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VOL. XXXA'-NO. 25. INDIANAPOLIS, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 7, 1880. ONE DOLLAR PER YEAR.

TWO BOLD TRAIN ROBBERS.

DARING WORK OF MISSOURI BANDITS The Wabash "Wettern fcxpress Held t'p Near Knnin City nml the PnnneRCtri Relieved of $175 In Cash and Two Gold Wat che. Kaxsas Ctty, Mo., Aus. i "Hold tip your Iiflnds"' Such was the eoinnvtnl tint astonished the passengers iu the St. Pa a I sleeper attached to the rear of the Wabasd- western express ai it pulled out of Harlem al S:50 o'clock last evening. The command ai swkeu by one of the two men whose feces w ere concealed behind handkerchiefs who had entered the rear of the couch. The piuwnefrii turned to asvrtain the source of the command and looked into the threatening muzzles of two revolvers. II it: J went up. The cautionary words that followed were not necessary. "The terst on that of'ers resistance will be shot down by our man on the platform." There was no man on the plaform, but the passengers suomitted as quietly as if there had been a leeion. There were seven people in the coach öve passengers, the sleeping oar conductor and the porter. Of the passengers one waa a lady. At the first command her face Marched with fear, her hands went up for a moment, tbea fell lifelessly to her lap. She had fainted. "I guess they won't bother us," remarked ine of the robbers, and satisfied that no resistance would be tiered, they commerced their work of plunder. One man "went through" the passengers one by one. while the other, with his revolver in his extended arm, kept a watchful lookout for signs of opposition. In this way the plunderer secured all the booty be could in haste, and when it was all over and the robbers had escaped, the passengers found they had been relieved of 5 175 in oesh and two goM watches. The Wabash Western train left Kansas City at?:Q'ast night. It was composed of the "baggage, express and smoking ear, one day coach, two Mann boudoir cars aad one Pullman cat. The latter car was the St Faul sleeper, her the robbers commenced their work. When the train reachel the Missouri river bridge two men were seen to get oti the forurd end of the bxt a e car ;:nd disappear belaud a lumber pi it. The train hands thought they were tramps who had stoleu a ride from Kansas City and paid no attention to the incipient. They ere convinced now that they were the robbers" e:td that they caught the rear end of the last sleeper as it pasted the lamler pile. Just a the trait) pulled out of Uar'em the rrd-Ix-ra entered tlie car and ''went through" the pa-sergers, as described. It was evidently the intention to roi the pasengers in ail the roaches, "working" the train from the rear, for ts they left the Sr. Faul sleeper, they again ciutiotied the occupants to not give the alarm, nndtr penahy of being shot by '"the wan on The platform. Leaving the St. Paul ecach they started for the next one ahead. On the platform thvy tret the conductor of the train, John Roach. One of the robbers pushed his revolver under the conductor's nose, and with an oath ordered hira fo hold up his hands. The conductor supposed from tba nature of their disguit-cs that a uucber of railroad men, who had taken passage on the tmln, were playing a practical joke rn hiai, and with a lanh, he attempted to puh p:ist liiem and enter the eleeper. Just theo a gut of wind swept aside the dusts oi tne robbers and then be knew that the affair was one of dead earnest. He had no weapon but he carried his lantern in bis hand and with that he dealt one of the men a vicious blow on the head smashing the lantern glass and extinguishing the light. Simultaneoosiy with his assault the other mbber firtd a shot at hito from his revolver. T!ie aim was bad and the bullet ruined its mark. The fint robber had by this time recovered himself and he too took a shot at the conductor. IL aim was no more precise Ihf.u his partner's. The robbers then with one more panicf ehot ewung Ml from the steps of the car. Jit they did so, the conductor hurled his lantern after them, determined to have "last ta?" on ibeuJ. The train was running at the rate of twentyfive miles an hour too last for any one. except under desperate chances, to jurip olY without endangering his lite, and Conductor Roach did not attempt it. lie swung out beyond the s;de of the cr, however, and saw the robben arise and make with all haste for the dirt road that Jesd to Kansas City. That was the last seen of them. Jn the meantime the passengers in the St. Pul co.ch had been so completely terror zed that they did not regain their senses until they heard the firing rn the platform. Tben one of them pulled the cord that connects the air-brake and tLs tram came to a standstill. By this time the train had run a mile beyond the place where the robbers had escaped. W. H. Bunnell, special agent of the road, was a passenger in the smoking car. When the train came to a sudden stop he rushed out to ascertain the cause. Learning from the conductor the occurrence of the robbery, he immediately set to woik to begin the chase for the robbers. He ordered the engineer to run the train to Randolph, a few mile ahead, and there be uncoupled the engine and ran it back to Harlem. There be found Deputy t-herid Tom-Ln-on. Guards were stationed at the approaches of the bridge to prevent the robbers' entrance into Kansas City, and two poses were organized W scour the country for the fugitives, Specht Aeent FUnnell then walked back to Kansas City, arriving here at 2:3 ) o'clock this morning, and reported the case to the police, who are keeping a lookout in the city for the roid agents. The police of the neighbor! njj towns have also been arked to arrest any one anwrrinsr t the description of ti e robbers. The robbers are described as rather youthful, not over twenty or twenty-three years of acre; of slight build and dresed something like farmers' lxys. o one shw their faes except the conductor and by the dim litrLl of his lantern he received no definite impresMou of thetr features. Kansas City people are beginning to wonder if the days of Jesse James have not come aain. Two robberies which would have Jone him credit in bis palmiest Days have occurred recently. One was the train robbery of last m'liL The other was the theft of a handful f d.amonds from a jewelry store in hroiol daylight, Ute keeping at bay at 'he point of a revolver of the t'UrMiinif crowd and the escape of the thief. Whether the two crimes have eny eor.nection In their principals or not is a question. They both were extraordinarily bold and very successful. The poor aim of the train robbers is the only thinz of which Jesse might bae lxen ashamed. fcheril 'fomliiisou's posse returned this mornin? alter an almost fruitless search for the robber. They succeeded in tracing the men to a farm house ou the dirt ronH, where it is known they tole ft hone from a farme r namrd Kvans. It is supposed they forced the bore to carry clooh e, at the tracks of the animal were traced to a bend in the river, w here footprints in the Mnd showed that two neu probably dismounted. At thia point all trace of tb bandiu was lost. It is very likely they cro-sej the river and boarded a train for Leavenworth 0 the Kansas City fc Northwestern road and escaped by that means to feaveu worth and then to some point in Nebraska. Until to-nizlit the namei of none of the iav enyrs in the FU I'aui ear were known, ho reeonl havine been kept of them at the Pullman o&ce. Two of the passengers were Mr. and Mrs, Charles P. Den ham of tins city. Mr. Den hü m telegraphed to a business associate here that be and his wife were among the losers by the outlaws' raid and arkinir for money. The traU was the regular t. Louis express and the St. Paul car was carried only as .rs Moberly wbtre it was switched otto the it. Paul train. Condoofor Itoacb'a Story. ST.Lons, Auj. 1Ia an interview to-night Conductor Roach. 'the hero ef the Wabah traij robbery, said: "We left Kansas City last cbiht at t:20 o'clock, and this trouble tacit hate ecarred abont 8:40 o'clock, as nearly as I can Jndtr, To tt!l you the truth I was so bsJJy frichientd that I don't know mach a! -ot it. Anyway just after leaving" Kansaa Civr I started to st through the

