Indiana State Sentinel, Volume 30, Number 50, Indianapolis, Marion County, 14 January 1885 — Page 1

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YANDERBILT TO MRS. GRANT.

W, H. Vanderbilt Write a Letter to Mrs. ilrant, and Mskti Her a Present of tl Debt, Judgment, Mortgages, Etc. Niw Yoek, Jan. 11. The following letter Was sent to Mrs. U. 8. Grant by Mr. W. H. Yanderbilt: 610 Fifth Avssue, Jan. 10, 1335. To Mn. TJ. S. Grant: Dxab Madam Eo many misrepresentations have appeared in regard to the loan made by me to General Grant, and reflecting unjustly upon kim sad myself, that it seems proper brle.ly to rsclt tbe facta, On Sunday, tie 4th of May last, Oeneral Grant celled at my bouse anil asked ma telend fcim I15O.C0O for one day. 1 gave him uy check without question, not because the traasattion was businesslike, bat simply becansa the request came from Generat Granu Ina J xaisrortune wmcn overwaeiatea nun m ice next twenty-four hours aroused trie sympathy and regret of the whole country. Yon and he sect me within a few days of the time the deeds of your Joist properties to coyer this obligation, and raed ray acceptance on the ground tnat this was the only debt of honor which the General had personally incurred, and these deeds I relumed. During my absence in Europe, the General deli ered to my attorney mortgages upon all his own r al estate, household effects, swcrda, medals, and o:ks of art, which were the memorials of his victories, and presents from Governments all over the world. Tcese sciiritles were ia his judgment worth tr.e 8150, COO. At his solicitation tbe neccabary steps were Ukou by the judement, eto, to reduce these propertes to my possession, and tbe articles mentioned have been this day bongat in by me, atid tue amounts bid applied in deduction of the d-bL How that I am at liberty to treat those things as jr.j own, the disposition of the whole metier most in accord with my feelings is this: I present to you, as your separate estate, the debt and judgment 1 bold hgaiast Generai Grant; also the mortgages upon his real estate aod all the lonsehold furniture and ornaments, ccapled only with this condition: That toe swords, comxuneiens, medals, gif Ufrcmtse United Btaies.c.Uea und forelan Governments, and all tbe articles of I is! orical value anil merest, soa:i at ttieGoneral's death, or. if yon desire It, sooner, be pre sen ted to tbe Government at Washington, wher they will remain as perpetual memorials of his fame, and ot the history of his time. 1 enclose herewith afsigr cunts to jou of mortgage an I Jndsments. the bill of sale of tbe personal property and the deed of trust, in which the article cf historical interest are enumerated. A. copy of this trun deed will, with yoar approval, ba fcrwarfitd io the President of the United Slates lor deposit in the proper department. Trusting toi s cuon will meet wita your acceptance and approval, and with kindest regards to jour husband, 1 am yours respectfully, (ifDeJ) W. H. Vanderpilt. GIBISAL GKAST'S BirLY FOK MRS. 6 BAST. New York City, Jan. 13, 1SS5, Tear P j Mrs. Grant wishes me to answer your letter of this evening, to say that, while she appreciates your great generosity In transferring to her the mortgage given to secure my debt of fläö,000, she cannot accept it in whole. She accepts with pleasure the trust, which applies to tbe articles enumerated in your letter to go to tbe Go7ernmtDt of the United States at my death, or sooner, at her option, la this manner you tare anticipated tbe disposition which I fcal contemplated makics of tbe articles. They w.ll be delivered to the Government as soon as arrangements can be made for their reception. The Täters lelstiug to all the other property will be returned, with the requsst that you have it sold and tbe proceeds applied 10 tbe liquidation of the debt which 1 to justly owe yon. You have EUted in your letter, with the minutest accuracy, the hisioiy of tne transaction which brought me in your debt. I have only to add that i regret your giving me your check for the amouat witho it inquiry, as an act of marked and unusual friendsnip. The loan was to me personally. I sot the money, ss I believed, to carry toe .Marine National Pank over for a day, being assured tbe bank was solvent, but owing to unusual calls needed assistance until it could will in its loan. I was assured by Ferdinand wrd tbat tbe firm of Grant A Ward had over $600 000 to their credit in the Mar.ne Bank, bssiaes Si.-'JOO.OCi) of unpledged securities In their own vaults. I can not conclude without assuring you tbat Mm. Grant s inability to avail herself of your great kindness in no way ' lessens either her senfeof the ooligtion or my own. Yonr truly. U. S. Grant. To TV. H. .Yanderbilt. Rq. VAM-tK'iLT n nari.i. , 'p No. tiiO Fifth aybius, Jan. 11, 1S35. 6neral C. S. Grant: Mr DiarSir Onmy retumhomelast night I found your letter, in answer to mine to Mrs. Grant. 1 appreciate fully the sentiments which : actuate both Mrs. Grant and yourself in declining part of my proposition relating to the real es'ate. I greatly regret that she feels it her duty to make this decision, as 1 earnestly hoped the . spirit in which the offer was made would overcome any scruples in accepting it. Hut 1 must insist 1 shall not be defeated In a purpose to which 1 have given so much thought and which I have so much at heart, twill, therefore, ss fast as the money is received froui sales of real estate, deposit it in the Union Trnt Company. VY itb the money thus realized t trill at once create with ihat company a trust, with troper provisions for an income, to be pld,to jirs.Grant during her life, and giving power to nertoxnsk such disposition ot tbe principal by her will as she may elect. Very tTuly yonr. WrLLU H. VlSDEXBILI. General Ü. S. Grant 6EJJKRAL GRANT'S ANSWER. Naw Yokk, Jan. 11. Dub 6iR-Yonr