these the^ proceeded up the stairs to the parlor floor. The door at the bead ot tbe basement stairs was skillfully forced and the men were in tbe front parlor, when, it is supposed, that Mr. Snell, who sleep* dirfcctly above thia room, heard them. He left hi* bedroom, and, taking a revolver, went down tbe tront stairs. Too folding doors leading into the parlor were shut, but it is supposed that he heard tbe noise in the room, for he fired a shot through the door. The burglars opened the door and returned tbe tiro. The bullet striking the woodwork and rebounding, hit Mr. Snell in the breast, who tbau ran back toward the rear of tbe hall. The burglars must have followed him and shot again, for the murdered man waa found at the head of the basement stairs, with a bullet hole just behind the ear. The Sneil house is a large three-story basement structure, solidly built ot brick and stone, and one ot the most imposing residence* in a neighborhood noted for its fine architecture. But it* only occupants last niubt were its owner, a man sixty-four years old, two servant girla, and two little girls, grandchildren of Mr. Snell, who were spending a few days there. There is as yet no clew whatever to tbe burglars. Mr. Snell leaves a wife, two married daughters and a son. Mrs. Snell and one of the daughters (Mrs. Frank Coffin) are at present in Milwaukee. Mra. Snell is very ill, and the news of her husband’s death will be kept from her for the present. Mr. Snell was one of the wealthiest and best known residents ot the West Side, and had been connected with Chicago’s history for a great many years. He was born in Little Falla, N. Y., and came West in 1844. stopping for a few months in Cincinnati, and then coming to this city. A little later he went to Milwaukee, returning here in about a year and opening a hotel at Schaumberg. After a residence ol six years there he removed to Jefferson, aud there laid the foundation of the fort one, which, at his death, amounted to about $3,000,000. s A most extraordinary feature of the crime is the fact that although (be murder was committed about 2 o’clock, and the noise ot the shooting heard by the two servant girls at that time, they paid no attention to it, explaining their action after the murder bad been discovered by saying that thev thought Mr. Snell bad accidentally fired the shot. It was, therefore, not until about 7 o’clock that the coachman who slept in the barn, had entered the house to look alter the luruace— discovered the body ot Mr. Suell. Later it was discovered that the burglars had taken a check for $5,000 made by A. J. Stone, Mr. Snell’s aon-in-law, payable to Mr. Snell, from the iron box in the office. What else they aecured will probably never be known, as Mr. Snell himself was the only one to whom the contents of his strong box was known. All during the winter Chicago has been overrun with crooks and thieves of every description, and many daring burglaries have been committed, the police being apparently unable to stop them or discover the criminals. Congressional Proceedings. Washington, February S.—The following bills wsre reported to the House yesterday aud placed on the calendar: To limit the hours of letter carriers; to prohibit the making ot books or pools upon races in the District of Columbia; to dispense with proof ot loyalty for bounty for war* prior to 1861; to organize the territory of Oklahoma; the diplomatic and consular and military academy appropriation bills (the former appropriates $1,403,867—$15,977 less than in 1887); to provide tor a Fourth Assistant Postmaster General. Mr. Warner, of Missouri, introduced (by request) a bill for the appointment of a commission on reforms of orthography. The following bills were passed: Forbidding the Attorney General from advancing or paying any moneys to marshals^ district attorneys or clerks who fail to render their returns as required by Section 833, Revised Statutes, unless and until such returns are made and a valid excuse rendered for the delay; for the appointment of two additional railway postal auperintendente, eleven in all; providing for tlra punishment ot bank examiners for making a false entry in any report made by them to tbe Comptroller of the Currency, or for suppressing or concealing any material fact with intent to deceive thjp officer. Revolution in Iron-Making Processes. Washington, February 8.