train to collect my fares and just after parsing Harlem I did my work in the St. Iouis sleeper and started for the rear door, on my wav to the t. Paul coach, intending to take up the fares in that and the Des Moines sleeper, which we always briue out of Kansas City on that train and leave at Moberly, where they are picked and sent north. When i reached the door and rcued it I was met by tw o men who had their face covered by bandanna handkerchiefs, and each one covered idc with a cocked revolver. One of them stood on the platform of the St. Puul coach facing me, and the other stood a little to the right of the door on the platform of the Si. Louis sleeper. As I openesl the door the one nearest to me said: 'Hold od your hands.' I thought that a couple of the boys were pnttinc up a little trame on me just for the fun of the thine, and I laughed and made some jokin reply, tjuick as a flash the fellow shoved the innzzle of his gun into my face and said in an uglv tone of voice: 'Hold up your hands, you or I'll blow the whole top of your luad of?.' I did not fancy that kind of talk, and without stopping to consider 1 let hiu: have it with my lamp. The remainder of the Mory has been trId. I believe the robbers were novices, but i also believe they shot to kill."

APPOINTMENTS. A I.arg timber of Offices Filled 1y tha President A'esterday. WASHlXGToy, Aus. n. The president made the following appointments to-day: Kdward F. Hobart of New Mexico tobe surveyor getieral of New Mexico. Joseph A. Clark of Maine to be pension agent at Augusta, Me. Calvin fi.Townsend of Michigan, to be principal clerk of the public lands in the general land ofliee. Isaac U. Conwell of Indiana to be principal clerk on private land claims in the general laud office. To be registers of the land office: William II. MeCann of Nebraska at Chadron, Neb.; Julian II. r.ingharn of Alabama at Montgomery, Ala.; William A. F. May of Arkansas at Dardauelle, Ark. To be receivers of public moneys: I E. Frank Powers of Nebraska at Cbadron. Neb.; AmeriiMi XI. Neeiey t Arkansas at Little R ck, Ark.: Nathan IL Alexander of Alabama at Montgomery, Ala. To be Indi.m ajtnts: Kobert Ashley of Ne-bra-ka, at the Omaha and Winnebago neency in Nebraska; C. W. Crouse of Indiana, at the Pima at-ency in Ari.ona; Thomas J. Moore of Missouri, at the Ouawapaw agency in the Indun territory; Charles E. Adams of Maryland, at the Kiowa agency in the Indian t?rritory. A illiam Hart of indiona, to be third auditor of th trer.stiry. John T. Bankin of Pennsylvania, to be deputy auditor of the treasury for the postoflSce deonrt menu Walter H. Johnson of Georgia, to be collector of internal revenue for the district of Gorjria. riui-ene A. Webster of Fouth Carolina, to be collector of interual revenue for the district of South Carolina. (.iranvil.e G. Benedict of Vermont, to be collector of customs for the district of Vermont. Columbus C. Wimbush of Georgia, to be surveyor of customs for the port of Atlanta, Ga. John F. Patty of Louisiana, to be naval officer of custims in the tlistrict f New Orleans. John Ingb.e of Kentucky, to be supervising inspector of steam vessels tor the Sixth district ( Louisville Joseph II. Kibley of Arizona, to be associate justice of the supreme court of the territory of Arizona. George W. Jollcy of Kentucky, to be attorney of the L'nited States for the district of Kentucky. William Grant of Louisiana, to be attorney of the United Slates lor thVeiasTern district f Louisiana. Peter A. Williams of Florida, to be marshal of the United States for the southern district of Florida. William T. Harris of Massachusetts, to be commissioner of education. Why Hurley Declined. Washington, Aug. 5. Seer. Windom said thia afternoon that Mr. M. M. Hurley of Indiana, who was first appointed third auditor of the treasury, declined the office because he had received a letter offer from tu. Pennsylvania railroad company by whom he is employed Mr. William II. Hart, who wrs to-day appointed to the dice, ü a Lauker at Frankfort, Ind. I'ourth Auditor o the Trensury. Wamiisc.TOX, Auc 6. Andrew J. Whitaker of Illinois has been appointed fourth auditor of the treasury. THE CRONIN CASES. They TU Come l"p For Trial Before Jndjje ?IeConnell Antust SA. CiilCAwO, Aug. 5. Judge Horton to-day settled the matter f the change of venue aoked for by P. O'Sullivan, the ice man, by transferring O'Sullivan's case, together with those of all the other prisoners, from lench No. 1 of the criminal court, over which he presidea, to bem b No. 2, presided over by Judge MeConitell. In doing this Judge Horton f ai 1 that the statute which cave O'Sullivan the rivlu to ask for a change of venue must not be used for the purpose of securing, a separate trial. He transferred all the oases to bench No. 2 in order that the prisoners miht be tried together. Judge Horton then overruled the motion to otiash the indictment in the cases of Ilcpgs, Couifhlin. Woodruff and Kunze. The prisoners were arraigned and each man pleaded "not pailty." On motion of the itate's attorney, the case against all the prisoners was set for trial before Judge MeConnell on Monday, Aug. IturUe In Chicago. Chicago, Aue. 5. Martin Burke, the Cronin suspect, was landed safely in Chicago ft few minutes before 10 o'clock to-night. Contrary to expectation, be waa not brought to the Union depot, but was taken from the train at Cnal Rnd Fulton-ets. by Chief Hubbard and conveyed, probably, to the county jail. A swarm of reporters and many curious people bad gathered at the depot to sec the prisoner, but they were disappointed, as was a body of detectives who bad been sent there under command of a lieutenant to p,uard against surprises. Sums Klnqueat Flgnrea. ITerre Hanl Osteite. Just cast your eye over this list. It represents the saving that will be accomplished by the new school-book law, passed in spite of the spasms and shrieks of the school-book trnst, aided and abetted by the home newspaper orean of a presideut who crave ita owner the fattest office in the whole service. Here is a comparative table: Prrtnl Vndrr ftmür prim, new iau. Flnt "valcr . - ! fWm.-d reader - M .15 Thlnl reader ........... .frl .J5 Fourth resiler .i ,m Fifth reader .75 .41 lilementarjf geoitrsplif 'i0 .3 ) C'oniplet 8or.hr .... ............ f 1.2 .7 Complete arithmetic...... 7.S Copy-hooks 10 ,03 It no school official, of high or low degree, fail in executing the provisions of this Schoolbook law. To He t'nngrmnlAtftd. lEransl!le Journal rep. The patron f the public schoola bare been subjected for many years to the exactions of a beartlos and cruel monopoly that, in the language of a hlirh and well-posted ofHoial, has "retired a millionaire every few years." Money has been made by the octopus hand over baod. The whole state bs bem in its grasp, but now its tentacles have ben severed and it has lost its grip. The honest and uttering people are to be congratulated. Tl Mnnsr Pail. "Protection fills the dinner pall," eril Mr. Carnegie during the last presidential campaign, when it was feared that Cleveland' tand re form would break ud monopoly, but since Ilarrison'a victorr Carnegie has reduced tb pay of his bands twice, and the contents of the dioner can are now very meager. Yet Camegift poses as a socialist and the workiugtuaa'a friemi.