letter this date recelfed. Mn. Grant and I regret you can not accept our proposition to retain property which was mortsraed in gcod faith to secure a debt of honor. But your reneros determination compels u. to no longer resist. ) ours truly. u. s. grant, W. E. Vanderbllt. MU GRAXT 8TILL BEFCSES. I"xw York, 8isday, Jan. 11, 1SSÖ. To My rax lit. VaaderbUt : Upon reattin, your letter this afternoon General Grant an 1 myself felt it would be ungracious to refute yo:r pr,ucely and generous offer. Hence his note to yon. But upon reflection I find I csn rot, i wiu nit. accept your monincence many - form, l Peg joa will pardon una apparent vacillation and consider this answer definite and final, With sreat regard, and a sense of obligation tbat will always remain, I am years very gratefully. J ilia D. Grant, To Mr. William H. VaniexbUt. THE WEIGHT IXTESTIUATIO.V. 2eputy BTarsbals Appointed I In All Direc tions Bedding Carried Into Churches and Negro Dwellings, Etc. CnrccryATi, Jan. 12. At the Springer ia yeetigation this mcming Dr. Maley testified lie saw Deputy Msrrhjtls acting at the Seventeenth Ward- polls ho were not residents oi the Ward. Marshal Wright was recalled and testified that he had authorized two or three clerk to sign his came to commissions. To Mr. Van Alstyne he said he had not giyen such authority to E. G. TUthbone. Thcmaa M. Cardweli, of Harrodshng, Ky., teatif ed he was in Cincinnati on election slay withabout fifteen others. All of the United 8tates reYenae officers were acting as Deputy Marshals. He said he came on a request to spot repeaters from Kentucky. He did not see any such repeaters. He caw three or four Democrats here who eaid tbey were here to watch him. He was armed. The way of it was this: He was asked on Monday night to help arrest some police who had arrested ISr. Harrison, and said he would arrest all the police i the city if they would give hitn ecmetn eg to do it with. Douty Marshal Sojder ;hen gave him a ball dog revel ?er. Eenjamin Ie Harpin. also 'of Harrois-, bnr?. brother-in-law of Cardweli, said he was here with othr Democrats looking for Republican repeaters. Tie saw one, William Jennine, of Garrard County, Kentucky, a rffspfrsdo, wearing the badge of a Deputy Marshal. Jennicg told him the Government bad given him &rms. He saw hint Yery drunk late In the day; had been offered mDfV'tj beri2's badge himaelf, bat refc,l tn r it. . Mr. Hojku.?, of tbe Fourth Ward, told of iLm arrtst of ea old Dexocrat, who was so

conftm d at the many questions put to him by the judges and the crowd, that ha did sot know how to rep3y. The witness was indignant, and followed the deputies and eemonstrated, and waa himself arrested. Tne old man and himself were both dischartd at the United States Court, and by a Kreit edbrt he persuaded the old man to return and vote. Witness produced two chemical ticeta out cf about twenty-five he diecoyered at the polls on election day in the hands of Democrats. Valien tirtt seen tie nam of Follett had a i weak over it.Bj inspection faw his name erased end Eutterworth'a written In. Now tbe chemical ink: shows perfectly black:. E Other witnesses followed. Daniel Hon3 testified to seeing feeds and bedding taken Id to the colored people's church on Third .street and into negro dwellings in the same locality a few da7s before the election, and taken out a day or two after the election, PBESIDO T-ELECT CLETEL1XD.

Be Disappoints Some Liberal and Enterprising Dot el Men, aad Agrees to Accept the Inaujnratlon Committee's FrogTamme. Special to'ha Eeniinel: WAEHiKtäToa, Jan. 11. A good deal of disappointment is ezpresaed by Washington hotel men who were competing fcr the entertainment of Mr. Cleveland during his Etoy here before inauguration. Th97 are told that he will likely come here on the night cf March 2 cr the morning o! the 3d. This information is direct fron 'Albany through private intelligence. It is learned now that a couple of the eading hotel men offered Mr. Clevtland their best suites o" rooms and the very best fare they could produce, for not only himself, but as many personal friends as he desired to have with him, ell free gratia. Even more than this, the personal expenses of the Presidential party, including refresh ments and carriages, were to be paid. All these things are refused. If Mr. Cleveland stops at a public hostilery it is to be oe cf thsj most quiet 02.99, and cue tti&t has not been seeking him. He ia more likely, it is stated, however, to accept the ocitesy of a friend and remain at a private house after coming Here. He thinks he can there have more privacy. Mr. Cleveland is going to surprise people, too, by consenting to be inaugurated In the usual way. He has informed the Inauguration Committee that it can proceed aa ia customary and that he will, with pleasure, conform to the programme. ' Cleveland is one oi themo't thoroughly pti i-adjusting men I ever saw." said. a mem ber of tne inauguration Committee to-day. "He can be aa plain as a fer ' boy or as fashionable as anybody. Wut he prefers simplicity, he realizes as well as anybody be importance ot this occasion, and I saure you there will be no ground for a aybedy saying he acted in any way tor effect. The ceremony and procession will be aa attractive as any ever seen here, and the attendance will far exceed all other inaugurations." PROSPECTIVE LEGISLATION. Measures that Will Probably Occupy the Congressional Solons Daring the Present Week. Washisgtos. Jan. 11. Under the rules of the House, the Committee on the District of Columbia will be entitled to the floor tomorrow, and it will endeavor to pass a number of bills of only local interest. It is uncertain what bills will be given precedence by the House dunng the remainder ot the week. Tuesday has been set apart for auch business as may be presented by the Committee on