Indiana State Sentinel, Volume 31, Number 3, Indianapolis, Marion County, 18 February 1885 — Page 1

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LEFROsT OF TBE JEWS. A Wild. Barotus Itch, that Strikes With a Thousand rUtcinc Itching eedles. EriTos ALwri, Pa., Cam- I wtsh to say tou.ethig in pra;se of that raluable medicine, loticur. Lieh I mw advertise! ia your papar. 1 have hal te old leprosy, of which yea read ia tte Bib'e, where tee Jes first eot it among them, and divl not mow how to cure it. It tas many ether EugLsb names, I have tad it Oj my body for over sixty yean No doctor cculd tell me ti;iiki, tud probably I uecer would Lave known bsd I tot seen tue advertiserrie it in your va. uatiopaper. list it is a scay aection of the ii.n. r.txt it looks like barnacles on a vessel's t-ctiom. or an old log that ta laid in the water for a Ion time, ted ;un the saiae In ray feet, anfes anl eitow, and by tatfeg a mlcroscone and loo ire a; me it loots worse. Ia other words, e will caü It ichthyosis, or sa-skin : then comes cu wcat 1 fill tbe w'.,d burning itch, that will mike you with a ttousand electric itchy needles. You Cfea net teil WHEEE TO SCB1TCH FIRST. You tntn bare to ran out into tie open air to get relierei. Wfcy, It :a dreadiu:, aril caving to ic any em! neu; doctors ana none mowiog what to do for you: but 1 have round the iost treasure at lam. it did ntt take twe spoonfuls of the tut c IT Reblvent betöre it tooi tr.t burning itch ty tte throat and bid tiiem to bold orL and it is oa. Uysals becoming softer, my hair is beci&Sng oft and stiiy, and I then got to ualn extern! applications uticura coap and anoint the par.s with tiuticura. If tee toousauis knew toe gtMjCnera of this meücine as I do, tüey would lot te twenty four tours without It It is not eniy sdapted to tcy oise b".t to ail oirers, and if Lj-jr.e.d;stelieves thislethia "too cct door to tte Iczan House here, tae my m.crcipe and ce for himself. Joeih V. RliEY. Eo.l2ysbur,, Fa., Nov. 12. AOONIZISÜTlTCHIITO Arid tsrnine; skin diseases instantly relieved by h wna bath with :ut:cu:a eoap aud asingie appl. anon of Cutictira, the great sin cire. This repeated daily, with two or tnree doses of Outicura heol vent, the new tlood puriSer, to keep tbe blood cool. re perspiration pure and unirritating. tee beweis open, tie l;er and Sidneys aitive, will speedily cure Eczema, Tetter, Riczworm. Pioriasta. Lichen. rrurit. Scall Heal. rD'inrT, and every species of Iceiiiu, Ecaly. and Pimply Humors of the Scaln and Siin, when ibe best physicians and all ksova remedies fail, fold everywhere. CrrtcrRa, W cents. Soap, 25 cents. Resolvent, II. Poma L'tta asd CüEiiicjl( 0., EoKton, Maas. Fetter Drnj and Chemical Co., Boston TUTTS "THE OLD RELIABLE-" 25 YEARS IN USE. Tlw Grectert Kedical TritiTcph, of the Ag Indorsed all over the Vor!d SYMPTOMS OF A rORPID LIVER. L?ssofappetite. Nausea, bowels co&ti7e.Painin the Head-with a dull seit satiöajn the back partt Pain nnde? the shoulder blade, fullness after e at irg, with a disinclination to exertioq oi oody or mind, Iiritability of temp er, Lopirits,Lossof memory ;,"with a feeligihavingeglceedsoma djtty, weariness. Dizziness, Flatter irg of the Heartt Dots before the eyes, rr.TLi-HfradaeheiReFtlessnesj night, highly, colored Urine. U THISE WAHNIX G3 A2E UNHEEDED, eix::z3 zt:ziz3 tiil zz:s es sivzlc?m. TUirS FILLS are epecially adapted tc ach cases, on dose eilVct auch n thang cf feelir as to astonisli the sufferer. Thev I ncrf the Appetite, and canse Uebödy to Tak -';ech, thus tiie sys tn i9 nourished, ami by their Tonio Action on the I'eesti e Organs. Jttgalr Hlom nrw rr-Hlv:pl. Price 8.5 ffnti. TUTTS mm DYE. Gsat HiRorWuisKK3 chanppil to a Gio'st Blak by a-single application o: tii ITE. It imparts a narnr:M color, sets i9tantaneons!y. Sold by Ln:gjial, o' c.x bv express on receipt of Si. ttffce(-44 Murra St.. New Ycrit. A SLUßIX(; SINGER. War Between lu Member of a Charch Choir. Se-s York, Ftb n.-lae strangle iu Kast Twenty-ninth street on Thursday niht in whica three pistol sao'i were fired was b etween t wo members of the volunteer choir of St Stephen's Roman CaCoL'c Church. Tbe man who was wonnded is Inward O'Flaherty. The man who shot him is Eigene A. Johnson. O'Flaherty was shot in the Wt le? just above the knee. Mr. Johnson to-day s i'! be wanted to teU his story of the shootirf : "O'Flaherty and I," sail he, "sing basso in tie cLoir. The trouble betweea ns begaa ia the taring of 153. Tbe choir went to the house of tie contralto, Miss Manier, ia Thirty-fourth t reel, to rehearse the Lister music. While we wtre singlnir, O'Flaherty put his hands to his em aid looked at me. as if to say that I was singing oit of tune. I told him that he ouzht not to treat ve mat way before others. After that we did not rvak until we met at a ball, six months later. "The following tiunday we had another quarrel. Cm Sunday, February 1, while we were singles high mass, 1 spoke to a new mem Der of tbe their whom X bad introduced. O'Flaherty tcld us te keep still as he wished to prsy. I paid he oorht sot to nd faulr, as he frequently talked himsel'. replied that be would like to see me f-;t'de and have an explanation. 