SPOKANE FALLS IN RUINS.

SEATTLE'S DISASTER DUPLICATED. The Entire TSuslness Portion of the Town Destroyed lly Fire The Losa WIM Reach Fourteen Millions One 31 Ioa.st ed Alive AY ill lie build. Spokane Falls, W. T., Aug. 5. The entire business portion of this city was destroyed by fire last night. Twenty-five blocks were reduced to ashes. The estimated loss is $14,0C0, 000. The fire started at 7 o'clock in the evening in a lodging house on Bailroad-ave. The fire department came on the scene quickly, but owing to a lack of water the fire quickly spread to adjoining frame buildings and was soon beyond control. The flames jumped across the street to the Rusa houae and the PaciSo hotel. By this time a strong wind had sprung up and it was evident the city was doomed. The flames spread with fearful rapidity. The firemen were powerless. Attempts were made to check the fire by blowing up buildings iu its path, but it was useless. From the Pacific hotel the fire swept across First-st. to the frame buildiugs in the next block, and soon it reached the heart ef the city. The block of two-story brick buildings on Biverside-ave was easily carried away. From here the fire communicated to the magnificent Hyde block, a four-story building, taking in the whole square between Mill and lloward-sts. on Kiverstf e-ave. The fire nest leaped across Howard-sL, and in a few minutes the block between Howard and Stevens-eta. ras a mass of red-hot ashes. The next struct ure to euccumb was the larjje Tult block. From there the conflagration went whirling through the 6olid blocks of four-story brick buildings, including the postoCice, between Stevens and Washington-sU. At this point the fire burnt out from lack of material. From the place of origin the fire had meanwhile taken another direction, leaping across-Sprague-st. to the opera-house and thence over Biverside-ave. to Urown's bank; then both sides of the avenue were in flames. The buildings between Post and Miil-stj. were quickly licked up, including the Grand hoicU From here the waves of flame poured into the adjoining square on the right, containing, the Frankfort block, the largest building in the city. The Frankfort block c;?t $-iV,M. It withstood the fire for some titue, but finally disappeared. The Arlington hotel was now enveloped in flames. Suddenly a man was seen to jump from the second story, lie arose and tdarled to run down Hward-et., but was overcom by the heat and fell. Several people rusba 1 to his assistance and carried him to a piace of safety. He was a pitiable sight, having been litem ly rousted alive, th skin peeling otl all over his body. The unfortunate man'a name was Charles Davis. He died at noon to-dav. Northwest was the direction taken by the fire from the Arlington. It consumed the block between II ward. Main, Front an J Stevens-sts.. burning east as far as the latter thoroughfare, where a vacant lot checked further progress in tlrat direction. Kverything in a northerly direotion, including the Northern Pacific express oflice. the Union block and the Windsor block was soon a mass of flames. The river prevented the fire from doing further dama&re and was the means of saving all the big flouring and lumber mills. Three hours uflieed to complete- töe- awfnl (Teitruction. The only business block standing in the city is the Crescent buila-ng, which was saved by means of tearing down intervening buildings. Owing to the rapidity with which the fire spread, scarcely anything was saved. Provisions are acarce and will last only a short time. The city eonncil met this morning and appointed a committee on relief. It was decided that provisions should be sent for and the needy provided free. The superintendent of the city waterworks w denounced by the council for neglecting his duty, he being away at the time or the fire. The big pumps were not connected, and as a result, there was scarcely any pressure. Had the contrary been the case the fire would have been easily gotten under control. The militia is out in force and all persons without passes are forbidJen to enter the burut district. Five of the seven banks destroyed were again doing busines to-day, all Wing located in the Crescent block, the only business structure left standing. Notwithstanding the extent of the calamity the people wear a cheerful air and bear their losses brnvely. Many business men have already f-iguified thtir intention of rebuilding. The I.os. San Fkaxcisco, Aug. 5. The property lost by the Spokane Falls fire last night is estimated at ?6,000,00ü by the Coast J!a icw. an insurance journal published in this city. The same paper estimates the total insurance at S2,.V:.3ÜU, of which il,J0,7X) is htld by compauies caving agencies in this city. Carlisle on the A1m'n'strntton. Speaker Carlisle lu the August Forum. Unless all the indications are rrossly deceptive, it is safe to predict that at the close of the present administration the annual expenditures of the government for purposes and object now provided for by taw will be far greater than at any lime during the last administration, and that many new projects f more than doubtful propriety will have been inaugurated, the support of which will tax to the utmost all the resources of the treasury. But before that time the pnhlie patience will be exhausted and the republican party will be called to a strict account for the subserviency to special interests and classes, for its reckless disregard of ita most solemn pledges, and for its continued failure to irive any substantial relief to ita overtaxed people. An Ea-ellent Law. I ftlootufieid Iketnocrat.1 Some i , i people are very busy trying to oison die mind acsinst the new school book the piihl law, nllecing that it is an outrage to make the parent throw the Id books aside and buy new ones. The fact is every parent has to buy more or less books every winter, and we believe the aggregate paid for readers, arithmetics, geographies and copy-books, the four which have been changed, will be less than it was last year. If not, two years will make good the loss, and then from that on there will be a saying of over one half. The law is an excellent one for the peop'e and the hardest blow the school book robbers ever received. A Dally llutletin. I Uracil leniocraf. Van Antwerp, Ilrairg & Co.,supported by the Indianapolis .o'rW, continue to issue their daily bulletin to the people of Indiana, more especially to the prers and the educators of tbe state, to set forth the utter impracticability aud folly of the new scho d-book law passed by the legislature of last winter. The Cincinnati bouse wants to defeat the enforcement of thd measure for tbe same reason that t het tinkers of Tphesus wanted Paul ejected from their city because his teuch'nR interfered with their craft. A Veteran tn the Harness, Atchison (Kas ) Pstriot. Dr. IT. B. Horn, who will be a stockholder in the new organization of the Patriot publishing company, is, probably, the blest newspaper mati in the state. He commenced his journal istic career in 142 as editor of the Columbus (Ind.l Leaver, and since then has almost constantly been engaged In newspaper work in some capacity. He has been with the t'atrlot since ita inception, with the exception of oue or two brief intrrvals. A Llr-s-n Trtnnopol), Tipton Tims. That Mquitous fraud. Van Attwerp, Brerf it Co. of Cincinnati eoutinue tosend circulars tothisrfi.ee. This firm is tbe greatest book monopoly on earth, and has, indirectly, stolen millions of dollars from tb people by jobbery and extortionate prions. The if ms is pleased to know that recent stent have been taken to eradicate the publio mooter.

