Indiana State Sentinel, Volume 33, Number 16, Indianapolis, Marion County, 18 May 1887 — Page 3

THE INDIANA BTATE BENTINELj WEDNEBDAY MAY 18 1887.

ROBERTSON CRUSHED. J

Hew the Cliimint for the Lieutanint-Gav erxorsiiip Wis Sit Down Up 3a. Tha Republican City Convention of Fort YVajne Refuses to Make II Ira Chairman HU Ingratitude to the Norton Club, To the Editor of the Sentinel: Fokt Wayhk, Ind., May 9. I have failed to cote any account ot a very interesting incident that occurred here at the late republican city convention in Fort Wayne. It was one of the first of the many pins that are commencing to puncture the bubble boomlet that the "martyr" and "accident" Colonel Roberteon, of this city, is so industriously pulling up for himself, alleging there is areat call lor him to be the Republican nominee for Governor in 15S3. In fact, the Colonel Bays that the party must nominate him. Bat to my most true tale: The late Republican city convention, held in Fort Wayne the Saturday evening before last week's city election, was the first one held since the Coloners late grand fiasco in attempting to p'ay Lieutenant-Governor of Indiana. Tte Colonel quietly passed the word to a few trusty henchmen that he would like to and must be the chairman of the convention, lie early entered the Circuit Court room, where it was to convene, and toofc a chair away up in front so as to be handy to assume the duties of presiding ollicer when called on. .Cut, alas, when a delegate tned to place the Colonel in nomination he was not even iven a hearing, but ilr. "Will Wilson, the young chairman of the County Central Committee, was nominated by acclamation. Wilson is a decided anti-Robertson man, and one whom the "martyr" and "accident" reviles niht and day. This was a very decided puncture of the boomlet. but the meet thorough one was to come later. After the various candidates had been noniinated Delegate II. H. Robinson, of the Third Ward, arose and eßered a series of resolutions indorsing the action of Colonel Robertson in his "contest" with Green Smith, and delicately puttinsr the Colonel forward as a "candidate for Governor in 1SSS." But, ala, this was tabled so promptly and by so decisive and practically a unanimous vote that Colonel Robertson's head must have been whirling a cork on an angry sea. This must be the biggest kind of a s'raw to the friends of the "accident" and "martyr" candidate, and shows how the wind is likely to blow in Northern Indiana. Another sad thing I have noticed is the following in the Daily Dispatch, the labar party organ here: "Colonel Robertson evidently does not take much stock in the underhand dealings of the members of the Morton Club. His speech Saturday night made some of them wince." If this is true it is the basest kind of ingratitude en the part of Colonel Robertson, lie is a member of this Morton Club, which ia a high-toned, aristocratic, silkstocking affair, to which none but Republicans are admitted. The Colonel is also one ci the board of directors, and has rejected the application of numbers of honest workingraen to become members. Last winter when he was at Indianapolis, boarding at a high-toned and expensive hotel, the Colonel sent out a rather threatening call for funds to pay expenses, declaring that if the "boodle" was not forthcoming he should throw up the sponge and come home. I nder this call this same Horton Club raised by subscription and cent to the Colonel a draft for $ 120. And now to make it "wince" and speak of its "underhand dealings" is certainly most unkind and has a tendency to hurt the "boomlet.1' A Democrat. MR. WILLIAM O'BRIEN. The Iltinulihel Interviewed Ha Will Mab III First Speech la Montreal. New York, May 10. Mr. William Smith O'Brien, editor of United Ireland, was seen the Botlmon House this morning, and after alluding to a ban! of British loyalists who had tried to make it unpleasant for him on the voyace, ha said: "I can not wait to speak in New York, as mach as I uould wish to. My missioa is to Canada, and I must guard my strength. Besides, they have the rieht first to bear. I shall start for Montreal to-night, and shall make my firit speech there. I hear my Irish friends have been refused every large hall in Alontreai, but that will make no difference, for, if necessary, I shall epeak in the public tquare." "Have you any fears of trouble?" "Not in the least. I go to Canada on a mission popular alike with the Protestant and Catholic, and will set forth the wrongs of the farmers of Ulster a3 forcibly as those of the toilers of the south." "There is no religious question in the matter?" "It is purely one of human justice, I apJtreciate the intended honor of an escort rom the Irishmen of New York, but I have declined it, and shall go to Canada just as a simple traveler on a peaceful errand." Mr. O'Brien emphatically denies that Tamell is sick or suffering from a cancer, and says that the great Irish leader was never better in bis lire, lie