1 offered to go out with him at oac?, but be v-uid not go. I knew he meant violence. So 1 1 er that I carried a pistol In my pocket. On nurday evening lat the choir met to rehearse a i w anthem. At 9:15 o'clock, when the rehearsal Wis over, O'Flaherty hurried outside and waited i r ire. 1 expxeted trouble. As I reached the dewa'.k he came up to me. I said: '1 suppose jru would like to have a talk; let's walk to the fn.er.' 'Yes,' he replied. 'I've a good mind to tUe you a thumping. You've insulted me f-ir or five times, and yoa must come oat in the street and Cent.' Tien be s'rack me with his fin on tbe left temple and I struck back. lie threw his arms sround my neck and we clinched. He Hi much bigger man than I, and I did not pro po-e. to be whipped. I drew my pistol. He raobed It. but I wrenched it awsy. He retreated about tweWe steps while I was cocking the pistol. I aimed at him and fired. He advanced a step toward me and I fired two more shots. Then he clapped his hands oa his knee, and seeing he was hurt I fired no more. Two of the youna lad leu of the choir came from the church and I escorted them home. ' OTlaherty's wound was dressed, and he will be on tin a few days. He decltned to prosecute Johnson, and did not wish to have him srres;ed. He would say nothing aoont the affair, except that he struck Johnson Arn. Jk. Snow Slide In Utah. Pali Lake, Feb. 14. a special from Little Cottonwood, says: At quarter past 8 last night, a now slide swept tbrougn tne mining; camp of Alta, acsiroyins tarce-fourthg of the town ni killing sixtefn persons, including five children. The following ue tbe names of tnone kille.1: Jame Vioii, -Andrew . VVnite, Jersey Reeao. ü ney GUrow, Jiavid P. Van, Tim Maddea, Fred t'u:tman, Jlrs. Ford and chill, Mattie Hickey and four rclldren of d Hallow and two ChlnaConductor Instantly Killed. Oir sts, O.. Feb. 11. The caboose and one er oa the west-boand Fan-Handle freight train j .rrped tJce track eight miles tan of the city, thia evening. Conductor Richard T. Sheridan, of Co- : irr.fi, waa instantly allied by jumping from tbe trait.

STOCK MYSTERIES.

Au Explanation of the Manner In Which Prices or Motk Are Maneuvered by Brokers. Fears of Another Saow ElockalQ Entertained in Chicago L.lka That of Last Weefc. HOW STOCKS ARE B JOS ED, And Bow the Big Hpecclator to Wall Street Unloads oa the Ldttle Oaes. New Yoek, Feb. 14 To those who watch the Wall street fluctuations ia steck, and wonder abont the causes, ta'.a week's quotations meat have been mystifying. Spsating generally, it may be said that tbere are cot more than a roaad dozen men who are able to be controllers of ths changeful riares and even they sometimes fail ia their attempts. Their naaies begin with Gould and include Sage, Mills. WoerrishWer, Cammack and Vn.lsrbi!t. The ena'Ier operators are gamblers pare and simple, with no power tor manipulation. Darin? this week the processes of Block boom aad depression bava been in unusual use, and it is a goad time to explain them. The cardinal principle is the dissemination of mibleadicgratnars. Screcy ia the second doctrine, uite as often as not Mr. Gould does not treat more than one agf nt in a movement, and it is not until the sct'yity has been increased by the renewal to or three times of his order to bay and tl a big lot that he begins to work his wires. There are in Wall street halfadozon agercfea for the distribution ol" news They send oat every hour printed sheets like small newspapers, or manifold copies of tbtir information. These agencies are then med by Gould ta put his information before the public. It runs something like this, as the Union Pacific deal begins to develop: "The recent activity in Union Pacific is attributed to bayiDs; by Mr. Goatd. II friends E8y he is veiy bnllith oa the stack whose earnings for tne six months just ending will show a very large increase." A half tour later this announcement is made: ''Some of the largest capitalists in the street are with Mr. Gould in the Un on Pacific deal, and very mach higher prices are predicted for the stock." Then cornea something like this: '"The January earnings of Union Pacific show au ecormous inert ate over those of a year ago, and they justify the predicted increase in tbe March dividend. Friends of the road say that it never was eo prosperous " Then it ia that the average soecnlator begins to wonder whether he l not better DTjy a little Union Pacific, or increase his holding if be baa bought, and while he contemplates in rushes a wide awake youns man waving a slip of paper about the sizs of any ordinary bank check, shouting: "Sell yon a put on Union Pacific for thirty davs, 100sta-f8 90for$125. The stock just sold for VI. Cteanert put you ever saw, Stoned by Sage. 100." This announcement simply means that Sage will insure any one who will give him $12ö agiinst less from the decline of Union Pacific below 90 dnrir g the next thirty days. It ia pretty conclusive proof that Sage believes that Union Pacific ii to advance. Just then another news agency slip is handed