Indianapolis Sentinel, Volume 34, Number 75, Indianapolis, Marion County, 16 March 1885 — Page 1

YOL. XXXIV--NO. 75. . INDIANAPOLIS, MONDAY MORNING, MARCH IG. IS35. WHOLE NO. 10,1 ! 0.

Extensive preparations are being made at our Factory for the Spring and Summer Trade, and when the season opens we will -be in the lead regarding variety, quality and prices, at the

:"r:.v'v r r n Clothing Storo. Rare Bargains now in Broken Lines in Every Department. SANFORD'S EADICAL CURE FOR- CATARRH. Wltch-IIazel, American Pine, Canada Fir, Marigold, and Clover Ulossornri. A f !m;!e dcfe of Sanford'a Iltdlcil Cure In untly relieves tne m?st violent Hncczlnz or Head i'oicic, clears the Hea l 3 by naijic, stops watery ditccsrgts from the Nose audiLycs, prevents Kinglrn Nr.Ucs in ihc Head. cures Nervous Headache, and mtflues Chills and I'tvcrj. In Chronic Cund Jt cKanfcs the nasnl piwaf.ses of foul mucus, restores the senses of smell, tado arid hearing whtn RlTectcd. fies the head, throat, and broaihial tut -'6 of oiTensive matter, sweetens and purics tie breath, itops the cough, and arresis th rrfcrc3 of O.tarrh towards Consumption. One I ottle Kadl-al ?ure, one box Catarrhal 8olTent and ?"anford' Inhaler, ail in one pacae, of a'l draught?, fcr J1.C0. Ask for Camera's Radical Cure. Potter Drus and Chemical Co., Ilonton. For the relief and prevention, the lnitaLt it in applied, of Rheumatism, Neuralgia, Sciatica, Coughs, Colds. Wtaz Rack, fitomach and lkweN, Sliootin Pain, Numbness, Hrucria, Feciale Pains, Palpitation, DysPersia, Liver Complaint, Bilious Fever, ilaarla and Kpiaeraics, ucq Colli!' Plasters (an Klectrif Itattery combined with i"-pni Finster) and laugh atr? ; '-c everywhere. , VO LTA f 0 i . LECTP.I C DOM 9 Forgot 170 hava tho ronownod PIANOS In All Styles Grands, Squaro3 and TJprinhts. ThPfeiniSCo. Everett Pianos. Story tz Clark Organs. Icnlre. repairing ard movies a specialty. C A T T A IM T It' v- a a UMmiv a : mm on. Best Boiler Sca!a Purgative. TO TRY IT IS TO USE NO OTHER. J r. MULTGL X I'K.Si;. Otrice 31 Thorpe Illorlr. iBtHvidna!, County cr ctate light of xaauufac tare for pale. 1 he pentinix t-oilcT tj p this article. Dl?rT AT ! Suit Sale this week. Men's Suits, formerly sold at $14, $15 and $16, only $10 this week, at the

THE NATIONAL CAPITAL

Doorkeeper Basset's Book to Be Tabllshed Posthunionslj New Administration and Anxions Oflice Setkcrg. Tfco Senate and Its Probablo Work Mr. Eaton on tho Administration and Civil Service. BICH, KAKE AND RACY. A Hook to He I'ublUfted the Death of Dooikreper I5"9ett. Special to tae Esatlnel. VrAsiii-c.TON, March'15. When Assistant Doorkeeper astet, of the Senate, dies there will issue a bcok which promises to be rich, rjire and racy. Bnutt cDtered the Senate as a pspe nsore ttaa fifty years ego, and hss teen v? ith the Eenatcra continuously ever Eir.ce. He is upward9 of seventy years oM. His he ir and beard are aa long and whits aa the driven snow, and his appearance extremely patriarchal. He has been cne of the toys in bi? day, ar.d knows the ups and dewns, ins and outs of Senators, and their true and fa'se sitfes to a dot for more than half a century. Two or tbrea decedes ago Uassett conceived the idea of publishing a boo ab3ut the Senators, and began tafcin? capioua cotes. He be?;an to write them out. One cf his friends to'd mo the other day that when the old n:;m died the bojfe woa'.d b Immediately published; thit it i? C3cnplet?i rd to date, arsd could be sant to presa any dry, I asked why he did rot pabiisa it now asd resp eorre of the benefits cf If. "Became," replied Hie friecd, ' if he were to print it now, it would probably remit in his disruisssl frcm his place and make him tronble." "Ttea it I3 personal?" ''Very personal It deals of that portim of the lives of public mn that all cf us want to cover with charity and darns. There are a lare nurcbar of Rspresentatives mentioned in the manuscript, and the pablie t oa will be cn interesting one." The Policy of the Kvr Administration. Special to the Sentinel. Wasiiij;(.ton, March 13. The cautions way in which 2Jr. Cleveland has started his administration has inspired a good deal of confidence here. Republicans and business mencf both parties are well pleased with it. There may be Home men whose eagerness to secure place has led them to pas3 criticism, tut they are encountered every four years in WashiogSon. Tits treatment .V),U0').