further says that the coercion bill will pass, bat that it will react on its promoters, and will certainly be repealed when the obnoxious provisions become more so by enforcement. Speaking of the Parnell letter, of which to much has been said and written, Mr. O'Brien asserted that it was a forgery and a very clumsy one at teat. lie would not By that Figgott Wfu the forger, but he spoke of him as the renegade, and said that it he did cot write the letter he was fully capable of jast such a thing. Mr. O'Brien say 3 that if he gets back from Canada safely, of which he has no doubt, he will spend a week speaking in New York, Philadelphia aid Boston. CONTESTED ELECTION CASES. Several Contestants File Their Complaints With the Clerk ot tha House. WAsniK.;Tox, May 10. The law paraed by the last Congress to regulate congressional election contests allows thirty days after the filing of the certificate of election for the contestee to give notice of contest, thirty dajs for the contestant to reply and ninety days for the taking of testimony, which shall be forwarded to the Clerk of the House without unneces?ary delay. This testimony has been received by the Cierfc of the House in the contested cases of McDu file against Davidson, of Alabama; Worthington as-ainst Post, of Illinois; Lowry against White, of Indiana; Frank against Glover, of Missouri, and Smalls aeainst KUiott, of South Carolina. The time limitation has not yet expired in the New Hampshire case of Ilaynes against McKenzie. In the case of Thebe against Carlisle the period within which the testimony must be taken ended on the 25th ult., but no testimony has yet been received by General Clark, Clerk of the House, General Clark says there may bave been some cause for delay in forwarding the testimony in this case, although he Las not been apprised of any. i m IV K. Vpp. ot Rockville, Kills His Father la Self Defense Other Special. Hock villi. May 10. Last night a fearf al fight and homicide occurred west of RockTllle about three miles, in which one William Morgan was killed by bis son-in-law, William IL, Upp. The particulars are about as follows: Some years ago Mrs. Upp, while ironing, was burned to death by her clothes catching fire from the open heirth. A quarrel then occurred between tile husband and father-in-law aa to the possession of Upp's child, which was vesterday decided by the court inlayftPX Upp, The decision fired rb$

eld man, Morgan, who assailed Upp at the latter's house with a hatchet, cuttine several bad gashes in Upp's head. When resistance availed nothing Upp secured a revolver from a shelf in the house which he used with fatal effect upon Morgan. He came to town late last night and surrendered and is to-day still waiting to ba taken into custody. He is suffering from the wounds of Morgan's hatchet. STATE MILLERS' ASSOCIATION.

A New Stata Organization Effected and Officers Chosen for the First Tear. A meeting of the millers of the State was held at the Grand Hotel yesterday, to consolidate the two organizations of millers heretofore in existence. In June, 1832, a State organization was eCected, but the interest therein waned and another meeting was called in February last and a constitution adopted. Since that time it has been thought test by members of both associations that a consolidation should take place. This was effected yesterday. Mr. Nicholas Kllis, of Evausville, was chosen chairman, and Mr. D. II. P.nck, of this city, secretary. After temporary organization a Committee on Permanent Organization was appointed, which submitted a new constitution, which was adopted. The aim of this State organization is to centralize or give direction to the efforts of local organizations throughout the State. Various matters were discussed, but no definite action was taken on any of them. The subject "Bran-fattening" received a great deal of attention. It is becoming understood generally that bran Is better for stock than any other food, even corn being included. The inter-state commerce bill was discussed at some length. The small millers who live in the country towns were great ia its praises, while the millers of the important cities can not denounce it too fiercely. The matter of forming an älliance with the national organization c! millers was mentioned, but did not meet with much favor. Oilicers for the ensuing year were elected as follows: President Stepben Boyer, of Logansport. Vice-President L.. A. KibJick, Kockport. Secretary and Treasurer 1). II. Knek, of Indianapolis. Directors KIcholfts Kills, EvanBvillo: J. E. Locghry, Monticello: K. U. Thomas. Huntington; M. 8. Blish, Sevmour; William Trow, Madison ; J. V. Vaughn, Wbltestown ; J. R. Caliender, Viccennes: Charles A. Carpenter, Richmond, and L. H. Blanton, Indianapolis. THE SONORA EARTHQUAKE. Farther Details Confirm Their Awful SeverityVolcanic Eroptlong. Ul Tafo, Texas, May 10. Tte details of the awful result of the earthquake in the State of S nora are coming