—Acting Conaal Hornatedt, of Moscow, baa made a report to the Department of State in regard to an important invention recently patented by a Russian subject and now being successfully worked in Rusaie. He aayt: The invention constats ot a method to produce Iron and steel direct from the ore. The whole secret ot the process is the construction of the furnace, which la simple and Inexpensive. It will be difficult for onr iron masters to believe that under the new process Iron ore, after submitting it to tho ordinary smelting process, i* tsken direct from the furnace to the rolling-mill and turned Into sheet Iron; yet *uoh U the case, there being to my certain knowledge three furnaces in this country now In full operation and working with ereat succes* There can be but little doubt that this new invention will create a perfect revolution In the manufacture of charcoal Iron Whether the process can be used with equal advantage where coke Is the ioel I can not positively assert, as tha furnaces I refer to are worked with charcoal. I am, however, assured that an experiment made with coke waa crowned with equal success. Three Vessels Missing. Philadelphia, February 8.—Shipping eiroles in this city ere greatly alarmed as to tbe whereabouts of the British steamer* Darion, Captain McKea; Lnfra, Captain Grimatead, and Algitba, Captain Barwiae. All three each, with a erew ol about twentyfive men, railed from Cariff early in December for Carthagena to load iron ore for Philadelphia, baaing been chartered by liesara. Naylor dc Co., of thia city, for that pnrposa. No tiding* have aince bean heard from them, aad they are posted ia Lloyda. London, aa “miaoing." No on* sesms to be able to account tor their diaappearanoe. They have not been seen or heard from. Sneh a strange mystery has not been known since “tramp" steamer* have become frequent. The Steamer Elpia, which left England the same time, reached Carthagena and loaded, arriria* hen a week •(0. Her eaptaia reported haviag experteaerad rery temporal* weather, both ia tho

Mediterranean and on the Atlantic, aad to unable to give any account of the miaeing craft at all. Mecara. Naylor A Co., the consignee* of the ill-fated steamer*, have ao information about them, except e cablegram which they received from their London hoora raying they wero miraing. All ot the three captains arc well-known here, when they have been constant traders. An Uahappy Church Affair. By the concurrent action ot the elders of the Central and Third Christian Church, a church tribunal has been called together in this city to bear and past npon certain charge* affecting the moral character and ministerial standing of Rev. D. R. Van Bnskirk, pastor ot the Third Christian Church. When the charges were given currency in papers outside of Indianapolis some day* ago, Mr. Van Bnskirk emphatically denied them in toto and demanded an investigation at the hands of hia church board, the only body having juriadiotion over hia chnrch relationship. The charges were preferred by Dr. J. J. Cole, who aflege* that Mr. Van Bnskirk has been guilty ot improper conduct with Mrs. Marts, the wife ol Rev. Charles W. Marts, of thi* city, who is a cousin of Mr. Van Bnskirk. The Third Church Board at once invited Cole to prefer his charges and present evidence, but be twice, in writing, declined, asserting as a reason that the board waa a prejudiced court. The Third Church Board thereupou adopted resolutions expressing confidence in tfie integrity ot their pastor and concurring in his determination to seek vindication at tbe hands of some other tribunal. A ministerial commission was thereafter agreed upon. The elders' of the Central Chnrch selected Rev. Robert Moflett, of Cleveland, and the eiders of the Third Church chose Rev. John Brazeiton, of North Vernon, iud. Both are men of high standing among tbe brotherhood. These two will to-night probably select a third person, aud the three will hear the case. Mr. and Mrs. Martz unite with Mr. Van Bnskirk in denouncing the charges made. Mr. Van Bnskirk haa been a preacher ot prominence for thirty-five yean, and his friends urge that they have never before heard the slightest taint of suspicion against his good name. They express confidence in the outcome of the investigation. The Reading Strike. Washington, February 8.