Indianapolis Sentinel, Volume 34, Number 19, Indianapolis, Marion County, 19 January 1885 — Page 1

VOL. XXXIV-NO. IS). INDIANAPOLIS, 3I0NDAY M011NING, JANUARY 15), 1885. W HOLE NO. 10,081.

WL;EN INDICATIONS rOR MONDAY Slightly colder in the wtittru pail of Tennessee and Ohio Valley. GLANCE Lcta 1483 reduced from $7X0 to 63. CO Lotj 1369 reduced from S5.C0 to e2.co Lots lC27-reduced from 16.00 to C8.C0. JLotB -reduced from $8.50 to S4.S0. Lola 3CG3-.-reducsd from S8.50 to "Lots 1375 reduced fron $8 5Qto S4.C0. Lota 1571 reduced from 812.00 to 17.50. They aro broken lota ofYoutaa' Overcoats, worth moro than thoy aro marked; but we don't oare; we're willing togivesomo ono a benefit, to cIcäo tho goods, at the only

W in! CoDpIcte Treatment, with Inhaler.fcr even furo of Catarrh, H. ASK FOR SANFGRD'S RADICAL CURE. Head Colds, Watery Discharges from the Nose and Eyes, Ringing Noises In the Head, Nervous II( aCache and Fever instantly relieved. Choking mucus dislodged, membrane cleansed and healed, breath sweetened, sniell, taste, and tearing restored, and ravages checked. Cough, Bronchitis. Dropplnes Into the Throat, Tains In the Chest, Dyspepsia, Waiting ol Strength and Flesh, Lots of Sleep, etc., cured. One bottle Radical Cure, one box Catarrhal SolTent and one Dr. Sanford's Inhaler, In one package, of all drucglsts, lor II. Aslc for Sanforis Rimcal Ope, a pure distillation of Witch-Hazel, Am, Pine, Ca. Fir. Marigold, Clover Blossoms.etc. Potter Drug ami Chemical Co., Koston. COLLINS VOLTAIC New Life for Shattered Nerve?, Painful Muscles, and Weakened Onrao. Collins' Voltltc Electric l'lister instantly affects tho nervous system and t.?nishes pain, nervousness and debility. A perfect Klee '-o-dalvatiic U;ittery .ombined with a ELECTRIC Asters highlr medicinal Plan tf for 2"c. AU druggist. KN AB PIANOS Stand Unrivaled in Tone, Touch and Durability co. Pfaffia Oo. 3! and 84 Hortt Femmtontt St. Special attention given to Tuning, Repairing and aiovm TOYE Tie w EsiEinste? Basiter, (Bound and Bquare.) TUP, iRT -ALfcO Acorn Stoves and Ranges, Oca! Vies, Coil Hods, ?ir Stand, Kto., Etc. R & CO. 53 Horth Illinois St. STILL AT IT ! SWEEPING OUT SALE! AT THE IfrXOIXEHLi. A BIO PCCCE33! We sold ffveral thousandr dollars' worth of gooca last week, because on low prices forced people to buy. Still greater Bargains this week. Choice of onr Finest Overcoat, anyone In oar oue, ptsii continues for only $20. Men's Overcoats at ib, f ft, 110. tu and Si5, tvexy one of which sold from 13 to S10 higher. Boy and Children's Overcoats at f 1, SL50, f IM, .t.&0, i, f3. S5, 17 and3-all offered at reductions ol 25 to to per cent. Great Bargain in Suits for Men and Boys. One line JJen's Ail-Wool uita at $7, worth Hi Paa goods in Boys' Suits at only $5. 8trtlic mark down in Underwear and Hosiery. Our fine Red All-Wool Shirts and Drawers at and fcelowcost. Only a few more eft of those Grey &bir!t and Drawers at 15 and SS cent, and the iSc all-wool 6. fc D. being nearly all sold. we marc aocne Scotch grey ones at same price:realiy worth 75c Men' and Bojs' All-Wool .socks, ISc: fin oal and Merino at 23c. S5c and 50c,formerly soli t 5V and (1. Cardiran Jackets alio goinc. One line Boys' atzes, misfit, will be swent out at only lOcfKts. Jhose Men's Vests at t0 cents have airly ten away o we put some better one, odds ndecdr. in the lot: jour choice of any of them for only L0 cent. MODEL CLOTHING CO Weare now giving arway 61eds in our Boys and Chiioien'a Department.