in slowly. Lieutenant Brittan brings startling news of the convulsions west of the Carrolites. The mines are located 110 miles southwest of El Faso, but the greatest destruction occurred 200 mile's southwest of here. Lieutenant Brittan said: "As far as I could learn the entire Carrolites district an! tbe country fcr 200 miles southwest of it were in a constant state of conversion for three days. At tLe first stock myself and several other American and Englishmen sought places of safety on plateaus, but the shacks were so rapid and powerful that we expected every moment to be killed. An active volcano developed ten miles from us, and when I left it was pouring forth a stream of hot water as thick as a man's body. This column of water was thrown thirty feet in t je air, and is impregnated with sulphur and lava. Stones as big as a man's head are forced up with it. Smoke and fumes of sulphur make it difficult to breathe in the vicinity. At Ojo Don Pedro, a town in the vicinity, twenty people were killed and nearly every building destroyed. At Co Owanda, southeast of there, forty families were destroyed. The Mexicans are panic stricken and have given up all ordinary pursuits. There are a number of out ol-the way mining towns m the vicinity that I fear are totally destroyed. The Mexicans are making no attempt to gather the details, and the American miners are the only persons who are trying to get at the facts. Frcm reports coming in it appears that the entire southwestern part of Sonora has been subjected to the teverest shocks. Geysers and volcanosare reported In all parts of the stricken territory." AN OPEN LETTER TO TUE KNIGUTS. Official Circular From General Master Workman Powderly. Tn ii.APELrniA, May 13. An official circular from General Master Workman Powderly, at Omaha, Neb., under date of May 7, and addressed to the order of the Knights of Labor throughout the United States, was received in this city yesterday. In it the general master workman recommends that next 4th of July the members of the order, where there is an assembly in existence, hold demonstrations and celebrations in honor of the birth of a people's Government. "In the line of march and on your stands and public places use only one flag the stars and stripes. Show to the world that no matter where the Knights of Labor citizen was born be respects and honors the United States' flag. Show to the world that we are determined to ilnd out what is wrong in our system of government, and that we are equally as determined to right such wrongs as may exist by peaceful, legitimate means. I desire also that the question of the restoration of the people's lands to the care of the people be discussed. Pass resolutions declaring that the holding ot from 50,000,000 to 00,000,000 acres of the public domain by aliens is sinful and unAmerican. Go further, and demand that the alien landlord shall let go his hold. Pass resolutions declaring that every acre of land acquired by fraud, perjury or chicanery is an acre stolen, and demand that the thief make restitution to the people. Pass resolutions ever to take your eyes off the land until one good, plain, simple, honest law shall govern the holding of land, whether the holder be rich or poor, individual or corporation. Make the land for the people, under the people's laws, the question of tbe day. It was not for air, Bunshine or water alone that our fathers fought; it was for the land, and we must hold this land free from the shark and the speculator, whether native or alien." A Mystery Solved. Maro.cittk, Mich., May 10. Twentyone years ago John Flynn, acred thirtyfive, shut himself up at home with a sister, Mrs. Donohue, and was forgotten. Nine years ago Lawrence Donohue, . son of Plynn's sister, disappeared. Apparently some mystery was connected with the house, which has been closed and the curtains down for years, although occupied by Mia Donohue. Yesterday their City Marshal forced entrance and discovered Flynn, who had not been oat for years, aod learned that Lawrence Donohue was hidden in the same house, although he could not be found. The man ref ased to divulge his hiding place. The woman claims the old man has been in the house twenty years, and her son, Lawrence, had not stepped outside the door for nine years. The old man fought desperately, but was taken to the poor-nouse. He is a pitiable looking object. Probably it ia an insane freak, as no reason is given for the strange action of the two men and the woman. Royalty at the Wild West Show, London, May 11. The Queen, the Marouis of Lorne and Princess Louisa visited the Wild West show this afternoon. The Qufen was pleased with the performance and frequently applauded. Mr. Cody, Ked Shirt and a number ot squaws were intioduced to the Queen. Horsford'a Acid Phosphate. CJIAEMI50 xrncT. Dr. J. R. Schwartz, Uarrlsburg, Fa., says: "I used it in a case of dyspepsia, with charming effect, and im much pleased whit,:

GRITTY HATTIE BENTON.