Ü00 cf people are to receive, and not the disposition that is to ba made of IIS, 000 ollicea, is th paramount ifsue. Secretary Mannirg outlined the policy he proposes when he lopped olT two dozes or mcro tptciat agents of the Treasury Daoartment tha other day. It is a cauraa of retrecchment that is expected in every department. It is the intention of the administrttion to tiiiiplifythe whole routine work of the Govf rmrent and curtail expenses by d snr'ssine; everybody employed who h not absolutely needed. To this end the propasiticn made during the la-t tva Congresses to put the wor of customs and internal revenue cülcere to;:eth?r and cause the for'nT to absorb tte latter's duties aid re'ponsibillt:f9. This curta;lment of expen?3 will of ccurie include tbe surplus, which mi?t tventnally be decreed by lowering the iutere t, txes und customs due. This will t'z turdjns cf the paople lighter. As tee prp cnf ifgirae runs the pejple are payi" g t!ar-f e to thousands of useless ofh:rs. Th:s :::ocement has about it aa air of basirostl rir mujt inspire canödsnea and respert in the po; jo, it ?? belieyad, and ultiü f.tt :y . .;ch inod. OJTice Sbr Tliluued Out. Special to tte ieuiinel. Washington, Mach 15. Vary mach of the crowd tbat Ihrcrged the hotels and the Capitol has disppeared. It was made up largely of tJ?C! bo wanted cfh.?. aud gingv it is iTnown that bat tow appointments wil. te :iada for awhile there U ho necessity for their remaining here. However many men have Ecnght and are still seeking positions they are not mere, if so numerous, ai four vears aio. It can not be denied that thsre were miuy bargains in lha campaign of 1ST; and Lvvu, and both r&"lks mada nameroi;? protniies in the event cf sucesi. Men &r6 slwgy3 ergcr for ps:ty rtwnrd, at:d vhs--. the sruoke of battie cleared awey after both those struggles, thera was a general oider throu.hoat the cjuatry, "On to VTashing ton." Especially was th throng here sre-u just four yfars ago, at.d tho impatiancn' thown by othce eeekeri was painful. If there was to be a neral delivery cf tbe rülcra by this administration, the crjwd would bs enormous; but, ni:drr the p:e?ent condition cf aiTaira icore people will bo here In May &n0 Jurctban at present. Then bed-rock will b reached and "paying dirt" taken out Then it w ill have been determined by th? administration just whit ia to be done ia thf wav cf turning the rascals out, and then th policy detinine the commercial and financial pclicy cf tbe President and his Cabinet wil'. be develc; ed. At this time everything is in embryo. There is a ereat demand, but th sncccstions are fo numerous that none cf them can be considered. Personalü. Special to tiie Sentmel. Washisgtcn, Yarch 1".-W. C. oI Terre Haute, is here. ' Daniel YcSweeney, the IrÄamaa wh3 pinned Blaine's false foreV up ta public gaze last all, and fpcve ia In. diana during the Cf-ap&Ignt is a caadi. date for the Collfictr, of the ?aa Ffaa. cisco Tort. To"day'9 Hald, cf this city, say;: The many wm rendg of Mr tocksla?er, of Indip- ' hoT that circumstances will hx i u heme permanently in Washington, where himself and family are highly esteemed. Urs. Hendricks has not a3 jet designated any particular day for receiving visiters, but tecs all who call whenever she is at

home. In consequence of this, her parlors at Willard's are daily filled with 8trancer3 and residents, all desirous alike of making the acquaintance cf this pleasant lady. Immediately npon the adjournment of the Senate, Vice President and Mrs. Headricks will return to their home in Indianapolis, remaining there until ths uext melon, when it is their intention to rent a furnished houe in Washington.