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Seventeen Patients Burned to Death in the Illinois Hospital for the Insane. Tho Bulldlrjg, Supposed to bo FireProof, Had No Moans to Extinguish a Fire. liORRiREE HOSPITAL HOLOCAUST. Seventeen Insane Inmates of the Illinois South Infirmary Hospital, at Kauks. kee, Darned to Death. Kskakee, III., Jan. 13. The South In Irmary of tha Illinois Eastern Hopitai for the Inssane burned this morning at 1:50. The fire originated in the furnace room, and bad secured a strong headway before it was discovered; the woodwork ol the building being of Southern pine it barned very rapidly. The building was occapied by forty-five patients, 6ix attendants and one night watchman. Seventeen patients are mis3ing, and thirteen bodies have been recovere . They are burned bayond recognition. AU of the patients were in firm and incurable. The bed-ridden ones were rescued first and those who were able to help themselves did not realize their danger, and they were the ones who perished. The attendants lost their personal effects, and many narrowly escaped with theirlives; one of them having to tie the bed clothes tcgether to etespe. There were no facilities for putting out tbe fire, State not hav ing made any appropriation, The building was a new one, and cost about f 70,000. Il is a total wreck. The fallowing perished; Henry Brown, of Eock Wand; H. V. Helden, Galesburg; George Bennett, Morris; Joseph Colbert, Chicago; Orland Ellis, Pontiac; J. W. Gal laway, Macoupin; Thomas Hickey, Springfield; Matthew Hague, Chebanse; T. Hackner, Stevenson County; Thomas Hereby, Chicago; John Johnson, Vermillioa; Michael Jordan, Chicago; J. Nathan, Chi cago; A. Runyard. Winnebago County; C. Stiotz, Chicago; J. W. Taylor, Chicago; P. Weymouth, Putnam County. Thomas Hereby was a brother of State tienator Hereby. Tne building was a two-story stone and brick, with stairway?. It was completed last August. It was used as an infirmary, with forty-five insane inmates, twenty-three on tbe first tlocr aad twenty-two on the secsnd. Attendants Brown, Rose and wife were sieepine on the reennd floor. Attendants Heid, Williams and Fjremau Labarge slept en tbe first floor. The building was heated 1 y hot-air furnaces. It was twelve degrees belowjztrojwfcen the watchman, named Cobb, discovered smoke issuing from the floor immediately above the furnace;'. He awoke tbe attendants The smoke at once became drawn through the bot air flaea and along the halls and stairways to all parts of the building. The tire spread so rapidly that all efforts to save the building in the absence of a fire alarm to summon help, and for want of facilities to quench the tianies, were found to be in vain. Attendant M. A. Reid began dragging and carrying out the patients. Many patients, clad in their night clothing only, rushed from bitter cold air back into the building. Reid, at the risk of his own life, struggled on until twenty-one of his twenty-three patients were reecued, when he became exhausted and was carried away. On the second floor Attendants Rose and wife heard the alarm and escaped down the stairway just before it fell. Attendant Brown, sleeping on the same floor, was awakened by the smoke, and attempted to save a patient in tbe adjoining room, bat failed, and sliding down by means of a sheet from bis window, jumned to tbe ground. Superintendent R. 8. Dewey rearbed tbe scene, and with ladders climbed to the second story, windows, smashed the windows, and was able to rescue same of the patients theteby. Almost all the patients refused to co-operate in the efforts bsing made to save them, and were onlv recuf i by beiDg dripeed Irora the flames and fore -bly prevented from returning. A marvelous escape was that of an inms' j who fell with the tecond story, struck t burning dt-bris above the furnace at. 1 bounded through the window to the grou 1 uninjured. The remains of the bodies of the twelve patients have been taken from the ruins, were burned to fragments, and were orly to be identlSe J by the location in which they were found. The dead thus identified, with their ages and residences were at tha Corcner'8 inqnest this afternoon. Snperintendent Dawey had asked the Legislature two years ago for $ 500 ta protect these detached wards from fire; that $1,000 was allowed, all of which was used in mains and hydrants; that the amount was insufiicient to answer the purpose. He suggest i that the floors above the hot air fornaces ba changed ;it beingshown it evidence thatitwts but four inches from the