CONCERNING FARMERS' INSTITUTES.

To be field Nov. 1, 18-9, and April 1, 1890, Under an Act of the Cleneral Assembly. Pf rtDCK Ux;v -irr, I.APAY2iTfc.ini, July 23, 1ÄASL ! To the Members of the State Board of Agriculture and to the Olficcrs of the Local Agricultural Associations: An act of the last general assembly appropriated f,(Xi0 for the purpose of holding county farmers' institutes in the state of Indiana, and directed the authorities of Purdue university to arrange for holding and conducting them. After a careful consideration of the existing conditions, and after correspondence with members of the state board of agriculture, it has been decided to conduct these institutes under the following general rules and regulations: 1. Prof. William C. Latta, who has been appointed superintendent of institutes, will act as the general executive officer of the committee in charge. He will conduct correspondence relating to institutes, atteud as many as possible, assist in conducting the same, and tike such part on the programs as may be practicable. If other professors from Purdue are desired they will be sent as often as possible, but their expenses most be paid for out of that portion of the fund devoted to local expenses. (See paragraph 6.) 2. In arranging for the institutes the Purdue authorities will ask the co-operation of the members of the state board of agriculture in making al local arrangements and in the proper organization and management of the institutes of the counties in their respective districts. 3. Fach member of the state board of agriculture, or the proper county organization, will be expected to provide, among other things, as follows: A suitable place of meeting for the institute. Printed programs and all other necessary local advertising. A chairman of the institute. Must select and pay expenses of all institute workers from abroad as far as thia may be necessary. 4. The institutes, to be held during, any week in each district, must be in adjacent counties, if posaible, to economize time and traveling expenses. 5. The time f year apportioned to each atrri cultural district for institute work must bo determined by the committee undersigned. 6. The necessary ex pennes of the superintendent and of the peweral advertising. ioetage, etc., will be paid for out of a part of the fund reserved for that purpose. The balance of the $ö,(Xl will be apportioned to the county institutes held in accordance with these rule. This money for local expenses will be paid out only upon the presentation to the undersigned chairman of properly certified bills rendered in due form on blanks furnished for that purpose. No bill will be allowed in any case until after the institute has been held. 7. All applications for institutes should be sent to the mctuber of the state board of agriculture representina the district, who is reouested to forward the same to the superintendent with such indorsement as he sees tit to make. K The committee desire to complete arrangements for the entire series of institutes by Oct. 1, and earnestly request prompt action on the part of the me nbers f the state board of agriculture and f the local organizations. J. H. Smart, President University, Chairman. H. E. Stock biudge, Professor of Agriculture. W. C. Latta, Superintendent of Institutes, SEIZURE OF THE BLACK DIAMOND. The Schooner Arrives In Victoria Its Bide of the Story Told. Victoria, B. C, Aug. 4. There is great excitement here. The schooner Black Diamond arrived last evening from Behring sea. Particulars of the seizure by tbe American revenue cutter are given as follows: "July 11, we got in a catch of fifty three seals. At 4 p. ro. we sighted the revenue cutter Rush, She came up to us, and ordered us to heave-to. We did so. The chief officer came aboard and demanded our papers. We refused to give them to h im and be then got a scrcw-dnrer and screwed ofX the hinges on the locks in the cabin, took the papers and 105 sealskins and all Indian spears and tet, bags of salt. Then he put John Hawkins, an able seaman, aboard, with instructions to us to not interfere, as sailing master. As soon as the Hush was lost sk'ht of a southwest course waa t.ikea right for Victoria. Hawkins from the start saw it was impossible to attempt to take atlairs in bis own hands, and consequently lay in his bunk nearly tbe whole time, not attempting to interfere." John Hawkins, the American seaman, says he was treated kindly by every body. When be was put aboard the steamer, he said to his oflicers, "Instead of taking her to Sitka, may they go to Victoria?" They did not answer him. Mr. Hammley, collector of customs here, said he is of the opinion that when Hawkins was put aboard the Biack Diamond the police on the Lush did not care whether she came to Victoria or not, as long as she got out of the sea and stopped destroying seals. Hawkins left everything to the American consul here, who hns wired the Washington authorities about the matter. Winnipeg, Man., Aug. 5. It was learned last night from a British Columbia official, who was passing through the city, that the entire Pacific fleet of the British navy, with the exception of two torpedo boats, steamed out of Ksquimaul harbor three days ago, bound for the scene of the recent seizure in Behring eea. This was the result of ranch telegraphic communication between the admiral in rommnnd of the fleet and the Canadian and Imperial frovernmenta. The fleet that went north consists of seven war ships and two torpedo boats. Five additional war ships are shortly expected at F.sfjuimaul to reinforce the fleet. Orders have been left that one of these is to straightway proceed north, while the others will remain at that point. The admiral's orders are not known. Will Take No Notice of If. Ottawa, Ont, Aug. 5. The government has not yet received any report regarding the escape of the Black Diamond. It is likely no offi,al cognizance of the affair will be taken. . Tbe seizure is retarded in official circles as a ; genuine one. Tbe escape of the schooner is ' not regarded as likely to complicate matters. Officials here express themselves as ignorant of the alleged departure of British war vessels of ! Behring sea. Retaliation. HALIFAX, Ang. 4. A dispatch to the American consul-ireneral announces the seizure at Guyfcboro of the American schooner Vidette. No further particulars are given. - -. .i -.---------j--Much to Their Credit. Importe Argus. There is every indication that the old schoolbook ring thut robbed tho people of this state for so many years has bought men in high oftic.al position and also purchased certain ! leading republican newspapers that are doing; all they can to prevent tbe oieration of the I new law. A number of the small republican , papers that proverbially hive no opinions of ! their own. follow the lead of the Journal and i go with that paper, on the principle that "the tad goes with the head. lo the credit ot the country press it must ba said that the most f the republican papers refuse to follow the Joumul in its disgraceful attempt to defeat the purpose of the new law. A Pair Tnal. TGcshen Kss. In making such a resolution as is necessary in this change to free tbe people from the school book monopoly, it can be expected that there will occur many unpleasant things; the new system will have to go through the "sweat box" as it were. The trial is to be made, and the people ehonld cheerfully do the best that can be done until material defects can be remedied. The Latest From Miagara Falls. ITtne-l ITackman (on ft very warm day) "Fifty cents, boss." Butlalo Tourist "What forf" Hsckman "You an' der gal has been standin' in der shade oi toy cab fur ten tsioutea."

REVIEWING HIS CRITICS.