Judiciary; Wednesday, for business presented by the Committee on Foreign Afiairs; and Thursday, for the consideratisn of the McFherson Senate bills, providing for the issue of circulation notes to National Banking Associations, and the Dmgley House bill, authorizing the Secretary ot the Treasury to invest the lawful money deposited in the' Treasury in trust by National FUokinsc Associations for the retirement of their circulating notes. These special or ders, howevor, are not to interfere with the cor.'ideraticn of general appropriation bills. When tre House adjourned on Saturday tbe discussion of the Consular and Diolomaüc bill waa not completed. That measure will b-j called up on Tuesday or possibly to-morrow if the entire day should not be occupied by the Committee on the District of Colarx.bia The Committee on Appropriations intend reporting the Indian bill on Tuesday, and an effort will be made to pass it as soon as the Consular and Diplomatic bill is disposed of. If pceeible the River and Harbor Appropriation bill will be reported on Wednesday or Thursday. As soon thereafter as an opportunity is offered an effort will be made to pais lt.There promises to be a strenuous contest during the week: between the friends of special orders and advocates of prominent measures, which have been betere the House for some time. Mr. Singleton will endeavor to secure the passage of a bill authorizing the construction of a building for the accommodation of the Congressional library; Mr. Townshend the Mexican Tension bill, and Mr. Willis the Educational bill. Mr. Stocxjiager, Chairman of the House Committee en Public Buildings and Grounds, says it is his purpose to call np the bill proTiding appropriations for publio buildings throughout the country at every opportunity offered during the remainder of the session. "When the House decides to discuss the bills for public buildinge," he continues, "I will cot ask it to pass the bills which have been favorably reported in a lump, bot will offer each bill separately, to be passed or defeated on ita merits."" Tbere are fifty-eight bills for public buildlns. aggregating an appropriation of $3,23l,2000, which have been reported to the Htnse in the present Congress, and which are cow pending. Two bills, each providing for a public building at Waco, Tex., and" the ether fcr a building at Carson City, Xev., and each appropriating f 100,000, have been passed. In the past four Congresses the Appropriation bills fr publio buidings, which passed the House, aggregated, in tbe Fortyfourth Congress, f 5. 73 1, 6.1:5; Forty fifth, $3,037,477; Forty sixth, $3,252,047, and Fortyseventh, $3,130,000. Tbe appropriations daring tte Fortyfonrtb and Forty-fifth CoDgi6B9 were mostly for buildings that previous Congreaees had directed should be erected in the larger cities. In the Senate the Naval Appropriation bill is likely to be reported from the Appropriation Committee and reached for dianusslon ar,d passage early in th week. The dicuv!onof ti e Inter state Commerce bill and Nicaraguan treaty will probably consume tie remainder of the week.

tNIER-STATE COMMERCE BILL.

Its Passage by the House, It Is Thought, Will Insure Its Passage by the Senat Kncoaragement for ths Postal Telegraph Bill. Special to the Sentinel. Wa3Eikqto5, Jan. 9. A great deal of comment has been made to-day upon tne passage of the Inter State Commerce bill by the Eeuae. It is conceded now that the bill Will pass the Senate. For a while it was thought none but a measure creating a railroad commission, with a view to collecting Information for future laws on the subject, could be gotten through the higher branch or Congress, but since the House aefused by such a decided vote to pass a bill of that charaoter, the Senate must finally accept something ot the kind already adopted by its inferior body of legislators. The subject Is one of vast importance, be-, cause it is almost limitless in its bounds. It aaay extend to other interests. Shippers say the Heagan bill will help them very materially and will not injure the value of railroad property. They contend that .. it will mate . the profits acoruing from the purchase and sale of stock, grain, etc more eaual, will stimulate trade, and give the remote portions of the country an impetus. This shows what a little confidence will do. Experts, who have studied the subject, say about all the Reagan bill as it will become a law, will do, is ti inspire confidence. Men who are interested in the passage or defeat of the Postal Telegraph bills express the belief that the action of the House and promised action of the Senate on the InterState Commerce bill, insures the passage, some time, of a Postal Telegraph bill. Randall Beginning to Be all re Tbat His Extensive A ppr epilations Are Hot Bellsbed. Cpe:iai to the Sentinel. Washisgtok, Jaa. 9. Next week Mr. Bandall proposes to begin feeding in hla appropriation bills with rapidity. While several have been passed, and it would appear that but a week's time ought to be consumed in clearing away the remaining ones, he realizes that bis policy of making extensions of old billa andrefusirg new legislation is very objectionable, and may provoke the Senate at any . time to take a stand that will either necessitate an extra session of Congress or the closing of some branch of the Government service for time. To delay too long is to take too many chances. The Naval bill being practically out of the way, only the Fortifications bill promises any considerable contention. Want of a Bankrupt Law Causing the Hard Times. Special to the Bennael. Washington, Jan. 9 Commercial organizations in different parts of the CDuntry evince a good deal of disappointment at the failure of Mr. Collins to get up t!?e Bankruptcy bill in the uouse. it 'is stated that there are 20,000 men ready to accept the terms of