in. It says: "Instead ol an increa-e in the rf gplar March dividend of the Union Pacific Road it is now said that there will be a t?ck or a scrip dividend of al out 20 per cent Mr. GouJd is very much annoyed because this inforaation has been public before he aid his friends have acquired all tbe stock they wanted. It is evident that there is to be a gieat rise in the stock." And to all day long flows the news in a dczen different ways that Union Pacific is to becm. The pat and call brokers carry it from office to otBce. The newspaper financial articles all discus it. The stock is very ctive in tbe exchange and is advancing. It looks as though it would never stop grfag no- Everybody who speculates at length has purobased. If he did not get in at the beginning of the deal he is sure to at the end. If he did not believe the stories abont the magnificent prospects of Union Pacific when they first came out, he is sure to now, for they have been reiterated hourly from the r it. The stock has advanced from 91 to 15. The reports are that it will gi to 105 or 110. Tbe reports have all proved true thos lar, whv should they not prove true hereafter? So he buys. Tbe stock holds veiy firm fcr a day or two, but does not alvanc any n ore. The good news begins to fall off. The put and-cV.l brokers are offering privileges on some other stock. Nothing more is beard c fan extra dividend. The price begins to decline. Now it is 91. now 93?, now UVI. now 93 "What's the matter with Union Pacific?" cry the specalators ia alarm. "Oh, GouM is unloading," say the bears. The speculators rush to get oat. Down goes the market under their offerings. They have sold at a loss. Gould bus unloaded on them. He had sold them tbe stock tbey bought at 95, and ten to one he buys it back of them when they nnloai at ! 3 or 92J. And so the Wall street game toes oi year in and year out. It is a losing tame every time for the beginner, and usaaiiy for the veteran speculator. ANOTHER BLOCKADE FEARED. A Storm Prevailing: In the Same Sections and of Mach of the Same Charac ter of Last Week. Chicago, III., Feb. 15. A driving snow storm prevailed here nearly all day, ceasing this evening after darkness had set in. The snow was fine, moist and clinging, and drifted badly before the strong north wind. Trains coming in to night are delayed, and fears are expressed in tke present condition of affairs, with sncu vast quantities of snow piled up along the tracks.the blockade of last week will be renewed to-morrow, unless the wind slackens. Advices received are to the effect that the storm is of much the same character and extent as that of one week ago. There is a fierce jlizzird in Iowa. Snow baa fallen daring the most of the day in Wisconsin, Illinois and Indiana. ' The heaviest snow storm seems to have fallen in central and southern Illinois, and trains are reported as laboring heavily or entirelv abandoned in that section. Itain is reported in southern Ohio and warmer weather ia the South and East. Mercury Down to Thirty. five Degrees Belew Zero Travel Impeded by Snow. Chicago. Feb. 16. The weather here today, and throughout the Northwest generally, ia again intensely cold. At 8 o'clock this morning, in Chicago, the mercury Indicated fifteen decrees below zero, Xhe weather is clear, bat the air la filled W-AiL. tie particles of snow that are being blown around by the keen wind which prevails. Trains yesterday were somewhat delayed by the enow, bat the situation is not regarded

as serious by railway men who have been seen to day. All east and west bound trains are starting out ou time Southeastern lie s are subjected to delay. The prospect is r ot encouraging for vrarmer weather. Storm eienals are flying ana a farther drop of tbe demurs is predicted. At Omaha it is 133 below, at St. Paul 103 below, at Des Moines löJ below, at Dubuque ls below, at Fargj, D. T., -V below, at Jamestown 35 below, and at Winnipeg 31 below. Further ar d later inquiries develop the fact that the Chicago and Alton, and Loaiaviile, Sew Albauy aad Chiciip and several smaller lines are blockaded. The former sent cut one train at noon, but there is litt'.e hope of being able to et it through. The grand trunk refuted consignments cf freight this morninr. Tbe chief trouble ia south acl southwest. Trains from the west and north are nearly on time. Coal Famine ia Chicago. Chicago, Feb. 1C Taere is a coal famine in Chicago, owing to tbe heavy snows of the past two weeks, which have blockaded the railroads in all directions. The supply of soft ccal here has reached a very low eb. Tbe sppply of hard coal is ample, but only a small portion of tue quhntity of coal consumed in Cbfoao.o is cf that description. The worst satferir is amont; the poor. The county a Rent has been utterly unable to meet the demands roade upon him yesterday and to day. The eeriousnres of the position is best presented In the following statements ms.de by a leidirg tiea'er in soft coal: There his not been