outside and tu inches from the inside of the furnace to the pine joists. He cave two reasons for the great number of deaths: (1) patients who were almost all suffocated by smoke before they could be reached; (2) the inability or unwillingness of insane patients to try and help themselves. The remains of the bodiea, with one exception, did not aggregate each but little more than a handful o! charred asfces. The entire reaaains of ten of th9 victims were spread on a small table two feet square. Friends are arriving in search of the lost ones. The scenes on their arrival and the view of the remains are necesjarily very heartrending. Telegrams are poarmg in from all parts of the State, from parties asking aa to the safety of their friends among the inmates of the hospital. The coroner's jury, which adjourned until tomorrow aiternoon, is investigating as to whether the furnace were defective The fact that there is no general alarm between tbe various buildings of the hospital, or any system of water-works to protect life and property, accounts largely for the very large loss of lif. II. VT. Beiden, aged fifty, of Galesburg, one of the victims, and the only one whose remains preserved even the semblance of a human btrg, was a prominent man in his section of the State. He was on the second floor, and was an invalid that was unable to help hirrself. Snperintendent Dewey made an attempt to save him, and placed a ladder to his wimlow. Dewey ascended it. and brcke the glass with his hands, but bjing

unable to break the sash, descends liar some implement to break it with. Meantime Belden's Ehrieks for help wera loud and agonizing, and as Dewey re-ascended his cries died away. Tha smoke and flames poured from the window eo that no help eould be given him. Dr. Dewey, hearing calls for help from another window, hurried to the rescue, and though a man ci light build, dragge ISO-pound patient through the window and bors him tafely to the ground. The burned building was used as an infirmary, many of the inmates being unable from sicknesa to walk. The only chance for obtaining water was from the small washstand faucet3, not even fire-buckets or barrels being on hand. The night watchman, Ccbb, testified before the Coroner's Jury that he reg;stered a report of hid cIs every half hour. The register allowed that he visited the farnace room at 3: 10, and found it all right at 4;10, when he discovered the fire, and that the floor, im mediately oyer the furnaces, had frequently jen noticed by the attendants sleeping there as nncomfortaldy hot; that the farnace wa3 roofed by sheetircn, and then by two layers of brick laid in mortar, with a space of but six inches between them aad tbe pine. Attendant R. C. Williams teat'fied that five minutes afier the fire was discovered it was blazing through the floor. On biing roused he ran ontside and saw fire on'y visible about and around the furnace. fJAttendant J. C. McFarland.fcoutside night watchman, testified he heard a cry of uro and roused the attendants cf wards So. ö and 6, and carried two ladders to the burning bnilding from the carpenter shop, 100 yards away. r. ßkulty. foreman for Architect J. R. Willett, of Chicago, who has charge of all the hospita1- buildings, testified that he inspected '.:.- furnaces when completed and wast-atisfi. I wi'h them then. He had not inspected ibena since. Air circulated between the tuiuA roof and tbe pine timber. The hot-air conductors are brick flaes; no wocd about them. The hot-air flues had four-inch walls and the emoke-flues eightinch walls. The Coronet's jury are well-known citizens who promise a careful consideration before rendering a verdict. It is the first fire that ever occurred at the hospital. An alarm was sounded in the city, but Kankakes has no fire department and the hospital is half a mile away, so no aid reached there. The State does not insure its property, but a comparatively slight appropriation added to the present incomplete facilities would famish for the hospital an adequate