a bankrupt law who can not make settlements under present provisions, and that in consequence wholesale merchants, manufactur ers, shippers, bankers, eta, have untold millions tied up, and there are hard times. Chicago and New York people are making the greatest clamor for a bankrupt law. They are speaking by every means and mak lng strong pleas, There are, however, very little hopes of the bill being passed by this congress. . . . A CAPITOL SENSATION. A Fllgfc.tly Inebriated Man Gets Irost in the. BuildingDraws a Bevolver to Make an Employe Show Ulm tbe Way Oat. Special to the Sentinel. Washihgton, Jan. 8. A man raised a sen pation in the Capitol yesterday. It was somewhat peculiar in its nature. The fel low was a stranger, a little excite! with drink, and wanted to get out of the build ing. He was on the second flor, which is about C00 feet lor by an average of probably 200 faet wHs It ia cut up by many h:r.dr! rooms, jams, alcoves and ha'lwsys. It reqaires a clear head to set out of the building at some points. TL id u'9n ha! wandered around about an hour looking for egress He made many inquiries, but was always answered with angles for directions, something like this: "Keep right ahead until you come .to an other corridor, then torn to the left, and when you reach the nextcorridor tike to the right and you'll come out all right." The man always ran into a solid wail. He finally grew desperate, and approaching a colored employe exclaimed, at the same mo ment pulling a pistol and leveling it at the negro's head: "Show-me cut of this building, or I'll kll you!" There was an awful glare In the man's eye, as he continued : (,I have been directed the last time. You must go with me to the door!" The colered man started off with the stranger. Passing a white man the pistol was observed, a policeman called and the distracted wanderer at the Capitol arrested. At the Police Court, to-day, he told of his desperation and was released. It demonstrates the enormity of the Capitol in size, and the carelessness of thoee who point the way out to those who have become lost EX-SEN'ATOB MM) OX ALT). Hon. John O. Mew Speaks Hlchlr of HeDonald In an Interview by the . Washington Critic. Special to the BentineL Wasiiisgton, Jan. 11 Te-nlig'at the Critic says: "From what I have seen and heard, and after reasoning with the situation, 1 should think there la lltUe doubt that ex-Senator McDonald will be Included in the make-up of Mr. Cleveland's Cabinet," said Hon. John C. New, of Indiana, to a Critic reporter to dey. "Be is indorsed by the

entire party In his Etate," continued Mr. New. Mand his fries ds everywhere confidently expert to see h!ra in the Cabinet, and if he is not given a

place there will be not a little, disappointment. Bens tor McDonald Is one of the brainiest mea In the Democratic party, and with his thorough honor and integrity he would strengthen the counsels of any President He is held In very high esteem by all classes at his home. Vflth Senator McDonald in the Cabinet, the ranks of the Democracy In Indiana would bo well closed np. Leading men would be in prominent positions. and should think Democrats would be universally sat!sfied.H Mr. New said ex-Gtovernor Porter would likely bo given the complimentary vote for United States Senator by the Republicans of the Legislature. GENERAL GRANT What tbe Old War Horse Want Is to be Placed on the Betlred last With His Hack Pay, Special to the Sentinel. ; WasnniGTOs, Jan. 12 People la Wash ington are, as a general thing, very much puzzled over the jugglery of General Grant's poverty. First he appears to solicit help and then te refuses it. A New York Congrrssman, who is the personal friend of the old war hero, said to me tc-day : ' ' "I can tell you all that General Grant wants and all he has wanted during the time he has been out of the White House. He wants to be placed on the retired list. with pay from the time he gave up the posi tion of General of the Army until now. He told me this himself. He thinks 9 it due him: and so do I. We can afford to go a little to extremes with just one hero, when the old countries go much further with many of their old warriors. I think General Grant would be highly pleased if ha were placed on the retired list of the army, dating from March 4, 1877. The pay he would get would just about afford him means to pay Vanderbiit's claim against him, and the height of the old man's ambit tion is independence." "Would General Grant pay Vanderbllt with the money Congress would give him?" 'Yes, sir," replied the Congressman; "and that is one of the reasons he is 83 anxious abcut it He thinks, too, that his refusal of contributed aid from friends will precipitate Congressional action. Then he could liqul date the debt and be under obligations only to his country in common. It is very ha miliating to General Grant, all this contro versy over his financial affairs." "What will be the result of It?" "I have hopes yet that Congress will paea the retirement bill before March. Should it not do bo, however, it will next winter. The Democrats Intend to do it, and they want it done all under their administration and Cleveland to sijrn the bllL General Grant told me more than eight years ago that he thought the talk about his being President again waa folly. I am sure he thinks no now." DYNAMITE AND DYNAMITERS. Members of Congress Aroused by the Phelan Case to the Dangers of Permit, ting the Free Manufacture of , Explosives for England. Special to the Sentinel. Washington, Jan. 12. But little patience is shown by the statesmen here with men who enact such tragedies as the one which blood-stained the office of O'Donovan P.otsa, in New York, on Friday. Were such an incident within the purview of a Congressional investigation the participants would be called before a committee here, but it has been