CURRENT C1PITAL U03SIP. Probable Action of the Senate The lrel dent of the Civil Service Commission Interviewed. . Wahisctos, March 15. The Senate is likely to devote its spare time daring the present week to the consideration of foreign afiairs. It" is expected that two or three treaties of miner importance, and in respect to which there can be litt.'e diß"ereuc9 of opinion, will be reported from ths Co mmittee on Foreign .Relations and taken np by tbe Senate in executive session. Amoog them will procably be tho treaty relating to the boundary lines between this country and Mexico and a trejty providing for the readjedicaiion of the Weil and La Abra claim. Mr. Manderson'8 resolution calling tor information in regard to Centra'. American arTahf, may ahn be reported and discussed The more important of the impending taiies h?.ve btea withdrawn, aad the Hawaiian reciprocity treaty and that ralatins to the internate patent rights system, will be held back until the regular se3?ion. The "Backbone ' resolution will doubtless be fully discussed to-morrow. It is probable thst all the public buinc33 whicU thf Senate has n hand, w;.ll be disposed of within thrre or four daya, and that body will then, öl !y await the pleasure of the Executive, tri wiil sdjourn as socri as his important 1 orr-iritiocs have b?en received ar.d acted U:'yi Iorraan li iaton, President of tbe civil Sf rvice commission, in response to an inquiry to day as to the enfersement of tha civil service rules by the new admimstra tiou taid to an Associated rre?s reporter: "Vacancies a'-o being regularly filled under the rules. There ia not tbe leaas siga ol examinations being arrested or tho rules beiai: disregarded. When Congress, at the seiotj just closed, made an increased appropriation for carrying cn the work of tho commission it knew the policy of the incoming Pre.31 dent and must have expected the work of tfce comndssioa to co oa. The wori des go on. and I feel sure it will po oa. Verv many ctfice fceker3 who La1 lincered here some time after the 4th of March seem to have reached the eamo conclusion, and have returned home. Sines that data examinations luve bten held at Cincinnati, Nashville, Memphis, Brooklyn, Xev York aud Washington. Applicants have baen nctifisd that examinations will soon ba held in the Southern and Western S;ates. Examinations and appointments go oa as heretofore in the customs' 8ervi3 and for cricl pesitioas In the postodices. Excessive numbers are applying to ba examined, especially for sirvics at Washington, under the belief tha? arbitrary and partisan removals are being made, or are soon to be made. I have heard no case of s ich removal and do rot beliere any such removrl will bo mcde. There will doubtles3 be some removals for good cause, but not enongh to give places to half those seeking to be exam iued. An old time partisan proscription is not,in my opinion.to be renewed. Our politics are now more civiiiz?d, and sound public opinion more formidable. Within the last ten cays the Commissioner has riaJe certificates for filling eleven vacancies in tha departments at Wa6hirgon, which is about the osnnl rate, and fiva promotions and fosir j'trmai ent appointments after proba tion. tave h?en mad from amonr these se'tcted under tbo rule3. Several of these caea were in the Treasury Department. Tract Society Meeting. Washington, March IV The Wfishington annual meeting of the American Tract Society was held in the Memorial Lutheran Church this evening. The Treasurer's report shows that th6 receipts of the year w?rr $357,470; expenditures, 31-3.033; number or books, tracts and periodicals circulated, 'J 2o0,CC0 copies; colporteurs employed. l;i, who made 153 22." family visits and circulated 133, 1G3 volumes, and 50.000,000 pacss of tree's, of the value cf $37,150, were distributed. Addresses were made by ex-Jr. tica Stronu, ßenator Colquitt, cf Gegi-., nd Ilev. Dr. Datler. of Memorial Church. Killed at.d Harned Her Child. Baleu.h, X. C, March 