defence against flames. The appropriation for that purpose has already been asked of the present Legislature. The builders of tbe furnace in the burnt building are Ruttan Furnace Company, of Decatur and Chicago. Senator Herely reached Kankakee oa a special train for the remains of his brother. The furnaces in the other recently completed hospital detached wards are built in precisely the same style and at the same distance from the pine timbers as was the one in the building burned. The building burned was known as the Infirmary South. It wa3 located south and a little west of the main building, 100 yards in the southeast corner of the collection of buildings, and 1,000 feet from the r treat detached ward. The hospital buildings are arranged in almost the form of a square. The main building, fronting the east, with two lateral wings, then aoath and weit and north of it on streets, laid ont in a 6quare are about twenty-live buildings; running directly back of the main buildings, in the center to the west portion of the square, is an almost continuous row of buildings, containing tbe kitchen, shop, enginercom, boiler room, laundry and coal house. Tbe two main streets run around the ends of the man building's wings to the west side of tbe square, bordered on both sides by detached cottages. The street running along the west side of the square is partially bordered by cottage.. The space north of row running from the main Building to the west eide cf the block and North streets con tains two buildings the bath-houie and amusement hall, tbe lest named farthest east. Tbe open space on the south side has one building. The refrigerator railroad reaches into the middle of this square from the west. The Kankakee River winds past in front of the main building, a quarter of a ml away. Running northwest along the river bank are the gas works and water tower The mBin building, standicg on a kno! , is reached by two drives dtvergin -, ere running up and the other do t the river. The stable building and yards ar half a mile southeast of the main building- -beyond are lawns beautifally laid out. The main building is about 500 feet lonr, tbe wint;a 200 feet long; from one street t another, measuring past the mala building, i is about 7,GC0 feet. The square, from lim to limit north and south, is about i',0rO fee' a:.d eait and west 1,500 feet. Trustee Mc Cogg and Hospital Architect Willett rear lie. Kanaakee about midnight on a special t investigate the causes leading io the fire. The Associated Press reporter Interviewe Architect Willet on hi9 arrival at Kankakee He said: I see no reason why the building should have been fired from the furnace-. They are in my opinion, the very best furnaces made. Of course there is danger cf fire from any heat radiating center, whether it be by steam or bot air. 1 remember that there is another furnace located almost ex ectiy identically with this in another ward I am talking merely from memory, and in a desultory way now. Still I do not believe that I would recommend, at any rate not now, that the farnace be removed. Everything about that furnace-room is dry as powder. I think there would be more liability of that fire being caused by negligence on carelessiess of the employes than fros the furnace. A lighted cigar dropped io places about there would readily have atartes such a conflagration. I have as yet hid no opportunity to investigate as to the details, but I am loathe to believe the fire started as is the general impression, from the furnaces being too close to inflammable timber. You see that pine was six inches from the layers of brick, which aae supposed to be the best nonconductors in the West that we have. Below the brick was sheet-iron, and next, not the farnaco prooer. but a hole, an air chatuber; and betwe9n tke brick and pine was another air chamber. From what I can learn I can not believe the fire originated from defects in the placing of the furnaces. They have always heretofore given satisfaction, and I believe the fire must have originated from other causes. Hospital Trustee McCagg, of Chicago, on being asked, 'said: "I have just reached the hospital and have had no opportunity to investigate in a manner satisfactory to myself aa to the cause. I am not pouted except in a Tery general way. I scarcely feel I would

be justified in expressing an opinion, a? I have not been able to gather facts sutHc ent to enable me to tell who, if aaybody, is to blame." He refused to talk farther. There is a strong feeling among the people of Kankakee that an investigation, thorough and exhaustive, should be made of the causes of the terrible destruction cf life and property. Oae of those reported missing, name unknown, waa eeen in the city this afternoon, and it is hoped he is safe. While the fir e progressing the patients m the other wards near by became nearly frantic in their endeavors to get out to the fire. Some were weeping piteiously; others praying; still others icreaming with alarm and calling for friends they knew to be in the burning building. WHEAT CROP PROSPECTS.