—Speaker Carlisle has selected the following member* of the special committee on the Reading Railroad strike: Messrs. Tillman of South Carolina. Cbipman oi Michigan, Slone of Missouri, Parker of New York, and Anderson of Kansas. The commiitee will leave at once for Pennsylvania, to be absent about a month. The Executive Committee, Knights of Labor, haa indorsed the strike, and will take charge of it, relisving John Lee of hia leadership. Shenandoah. Pa., February 8.—It ia reported that over fifty men have been arrested tor instigating riots here last Friday and Saturday. William Penn oolliery ia the only one working to-day. A Fiah Dealer Disappears. Emanuel Simona, a fiah dealer on South Illinois street, disappeared from home last Friday and ha* not since been heard from. He was known to have on his person at least (150 at the time mentioned, and hia family •re inclined to fear fool play. They state that Simon* waa on the beat of terms with all of them, and in the best of spirit* last Friday morning, when last seen. He had not announced his intention of leaving the store at all. Persons acquainted with him regard him aa a sober and Industrious man, and have no theory to account for hia absence. Terre Hauto Going to the Bad. A Terre Hautian was talking to Captain Campbell night before last, and, according to hia atory, the ‘‘Let-’4r-go-Gallagber" policy under which Terre Haute ia now run is rapidly wreaking the place. Burglaries aud robbertea are of nightly occnrrence, gambling bouses and policy shops ere numerous, and his satanio majesty is fust getting a grip which it will be very difficult to shake when tbe l&w-and-order people feel that the limit haa been reached. Hill Will Burn His Bridges. Albany, N. Y., February 8.—Governor Hill spent Sunday with Judge Alton Parker at Kingston, an adviser in whom he has the greaieat confidence. It ia learned that alter the conference Governor Hill dleided to burn all nia bridges behind him and puah for the presidential nomination or nothing. He therefore virtually gives up tbe nomination tor the governorship. Hi* chances for the former nomination appear to be decidedly weak. A Youthful Suicide. Boston, February 8. —The suicide of Jennie Barker by shooting yesterday afternoon at Brooklyn ia remarkable from the youth of tbe victim. Jennie waa not sixteen years ot age. Her mother died at the time of her birth. A few years later her father married again, and it is charged that differences between the child and her stenfcother developed tbe idiosyncrasies in th^ girl's character which led to the auicidc. Incompatible Qccupati on*. Louisville, Ky., February 8.—It haa been found necessary to diacharge Joe, the colored sexton of the Walnut-atreet Preabyterian Church in this city, on the ground that he had fitted up the church tower aa a poker room, and even so far forgot himself as to indulge with his friends in the entieing game while the congregation waa at worship in tha ohnreh below. A Bllzxera Heroine. Plainvikw, Neb., February 8.—Miaa Louie M. Royce, the school teacher who lay on the prairie all night daring tbe recent blizzard with three of her pupils, all of whom died in her arms, had both feet amputated here yesterday. Her left arm is badly deformed by large pieces of flesh dropping off, bat physicians say it will probably not be necessary to amputate it. A Brilliant Wedding. Portland, Ore., February 8.—Lieutenant David L. Brainerd, U. S. A., Second Cavalry, a anrvivor of the Greely Expedition, was msrried last night at Walla Walla, to Miss Anna, daughter of Hon, N. M. Chase. It was a brilliant affair. Bismarck’s Triumph Complata. Berlin, February 8.—The military bill was read the third time in the today and was passsd en bloc. LOCAL PICKUPS.