13 Near Knctt's Store, in Anson County, a few days ago Mrs. Nelson Lockhart, a negress, murdered her ten-year-old daughter and thn attempted to burn the remains. In ap?.:S-onsbe knocked the child on the head, killing her, and then, to cover the crime, laid the child on the hearth and raked fire around her feet and lei?. ' To make it appear that the child had been burned to death accidentally, the woman took a wafer-bucket, went into thc yard where Lome children wera playing and told them to go into the house and see if the girl was on fire. She then went to a spring some distance from the hou3e, not?vithstandirg there was a well in the yard. The children found the child lying on the hearth with her clothing on lire. An alarm was given and men workinc rear by found, the child dead, although burned only on the feet and legs. This caused suspicion, and when a clot of bleed was f iuud on the head the Cyroser was notified. The woman was.. äriesUü. A Minister Expelled From the. f0U. Eyf.acx.-se, March 15. Rev. j, Herman, the di7iuity student Vh3 ns3 been preaching in the Second Evangelical Church cf this city fci OTtr a year, and who was charged by Ella Yeafcel, the organist, eighteen yeari old, Kith being the father of her child, wayesterday formally exptlled from the rulu istry and church by the New York Confereres of tbe Evangelical Association in session at Ulica. Herman confessed hs puüt and married the uirl, promising to lead an exemplary life, bat the indignation of thchurch members wa? too intens? to permit ahv thing short of expulsion. The g'ri'f fatter is a well-known builder and contractor, aad move3 in tbe best German circles. Kflnrtu to sfnve a Couvicted Mao. W i l k f f; a '. r e , Ta, March 15 Efforts are' makitg to secure a stay c! life for Edward Ec there, sentencsd to be hanged April 7, for murnericg William Nichols at Kasleton. Efght hundred dsi!ar3 hv9 been raised to

employ counsel. Bothers' niecs, upon whoss evidence Bothers was convicted, now contradicts the testteicny ehe gave in the court, and medical experts will swear that the probing for tbe 1 all was the immediate cause cf Nfchols' death.

SCANDAL AMI BULLETS, Domc'tlc Disruption aud fuor Marksmanship p.t L.oulvlile, Illinois. Ficr.A, 111., Marca 15 News has just reached here of achootiag scrape at Louisville, the county seat of this county. It has teen er.spected for some time that the affair which oacnrrrd this morning would take place.. Dr. McNown, some five years ago, married in this county, and he aud hi3 wife recently sararated. It appears the doctor ha? been furnished with some facts relative to his wife's conduct daring the mirrkgo Let creditable to her, and which more or lets i mplicite certain prominent -men in Louisville. After the ceparation it seems Mrs. McNown wrote soma leiten of a compromhiag cbamte r to one C. O. Reynolds. Postn;asttr at Loaisyille, which letters were obtaired from Rsynoldi by hi3 wife, and piven to F. . Cockrell, the attorney of McNown. McNown brought suit for divorce a few days ago, and Reynolds seeing h:s Jettf rs going to be used became violent, and tbreatened McNown and his attorney, since which tlice Reynolds ha3 made two mtlTtc tual attempts to assault the doctor and his attorney. Friday night there was a church festival in Louisville, ar.d Mr. Cockrell and hij fatn iiy attended, bat just as Cockrell got to the stdrway be was intercepted by Reynolds, who stood in a threatening attitude. CockreJl being unarmed and having his little bey in his arms, got away and want upelairs,. after which Reynolds made some ttreat? egaln.