I for ten years scch a scarcity of soft coal as at r ment, Döring the last ten days tbere his been virtually no coal received in tbe city, and the accumulat'ons l.at were on band at the commencement of this blockade are now completely exhausted. Tbe great bulk cf the volume of soft coal that ccruea here is customarily used immediately after arrivaL It is Impract'caV.e in view of the ruancer in which Bof t coal is handled to carry any considerable s toe It at ore time. Hail way consumption alone takes u3 immense tonnage of soft coal, and then cur manufacturing interests all require erormous quantities. Outside of the manufacturing demand, all oar large building Liecks are heated by steam.to produce which soft coal ii exclusively used. Railways, n? annfacturing establishments and public r cüdiDge seldom keep mcrethan one or two dojs' stock on hand. Thus itorm visitation has caused a general paralysis in the movement of trains, and there arc several hundred car leads in the city ou the inside trscks which arrived during the Gloria and are snowed in, and which can not probably be moved for several days. These cars are not approacced by teams and consequently, so far as delivering is concerned, might a well be in Pennsylvania. Along the Atlantis Coast. New York, Feb. IC A heavy rain storm here to day gave place to a wind storm iu the evening. Daring the day Theodore Ernst was blown from the roof of 14S Franklin street, and killed. William Howe, a cartman, and Samuel Walters, were fatally injured by a flyirg sign. An iron shatter of the new Mortimer bailding fell on the roof of the Stock Exchange and made a large bole. Snow and rain prevailed along the Hudson Paver, and north of PoughkeepMe a train was blockaded by the saow. The Hndaon and other rivers in the State rcse very hiah and much damage waa done. The storm is very severealang the Atlantis cosst. At Atlantic City, N. J., $30.000 damage waa done. Cape May reports a fearful storm swept the coast last night, and this morning a portion of the stone bulwark was sent flying across tbe drive by the raaing surf and storm. At Wilmington, Del , Mary McCafferty was drowned in attempting tq cress Squirrel Ran. The streets at this place were flooded. Similar reports are made from other places. Bnow Bound. Kaskakee, III., Feb. 16 A passenger train West bound on the Cincinnati, Indianapolis, St. Louis and Chicago Railroad, is enow bound In ten feet of snow east ot St. Anne. The West bound passenger is held at Kankakee. A relief crew is stuck in tbe snow near SU Anne. Illinois Central trains are four hours late. Worst Storm of the Season. Duckissojt, Dakota, Feb. 16. The worst storm of the winter has been raging all day. It is snowing hard and drifting badly with the temperature at zero. Trains on the Northern Pacific are all delayed several hours. Reports indicate that the storm extends over hundreds of miles eait aud west of here. Blinding; Storm. ScRASTorr, Pa., Feb. 1G. A blinding snow stxrm began about 5 o'clock this morning. Trains were stopped and in some instances wrecked. Telephone wires were prostrated, and telegraph wires will not work. Evidently Murder and Sclctde. Locisvillc, Ky., Fel'. 15. The CourierJournal's says: Will Adams, a young man twenty six years old, and his sweetheart, Tinie Wilmouth, a pretty girl of eighteen years, were found dead at an early hoar this morning on the railroad one mile west of Shelbyville, Ky. Their bodies were stiff in death and bespattered with blood, aud lay within fifteen feet of each' other. Adams' pistol, a small Smith & We3son, with two empty cartridges, lay between his legs. He evidently mardered the girl and then took his own life. Both were shot in the head, she in the right ear and he in the eye. They walked to Shelbyville early in the night from Mr. William Jesse's, where the girl lived, and on their return are supposed to have sat down on the railroad track at the scene of the tragedy. What took plaoe between them no mortal knows. Two pistol shots were heard about 11 o'clock last night, and tbe dead bodies were found this morning by Mrs. Kent, a near neighbor. A 1 ATTflwej' inaval ssrr ei a TvtoVklw tVtaa rianaa a v v v o 4 Lisa ivl Tf caa iuvauij uo V4 -a9 r.f the tragedy. " A Distressing Accident. Cleveland, O., Feb. IS.a most distressing accident, by whic tw0 men iMt tQeir lives and a boy was severely injured, occurred neate New York, Pennsylyania and Ohio Railroad depot In this city this morning. John and Peter Hoover, brothers, and a son of the former, aged twelve years, were going home from work. In attempting to cross the railroad bridge, on which there is no foot path, they were overtaken by a train, and stepping to the opposite track to escape were ran dowa by a switch engine. John Hoover's body was literally cut to pieces and fragment? strewn about the ground. Peter Hoover's legs were both cat off and one of the boy's arms was crushed. John Hoover died at tbe hospital, and the boy's arm was amputated. Both men leave large families in destitute circumstances. Two Drovers Killed. Pittsburg, Feb. 16. In a collision of stock trains at Conewaugn, on the Pennsylvania Road, yesterday, William Keeler and Joseph tzamp stealing a ride was seriously injured.

WASHINGTON MATTERS.