A TALK WITH SENATOR VOORHEES. The Indianapolis 'Journal's and the Tariff Plunderers Overhauled Elaboration of Certain Pent urea nf the Late llloomfield Speecli Iuterestins Points. Torre Hantc Oactte.l A Gazrftr reporter found Senator Voorhees At his office in excellent spirits and not at all unwilling to talk. It being suggested that bis recent Bloomfield speech bad seriously disturbed certain organs of the "favored few," be said: "Yes, so it teems, but my best success in political life has always been when the Indianapolis J&iimal and that class of papers have said their worst things about me. Their abuse now is a good omen for the future, and I hope they will keep it up." "But you are charged," suggested the reporter, "with using harsher terms than usual toward the millionaire monopolists of the country. Do you accept that aa a just criticism?" "As Lincoln used to say," said the senator, "that reminds me of a story. Do you remember the case of the rude boy who waa found in the apple tree? He was stealing apples in great style, and all he wanted was to be let alone. He was an infant industry in another man's orchard, and was in a fair way to become a monopolist of the whole fruit crop. If there had been a high protective tariff to keep the owner away, what a lordly time that younjr robber could have had devouring stolen fruit! And when the old man put in an appearance this sturdy, dishonest infant bad no idea of abandoning his perch and his plunder. He laughed at gent! e means. 6uch as soft words, tufts of grass, and munched away at the apples. At last the old man's patience gave out, and he concluded totry what virtue there was in stones. He ptlted the young scoundrel soundly, and soon brought him ont of his robber's roost. But how dreadfully abused and wroneed that incipient millionaire thoutrht himself to be! He felt himself awfully aggrieved, and no doubt made fac.-s at the old man, called him an anarchist, perhnps denounced him as disloyal to his government, and accused hitn of being on all sides f the subject of larceny because he had dropped the argument of grass and taken to the argument of stones. "Of course yon see the moral of this little story The taritl plunderers do not iritend to ttive up their clutch on the fruit of labor; they have been appealed to in vain with fair words and gentlo nienr.s; they tighten their grip and increase the t!x for their own enrichment on every prime necessity of life, from salt and suu'ar to woolens, cottons, lumber and iron. It may be that in tbe past I have leen nearly as conservative with the manufacturers as the owner of the apple tree was with the precocious thief he found in its branches, but it don't imply any inconsistency that I should use atones now as a last resort. The time for gentle means with the great public plunderers, spoliators and robber barons of this country is gone by, and the issue is now and will be from this time forwnrd, whether the laboring people of the United States shall govern themselves and enjoy the fruits of their own industry or whether they shall be governed by the power of money wrenched from their hands by unjust laws and placed in the bauds of a privileged class. That is the question from now on, and there will be hard blows given as well as received by those who take their stand for the people." Q. "Is it true that you think the tariff issue ha.i undergone a great change in its scope and character within the lat few yesrs?" A. "I know it has. The ideas of Henrv Clay on the tarifl are no more in harmony with the republican pol cy of the present time than the teu commandments are with stopping stage coaches aud robbing express trains in the far West. The taritl advocated by Clay was to be temporary, and on no article ever to ticeed 60 per cent., and to be scaled down from timo to time to a purely revenue basis. The tariif of the republican party of to-day is to be permanent, not depending on the went of revenue, laid aud increased at every opportunity solely for the protection of high prices to the manufacturer, just the same with a surplus as if the treasury was empty. It is this bold and audaciotis claim of right to enrich one class of of citizens at the expense of all other classes, and without any reference whatever to the revenues of the government, that is now so deeply incensing tbe thinking, candid mon of the w hole country, and of both parties. It was never plainly put forth and avowed until it appeareiiinlhe republican Chicago platform of last year. Now it is understood, and it will be mpt at all times and nnder all circumstances with the aggressive courage of those who know their cause is just." Q"Did the reporter of the Indianapolis Journal report correctly what you said about Carnec ie and his class of monopolists?