determined that Congress can take no notice of such a matter, any mere than it could attempt to look after the causes which led to t street f&ht in Chicago or Indianapolis. It has been proposed, however, that an inquiry be made into the necessity of legislation on- the subject of the manufacture and shipment of infernal machines, and it may be that that will be done, if not this winter then next. True American statesmen 'believe the dynamiters shr .fd be suppressed, and that all the legis ' ion needed on the subject to bring about' suppression should be forthcoming. A few there are, however, who will fight any proposed step of this kind, even at the peril of our friendly relations with Great Britain. They believe in dynamite and its mse by the Fenians upon British people and British propertr. If they do not say so in Congress, they do in private, where they inyeigh against publication. Much comment has been made on the subject of dynamite In diplomatic circles. More than a year ago English authorities called the attention cf the President to the statement that large quantities of dynamite and infernal machines were niantifactured within the United States, to be employed against Great Britain, and asked th&i something be done to stop it. What Was done is not ktown. It was done through the Department of . Slate and is a State secret. The legislators are pretty well aroused now, however, and If the agitation continues until the next session of Congress something, i is believed, will be done to protect English iuterests here. NdW England has to employ her own agents to spot refugees and others in this country conspiring in the work of dynamite. Coffee Confesses the Morde of the Mollullens la Montgomery County. Special to the Sentinel. Ceatt fohpsviixx, Ind., Jan. 11. John Coffee, who murdered James McMullen and wife last Wednesday night and then burned the house In which they ilTed to conceal the crime, was captured last night and taken back to the place where be committed the deed. Marshal nsminger went out to the place to day and brought him to the city. This evening he made a confession of his terrible crime and said that he killed them with a stick of stove wood. ITe did it to obtain the money that be suppoied McMullen had. Ho tayi he only got tweuty-fi ve cents and some minor article? of wearing apparel, which first led people to sua Melon him. This is one of the most dastardly .nurders ever perpetrated in this county, and the excitement in the immediate neighborhood runs high. It is supposed that he had an accomplice. Jleilulka and wife were well-O-do people and respected by all.

CAPTAIN POELAN'S STORY.

The Gist of the Story Told by Captain Pbelan asd Published In tbo Kansas City Journal Which Lod to His Belag Stabbed. Kansas Cnr, Jaa. 10. The Interview with Captain Phelac, heretofore mentioned, which was publHhedin the Jcuinalof this city on December 21, is devoted chiefly to the relation of a plot to blow up the steamer Queen, and a description cl the manner of manipulating their mysterious dynamite machine. Tbe story, as told by the Captain, is substantially as follows. In Jane, 1&3, he made a voyaga to Eurepe to secure Information which would prevent the extradition of F. J. Sheridan, the great lrifcb agitator, and hla removal to England. He visited Farls and accomplished . his mission. Meanwhile, however, the British Government abic dosed the effort to extradite Sheridan, and the matter waa dropped. Continuing the story, Pbelan said that before leaving Kew York he met a numbtr of agitators, am eng them John P. Kearney, who blew np the Caledonian Bail way Station at Glasgow and afterward escaped to America, be railed in the Belgravia, and Kearney was to follow three days later In the Queen, and they were to - meet la Edinburg. Be knew that it was tne plan to blow up the Queen after the passengers landed at Liverpool. When the men met at kdinburg Phelan rsked Kearney why he had not carried out the latter. Be replied be had placed a kiiificient quantity of dynamite to blow bd toe pyramids in the vessel's hold, but when tbe ship arrived at Liverpool she anchored In the stream, and the passengers were taken ashore In a tender. Kearney was not permitted to go Into the hold, so he came away, leaving in the vessel fifteen pounds- of - dynamite, which would probably explode in aoout two weeks later, after it had begun to rot, and would imperil hundreds ot Uvea, I'helan determined to so to Liverpool and warn tne officers. Kearney protested It would be sutcldal. Poe tan, however, persisted and visited the Queen and informed tbe officers, and learn ed they had received a cabie message from New York fifteen minutes after the veosel landed, describing tbe plot, which Ud to the discovery of the explosive and saving the vesrel. Fbelaa remained a day or two in Liverpool, aware that be was being constantly shadowed by dotectivet He was approached by Inspector Marsh, of Liverpool, and Head Constable Murphy, of Ireland; also by Mr. Jenkinson, who had charge of the criminal prosecutions in Ireland, all of whom tried to get him into the service of the Government. They told him the names of several protended Irish patriots who were working lor the Government, and he began to see how the authorities secured some of their information. He could sot conjecture how they discovered the Queen plot, aa Kearney had said it was known only to O'Donovan Kossa, Kearney and himself. lie sapposed seme one bad dropped upon Kearney's visas In New York City. In con cluding bis narrative, Pbelan said he was finally permitted to leave Liverpool. When he arrived at Glasgow he found his valises had been broken open and searched : doae. he tnoueht. by a man who introduced himself in Kdinburg as James Powers, and whom Pbelan believed was a British detective, who had shadowed him from New