The Ceports Are Very Discouraging as to the Condition of Winter, and a'Oe. crease In Acreage Is lteported. Milwaukee, Jan. IS. J. W. Tallmadge, of this city, h&3 late and important information from many of the principal winter wheat growing States. Complaint seems general that, owing to the unseasonable fall and winter, the condition of winter wheat is meet unfavorable, and the promise for even a fair outcome is not very flattering. Michigan, Illinois, Kansas, Missouri and Kentucky, report a large decrease in acreage, and owing to the severity of the winter, the damage has been very great. The weather has been unusually cold, and many of the principal wheat counties have been b.re of snow up to within the past week, and the wheat is wholly frozen out, which will necessitate plowing up in the spring and resowing, or the planting of other cereals. The damage in these ßtates is variously estimated at from 10 to 2" per cent., Kansas, Missouri and Kentucky being the principal sufferers. The Southern States, especially the Southeast, complain of an extended drought in the fall, which resulted in eoere damage to the early sown wheat, and prevented the sowing of late wheat, consequently the area in three States is reduced to neaily one-half that of last year. Mr. Talloiadge has official advice from all the agricultural departments or statistical agsnts of the principal winter wheat raising Scates, giving the area sown to wheat as compared with last year. The figures show a large decrease, ranging from 10 to 33 per cent. Many of the larce producing States, including Kansas, Illinois, Missouri ana Indiana, sh-jw a large decrease. Mr. Tallmage has made an avernee of shortage in acreage a3 compared with Jiibt j ear, and it shows said shorta; e to be fully 20 per cent. The Agricultural Departments and Statistical Aganti of thi piincipsl wheat States eay thir agents report th:it there will probably a large faliirg in the area sown to wheat this coming spring. Thi3 applies more especially to Iowa, llir.ne30ta and Dakota: farmers in these sections say wheat ra:eing has not been good for the past two years, and they will tay more attention to raising tlax and other products which they think will retult more profitably to them. COMMERCIAL T K V K L E Ii A Clrcnlar Iuel from Dallas., Tex., to Attend the World's Kzposltlon ou 4Cmnitrrial Traveling Men's Dallas, Tex , Jan. 18. The Directors of the Traveling Men's Union, of Texas, have isfced the following circular: Dallas, Tex., Jan. 12. To the Traveling Men ol the United States: Dlar Sik JBy virtue of a ie&olutIou adopted at a called meeting of the Travlin Ilea's Union, at Dallas, Tex., we refpsctlmly inlorai you that through the tolicitatiou of thiä oriauizatlon, the Directors of tae World's Lxpo&ition, at New Oilean, btve set ap:t the 25th day of February, 38!, to be known as "Commercial Traveling Mic'a Day," at which time we hope to have a lare attendance of commercial travt Jt-io. 'io vac-ura this result we most earnestly sx jcur co cpeiation, and respectfully suggest ttiMt your organisation take what action to sec u it. th aWenciHUce of yo'ir members that you dejm mon proper. Ihe Directory of tbe Exposition hsve granted us the ftee use of Music Hall, mmi?, con mit tee room, etc., oa that day, and wo assure you that many courtenian will be extended us by the reB-deut reception committee, all of whica will rr.ae a visit under these ancpices most p'eaant ani interesting, aa well as initructive and beneficial. We have taken thU