Civil Service Examinations The Indian Appropriation BUI, Etc. Waseixgto, Feb. 13 Civil service exarnicatiors will be held in the Southwest and South daring March as follows: At Nashville, Thursday, 12; Memphis, Saturday, 14; Little Rock, Tuesday, 17; Jackson, MIs3.. Friday, 20; New Orleans. Monday, 23. These examinations vrll be for departmental service in Washington. The Commission has an inadequate number of names on its eligible register for the States of Arkansas, Mississippi and Louisiana, and persons from tho?e States who pass examinations will, therefore. Lave a better prospect of an early appointment than those from other States, having a larger number on the register. The President has, by executive order, opened to public settlement aitsr May 15, 1!S5, II the lands within tfy Niobrara, or Santee Sionx. Indian reservation, in Nebraska, remaining unallotted to and uuseiected by the Indiana, except such as are cccuplen fcr agency, echool and missionary purposes. Tbe Treasury Department has noticed the Collectors cf Customs at ports on the north frontier that, as the services of a Deputy Collector of Cnstoms at Fremont, O., has been discontinued, vessels with cargoes which are destined to Frernont will have to enttr and clear at Sandusky. The Houee Committee on Invalid Pensions will report favorably the bill providing for an Increase of pension to tbe widow of Genual George H. Thomas to $2,000 a year. The Indian Appropriation bill as reported to the Senate, increases the House bill to 152,000. The committee has struck out all the provisions for the payment of private claims growing out of Indian depredations, bot has substituted a general provision requiring tbe Secretary of the Interior to report at the next session all claims cf this nature, together with such information regsrdicg them as may have been gathered by the agents of the Department. Tbe bill contains a Dew provision, as follows: "To supply fcod and other necessities of life in cases of dielrtES among Indians not having treaty fun da, arising from emergencies net foreseen or otherwise provided for, to be ussi at the discretion of the Tresident; $25.000." The provision for tbe Indian school at Santa Fe is ftricken out and a new provision ia ineertf d for the establishment of a school in Colorado for the Utes, and' $10,000 is appropriated for the construction of an Indian school at Albuquerque, N. Mex. The feature cf tbe House bill, prohibiting nnder heavy penalties the sale of firearms to the Indiana; that of amending the statutes and the resolution against selling spirituous liquors to the Indians; that autnorizing the President to open negotiations with the Creeks, Beminoles and Cberokees for the purpose of opening to settlement the Oklahoma country, and that which anbjects Indians charged with the commission of crimes against person or property to the laws ot the Territory where the act is alleged to hare been committed are struck out. fhe Acting Postmaster General trans mitted to Congress a letter to himself from tte Attorney General setting forth the desirability of securing the postal records of the confederacy for use in the settlement of claims presented by parties who carried tbe mail in the South in anti-war times, and hose accounts had not been adjusted at the outbreak of hostilities. The Secretary of the Interior disbarred from practice as attorney John McLean, of Rookston, 111. Venezolea 'Awards Sott to Prevent the Publication of tbe Letters of Andrew Jackson. Washisgtos, Feb. 16. At a meeting of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, a report was adopted affirming the action of the last Congress in withdrawing the awards of the Yenczuleaa Commissioner tainted with fraud, and recommending tbe adoption of the resolutions providing tor the appointment of a new Commissioner. A resolution was also adopted asking the President to urge in every proper way the settlement ot the claim of William J. Hale against the Argentine Republic. The claim arises out of the alleged ill-treatment ot Hale and family while in the Republic. Representative Deuster was instructed to favorably report his joint resolution introduced at the beginning of the first session of the present Congress, requesting the President to take the necessary steps, toward negotiating a treaty with the German Empire to secure more liberal and just provisions in reference to the respective rights of citizens, native born or naturalized, of the United States and the German Empire. Representative Buckner to-day introduced a bill to prevent the fraudulent mutilation of the paper circulation of the United States. It provides that persons guilty of mutilating notes with fraudulent intent shall, on conviction, be fined not mors than f 1,000 or be imprisoned not more than three years, or both, In the discretion of the Court An effort made to day to verify the statement that Senator Pendleton had written a letter to the President-elect strongly favoring Judge Thurm an for the Cabinet, resulted in the discovery that no such letter had been written and none contemplated. Mr. Randall signified his intention in trying to pass, under a suspension of the rules, during the last six days of the session, tbe Edmunds bill passed by the Senate for tbe retirement of General Grant, which gives the President authority to place a general of the army on the retired list without specifying names. This is the bill the President desires to have passed. Colonel Andrew Jackson, a grandson of the late President, and Reverend Jackson, who resides at the Hermitage, to-day took out letters of administration on the estate ot his grandftthjrv and immediately through his solicit j0hn Paul Jones and Robert Laes, entered a bill of equity, setting forth that the widow of the late Hon. Montgomery Klair and her son, Woodbury Blair, now have possession of and claim to own a large number of very vamaoie papers relating to the public and private life of General Jackson, and praying an inianc. tion against defendants to prevent them from disposing of or publishing any of said papers. It is stated the?e papers were placed in the hands of Amos Kendall in 1813 with a view to the publication of a biography of General Jackson, which he (Kendall) 'had undertaken to write. The papers were lost . fer many years, and were found by Colonel W. Q. Saweh, of Kentucky, in 1870, subsequent to the death of Kendall, when they were placed in the hands of Montgomery Blair "for safe keeping," as Colonel Jackson alleges in his bill. Representative Blair, however, claims tbe papers were given to Francis P. XWair, Sr., by General Jacksoa, and it is upon this question that the suit jost instituted will probably turn. The bill also prays for the appointment of a Receiver pending litigation. Colonel Jacksoa has retained Senators Harris, of Tennessee, and Voorhees. of Indiana, and Representative Caldwell as counsel in the case. Representative English to-day Introduced a bill authorizing the donation of the United States Arsenal building and grounds at Indianapolis to the State of Indiana, to be used

as a State University, the object being to provide for the removal of the university now located at Bloomingtontolndianaool's An amendment was to-day proposed by Senator Morgan to the Silver Coinage bill. It takes out the present provision for the suspension of tbe coir age of silver dollars, aud authorizes the President, on and after the 1st of April, 1S85, and in any succeeding month until the let of April, 1SS0, to direct the Secretary cf the Treasury to suspend, in whole or in part, the pflechase of silver bullion tor the coin s u -j of standard dollars. Ex-Vice President Hamlin, who is here to attend the dedication of the Washington Monument, said to day that only nine men are cow living who were members of the Senate in 1S4S, when that body attended the laying of the corner-stone of the monument. There are Yuelee, cf Florida; George W. Jones, of Nevada; Eradbury and Hamlin, of Maine; Fitz, of Michigan; Davis, of Mississippi; Atchison, of Missouri; Simon Cameron, of Pennsylvania, and Hunter, of Virginia. TUE SHORT-PHELIX CASF.