Adventure of an Arkansas Girl With an Outlaw chief. New York Special. The adventures of Hattie Benton, a girl of sixteen, with a gang of outlaws on the Arkansas River, as detailed in to-day's Sun, proved her bravery to be equal to that of any man living. Soon after the war, while everything was yet in confusion in the South, and especially in the Southwest, Benton moved from Missouri to Arkansas, any settled upon the Arkansas Paver, at a point midway between Pine Ein Ha and Arkansas post. The country was then full of outlaws of all sorts, and robbery, assassination and murder were rife in the lonely sections. Benton lived on the bank of the river and furnished wood to steamboats. Hattie was his only child, and had been accustomed to the wild life of the West since babyhood. The mother was an invalid.jwbo could scarcely leave the house to wait upon herself. The father was a man of fiery temper, and people soon learned that to attempt any love-making with the girl would be pretty certain to end In somebody's death. The three or four gallants who came sighing about were made to wait the plank, and in time it came to be known along the river that the old man Benton looked upon his daughter as too good a match for anyone in those parts. Then it was that outlaw Jack Cummerford sent the old man a message that he was coming to make Hattie his wife. The fellow was proprietor of a floating whisky shanty, and had two or three hard cases constantly with him. While there was no question that this crew were guilty of stealing and robbing, and worse, the victims hesitated to complain and have the outlaw arrested. Cummerford heard of the girl long before be saw her, and the first Benton heard of tbe outlaw was Dy way of a message in which Cummerford told him that he would be on hand in about ten days to look the girl over, and if ehe suited him he would take her away. The father boiled over at the impudence of the message, and he arranged to kill the outlaw on sight. Had it been known just how he would come Cummerford would have been welcomed with a bullet; but the mesaenger did not state that part of it, and after being on his guard several days the father began to relax his vigilance and believe the message to be nothing more than an idle boast One morning he went down to his woodpile to find a shanty-boat moored at the bank, and a rough-looking fellow just coming ashore. Jack Cummerford and his gang had arrived, and tbe villain intended to make his word good. Benton was not armed. The outlaw had a rifle in his hand. Suspecting some evil, the pioneer started to retreat, but was shot in the back before he bad gone thirty feet and he was dead almost as soon as the outlaw reached htm. The three men then proceeded to the house together. The mother and daughter were preparing breakfast and were ordered to make provisions for their visitors. They had heard the rille shot, but before they could voice their suspicions of what had happened the leader of the gang brutally said: "Come, now, hurry up. I've come to take the gal away, and as I thought the old man might object I just laid him out on the start. No sniveling now, bat git breakfast ready and then prepare to go with me." The mother was so overcome that she dropped into a hair and began moaning and weeping. It was a terrible shock to the girl, but she realized from the first moment that if she was to be saved from the fato planned for her she must Bave her-; self. She, therefore, went ahead with the preparations for the meal, and about the time the men were told to sit down to the table the mother hobbled out and sat down beside the dead body of the husband, so dazed and horrified that she could not shed a tear. After the first shock the girl began to plan against the gang and every move made by the men was narrowly watched. As the place was isolated they had no fear of being disturbed and took matters very leisurely. They talked of the ßhootiDR of Benton aa coolly as If they had only fired upon a dog, and as they drew up to the table Cummerford observed : "Ought to have bit him about two inches lower, but it wasn't so bad for a snap shot Kinder sorry for the old woman, but she'll feel better after we fling the body into the river. Say, gal, how d'ye like me, anyway? You orter be proud of such a man as Jack Cummerford." "Come, Jack, be a bit easy on her until we git afloat," remarked one of the others. "Oh, sartin!" chuckled the outlaw. "She's kinder 'fraid of me now, but she'll soon be proud of her husband. Kätner pooty gal, Hattie is. Sorry I didn't come last week, but my motto is to attend to bizness fust Say, gal, don't be afeard to laugh if you feel like it." Cummerford had brought hi3 rifle or carbine to the house while the others had left their fire-arms aboard the boat. The carbine leaned against the wall in the rear of the men, and just as they got fairly to eating the girl examined it sufficiently to cote that the chamber contained four or five bullets. No sooner was she certain of this than she snatched it up and sprang out of doors, and as she ran for her mother, who was in tbe direct line of the boat she called to her to leave the body and hasten aboard the craft Dazed as she was the mother did not hesitate a second about complying, and she was aboard before any of the outlaws came out When they did appear it was to find the girl with the carbine at an aim, covering the mother's retreat and walking slowly backward herself. The ruffians were all upset for the moment Then Cummerford sprang into tbe cabin after the dead man's rille, and when he reappeared he brought it to his face and commanded the girl, who was by that time on board the shanty and trying to cast off the line, to come ashore. She paid him not the least attention, and he coolly fired at her head. The bullet drew blood from the edge of her right ear, and in retaliation she picked up the carbine and fired an off-hand shot which killed the man who stood on the