-' A 'I have no complaints to make of that reporter, nor have I any thing to take bark and but little to explain. The reporter was not on the platform and had an uncomfortable position. I would have secured him a better one had I known he was there. I have no idea be intended to report me Incorrectly but at tbe same time my severe remarks in regard to legalized pltindtrers and highwaymen, Carnegie amongst them, are not given in full connection with the thouchts and reflections which inspired them. 1 was thinking and speaking of those who ground the facts of the poor, oppressed the helplcaa reduced their wages, increased the price of life's absolute necessities, devoured widows' hous-es and for a pretense make long prayers. The Savior of mankind has aaid that such as these shall receive a greater damnation than anybody else. Carnegie's name came to my mind as an illustration of this class, not for the purpose of a personal assault, or to indicate that be is any worse in principle than thousands of others. His income, however, for some time past has rated at $l,5ix,ti0i) a yeir, which means, as some one has woiked it out, $12.'.0ti0 a month, fclS.Kl.-) a week, $1,120 a day. $171. tW an hour, a minute. I knew that be did no work hii'iself, and that he received from the labor of others for every minnte of his life, for nearly every breath he draws more money than he pays to thousands of men and women in his employ tor a hard d:y's work twelve hours long. I bad read many descriptions of the pitiful, abiect and squalid condition to which laboring people are reduced by the system of unrighteous taxation which has made him richer than many of the crowned heads of Furope. Here is one now at hand. Speaking of a row of aged and decrepit shanties on the Monongabela, near Pittsburg, the headquarters of protection, the writer savs: " 'They are filled with pallid humanity black with age. paintless, cnrpetless and tincomiortable. In summer they are dreadful places to live in. Tbe bare bills tower on each side, making a sort of urn in which the hot sun turns the dense air fetid. The sewage rum through ooen gutters. A walk through the streets tells all. There are ro disguises. The bare, brown doorsteps, the tables seen through the pen doorway, the frowsy bed standing by the open window all bear their testimony of a comfortless life iu plain view f the passer-by. You may know bow much or how little the families have to eat. Courtship and marriage, sickness and sorrow, deaths and births all go on in the the purview of men for poverty can allord no secrets and the clid dwellers of tbe Monongabelu are very poor. Much of the same sort I might show jon, but this is a fair sample of all. "How much protection is there here for the laboring man und woman? Not enough to keep their children from being born in full view of the streets, nor from dying in the same way. Carnegie's income from their lahor, uot from his own. is s) 1,1 JO for every day the year round, but the poor, wesry wile and mother can find no hour in them all in which to sutler the pangs of childbirth in privacy ! It occurred to tne also at Lloom field tbat within the past four or five weeks Carnegie had ordered a reduction of wages amongst his working people, and that when a strike was threatened, he secured upon the ground a large force of Ilukerton's men heavily armed lor the purpose

of overaweing the poor into submission, so that bis income 6hould not be diminished. He succeeded, and bis victims are bvnt now in silence at their daily tasks tor whatever he sees tit to give them. I confess to a strong spirit of resentment against such wronu inflicted by the iiowerful on the weak, and my expressions at Bloomfield are not without support and example from an autnority far higher than this world can bestow. Suppose the S;ivir were auain upon earth and should again relate tbe story of Dives and Lu-trus. Every Carncpi in the land would say that Christ meant him. How appropriate theold parabieis to theatiairs of mankind now, uear the close of the nineteenth century of the Christian era! There was a cvrttin rich nian whii-h was clotLed ia piirwle and fine liucu and fared sumptuous! cv-rv day; And there was a crt.Vin Kejr named Lvarm which was laid at his pate fü'l 01 sore. And desirin? to be ted wiih the crumbs which f.-'l from the rirh man's table; more ver the doirs caiue and licked h i sores. And it came to pass that the lmar died and was carried ly the angeli int Ahraliaiu's bosom; the rich man alo died aut was buried. And in lull he lifted ut his eyes, he! n? in torment, and seeth Abraham afar oil" aud La&raut iu bis bosom. And he cried and said. Father Abraham, have merev on nie. and send I-ararii tlat be may diri th tip of hi finder in water and dol my toncue, lor I am tormente: !n this llame. Hut Abraham said: Son, remember that tho i in thy lire time receivedst tby pood thiutrs, anil likewise 1. zarus evil things; "but D" he comforted, and thou art tormented. "All 1 have to say in conclusion is that if our merciful Lord thought hell was the proper locality for Dives because he fsiled to succor the poor, I have no reason to chance the place I have assigned to Carnegie and his class, who are far more criminal than their great prototype who allowed Lazarus to perish at bis