An Examination Before Jastlce Patterson at the Tombs The Case Adjourned to Next Saturday. SewYokk, Feb. 1. Tte examination ia tho Short-Fielan case began to-day by Justice Patterson at the Tombs. The court was filled by spectators. Captain Phelan's aim still huag ia a elms. Tte Police Sergeant took charge of the Captain's revolver, which Phelan carried la his pocket. Short came in later accompanied by his counsel. He looked a trifle pale. The prosecution called Phelan to the witness stand. After being iwtro, he said in respoa e to the questions of his counsel: "My name is Thomas Phelan and I live tn Kansas City. On" the 9:h of January I was sitting in O'Uonovan Rossa's othce with my leit side to the table and rcy back to the door. Richard hort came in with a long kniia in a is band and said, "Now I have got you, and then he plunged the knife into my breast. e then pulled it out and t tuck It into my neck. I tried to get away from him by running taoand the table, but be managed to trite me three times. Two men, who were in the room, ran cut and tried to escape. I got out at length and made my way to the street, I bacaxne acquainted with Short last July." On cross examination Phelan said : "I have resided in Kansas City twenty eight years, with the exception of the time I was in the army, and the three years in lived in Washington. 1 took a thrce-montris trip abroad In 1S?3. I visited Ire land England and Wales. I landed at Queenstown, and from there I went to Cork, I did not meet any person I knew at either ol there places. I never was in tbe employ of the British Government. I never made the acquaintance of a ay government officers while abroad. I nad a conversation with a British detective, but I didn't know he waa a British detective until alter he leit my hotel. At this point the counsel for the prosecution objected to the scope of the cross examination, and rugeested tt be confined only to the assault on Phelan. The Court decided the examination must te confined to the evidence ot the defense of witness. The cross-examination continued. He said, I came to New York last January for two purpose, one to visit my sister, Mrs. Levy, at Northampton, Mass., and to explain to certain persons an article in the "Kansas City Journal," 1 had a talk with Kearney about the article, and my purpose in coming here. 11 had told ma the boys down to the office were aagry with me for talkinz to reporters la the way the article represented I did. He also said something abont an article in O' Donovan Rossa's paper. I told him no man could publish a lie without my bringing him to an account for It. W hen I went down to Rossa's office I bad my little boy's revolver with me. I placed it In my overcoat pocket. I lon'tknow whether it waa loaded or sot. 1 have been arrested twice in Kansas Clty-once for tearing down, on St, Patrick's Day, a picture in a store representing Irishmen aa apes, and the second time for earrj lng concealed weapons. i was ccarsea once witn stabbing a man named Trout Norton. I did not boast about this a rial r or say I would do It again if anybody insulted ice. The article In the Kansas City Journal did not call me an informer; it said I gave the information that dynamite was concealed in the Queen. I gave that Information, and would do it again under similar circumstances. It ia true to a certain extent that an English detective got into m'yst tr .tidence. I told him my name and where I came from and where I was going. The reason I U6ed Kearney's name and told what he had said and done was because he openly boasted ot what he had done in England. The defense then asked an adjournment until Saturday next and the request was granted. Captain Phelsn afterward denounced the adjourn ment as unjust. He said it cost htm loss of time and money. MISS VOORHEES' GERM1N. A Pleasant and Charming; Affair. Special to the Sentinel. Washington, Feb. 14. To-day's local papers speak of the gennan given at Senator Voorhees' residence, last night, with enthusiastic praise. One of them says: "One of the handsomest private germans of the season was that of Miss Voorhees, daughter of the Senator from Indiana, last evening, invitations for which had been Issued over two weeks ago. Mrs. Voorhees and the wife of her son assisted the young hostess la receiving her Ruests, and a little before 10 o'clock the german began, led by Lieutenant Lemly and Miss Voorhees. The whole parlor floor of the house was reserved for dancing. Mrs. Voorhees and Mrs. General aberldan presided over the favor table, and General Sheridan also occupied a seat there, apparently taking an active interest in the distribution of the beautiful favors, which consisted of various useful little trinketsbronze match boxes, pocket-books, satchel oaes, tambourines, flags and rosettes. One pleasing feature of the german was the arrangement of a figure, on which every lady and gentleman kept biaand her own favor, flags, ribbons and streamers having been provided for as mementoes of the occasion, containing date of party, ao that at the beginning every participant had at least one favor. Another commendable feature of tbe occasion was the serving of supper, on second floor, by attendants to guests, wno were seated at numerous small tables a happy Innovation upon the general custom of rush and scramble by guests in the supper-room, which has so often marred some of tte large entertainments this season. In every respect MUs Voorhees' german was a brilliant success, and will long be held in pleasing remembrance by their guests, each of whom, iu the last figure, which occurred after midnight, received a handsome valentine to specially commemorate the occasion, a Excited Over a. Farmer's Discovery of OIL Pap.kep.sbl p.g, Feb. 14. The quiet and staid people of this borough and viclaity have been thrown Into a fever of excitement by the report that oil has been struck on the farm of J. G. Ellis, in Eadsbury Township. Mr. Ellis recently bought the property from the Elackemore estate. One day last week he found a substance closely resembling oil ooxiug from the ground and covering tbe surface of tbe small stream in his place. Be took a quantity of the oily matter to Philadelphia and hid an oil expert examine the sample. Tbe result was tbat Mr. Eiiis was informed tbat he bad a very excellent quality of oil. He then placed himself in communication with the Tidewater Oil Company, who sent experts to tbe larm, and, after a careful examination, made a proposition to lease the land tor tbe term of ten years. The offer was promptly accepted by Mr.lFdiia. The same company have leased lands from Andrew Dick, Hon. K. E. Monaghan. exClerk of Courts Edward Falst, . Blackburn. Robert Owen and John Patrick, the entire leased tract being about 1,200 acres. Fxperts say that the geological condition of the locality is much the same as that of the noted oil regions of Biadtord. A r timber of test wella are to be sunk, and some (15,000 will be expended in developing the new oil region. The lands are In Sadsbury and West 8adsbury. alone the line of tbe Lncttster pike, and but a bort distance fromi the Pennsylvania Railroad. Some six miles away, separated from the oil lands, are the pipes of the Tidewater and Standard Oil Companies, but tbe experts aay tbat even if tbere bad been a barst ta the pipes it could not have produced tbe laree flow of oil developed on the farm of Mr. alone. A Pioneer Glass Worker Gone. BF.Li.Aisr., 0., Feh. li.-James Heburn, manager of Bella ire Window Glass Works, and one of the pioneer glasamakers in this country, died last nigt in his seventy-third year, lie is the originator of the reviving stone flattening over, and worked at blowing when blowers were required to mix. flatten and cut their own glass, now repmtnUiig loui separate tiades,

LUNATICS CREMATED.