Henry Pfeiffer has already distniatod the divorce suit which be filed against Mra. Nora Z. Pfeiffer. A dltmtassl has bean entered la the oes* of II. C. MundeU, accused of —-- m -g Fanny B. Wilson. Building Permits: Chris A Soper, frame cot* tege, 75 Syphen • treat, $750; Margaret Waters, repairs, 628 South East street, $40. Argument was hod to-day before Judge Walker in a moM-covered case, entitled Tat* v* Wright, involving real estate transaction* which baa been pending for several yean, and has hew to Ute supreme Coon and back. To-morrow ia the onc-hundred-and-fifteenth anniversary ot the birth of General William Henry Harrison, and there will be an annnal meeting ot the Tippecanoe Club at 2 p. m. In tb* City Court Room. The annual addteaa will be delivered by Dr. Wm. H. Wishard. The Council of Administration, G A Department Encampment, will meet in this city on the evening ol the 20th, aud a hearing will be given representatives of Autcn and Logansport 1‘ost* whose charters have been annulled, in use tbe seme should be requested. There is not a member of tho CouocU. it 1s Mid. haring any feeling In the action which haa been already taken, and what has been done Is doe to the firm conviction that the maintenance of discipline demanded it. and so it rests with the disciplined Poets whether or not their comradeship sh-tt p* restored. It Is already settled that tbe attendance upou tbe Encampment will be the largest ever witnessed In the eity, and it le suggested that on the occasion of tbe gathering some attempt be mad* to deewat* the boildlngi along tb* line of march, which will be from tha Hotel Denison, south on Pennsylvania to Washington, eaet to Date war* and then to ToraUnron KaiLTh* National Owraandra wtU he araeog thenra*

BUSINESS MANAGERS

OF AMERICAN NEWSPAPERS

In Annnal Convention—Names of tho Visitors and Program For Their Eatnlament—Tbo Preaa Sanhedrim.

A year ago at Rooheeter, N. Y., a number of the busineea managers of paper* in the United States, with acirontetion above 5,000, organised the American Newspaper Publisher*’ Asaociation. The membership has incrossed rapidly end more than a hundred paper* are now parties to the agreement which waa tha basis cf the organisation. The object of the aeeociation is the protection of members from irresponsible customer*, the collection ot information that may be of •ervico to pnbliahera, and generally the mutual assistance of all concerned. Tbe annual meeting of tbe association affords opportunity tor advertising agent* type founders, paper maunfacinrcr* and other* interested to confer with the business manager* A number of agents of these interest* are in the city today. The executive committee of the association met yesterday afternoon at the Denison House and transacted the private buaineaa that baa accumulated. Tbe following gentlemen constitute the committee: J. A. Butler, Buffalo Evening News; W. J. Richards, Indianapolis News; 8. H. Kaufman, Washington Star; C. H. Jones, Jacksonville Timea-Union; E. P. Call, Boston Herald. The formal opening of the association waa postponed this morning until afternoon; a number of gentlemen who are en route to the meeting have been delayed on account of the irregularities of train* However, an informal and agreeable session was held. Wm. M. Singerly, ot the Philadelphia Record, President of tbe association, is absent from the meeting because ot sickness. Colonel C. H. Jones, of Jacksonvills, FI*, editor of the Timea-Union, by designation of the delegates, served as chairman. The Secretary, Mr. William H. Brearley, of tbe Detroit Evening News, read the program for the session and presented several invitations to the aasociaiiom These included invitation* from the Union Railway Company lor a ride around the Belt Railroad; one from Dickson Brother* throwing open the theaters to the delegates; from the Denison Housa inviting the aaaoeiatioo to banquet to-morrow night at 9 o'clock, and from the Indianapolis Natural Gaa Company to view a display of gas at the corporation line. The invitation* were accepted, with thank* The trip around the Belt will be mad* tomorrow afternoon; the train will leave tb* Union Station, in charge of Superintendent Whitcomb, at 1:80 o'clock. At 6:30 o’clock to-morrow evening the asaociation will take carriages and visit the gaa field, according to the invitation. Mr. W. A. Briokell, of Columbn*. O., presented an invitation from the Columbus Board of Trade asking the asaociation to visit the Ohio capital free of expense* Mr. Briggs, of the Columbos State Joornal, Joined io the invitation. The matter was held for future consideration. Besides the routine buiineaa, several papere will receive the attention ofrthe association. The