right of Cummerford. The recoil of the heavy piece knocked her down, but before they could rush upon her the mother seized an axe and cut the line and the boat floated away in the current Cummerford ran back into the cabin after ammunition, but before he found it the boat was half a mile below the house, and when he opened fire the women sheltered themselves in the cabin. A3 fast as he could load and fire he fired upon the boat, hoping that a stray shot might wound or kill. The girl made no reply until the current carried tbe float into a tree top on the opposit side of the stream. Then, when the outlaws began to prepare to swim or float off to it she opened fire from the shore in four loaded revolvers hanging in the boat's cabin and did such good shoot ing as to force them to abandon the attempt Had it been coming on dark the two men would doubtless have found means to recover the boat and recapture the women, but the craft had not been detained more than an hour in the tree top when a Government survey party came along and were soon in possession of all the particulars. The women were taken oft, the boat stripped of its plunder, and then the structure was given to the flames. During this time two men were landed to hunt for the wretches, but like the cowards they were, they left the locality with all possible speed and Cummerford was not heard of again until killed in a fight at Arkansas post Griffin Classified. 'Anderson Democrat. It seems that the Griffin which occupies the office of Secretary of State is not of the family of monsters of that name known to mythology. He was not generated between a lion and an eagle; more properly, we think, between a monkey ana a chicken hawk; possibly, a mouse and an English fp arrow. At Any rate, he seemi to have

any amount of jaw and claw required fo r grabbing and appropriating. He makes law play into his claw and maw. He is evidently Secretary of State lor boodle, and so far haa played the office for everything in sight He possesses all the virtues of a vnlture, and his recorded exploits indicate the appetite and gizzard of an ostrich. If there is anything left over when he retires, it will be something so small that his Griffin eve can't see it or something like the Statebouse, so large that he couldn't get it into his pocket. A NEW MECHANICAL POWER

A Perpetual Motor Invented to Supersede the Steam Engine. IXew York Epecial.1 After twenty years of study and experiment Mr. Albert Pietrowski, a machinist living In Tremont has succeeded in inventing a new motor which promises to revolutionize Industry by dispensing not only with stationary engines and boilers, but also with the consumption of coal. Iiis motor is simple in plan ana construction. It runs without fuel, occupies little room, and may be built at a merely nominal cost, compared with the cost of a steam engine. It has power enough to set in motion any large flour mill or factory. Professor L. J. Boeck, iormerly profeswr of engineering at the Uni vers. ty of Virginia, describes the motor in a report as follows: The new motor consists of two hollow wheels, each pair revolving on the same axis, but in opposite directions. Each wheel is provided with grooved compartments, radiating from the center to the circumference. To put each pair of wheels in motion four iron balls of equal weight are put in the compartments of one and five into those of the other wheel. The ninth ball destroying the equilibrium and performing thus it3 share of work on one wheel, is switched off into au empty compartment in the other, and adds its weight to continue the revolution. Each ball in turn performs the function of the ninth ball, and the two wheels are kept in motion until checked by some arrangement. By using wheels of five feet diameter, and balls of about thirty pounds in weight, l.OO to 1,200 revolutions per minute of a force amounting to four or five horse power may be obtained. This force may be increased to 100 and more horse power, either by increasing the diameter of the wheels and the weight ot the balls or by increasing in due proportion the number of wheels and the number of balls. A wheel sixty ftet high, thirty feet above ground and thirty feet below ground would furnish the same power as an engine of 100-horse power. Ten pairs of wheels, each five feet in diameter, would furnish 50-horse power, and occupy a small space. Fifty pairs of wheels united would furnish 2öO-horse power, which would move the largest mill in the world. They would not occupy any more space than a large stationary engine and its boilers. The great value of the new motor in industry is that it will cost nothing for fnel to run it, will make no smoke, and will need no expensive engine-room. It may be put out of doors, or in a shed. One man is required to oil it It runs at a uniform speed, the number of ita revolutions per minute being always the same. It may easily be stopped by applying a brake, and it may be ,b tar ted at any time, night or day, at a second's notice. There is no building a fire, shoveling in coal and getting up steam. You put your hand ob a lever the motor starts. An Examination Paper. Mark Twain's article In the Century is very good reading almost as good, in fact as the subjoined examination paper received at Li e office this morning: 1. Why does a telegram sent from New York at noon reach St. Louis before noon? Because it never takes the Western Union Telegraph Company more than twenty-tbree hours to cover the distance. 2. What is the greatest difference in time that two places may have? There is about a century's diiYerence between New York and Philadelphia. 3. What causes the continual fogs on the Newfoundland coast? The Newfoundland coast is English, you know. 4. Where is the Levant? Down east 5. State briefly the causes that led to tbe American civil war. Niters. (.. Käme the principal point of difference between the Government of Russia and the Government of the United States. In the United States the Government endeavors to elevate the people, and in Russia tbe people try to elevate the Government Tfcey sometimes succeed in Russia. 