-t Dr. McNown aud hii brother, Howard McNown, a young man who has ben quiet all the timeYe.'iUrdf.y moruirg Howard McNosrn wa? sweeping tha steps in front of tha dru store, urd'tbe doctor wh3 Etnding ia the deer, v.hea Reycolds caum alons and threv nut some insalr, whereupon Howard MsNoTrn pulled hi? revolver and turned loooe on EfTiiolds. who imuiedi.V.c-ly tied, and ycunt McNown ran afitr him firing until h emptied his revolver. Baynnd having a few buüßt holes in hie clcthss Rayaolda was cot harL This is rrot tfce end of tha matter, as ReyDc!d3 15 1 dangerous man. Sjine yearj a,'0 h:a VjrotLer. George Reycolda, kilted a man in Lomsyide. and iar.ow a fugitive from jr.Etice. Another brother was seat to the penitentiary in Indiana fir larceny. Tho incp;f3-:on is put forward by others who have more reputation to lc?a than h?, and who thins that if he woul ikill McNowrt and his altDrney, the divorce suit would b3 ende4 aad the fact3 kept from tiie public. Public opinion in Louisville aud here is very etror aiinst Reynolds and in favor of the McNr-wts The idea is abroad that Dr. Mc-Novm-Lfti bean imposed npen by thesa h? took to be hie fr.eud. and that they are no aJdin? insult to injury by trying tj intimidate him and his attorney Irom pros?cutiu the c'ivorce suit, all of which is done to Eave their reputation. The WorhlS Imposition. Nev Orleans, March lö. A steady riiu began at miJniht atnl continued until this aftcrroon. The result was the postpone rxentof tho celebration of the Germans at the Exposition. Next Sunday was fixed for the etent, which viil be doubly memorable frcm tbe fact that it is Emperor William's eighty-ninth birthday. The 15th of April has bsen s?t as the Mex?03n Veterans' Day. Je'rTtircn Davis and William M. Rurrill lave been invited to deliver addresses on tbe results cf the war with Mexico. Two hundred journalists here give good TP; cits cf the vast extent and grandeur of th? (xpcsilion. The Tennessee cillciala and me nber-i of the Legislature tomorrow py th ir refipcs to the Republic f t Mxic). They will bz received at Mexican He&dqu'trters by the Mf xicaa Ccmra'sslor.ors aid army ad navy oiliars. Most cf the m-nib?r.sof tha Tenr.cftce T.rgis!s.ture and S nteofiicers returned hotre thiaevrning. Tuiane ÜDiveTs-1t7 hn fsfaVshad a c'.asn in technical instruction in mec'iinici at the exro:-iticn. Irdiana Day, .'et for to mnrow, ha? ba?u postponed, owing to the inability of Governor Gray to be here. The number of visitors that arrived by railroad last night wa 2 100; to-dav, 3 O0. The gate receipts of Sr.urdiy (Tennejse Prj ) was fO.lOO. Ceueral (Iraut'H Condition. New Voek, March 15. Drs. gauds and Shrady, consulting physicians in General Grant's case, visited the Grant residence thi3 afternoon end held a consultation with Dr. Pong.". It Is understood they fully indorsed the treatment of the patient adopted by Drs. Barker and Dsuglas. The General was in a comfor'able condition. The lo:al d:sca e is believed for tte present to be statiorary. Niw Yof.k, March 15, Gareral Grant slep: more lest night than on tha preceding ni.iztt. He fell into a sennd slumber at four o'clock this morning end did not awaken nLtd ten o'clock. H's condition is about the same. The General doe3 not suffer irrch pa'.n. bt complains of a lltt joretfss. He tases rood mora plentifully and consumed a ciioo th;s rcrning. The damp Weather had no injurious effect Lpc-n the pattenc. The affected part of his throat wa treated with iodoform, but the use cf Cocoaioe has baen discontinued. The General says his insomnia is not due to pain. Tha cancer does not interfere with Mc. brethi'ig, and has not particularly impaired Ms voice or spesca. A Hard Case Shot and Killed, Ealthiosk, March 15 This afternoon AmbroEC Atdsriou and Sherman Hcsa visited Warner Broi. saloon, beyond the city limits and bacomins disorderly they were ( jfctrd. Anderson attempted to break into the piece, whfn William Wa;nar iire:l tbrcuch the door, tbe tall penetrating Andertcfs breast rear the he-it, killing him fhvoit inetantl7. Wagner ane3t.-il. Anderpon has been the terror of the nsiafcorhced for ttn yearJ t Ctally ,--stul fiii Nrv. York, March 13 Reuben Applegate, eged fifty-nine, matecf a bark, was a-saulted on tbe strtet last ciht in tbe lower part of the to?n ar.d his skull frectured. Ha can ret live. Th:- youths were arrested ca r.f icicn.