luiumoiy fiiep, as it as deemed expedient for tome organization to do 60. in order to Lave a nav KPt apart, and having succeeded, we now refy upon the generous assistance and co-operation cf all iravelinc men and orzanlzitions cf traveling men to make this day creditable to oi r Troi'i(r. Communications train you concerning this matter will be promotiy answered aad all I formation at our coramani freely give!. (Signed) Ciiap.lf.3 W. GriLi', Sacretiry. Insurance on h?ltjr ville'a iiurued Factory. Special to the HeutlaeL Si.n.Bvvii.LE, Ind.. Jan. IjJ. Tne insurance ou furniture factory ot Coarcy. Millar A lprez. of Shelbyville, runs about as follow: Underwriter. f 2,0 O National l.r.CO Franklin, of fhlla.ielphia 2,000 riercanla, of New York l.tm Ktca n.COo Hartford no) PhfnLx . 3,-0) Fire Association, of fhilaaeiDhla I ondon, Liverpool and Globe 2,M3 We-tern, of loronto, Canada 2 k0 Guardian, of London 2,590 Home, of New York 3,000 Bojal, o: Loaioa 2.500 Tota'. ...m $ 30, (XK) The burning of the factory threw seventy-five ECU out of employment, but the firm will rebuild a once Mexican Notes. St. Lons, Jan. 13. A dispatch from the City of Mexico says it is announced at headquarters of the Mexcan Central Railroad there that the company will very soon establish a Custom-house Commission Agency at Paso del Norte to enable merchants, at a moderate outlay, to promptly pau goods through the Mexican Custom-house. Ic is also stated that President Diaz has raised ?3C0,000, which has been set aside for transmteion to Washington as part payment of the United States debt. Dropped Dead in Chnrch. TauMoy, Masa , Jan. 18.- Harrison Tweei dropped dead in a pew in the Wintrop Street Baptist Church, during the morning eervice. He wm State Fenator in 1SCS-C9. a Presidential Elector in 1873 and msmberof the GoTcrnor's Council in 1S76, 1877 and 1873.

WASHINGTON NEWS-

The Reports of tho Hoiit-e and Senate Contingent Fund Troubling Junketing Congressmen. Indian Cattle Leaeo Investigation Vast Amount of Legislation Boing Pushed Forward. THE CONTINGENT FUND. The Great Expense of Junketing Congressmen Funeral Trips Very ExpensiveExplanation Necessary. Sp:cial to the Sentinel. Washington, Jtn. The reports of the affairs of the House and Senate, showing the annual expenditures from the contingent fund, have canced a good deal of concern to some members of junketing committees. The reports in some instances have disclosed unwonted extravagance. It has been customary for the members of these junketing committees to spend atl the money appropropriated tor the purpose, or, if no specific amount is set aside, to have a good time at whatever cost. The same has especially been true when Congressmen have been sent on a funeral trip with the body of a dead member. Usually about a dozen Congressmen and Senators make up the party, and the trip costs if the distance going and returning is, say a thousand miles about $",00 each, or ten times aa much aa a single individual would make the jonrnsy on. There is no limit to the cost of tuj funeral trips, and expense is nothing. The only man who hi3 had the coaragi to rite in the House to explain these expenses was Casey Youcjr, of Tennes3e3. He is a plain, honest man, and he took exceptions to the newspaper criticisms upon the expenses which he, as chairman of the committee that la3t spring investigated the Hot Springs rranagement, incurred. He explained that he traveled 1,200 nilea, with a half dczen members and a clerk and stenographer, remained a week, and