7. The State of Michigan is divided into two parts by what water? Fiie-water. The prohibitionists are slightly in the rear. 8. If the 1st of March were a Friday, what day would the 17th of March be? St. Patrick's day. 'J. Wherein lies the difference between the Senate and the House of Representatives? The Senate is Republican and the IIou?e isn't. 10. Name the five races of mankind. Horse races, yacht races, foot races, boat races, and tbe race for office. The unfortunate part of this is that the youth who has displayed such rich and varied stores of learning as above was summarily flunked at the theological seminary to which be applied for admission, and has now gone on a Western paper in the capacity of a humorist He Never Heard of It. Detroit Free Press.1 A wagon loaded with wood and drawn by a poor oil horse, driven by a negro, was standing on Montcalm street the other day when a pedestrian stopped and said: "My colored friend, did you ever hear of transmigration?" "Mo, sab. Is it su thin' new?" "Not very. It is the theory that man, after death, takes eome other form." "Might turn Into a hoes, eh?" "That's it. You might turn into a poor old horse like this and be overworked and ill-treated, as this one evidently is. Just back there a little way I saw you beat him with the butt of the whip." "Yes, I did; but you look heah. I want to tell ve riaht vere and now dat if I turn into an ole hoss an' I doan' kick de dashbeard in de fust time I'ze struck I won't hev EufEn to say no meah. Dis old hoss missed his opportunity thirty years ago, an' he han't got no remarks to make now." Cause (or Democratic Rejoicing. IGrecncastle Star Press. There Is great comfort and cause for Democratic rejoicing in the facta demonstrated by the municipal election held m Indiana last week. A summary ot the results show that the Democrats made very large gains, and the Democracy bave obtained control of cities and towns heretofore considered reliably Republican, a glance at the newspapers of the State gives the reason of this change, in that heretofore the Republicans have been in control, and have made a continuous ) ecord of extravagance in the control of cty affairs the promises made by them to do better have been violated again and again, till at last patience ceased to be a virtue and the people have made a cbange for the better by placing the Democrats in control thus are the wrongs of the people righted. 1 Griffin Too Bmart? I Fort Wayne Journal. The attempt on the part of sorce of the Republican papers to excuse Secretary Griffin, at Indianapolis, for his most egregious blunders, is entirely too thin. Hereafter the people should try to elect a man to the office of Secretary of State who will stay about his office, learn his duties and perform the same. It may be that Secretary Griffin is already entirely too smart to learn anything more,

INDIANA'S GROWING CROPS.

Reports STiowicg Condition of Wheat, ' Corn, Etc., at This Time. This week's edition of the Indiana Farmer contains reports of the condition of crops from which tbe following is taken: "The very dry weather of April had a worse effect upon the wheat than the snides fall of temperature during the first part of that month. The damage accruing was chiefly in tbe heavy clay lands. In the bottoms little or no damage was done. Within the last week, however, the plant has shown great improvement and the prospect is better now than it was during the first of May. The small rainfall left the ground in very favorable condition for oats, a large area of which has been sown. If the weather continues favorable the report for June will show better per cents, by far of both wheat and oats. The grasses were somewhat retarded by the dry weather In April, but are at present in very good condition. ''It was feared thafthe cold weather during April bad seriously damaged the fruit crop, but later examinations show that both apples and peaches are in fine con lition. The condition of the live stock is reported well up for the month which always brings changes from winter to spring. There has been much less complaint of loss bv swine plague than prevailed during the fall and winter, though this is generally the case m the spring sesson. The averges of crops of the three States, Indiana, Ohio and Illinois, places Indiana ahead of Ohio, and almost on an equal footing with Illinois. "Of three divisions of Indiana,Northern, Centra and Southern, the latter shows 87 per cent, of the condition of wheat, which is the best The Central division exhibits the best per cent of acreage of oats, being 9S, but the Northern division shows the best per cent of condition of oats. Of clover the Southern division takes the lead with 89 pr cent, of condition. Of timothy tbe Northern division shows 03 per cent, of condition, which is the greatest." BIBLE IN THE SCHOOLS. Ex-Governor floadly and Dr. McGlynn Take Fart in an Entertaining Discussion. Sew York Special. In the regular meeting of the Nineteenth Century Club to-nightl ex-Governor Hoadly and Dr. McGlynn took part in the discussion, which was on the "Bible in the Schools." Mr. D. G. Thompson, the president of the club, introduced ex-Governor Hoadly as the first speaker, referring to his participation in a discussion ot this question in Cincinnati several years ago. Mr. Hoadly took the ground that the State has no call to teach theology or religion against the wishes of parents. While the neutral and colorless character of the American State in religion wa3 open to amendment, it was a fact that its character is neutral jealousy of the founders of the country in all matters pertaining to liberty and religion had made it so. One of the chief objections to the retention of the Bible in the schools was the different beliefs of parents. An Israelite teacher can not