York and endeavored to get into his con fidence. Kearney had to lay very low, but Phelan succeeded finally in getting him off to England by disguifing himself as Kearney and throwing the detective off tbe track. What," asked the reporter, "was Kearney's object in attempting to blow up the steamer r" ' Oh, just to Ret up some excitement and scare roeiand a mue, was the reply. The Captain described the mechanism of the deadly battery. The machine is simple, but works witn latai precision, it consists of a reservoir of acid, which drips upon a tube enveloped in sheets of th&ae paper. It takes a minute for the acid to eat tbroueb each sheet of naner. In this case 120 sheets were wrapped around the tube. When the lest sheet is eaten through the acid runs down tbe tube and upon tbe percussion cap beneath, and then comes the explosion. The machine is noitele&s and almost infallible In its workine sf terrible injury. Speaking of bim;elf, the Captain said that he was a dynamiter out and out, he belonged to the Irish Rational Society and was obedient to their call, having participated in many of their plans for terrorizing the r-ngusn (iovenraent. lie determined to return to Liverpool and save the Queen in order to protect the lives of the hundreds oi people who would sail on the next voyase. many ot these his own countrymen, men. women and children going to join their friends in America. The Phelaa Affair. Nxw Yoke, Jan. 12. At the hospital today it was reported that Captain Phelan is progressing very satisfactorily, most of the stab wounds in his head and chest being already healed. It is expected that the wound which fractured the bone of his left arm, and the most serious flesh wound of all in the left arm, will be quite healed to-night. Tbe Captain a wife arrived to-day from Kauaas City. Captain Pbelan felt so well yesterday that be began to lay plans for the prosecution of his assailant, and was in consultation with F. . W. Re ill v darin? the forenoon. The Captain would not make publio the letters which induced him to come to Jew xork. ssjing they would be eeen by no one until read, in court. He expected to prove a e isnitacy on the part of O'Donovan I tons. Kearney, O'Brien, Joyce and Short to lure him here for assassination. He declared to a friend yesterday, that he would try to ex pose the dynamiters, and at the same time shaw that Rosea and Kearney are English spies. He said he had documents at home that would Drove this. When he was in England and learned that some one had cabled over about the dyna mite on board the steamer Queen, he had hia eyes opened and investigated the matter for his own benefit. He collected evidence enough to convince him that Rosea and Kearney were making a living in the service of England, and gaining cheap notoriety by planning explosions, deluding poor irish men into the belief that they were working for Ireland, and then exposing everything asd taking the credit in England of having befriended the people there, and in this conntry humbly accepting the homage of misled Irishmen who believed them to be at the head of the aggressive party. NEWS FR0Ä THE SOUDAN. A Messenger to Wolseley From Uakdnl Brings Considerable Kews. Caieo, Jan. 9. A messenger who left Gakdnl on Sunday reached Korti to-day with dispatches for Wolseley. He fell in with Dimll natives at tome wells en route, who treated him in a friendly manner. The country for eighty miles out from Korti is quiet, bat beyond that point it is dangerous from the caravans of the Mahdi. These caravans frequently crossed the road. A native guide, the messenger farther stated, had been sent from Gakdnl to pur chase produce of the natives, but he returnedwithout anything, and besides reported he had been badly treated. The British scouts had captured four natives who had left Metnameh January 1 with goods for Merawi. These men report a de tachment ef General Gordon's troops at Sbendy. The Mahdi's force at Metnasueh is 2.0C0 strong. Major Kitchner, with a few men. was scouting near Abuhalfa. a few miles this side of Gakdnl. He captured a small party of natives with camels. He went in pursuit of a convoy of 70 camels and fifty natives on their way to the Mahdi. The natives at first showed fight, but were dispersed, uttering loud cries when the En glish charged them. None of the camels laden with corn were captured. Scandals Abont Italian Priests Denied. TwCme, Jan. 9. The correspondent of .the Tablet, referring to the published dispatches with regard to the scandals about Italian

clergy, says the reports omitted to state that the tales were due to the inventive genius of the lowest papers in Rome, which were forced openly to retract their calumnies. The Obeervatore of the Romans, denying the

reports, reminds tbe faithful that little credit is to be given to the malignant assertions of a certain class of the daily press of Italy, SPECULATION IN CHICAGO. Tbo Market Commenced With a Boom. aad all HfToits to Depress Aro Kot . Successful to a Great Extent The Usual Dodges Tried. Chicago, Jan. 10. It has been another week oi great excitement on 'Change, and fluctuations In values have been frequent and wide, though the tendency all around has been pretty generally upward. Wheat started with a boom, said to have been engineered by tbe Wcercshoffer crowd in New York, partly, of course, with the hope of pocketing good winnings here, and partly also to aid a bull movement in the Granger stocks at Gotham. Eig local operators, Including John Kelson, Schwartz, and John Lester joined in on the long side, and even Armour la said to hare taken a few good-sized lots through Baxter. Out side orders came in from every little country speculator who ever did any business here, and values climbed along skyward. After a fair advance was recorded , however, holders commenced .filling up the "lambs" and