only spent $jS0. Soch trips usually cost five times that much. He f aid ha bought no luxuries with the Government mojfy, not evea a lunch or a drink cf wfeieky. There ere some other members who have not explained their junketing trips, audit ia not likely that they will. They can not,1 in all probability. Hereafter the contingent funds of both branches of Congress will be watched more clcsdy. Heretofore the House has not, in rn&king appropriations for the Senate's fand, made any inquiries, and vice versa, but henceforth there will b inquiries made. Failure of the Indian Lenge Investigation The Witnesses All Back Out. Special to the Sentinel. Washington, Jan. 18. As anticipated some time ago, the investigation by the Senrte Committee on Indian Affairs into the practice of leasing Indian lands has proven a practical failure. The men who instigated tbe investigation have not come forward with the proof thay promised, alf though it is known to exist, and so nothing of moment can be prove ). The chief prosecuting witness alt at ones weatens and fails to show why. There is something mysterious abstut many of these inquiries. Those affecting great corporations invariably fail from some cause. Generally the witnesses change their minds after they have been Eeen, As to the SuceesHora of Seuators Mahone aul lfarriaoii. Special to the Sentinel. Washington, Jp.n. 1 It is very probable that the Democrats will have a majority in the Senate when the Fiftieth Congress is organized, two years from next fall. With a Democrat in the Vice President's chair, and Democrats in the seats now occupied by Mahone, of Virginia, and Harrison, of Indiana, the tie will be thrown off by the Democrats. A very great efi'ort will be made, however, by tha Ilspublicans in Indiana t return Senator Harrison, and the campaign wi'l hinge upon him. It is almost a hopele33 fight in Virginia. With a Democrat m the White Houie Mahone will be greatly crippled, and the strong stand he has taken in his State hat already weakened him. What Is Said and Thought Abont an Extra Session. Special to the Sentinel. Washington, Jan. 11 Senator Allison, chairman of the Senate Committee on A opropriations, speaking of the danger of an extra seesion of Congress, said to-day that he did not think there would be any Congress of the 4th of March. I am sure that the Republicans will not necessitate an extra session," said he, "but We would not consent to everything just to avoid an extra session." It was the latter clause of his remark that tells the secret. Neither party wants an extra eeesion, but it looks like each might think the ether making an unreasonable demand, under the impression that it would be granted to avoid an extra session. Kat CatIetoba Performance Interrnpted. Wixsrrio, Jan. 18. The performance of Kate Castletcn's company in tVe Opera Home here last night was interrnpted by an outbreak on the part of Harry Phillips, Kate's husband and manager. He, it is

said, obtained profession of money cent her from San Francisco, and got drunk. At the close cf the first act Kata asked hint for the remainder cf the money, and he responded by felling her with a blow, which rendered her insensible for some time. Afterward Le broke into her bed-room, revolver in hand, threatening to kill her. He was arrested and spent the niqht in the police station. Miss Castloton's diamonds were found on his person and returned to her. I'hi Hips was bailed out, and the whole company lett to-night for the South. rKOSPECTlVE LEGISLATION.