following aubjecte arc being considered thi* afurnoon: “Theatrical Program*," S. H. Kauffman, of New York; ’’Snap Advertising," Wm. H. Brearley, Detroit Evening Journal; “Puffs,’’ J. M. McManus, Philadelphia Record; “Newspaper Advertising and Agaote' Catalogue*,’’ J. A. Butter, Buffalo New*; “Relations Between Advertising Agent* and Newspapers," and “Posaibilities of Establishing a Maximum aod a Minimum Rate," W. J. Richards, Indianapolia News; “Relation of Newspaper* to Governmental Control of Telegraph*, C. H. Jones, Jacksonville (FI*) Times Union. The delegates registered up to noon to-day •re as follows: F. P. Chopin, Toledo Bee; E. D. Conger, Grand Rapids Telegram Herald; L. L. Morgan, New Haven (Couo.) Regter, H. F. Gunnison, Brooklyn Esgla; W. C. Gates, Milwaukee Sentinel; Milton A. MbRae, Cincinnati Evening Poat and St. Louis Chronicle; John H. Farrell, Albany (N. Y.) Press and Knickerbocker; L. N. D. North, Albany (N. Y.) Express; B. Dupont, JLiOuisville Commercial; George F. Prescott, Cleveland Plain Dealar; W. H. Lawrence, Cleveland Ohio Farmer; J. D. Andrews, Nashville Banner; W. H. Lawrence, Indianapolis Agricultural Epitomiat; George C. Hut, Indianapolis Journal; W. Y. Kelley, New York American Advertising Reporter; C. E. Austin, Buffalo Express; C. A. French, Grand Rapid* Democrat; E. E. Bartlett, Kalamazoo Telegraph; J. C. Briggs, Coiambus State Journal; W. D. Briokell, Columbn* Diapatob; C. H. Jones, Jacksonville (FI*) Timea Union; William Bryant, Brooklyn Times; W. F. Bettingbam, Forth Worth (Tex.) Gazette; John E. McMannus, Philadelphia Record; A. S. Peaae, Rhode Island Woonsocket; Joseph T. Nevin, Pittsburg Leader. The New York manager for tbe association, Mr. James S. Metcalf, is attending ihe convention and is materially aasiating in the dispoaition of ite business. Messrs. Dickson <fc Talbott have extended the courtesies ot the Grand Opera Hoase, Engliah'a Opera Hoase and tbe Park Theater to tbe membere of the association while they are in the city. The Press Brotherhood. W. H. Brearley, B. B. Herbert and othere who are already members ot the Preaa Brotherhood, have interested a number of the local fraternity in the organization of an Indianapolia “Sanhedrim" or lodge—to cohstitnte, of course, a branch of the Amerioan Brotherhood. The order is secret in nature, hot ia understood to incinde pleasure and business in its scope. A meeting will be held at the New-Denison House on Friday, at 3:30 p. m., for organization. The representatives of the Indianapolis preM are invited. ~~~ ^ ».*•*. The Fate of Pawned Diamond* Last November Charles Munroia-left this city, leaving sundry debts, one of whioh was for ths board of himaelf and wife, while other claims wsre held by Thomas Adkinson aod Walter T. Scott, who advanced money on certain patent rights, on whioh, a* alleged, Monroe held no claim. Some time efter his departure it was discovered that Man roe had pledged $500 worth of diamonds with A. Cohen A Son for $134, and Mr. Adkineoa ia. ■titnted legal proceedings to realise therefrom, while Mr. Scott and Mr* Hales M. VanDake, with whom Manroe and wife boarded, filed under him. An understanding waa had with Cohan that tbe claimants ahonld be apprised whenever Manroe made any attempt te redeem the diamond* But one day the Ameriaan ExpreM Company, noting ea the agent of Walter W. Wallis, a pawnbroker of Milwaukee, to which point Munroe had gone, presented tn order for the redemption of the pledge, with the money for whioh they were held by Cohen A Son. After the goods passed to the pomeeslon of the express company, they were rsplsvicd by ths oreditora of Mnnroe, and the ease waa tried bv 'Squire Felbleman, who has jnat given his decision. Affidavits were had. showing that Wallis had a claim to the good* be having advanced the money due Cohen, and so the decision is that the diamonds be sold; apd, after aattofyiag hfeelaim, tne residue shall be divided pro rata between Adkinson and Soott and Mr* Van Dak* Dr. Brown Removed to Cooaty Aaylnn*. Dr. Georg* T. Brown, who baa had aa office in the McDonald block for several month* became insane on the question of Spiritonliam a low weeks ego. He was ret used admission to the I naan* Hospital, aad for two weeks has been living in hia room. His dementia ia of a qniot and haamtem kind osoaliy, and maoh of hie time was spent ia bed. tbongh occasional lr be grew violent, aad one occasion evenarnod ate stov* City Attorney Taylor kept him supplied with toed, b«t,aahe aa diarawi >» aUrar Ura tt raaralit atom*

he was yeeterday afternoon removed to tbe poor farm bv the Township Trusts* Brawn •aid be had relatives ia Anderson, but aone of them have visited him since his afliettoai begun. . BKLT ROAD ELECTION.