laying away their winnings. Then, following the same old tactic, they went In to pound the market down and shake oat the new holders of the grain. The visible supply statement aided them, as it showed an increase and caused talk that perhaps, after ail, tne gram in sight bad not yet reached Its maximum. Cables, too, about this time turned weak, and, as the trade figured it was time for a reaction, tbere was little difficulty in forcing a drop. Yet it was short-lived. vea while doing all they could to depress the market. Billy Murray and Lynn had half a dozen brokers in me pit picaing np an tne stun inrown over. Receipts were smaller than for tome months, and while advices from the interior told of a freer movement, it had no effect, it being generally nenevea tnat nenceiortn larxnsrs' aeuvenes would be absorbed by the IocaI milling demand. This, together wah the knowledge that the failures reported tn tsw xoik were without foundation, in fact created confidence and induced good buying by conservative men. Cable advices also strengthened up again in response to the better tone here, and the general belief is that thoee under the market have got a good bold and backed by public sentiment, propose tonush.lt for all it is worth. Businessmen report the outlook more favorable for all branches of trade, and many think higher value lor good products the first and most important step toward general prosperity. "inwieeima " raid w. .1 tsoauian. "attracts plenty of buveis with money, and since the vol ume of speculation on the bull side has grown to sucn larse proportions, any snarp create ia values are likely to be quickly recovered." Corn also has shown plenty of life and activity. Traders early made up tbeir mind that corn ought to go np in company wtm wheat and proviEions, and that there was not much danger of being overburdened with supplies 11 prices were several cents higher. Hence there was a good deal of confident baying and even when wbeat broke corn remained comparatively steady. Bsceipts savo been more liberal tut the percentage of "contract,, waa leas. Kent. Hutch. Armour and tbe other rveckers have stopsed bearine the product to a Sect the price of bogs and turned bulls to mtie a market lor their manufactures. This with one or two sass later on to shake out tailers has been tbe usual mode ox operations each season, witn the exception 01 last year. CLEARANCES. The State of Trade for the Past Week, with tho Percentages of Increase and Decrease. BosTOH, Jan. 1 2. The following table, com piled from 'special dispatches to the Post from the managers of the principal Clearinghouses of the United States, gives the gross exchanges for the week ending January 10, with percentage increase and decrease as compared with the corresponding week last year: New Y'ork... ..S 5!6.151.O0O;DeC-..-.33O Boston.. Philadelphia.. 69,28l,.VJlDec. Lt 44.1S8.2S7 Dec . IS ti 51,635,M5lnc 17.9 17,645,774 InC 6.5 12,4.'2,S74 Inc . 8 3 13.659,34 3 Dec. - 5.2 10.200, COOinc 4.1 7,all,208 Dec 25.9 4.482,000 Inc -K0 4,617,000 Dec. . 4 6 4,703,193 IncT2 9 1.7(r.t,372 Dec. 4,9 2.463.M2J Inc .. 24.2 2,2t 9,270 Dec : 6.1 2,766,955 Inc S.l 2,?J0,i: lnc...77.7 l,4l4,734 Iac 8.4 6W,5:W Deo -.27.9 1,256.132! Inc . 2 8 8Sl,457:DeC... 5.6 933,891 Dec 2,2 7J,0-VDec....... U 4.V..462I Dec -27.8 G:;5,5C6lnc...-. 2.3 Chicago. St. lxiuis. ban Francisco. Baltimore.Cincinnati Pittsburg...... ...... Milwaukee Providence Kansas City.... Indianapolis , Cleveland.. Hartford Detroit Memphis. New HaTen.......... Jsesesaeeeseo.se s.seoa Peoria.. Columbus...... Portland. Springfield ...... Worcester. Ijowell Ft. Joseph. Ejiacuse... Tot&l 7:4.4R5,206 Dec.2oS.335.20j1 Dec... Outside "ew York family Poisoned by Drinking; Beer. Epeciai to the Sentinel. M eis, Ind.. Jan. 12, Jacob Steeplaten to-day took home a quantity of beer, of which himself. mother and mother-in-law drank, and were soon in Fpasms. Their sufferings were intense, and a doctor being called, administered antidotes, which relieved them to some extent. Mr. Steepleton is Still in a danssrous condition, and may die. All plead Innocence and ignorance aa to how the poison came tobe In the beer, as tho Doctor sys they were poisoned by strichnine. As the fsTnfly indulged In frequent quarrels and threats. it is gcserally surmised that tbe beverage was drugged by one of the three for the purpose of ridding the earth of them all. Drowned in the Pateka Biver. Special to the Bentlnel. Jaeteb, Ind., Jan. 12.-John W. Euoddy, ot the spoke firm of Snoddy, Mack & Eckert, was accidentaliydrowned here at noon to-day. He was rowiag a skiff around below the dam, on Patoka Biver, near Eckert'a mill, and, being deaf, was not aware till the suction drew him under. Ha was a man of about thirty five years, and cans here from Burlington, Iowa. He leaves a wife and one Child. Men are dracging the river for his body, with poor prospects of success till the waters fill. Preparing an Identical Sfote, L05D05, Jan. 9. It is understood that Fiance desires the Powers to make a simultaneous answer to England's proposal for the sentiment of the Egyptian question. Active negotiations are in progress between Germany, Austria. Kueaia and France, with a view to dispatching an identical note in answer to the proposals. Italy has not been aBked to join in the negotiations. Shot Through tho Window. WnEiiixG, W. Va., Jan. 12.-Mrs. William Varney was shot at Grafton, this State, last Wednesday while sitting in her house nursing a child. The shot was fired through the window by a party outside. She died this evening from her wounds. Riot of Swedish Miners. . .Ccmbeelard, Md., Jan. 12. A ueilous riot occurred at the little mining town of Eckhardt to day. In which about 100 drunken Swedes participated. Pistols, knives and stones wen freely used and a number were badly hurt, but no one killed.