teach tbe christian religion according to the belief of a christian parent nor could a Protestant teacher instruct a Catholic child in religion in a manner that would satisfy the Catholic parent If the Bible and religion are to be taught in the schcols, then all the teachers should be christians. President Thompson, in introducing Dr. McGlynn, who followed Mr. Hoadly, referred to Martin Luther, to wtom ne compared the bearer of the "cross of the new crusade." Dr. McGlynn immediately in reply disavowed the comparison with Luther. He was present, he said, as a Catholic priest, and such he always expected to remain. He held, with Mr. Hoadly, that the reading of the Bible and tbe recitation of the Lord's prayer were out of place in tbe public schools. By many he thought the Bible was supposed to represent tbe Protestant religion, and much of the Protestant faith was presented in the readme of the Bible and the Lord's Prajer. He urged consideration of the fact that the majority in this country rules, and this action of Protestasis would precipitate on themselves the action of the Catholics who might become a majority and would insist that their religion 6hould be taught in the shools. He contended that there was a ground of pure morality and natural religion in which all fair-minded people could meet and agree. Dr. W. S. Rainsford, rector of St George's Protestant Epispocapal Church, spoke next. He insisted that the parents and not the cburch were best fitted to instruct the young in religion and morals, but in a crowded city it could be fully done by neither. The public school alone could teach thousands of children, and, while Bible-reading might be a fetich, it was depended on by thousands of parents as representing religion in the schools. Anything Can Vote. lOmaha World. Political BosB(in great strait sy-S&y, the election is goin agin me, I'll give you $5 apiece for their votes. Omaha Museum Man Those are nothing but freaks and curiosities from the Cannibal Islands and such places half idiots mcst of them and besides they've got no right to vote. "That don't matter; I'll fix that. I must bave twentv-five more votes." "Well, there are only twenty, anyhow.". "Great snakes! Can't ye scrape up five more?" "Impossible." "What's them freemen locked up in that there cage fer?" "They ar ourang-outangs." "Them'll do. Dress 'em up an' bring 'em around." A Welsh Centenarian. The Cambrian News says it was announced at the last meeting of the Lampeter Board of Guardians that Mrs. Mary Davies, the "Lampeter juvenile pauper." bad died since the last meeting of the board, at the age of 104 years. She was born at G wngodfa wr, in the parish of Llanddewi Brefi, in 1783. When she was forly-nine years of age she marTied Mr. Thomas Davies, Blaenant, in the neighboring parish of Llanycrwys. She had been confined to her bed for the last six or eieht months, trettine up occasionally to sit in a chair in the room. She looked remarkably well up to within a short time of her death. She could read her Welsh Bible, and her mind, ia fact, seemed to be absorbed in religious subjects. Widely Quoted. I Arkansaw Traveler. . A country editor who has just arrived id town is introduced to a prominent candidate, who, upon shaking hands, says: "Ah, editor of the Back Water Clarion.1' "Yes, Bir." "I am indeed glad to meet you. The Clarion is one of the best known and most extensively f noted papers in the State. Often, sir, while meditating upon its wise and profound utterances have I felt a strong desire to meet it's able editor. Are you in town on business, sir?" "Yes; you soe, I am just about ready to get out the initial number of the Clarion, and have cr.me down to get paper enough for the first Issue." Made Himself Odlons. Tipton Times. It seems that Secretary of State Griffin bas made himself odious by trying to aid the radical revolutionists in disposing ot the last day's record of the Senate, that it might be concealed and not printed. Bach, however, is only radical infamy, which has been its theme for the past twenty years. Griffin's Donkey Stupidity. Anderson Democrat. 1 In another column of the Democrat we reproduce a stinging exposure of the ignorince of Hon. Charles F. Griffin, the Republican Secretary ol State, a man an own to

be totally Incompetent for the position he occupies. This would not be a matter about which the Democracy of Indiana would feel especially interested were it not for the fact that the donkey stupidity of the Republican official will add to the burden of taxation to be borne by the people. But the people will have to stand it for two years, when they will remedy the blunder. LOOKING TO INDIANAPOLIS.

The Cooke Locomotive Works IJkely to Come Here From Patterson, N. J. There Is a bright prospect that one of the locomotive works of Patterson, N. J., will remove their extensive shops to this city and manufacture railway engines on a larger scale than ever. Considerable correspondence has passed between busiriess men of this city and the interested parties at Patterson, in which highly advantageous propositions were made them. A reporter on the Patterson Guardian Interviewed the Rogers Company's manager, but they did not think very seriously of a removal. At the Ccoke and at the Grant locomotive works, however, there was more probability in fact, one of the Cooke Comnany directors talked as follows to the reporter: Very advantageous oilers had been made them, especially within a few weeks paet, from Indianapolis, Chicago and other Western cities, and they would be taken into consideration. In one instance a free site and a large sum of money outright, sufficient to half build extensive works, had been offered. Indlsnapolis was regarded a3 an especially deBirable location, fourteen railroads centering there and there being a natural gas well, nroducing 11,000 feet a minute, within a short distance of the city, and still others a little Iurther off. A belt line road could be