I gates. At any rate, if Carnegie and his kind will cease their robberies they will be iu no danger of the gallows." TRAIN R033ERS IN TEXAS. Six Masked Men Go Through an Express nnd a Mail Cnr. Ft. Worth, Ter., Aug. "..At 2 o'clock yesterday morning six marked men stopped the Ft. Worth fc Denver mail-express, south bound, between the Cheyenne water tank andTuscosa. Three men got on the locomotive, compelled the engineer to pull away from the passenger coaches, which had been detached by tbe robbers and left under guard of three other men. Atter going halt" a mile they compelled the engineer to get oft the engine and brinz a pick to force ooen the door of the express cnr. Kxpress Messenger Marsh closed the door aiid put out the lights in the car, first secretine nil tbe express packages but three. The rohuers. coming to his car, ordered him to open it and Cred into it. The engineer hammered nwsy with his pick until he cot the door partly open, w hen a torch was pushed into the openin and a revolver poked in aid pointed at Marsh, who was told to opeu no or be killed. Marsh opened the door and three packacea were stolen, but the Pacific express people say very little money was secured. The robbers then went to the mail car and compelled Boute Agent Wolcott to open bis car. lie had hidden all his registered matter but one letter under a sack, and turned his lights out. Tbe robbers got the one package and then opened the mtu' pouches and scattered the contents over the floor. After doing the work they then ordered the engineer to put out the torch and pull out. When they left authorities in the neighboring counties were notified and are in pursuit. It U said tbat the total amount stolen is less than 2,000. The passengers were badly frightened, but not one was molested in any way. Chevenue is 37" miles northwest from Ft Worth. Tli e Kansas City Kobbery. Kansas City, Mo., Aug. Ö. About thirty men continued tbe search for tbe robbers in Clay county all last night but obtained no clew. The Wabash ofikials are determined to leave no stone unturned tu make the capture, but they have little hope of being able to do so. The supposition now is that the men are part of the gang that did the recent diamond robbery, and aa 6on as they got oil' the train they immediately went to Kansas City, reaching here five or six hours before the news of tbe robbery was sent in. ADDED MURDER TO HIS CRIME. A Fllteen-Tear-Old (i rl Itrutally Assaulted and Choked to Death. EECKVILLE, Tex., Aug. 4. Mamie F. Allison, a young girl of fifteen years, was found dead iu her bed Tuesday morning by her sister, nine years of age, who failed to notify tho neighbors of the fact, although friends were living not a thousand feet away. The young lady's parents were gone from home, having left Sunday not to return until Wednesday. Wednesday a neighbor called to get Allison to do some work for him and lhe,yonnger girl told him her father was not at home, but would return that day, but he could not do any work, as her sister was dead, adding: '"But don't tell any one till papa gets home." The physicians who examined the body found that the most terri'de crime had been first committed and that the fiend had added murder by deliberately choking hi victim w ith both ban Is, clasoine her throat untii death ensued, (ireat clots of blood were found nnder the skin, which was blackened and disfigured terribly from her throat down to her breast ?.nd shoulddrs. From the testimony it developed that the younger sister was threatened with death if she gave the alarm, and waa terror-stricken. Others are working on a clew with little chance of success, The Farmers Witt Their Fight. Bismarck, N. Dak., Aug. 5. The Saturday night session of the constitutional convention was interesting, especially to railroads and other corporations, the evening beiug passed in a discussion of tbe proposition giving the legislature power to hx pasen-er atui freight rates and to regulate the charges on sleeping cars, express, telegraph and telephone companies. After a spirited debate, in which amendments giving tbe courts power to decide what rates should be charged, tne farmers won, and the committee of the whole adopted the original proposition. Before the convention adepts the article another strong effort will be ms'le to amend it. The only business transacted this afternoon was meeting the senate commission on irrigation aud reclamation of arid lands. In a Descredlt ibfc Attltnde. F.ansille Journal rep. The Indianapolis rirs criticises severely Supt. of Public Instruction Ial'ollette's opposition to tbe new school-book law. He bss placed himself in a discreditable attitude by his ill-advised opposition, and has strengthened the current opinion that ihe school-book and school-furniture monopolies have bad a great ! deal to do in nominating and electing all our j superintendents of public instruction for many i years past. This conviction in tbe publio j mind bad much to do w ith recent legislation to i break the power of these evil influences. CmpU III. by IeHd. BALTTMOHK, Ang. 5. Capt. James II. Rigby, a2ed fifty-five, commander of the famous Firt Maryland artillery. L. S. A., known as "Itigby's j Battery" in the late war. drnpixfd dead from i heart disease to-day at his borne here. At tbe outbreak of the war be crgauized the battery which bore his name. A Good Beginning. New Albany Ledger. It Is as yet somewhat ef an experiment, bnt as there are indications tbat the new system wiil save the people from ,X) to 75 per cent, on echool-looks, it is one of those nw departures that should be looked upon favorably aud every eflort made to make it a complete aud permanent success. h- the Point? tAndrew Csrneßle, Cctolier, IS. Protection means happy homes and high wages aud security for the workingmen. Andrew Carnegie, June, 1M3. Under the new scale wages will be reduced abont 15 per cenL One JInr Round. Tlptoo Times. Indiana has given the school book trust It first knockdown. Another round will knock them out.