Another Horrible Incineration of the Demented Inmates of a Lunatic Asjlnm. BtimXG BEDLAM. Twenty-Eight Lnnittica ferlab la tbe Aay. lam Fire at Phlladelphla-Pltifal Scenes Enacted. Ph ilatelphia, Fei. 13. A large number of lunatics perished in last night's re in the Insane Department of the Alms House. There was no f re alarm at the Alms House, and the attendants on duty when the fire broke out were so busy endeavoring to save the inmates that an alarm was not sounded until after the fire was discovered. The fire was first seen in a room used for drying clothes. The flames shot up an open space surrounding a small stairway and very quickly broke through the roof. When the fire patrol reached the alms house they found the fire burning fiercely, but ran into the house to assist in saving the inmates. When the firemen arrived their movements were greatly hampered by the inadequate eapply of water. Nearly all the lives were lost in the immediate neighborhood of the stairway at th foot of which the fire started. No lives were lost among the occupants of the first floor, and not more than hal f a dozen of those on the second. But few of the inmates of the rooms and cells on the third floor, near the junction of the buildintrs, escaped. When the fire broke out William Strange, John Hajes, Thomas Kane and Joseph Schroder were the keepers on duty. Mrs. Umatead, the housekeeper, was in the Woman's Department, making her nightly round. Joseph Nudane, a well-minded inmate, was coming down stairs when he saw smoke. He yelled fire acd through the corridores calling on the inmates to save themselves. Strange, Kane, Shroder and Nudane sat about liberating the insane people. Help came from the half hundred able-bodied paupers who act as night firemen in the engine house. On the third floor near where the fire started, the rescuers were driven back by the intense heat and smoke. In the violent ward, where forty-five inmates were confined, it was feared that all were lost, but most of them were rescued. The occupants of the nineteen cells in Waid M, near where the fire first started, are all supposed to have oeen suffocated or burned to death, with the exception of those wbo were rescued by the firemen. Philapelhia, Feb. 1211 a. m. The fire of last night at the Alms House entirely destroyed that portion of the institution set apart for tbe inane. Of the CS4 lunatics confined there many are still missing, but it is thought most of them wandered away. At 9. o'clock this morning two more charred bodies were found in Ward No. 2. They had been roasted beyond all recognition. Several human forms can be seen in the burning wreck in the cellar. It is now thought twenty-eight of the inmates perished. During the night many insane persons were fonnd wandering in different parts of the city, some nearly naked. The poor creatures generally seemed unable to understand the situation, and in some cases begged their captors piteothly not to throw them into the riven Others seemed to take it as a good joke, and laughed gleefully when the subject of fire was mentioned. Another came fiying down South street early this morning with a maiacle attached to his wrist and a few links of chain dangling from iL He shrieked and laughed as he struck right and left among the frightened people. It was found necessary to use violence and kneck him down before he could be secured. Another madman caured a panic in a street car by rushing in half clad and with his face scorched add blackened. He sank cowering in a corner. It was soon found he was more frightened than those who ran away. The report that the streets were full of escaped maniacs caused muci alarm in West Philadelphia, and strangers look upon each other with much distrust. The firemen are still working at the ruins. They are weary and halt frozen. Each man's helmet and coat appears hard as armor. The search for bodies continues steadily. There appears to have been a great deal of nnnecsssary trouble caused by rotten hose and scarcity in the water supply. To remedy the latter a dozen brawny firemen chopped a hole in the Schuylkill River. Bot wten the hose was introduced the mud and grinding bits of ice split the leather, and the attempt was a failure. The confusion about the ruins and the craftiness of the insane people in secreting themselves, the promiscuous manner in which they are being cared for and the utter weariness of all wbo have had them in charge prevents a correet estimate being made of the loss of life and property. EXTRA SESSION PROBABLE. It la Thought an Extra Session is 8 are. Special to the SeatineL Washikgtok, Feb. 13. There has been a good deal of talk to-day about an extra session of Congress. An impression gets a foothold every time an appropriation bill gets a backset in any way or there is filibustering, that an extra session is inevitable. A gentleman who is excellent authority upon legislative matters approached your correspondent today and said: 'There will be an extra session of Congress as sure as yon are a foot high. I have been here a good many years dabbling in legislation. I seldom get left. It is a matter of business with me. I have Interviewed all of the men who are on the inside of the House affairs, and I tell yon there will be an extra session." "Why," said I, "Mr. Randall, who controls the appropriation, said a few minutes ago that he would have every appropriation bill through both houses inside of two weeks." "Let me give you a pointer," said my wise friend: "Mr. Randall wants an extra session of Congress." "But he would ruin himself with the in coming President if he necessitated an extra session." "It doesn't make any difference what the new President wants; Mr. Randall knows he himself desires an extra session." Later I saw Mr. Randall again, and inti mated that it had been said that he didn't care If there was an extra session. There will be no extra; that'a all there U about it," said Mr. Eandall, firmly. Apparently there has been very little done towards the completion of appropriations during the past ten days, and one thing is very sure : If the work progresses but twice

as rapidly henceforth as it has in the past, an extra session is inevitable. The work must move forward ten times as fast. There is a heavy outside pressure being brought to bear for an extra session. The people workinffor the Bankruptcy, Mexican War Pension, and School and other bills, asd the lobby that is booming the Nlcaraguan and Mexican treaties want an extra session. The citizens here are laboring for it. The men wbo are candidates for office in the next House and quite an element of the members elected for the first time dejElre an extra session. With these Influences operating and the work being so far behind an extra eesuon of Congress will be a dimcult thing to avert.