Mem!-Annual Dividend Declared—Five. Thonsand-Stfte Ttckela.

The annual meeting the stockholders of the Belt Road and Stock Yards Company was held yeeterday afternoon. * The ehial bu«:orss was the annoenoemeot of a seraiannual dividend of S per sent, aad the election bf officer*. The now Board ot Directors to composed of W. R. KeKoen, Horace Scott, W. P. Lam* M. A. Downing, R. & McKee, D. W. Minahall and D. Deming. The officer, are: Wm. K. MeKeea, Prv.identj Horace Scott, Vice President; R. 8, McKee, Secretary aud Treasurer, and W. P. Ijsaia, General Manager. Reports showed the * flair* ot tbe company to bo ia a most provperuua condition. Tn ere are still a tow railroad people intimately acquainted with the affairs of the L, B. A W. and C., 8. A C. Roads who think the connections between tbe two will eontion* Although negotiations are apparently broken off et present, tbeee observers say the intetesta of both are identical aad a eeveranoo will only bring loss and disaster to both! that in time this foot will aeeert itself and miner differences will be compromised in ■cm* way which will allow the raenmptied of the old relations or eloeer one* The L, B. A W. terminus at Springfield 1* so situated that the building of a few foctof track will join it to the Bee Line property and give it good facilities for through eastern btuinea* even with the lom of the C., 8. A C. Mr. Alfred E. Clark, divtoion passenger ageiit of the Nypaao, to to be made general passenger agent of the Pittsburg A Lake Erie, Road, succeeding Mr. A. D. Smith. Mr. Clark’s headquarter* will be at Pittobarg. The line Mr. Clark to to be mad* G. P. A. of belong* to the Vanderbilt system. William Campbell, lor many year* in the Chicago office of the Cincinnati, Indianapolis, St. Louis A Chicago Road, has been made contracting agent for that oompaay at Tito idea of flve-tbooeand-mUe ticket* good over more than one road, haa taken feet hold ot seine of the Michigan lias* and at a late mearing, which wee attended by representative* ot some Indiana line* eight different companies declared in favor of the scheme. The matter has been diaensaed in the columns of The News before and. ehown te be open to man£ grave objectione; among them the vast increase in tba complexity of aettlemente and the opportunities given for unail or insolvent road* to prey on the stronger one* Further reductions in ratea by the fighting Chicago roads now give Indianapolis shippers an opportunity to send freight from St. Lonia to Kao*aa City tor 144 cents per 100 pounds for first-class, and other olassee ia proportion. This is about ooe-fourth ot the regular tariff. Political Notes by tb* Wayside. «. Ferd Winter is not a bold- over Senator, hia time expiring this fall, and the Republicans ere already talking of renominating him. Mr. Winter, when asked by a News reporter this morning, amid that really he had not conridered the matter of again being g candidate, and was indtoposed te give a definite anawer. However, the chance* are that he will practically be compelled to again tak* the race. A Republican worker eaye that there ia nn opposition to the renomination of Captain Many as Township Trustee, that he heart of, end if the convention on Satnrday unanimously indorsee him for aaecond race, it to believed be will go through inexoeee of 1,000 majority. Joseph