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Letter From yie Sunny South by Our Correspondent. -, Dakota's DisplayKansas Iowa yatnral Science A Dig Whale Skeleton, Etc Special Sentinel Letter. I , I'xw Oslxaks, Jan 9. To-day the Sonny South is voted to be c fraud by all Northern visitors, and the city is fail of them, No warm sunshine, no delightful, refreshing breezes nothing but dark, dismal rainy weather. But while all out-doors is so uninviting, tbx xxpcsmos is daily and hourly growing more beautiful, more attractive and nearing a complete 'dieplay of the products of the world. Every day we find new and more inviting displays of man's skill and industry. t The display made by the Territory of ( DAKOTA la enough of itself to pay for a thousand miles tour. If you would like to see a foreet with green grass and beautiful shrubbery, made into a huntsman's paradise by the stately elk, the mountain sheep, mountain lion, lynx, antelope, deer of all kinds and sizes, the cinnamon bear, white buffalo, beaver, otter, wild cat, panther, wolves, badger, dogs, pelicans, loons, turkeys, quails, etc., come to the exposition and lock at Dakota's artificial forest By tte aid of a taxidermist these animals and birds are made to appear as natural as life. Near this park stands a pyramid fifty-five feet high with the great king of birds perched upon its top, surveying the animal and bird show beneath, KASSAS has an exhibit that attracts much attention. Sorghum sugar aa pretty and sweet as the best made from sugar cane is a new industry that will doubtless exert a very favorable influence on the agricultural interests of Western States, where that species of com grows luxuriently. The silk cocoons in tfc Kansas exhibit are the largest I saw, and ui enterprising gentleman in Silkville ia making this raw silk into beautiful ribbons, thread, and other fabrics. The exhibit of fruits and vegetables, dried by the evaporating process which retains all the strength and flavor of the original, is quite a success in Kansas. There are new industries which demand careful study from all farmers, fruit growers and gardeners. If our farmers can have sew and better methods of transforming the crude products ef their farms into articles that will become more valuable, and can be preserved for a greater length of time, they nave certainly gained an important point in the direction of better profits and euccecs. FLORIDA has an exhibit of spinners of jute raiaed on ber candy soil, thstehows a possibility for a new induatry in that State that will add greatly to ber prosperity, as she needs something besides oranges, bananas, pineapples and other fruits. Jute is now being used largely in making many of the finest fabrics. The city of Dund ;e, in Scotland, uses f W,SVUU VI It SUUUSllJ. A. MJU I 'J IUO acre is an average creo and it sells as high aa f 150 per ton. IOWA in her educational exhibit, excels anything I have seen so far in the way oi an educational display. The State exercises in the primary department is strickingly meritorious and worthy of imitation in other schools. The inventive drawings by children of six J'ears of age is very remarkable,' and calcuated to advance their education in several directions. The specimens of penmanship and drawings combined, from the Barlington schools of the third grade, are very creditable. Drawing seems to receive 'more than ordinary attention in the Iowa schools. Theschools are fully represented from the primary department up to the higheet branceea in the University. Professor T.H. Hciiride, of the State University, is in charge of theexhibit, WABD'S 5ATIKAL SCIIXCB XXHIBIT. This ia the largest privat exhibit in theWorld's Exposition, and is intensely interesting to all students of zoology, p&lxontolcgy, anthropology, mineralogy, ethnology and all the other ciogies iu natural science. These specimens are from Ward's great establishment in natural science of Eochester, X. Y. He has many specimens that are. new -which he has lately collected himself in hia travels through fcr?fern countries. To illustrate the anthropoid type he has a family of ourang-outangs from Borneo, in their native forest, feeding on th fruit of tho dnrion tree, which li well represented. Of the extinct animals there is a splendid exhibit, The representation of the great mammoth found imbedded in the ice in Siberia, which had no doubt .lain there thousands ef years, preserved by the intense cold, is a great curiosity. It is covered witk lens black hair, and the tusks are immense. It is sixteen and a half feet high, and twenty-six feet from tail to point of tnsks. Mr. Ward went to 6L Petersburg and made an exact copy of the original specimen. The Japan crab is a monster, having a rpreaa oi leet. The South African ostriches were found there by Mr. Ward himself. The Irish elk is the largest known, having a spread of horns IDs feet, The skeleton of his great whale is &o feet in length, and has in ita mouth the baleen through which the wcter Is strained so that the animal can get the animalculse upon which it feeds. The mmeralcgical cabinet Is probably the most complete in America, showing specimens from all parts of the known world. The Stiilite, from the Tyrol ; the Hämatome, from Scotland, and the Natrobite, of New Jersey, may be eeen in perfection. The Stibirite, from Japan, is a beauty, and ia the only one ever brought to this country. Meteoric iron and stones are profusely represented. That beautiful precious stone, the lapis lazuli, from Chili, may be eeen in this collection. AH the celebrated diamonds and their values may be seen correctly represented. Every known fossil from the lowest acicula up the highest formations are in the collection. Mr. Ward is a firm believer in evolution, still he does not deny the truth of the Bible except on that point, Naturalists aro very prone to doubt the truth of the Bible, as geologists, anatomists and physiologists used to be. But after these scientists learned more of the laws which preside over the earth's formations and the animal economy, most of them have abandoned infidelity and become firm believers in the divine origin of the Bible. They now find a beautiful harmony between the laws of nature and revealed law, as must of necessity be as they are both divine. But the question ot evolution is not settled yet by any means. Books eroujh have been written for and against this new doctrine to fill up ene entire page of tbe Sentinel to give the titles only, and still the discussion goes on with lgnr and determination. Professor Ward's i.atnral Ecience establishment In Rochester, N. Y., is the largest of ;tbe kind in the world, and he supplies universities, colleges and other schools all over the land. He has agents in all countries collecting TuateriiV for the ga; enterprise, A. Tattos.