Numerous Measnres Heine l'reased to the Front Appropriation Ullis Progress Very Slowly-Not One lias Yet llecome a Law. Wahinvjton, Jan. 1. To-morrow in the House of Representatives is the day for the monthly call of committees for motions to suspend the rules. The call rests with the Committee on Foreign Atfairs, and Representative Hitt intends to move the passage of his bill, reported this s?siioa. to provide for the exercise of jurisdiction by Consular Courts. Motions will be offered in behalf of other committees, as follows: Naval Affairs and PostofSces and Postroiis, to a?3?gn days for the considertion of the various measures heretofore reported fcy then; Indian Affair?, to pass the bill providing for the allotment of India lands in severalty; Labor, if reached, to press the bill prohibiting contracts for the labor of United fctates prisoners. When the HouEe adjourned on Saturday it was rumored tnat the Committee on U s Judiciary would endeavor to keep the Hon is in session to-morrow until that commit-e was reached, in order that the Bankruptcy bill might again be called up. This committee is among the last on tke list. Mr. Coll in -j. however, who has had charge of the bill, eald he v.as not aware of any such pnrpcfe. Tbe time to be devofd to legislative business to the House on Toeaday will be thort. On December 17 last the House resolved that January 20, after 2 o'clock, should be devoted to the delivery of tributes to the memory cf the late Representative Evans, cf SoMh Carolina. During the early part ot thf day the Committee on Klecticns intend to call np the contested election cate of Massey vs. Wise, of Virginia. Oa the same day the Committee will probably report the contested cases of McLean, Republican, vs. Eroadhead, Deniocrat,of Missouri, und Fredericks, Democrat, vs. Wilson Kepublican, of Iowa. The reports will be in favor of Rroadhead and Fredericks. The committee intend to call them up for consideration as scon thereafter as possible. Of the fourteen annual appropriation bills not one has become a law. The Military Academy Appropriation bill haw parsed both Houses ot Congress, but the House has ref wed to concur in tne Senate amendments, and the bill baa been tent to a conference committee. Both the rersions and Consular and Dipiomttic Approi-riation bills have passed the House and are now in the Benate Committee on Appropriations. The River and Harbor bill is in tbe Houep. The District ef Columbia bill is ready to be reported by the House Appropriation Committee, and the Naval bill is under consideration. The army, postofhee, fortifications, sundry civil, legislative, executive, judicial and deficiency bills are still in course of preparation bysub committees; tbe agricultural Appropriation bill ia yeO be matured by the Committee cn Agriculture. It is possible the Army, Navy and Postoifice appropriation measures will be reported to the House during the week. If so, nearly the entire week will be taken np by their discussion. If, however, the committee is not able to report these bills, and an opportunity is offered for the consideration of other business, an effort will be made to secure the discussion of sundry measures which have beea pending for eome time. Mr. Stockslager says he will continue to call up the bills making appropriations for public buildings throughout the country, the Townshend Mexican Pension bill, and the Willis Educational bill. Mr. Henley, of the Committee on Public Lards, will endeavor to obtain consideration of tbe bill providing for the forfeiture of th Northern Pacific land grant, and Mr. Hewitt, if the opportunity oflers, the bill to carry cut the provisions of the Mexican treaty. In the Senate, to morrow will be devoted to eulogies on the late Sanator Anthony. Thirteen Senators have announced their purpcee to speak. It is probable the remainder of the week will be consumed in the consideration of the Inter-State Commerce bill and the Niearaquan Treaty. Should the Inter-Btate Commerce bill le disposed of, or be displaced, Senator Coke will endeavor to secure the consideration of the bill to urovide for the improvement of the channel between Galveston Harbor and the Gulf cf Mexico. Following thi?, in the list of special ordersr, are tbe Texas Pacific Forfeiture bill, in charge of Senator Plumb, and Senator Van Wick's bill to declare certain railroad grant lands subject to 1 .nation. The first measure to be considered in the morning hour is the bill to quiet the title of settlers on the Des Moinw Rver, Iowa. Washington Notes. Washington, Jan. 18. Mrs. Matthews, wife of Justice Matthews, of the United States Supreme Court, is lying very ill at her home in this city, and little hope of her recovery are entertained. Mrs.Julia A. Roberts, a well-known worker a moo? the poor ot this city, and who gained considerable prominence br her management of tbe Penny Lunch Room here, was found dead in bed this morning. She was & sister of General Phil Kearnev. Ihe Strike Ended. Fort Wayne, Jan. 18. The strikers aabml tied to the proclamation of Mayor Zollinger. They will no longer trouble the railroad, and the strike terminates quietly. INDICATIONS. WArai2QTO!, Jan. 13, For Tennessee and the Ohio Valley ellghtly colder weather in western portion, slightly warmer in eastern portion: fair weather; westerly winds in Ohio Valley, and northeasterly in Tennessee. For Upper Lake Kegicn Fafr weather; clearing at Grand llaven; winds shitting seuth westerly ; generally wanner weather.