H. Shepherd haa eome ontaa • Republican candidate for constable. A councilman hoe this to say of C^nncilman Trneler, who, by virtue oi hia connection with tha fire oommitte* to today makinn every Democratic member of the Fir* Department feel "mighty uneasy” ia his boots: “Trnsler was fired oat of tb* pestoffice by the Democracy, and so were hto associate* with very little consideration, nod hto friends who remained in the poetaffiea were treated in n manner oaieolated to stir hia blood. He’a a great fellow to stand bf hto friends, and now that he to in position to retaliate, I am afraid that Democrats won’t stand much show with him, if he to given A chance." And it looks that way wben n hoes doctor to bounced to make room for • partisan. The Trust and Natural Oa* The third assessment on the stock of thn CoDiamers’ Gas Trust Company to dm, and to being paid in promptly by a large nnmber of shareholder* The aaseesmeat to 10 per cent., or $2.50 per share. Delinquents raw being notified to pay ap the second installmeat as rapidly a* possible. A very large per oent. of all the aseeeemeats te date have been cashed. Ths City Engineer bee approved ot the test of the Ripple Company’* line to the Eucauatio Tile Work*, and gas will be turned on today. This to the first establishmmt of magnitude in the Hooeier Capital to employ natural ga* Decisions of tb* Supreme Court. 4 ’ Tbe Supreme Court to-day rendered tht following deoiaiona: i 12,062, Charles Roe hi va Barbara TTsnmsawB Fayette a C. Affirmed. Hitched, C. J. H.Oift State of Indiana ex reL Samuel McCray va Morgan C. Frailer. Clinton C. C. Kehesrin* denied. 12.17L Charles C. Binkley va John L. Forkner. Marion 8. C. Affirmed. Zollar* J. lAOOC. Sinker, Dart* A Co. va EU One* Hamilton C. C. Ravened. Elliott. J. 12,712, Henry Hensbew va Mary Dean. Mad Ison c. C. Rehearing dented. Aiding the Co-Operative Union. There will bo n meeting this evening la Jndge Walker’s room, at the Coart Hone* to the interests of the Co-operative Union, oaf all friends of oo-operation are invited tt attend. Tbe program will inelnde an addreei by Rev. O. C. McCulloch oa "Prodnetivt Co-operation;" Mrs. Patterson will disouaa “Co operation ▼* Competition.” and W. V, Stieff will read a paper on "A Bloodiest Revolution." PERSONAL. The reported removal of General Lew Waltoe# and hia family to thia city la denied. Mr* Wm. EL Talbot la serfoaely 111 from typhoid fever at her home oa North Pennsylvania street. Thi* evening at the Second Baptist Church Rev. G W. BoTltef, of EltaabethtowaTKy., will preach hia cloaing sermon. Mr. end Mr* Fred P. Rnah left yesterday fen * Bloomington, a ^ Bwitekmi apoattton ia tb* County clerk's offie* Mr. EL P. Wotssll. ot the Vend ail* who wan taken suddenly til et tb* Boerdbt Tradcmrntmg on Toeedey night. Is much better. Jassos Whitcomb Riley end Dr. Frank W. Hays agfesyggfearuaga evening. Bute Superintendent La Follette win leevefor Washington to-morrow, to attend the meeting ol the National Educational Anwciattoa, Departmult or BuperlutoDdenot. Ms. J* G. Cram was nurrM la* avaniaf ta John F. Ledd has tamed np tn Lafayette m ea ggassssss SaSKgfflriwSs! J-By***. ex-Depoty SberUL t* hia mtanee His Iowa friends have also heart the sew* and. token altogether, he talna fram^of mind * Lae Mptheraheed aeye of hie new hem* wera’bitottflXSiL.f