Letters Addressed to Cleveland at Ttash legt on. Special to the SentlaeL WaEHixGToy, Feb. 13 A few days ago a letter arrived at the city Postoffice here ad dressed to "Hon. Grover Cleveland, Wash ington, D. C." Then another come addressed to "3. Cleveland." The clerks hav- , ing charge of the distribution glanced over the City and Congressional Directories, and failing to find the name, sent both letters to the Postoffice of the House of Representatives. They rested there, and were sent back to tbe city Postoffice. Promptly they went to the Senate Postoffice. Shortly they reappeared at the city PostofSce. The letters were picked up and the di rections examined again. No Grover or G. Cleveland was recorded. In the office is an expert who runs down addresses somewhat after the manner people are located, or addresses are completed, at the Dead-lettter Office. He has all the maps and directories to be found, and can trace almost any address in the United States or Canada. These letters were turned over to him. No sooner did his eagle eye catch the address than he dissected it. "Why," be exclaimed, "thia ia for the Presidentelect. Grover Cleveland' mail is forwarded to New York." The letters were forwarded, and the clerks through whose hands they had passed are the butt of all jeers. Since then a good deal of mail has been received for Mr. Cleveland. It is generally addressed in awkward hand writing, and consists of letters, it is be lieved, from applicants for office and cranks. Dudley' Methods Exposed. Special to the Sentinel. Washibgton, Feb. 13. There was a good deal of surprise expressed by the House Committee on Pensions, Bounty and Back Pay to-day, at the character of the testimony developed in the examination of Chief Comstock, ot the Pension Bareau. Comstock acknowledged that Major Grubbs, in his campaign against Colonel Matson for Congress last fall, was given complete central over the pension cases. He sent to the office, and that Dudley issued orders to make special all claims sent in by Grubbs. Cornstock said it was known geaerally in the office that Grubbs was to be offerded every facility in his campaign, and the order of Dudley was unusual and remarkable. This places a charge that the machinery of the Pension Office was need for partisan purposes in Ohio and Indiana on a solid basis. Chairman Warner says thia order of Dudley's was remarkable and mean, especially since it was issued in the interest of the opposition to Matson, who has been so fair in his dealings with the Pension Office and with the ex-Commissioner personally. A Sanguine Pension Agant. Special to the EentlneL Washikgtos. Feb. 15 "Next winter Congress will pass a law giving every man who served in the Union army a pension," said a leading pension agent to-day. "Are yon sure of that?" I asked. "Quite sure," replied he. "It is business with me, and I am very sure of it," he continued, "How have yoa reached this conclusion?" I asked. "By a canvass of the House and Senate. It has only been a question of time for years when this thing would come to a pass. We are at the threshold of it to day." "How much will the pension be?" "That has been the greatest question in tbe issue. There baa been an almost equal division in the House between ?G andfl a month. Fer a while it looked like the majority wanted to allow ft a month, but if the matter were to come to a climax to-day ? a month would be allowed. When all come in all sound men will receive the same amount. There will be no distinction on account cf rank. Those who will receive Invalid pensions will, of course, be graded the same as now." "Would there not be some Southerners who would vote against a law of this kind?" "I think not," replied the agent. "At least we have found none of them who will. You tee it is a very particular matter with the agents." "Would it injure your business?" "Very much at least for a time. Yon see, it would clear out all those old cases and would open up new books. A certificate of discharge, honorably, or muster-out, would be sufficient to make a good claim under the proposed law, and, of course, agents would not be needed, but we would slill have work in securing increases and working out cases of dependence for widows, parents and children. If this proposition would come up now I think seven eighths of the Senators and members would support it. There are those wbo will press it next winter so that it will pass, sud there ia little doubt of it The increase of pensions and the reconstruction of the navy will, In my judgment, greatly reduce the surplus during the next four years. The party In power will have the credit of this work, too." ' Fatally Shot. Hillsdale, Mich., Feb. 12. Two twelveyear old boys, named Davidson and Parker, of Grosvenor, Linawee County, yesterday, after reading a dime novel, prepared a show Indian. Davidson had a hatchet aud Parker a revolver, which was accidentally discharged, striking Davidson on the forehead, killing hira instantly.