THEY WILL ALL GO DHL

THE STRIKE IN THE COKE REGION. Over One Thonsand or the Hemlnlt)f Ovens M ill Itesdiut Povn To-Day The MrnQuiftand Prnce.tble and Confident of Success In the End. Scottspale, Pa., Aug. ck The strike ia the) Conneilsville coke region has assumed immens proportions. Of the 14,'ms ovtns in the region not less than 12.000 are now idle, aud tbe man astrs of the strike assert that over ue thousand of the remaining ovens will be shut dowa to-morrow. The National progressive miners' association and tbe K. of I are working together in perfect harmony for the first time in years. At a meeting at the Standard works yesterday the men, who are nearly all National progressiva miners, unanimously passed a retolutiun igcor ing the scale and agreement of ldt February. The latest works out are Leisenring. Noa. 1 nnd S, Ji.ntown, Calumet, Sterling, Emma, Warden, IYiii:sviile and Mour. From ihe lav est reports received hoc it is !iiiot certaia that not more than eijht or ten wcrkscutif the 6cventy-six in tbe be worker to-morrow. These, with the exc-pt:on of the Mammoth, are all small works, aud will nl epreseut over tve!ve or fourteen bundrel mm. The men in this part of tbe region are juiet and peaceable and believe thy will w.n the strike. The strikers from Donnelly and Stoce ville went to Mortwood this moruing at daybrtak and held a tr.ei'tin,: in front of the company's store at tbat p!ae. They succeeded ia inducing the men to .it w-rk, bot it is re -ported that as soon as t!ie visitors left the piaca some of tjie men went back to w ork. Arrangements are being made for an Immense mass meeting to lie held at this p!ac on ednesday. Delegations from a'i parts of the reci-vi are expected to be present rd tbe rnteiirg will b addressed by National Master Workman tUa and several flier promin nt labor leader;. The lii'est feiture in the coke sin.stion her , is the report that the iiike vill end sticcesv ' fully as iar as the L-Ciure and J. L School)-' maker coke companies ar? concerned. Telephone ti'cvssecs have hen sf ;it to-nluht to all tbe works opunid by ihe-e cornp-triies. ner ing the men an a Ir.noa of ö'i p r ceit. They will trv V force The j ri.T of ecke to a pnicl that w ill justify them in p:: ing the ad var.ee. As far as can be b urned, ineettiig are hein held at the above companies' works, and ths probabilities are that a number of the men will return in the lominc. Jut what nctioa will be taken by tbe II. C. Frick company c;innot be ascertained to-nijiit, but it is entirely probable that tl.ey will make a tiruilar oJer to the men in their employ. THEY WILL NOT ARBITRATE. The Operators or Northern Illinois VTUt Make No Concessions. LaSalle, III.. Aug. 2. Dr. E. H. Wines, ef the governor's committee, now investigating; the coal mining troubles, in an interview hera-to-day, said that the coal operators in this region had expressed their determination not t fubmit the matter of their difficulties with their miners to arbitration, or to in any way follow-, the lead of II. Plumb, of the Coal Bun company of Sireator. j The operators and miners are no nearer aa' adjustment of difficulties than when the mine' closed down May I. The northern Illinois op-; erators claim that they must sell coal at least' 15 cents per ton below last year's figures or rtire from the hus'ne. This is owing to oom-i petition from southern Iilmois, and also from' the Pennsylvania regions, from whence coal isj hipped into Chicago and the Northwest by i vay of the lakes at very low rates. Mr. Wines bus very little hope of a speedy settlement of the c:oe, a"d gives it as hi opinion that both tbe miners and operators are) iu a great measure justifjed in their poeiiion. At the prices oflered ihe latter they can only do business at a loa, and at the pi ices otTeredL the former tbey cannot earu a living. Will Renew the Strike. Sn-rnion, Wis., Aug. 1. The big etrik j which has been iu progress here for the past ten days, but which was supposed to harsj subsided, rill again be renewe 1 to-raorrow. For the past week the men on the duck of the. Northwestern fuel company, sdthoogh rf among the strikers, have been very much disturled, so much that a detachment ot special police was kept on the docks to prevent trouH 'rheie will go out to the number of 3ti. On the city contract works 11) men were dis charged this afternoon ah 1 r.on-or;on men ar to be put in their places. The K. of L. thereupon declared that a general sinke would he. ordered to-morrow. Strock .gnint the Gane. WnrF.LlNG, W. Va.. Ang. 5. The Langhlia. mill at Martin's Ferry was the tind to introduce1, the light gauge for cut nails adopted by tbej Western cut nail association, to compete witx wire nails. After working a short ti tne pvdey the nailers ouit, and nt a meeting to-n'ght decided to i-trike for tbe old gauge or increase of wages. The gai;ce is to b? generally adopted, aud a general strike is probable. Carnegie's Furnaces Ranked. PrmnrF.o, Pa., Aug. 5. The Carnegie farraces loeated at Bankin station near the city, on the B. fc O. road, have banked, pending the settlement of the men's demand for an aivanec in wages. One furnace was banki Saturday night and the oth -r early this morning when the men employed at the iattr juinel those of the former. There are atout two hundred aud twenty-five rain out. Died of Starvation. Srn'xc. Valley. 111., Aug. 2. Twin children belonging to ihe wile of one of tbe locked-out nt miners died here this morning, and tbe. physicians who attended them pronounced it ce;ir cr.se of starvation. 1 be mother had but little food in the house and was unable to proviae sufficient nourishment for them. THE KET4TUCKY ELECTION. State Treasnrer Sharp Re-elected by aw Increased Majority. LoriviLLE, Aug '. Ileturns from the election to-day for state treasurer show a democratic vitory. Stephen G. Sharp of Lexington, the present treasurer, was nominated for re-election. Tbe democratic counties so far heard from show an increase for him over the majority given Buckner ia 1 SS7. There have leen some surprising victories for repu'dican candidates for the legislature, but this has been due in all raes to local causes. In republican counties, where ex-Senator Colson. the republican nominee for treasurer, was expected to make heavy gains, them has been rasher a decrease. Louisville givee Miarp 2..r,"0 majority and tbe stte probably 2ö,KO. The prohibition vote is light. The toui for a convention to revise the constitution will probably show a sufficient majority to call the, convention. . The Democrats SucressfnL Cincinnati, Aug. .1 Covington and Kctjv county, Kentucky, have elected all deruocratio representatives to the legislature. Newport and Bellevue, in Campbell county, gave republican majorities, but it is claimed that Canipbil county has elected Its three representatives to the state legislature. A t'sert-Cp rlitlclaa. south IVod Tiroes. Cngresjnian Chcadle f tbe LVsyetU vis trict is a badly tired up politician, lie has experienced innumerable dificu.ties in disposing of poetoIEees. etc., and is freely denounced ia all parts of tbe district Some indignant republican politicians re. use to speak to bin while others publicly denounce Lira as an 'infernal scoundrel" and ingrave.

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