THE SOUDAN SITUATION s The Advent of General Graham to Sua-

kirn Hailed by the Soldiers Ills Flans. French LosseB In .Ton quin-Affairs in Afghanistan Look as Warlike as Ever. SOUDAN AFFAIRS. The Situation at Suaklm General liam'n Arrival There. GraLondon, March lo. The arrival of GeneraLd uranam at buakim nas already produced ann almost magical eSect in correcting blunders and rectifying the lines for the defease of Suakim. General Graham is still lame from the effects of his accident at Cairo, but he insisted on making a personal inspection cf the garrison at Suakim and of tbe outlying camt?. He was uoab!e to make the inspection on horseback, aud trugged manfully cn foot, with the help of a etoutcaue. Tha result of his inspection wa3 by co means satisfactory. He berated the engineers and quartermasters who hid planned tha advanced posts, and said openly that he was disgusted at their choice of positions. He eaid that they had blundered in arranging their positions so that mutual help would be impossible in the event of a combined night attack by the enemy. General Graham has ordered a radical chaage in the disposition for defense on the land side of beukim, and his advent is haiied by tbe soldiers like tbe cumin;; cfasavio. The Suakim garrison h;l3 besn desrcrateiy wcrkrd during tbe pat fe? weeks The gr,aiu- have oetn put t unaccustomed drills in betülir.c siege gun; the Egyptians have teen s?nt wberever there has been a chance cf stopping bulleis and the Indians have been employed in sallies to terrify the Arats. All hr.nds were worriei and excited. The constant n?ght attack? by Oaana Digaa's troops prevent aU chanc of sleep, and necessary fatieunftnd police duty during the day lieep the British troops fully employed. The Different rrogrituiiaeg of General Gra limn and 0mau Diua. London, March . 15. General Graham expects to make a general advance of his troops toward thr interior some time next week. His tiist objective point will be Sinkat, where aa entrenched summer camp can be established in a healthy location and with a sufficient supply of water. It will also be a comparatively easy matter to keep up a line of conununiration and supply between Slnkat and 8uakim. Incidentally, the British will have to "sa:a:h" Ojman D"gaa before Rettin? to Sintat. Then they exptct to await the subsidence cf the hot winds from the fcouth and remain at Sinkat until autumn weather shall make it practicable to advance upoa Berber. Osman Digaa decs net appear t3 Lave been consulted aa to this prcriirarce. He has issued a proclamation ia which hp tells his followers that he is about to "smash" the British, to occupy Suaaim and to capture all the ships aad have transported the inrllel dogs. After occupying Suakirn hs will a,vait the arrival of El Mahdi and his triumphant troop3. Then the combined forcs3 will cross the Red Saa in the captured British transports, to Jeddah, in Arabia, thence they wPl march upon Mec:a, where El Mahdi is to be anointed and acclaimed as the successor of Mobammed. He will next proceed to Stamboul, having tenind him the authorization of the whole Moslem world, and will "smash" the false Caliph who now occupies the Turkish throne. Reported Fall of Ka;sala. Lgni-ox, March 15. Special editions of J t - t A. several newspspars were puousnea iouay announcing, on the authority of a private a te etram irom aasim, mat Kassau nan fallen and the garrison was massacred. The report is not believad in official circles, as tbe Government dispatches from 8uakim received today make no mention of euch an occurrence. Massowah advices to March 10 save no news has been received from i Kessala since March 4. -. , Troops and Stores Arrive,!. 