built connecting with all these railways, and every facility would be florded by the municipal authorities. But perhaps the greatest advantage of all wuuia be the saving in transportation of engines, fully 75 per cent, of the I'attersqn product going as far Weft as Chicsgo and bf yond. Chicago is regarded as too far North for an advantageous location; it would be convenient to the Northwest, but too far from the South, as can be spca by a reference to a map of the United States. Indianapolis is about central, being almost equidistant between the Atlantic and the Pocky Mountains and the extreme Northeast and extreme southern limits of the country. It is clear that the Cooke Company are Impressed with the advantages offered them, and the statement was made that it is the same with the Grant works, where Mr. Evans was found to be absent, so that he was not interviewed. CONDITION Of THE CROPS. Ktpoit or the Department of Agriculture for May. Waphingtok, May 10. The report of the Department of Agriculture for May relates to the condition of winter grain, the progress of spring plowing, and the proportion of the proposed cotton already planted. It indicates a decline in the condition of wheat of two points since April 1, the general average of the whole country being 8G, aeainst Ji in 1SSG, 70 in 18S5 and 01 in lJ'Sl. The changes in condition have not been uniform throughout the winter wheat region, eome States showing an Incresse, the majority a slight decline, and a few a heavy falling off. The States of the middle Atlantic coast from Pennsylvania to North Carolina show some i mprovement, seasonable weather having aided the plant icjrecovering more than was expe:ted from ihf injury done by the trying season durirg Febiuary and March. In New Y'ork and New Jersey the amount of winter killing was not fully known in April, and this, with cold, unfavorable weather during the month, has caused a serious reduction of the condition. Drought has reduced the average somewhat in the Eastern Gulf States, and has wrought very serious damage in Texas and Arkansas, lowering the condition during the month nineteen and ten points respectively. Favorable temperature and seasonable rains have improved the prospect in Tennessee, West Virginia and Kentucky, the condition being considerably higher in these States than it has averaged in May for the past five vtars. The most serious reduction of the month is in Ohio, where there is a falling o2 of eight points since April 1, due to the continuing evil effects of the alternate freezing and ibawinp, rioted in the last report, and to the cold, dry weather during the greater part of April, which gave the iBjurei plant little chance for recuperation. A favorable season alter April 1 might have in a great measure repaired the injury done up to that time, but the continued unfavorable condttiona have wrought still further damage and a small crop is now inevitable. Michigan and Indiana show a slight decline, while in Illinois and Missouri there is a gain of one point. Unfavorable weather in Kansas and California has caused a slight falling off, while in Oregon the prospect has advanced, it being the only State in which the condition reaches 1C0. The averages of conditions by States are: New York. SG; Pennsylvania, 72; Maryland, 84; Virginia, 80; North Carolina, 10; Texas, (A); Arkansas, f3; Tennessee, üü; West Virginia, 8'J; Kentucky, 95; Ohio, 71; Michigan, 90; Indiana, 87; Illinois, 93; Missouri, W; Eansas, 81; California, SU; Oregon, 101. The season has been more generally advanced in all parts of the country than usual, spnrg plowing beirg seriously behind only on tbe Atlantic coast south to Pennsylvania, and on the Pacific slope. In these tections it has been delayed by cold and excess of moisture, the season, especially during April, having been generally favorable, with the temperature above the normal and rain fall at a minimum. The proportion already done on May 1 is estimated at 0 per cent of the whole, while the amount usually completed at that date is about 7U per cent. The proportion of cotton already planted amounts to more than four-fifths of the proposed area and Is slightly greater than at the same date in any of the preceding five years, but is a little less than the proportion returned by the correspondents as the average planting at that date. The proportions by States eve: North Carolina, 70; South Carolina, 80; Georgia, 81; Florida, W; Alabama, 83; Mississippi, 84; Louisiana, 83; Texas, 82; Arkansas, 80; Tennessee, 80. There is Borne complaint of slow germination and a poor stand on account of drought at the time of planting in some sections, but with favorable weather replanting is rapidly filling all the gaps. Toung Girl Outraged and Mardered. St. Locis, May 10. A special from Poplar Bluff, Ark., give 8 an account of a horrible crime near that city yesterday. a.t the residencd of Joe Whitsons, several rnilc3 from Poplar Bluff, Ida Vaughn, an adopted daughter thirteen years of age. Lad been left in charge of the residence while the family wer visiting the neighbors. During the middlefof the afternoon a farmer's lai was attracted to the house by the report of piEtol shot, followed by a second. On entering the gate he found the dead body of Ida Vaughn lying on the grass in the yard. The neighbors being notified, investigated the case anl found that the girl had been ravished and murdered. Exports of Certain Products. Washington, May 13. The Chief of the Bureau of Statistics reports the total value of the exports from the United States of the under-mentioned articles as follows: Beef and hog products, six months ended April 30, 1887, $41,342,857; 1SS0, $37,841,791. Dairy products, twelve months ended April 30, 1887, $9,051.284; 188G, $9.93'.,1CG. Cattle, ten months ended April 30, 1887, $7,217,807; 18S6, $8.919,9SG. Hoes, ten months ended April 30, 1887, $118,877; leSC, 1199,400.

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