1 Kof.ti, March 15. General Sir Evelyn Wood, with tbe remainder of the troop3 and j stores, has arrived from Gakdul. ; GENERAL FOREIGN NEWS. French Los'ts In Xoljuiu Tho 5'rapoied 3Iarch ou Fekln. I ondos, March 15. The statement thati M.Ferry, the French Premier, will ask the j Chambers for a war credit of 50,00C,o00f, ; and 25.C00 men for an advance on Pekin isj believed tob3 a "freier." It bas long been, an open Eecret that the present military operation aeainet China have be?n t eeriousj drain on the re'Ources of the French ex-1 chequer. The peasants are grumbling Ini their mual manner at the prospect of the additiorml taxaticn which always follows glorious but to them remote and incompreteLsible victories, ar.d the Parisians are ae-j ccFing the Goyerament oC deception in? fcklirg the true lesse? of tbe invading army. Yesterday's admi.sion that during the past; foitnight 1.CC0 men have been killed and; wcuniiedinTonfiUinh&a created an enormous te-Esitior, audit is now considerad certain; that tbe number will reech 2 oOO Instead off If 10. In these circumstances the ministryhave decided that a march on Pckin would be far the chea;:töt in the lonti ran. rbey( have al?o decided thot it would bs more; glorious, and when other means f ail M'.nis-j teis shout glory in the earj cf their follow ers until they are deaf to all els3. A tbor-j ough Bounding of the opinions of the Depu-j Ihs on the outstion of a march upon Pekiri 1 as already elicited an assured but certainly ur ejected support. M. Ferry is thus certain cf a majority ia favor of his new but la'her desperate scheme of an advance orjj tfc Chinese capital. Gcreral Bnere De Lisle has wired a furl; ens ccmpla'nt to Paria concerning the fre p&ctnse c. Chinese convoys. He pays that Erms and munitions of war are regularly jtd uninterruptedly transported, while twö Freren naval squadron are foclins200mi!e5

away. Admiral Lespes has been notified of De Lisle's comp.aints and has ordered a blockade of the port cf of Tak Hoi.

War Preparation by Itnasla 11. lng KaphMy Pnshfd. TEHEr.AK, Maren 15. a letter from Askar tad, dated February 21, eays: Communica tion between strangers and people in the outside wcrld is closely supervised. Trcops and stores are co'mg forward daily en route from Merv. The soldiers aru previously blessed by prie3ts, who tell them to fight valiantly aeainst the Czara enemies. Civilises and military men openly discuss the likelihood cf a declaration of war against England. Great excitement prevails here. It is stated that 1G.O0O troops bftVA hf Pn flTilorAil in in wnrlr on Vi rsilway frcm Klzil-Arvat to Merv. which is being pusnea witn the utmost rapidity. Great difficulty is experienced In inducing workmen to tro to Merv. &a thv fKr ihcv will te killed by the British or Afghans. A letter from barakhs, dated March 2, stales that five battalions cf Russian infantry and three batteries of artillery are en rocte from Bokhara to Mery, and a saiall pcrly of Cossacks recently attempted to travers Zulkar Defile, but were prevented by force. Ku8lan Troops In Central Asia. Teheran, March 15 It is reported that Sir Peter Lumsdeu arrived at Herat and the Afghans were actively fortifying the city. Small bodies of Russians' hold wells and roads between Tarakhs and Mughab River. There are scvcial hundred Cossacks near Pul I Khatum, the mc3t southerly point, nearest Herat, occupied bj the Russians. The Russiaa forces occupying Meri consist ol a battalion of infantry, a .regioient of dragoons aud tome Ccssacks. ' At Askabad thie are about eight thourand.. troops of ; a!l arms. One Russian brigade and a convoy of ruilitary sforea are en route from Cancasus to Askabad. The Afghans here believe that an ofiersive and defensive allia'-cs between England and Turkey would hnva the eXct cf alienating tbe Turcomans. , Anftrcliists to We Tried Without a Jury.. Yienka, May 15. The Committee of tbe Reichsrath having charge cf the Social bill' decided, with the concurrence of the Gov-' eminent, to discontinue the discussion of the measure for the remainder of the season, and to draft a special bill proylding for the trial cf Anarchista without jury, which is to be submitted to the fall Parliament. Zebehr Pacha's Son Arrested. Alexandria, üarch 15. The document found in the house of Zebehr Fasha after his arrest led to a thorough search of the domiciles of his sons. Tha result was the arrest of Zebchr's oldest son, and the conditional detention cf two others. Italian Hospital at Saer. Rome, March 15. The Italian Government having exprersd a desire to j-archaae tend at Suez for the erection of a military hospital, England places her own. hospital at Suez entirely at the disposal of Italy. More Tran o-Chinefeo Mediation. Paius, March 15 "Gautiers" E3y a the Chinese Government asked the mediation ol the United States with Franc?, but that President Cleve'and is not deposed to intervene. Humors of a Collision lielueeu Kassian and Afghans Calcutta, March 15. There are reports here of an actual collision between the Russians and Afghans. The Government is very reticent concerning the frontier news. ALLOWING WOMEN TO VOTE. The Connecticut Legislature Gladdens the Hearts of Female Suffragists Hartfokd, Maren 15. The Connecticut House of Representatives passed Friday, by a vote of 02 to Gl, a bill permitting all women to yote fn any school district meeting or to be elected on School Boards, provided they are twenty-one years old and have resided in the United States three years and in the school district in which they vote one year. The Hcuse struck out of the bill the requirement of a property qualification, and also a limitation of the ballot to women Laving children or wards in schools. The female suffragists who advocated the bill were satisfied with these restrictions, but the H0U33 in removing them has endangered the prospect of the bill when it rea:he3 the Senate. A bill was also passed creating a State Bureau cf Statistics, with a Commissioner at 2,5C0 per annum, to be appointed by the Governor for four years. In the case cf the suspended New Haven member, Mr. Pigott, the Judiciary Committee reported adversely to day on th9 petition of 5,0C0 of his constituents for aa investigation. Action on the report wai postponed. Mr. Pigott has written his resignation, aLd it will be presented if the report of the cDmmittee is accepted. The probabilities are that as he is under suspension the House will refuse to accept tie resignation. The Agricultural Commitle'i has reported a bill airiest identical with ti e New York law prohibiting the manufacture and sale of oleomargarine. Accident on the Texas Pacific. Arlington, Tex., March 1". While the east-bound mail on the Texas Pacific Railroad was crossing Yillage Creek, near Arlington this morning, the bridge gave way, and the engine, mail and baggage cars ware precipitated into tha creek. The "fireman is missing and ia supposed to be under the engine. Woodruff, tha baggsgemaster, and a route agent, name unknown, seriously injured, have been taten to the company's hospital at Fort Vrcrth. The strikers vifited the scene of the wreck this afternoon snd went manfully to work clearing and repairing thi track. The fireman, J. E. Hobeck, jumped from the tender and was carried under and killed; the engineer, S. Roach, was badly injured. Baggazamaster Woodruff and Mail Asrent Stewart were both wounded, but not seriously. I)eprat Jfrle Fight. Wilk-eakre, March 15. There was a despfte prize fight at Plaiusvllle yesterday between Thomas Caffrey and John McAveny. After several rounds Calfrey broke his oppenent'a nose and was declared the winner.